Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

The setting sun shone on the city. Under the setting sun, Kang De stood on the city wall with binoculars.

"He's lucky."

He said.

Beside him, Hong San smiled, "The other party knows how to be tactful and lowered his head early on. If we continue to cause trouble, we'll be at a disadvantage. The reason why we killed him was to kill his prestige. He killed his own prestige, so there's no need for us to fight."

Kang De looked relatively disappointed. "Unfortunately, my multinational reporter team is useless…"

When he sent the "Disney Entry Patrol Team" to find trouble, Kang De was already prepared for the second wave.

Now, Valentine did not have much else. There was a mixture of good and bad people, and the composition of the ethnic group was extremely complicated. He asked Hong San to gather a little and found a group of relatively dignified guys. All of them spoke nicely and ran very quickly.

With a little packaging and training, they could pretend to be a reporter. Their words would be reported and would have an international impact. Therefore, they could cause trouble. Most importantly, their skin was thick enough and they could be coaxed. They could be used by Master Kang.

Kang De had learned the Western method very well.

He had already made up his mind. If the first wave of pickets provoked the elves and they were unwilling to lower their heads after being unconvinced and in a deadlock, the reporters would swarm over and make a big fuss, saying that they wanted to rudely report the ugly state of the elf envoy and send it back to the country to let the vast people see the arrogant and rude hypocrisy of the elves. Such a threat would definitely make the extremely prideful elves panic.

In any case, in a hurry, the elves could not verify the identity of the so-called reporters.

Even if he had to be angry and punish these reporters for their country after this—in any case, they were all reporters of the Empire. If the Twilight Dynasty wanted to punish the Empire, what did it have to do with him?

"No, it's a pity not to."

Kang De muttered to himself, "There's no need this time, but we have to use it next time. We have to create the news and newspapers I told you about previously—it's not the kind of trash specially provided by the nobles. We have to let the largest number of people see the newspapers. We have to let the citizens see them, the army, and even the farmers understand them!"

"If you can't read, send a speaker. Then, educate and eradicate illiteracy. You have to do everything. Start now." Kang De turned to look at Hong San, "Otherwise, it'll be a little late to do it."

Hong San nodded and said, "Yes, I'll remember it."

At this moment, the gorilla standing at the side suddenly said, "It's here."

Kang De and Hong San looked over at the same time.

The red light rolled on the horizon and flames curled around it. Amidst the cries of the phoenix, the holy beast with flames as feathers flapped its wings and soared. The horned eagle and pegasus flew beside it and flew toward Valentine.

"The Elven Emperor is called the Phoenix King. The Phoenix is not only the exclusive carriage of the royal family but also a powerful war machine. It can pour a meteor shower on the ground and cooperate with the mages to fight for air control."

Hong San said calmly, "The Elven Air Force is peerless in the world. They're famous for their advanced tactics, diverse military types, and huge numbers. Their beast-taming ability has too great an advantage."

However, Kang De did not respond. Instead, he looked at the phoenix slowly flying over from the horizon in surprise.

Even the gorilla was the same.

"…I feel that it looks a little familiar."

Kang De looked at the Flame Phoenix through the binoculars. Looking around, he really felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity, but he could not tell what was familiar.

The gorilla also slowly nodded. "It does look a little familiar…"

However, she could not tell what was familiar.

Hong San said in surprise, "What? Has Your Highness seen a phoenix before?"

"I've never seen it before."

On television, in CG, in games… These did not count.

If there was such a thing on Earth, it would really be heaven-defying.

Kang De could not think of where this familiar feeling came from for a moment, so he could only shake his head. He glanced at the elves' air force and snorted, "Invincible? Not necessarily."

He would get some fighter jets later and blow up these b*stards.

As they spoke, everyone heard another phoenix cry. The phoenix circled a few kilometers away and landed on the ground. The Elven Knights were the same. Seeing this, Hong San said in surprise, "This Duke Tagris is really polite. He actually didn't fly directly to the city to land."

With such a large air force, the power of the Phoenix, and the magic attainments of the few elf experts accompanying it, if they wanted to barge into Valentine's airspace and directly land in the city, with the current mage army and the huge eagle of the eagle tamer, Cassandra… it was really not enough.

Kang De would not announce the collapse of the negotiation because of this action.

He and Hong San had already tacitly agreed that the elves would regain a little face in this way. After all, they had already lowered their heads earlier—they did not expect them to be so humble.

"This elf gigolo is particular."

Kang De clicked his tongue and said, "He's so polite, so sensible, and so honest. He actually let go of the empty road and entered the city by land. Does he like the smelly vegetables and rotten eggs of his fellow villagers so much?"

He shrugged and said, "I can't bear to bully him anymore… Let's go out and welcome him."

Outside the city, the elves had already landed. Elandir frowned and said, "Your Highness, this is different from what we discussed… We can't give in without restraint or bottom line. We have to properly show the power of the elves."

"No, Master Elandir, this is not my decision." Tagris gently touched the phoenix's head. The flames could not hurt him at all. Duke Tiling closed his eyes and felt it for a moment before revealing a surprised expression, "Filardiano felt oppression and fear… It landed because it was afraid."

The Sage was moved when he heard this. In the traditional culture of the elves, phoenixes were intelligent and beautiful divine beasts. They even had the ability to sense danger that was stronger than unicorns. He could not ignore their premonition.

