The Sun King's Evidence

The history of the high elves can be divided into several stages, which are roughly the ancient period, the glorious period, the civil war period and the new period. The dividing point between the medieval period and the glorious period was when the first Phoenix King Alario died in battle but successfully expelled the Chaos Demon. The maelstrom was established. The glorious period was when the second generation Phoenix King Beor-Channar was in power. The elven empire formed an alliance with the dwarves and was the master of the world. At that time, elven colonies were spread all over the world.

The dividing point between the glorious period and the civil war period was the split of the elves. The elven empire was divided into high elves, dark elves and wood elves. The story here has been mentioned before, so I won’t repeat it here.

The dividing point between the civil war period and the new era is when the current Phoenix King and Navigation King Fenuba traveled around the old world. After high precision adjusted his national policy, he chose to re-establish diplomatic relations with humans and re-trade with the old world.

"The story of the reckless King Movel begins with the poet king Isis, and the story of the poet king Isis begins with the brave king Caledor II." Tigris said calmly: "You must know this history, The Brave King Caledor II was beheaded by the Dwarf King Gotrek Shatterstar because of his stupidity and recklessness, and the Phoenix King's crown has since been stored in the Eternal Peak."

"Next, let me tell you a piece of history. When Caledor II died in battle, all the elf princes in the Phoenix Court knew that Ulthuan was facing a huge crisis at this time, and they needed a powerful Phoenix King. Therefore, Tesiris from the Kingdom of Caledor was selected as the Phoenix King. He established a standing army system. With the help of an unprecedentedly large army and the dragon of Caledor, Tesiris spent hundreds of years annihilating all remaining creatures. The dark elf in Ulthuan is cruel and decisive. Every time he conquers a dark elf city, he will order the massacre of the city. Assur himself feels that it is too cruel, so he is nicknamed, the Butcher King."

"..." Before Ryan could speak, Olica, who was standing behind him, gave a disdainful "whisper", but rarely refuted.

"Tessiris finally annihilated the main force of the dark elves in the Blighted Islands. This was originally a great opportunity to attack Nagaros and completely eliminate the dark elves, but Tessiris ordered the army to come to the Kane Sword Altar. He dug out The first Phoenix King Alario's dragon armor was returned to his descendants, and then he ordered the army to disperse. He wanted to be alone here in Kane Sword Altar."

"Tessiris is dead. There are two theories about how he died. One is that he dismissed all the White Lion guards and wanted to see the Sword of Kane up close but was killed by a dark elf assassin. The other is that he Tried to pull out the Sword of Kane, but the White Lion Guards could not tolerate this behavior and killed him. In short, he died. With the death of Tessilis, the army chose to return after losing its leader, and the Dark Elf escaped. Tribulation.”

"After Tesiris passed away, the Kingselect chose Bel-Kohadris, the archmage from the Kingdom of Savre. At this time, the entire Ulthuan was devastated due to years of war, and the population was greatly reduced. Bel-Kohadris Choosing to give up attacking Nagaros, and the Dark Elves were temporarily unable to attack Ulthuan, they focused their energy on maintaining law and order and rebuilding the city. After hundreds of years of hard work, Assur's population was restored and its economy After becoming prosperous again, Kohadris did not relax his arms. He regularly held warcraft hunting and martial arts tournaments to ensure the combat effectiveness of the elven nobles. At the same time, his greatest contribution was to use up all his energy and wealth to create Hesibai. Tower, and died peacefully when the White Tower of Hos was built, hence the name Scholar King.”

Tigris finished telling the stories of the previous Phoenix Kings in a tone of infinite nostalgia and sadness, and then his tone gradually turned to contempt and disdain: "Then, there is the poet king Isis."

"Isis is also the prince of Savri. It is rare that he takes over a peaceful and prosperous Ulthuan. Isis is not a monarch who likes war and expansion. On the contrary, this Phoenix King has great interest in poetry, He loved painting, sculpture, and opera very much. During this period, the Phoenix Court gradually became a large-scale art gathering place. Centuries ago, an Asur noble might need to use his sword, wisdom, or magic to prove himself, but Now they only need to use sweet words or just the right amount of flattery that will please the Phoenix King's ears to get their place in the court."

"With the prevalence of pleasure, Isis believed that Assur no longer needed so many troops, so he ordered a major disarmament, massively reduced the size of the army and navy, and diverted military funds to build more courtyards, theaters and supplies More craftsmen, poets, painters, and the Joy Sect began to spread among the nobility again, and Assur gradually became lazy and addicted to enjoyment, losing his enterprising spirit and motivation."

