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Although these contents are usually systematic and interconnected, they are actually quite haphazard. Finally, Bai Ye will hand over the recordings to specialists at the Lobotomy Institute, who will then organize the content into a formal text for publication.

Originally, the follow-up work was to be done by the Typing Girl, but she was already quite busy with her own work. So, although the Typing Girl was still willing to do these tasks for Bai Ye, Bai Ye refused.

However, these studies on the players were collected by the liches. Clearly, the liches were more aware of the changes in the world than the regent, who was immersed in his own plans and the world.

However, Bai Ye decided to skip this topic for now, because rather than being praised, Bai Ye wanted to know why this lich was currently in Londinium.

Emengard seemed to have guessed Bai Ye's thoughts, and she slowly said:

"The teachers always seemed a bit uneasy, and they were always overly cautious when it came to things in Lentinium. I'm here as a messenger to find out exactly what Theresis is up to."

“Then you must have noticed the magical devices and ritual arrays here.” Logos’ tone was quite certain.

Emengard nodded:

“I have examined these witchcraft devices, and their effects seem to be related to blood and are very ancient… I suspect that if these devices are activated together, when those rituals are initiated, something terrible will happen.”

"Fortunately, the Shard has been destroyed by you. That big thing should also be part of the whole ritual. Its purpose doesn't seem to be just as a super weapon used by the Sarkaz to threaten other enemies."

Logos agreed:

“Storms have always been an important image in our ancient Sarkaz culture.”

“As expected of the Lord of the Deathstroke Court, it’s truly a pleasure to converse with you,” Emengard praised. Clearly, this lich lady preferred academic conversations to the magically ignorant, level-9 warrior. Liches are masters of magic; for them, knowledge is power.

Then, Emengard suddenly seemed to remember something, and looking at Bai Ye and the others, she asked:

"Oh, by the way, I also wanted to ask if the natural disasters in Londinium were related to you?"

"No," Bai Ye shook his head and answered directly.

No one would be foolish enough to admit it.

The lich was somewhat confused. She scratched her head and muttered to herself:

"Could it be that the Shard was the cause? This natural disaster is completely illogical, and the signs of human intervention are obvious... But the affected area is clearly heading towards the Sarkaz. Could it be that the Shard has gone out of control?"

Laurentina glanced furtively at Bai Ye standing in front of her, only to find that he looked perfectly normal, as if the natural disaster really had nothing to do with him.

In the end, the poor lich was fooled, and her discussion of the issue came to an abrupt end, as it was simply impossible to continue. The Shard had been destroyed, completely erased from the map, leaving only solidified metal and some structural remains on the ground as evidence of its existence.

"Fortunately, nothing too serious happened... This 'world' (ancient Sarkaz), well, I mean, this land is bad enough already," muttered the Lich Lady Emengard.

Bai Ye smiled:

“I understand what you mean. After all, the world is far more than the land we see in front of us, isn’t it? As for the Regent’s plan, I also know about it. He told me this himself.”

White Night then told Emengard about the Regent's plan.

"They are trying to find the original 'Originium,' the kind that your race's ancestors first came into contact with, which would drag the entire land into the abyss of Originium," Bai Ye concluded.

“This is really… terrible. I will tell the teachers everything.” Emengard was also somewhat shocked after hearing this. She hadn’t expected the Regent’s plan to be so insane.

After a moment of silence, Emengard looked up at White Night and continued to ask:

"There's one last thing. I'd like to hear about your plans for the future, and also, by the way, our arrangements."

“I know what you’re concerned about, probably how we deal with these Sarkaz, and how we handle Kazdel?” Bai Ye smiled.

Emengard snapped her fingers, clearly agreeing with Bai Ye's words.

"I'm also quite curious about what position you liches occupy in Theresis's plan," Bai Ye countered. "Don't tell me about neutrality; it's a very ambiguous position. Logos said he saw the Sarkaz using some of your liches' unique 'techniques' in Londinium."

