Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

230 Asura Arena

That night, at the family banquet.

Hmm, it could be said to be a family banquet.

Kang De, Hong San, Leona, the gorilla, his iron son, and a group of green-skinned people.

Due to the fact that there were too few humanoid creatures present, the gorilla decided to call two more people over. One of them was an acquaintance of Kang De’s. That day, she rode the huge eagle and carried Kang De to launch the first mass projection attack in this world. Cassandra, who was known as the Eagle Tamer, could be considered to have fought side by side and thrown a super weapon together.

The other was her brother, Alexios.

To be honest, it felt a little strange, because their relationship had not reached that stage. However, it was the gorilla’s suggestion after all and was not a big deal, so Kang De naturally would not object.

Perhaps the gorilla wanted to introduce her loyal subordinate to him.

It was a small matter.

Due to the large size of the Transformer and the orcs, they still ate in the open. Everyone sat on the ground in the wide backyard. The ground was covered with soft and expensive blankets and fragrant delicacies. The atmosphere was very relaxed and happy. The end of the funeral meant that this battle had finally come to an end.

However, those who were still alive had to continue fighting.

“Where’s your brother?”

Kang De looked at Leona beside him and asked.

For some reason, the girl turned around and did not dare to look into Kang De’s eyes. Then, the girl realized that she was too timid and glared back.

“Why are you asking about him? Why are you so concerned about men? Could it be that you have that hobby?”

Kang De was stunned for a moment before saying, “What are you thinking? That’s your biological brother. Since your family is here, I naturally have to entertain you. This is the most basic etiquette, right?”

As soon as these words were spoken, Leona immediately blushed. Her previous ferocious aura completely disappeared. She snorted, “Why… why entertain him? That playboy must be having fun now.”

“…Tsk.”

When the girl heard this, she looked up. “…What’s wrong?”

The displeasure on Kang De’s face disappeared. “Nothing…”

Rich second-generation heirs who lived depraved and corrupt lives and did not respect themselves at all were the most annoying.

He drank a bit and deliberated over his words, “Speaking of which, there’s something I want to ask your Vidal Chamber of Commerce for help with. After all, you’re the only people I can trust now.”

What Leona hated the most now was having benefits mixed in with her simple emotional relationship with Kang De. Therefore, she was furious at her brother’s actions of rushing over to brush her face. As soon as Kang De mentioned “asking the Vidal Chamber of Commerce for help”, her small face visibly darkened.

However, when Kang De said, “I can only trust you now”, the clouds instantly cleared up. Leona’s eyes immediately narrowed in joy, although it only lasted for an instant.

She snorted, “Tell me—but let me tell you, the price of our Chamber of Commerce is not low.”

Kang De nodded and said, “Of course…”

Before he could finish speaking, Hong San, who was sitting opposite Kang De, coughed lightly and smiled, “Your Highness, let’s talk about it first. Although Miss Leona said that, could it be that she will take advantage of you?”

“That’s true.”

Kang De did not realize the meaning in the middle at all and said directly, “I heard from Heaven Slash that every year, many orcs go south to make a living. They either become mercenaries, gladiators, or even war slaves. I think since they went out to adventure, instead of being guarded, enslaved, hostile, and rejected, they might as well come to me. At least to me, other than the reward they deserve, there’s also respect and kindness.”

At this point, Hong San and the gorilla did not have any strange expressions, but the siblings, who had been reserved and eating carefully, subconsciously looked up.

The huge green-skinned people ate around another table. They ate fish and meat extremely happily, but although there was wine and delicious food in front of them, 70% of their attention was still on the Great Tyrant.

If the green-skinned people’s reverence for Kang De was 1,000 previously, after the battle ended and they saw the ruins of the battlefield, his reputation had already solidified to an endless limit. The green-skinned people looked at the terrifying traces caused by the collision of the quality weapons and beat their chests, stomping their feet, and wailing. They wailed that they had actually not seen the scene of the meteor cluster with their own eyes. Apart from wailing, they imagined the scene of the collision and felt great.

Now that he heard this, Heaven Slash jumped up and picked up his beloved camera. He shouted excitedly, “Good, good, good! I want to play this video filled with waaaagh to the green-skinned people of the world!”