"...Pfft~" Ryan couldn't help but laugh. It seems that the history of elves, like humans, is a cyclical process: "I can understand that in a comfortable environment, people gradually relax."

"That's right." Teclis nodded: "What's even worse is that from this period onwards, due to extreme isolation and self-imposed isolation, Ulthuan's economy began to gradually decline in social vitality after nearly a thousand years of prosperity. The fertility rate continued to decline, and many towns and manors began to become deserted. Even the densely populated cities in the past no longer regained their former glory and began to become empty. The rule of Isis caused the worries of many nobles. Hos After repeated investigations, the magic swordsmen finally discovered that the prime minister of the Phoenix King was actually an undercover agent of the dark elves. At the moment when this lie and the truth were exposed, the prime minister pierced Isis' heart with a poisonous dagger."

"Humph~ How about it? The gift given to you by Druchi, the supreme mage of the White Tower, are you surprised or surprised?" Olika spoke, and the dark elf felt so comfortable hearing this that she wanted to lean on him. In the owner's arms: "Do you like it?"

Teclis glanced at the dark elf with his dead eyes, but he was still expressionless: "Next, there is the reckless king Movir, and the Sunfire Talisman was lost in his hands."

"The reckless king Movil was selected as the next Phoenix King in the chaos, and the reason why he was selected as the Phoenix King was not because of his excellent internal affairs and commander-in-chief skills, but because he was the one who discovered the undercover Dark Elf. Swordsman Swordsman, in the chaotic political situation at that time and the corruption of the Joy Sect spreading everywhere, Morville was considered to be one of the very few who could prove his purity, so the King Selection finally chose him."

"As soon as Morville took office, in order to consolidate his authority, he immediately decided to launch a war against the dark elves. An Asur fleet sailed to Nagaros, and then was brutally massacred under the siege of the dark elves. After more than a thousand years, To recuperate and recuperate, the dark elves are now more powerful than ever before."

"Under the previous rule of the Poet King, the military strength of the high elves was at the lowest point in history. Their armaments were depleted and they had not heard of war for a long time. The dark elves seized this opportunity and launched a large-scale attack on Ulthuan. Assur was defeated continuously. The dark elves' offensive was barely contained until the Griffin Gate, and at this time Ulthuan was already in a great crisis."

"Movir is not an excellent commander. His wars with the dark elves continued to fail. Until the Griffin Gate was in danger under the attack of the dark elves, he himself was constantly suffering from the nightmare of failure and the curse of Asuryan. Tormented by constant tension and nervousness, Morville had no choice but to use the authority of the Phoenix King to impose a new policy-the compulsory military service system. He required every elf on the entire island of Ulthuan to serve in the army. Set aside a small part of the year for military service and provide your own weapons."

"Relying on compulsory military service, Assur finally organized a large army, and finally defeated the Dark Elf army under the leadership of Morville's most trusted friend and advisor, Prince Mensius of Caledor, but Menseus Hughes died in the battle, and his most trusted friend and advisor unfortunately died in battle, which finally completely defeated Moville's will. The reckless man who was already extremely world-weary, decadent and depressed finally lost the power to live. He walked into Asuryan's Holy Fire. in, reduced to ashes.”

Ryan nodded silently.

The decline of high spirits is actually not surprising. During the period of Butcher King Tesiris, he focused on war and consumed a large number of people in the war. During the period of Scholar King Bel-Kohadris, he focused on restoring production, rebuilding cities and revitalizing the economy, and also created Lots of jobs.

By the time the Poet King came to the throne, the entire society had actually fallen into involution. There was nothing to do, and there was no need for so many people to work. The number of jobs was naturally greatly reduced. The Poet King Isis concentrated all national resources on the fields of art and construction. , resulting in far fewer jobs than the employed population, which has led to structural unemployment. High-end social welfare is good, and living is comfortable. Under this background, the fertility rate has naturally plummeted.

If according to many practices that Ryan has seen, in order to prevent social regression at this time, the rulers will introduce large-scale population and expand externally to ensure that society will not decline. But those are high spirits, high spirits with arrogance in their bones. They would rather If they slowly decline or even embark on the road of destruction, they will not let other lowly races join them.

As for why Morville is titled King Reckless, the reason is also very simple. The compulsory military system harms the interests of everyone from the high elves to the nobles and the common people. Therefore, no one will like him and will naturally give him a bad job. nickname.

Now, the revival and re-prosperity of the high elves are due to the sailing king Fenubar opening up trade throughout the old world. Now Ulthuan's prosperity and economic and population recovery are mostly maintained by trade. Of course, humans were obsessed with the luxury, power and elegance of the high elves. Ulthuan prospered again, and Lothern became the world's number one trading port.

