King from scratch

Diman Empire?

He Xingwen searched for relevant information in his memory, and was a little surprised: "I remember that the Neiva Plain is quite far from here..." Having said this, He Xingwen turned his head and looked at Anuta, and solved his doubts: "The services provided by Ai Zhijin ?”

Anuta: "The Diman Empire is fully capable of long-distance space folding. It just entrusts us to contact you and provide a communication channel as an intermediary."

Given the distance between the Diman Empire and the Land of God's Fall, it is surprising that they will become the second force to actively contact the kingdom.

"They came to convey the greetings of Emperor Diman to the new civilization."

He Xingwen turned his head and glanced at the dwarves who were still discussing the means of transportation. They had long forgotten the king who proposed the new task.

That being the case, He Xingwen walked away and said: "Since we have come from a long way, we can't miss..." He Xingwen pondered for two seconds: "Let's meet at the junction of the kingdom and the land of God's Fall."

Anuta was a little surprised: "Aren't you going to entertain them?"

He Xingwen was also a little surprised: "Is there a place to entertain them in the Kingdom?"

If it was just a place to entertain envoys, the meeting hall in the main city fully had this function. In Anuda's view, it was undoubtedly an excuse to say this sentence from the king's mouth.

"At times like this, your vigilance can always surprise people." Anuta said: "Most people care more about other people's evaluation than unnecessary vigilance, especially those in high positions."

To put it simply, people with power have to face.

"Useless vigilance..." He Xingwen recalled the word and laughed a little: "I don't agree with this evaluation."

"Most people overinterpret my words more than they understand what they mean."

"It's just a greeting," He Xingwen said casually: "After they conveyed it, the meeting can be over. There is no need to mobilize the crowd."

He Xingwen, who said so, did not understand the demeanor of dealing with big countries at all.

So after a while, He Xingwen stared at the long row of boxes neatly stacked within the border of the kingdom, and fell into a sudden silence.

Andrade K. Wen bent slightly, stroked his chest and said, "Honorable King, Emperor of the Diman Empire, Diman Karen II sends his greetings to you."

It's all here, what else do you bring? For a moment, He Xingwen almost said these words, but luckily he restrained himself in time, and didn't let his image collapse completely.

Andrade K. Wen brought a team of nearly 300 people to greet the new civilization.

They have the cultural self-confidence exuded by a powerful country as their reliance, and they walk in an orderly manner. Even if they trek long distances in the desert, their image has not been affected.

This is the kind of diplomat that a strong, rich and nationally honored nation can produce.

He Xingwen glanced behind him, except for Anuta, there was no one there.

The contrast is stark and tragic.

"Nice to meet you..." He Xingwen organized his social speech and talked to the other party on the oasis: "Please help me convey my thanks to Emperor Diman."

Andrade K. Wen maintained his official smile, waited for two seconds, and glanced at Anuta before waiting for the next words.

Anudha knew what he meant, but he had no intention of moving—even if the human king didn't behave like an emperor, any intelligent creature who had witnessed the scene of him dominating the kingdom would maintain due respect for him.

Andrade K. Win didn't wait for Anuda to smooth things over, so he had to ask himself - it was very rude, but the problem was that the king of this new civilization didn't seem to understand their etiquette.

"It's a great honor to convey this to you, so, what is your kingdom?" André De K. Wen continued to ask in the king's obvious stunned: "What is your name?"

This is a good question, and even He Xingwen doesn't know the answer to this question.

So for almost a year (game time), the kingdom was without a name, not even his name.

"The kingdom is the kingdom, and you are you." The system said calmly: "There is no need to distinguish you from other beings, because they will eventually know how to call you and your kingdom."

The certainty of the system was too self-confident, and He Xingwen was convinced.

"This is my kingdom, and I..." He Xingwen: "You can call me Your Majesty the King."

I knew it would be like this, Anudha drooped her eyes, avoiding the sight of Andrade K. Wen, and was not surprised by the king's reply.

If the king wanted to tell them this, it would not be nearly a year before he remembered it.

This answer sounds a bit provocative, but André K. Wen will not say it bluntly at this moment. This is diplomatic etiquette and the bearing of a big country.

He took up the topic: "Your Majesty is very curious about the new civilization. Soon, the empire will hold a grand ceremony. We welcome your people to attend and witness the grand event of the empire with us."

