Extraordinary pedigree

Soon, the car carrying the representatives of Franz Central and the Governor's Palace stopped in front of a cafe called 'Whisper of the Night'.

A simple wooden signboard hangs at the entrance of this cafe, with the name of the shop engraved in exquisite fonts. Although the appearance of the cafe is unremarkable, the warm yellow light and soft music flowing from the open doors and windows seem to tell the passersby its unique charm.

When the car stopped, Captain Rene Guinomo and Franz Central Representative Wadsworth got out of the car. Their arrival did not seem to attract much attention.

"arrive."

The Captain stood in front of the "Whisper of the Night" cafe, his eyes quickly scanning the surroundings, looking for any unusual signs.

As a [Master], he is extremely sensitive to subtle changes in the environment, especially in situations like this that require caution.

He whispered to Wordsworth next to him:

"There are many authorities here who are interested in them, and there are quite a few of them."

There was a subtle hint of vigilance in his tone. After hearing this, Wadsworth looked around with curiosity. Although his eyes carefully searched the crowd, he did not find any obvious clues, but he did not question the captain's judgment because of this.

Da da da--

Just when the old man looked around curiously, a special figure caught their attention.

This person had a curvy figure and a beautiful face. The most eye-catching thing was the pair of lifelike rabbit ears on her head. She was wearing casual clothes, opened the door from the cafe, and walked directly towards them.

"Circurial hoof disease..." The captain looked at the woman's rabbit ears and said with a frown.

"Oletin?" Wadsworth looked at the other person's face and then made a judgment.

"You two, come with me. Your appointment is here." The Moon Rabbit gave guidance to the two of them with a calm expression.

The two looked at each other and then followed the steps of the management personnel.

In a hidden meeting room of the "Whisper of the Night" cafe, it was once the place to receive the new speaker of the kaleidoscope family, and today it will once again become the place to receive important guests of the Administration.

Today, Xia Xiu is leisurely sipping a cup of full-sugar coffee, with his silver cane symbolizing the miracle fragment leaning on the sofa next to him.

Despite the turmoil outside, he seemed particularly calm at this moment.

"I didn't expect that the coffee shop covered by this intelligence agency is so good. There are really many worldly talents in the management team." Xia Xiu sighed in his heart.

He quite recognized this cafe run by Bright Moon Rabbit. The quality of the cup of coffee in his hand reminded him of the coffee he tasted at Mr. Philip's when he was studying abroad in Luyuan.

He took a gentle sip, and the sweetness and bitterness of the coffee intertwined on his tongue, triggering a feast of taste.

This coffee is really the favorite of social animals.

Just as Xia Xiu was immersed in the joy brought by coffee, his spirituality keenly sensed the movement outside.

His golden eyes flickered slightly, and his gaze was directed towards the door.

His spirituality had already foreseen that the Moon Rabbit would arrive with the visiting representatives from France.

Not long after Xia Xiugang set his sights on the door, it slowly opened.

The Moon Rabbit entered first, followed by René Guinomo and Wordsworth. When Xia Xiu saw the visitor, he immediately smiled at the two of them, put down the coffee cup in his hand, and slowly stood up to greet the incoming guests.

For the captain and the representative of Central France who had just entered the meeting room, the blond young man walking towards them gave them a gentle and profound impression.

They could almost immediately feel the unique charm exuded by Xia Xiu. This charm not only came from his appearance, but also from his indescribable friendly temperament and his own size in the extraordinary world.

Xia Xiu walked up to them, stretched out his hand, and began to shake hands with the two representatives in turn.

"You two are most welcome."

"Well." Captain Rene smiled politely at first, and then said in very formulaic diplomatic terms: "Director Abraham, thank you for taking the time to receive us despite your busy schedule. It is a great honor for us to be able to meet you in person. . We look forward to this meeting paving the way towards our common goals."

"Yes." Xia Xiu smiled and let go of his hand. When he shook hands with the captain, he had already sensed the extraordinary level of thaumaturgy and physical strength of the French man in front of him. There is no doubt that this person is the dragoon from the Governor's Palace.

Later, he extended his hand to Wadsworth, who had met once in the Youyang Alliance.