"In that case, there's indeed a terrifying expert hidden in Valentine."

He looked at the small city that had broken the Dusk Legion and destroyed the five great dragon flag armies. In the war against Goethe, the pitiful defense of this city did not make the advisors pay much attention to it. Unexpectedly, it turned into a wall of sighs and became a terrifying nightmare for the Royal Army.

He even saw the student of his old friend during his previous visit.

That Cathayan called Hong San was the disciple his old friend claimed to dote on and hate the most. The reason why he doted on him was that this disciple was extremely talented. The reason why he hated him was that this disciple was shameless and had even obtained the evaluation of "decayed wood can't be carved". He had also seen Hong San. Elandir, who had seen countless people, confirmed at a glance that his old friend's evaluation was true. He was completely a rotten person.

However, now, Hong San met him as Kang De's advisor. His words were sincere and his attitude was calm, but he was like an unsheathed sword. His gentle and polite attitude could not hide his sharpness.

The peerless talent that his old friend liked and even lamented finally bloomed.

This was very meaningful.

Previously, he was a piece of rotten wood, a b*stard who rolled in the most humble soil, and a piece of trash who was shameless and was even worse than a beggar. However, ever since Kang De appeared on the continent's stage, this once rotten person suddenly bloomed with the peerless brilliance of a top hero and began to serve as a strategist and think tank. Moreover, his loyalty happened to be to a ferocious person who could destroy the army with a raise of his hand and deter the Twilight Dynasty.

—Coincidence my ass!

Conspiracy, it must be a conspiracy.

How could a person wake up in a short period of time and even gain enlightenment?

There was no other explanation. It must be a disguise. What a terrifying disguise. Was he willing to be the most humble and undignified trash for more than ten years and only wait for this day?

The faint smile of his old friend from Cathay flashed through Elandir's mind. Then, he connected it to the aura of an expert on Valentine's side which was enough to make the Phoenix afraid. It seemed that after Kang De appeared, all kinds of strange things happened around him… as if it had been planned.

Kang De.

There were also the dilapidated mountains and rivers of Cathay.

The great route built by Goethe and Cathay in the early years.

Kang De encountered Princess Tina and took the initiative to interfere in this war.

If Kang De really helped Goethe win this war and marry Tina to establish great prestige in Goethe and even the continent, then next…

Could it be that…

—Old friend, could this be part of your plan?

"Elandir?"

Duke Tiling's call woke the Elven Sage. He returned to his senses and a drop of cold sweat quietly flowed down.

Tagris said, "Look, Kang De is out of the city."

Elandir was immediately shocked. He looked up and instantly activated the Eagle Eye Technique. His eyes turned into the shape of eagle eyes, and his vision condensed and continuously enlarged.

He saw two teams of cavalry cordoning off the surroundings of the city gate. A few humans walked over.

The person in the lead had short black hair and was wearing strange clothes. As he walked, he held a device that looked like a telescope but was a dual barrel and looked over.

He said in surprise, "This is Kang De? You've seen him before?"

Tagris' green eyes were suffused with a faint light. He said, "I've never seen him before, but he has short black hair and strange clothes. The items are strange. Most importantly, who else would size us up with such an attitude and gaze? He's calm and can't see any fear… Apart from him, who else?"

With that, a trace of confusion flashed through Duke Tiling's eyes.

"Strange… I feel a very familiar feeling, as well as the woman behind him."

In Valentine's direction.

"Then that's the f*cking brother?"

Kang De threw the binoculars to Hong San. "Identify it."

Hong San took it and looked at it. He nodded and said, "There's no mistake. It must be."

"You know him?"

"To be able to stand beside the Phoenix and be qualified to stand beside Elandir, it must be the Elven royal family."

"Gigolo." Kang De took back the binoculars and looked again, "This is the f*cking normal male elf in my impression. He'll be f*cked to tears by the orcs."

His next sentence revealed the reason for the vulgarity, "You might as well be the older brother. Why are you so handsome? You're flashy but useless. D*mn gigolo."

"It's just that…"

He took away the binoculars and muttered to himself, "It looks a little familiar."

The gorilla also said, "I think so too. It looks a little familiar."

Hong San followed beside them. "You've seen it before?"

"I've never seen it before." Kang De put away his binoculars and the elves opposite him came over, "Perhaps it's because the elf I killed previously is his relative… Forget it, he looks so feminine. He has to be ashamed. Watch me teach him to be an elf."

On Kang De's side, the gorilla and Hong San accompanied him and found a few more people who could fight to support him. Seeing that there were few people here, only a few elves welcomed him.

The Prince Consort of Goethe, the Elven Duke. One was an expert who had shocked the world in recent days, and the other was a member of the royal family that had been popular among the elves for a long time. This unofficial meeting might decide many things.

"I'm Kang De."

"I'm Tagris."

There was no long introduction or complicated diplomatic words.

The two of them walked together and shook hands. Only the followers behind them and the desolate former battlefield witnessed all of this. The direction of war often happened on subtle and ordinary days.

As the Elven Sage, a scholar, and recorder, Elandir listened carefully and prepared to record the next conversation. This would definitely become a part of history.

Then, he heard his lord say, "Have we seen each other before?"

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