The other party did not explain in detail why the ceremony was held. He Xingwen nodded after thinking for two seconds: "I will send someone to attend."

"We will send subsequent invitations through Aizhijin."

Andrade K. Wen continued with a smile: "It's a bit abrupt to ask, but your kingdom doesn't seem to refuse to communicate with other civilizations..."

He paused for a while, and gave He Xingwen enough time to react before continuing: "We believe that establishing a preliminary communication and communication channel will help us strengthen our understanding of each other."

He Xingwen glanced at Anuta.

Anuta, who received the king's sight, interrupted the dialogue: "The gold of Ai can be used as a communication channel to convey the information of the two countries."

His attitude was very clear, and he didn't respond to his gaze, but the king stood up immediately with a look.

Andreide silently wrote down this point in his heart, and prepared to go back to make a small report.

"In that case, then..." Andrade stopped when he said goodbye.

The sound of dense footsteps came from not far away, and a large team was approaching their position.

Almost everyone in the Diman Empire team held the sword in their left hand at the same time, and the etheric fluctuations in their bodies began to fluctuate regularly, ready to go.

He Xingwen looked in the direction of the sound, and he could not perceive the teams that had not yet entered the kingdom's territory.But at present, there are not many people who can directly enter the Land of God's Fall without permission, and it is easy to guess the identity of the other party.

The sub-bear's footsteps are not so light. Except for the sub-bear, the race that can make such footsteps...

Has the druid turned into a bear?

The advancing team emerged from the field of vision, and a group of human-shaped black shadows and strange tree-like creatures appeared together.

Before He Xingwen could react, Anuta's surprised voice sounded first, breaking the vigilant atmosphere: "Treant?!"

Andre turned around to look at the same dusty team, raised his palm and shook it lightly, and the vigilant team quietly let go of the hand holding the sword hilt.

The tree-like creature is very conspicuous. As a towering tree that is moving, it is out of place in the desert. The long and dense roots swim through the sand, leaving behind a row of dense traces.

From the appearance alone, except for the facial features on the trunk, the Treant is no different from an ordinary tree. Because he is a Treant, he does not grow hands and feet, turning into an appearance between a plant and a creature.

Such a huge tree that has gone through a long period of time really shouldn't appear here.

"Tree people?"

He Xingwen repeated the word, and looked up at the facial features on the tree trunk, which looked more like the natural knots of trees, without any flesh and blood belonging to living things.

Anuta looked at the human king inquiringly.

The appearance of tree people exceeded his expectations. Trees, as extreme environmental protectors, have irreconcilable contradictions with intelligent creatures.

Therefore, the intensification of the conflict between the tree people and the intelligent creatures was barely avoided through the way that the tree people stick to the endless forest and the intelligent creatures no longer step into their territory.

But now, the treants have left the Everfree Forest and appeared outside the human kingdom?

Anuta didn't think this was good news. On the contrary, they had better prepare for the upcoming conflict—for example, call the Asian bear and iron-eating ants to help out.

But the human king did not answer him.

He Xingwen's eyes fell on Lincoln in front of the tree man.

The dusty team stopped outside the border of the kingdom. Lincoln glanced at another team outside the border, recognized their origins from their unique uniforms, and then ignored them.

Lincoln turned to He Xingwen and said, "Human king, let's collect the reward according to the previous agreement."

He Xingwen gestured to the existence behind him that could not be ignored: "I remember I said Druid, but Treeman?"

The tree man slowly opened his eyes and looked at He Xingwen and the others.

"Arnold doesn't trust humans." Lincoln explained, "I insist on following."

Anuta intervened in the dialogue: "I don't think this is a good idea. The tree people do not allow intelligent beings to cut down trees and destroy the ecology, but the kingdom has not promised this, and there is no reason to take responsibility for the promises that it has not made. human anger."

"I communicated with Arnold..."

Anuta interrupted Lincoln's words: "The tree people will not compromise. Even if the communication reaches an agreement, it will not have any effect when encountering problems."

During their back-and-forth conversations, He Xingwen and Andre became bystanders.

Andrade was not in a hurry to leave—the appearance of druids was still understandable. After all, a small group of druids showed up on the mainland, and people could occasionally see them.

But tree people?