"We meet again." Xia Xiu said to the old man with a smile.

"That's true, Director. It's just that I didn't bring the Archeopteryx with me this time - those poor guys were so scared by you." Compared with the strict Dragoons of the Governor's Palace, Watts, who represents the central government of France, Voss was more free and easy-going in negotiations.

"Then I'm really sorry." Xia Xiu put down his hand and couldn't help but smile back.

The two then exchanged a few more cliches. Xia Xiu and Wadsworth's chat became more natural and more like friends. As a representative of Central France, Wadsworth has a rich experience in foreign assignments. In the past, he had served as a representative of the Central Alliance. That time he was responsible for handling the extraordinary independence incident in Monte Carlo. The alliance and France handed over extraordinary military power to him. This shows that the French central government team and even the alliance have political opinions on his abilities. capabilities and military decisiveness.

The captain on the side kept a tight posture, he still couldn't let go.

He views the fourth sword-bearer in heaven from the perspective of a soldier and a thaumaturge, while Wadsworth talks to the director of the Authority from the perspective of a politician.

After exchanging a few polite words, Xia Xiu led the two guests towards the living room.

The layout of the living room was both elegant and comfortable. They sat down at a round conversation table. Xia Xiu's guidance was natural and full of etiquette, making the two guests feel at home.

After sitting down, Xia Xiu once again showed his thoughtfulness as the host, "Both, please be relaxed. We hope our conversation can be conducted in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. I hope today can lay a good foundation for our future cooperation. "

Captain Rene and Wadsworth exchanged looks of approval, and then expressed their gratitude to Xia Xiu again.

"You are completely different from the rumors. People outside have demonized you too much." The captain said. There was a kind of surprise in his words, which also reflected that his first impression of Xia Xiu at this moment was much better than he expected.

Xia Xiu's attitude made the captain feel that the outside world's evaluation of him was biased.

"I think so."

Xia Xiu nodded. He also felt that the outside world's evaluation of him was biased, especially those penguins who were always making excuses and adding fuel to the fire. They always made things out of nothing and described him as a dangerous person who only knew conspiracy and power games.

Hasn’t he not yet entered the center of power in the Kingdom of Heaven? How could he be in danger?

Xia Xiu then brought the topic to a formal discussion.

"We won't discuss the external comments here too much. The topic we want to talk about today is about the cooperation between the French Dragoons in the New World and the Administration."

At the end, he added to ensure that the two guests were fully aware of the tone and boundaries of the talks, "This is an alliance between the Administration and the French Branch Dragoons, not an alliance between Heaven and France, so this does not violate the central government's The Alliance’s [Olive Branch Pact].”

Xia Xiu's words not only clarified the focus of the talks, but also cleverly drew a politically sensitive line. This cooperation does not involve the alliance's [Olive Branch Convention] regulations.

It should be mentioned here that Terra has had many supernatural world wars that affected all of Terra.

Whether it was during the "game period" in his previous life or when he was studying abroad in Luyuan in this life, Xia Xiu learned the official history of thaumaturgy and extraordinary history - in the year 221 of Terra, people discovered the thaumaturgy stone and entered the golden millennium. Technology emerged.

In the year 1020 of the Terra Calendar, the five stages of thaumaturgy were established.

But history is history after all, and this is Terra where even knowledge can be poisonous.

So history is sometimes true and false in this land.

There are several missing fragments in both the textbook and the "game background". These fragments include what happened before 221 years ago, and even the "Glory Era" when gods existed before the Terra Calendar.

These histories include many secrets, such as how long the Daevite Empire was established, how the five emperors of the Oletin Empire built mobile cities during natural disasters, how Ion defected from the Daevite Empire, and how he later split Youyang. How did they go from resisting the Hanged King to surrendering to the Hanged King when they established the Sarkic Empire and the Mechanical City State...

The historical fragments about these are mostly vague or full of contamination.

People only know that the cause of the first supernatural war in the Glorious Era was the tyranny of Daeva, who was the enemy of all of Terra at that time. The Hanged King of Daeva was only one step away from becoming the Lord of Terra.