Kang De waved his hand and Heaven Slash sat back. He lowered his voice and discussed excitedly with his lackeys before turning to speak to his iron son.

The speech venue they had filmed during the day was actually very green-skinned and impressive. Kang De was shocked after seeing it.

Moreover, Heaven Slash had comprehended the idea that “I wonder if this speech can be mixed with the images of the previous war and the super explosion” and “Since sounds and images can appear together, very cool music can also be mixed”. In view of the fact that they did not know how to use computers and that computers suitable for humans did not match the size of the green-skinned hands, they were asking his iron son for help.

Kang De was very curious about how exciting the edited version would be in the end.

With this in mind, he continued to say to Leona, “I want to recruit and recruit wandering orcs. It’s easy to deal with Goethe. Now that I have some face, the Empire can’t interfere. I think since Vidal is a powerful family in the west of the Empire, can you help me?”

Leona looked at Kang De and said nothing.

The two sides were silent for a few seconds before Kang De said awkwardly, “…That’s true. My relationship with the Empire is not too good. A few days ago, I even fought with the Eldest Prince’s lackeys and killed them all. After all, I’ve experienced the Glory Sand incident. I’m naturally enemies with the Empire. It’s indeed very difficult for you to help me…”

“…Idiot.”

Leona picked up the teacup and lowered her head to sip. She snorted, “What do you think I stayed there to talk to my brother in the afternoon? I’ve long asked him to arrange this.”

“…Ah?”

Kang De was pleasantly surprised, a little touched, and had some indescribable emotions.

On his right, Leona lowered her head elegantly to drink tea, revealing the back of her snow-white neck. She was petite and her movements were beautiful. Her side profile was exquisite like a doll, and her cheeks were slightly pink. She looked both tempting and cute. At this moment, Kang De even wanted to hug her and raise her up before touching her head and face.

Of course, it was only a thought.

This was because although the gorilla on his left did not speak or move, she emitted a loud chewing sound. This reminded Kang De that Gorilla Platinum was gradually getting unhappy.

It had been a long time since they last met. In the past few days, whenever he was free, it was Kang De who specially cooked and cooked the ingredients on Earth and gave the gorilla a special stove that it had not eaten for a long time. Most of these had also fallen into the gorilla’s stomach. From hot food to cold dishes and various snacks, the sound was like a tyrannosaur eating.

He sighed to himself and his tone softened, “Don’t you have to discuss it with your family? If they discover that you’re helping me, will…”

Leona said in a muffled voice, “Then you have to be careful. Don’t fail, or you’ll implicate many people.”

Kang De was silent for a moment before saying seriously, “Don’t worry, I definitely won’t.”

Their eyes met. In the next moment, a hand appeared on Kang De’s shoulder and turned him to the left. The gorilla stabbed a piece of steak with her fork and smiled, “Ah—”

Sitting opposite him, Alexios choked on the spot. He had probably never seen the Queen like this. He tried his best to suppress his physical reflexes. His face was red, and his chest was trembling violently as he let out a series of extremely low coughs. He looked extremely pitiful.

—I’m even more pitiful.

Kang De forced a smile and bit off the piece of meat when he heard a sound on his right.

Without thinking, Leona, who had been fighting the gorilla, was about to take action.

—Ah, Dad and Mom, who are far away in Africa, you definitely did not expect that your son would actually be treated like the male lead of a Japanese harem story.

D*mn, at that time, he felt that the male lead was very pretentious. He did not know how lucky he was and was very vexed. However, now that Kang De had personally experienced it, he knew…

—How troublesome!

After eating the gorilla’s steak, Leona wanted to feed him. After eating Leona’s, the gorilla would definitely continue to feed him. The two sides continuously fought and he continuously ate. He had to be careful not to favor one over the other because the other party would be unhappy. Even if he did not die from overeating, he would be in a difficult position.

The gorilla was the first animal and companion he had encountered who could communicate after coming to the Holy Seal Islands. They had relied on each other for more than a year and were already like family. Although he had met Leona later, this stubborn but soft-hearted girl had experienced many things with him along the way. Now, she even considered everything for him…

Kang De really did not want anyone to be unhappy.

Therefore…

In a flash, a thought suddenly flashed through Kang De’s mind.