No one can see them outside the Everfree Forest. This longevity species with a long lifespan is just like the part of trees in their genes. They don't like to move, and they use long-term sleep to accumulate action for them. energy.

It was hard for him to imagine the reason why the tree man appeared here.

After Lincoln was interrupted, he simply passed Anuda and talked to the human king who had the right to decide: "This is the treeman's decision. Please believe that we are more reluctant to see problems in cooperation than anyone else."

He Xingwen was looking at the tree man, eyes made of wooden branches, without any emotion, the tree man was silently watching him, or in other words, staring at this oasis that cannot communicate.

"If this is your decision..." He Xingwen turned his gaze back and looked at Lincoln: "If you are sure that you can bear the consequences, I have no objection."

In He Xingwen's tone, there was no sense of nervousness about the tree man entering this land, and he was as calm as ever about it.

It is precisely because of this calmness that intelligent creatures feel that everything is within the other party's expectations.

He Xingwen really didn't have any mood swings about this, and the expected development is nothing to be surprised about.

This is one of the reasons why he formed the expedition team, to accept more other races from different worlds to advance his "main mission".

Druids were on his list, and treants... were a bonus.

Of course, the Dragon Clan is also on his list. From a certain point of view, he has already completed the staged task of accepting the Dragon Clan.

He Xingwen glanced at the oasis behind him, it was calm and full of vitality, and he couldn't see the slightest danger - for other races, the land of God's Fall and the kingdom should be equally dangerous.

"Please remember to abide by the laws of the kingdom." He Xingwen reminded them again.

He turned sideways, indicating that they could enter the kingdom's territory.

This time, Lincoln hesitated. Instead of taking a step forward, he reached out and pressed his hand on the branch of the tree man to communicate with the tree man.

He Xingwen turned his head to look at the other team that hadn't left yet, expressing his doubts about why they hadn't left yet.

Andrade understood the reason why Ai Zhijin was treated differently.

Although the king's previous performance was enough to make people sigh that it was indeed a small country in a remote place.

But he can stabilize the druid in the dialogue, and the other party has not gone berserk on the spot, which is enough to prove his strength.

People who are not strong enough may care about red tape to emphasize that they are different, but people who are strong enough will not care even if they are rude.

Just like at this moment, Andrade redefines the image of the young king, cancels the behavior of judging the other party in the bottom of his heart, and expresses his respect with appropriate etiquette.

"Greetings to you again, and hope that the friendship between the two countries will never fade."

He bent down slightly, finished speaking socially, turned around and led the team away in the direction they came from, leaving behind a dozen boxes lined up along the way.

He Xingwen glanced at the druids who were still communicating, and he was idle, so he simply lifted the lids one by one to look at the things inside.

Golden decorations, paintings and sculptures that look valuable, dazzling jewelry, piles of food, ingenious tool templates and a whole set of books, no matter from the point of view of practicality or value, they are all incomparable. picky.

He Xingwen thought for two seconds to return the gift, and the garbage in the warehouse floated through his mind one by one, and another fact that made people desperate was already very clearly in front of him.

The kingdom is really poor...

Is it a bit upstart to send ore directly?

He Xingwen pondered whether this behavior was appropriate or not, and the system spoke at the right time: "In fact, dwarves and mages have suitable things as gifts in return."

He Xingwen took two steps away to talk to the system.

"The right thing?"

"In the teaching building of the dwarves, there are already a lot of 'inventions' that are built with the participation of players and the help of the dwarves. Although they are useless to the kingdom, perhaps the Diman Empire will have some use for them. An unexpected way of using it." ——Waste utilization can also be said so nicely, as expected of you, System.

"And the mages can obviously take a part from the various researches and compile them into simple books at any time. I believe that the Diman Empire can fully feel its value." —— Squeezing mages to provide free gifts, completely leaving mages The role of the tool man has been brought to the extreme, as expected of you, the system.

Lincoln ended the communication with the tree man and led the tree man to the territory of the kingdom.

When the roots entered the kingdom, the treant completely opened his eyes, because the kingdom refused to accept him, and his roots could not enter the ground, so he could only walk on the ground.

The druids looked at each other. The moment they stepped onto the territory of the kingdom, they fully felt the rejection from the kingdom. The collective will was not open to them. In this land, they were naturally rejected.

The tree man's branches and leaves swayed rustlingly, as if communicating with something or sensing something.

