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Chapter 113 The Land of Volcanoes

Of course, Langdon would not personally meet the wild people. Originally, even Cecil didn't have to go. As a security patrolling knight of the legion, he first contacted and checked. After experiencing the attack of the carriage firm, this is already a necessary procedure. However, Langdon spoke Now, this group of savages must be different, Cecil went alone with a question mark on his forehead.

The savages in Cecil's impression were Luther's kind, who wore animal skins and bare feet, lived a precarious life, and Dali's kind didn't count.

Entering the designated "guest house" in Moon City, a group of well-dressed and polite children appeared in front of Cecil's eyes. The clothes were neat and tidy, and their expressions were neither humble nor overbearing, neither fearful nor particularly flattering. He noticed that both men and women were holding a A staff, the crown of the staff is mostly gemstones of various colors, the size of a pigeon egg. After Langdon's popular science, he knows that these things are not cheap.

What kind of savages are these? They are simply a group of expensive mages. Ordinary little mages, such as the few mages brought by little Biers back then, did not have such a "luxury" staff, and some people directly held one. Something like a fire stick, very shabby.

"Good day, may inspiration always care for your brain." When Cecil thought of the "truth of magic" that Langdon once said, he felt that this greeting was very ironic, full of ridicule from those in the know, "Mages What advice?"

None of these young mages seemed to be adults, and they were very student-like. Hearing Cecil's question, one of the blond wavy girls exchanged glances with the boy wearing a strange earring, cleared his throat, and took a step forward: "Good day, His Royal Highness Langdon..."

"Wait a minute." Cecil stopped the girl in time, "I'm not Langdon."

The girl was stunned, and said: "We heard that Moon City was founded by the legendary Templar Knight Langdon."

"Well, Langdon is indeed here, but he is very busy." Cecil's mood was very mixed, including the relief of being praised by the male god, and the discomfort of being misidentified, and to some extent, the feeling of being misunderstood. He thinks that the male god is happy, "It's the same if you have anything to say to me. I am Cecil Knight Commander of the Gay Knights." He also understands now that flattering a hundred words in this world is not as good as a fox pretending to be a tiger. The effect is good, life is short, civilization flickers like a candle in the wind, and reputation is extremely important in a world where travel is inconvenient. The efforts of the predecessors of the Gay Knights to "spread rumors" are not in vain.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I, I haven't seen His Royal Highness Langdon." The girl blushed, and said nervously, "Cecil Knight Commander, I, we came here to ask the Gay Knights to rescue, save the people who are in dire straits. Innocent people, to perform, to perform the knightly way, and to give a new life to a civilization on the verge of extinction."

Cecil suspected that he had heard it wrong, so he hesitated and said, "Aren't you wild people?"

"Yes, if you don't want to help us, we can only become savages!" The boy wearing the earring interrupted suddenly, and said forcefully, "Please help us!"

Cecil said calmly: "Then you will be reduced to savages, what does it matter to me?"

The teenagers all showed surprise, which quickly turned into anger.

"How can you say that!"

"The gay knights are not chivalrous!"

"Shameless! Vicious!"

"let's go!"

The simple reception room was in chaos, Cecil watched coldly for several minutes, none of the five men and two women came out the door, they were all chattering there, even peeking at him from time to time.He didn't speak, and the teenagers lost their interest after arguing for a few minutes. They looked at each other and fell into an embarrassing silence.

"Sorry, we didn't intend to do anything...it's just, I, we..." The blond girl started to cry while talking, and the pear blossom with rain looked quite pitiful.

Just at this moment, Oakes opened the door and came in while saying "I heard", the words ended here, he saw the crying girl turn pale instantly, stepped back a few steps, leaving only Cecil inexplicably Looking at the door.

After a while, the blond girl finally stopped crying, and a group of young people seemed unwilling to leave. You explained the cause and effect clearly, and Cecil realized that the matter was not that simple.

The area where Ebo and Toto Port are located is actually a semicircular bay. Viewed from the air, Toto Port is located on the left side of the semicircle, and on the right is Tambuni Tower. Down along the coastline is the country of Lomasu Volcano.

Hearing this, Cecil said excitedly: "So, your country was built on a crater?"

"Yes." The blond girl nodded, "Our country is not big, but because the volcano has its own wall, it saves a lot of effort to build a wall compared to other countries."

"Are you a separate civilization?" Cecil's question has become more and more localized, and Langdon has recently praised it vigorously.