He had thought of a way!

He looked up, his gaze like lightning, filled with anticipation and pleading as he looked at Hong San opposite him.

—Hong San, quickly use your super high EQ and social ability to help me think of a way!

Visible to the naked eye, Hong San’s eyes rolled up. Then, he said seriously, “Speaking of which, forgive me for being presumptuous, Your Highness, and… Commander, there’s something I want to ask the two of you.”

—Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. I knew it! You’re indeed reliable!

He hurriedly said, “What’s the matter?”

The gorilla also looked over.

“It’s like this,” Hong San said. “Your Highness has already stepped onto the world stage, so you naturally have to have a compatible army and faction. I’m about to recruit new soldiers to build the initial team and recruit followers for Her Highness. Moreover, Your Highness plans to farm Valentine deeply and needs people everywhere.”

“The Crimson Mercenary Group is powerful and gathers many talented people. The commander has a close relationship with Your Highness and is close like a brother. I’m wondering if I can rope in the mercenary group, but I’m afraid you’ll misunderstand…”

The gorilla frowned and listened for a moment before saying impatiently, “Don’t beat around the bush. Just say it. This mercenary group is mine. The only goal is to help me find Kang De. Now that I’ve already found him, there’s no point in existing. However, if Kang De wants to use it, use it well. What’s mine is his.”

She paused for a moment before saying, “However, there’s one thing. These people have followed me here and are quite useful along the way. If they’re unwilling to stay, you can’t force them to stay. I’ll give them a sum of money and send them away. You don’t have to worry about those who choose to stay but are unwilling to listen to Kang De’s orders. I’ll beat them to death.”

After saying that, the gorilla looked at Leona proudly.

—Ah, so childish. This fellow.

Kang De pretended not to see it.

At this moment, he discovered that when he heard the gorilla’s words, Cassandra and her brother, who had been silent, trembled.

Cassandra was relatively calm and did not show any intense emotions. Alexios looked up at Kang De, the excitement in his eyes difficult to hide.

Speaking of which, this brother of hers had been stealing glances at Kang De from time to time. He wanted to say something but hesitated.

After the gorilla spoke, he could not help but almost speak.

However, in the next moment, his sister suddenly reached out and pressed his shoulder. The siblings looked at each other. Cassandra’s gaze was stern and firm.

A moment later, her brother was defeated and a little discouraged.

“Speaking of which…”

In order to prevent the gorilla and Leona from arguing at the dining table, Kang De had already begun to find something to talk about. He said to the siblings, “I don’t know much about the continent, but from your appearances, you seem to be different from the Goethe and the Empire…”

After coming to the other world, he interacted with the Goethe people the most, followed by the people of the Empire. There was not much difference in appearance and style between the two countries. He could only tell from their clothes and accents. For example, Leona and Tina. Without knowing their identities, it was difficult to tell who was from the Empire and who was from Goethe.

However, Cassandra was different. It was obvious at a glance that she was of a different race from Leona and the others. Her skin was dim white, and her hair was darker. Her hair was naturally wavy, and her nose was tall and narrow. Her contours were strong and heroic. Alexios was the same, and she looked very different from Nick and Cleveland.

When the two of them heard this, they looked up at the same time and revealed sad and disappointed expressions. Their expressions were very similar.

As expected of siblings.

Cassandra said softly, “Yes, we’re Belloran.”

Belloran…

Kang De’s expression changed slightly. He seemed to have heard this name more than once…

Cassandra said sadly, “We’re the ones who lost our country. Our beautiful motherland and brilliant civilization were destroyed by the elves, leaving only wreckage and puppets… Our clansmen can only wander the continent in pain.”

“I see…”

Kang De nodded and said, “I’m sorry that I mentioned this.”

“It’s fine. We’re already used to it. It’s better to say that we should thank you,” Cassandra said slowly. “Those who fight the elves are all our friends. Those whose hands are stained with the blood of the elf soldiers are all our comrades. I’m very honored to follow you in that great attack and be proud of it for the rest of my life…”

—Nonsense, you were so frightened that you vomited. Weakling, I vomited only after returning to the white fog world.

During this time, Alexios kept looking at Kang De with some anticipation in his eyes. He seemed to want to say something, but from the beginning to the end, Cassandra held her brother’s hand tightly.