He paused on the spot for a few seconds, and then the roots moved quickly, walking towards the place where the Kingdom Forest was located.

Lincoln was not in a hurry to follow his footsteps. Before continuing to go deeper, he confirmed with the human king: "Arnold will try his best to restrain his anger, but I want to know," he asked hesitantly: "If you violate the kingdom's laws? ..."

He Xingwen gave him the answer in a friendly manner: "Not just treants, any intelligent creature who violates the laws of the kingdom on the territory of the kingdom will face death directly."

"That doesn't sound very plausible." Lincoln was the only one to bring it up: "It's supposed to grade violations of the law according to their seriousness, and give law-breaking creatures a chance to rehabilitate."

For example, the end of theft is death, and the end of murder is also death. The punishment is obviously too heavy.

"It's really unreasonable." He Xingwen admitted this frankly, and he regretted: "But the Holy Guard will not divide the punishment measures according to the severity of the violation of the law, so in this case, for the safety of everyone, please Don't break any laws."

The Holy Guard is the most hidden pinnacle of force in the kingdom. They are only used to uphold the laws of the kingdom, rather than directly crushing other forces. This is enough to prove that He Xingwen loves peace and cherishes life—whether it is his own or that of others.

With the attack method of the Holy Guard, if they are really allowed to go out, there will be no grass growing in the places they pass, and all living creatures will be wiped out from the world in a true sense.

Even if the war really started, He Xingwen would not let them form an army and appear on the battlefield - that is not a war, but a massacre.

The war divides the enemy and the enemy, and there is life and death on the battlefield.

But surrenderers have the right to live, civilians have the right to live, widows, the old and the weak have the right to live, and all living things that are engulfed by war have the right to live after laying down their weapons.

Lincoln confirmed that the king's words did not mean any jokes, and he was sincerely advising the druids about the possible death they might face.

Lincoln turned his head to look at the back of the tree man running towards the forest, and silently followed.

"Oh, by the way, please don't forget what you should do," He Xingwen reminded him behind him: "Classify the plants in the kingdom."

Lincoln walked quickly, and he didn't know if he heard him.

Anuta could hear it clearly, but he was more worried about another point: "The relationship between druids and tree people is very close. Tree people are their guides. If tree people die in your kingdom, I'm afraid the entire The Everfree Forest will not rest on its laurels."

He Xingwen walked in the direction of the main city: "I hope Lincoln will not let things develop to this point."

Isn't it a bit negative to pin your hopes on druids?Anuta murmured in his heart, and continued his efforts: "Perhaps, you can adjust the law a little bit?"

"It's not just tree people who are worthy of me adjusting the law."

Instead, He Xingwen was curious about another point: "Has Ai Zhijin always been so sincere in thinking from the standpoint of a partner?"

Anxiety about other people's urgency, worry about other people's worries, although they are not citizens of the kingdom, they are better than the people of the kingdom-at least the players will never have this kind of self-awareness.

"It takes a long time for the new civilization to integrate into the original civilization," Andy Su paused for two seconds before explaining: "Ai Zhijin has been in contact with enough new civilizations, and many new civilizations have been in this long period of time, because the civilizations are different. The resulting contradictions will eventually lead to the dissolution of civilization, so, in the initial stage of civilization contact, we will try our best to fulfill our responsibilities.”

That is to try to avoid conflicts between the new civilization and the original civilization on the mainland, and guide them to integrate into this world.

This is enough to prove another point, no one's success is obtained casually.

Ai Zhijin has worked hard, maintained a special system, and has a sufficient sense of social responsibility, so that he can now win the friendship of most forces on the mainland and support their special business empire.

"Everyone has to accept the possible consequences of the choices they make, and if they can't accept it, then it's best not to do it."

He Xingwen said: "Druids are like this, and so are kingdoms."

If the druids choose to bring the treeman into the kingdom, then they have to accept that the treeman may face the consequences of death.

He Xingwen agreed that the druid would bring the tree man into the kingdom, then he would accept the consequences of the druid's retaliation for the death of the tree man.

He Xingwen wasn't sure if Druid could accept this consequence, but he could fully bear it.

The fact that the kingdom does not take the initiative to provoke war does not mean that the kingdom is afraid of war.

He Xingwen's self-restraint is not the reason for others to think that the kingdom is weak and bully.