Emengard laughed:

"Those were just... some insignificant little gifts to express goodwill and kindness? But that doesn't mean the lich is standing behind the Regent. Hmm, but you're right, neutrality is a very ambiguous position; we just haven't been involved yet."

“We have plenty of time to wait, so we are never in a hurry to choose a side.”

Emengard's words sounded cruel, but they were also true. Liches possess near-infinite lifespans, and with such longevity, their perspectives on things would inevitably change. Ordinary Terrans, preoccupied with the fleeting nature of life, would find it difficult to comprehend the worldview and values ​​of these long-lived beings.

Therefore, they are never in a hurry to intervene, even during the civil war that engulfed the entire Sarkaz several years ago. To them, a few years of turmoil is but a blink of an eye.

“You guys seem pretty… relaxed,” Bai Ye said with a smile. “However, I suppose you’ve done something. I heard from a friend that liches have appeared in Kazdel, something that has never happened before.”

“Your information network is quite good.” Emengard was somewhat surprised.

“Because my friend went to Kazdel before, she originally thought it would be a wasteland, but…”

Chapter Sixty-Eight: The Current Situation of Kazdel

(There's a recent flu outbreak, please take care of yourselves.)

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At first, White Night also thought that Kazdel was just ruins.

After all, the battle between Theresis and Theresia was quite intense, and almost the entire Kazdel was drawn into the war.

Before his transmigration, he hadn't been there much because it was so poor that, aside from players who enjoyed open-world PvP, there was practically nothing to gain. Therefore, Bai Ye wasn't very familiar with Kazdel's situation.

In fact, he was indeed deceived. Afterwards, Miss Mudrock went to Kazdel, originally intending to help her compatriots who remained there. After all, she was quite satisfied with her current situation and therefore wanted to help other Sarkaz mercenaries as well.

When she arrived in Kazdel, she found that the situation was quite different from what she had imagined. Kazdel had recovered from the civil war, and they were not entirely without resources.

This was also news brought by Mudrock from that side, which is how Byakuya learned about Kazdel's current situation.

Emengard nodded:

"Given the current situation, the Lich King's Court can no longer stand idly by. Although we didn't know what Theresis was planning before we came here, we also sensed the signs of an approaching storm."

After a pause, Emengard slowly said:

“We need, well, to prepare some backup plans for Theresis. We’re taking over Kazdel. Everyone’s come to Victoria, so someone has to look after the old base.”

"The Kazdel you're referring to, you mean that mobile city?" Bai Ye asked directly.

Yes, as mentioned before, the Sarkaz are not entirely without anything in Kazdel. Therefore, Kazdel refers not only to the ancient Sarkaz homeland, the area where the ruins of Kazdel, which have been destroyed countless times, are located, but also to the name of a mobile city.

More than two hundred years ago, a coalition of several core states, including Victoria, Letania, Ursus, and Qazimir, razed Kazdel. They claimed to have thwarted the Sarkaz's ambitions.

However, after that expedition two hundred years ago, most countries were unaware of, and uninterested in, the current state of Kazdel. Even now, many leaders in the core countries still believe that Kazdel is nothing more than ruins.

This is actually a form of arrogance.

Just like the history of Earth during the White Nights, those small countries were never even glanced at, and most people remained indifferent to their situation. After all, when you sit at the table eating breakfast or ordering takeout on your phone, you don't think about what's happening in those countries on the other side of the world, countries whose names you've never even heard of.

Usually nobody cares, nobody pays attention.

Those small countries may struggle to make a sound on the international stage, no matter how hard they try. By the time people notice them, it's usually because they're facing a severe, uncontrollable humanitarian crisis. This crisis could very well be a large-scale genocide or a horrific purge, with the death toll in the tens of thousands.

Even so, such a voice might just be some obscure foreign news story that no one pays attention to. And this is the highest cry they can utter. The suffering of small nations is often like this.