"Yes." The earring boy said, "Our civilization has a history of 110 years, which is very ancient, and the main people are all human beings."

Cecil already understands that the 110-year-old single civilization in this world can already be called ancient, especially the main body of this civilization is human beings. You must know that the average life expectancy of native humans is only 30 years old.

"Is your country under threat now?" Cecil asked. "Is it a volcanic eruption?"

The blond girl seemed to be stunned for a moment, glanced at her companion, and said cautiously: "Our...uh, the volcano keeps erupting."

Cecil:? ? ?

"We are the land of Lomasu Volcano." The boy with earrings seemed a little stunned, and said directly, "Our ancestors built a fire shield to cover Lomasu Volcano as our ground, no matter how the volcano below erupts. Smoke and flames can be channeled into a magical device, providing free energy to the citizens."

What the fuck? !

Isn't this what happened to Ebo and Serling?

Cecil corrected his sitting posture and asked seriously: "Did the fire shield fail?"

"How do you know?" The earring boy blurted out, "No, it's not completely disabled, the heat conduction device is useless, the volcano is erupting under the floor, we can see it but can't do anything, the shield may fail at any time, it's not just a matter of casualties , the entire Lomasu will be destroyed! Our civilization will be destroyed!"

The teenagers really wanted to do something, and their mood was very sincere, but Cecil, who was asked for help, was at a loss: "I will not talk about whether your request is reasonable or not. There is one thing that I am very surprised about. How did you come?" Langdon asks for help, how can you be so sure that Langdon will repair your shield?"

"Isn't he a super legendary mage?" The earring boy asked urgently, "That's the legendary level!"

"He hasn't been certified." Cecil was very glad to ask the truth, otherwise he would be full of confusion at this moment.

"No?" The blond girl couldn't believe it. "But, didn't he save Loch Island? That's why he became a legendary knight!"

What the hell is this?

Calm down, calm down.

Cecil said indifferently: "Is this why you came to him?"

The teenagers looked at each other, and a female mage with ponytails whispered: "Not necessarily, we heard that you bought Ebo and took in the Serin people, so we thought you have some way to restore the ancient A magical miracle."

Cecil said dumbfoundedly: "The magic miracle is called a miracle because it is a miracle. It is something that ordinary people can't make. Langdon can't fix it, and no one can. If you want, you can go to Ebo Look, the White Tower is still in the air. Besides, I think your attitude is very unpleasant, you have to figure it out, no matter what, you are begging others, don't you think there is something wrong with being so righteous?"

The blond girl glanced at a companion who had been silent all this time, and said in a low voice, "We asked the Holy Knights Alliance, and they kicked us out. Then, Jim said that we should be tougher and start from the moral aspect..."

Cecil was speechless: "Why do you ask for help from the knights? Can't you ask for help from some big countries, such as Tambunita? And why are you children here? What about the king?"

"Your Majesty has been there, but it didn't work." A group of children's voices became lower and lower, their heads buried lower and lower, and finally they all burst into tears.

"Sh..." Oakes pushed the door open twice and went in. This time, seeing a group of crying people, he retreated instantly with a bloodless face.

What is this thing for?

Cecil couldn't help but said, "How old are you? I mean the biggest one."

"16 years old." The Jim that the blond girl had seen stood up, his immature face was full of determination, "I am the third prince, Bellamy Raphael, thank you for your interview, Cavalier Cecil Long, do you have a solution to our predicament? No matter what the price needs to be paid, we can negotiate. On the way we met the Sirin people, and I saw the smiles on their faces. They are alive, the Ebo people I am alive, and I am alive and well, so, although I know this is an unfeeling request and very rude, but we are already desperate. Both the Alliance of Magicians and the Alliance of Holy Knights have rejected our request for help. Tambunita, Gray Especially these magical powers are high above, they don't care about the life and death of our small civilizations, and our citizens are not in their eyes."

"So, your king sent a group of children?" Cecil's words were purely lamenting the embarrassment of civilization when it was on the verge of extinction, and he was not dissatisfied.

Prince Bellamy's face turned red immediately, and he said loudly, "We are not children anymore, and we don't mean any disrespect, we just... just have nowhere to go."

"That's not what I meant... Sigh!" Cecil asked, "Where's your god of civilization?"

"The god of civilization can't repair the protective shield." The blonde girl sobbed, "He just warned us to leave as soon as possible."

