Magical Civilization and the War of the Gods

"I guess I'm fulfilling his wish. I didn't expect to meet you here and talk to you." The old fox woman continued.

President Ke Lian nodded slightly in response, indicating that he would continue to listen.

"You should also know why we still stay in this city."

The old fox woman looked at them behind her, and saw that they were all more than 20 old men over 50 years old.

"My home is here and I don't want to leave. I have no worries and will wait for the end of my life." Leader Ke Lian replied.

The old fox woman smiled and nodded. They all felt the same way.

I’m old and can’t walk anymore, and I don’t want to walk anymore.

Suddenly, President Ke Lian seemed to see an old man, an old man he had seen a long time ago. In the ruins of a dilapidated city, he was walking towards a strange boy with his young grandson.

Unfortunately.

Although the old man had a life of hardship, he finally found a country that satisfied him.

nowadays.

Now they can only face a bleak and gloomy future.

"We don't want to leave."

The old fox woman looked up and looked around the broken city. The white snow seemed to embellish the desolation.

"Your Majesty the Führer."

"I think I know better than many people what kind of great leader you are."

"But I still want to ask, do you really think we can win this war?"

The old fox woman looked into Leader Ke Lian's eyes and asked.

"There is hope for victory, but no certainty of victory." Leader Ke Lian did not want to lie and answered truthfully.

"Then do we really have no way to compromise? Like the Ersha Empire, or like the West Sea Empire that has already been divided into east and west?" asked the old fox woman again.

"Yes, that is indeed a choice, and it is also the choice that the former hero Asaimi made for the people. Compromise with the gods, stop the endless war, and return to the embrace of theocracy."

"You can also make a choice and flee to the Ersha Empire and the Asilio Continent."

"But that's not my choice."

Leader Ke Lian replied calmly.

"I know...I know everything..."

The old fox woman repeated, her expression gradually darkening.

Her husband was the first fox soldier to follow President Ke Lian. She could understand more clearly than most people the changes that President Ke Lian brought to the world.

I can understand some of the decisions he made, but...

……

"I know that if we don't resist, our descendants will live forever in the slavery of the gods. With the power displayed by the ancient gods now, once we lose the power of magic and technology, we will be lambs under the fence of the gods."

"If we don't fight this war, our descendants will have to live like slaves serving their masters, fearing the gods."

"But...what about us?"

The old fox woman finally couldn't help but asked in a trembling voice.

What about us?

What about us who sacrificed our lives to win this war?

"I also know that war always involves sacrifice, and change inevitably involves bloodshed."

"But it's for this war, and even for the wars before that."

"My own brother died in the war after you founded the country as the Wolf King. My parents died earlier in the rebellion after being oppressed by the nobles."

"My husband also died in a city in the east last year. He went to help build the defense system."

"My eldest son also died in a fight against the beast tide caused by the Warcraft God a month later, and his wife disappeared in the attack of the Chaos Dragon."

"My youngest son also died on the Eastern Front a few months ago. Although his wife did not join the army, she was not spared either because she was in a city not far behind us and could not escape the attack of the gods during the retreat."

"They...are all gone..."

When the old fox woman said this, she held back her sadness and tried her best not to cry.

But it took her a long time to sort herself out.

The other old men also looked gloomy at this time. Most of them were in similar situations because they could stay here without any worries. Most of the family members they could remember by were no longer around.

……

"The only thing that keeps me alive now is my grandchildren. They have obtained the qualifications to enter the transformation secret space and are safe for the time being."

"But how long can it last? Is the secret space safe enough? I think you should know better than me, President."

"So I really want to know, Your Excellency."

"What about us?"

"Are we really destined to sacrifice for this war and everything in this era?"

The old fox woman asked, trying to make her words as coherent as possible and not to make her sentences unclear due to sadness.

Her parents died early in the royal imperial era, so she and her brother became bandits and followed Wefel, who was then the leader of the bandits. It was also at that time that she met her husband, who was also a bandit at the time.

But in the subsequent war, her brother also died.

I thought I and my husband had luckily survived the world war era and settled down in this city.

The children also got married and had children, and lived happily.

but……

The gods have resurrected and war has begun again.

This time, the husband died, and the son and daughter-in-law also died or went missing. Only the young grandchildren were safe for the time being.

But the war must continue.

It's still a war where victory is not clear at all!

The Führer was right in front of him, and he admitted with his own mouth that this was a war in which victory was uncertain.

……

Leader Ke Lian remained silent.

He looked at the old fox woman in front of him, and at the other old men behind her with different expressions.

I can clearly feel the complex emotions in their expressions.

They all know it too.

It was President Ko Lian who led them to build an unprecedented great country, allowing them to live a much happier life than in the previous royal imperial era, free from oppression and exploitation, and from bullying by the powerful, and to enjoy a peaceful life with freedom and dignity.

but……

It was also because Leader Ko was unwilling to give up the war that their children died one after another in the war.

Even though they all knew that this war should be fought and victory should be strived for.

But the sacrifice of loved ones is still so heartbreaking.

They are just ordinary people who want to have a family and be happy. They are not willing to bear all the sacrifices for the greater good and the future. Even if they understand, they cannot completely ignore the fact that their loved ones have passed away.

Can this war be won?

How long will this war last?

Why must they be the ones to make the sacrifice? Why them?

Why……

……

Is it us?