Well, the situation in Kazdel seems a bit different, after all, the Sarkaz ancestors were truly powerful. In Old Sarkaz, "Kazdel" means the entire land. Kazdel and the Sarkaz were once very powerful. They once forced the Falcons and Ursus to flee to the northern snowfields, and ten tribes with no cultural identity were forced to form a defensive alliance called Letania.

They were the first primitive settlements to come into contact with the original "Originium," and from among them emerged the first Infected and the first Originium Arts.

Perhaps because of these reasons, life won't be easy for the Sarkaz on this land that hates the Infected. Especially since some of them came into contact with the laws from beyond the stars, became Sarkaz, and betrayed them.

From then on, the Tikkaz became the Sarkaz, and the "people with homes" became the "rootless." This was the beginning of their suffering.

……

Emengard said slowly:

"After that expedition, Princess Theresia, who possessed the black crown of the Demon Lord, and her brother Theresis began to unify Kazdel and, at the princess's suggestion, began to build a mobile city. To this end, they also established a military committee, with Theresis serving as general, responsible for tasks including overseeing the transportation of building materials for the mobile city, and also responsible for defending Kazdel from external threats."

"By the time the civil war broke out, Kazdel already had the rudiments of a mobile city, but compared to a real one like Londinium, it was probably slightly inferior, and could probably be called... a mobile platform?"

Emengard was not quite sure.

"But that thing is a real piece of junk. Those two siblings created a mobile city from scratch with their bare hands. It's really not easy," Bai Ye said with emotion.

Kazdel, destroyed by war, clearly lacked the capacity for industrialization; it was a place with virtually no large-scale industrial system. Yet, these Sarkaz actually managed to create a mobile city here, which is truly incredible.

“It’s witchcraft. We’ve incorporated a lot of witchcraft into the mobile city. If Theresis hadn’t started the civil war, it would probably be a decent mobile city by now, instead of this super-huge witchcraft tractor…” Emengard complained.

Finally, she added:

"It's the kind where parts keep falling off as you walk."

"That's still quite remarkable..." Bai Ye said with a smile.

“Yes, that’s remarkable. So, we’ve prepared two plans for Theresis.” Emengard seemed quite pleased with White Night’s praise. She continued, “We didn’t know what Theresis and Theresia were planning before. When I visited as a messenger, the brother and sister showed no intention of retreating. They seemed to really want to turn Londinium into a battlefield for the final battle against the entire land.”

"We don't know where their confidence comes from, but since it's a plan by the two siblings, they must have prepared their methods beforehand. Now it seems that without your intervention, they might have actually succeeded, albeit disastrously, but it would still be a victory for the Sarkaz."

Chapter Sixty-Nine: Stance

Although the entire land will become an abyss of Originium, this is only a disaster for other races; for the Sarkaz, it is a sweet revenge and a great victory.

"So, the Lich's first plan was based on victory. If they really succeeded—we would indeed rebuild Kazdel, rebuild the Sarkaz paradise," Emengard said solemnly, referring to something that was now absolutely impossible.

It's like telling a dream, a beautiful dream that Theresis and the Blood Lord once envisioned.

“Well, that plan is no longer relevant.” Emengard continued, ignoring the strange looks from the crowd. “Therefore, we may need to use our second plan here.”

Clearly, from the very beginning, the Lich King's court never believed that the Sarkaz of Londinium could truly succeed. Otherwise, they wouldn't have devoted so many resources to preparing for failure.

Logos nodded, then shook his head and said:

"Kazdel simply couldn't withstand the so-called war, and Theresis just happened to start one. He gambled the fate of his race on a so-called grand plan, filling it with the flesh and blood of all the Sarkaz."

"If the Sarkaz fail here, we will lose an entire generation of young people, and perhaps all the young people of the future."

