The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

In the end, Deborah still taught Lind how to use the Holy Grail Terminal.

Obviously, because it cannot connect to the final terminal of the tower, the computing power of this small terminal is greatly reduced, but even so, it can still help Linde make many simple deductions.

But what Linde needs is not a simple weather forecast, even though being able to predict the weather is already quite useful in this world.

After seeing Deborah off, Lind began to study the small, tablet-like terminal.

The terminal material is like some kind of composite material, which is quite sturdy, even the screen is the same.

The content inside is not in the world's common language, but in Russian, which is probably the most difficult part of using this terminal.

Deborah didn't understand the text; instead, she manipulated the Holy Grail terminal by simply memorizing which position corresponded to which function.

Although it was different from the system Linde used in his previous life, most of the content was still similar. Linde quickly figured out the settings on his own and changed the system language of this terminal to Chinese.

Looking at the familiar square characters, the entire terminal finally revealed itself to Linde.

As you can see, the entire terminal, apart from the necessary systems, is almost entirely filled with computing software and results, as well as many parameters that Linde cannot understand. These are probably important data preserved by the terminal's previous owners over thousands of years.

After checking the basic information of the terminal, Lin De searched for any "slacking off" software on the terminal as if he had awakened his body's memory. Of course, on this terminal where every block of memory contained important data, there were almost no entertainment devices that allowed people to slack off, and even the system itself didn't have anything for people to do.

However, even under these circumstances, Lind still found a folder containing a pre-recorded video.

At the location in the video, the screen appears to have been clicked countless times. It's the only spot on this composite material screen that has developed a matte finish due to excessive clicks.

Linde clicked on it instinctively.

Soon, a female scientist appeared on the terminal screen. She appeared to be Slavic, around thirty or forty years old, and was wearing a clean white coat. The female scientist quickly positioned the camera and began to sit in front of the lens to record video.

Just from this one scene, a sense of familiarity welled up in Linde's heart, as if Linde had not yet traveled through time and was still lying on his own sofa, scrolling through videos on his tablet.

But the background behind the female scientist in the picture brought Lindra back to reality.

The background appears to be a biochemical laboratory, with many containers and connectors behind it, which is out of place with the art style of this world.

"Anna! My little princess, congratulations on celebrating the most important birthday of your life! This also means that our experiment has been a success!"

Although the woman in the video was speaking Russian, fortunately, the terminal had an automatic translation function, which translated it into the language currently used by the system for Lind.

"From this day forward, my little princess, you will have a longer lifespan, more stable emotions, a smarter mind, and a better physique! Just like the fairies in past literary works!"

"The previous research was not in vain. Although we created many elves similar to you before creating you, none of them are as perfect as you. You are the crystallization of all of us."

Then, the video shifted to another group of people. Many of these people were human faces that Lind recognized, while many others looked very similar to the elves.

These people waved shyly in front of the camera, but the clear video quality showed that everyone's face was filled with the joy of hope. Some people's eyes were full of anticipation, while others gave a thumbs up, signaling to the viewers to keep going.

"Our little princess, from now on you will serve as the Primarch and bring a new race to this world. Your path ahead will probably be longer than we can imagine."

At this point, the woman in the picture, who had just been very excited, suddenly became gloomy.

But Lind couldn't help but press pause.

Elves... were created.

Anna, according to the information provided by Deborah, should refer to Anastasia, the former owner of this tablet terminal and the current tower master.

Based on the information in the video, elves were likely created by humans. Before the current elves appeared, humans had already attempted to create many elf races. For example, in the fleeting scene in the video, among the researchers in white coats, besides the familiar face of Lind, there were many pointed-eared elves with faces that looked very similar to the current elves.

These must be the ancient elves, the elves who built the tower with the later humans.

Anna, as a perfect template, became the prototype for the current elves, and can be said to be one of the ancestors of all the current elves.

It turns out that Anna's genes are indeed exceptional; after all, none of the elf researchers in the video survived, while Anna withstood the test of time.

Although the video information contained filming details, the dating system used was different from that of Linde's previous life and this world, making it impossible to determine the exact time. However, Linde guessed that it was filmed in the so-called post-Golden Age.

After all, according to Deborah, Anastasia was not among the first humans and elves to establish the Tower, so the earliest date this video could be before the Tower's founding was the post-Golden Age.

Humans back then were already able to create elves, so does that mean that all those other strange races we have now were actually created by humans?

Lind pressed play again.

"Of course, my little princess, everything comes at a price. Just like your genes, you will be like a true elf, long-lived, resilient, and full of wisdom, but you will also lose some of your ambition and passion. Apart from the technical reasons, this is also a necessary sacrifice to become an observer and a watcher. I don't know if this is good or bad. I'm sorry for making the choice for you without my consent."

At this point, the woman in the picture took a deep breath before continuing, "But the current situation no longer allows us to be so sentimental. The war against the Outer Gods is still going on, and no one knows what will happen after this war, but we may not live to see it end."

"This is the first time humanity has fought against a threat from beyond the universe, but my little princess, my child, do not worry. The dome is now completely sealed. As long as we win this war, we will be able to cut off that gaze from the depths of the universe and rebuild human civilization."

"We have incorporated the preservation of civilization and the purification of pollution into your underlying genes as part of your being—of course, now that civilization has been largely destroyed, we can only eke out a living in this original space elevator, using some usable equipment to create you. We don't know if this underlying gene will actually be incorporated."

“Anna, your lifespan will probably be much longer than that of the elves who are based on you. There has never been such a long-lived intelligent being before, so we have no way of knowing what effect this will have on you.”

"Your genes and those of the elves will become the last guardians of civilization, and your lifespan will be longer than we can imagine."

At this point, the woman in the video seemed to lose control of her emotions; her eyes were red, and her voice began to tremble.

"I may not live to see you grow up, but I hope you will live to see the day when human civilization is restored."

"My child, Mommy loves you."

After the video finished playing, Linde only realized after exiting the video that the untranslated garbled text in the video title meant "mother" in the Elvish language of this world.