The girl who appeared in front of me and Saten was none other than Artemis.
I remember when I met her for the first time, at that time, the other party was still the leader of the supernatural organization trying to subvert human society, the boss behind the scenes of Olympus, wearing a large black robe that made people look awkward, and the whole person There is a sense of conspiracy all over her body, and the second meeting, she is the leader of a human survival organization in the doomsday world, wearing a faded overalls that are too big to fit and stained with paint, with a trace of stubbornness on her face At a loss, if you don't see the other party's beautiful face and blonde hair, you can hardly even associate it with a girl, but now, Artemis has changed her identity and image again, and now she is Avalon in the new world The first residents in the forest were wearing light green light corsets that looked like safari suits. The bright golden ponytail was no longer stained with paint, but was washed clean, shining brightly in the sunlight in the forest. Hui, before she fell from the unicorn's back, she was as energetic as a spirited and lively elf girl who came to the forest to hunt and play.
The three dresses may just reflect the three stages of Artemis' mentality.
Uh, by the way, speaking of elven girls—this time I finally remembered why Artemis's outfit is so familiar. It turned out to be the tight-fitting adventure outfits that blood elf rangers and hunters often wore in Silvermoon City. Of course, in order to conform to human clothing and aesthetics, it has undergone a lot of improvements, and it has become closer to the current clothing of human society, but the elegant and luxurious design concept revealed in the simplicity must be derived from the elves. .
Needless to say, the only elf that Artemis and others can usually contact is Lilina. Now the connection between the shadow city and this mount space has not been officially opened, and the blood elves and elves from other worlds have not yet obtained The permission to enter Avalon, the clothes of Artemis can only be obtained from Lilina.
"This outfit...was Lilina's idea?"
I raised my eyebrows, and said in a strange tone, Artemis's current attire is not ugly, it is impossible for the elves to be ugly, but...
In any case, Artemis should be regarded as a human being in modern society. It must be quite... Uh, this analogy is a bit curious , I mean, it always looks a little weird for a female middle school student in modern society to wear elf hunting clothes as everyday clothes.
Well, although it is indeed quite seductive.
"Because I don't have any other clothes to wear," Artemis smiled brightly, "The old world is all over, we only have the old clothes from the apocalypse, so I asked Lilina who came here often to bring a few It’s new, I didn’t expect it to be such a beautiful style, I’ve never seen your soldiers wear something similar in style—ah, is this a strange outfit in the empire? That priestess always seems to be He looks like he likes to play pranks.”
As Artemis was talking, he suddenly thought of something serious, and immediately exclaimed in a low voice with a nervous expression on his face.
Ah, Lilina, the chief priestess of the Goddess of Life, it seems that you have lost the face of your god—see what impression you have left on our citizens
Seeing the tangled look on Artemis' face, I quickly waved my hands and explained: "That's not true, Lilina is also virtuous occasionally... What you are wearing is actually the costume of the elves, which is in other places. In a universe, the ancient race protected by the empire, strictly speaking, Lilina should also be considered a half-elf, so I prepared this kind of costume for you... "
"Elves?" This time, Artemis and Saten exclaimed together, "Is there such a legendary race?"
I slapped the knife on Leizi's head with a slap: "I'm rambling around in Shadow City every day, haven't you met those long ears?"
"I'm just setting off the atmosphere, ahaha..." Renzi immediately rubbed her head and laughed dryly.
Saten was originally a very lively and enthusiastic girl, and Artemis hoped to make more friends at the beginning of her new life. Therefore, after a while, the two chatted enthusiastically and became acquaintances. Good sisters for many years, from Leizi’s mouth, Artemis learned about the mysterious Xiling Empire from another angle. After all, Leizi also belonged to the "vulnerable groups" we helped before. Her perspective on things is different from mine. Naturally, it cannot be the same. The experience of living among the apostles of Xiling summed up from her perspective is obviously better for Artemis than the "Guide to Civic Life" I have tossed about and the "Citizen Code of the Empire" compiled by Sandora. A lot of reliable.
Listening to Saten enthusiastically introduce to Artemis the living habits of the Xiling apostles, the difference between living in imperial society and human society, and how to become good friends with those seemingly fierce imperial soldiers. Talking, I faintly realized one thing: as more and more residents of various worlds and races live in this special space, how to coordinate their relationship seems to be put on the agenda.
Of course, I am not saying that there will be any friction between heroes of various races. The shadow city has been regarded as a sacred place close to the gods among the worlds we "shelter". Those who can enter here, even if only The delivery workers who came to offer us the rare and mysterious treasures they found have to go through layers of selection. These selected people don’t say sages, at least they must be fair and kind, and their loyalty to the empire is absolutely unquestionable , It is basically impossible for such people to gather together to break out conflicts.