Cecil pondered for a moment, then said doubtfully, "I hear what you mean, do you mean that you still don't want to leave?"

"That is our country, our civilization!" cried Prince Bellamy, "We will never leave our homeland!"

Cecil said in shock: "Even if your hometown is going to be destroyed by a volcanic eruption?"

"Yes!" Prince Bellamy roared firmly. "That's our country!"

Cecil felt that things had slipped into an unforeseen abyss.

"Maybe I misunderstood a bit. You mean, if the protective shield cannot be repaired, you ask your citizens not to leave their hometown even if they are buried in a sea of ​​fire?"

Prince Bellamy hesitated at first, and then his expression became firm again: "Yes! The people will die for the country!"

"You guys are still civilized." Cecil couldn't help but said.

"Civilization does not represent a country!" Bellamy said almost furiously, "Please forgive me, even if you are a gay knight, you cannot interfere in our country's internal affairs!"

"It was you who came to me." Cecil pointed out the key point.

Prince Bellamy seemed to be choking, blinked his eyes violently twice and said quickly: "Then, farewell!"

A group of children left in panic and bewilderment. Cecil saw the blank faces of most of the children, but Prince Bellamy was extremely determined.When the group of young mages left, he immediately found Langdon and said, "What's going on with those people?"

"Do you know anything about religion?" Langdon asked.

Cecil was a little confused for a while whether this was a rhetorical question or a reminder. The concept of religion on earth is relatively easy to understand, but here, due to the overly prominent practicality and birth settings of gods, he was a little unsure whether religion is a what happened.

Fortunately, the current Cecil doesn't need to beat around the bush anymore, just ask directly: "I'm afraid my religion is not the same as the religion you mentioned, please explain."

"Inspire people with a certain concept, make them believe in an illusory fact, and thus generate all kinds of self-confidence to overcome the difficulties of reality and blind to the point of desperation." Langdon said, "It's a bit like the true god of the paladins." .”

"Oh, I think your statement is closer to a cult." Cecil said.

"This has nothing to do with evil mages," Langdon said.

Cecil: "... Well, ignore me, I probably understand the definition of your religion. Are you trying to say that Lomasu is such a religious country? What is the god of civilization in this country?"

"Lomasu does not have a god of civilization." Langdon had a playful expression on his face, "Since this country is located on the crater, the god of fire will occasionally take care of it. Besides, Lomasu has no god of civilization dedicated to it. .”

Cecil didn't know, so he said authentically: "What do the Lomasu people live on?"

"Selling magma." Langdon said, "Lomasu is close to the sea, and the magma is directly excreted from the protective cover. In the sea, a special magic device is used to catch it and ship it to the magicians. The magma is often used by experimental mages. , has been used in many magical experiments."

When Cecil heard it, his heart itched. Isn't this the germ of chemistry? !

"Is there a way to hire a few experimental mages?" Cecil asked expectantly.

"Well, let me figure out a way." This sentence is almost Langdon's mantra, which means that he has an idea but he can't guarantee it. He has to try it first. However, most of the cases can be successful, "Loma Su's main business has no technical content at all, so there has been no civilization god for so many years. There are records in the temple. More than one king of Lomasu wanted to create a civilization god. Unfortunately, he has not been successful. Until recently After a few terms, King Lomasu has turned from anticipation to boredom, causing the whole country to dislike the God of Civilization, and even the God of Fire. "

"No wonder the little prince left when I mentioned the God of Civilization." Cecil muttered, "Then what are these people doing here?"

"I'm going to the doctor in an emergency." Langdon shrugged his shoulders. "According to the temple information, their protective shields had problems in March. In April, Vulcan appeared and issued a warning. Now it's almost June. There is no sign of relocation, but the citizens are called everywhere to go back."

"As expected of a cult country." Cecil said angrily, "Crazy! How many of them are there?"

"About 5 people." After Langdon finished speaking, he looked at Cecil fixedly and asked seriously, "So, what are you going to do?"

"Huh?" Cecil was taken aback, "What should I do? By the way, why do you want me to see them?"

"After you've heard their stories, how are you going to deal with it?" Langdon kindly "reminded", "Since you were so excited to save the Ebo people, I hope to hear your thoughts on this matter first. "

"Oh——" Cecil finally understood Langdon's intentions, and immediately became entangled.

