Chapter 14 – Inter-Era Communication
Despite still being cautious about the Lu Cheng team, the soldiers from the Skarre Kingdom were so exhausted they could barely hold their weapons and some were even injured.
Elena did not force them to keep watch but instead instructed them to find a place to rest.
Now, Elena and General Hubert were sitting by the campfire lit by Lu Cheng’s team, exchanging intelligence about their respective nations.
“Five thousand years of history?”
Elena exclaimed in surprise as soon as she heard Lu Cheng’s opening statement.
But she quickly realized her lapse in decorum and sat back down properly.
She understood that, even though they were inside the ruins of a building, their exchange remained a formal… diplomatic interaction between nations.
“I apologize, Lord Lu Cheng. Is it true that your country has a history of five thousand years?”
Elena placed her hands on her knees, perfectly mimicking every regulation of court etiquette.
Unfortunately, dressed in heavy armor and with her face smeared with dirt and blood, no matter how proper her sitting posture, she could not appear dignified.
“Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Three Kingdoms… and then Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing. Our country has gone through twenty-four dynasties.”
Lu Cheng didn’t mind giving a bit of a history lesson before formal diplomacy, especially since he needed to understand the specific situation of the Skarre Kingdom.
“Xia… Shang…”
Elena murmured the names while trying to mimic Lu Cheng’s pronunciation in Chinese, but halfway through, she successfully bit her tongue.
“Your language is a bit hard to pronounce,” Elena said, lightly covering her mouth to ease her embarrassment.
“I find your language’s pronunciation quite strange as well.”
Due to his work, Lu Cheng was proficient in several foreign languages, from basic English to Russian, but the language of Skarre was truly peculiar.
“Our language? We use the globally common language.” Elena took a deep breath and continued, “Our nation has recorded history only for one hundred seventy-seven years, with only two dynasties.”
She suddenly remembered something and promptly stood up from her seat, performing a peculiar gesture toward Lu Cheng.
“I am Princess Elena, the seventeenth princess of the Skarre Kingdom.” She gave a brief and serious self-introduction to Lu Cheng.
“Your name can be converted into an English word,” Lu Cheng suddenly said.
“What is that?” Elena was momentarily puzzled by the strange term.
“Oh, nothing.”
Lu Cheng observed Elena’s appearance and that of General Hubert beside her.
Elena had removed her helmet, and her jet-black long hair fell behind her. Despite her hair being black, her pupils were a reddish hue.
In terms of appearance… Lu Cheng found it hard to describe, a bit like a Central European mixed-race look. Meanwhile, General Hubert’s appearance was closer to the Native American features of the Americas, though Hubert’s pupils were silver.
The language and names of this world had too many connections to Earth, so Lu Cheng could only attribute it to the parallel world theory.
When Elena sat back down, General Hubert, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up.
“Lord Lu Cheng,” Hubert pronounced Lu Cheng’s name in Chinese, with the respectful title in their language, “Your country has existed for five thousand years?”
“Indeed. Our country has undergone numerous dynasties and has faced situations like yours… where enemies have breached our gates and forced us to the brink, but we have persisted, time and again. Over five thousand years, the enemies we have faced have continually changed, and now…” Lu Cheng looked at the flickering flames and whispered, “Our country is powerful enough to contend with any nation in the world.”
“And what is your status in this country, Lord Lu Cheng?”
Hubert had been focusing on the Sacred Crystal on Lu Cheng’s hand. Given his status in Skarre, he had to show respect to any holder of a Sacred Crystal, as they were usually princes, royal family members, or even kings from other countries.
“I am just an ‘Ordinary’ soldier. This thing appeared on my hand suddenly.” Lu Cheng saw no reason to conceal the origin of the Sacred Crystal.
“Just an ordinary soldier…”
Hubert’s expression paused slightly upon hearing this response, but he controlled his emotions well.
“I suppose you are looking for reinforcements?”
Lu Cheng directly addressed what General Hubert had been thinking during their conversation.
Hubert’s controlled emotions quickly shifted. He frowned, trying to organize his thoughts.
The corpses of the Blood Crystal Beasts outside were still warm. The fear of being taken by the Grim Reaper was still fresh in Hubert’s memory.
But Hubert now understood… those Blood Crystal Beasts weren’t killed by divine punishment, but by the four soldiers in front of him.
Hubert remained skeptical about the identity of Lu Cheng’s team, but the Blood Crystal Beasts’ corpses lying outside could not lie.
They had the ability to easily kill those monsters.
“We are indeed looking for reinforcements. Will you be willing to support us?”
Elena asked Lu Cheng cautiously, as if a student was nervously asking a teacher for a leave of absence.
“Supporting is not as simple as you say, but you must first clarify… what is your country, or rather, what is your world like?” Lu Cheng said.
“Lord Lu Cheng, has your country never encountered Blood Crystal Beasts?” Elena asked once she had calmed down.
“Natural disasters like typhoons and earthquakes do occur, but those monsters… if they ever appeared in our country, they would probably be classified as endangered species.”
Lu Cheng thought that if such giant wolves appeared on Earth, they would likely be caged and sent to a zoo for public display.
“Endangered species?”
Elena understood the descriptions of earthquakes and tsunamis but didn’t grasp the concept of endangered species.
“Our country does have such animals, like the Siberian tiger or panda, that humans cannot match, but they are now very rare. To ensure their population can continue, our country has established specific laws to protect them.” Lu Cheng explained.
However, the Siberian tiger might not stand a chance against such giant wolves. A giant wolf, as tall as a person, might only exist in ancient times, but even if dinosaurs came, it would be just a matter of a few magazines of bullets.
“Preservation? Blood Crystal Beasts are not normal creatures, Lord Lu Cheng. They are monsters… monsters that only know how to kill.” Elena said.
“Please continue and clarify what exactly Blood Crystal Beasts are.”
Lu Cheng knew that those monsters with a viscous crimson fluid flowing all over them were definitely not born in the usual way.
Although there were Blood Crystal Beast corpses in his research base, they were still under study, and results would take some time.
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