But the absence of conflict does not mean that everything is peaceful. There are huge cultural differences and even cultural contradictions between many races. Two nations on the earth can still confront each other for various reasons, let alone two worlds. Yes, even races with very different worldviews. Now, this contradiction has not caused any consequences due to the small number of bases and the control of their respective leaders. However, as time goes by, when the shadow city and the higher-level "Holy Land "After Avalon is full of heroes from all worlds, can you still expect them to completely abandon this contradiction by relying on their own consciousness
Even if these races can coexist peacefully under the common supreme idea, the various differences in ideas will greatly weaken the strength of the United Legion, and our greatest advantage over the fallen apostles and the power of the abyss is the huge number of worlds. Allied forces, any factor that might weaken the alliance must be ruled out.
In ancient times, the most glorious period of the empire, the apostles of Xiling also formed a similar world alliance. Although this large-scale and reliable force cannot be compared with the imperial army in terms of combat effectiveness, it is also the most powerful against the abyss. One of the weapons, the method used by the Xiling rulers to coordinate the worlds I heard from Sandora, is quite simple: with the leader of the empire as the core, form a group of consuls who have the only right to speak. War events issue orders only to deal with military-related motions between various races, and at the same time, the empire’s vassal races are not allowed to communicate in any field that has nothing to do with joint operations, that is to say, no matter which world you come from, no matter what What is popular in your place? After we came to the headquarters of the coalition forces, the only thing we can discuss between you and me is "combat". Apart from this topic, even if you say "the potatoes in XX restaurant are delicious", it is a violation of the ban .
Of course, the above example may be exaggerated, but basically, the world coalition formed by the Apostles of Xiling looked like that.
This kind of management is naturally not very wise, but you can't expect a group of Xiling apostles to fully follow the standard of mechanical thinking and optimal action to understand what is liberalism and what is humanistic care-they are completely following the method of managing the citizens of the empire To rule those vassal races.
Powerful rule has avoided conflicts and conflicts among various races, but to be honest, the advantages of cross-world alliances and overall offense and defense will inevitably be weakened by the coalition formed with this iron-fisted policy, and those vassal races look more It's like expendable cannon fodder instead of being used as a real combat power, and it is obvious that the form of coalition is not suitable for the races currently gathered under our hands.
What I want is to be truly united, like a poured iron line of defense, all members of the Expeditionary Army of the Realms must be like brothers, able to give everything for the entire legion unconditionally, instead of acting blindly under high-handed rule and iron-fisted politics , Once the empire's ruling power is loosened, it will immediately disperse into a pool of cannon fodder.
Perhaps we can consider forming an atmosphere that requires all races to abide by only in the shadow space, or some other method, so that they can communicate normally while avoiding gaps caused by cultural conflicts. This is a very important task. Troublesome work, and requires practitioners to have an in-depth understanding of the habits of various races, and also be able to think about how to live under the rule of the Xiling Empire from the perspective of "citizens". It's an extremely sad "Imperial Urban Management Brigade". You can tell just from this unfortunate name and the composition of its staff, how painful they have been tossing this job.
Now it seems that perhaps a better choice is to let these vassal races form similar management organizations themselves. All we have to do is to appoint and remove qualified candidates from various worlds.
It should be noted that what this management organization has to do is only manage the internal affairs of the vassal race, and its authority is limited to cultural exchanges and conflict resolution. It cannot have any impact on the shadow base and the imperial military system. Sandora does not have to worry about this It will weaken our control over those vassal races, and according to my guess, this may greatly improve the coordinated combat capabilities of the coalition forces of all races.
I did it when I thought of it. While Renko was still chatting with Artemis, I submitted my draft idea to the public channel, and let a group of empire leaders who were busy eating, shopping and playing games discuss it. In the end, in addition to Sandora's suggestion, in addition to setting up a few more imperial consuls in this department who have absolute authority but usually do not participate in any affairs, the entire plan was passed unanimously.
There was a little disagreement on the final naming of the new department. This department is not big or small. It does not participate in any military and administrative deployment, but it is an important link to maintain the unity of the expeditionary forces of all realms. You can’t name it hastily. Qianqian proposed no less than seven or eight names at the first time, but every time we didn’t say anything, she denied it herself. My sister thinks it’s better to call it the Race Management Committee, but unfortunately I think this kind of name is a little bit A mouthful, Sandora unconditionally supports my suggestion, but Lilina said that if there is no word "Goddess" in the new department, she will cry for me. Bubble insists that the new department should be called "Guild Management Office", which is really not possible. "Adventurer House" has also become, and Pandora and Viska jointly proposed the speechless name of "Imperial Militarized Race Control Division"...