In terms of benefits, if they can absorb the Lomasu people, it will undoubtedly be a free demographic dividend. These people do not have a civilization god, and it is obviously better to integrate into Moon City.

From an emotional point of view, letting 5 people die like this is really hard to face conscience, especially the difficulty of rescue is not that big from a technical point of view.

From a rational point of view, there is no way to save this group of people, because they want to die, and there is no way to communicate with fanatics!

Cecil asked: "Did Lomasu imprison the citizens?"

"Not necessarily." Langdon shrugged his shoulders. "Judging from the current reports, ordinary citizens can still come in and out freely, but they need to report. The king has been issuing announcements, asking citizens to return home immediately, and even threatening their families to recall relatives and friends. approach, but he hasn’t issued a ban on entry and exit after all.”

Cecil understood Langdon's words: "In other words, it is not ruled out that the country will be closed suddenly."

Langdon smiled, but said nothing.

Cecil was so entangled that he sighed for a long time. For a while, he thought about the tragedy of innocent people dying in the volcanic eruption, and for a while, he thought about the relatives and friends around him who were involved in this incident and sacrificed their lives in vain. He was no longer a lonely wild man Ghost, you must consider the interests of the whole.He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he didn't even notice that Oakes came in and complained that "Cecile made girls cry."

After thinking about it for two days, Cecil still couldn't let it go. He knew that he was too naive, and he also knew that this matter could easily fail, but after meeting Langdon, he finally said the following: "Is there any way to save you?" At the expense of our group interests and ensuring safety, try to rescue as many Lomasu people as possible?"

Langdon laughed, and said to Oakes who was following him, "Give me the money, I won."

Oakes had an expression of resentment: "Why don't you learn your lesson!"

"Why didn't you absorb it? I have listed so many conditions!" Cecil said unconvinced.

Langdon finished laughing and said, "You understand that there are so many conditions listed, it is impossible to meet all of them?"

"I know..." Cecil said dejectedly, "Forget it, I also think it's all an excuse, sorry, I'm really powerless to save the Lomasu people, I'm afraid I'll let other people's century-old citizens follow me just by talking It’s impossible, let’s give up on this matter.”

Oakes gave a small cheer, and stretched out his hand to Langdon, "Give me the money!"

Langdon gave the unscrupulous student a sideways look, then leaned closer to Cecil and said, "We can go and have a look, the griffin will be here in two days."

Cecil asked suspiciously, "You want me to go?"

Langdon lowered his voice and said, "Lomasu not only produces magma, but also volcanic ash."

"I know." Cecil said inexplicably, "but to save the Lomasu people, if their king doesn't change his mind, I can't solve it alone, and I can't command the knights to sacrifice for it. After all, we have no moral responsibility, what's more, this matter is easy to solve, as long as the Lomasu people leave by themselves."

Langdon took a step back and looked at Cecil with scrutiny for a moment, with some interest: "So, you really don't plan to save the Lomasu people?"

"I plan to take a griffin to take a stroll over Lomasu, and use a loudspeaker to announce that Moon City is willing to accept any Lomasu people to live here. We have city walls, hot water, public toilets and fields. This is already the limit. " Cecil said seriously, "I can only do this, I can't let me rush in and drag those people away."

Langdon's eyes softened, and he opened his arms to give Cecil a strong hug. He whispered, "That's it, dear Cecil, you value yourself more, and we value you more. Life is precious but you are more precious." .”

Cecil's heart was pounding, he hesitated for a moment, and summoned up his courage, "Actually, Langdon, I..."

"Langdon, don't be reckless, pay, I win!" Oakes' voice sounded impatiently.

"I know, I know." Langdon released his hand.

Cecil remained in the hugging position for a long time before retracting his arms stiffly, silently making a note to Oakes in his heart.When he was thinking about what to pay attention to during the two-day griffin trip, he got the big news from the parchment that night: Lomasu volcano erupted.

The Lomasu volcano has been erupting all the time, but the protective cover of the Lomasu people is like a cover to stop the underground power. This time, the hot magma rushed out of the crater and crossed the ring mountain range, like a top on the ground. The bright crown, high temperature, steam, and volcanic ash were sprayed hundreds of meters into the air, forming billowing clouds of dust in mid-air, which drifted northward to Tambunita along the warm and humid summer monsoon.

The Temple of the Gay Knights in Tanbunita immediately received this amazing news, and it was the first to pass it on to Moon City.