Ion's uprising was the beginning of the first supernatural war. Since Ion completed the miracle of [Black Sea Mission], rebel armies from all over the country have raised their arms. As the son of slaves began to resist the tyranny of Daeva, separatism broke out. The battle of continental tectonic plates.

There are many fragments of records of the First Supernatural War, but most of them are semantically confusing, so they are not systematic, and due to contamination, they cannot be recorded as history.

People can only know the outcome of that war through the "Elegy of the Hanged King" that was widely spread in later generations and the disappearance of the capital of the Daevite Empire out of thin air (disappearance out of thin air in various senses, whether physical or recorded).

After the "Elegy of the Hanged King" incident, Youyang officially split from Daeva, and the first supernatural war entered another level.

As the defeated armies of Daeva retreated from the lands of the nations, those who had endured the ravages of war began to sing songs of triumph.

In their eyes, the cruel and evil enemies have fled with disaster, and the ever-lasting peace will surely favor them forever.

However, the end of the triumphant song has not yet dissipated, and the "tide of flesh and blood" rising from the horizon reminds the world that the white dove of peace has never soared in the blue sky.

A thousand-mile embankment is destroyed in an anthill. The way of flesh and blood has to face the blindness and indulgent desires of the flesh. Once the gap of "resorting to violence" is opened, it will be difficult to return to the right path.

As the emperor of the Sarkic Empire, Ion's men were too radical. His empire's "Legion of Skitarii" enthusiastically traveled around the world to preach their truth, but what greeted these preachers were angry swords.

Not everyone is Ion. He underestimated himself and oversold mankind and his followers.

He thought that if he generously shared his power and spread the truth, mankind would be able to move towards greatness.

But he was wrong, what he saw was just hell.

"Black liquid mixed with flesh and blood is flowing in the village, and a towering church is entangled with spikes and stands in the center of the village.

Countless creatures and buildings witnessed their end under fire and massacre.

Ion stood among the burning ruins of what was once the gateway to the city of Kythera.

Once again pretending to be a human being, groveling before the disasters caused in his name.

He looked around him, saw the suffering of those he had hoped to free, and realized that their great works had been buried by his hands.

He looked at them and burst into tears. 』

People were frightened by the flesh-and-blood enemy. The first supernatural war changed from the resistance against Daeva to the righteous forces of the anti-Sark Empire alliance (the Sark at that time was indeed very vicious and inhumane).

The Sarkic Empire of the Godslayer Ion and the Empire established by the followers of the God of Machines began an endless struggle. The prototype of the Crystal Sky enveloped Terra, and the newly born fourth Etheric Lord began to watch Terra's flesh-and-blood battle.

It wasn't until Pope Brom of the Mechanical Kingdom and Ion, the Emperor of the Sarkic Empire, both disappeared that this seemingly endless war came to an end.

The history of the subsequent supernatural wars is more obscure and polluted than the first supernatural war, and these are called [lost histories].

For example, during the Second Supernatural War, there was a five-hundred-year window in the Glory Era. People only knew the start and end times of the war from some ancient books.

The Third Supernatural War was at the end of the Glory Era. This period of history also had a blank period of one hundred years. People only know that after the Third Supernatural War, the existing gods began to disappear one after another.

In the year 224 of the Terra Calendar, the fourth supernatural war was initiated by the Kingdom of Heaven.

The Fourth Supernatural War was also called the Abyss War/The First Abyss Outbreak by the expelled alien races.

The [Olive Branch Pact] was established shortly after the end of the Seventh Supernatural World War (Terra 1020, also known as the Veil War, the era of supreme authority of the Kingdom of Heaven). During that period, the international political situation was tense, with the Edici Federation and the The Central Alliance and other related countries all feel the security threat from the Kingdom of Heaven.

The Convention aims to increase the security of member states through a collective defense mechanism to avoid any acts of external aggression.

The core principle is Article 5, which states that "an attack on one country shall be deemed an attack on all member states."

This means that if any member state is subject to an armed attack, the other member states will regard it as an attack on themselves and commit to provide necessary military and non-military support.

At the same time, the treaty stipulates that no formal alliance can be formed with the Kingdom of Heaven.