Anyway, no one is reliable.
Finally, after a heated discussion, until a bunch of troublemakers have had their fill of trouble, the name of the new department is settled, and you will never think of this glorious name:
The full name is: Under the protection of the goddess, the adventurer's guild group of the subordinate race is militarized, racially controlled, citizens manage residence affairs, and the World Joint Business Coordinating Committee.
Referred to as the neighborhood committee.
We discussed for nearly half an hour and came out with such a stupid result, bastard
As for the neighborhood committee... the name is too deceitful. As for the main members of the neighborhood committee, it is natural to choose from among the first batch of Azeroth heroes who entered the shadow city as permanent residents. Leaders like Sylvanas It is impossible to put aside the affairs of one's own country and come here to serve as the head of the neighborhood committee, but they must have a lot of talents suitable for similar jobs, which should be enough to maintain the balance of the shadow city's various ethnic groups.
But on Avalon's side, it seems that it should be a little bit special.
This space carefully crafted by the gods will be a place higher than the shadow city, maybe it can be used as a holy place or something, only leaders of various ethnic groups can come here to discuss affairs, and there is no need to set up any neighborhood committees or the like My plan is to let Artemis be in charge of managing and arranging the visitors to this special space. Firstly, this is the world she lives in. Let her be an account manager (…) justifiably, secondly, I completely trust Artemis' abilities, even her partners—don't look at them all as students on the surface, but in fact everyone is older than me, and considering their experiences, other Their minds may even be more mature. These people are responsible for receiving and arranging visitors from all ethnic groups. They are definitely a hundred times stronger than those stubborn imperial soldiers.
"Sister Artemis is really powerful." Renko suddenly jumped in front of me, interrupting my thinking, "The leader of the Doomsday Organization~~~ How powerful!"
"No way," Artemis, who has always been very mature and calm, was a little embarrassed by Saenko's exaggerated sigh, "just to survive, to fight against that absurd world, the stubborn people who had to gather together It’s just molecules, the one who is really powerful should be your brother emperor, right? He saved a world.”
"That's it..." Renzi immediately raised her face proudly, as if she was the one receiving the compliment, "Brother is the best, brother is definitely a good person"
I:"… "
Girl, you issued a card just now.
"Tenko, you are really not simple. You are only fourteen years old, but you have become such a powerful officer." Artemis looked at Saenko's proud look with a smile, "You must be very outstanding at such a young age. You won such a military rank because of your combat exploits, right?"
Satenko's proud expression suddenly froze, and then she scratched her hair embarrassingly: "This... ahaha... how should I put it..."
Artemis, you will soon realize what a horrible existence the mysterious and powerful Xiling apostles are in your eyes.
After chatting with Artemis by the lake for a while, our topic gradually shifted to the future planning of this new world. I mentioned my vision to Artemis a little bit, mainly to make this place a world The Holy Land, and Artemis is responsible for arranging the reception of the heroes of various races who come here. The girl seemed a little embarrassed by this sudden suggestion.
"I... can I really take on such an important role?"
"What's wrong with that?" I smiled, "If you can lead an organization like Olympus, and you can also lead a human survival organization, why can't you be a customer service manager now?"
"But... that's not an ordinary 'guest'." Artemis said with a bitter face, "You have said it all, human emperors, war heroes, great sages, racial leaders, these big men..."
"No matter how big the people are here, they are also soldiers, and I am their commander. The people I appoint must be supported unconditionally. It's as simple as that."
There is one more thing I didn’t say: No matter how NB the residents are, there are very few people who are not afraid of the neighborhood committee.
Seeing my resolute look, Artemis also knew that I was not joking, but she still said worriedly: "But... Will Her Majesty be dissatisfied with letting us 'outsiders' take on such an important job? She is very happy. Stern look..."
"Of course not," I finally understood Artemis' concerns, "You are not involved in military and political affairs, you are only serving as reception staff for Avalon. As long as it does not affect the military system of the empire, Sandora will never Wouldn't care."
With my guarantee, Artemis was finally completely relieved. Obviously, what really made her feel so big was not the "burden" I entrusted to her, but Sandora's possible dissatisfaction. I really don't know. What kind of psychological shadow was left in Artemis's head by the idiot girl in my family? I think now that Artemis mentions that Sandora can even change her eyes.
"Well...boring, boring, boring" Maybe it was because Artemis and I were busy talking about topics that were completely uninteresting to her, and Tearzi, who had been left hanging for a long time, finally muttered dissatisfiedly, "Brother Director, you take me Why don't you go and see the interesting places here?"
The tears in the coquettish state are really lethal. I immediately declared my surrender and suddenly thought of a good place: "You come with me, I really know that Avalon has just completed a project that you may be interested in." V