"The Sunfire Talisman was lost when he was in Morville. Morville gave the Sunfire Talisman to his legitimate son Alavel, but Alavel encountered a shipwreck after leaving Lothern by boat...or something else. Buried at the bottom of the sea."

After the long history ended, Tigris paused for a moment, and then he continued: "That's all I can tell you. Due to Morville's earlier experience as an agent of the Magic Swordsman of Hoth, he was depressed and suffered from nightmares. He told no one where Alavel was, and after he was reduced to ashes in the fire of Asuryan for the second time, no one may know the whereabouts of the Sunfire Amulet."

"Can't it be done through divination or prophecy?" Ryan frowned and tried to ask.

"If divination and prophecy were useful, we wouldn't have lost the Sun Fire Talisman for thousands of years." Teclis was still calm: "But if this is what Lilith means, I mean, if you must get the Sun Fire Talisman no matter what, Fire Talisman, then there is another way."

"What else can I do?" Ryan leaned on the armchair. Angron told Ryan about the Sunfire Amulet. He must get it, but now he can only tell Tigris that it belongs to Lilith. mean.

In the final analysis, Ryan is still not strong enough, and now all the energy of Britannia has been concentrated on the Eight Peaks Mountain expedition. A large amount of supplies are being assembled in Bordeaux. The knights of the entire country are gearing up, waiting to participate in this expedition. A great chivalry expedition, Ryan will set off to Bordeaux soon, and he has no energy to think about the Sunfire Talisman now.

"If Lilith insists, we can try prophecy again, but we need a large number of prophecy stones." Teclis nodded: "The prophecy stones of the ancient saints."

"So how do you get it?" Ryan asked.

"There are basically no prophecy stones of the Old Saints on Ulthuan. Even if there are, they are in the Dragon Volcano or the Anvil of Vaal in Caledor. Prince Imrik of Caledor will not let me get my hands on them. It seems at the moment , there are only two places where it is possible to find a large number of prophecy stones, namely Albion Island or Lustria." Teclis revealed his plan: "Although this does not necessarily guarantee that we can recover Yang. Fire Talisman, but at least there is a glimmer of hope. If necessary, it is not impossible to kill all the creatures on Albion Island, as long as Lilith needs it, or if you can find the Prophecy Stone elsewhere in the old world, and you are out of it. If you can't do it because of the constraints of chivalry, then you can leave it to me. A big spell can solve the problem."

"Hehehe, your Asur world is really beautiful. You play the flute all day long, enjoy the warm and comfortable climate, the beautiful scenery, and those exquisitely carved towers. Then you can do it without any guilt as long as necessary. How do you do it to destroy any target?" Teclis's dull reaction made Ryan feel a little unhappy. Compared with the emotional wood elves or the truly ferocious dark elves, the high elves are aloof and seemingly civilized. and paragons of order are actually equally cruel and ruthless.

"What's the difference? When you humans slaughter beasts, destroy forests, and eliminate beastmen and greenskins, do you feel guilty? Do you humans have too many civil wars in your own history?" Teclis looked at Ryan sideways: " In essence, they are all the same. Everyone thinks that their own race and civilization are the best, and others are rubbish. That's all. The only difference lies in whether they can communicate. Those who can communicate, such as A Sur and you humans, we can at least seek common ground while reserving our differences. Those who cannot communicate, such as the Greenskins and Chaos, will only have eternal war."

"At least we and the dwarves are staunch allies," Ryan retorted.

"From a certain perspective, yes, humans and dwarves are very close in terms of body structure and organ distribution." Teclis said calmly: "But this does not mean that the dwarves will always stand with you. Together, the sacred covenant between the empire and the dwarves seems more like an accident, but you are lucky, that's all, because the covenant between the elves and the dwarves was also broken due to a misunderstanding."

"I understand. As for the Sunfire Amulet, don't worry for the time being." Ryan nodded: "Waiting for my news first, Lord Teclis, do you have any action plans in the old world?"

"I came here to be a witness for you and Lilith." Teclis' tone was a little strange: "So, can I leave tomorrow?"

Ryan could hear Orica whispering "Bichi" behind her.

"Okay, then please stay a few more days and give me some more guidance on the magic of my two female courtiers." Ryan could only say a little awkwardly: "As for the Bafeng Mountain expedition, what tasks do you want to give me? "

"Of course there is." Tigris's dead fish eyes finally showed some fluctuations: "There is something very important to the high elves that has been buried under the Eight Peaks Mountain."

"I need you to get it back."

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