"Teacher, why do Star Knights have to learn diplomatic etiquette and communication? Do we have to become diplomats? "
"There are some things that you won't be able to use in your entire life even if you work hard to learn them, but if you do use them one day, they might just save your life … Don't ask so many questions now. You won't care about what we say anyway. All you need to know is that if you don't get these two credits, you'll have to obediently take extra classes in school during the summer break."
Roxia felt like laughing as he recalled the howls and cries in class, as well as his classmates' nonchalant attitudes … In fact, since the teachers didn't place much importance on these "literature" classes, which made it so easy for students to cheat in exams for unorthodox subjects, Roxia felt like laughing out loud.
But when he thought about the current situation, he couldn't bring himself to laugh. In the end, he could only silently shake his head. Some things could only be understood after experiencing them.
Only when one entered society would one discover that the classes and knowledge that one had previously treated as treasures might not be of use in their entire life. Meanwhile, those unorthodox classes and unorthodox knowledge that one had memorized at some point in time would actually be of use.
This wasn't a coincidence. Rather, the designers and arrangers of educational classes had foresight far beyond one's own. A perfect educational system might not guarantee that one would become a genius or an elite, but at the very least, it would ensure that one wouldn't have any serious shortcomings at critical moments.
Rorschach's Star Knight education had actually far surpassed the Aishi's needs for life and work. The Aishi Star Knights who had returned from outer space had used their own experiences and lessons to come up with training courses. This was the knowledge and systematic accumulation that the Star Knights felt that they and their descendants needed the most.
"… Article 12 of the Star Knight Code of Conduct: When facing unknown species or individuals, one must maintain a cautious observation and an equal attitude. One must remain humble towards the strong but not blindly follow them. One must treat the weak equally and amicably. As for how to determine whether the enemy is an individual that one can communicate with and not an enemy that one must kill or prey that one is allowed to hunt, you can refer to Article 22 of the Overwatch Alliance, 'Definition of level 13 intelligent lifeforms' …"
What seemed like dogma and the teachings of the Mother of Morals were actually practical rules based on one's blood, sweat, and blood.
Treating seemingly weak equally and amicably was because one didn't know if the enemy was truly weak or if they only appeared weak.
Strange lifeforms and existences could be found everywhere in the stars. After wandering in the larger world for a long time, there were only things you could not imagine, but nothing you could not see.
It wasn't just one person who treated the will avatar sent out by the planet-level lifeform as a staple food and then served himself to another table.
Or, after painstakingly slaughtering a mountain of monsters, only to find out that it was just a newly hatched cub, and its angry parents were watching you.
Following the Watchers' Covenant, protecting and helping each other, was based on equal exchange and treatment. It was to protect both others and oneself. Of course, there was no meaning in being equal to the beasts. Predators always occupied the majority of the food chain.
In the Overwatch Covenant, intelligent creatures were classified. Only intelligent creatures above level 13 had so-called "human rights," which was the right to communicate equally.
Although it seemed harsh, the conditions were actually quite lax. It was probably equivalent to having the inheritance of words and numbers, being able to realize the existence of oneself and the race, and having the possibility of communication.
If a technological civilization or magic civilization could leave their own planet or world, they would definitely be an existence above this.
Of course, this was not absolute. After all, there were always those who could clearly cross the universe with their physical bodies, but they always stayed on their own planets.
Of course, there were also species that were addicted to killing each other in various ways.
Cough, I was getting off topic. However, for the Aishi People who had already entered the interstellar era, not only was the Titan's way of treating their guests infuriating, it even lowered the Aishi People's evaluation of their "blood brothers."
They would always play some sort of trial, and every time they opened their mouths, they would always say that they were testing each other's qualifications and abilities … Didn't this mean that they already viewed themselves as superior?
From the very start, the Titan's method of suppressing others with power and creating a psychological distance made others think of wild beasts in the forest.
At the very least, Rorschach had underestimated the Titan's strength. Perhaps they had the combat strength of an Aishi Main God, but they definitely didn't have the wisdom and vision of a supreme existence.
The new information I obtained also seemed to indirectly prove that these individuals who possessed tremendous power were, in a way, a bunch of country bumpkins who had never seen the world and were addicted to fighting each other. They also took pride in being the ruler of their village.
"The gray-silver elder chose to side with the Evil God only because the Evil God promised to take him and his tribe out of this world and into a vaster world?"
At this moment, Rorschach even felt some admiration for his enemies. At the very least, Rorschach didn't think that the gray-silver elder's method of trying to leave this "prison" wasn't something that Rorschach felt that he needed to criticize.
As the communication between the Titan and Rorschach deepened, even more information flowed into the hands of Rorschach, the temporary head of information.
Just like most species, the Titan would have differing opinions. But, the most important part was that their differing opinions would affect the very foundation of their species' existence.
In the eyes of most Titan, they were the eldest children of the Mother Goddess, the protectors of nature, and the guardians of Ansorenne.
However, it was obvious that this world where most of the time was pitch-black wasn't some sort of paradise at all. It was more like a half-finished product that hadn't been completed yet.
However, there were some who were dissatisfied with the current situation. She felt that this world could become even better, and that she should break away from the duty that her mother had given her and seek for change … This was probably the type of person that existed in every species, the Reformists and Radicals.
That's right, she was the ruler of fire, Flay.
Just like most species that had been around for a long time, the Reformists were always in the minority. They were also viewed as enemies by most of the older species. For a long period of time, Flay was viewed as an enemy by the other three Titan species. This basically meant that she became the public enemy of all Titan species apart from the Fire Titan.
It was no longer reliable whether or not the reason for the civil war. However, there would always be no victor in a civil war.
Perhaps some people had already noticed that at this time, the Earth Elemental God's gray-silver elder was still on the conservative side.
The process of the civil war was already untraceable. The decline of the Titan species was the obvious result. However, the arrival of outsiders more than one hundred years ago caused the situation to change.
A second civil war broke out. This time, the scale of the civil war was much smaller, but there was still no victor.
During this process, the gray-silver elder, who was originally a core member of the conservative faction, suddenly changed sides. Not only did he ally himself with an Evil God, he even intended to completely open up the Dimensional Door, just like the Aishi species next door … However, Ansorenne didn't have the dimensional walls created by the Aishi Goddesses of Chaos and Order. That was the equivalent of opening up this world to all Evil Gods.
With this information, the gray-silver elder doubtlessly became the mortal enemy of all Aishi People. The Aishi People were unable to accept the consequences of his actions at all.
Seeing this piece of information that was destined to shock the entire world, all the witnesses simultaneously recalled a certain historical event.
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