Dinner time continued calmly and comfortably until the end.

The siblings bade farewell. The mercenary group was settled in the city. In any case, there was a place to live.

When they reached the street, Alexios looked back. Kang De had already gone back. He complained, “Cassandra, why won’t you let me speak?”

The Eagle Tamer’s expression was calm. Her strong and powerful body swayed slightly in the night wind as she walked forward, like a cheetah walking.

She said, “I know what you want to say… The Belloran people have yearned to rebuild their motherland for a long, long time. However, we can’t afford the price or have the right to ask for His Highness Kang De’s help.”

His brother was speechless, then he said, “We can ask the Consul…”

Before he could finish speaking, Cassandra suddenly turned around, her eyes cold.

Alexios knew that he had misspoken and immediately shut his mouth.

“Wait… wait a little longer.”

Cassandra said in a low voice, “The clansmen will receive this news. We’re not qualified to decide. The Belloran don’t lack patience. What we’re afraid of is failure. We’ve already waited a long time, but there are more races and fallen people waiting too.”

“After all, this continent has suffered from the oppression and plunder of the elves for a long, long time.”

In the white fog world.

Kang De sat at the traffic light on the main road and looked at the road that had been smashed into chaos by the Autobot. He could not help but think of the cruel bloody battle that day.

“Father.”

His iron son had been in deep thought, then he suddenly asked, “Is that called the Asura Arena1?”

Kang De was shocked and glared, “What are you talking about? Where did you learn such words? I don’t remember teaching you to be such a child!”

The Autobot was surprised, and even a trace of grievance appeared in his voice, “Indian mythology. The Asura King often led his troops to fight Sakra. The Asura Tribe has beauties but no delicious food, while Sakra has delicious food but no beauties. The two sides are jealous of each other and fight for it. Although I don’t understand why they don’t exchange what they need and instead have to lose both sides—in short, the tragic battlefield caused by the battle is called the Asura Arena.”

His iron son said, “People often use the Asura Arena to describe the tragedy of the battlefield. The battlefield where Father bombarded and destroyed the elf army can be called the Asura Arena?”

“Ah… Ah, yes, yes, that’s it,” Kang De said awkwardly. “You’ve learned well. That’s a good application of this term.”

He jumped down and skipped this topic, “Alright, alright, let’s not talk about this. I promised Hong San that I would rest after doing two things. Arranging the funeral is the first thing, and summarizing and improving the quality projection attack is the second… Let’s review and summarize now.”

“Rest?”

The Autobot walked towards Kang De and asked, “Are you going back to Earth to rest?”

“I want to…”

Thinking of the calm and carefree time on Earth and Old Wang next door, Kang De could not help but smile. However, in the next moment, he sighed, “However, every day on Earth is seven days in the other world. The time flow is seven to one, and it’s at a time like this. How can I stay on Earth any longer…”

The Autobot comforted him, “Father…”

Kang De waved his hand and said, “Alright, it’s nothing. It’s not too late to go home after this is over. It’s fine… It’s already very good. It ended in this way and not many people died. We’ve finally salvaged the situation and didn’t make things worse… Speaking of which, I have to thank Akatum for his strength.”

On that day, after experiencing and witnessing the choices and outcomes of many people at the moment of the city’s collapse, Kang De finally realized what pity was. In the end, he obtained the approval of Akatum. The awakened power of the Dragon God established a connection with the white fog world and was able to open the spatial door many times in a day and maintain his state… Through this ability, Kang De used gravitational force to launch the mass bombardment that destroyed everything.

Because he had been teleported to Valentine by the crimson scroll, he had fallen into this desperate siege and fallen into a dilemma that concerned his morals. He had once begged the King of the Gods for a response, but there was no news from him. However, at the last moment, he relied on the divine power of the crimson scroll to turn the tables and change the war situation between the elves and Goethe… In the end, this crimson scroll was discovered on the Holy Seal Islands.

He had also met Tina and Knight Cleveland there and learned that there was a country called Goethe.

The mysteries of fate were really unpredictable.

At this moment, the Autobot suddenly said, “Father, you said that Akatum controls time and space, and the ability you used in the war seems to be only space. Then, what about time?”