"The life of the country, why do you say that?" Lu Cheng asked.
Elena raised her left hand and showed Lu Cheng the fiery red crystal on the back of her hand.
"In this world, the capital of every country is built on the core of the earth vein crystal. It is the energy of these crystals that gave birth to all of us."
"You mean...magic?"
Lu Cheng stared at the fiery red crystal on the back of Elena's hand. Lu Cheng could feel that it contained a special energy.
"It's not magic, it's the core of the earth vein itself. Without the core of the earth vein crystal, this land will be completely barren, and our people will die out due to disease and physical weakness. So losing the core of the earth vein crystal... is no different from losing our country." Elena mustered up the courage to say all this.
"We don't need your core, we just want to borrow the energy from the earth vein crystals, which means we only need fragments, and it shouldn't have any impact on your country's territory.
Lu Cheng said this and turned the earth vein crystal fragment in his hand.
"Of course, if you don't want to, we won't force you. After all, we have enough time to find the earth vein crystals that no one owns in this world." Lu Cheng said.
Elena was completely stunned at this moment. She clenched the back of her hands and watched the firewood gradually burned into ashes by the flames. Her hands could not help but began to tremble.
Elena was not stupid, she understood what it meant to miss this opportunity.
The Kingdom of Scarre could not hold out for long under the invasion of the blood crystal beasts. Several of her brothers had died in the battle against the blood crystal beasts, and countless civilians had died in the mouths of those monsters.
All Elena saw along the way were the corpses of the people and the stench of decaying corpses. These were things she could not bear.
It was only a matter of time before her country was destroyed by the blood crystal beasts, unless... she found reinforcements.
Elena tightly grasped a ring on her left hand. She seemed to remember something and finally made up her mind. The moment she raised her head, her scarlet pupils stared at Lu Cheng.
"If you just want a fragment, there's no problem. I have a fragment of the earth vein crystal here. Is the magic power stored in it enough for you to use?" Elena took out a fragment she carried with her.
"Unfortunately it's not enough."
Lu Cheng stared at the earth vein crystal fragment in Elena's hand, which was only as long as her index finger. The earth vein fragment that Noy gave to Lu Cheng was about four times the size of this one.
"If you want more, you can only go to the holy land where the core of the earth vein crystal is located. That is a place that only my father... the ruler of Skarre has the right to enter." Elena thought for a while and said, "I will definitely find a way to convince my father!"
General Hubert remained silent.
As an insider, he knew what Princess Elena meant by "persuasion".
He is the princess's swordsmanship teacher, and General Hubert can say without exaggeration...she may be the best fighter among all her brothers and sisters.
Just because of her mother, the king has always been reluctant to incorporate her into the army.
If Skarre had not lost so many young warriors, she would not have been sent to this border land.
Moreover, ever since the King's sons were killed in the attack of the blood crystal beasts, the King's own spirit has been greatly affected, and he seems to be crazy.
In addition, the princess doesn't like her father very much, and can even be said to hate him... So General Hubert believes that the "persuasion" mentioned by Princess Elena cannot be understood in a verbal sense.
However, the appearance of the Lucheng team made Hubert see the hope of this country, and now he just wanted to confirm it again with his own eyes.
"Lord Lucheng, I implore you to demonstrate once more... the power of the weapon in your hands," said General Hubert.
"That's no problem, but in exchange... I want to see what offensive magic in this world is like." Lu Cheng said.
"I know some offensive magic, but how do I demonstrate it?"
Like Hubert, Elena wanted to see with her own eyes how the weapon called "gun" in Lu Cheng's hand was used, including its power.
"Your Highness Elena, use my shield as a target."
Hubert picked up a round shield made of steel from the ground. There was a deep scratch on the surface of the shield. It was obvious that this shield had blocked a fatal attack for its owner.
Elena nodded and watched Hubert place the shield on the wall of the church.
"Mr. Lu Cheng, please step back a little." Elena said to Lu Cheng beside her.
Lu Cheng followed Elena's instructions and made enough distance with his team.
"Who's holding the video camera?" Lu Cheng turned around and asked his team members in Chinese.
"I've been recording since just now."
Pictorial was holding a handheld video recorder in her hand, and she had been recording the conversation between Lu Cheng and Elena since just now.
Although the conversation was conducted in a language from another world, this videotape still has commemorative and research significance.
After all, this is the first time we are conducting diplomacy with a country from another world.
What the pictorial is going to record now is the existence of the other world showing their abilities that are completely different from those of the people on Earth.
Elena stood in the center of the ruins and looked at the iron shield not far away. She raised her left hand.
The red crystal on the back of her left hand emitted a dim light, and as the light overflowed, a special pattern appeared on Elena's arm.
Lu Cheng remembered that people in this world called this kind of pattern an inscription.
A small flame suddenly appeared in Elena's hand. With the gathering of a special energy, the flame began to gradually expand and turned into a fist-sized fireball.
"What is the principle behind this?"
Feng Kite couldn't help but ask in a low voice. Although he had seen Noy's hands holding light, Elena's hands holding thunder looked more shocking.
The pictorial made a hushing gesture, and Feng Kite shut up and stopped asking questions.
Elena seemed to have some difficulty controlling the fire. Her raised arm trembled slightly, but as she murmured something, the flames grew bigger and bigger.
Finally it expanded into a fireball with a diameter of half a meter.
Elena could no longer maintain such a huge fireball. She swung her left hand vigorously, and the huge fireball was thrown directly at the shield on the wall.
The fireball splashed everywhere the moment it hit the shield, and the explosion that Lu Cheng expected did not occur.
It was just a ball of fire. After bursting out on the shield, some flames fell on the rotten wood in the ruins. Unfortunately, the wood was too wet and did not burn.
After Elena released this magic, she placed her hands on her knees and took a deep breath.
"How is it, Lord Lu Cheng?" After adjusting her breathing, she said to Lu Cheng in a boastful tone.
"Very impressive... But if you consider the lethality, why would you make such a big fireball?"
Lu Cheng politely applauded Elena's performance, but at the same time questioned Elena's method of attack.
"Because when enough fire elements gather together, the damage caused is even greater." Elena said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Uh…can't you make that fireball explode or something?"
Lu Cheng looked at the shield with some burnt marks on its surface. Although the fireball just now looked terrifying, its lethality was not satisfactory.
The person who was hit might only have some burns.
"explode?"
"Never mind... I'll go check out the damage."
Lu Cheng knew nothing about the magic in this world, and he couldn't teach her any scientific knowledge based on magic.