Bai Ye added from the side:

"Even if it succeeds, Lentinium will be like a meat grinder, filling it with the lives of countless Sarkaz, because one of the conditions for activating the ritual is flesh and blood. Without flesh and blood, they cannot obtain the magical materials used in the ritual."

"Finally, they will allow people to set aside one day a year to commemorate this, so that the remaining 364 days can be completely forgotten and without any regrets. In the process, all the living Sarkaz people will accept the reality of an entire generation of young people being bloodily slaughtered."

These people were offerings made together to initiate the ceremony.

“Now, the original plan has been ruined by you, the situation has reversed, and the Sarkaz have to find a way to survive.” Emengard sighed. “Fortunately, you stopped Theresis before the full-scale war. Otherwise, the Sarkaz across the entire land would have suffered. Not only Victoria, but spies from other countries would probably have come to contact Kazdel, and the Sarkaz who were stranded in other countries would probably have had an even harder time.”

"So, the second part of the plan—the liches who remain in Kazdel have already devised a plan to dismantle Kazdel."

"So this is why you're here in Kazdel?" Bai Ye suddenly realized.

"Yes, if Theresis fails, Kazdel will be immediately divided into several, or even a dozen, pieces. They will be taken along with their attached residential areas and, according to the pre-defined, uh, 'clan' units, hidden deep in the wilderness."

Clearly, the lich was still quite clear-headed and knew that he couldn't put all his eggs in one basket.

"Planning routes, balancing production, and ensuring that Kazdel becomes a mobile city are not meaningless. For the Sarkaz, the hostility of other humans is a natural disaster. Kazdel will usher in another era of exile."

As he spoke, Emengard chuckled self-deprecatingly:

"Actually, this is nothing new. It's just exile. We're very familiar with it."

"The bitter truth is that Kazdel wasn't supposed to have many residents in the original plan... nor would it have allowed us to take many people with us."

Bai Ye raised an eyebrow. It seemed that the liches had been preparing for the second plan for a long time, and their focus should even be on contingency plans for failure.

“A very comprehensive plan, which I would call the ‘Wandering Kazdel Plan’,” Bai Ye said seriously.

He was actually joking, but for Sarkaz, it was no joke at all.

Then Bai Ye raised his head and looked seriously at the lich lady in front of him. He said in a deep voice:

"Theresis was unaware of your plans, but he did discuss it with me before he died. In the end, Theresis was less of an ambitious man and more of a hero to you Sarkaz."

"Until the moment he died, he was still worried about his race and considering the bitter consequences of his actions."

Emengard wasn't surprised, but the young lich lady was still somewhat moved when she heard these words.

Bai Ye continued:

“I promised him I would help him solve these problems. We don’t know what the future holds. But at the very least, the Sarkaz and Kazdel cannot be destroyed in our generation.”

Each generation has its own mission. We can only do our best in the present moment; what comes after is not something that can be decided overnight. In fact, Theresis made a similar mistake, as did the Blood Lord who killed his brother. They always pinned their hopes on a single plan, gambling everything on it, but never chose to believe in the future.

"Huh?" This time, Bai Ye's words truly surprised Emengard. She looked at Bai Ye, feeling somewhat incredulous.

"I even prepared a lot of excuses, but it feels like... well, they're all useless now..." Emengard tugged at the loose thread beside him.

"You originally thought I would participate in dividing up Kazdel?" Bai Ye asked rhetorically.

Emengard didn't speak, but it was clear from her expression that she truly thought so.

“Even if I really had such an idea, the people around me probably wouldn’t agree.” Bai Ye said, glancing at Logos and Big Daddy beside him.

“Well, that’s true.” Emengard nodded.

“Tell us if you have any difficulties. We will be conducting a series of activities focusing on the situation in Londinium, as well as the Sarkaz in Kazdel, to ensure a smooth transition in the post-Theresis era, until everything returns to the stable state of the past,” Bai Ye said earnestly.