Vol 2 Chapter 1 (1/2)

WSU VOLUME 2 CHAPTER 1: THE UNCLE AND THE EXISTING WORLD

Translator: lovelyxday

The Uncle and the Existing World

The war between mankind and the demon race had been going on for several hundred years.

Perhaps it had gone on even longer than this figure. After all, before humans and demons had formally declared war, they had been fighting without end.

For the humans, there weren’t any intelligent demons who were attacking the humans to absorb their magic. They were just like wild beasts, but much more dangerous. Good is all good, bad is all bad. Those low-level demons and high-ranking magic beasts were all evil.

Looking past all the reasons used to beautify the war, at the core of it, humans were fearful.

Even if they had never been threatened themselves, as long as there was an existence stronger than themselves, then they could not be companions, only enemies.

The quickest way to unite a group is to establish an opponent. This was an established reason, whether it be mere marketing strategies to or the power struggles of countries.

For demons, humans were, through and through, an evil race. Destroying forests, plundering natural resources. The large, fast-multiplying human population as well as their unnaturally hostile hearts were both annoying existences to the demons. The strong does not need to compromise with the weak.

So, the curtain of war opened.

For humans, killing the demon king, driving out all the demons was justice. This system of beliefs were deeply-rooted. Everything was the enemy’s fault, and I, who was oppressing the side at fault, was definitely in the right. So burning down the demons’ forest, polluting the demons’ rivers, killing the demons’ children, raping the demons’ women, triggering magma to burst onto tens of villages leaving no one a life and turning the land to ruins. This was all fair.

For demons, humans could not be forgiven. So they eagerly awaited ruthlessly killing families and relatives of Expedition Regiment members, occasionally killing travellers on the road. These were all actions of retaliation. Since the humans were heartless, I also do not need to be just. This sort of viewpoint can’t be said to be wrong.

Both sides believed that they had justice on their side, thus the war continued so long without cease.

Today, we will first cast our gaze on the human side.

Sheng Qiao Yi is the biggest country of human territory and is the head of the human troops. On the whole of the human continent, Sheng Qiao Yi plays the role of the overlord because it is the commander of the Expedition Regiment.

If it were left up to the humans, their would be power struggles, internal fighting, and useless internal friction. There would be countries trying to spread their influence in the Expedition Regiment, a.s.sembling their private soldiers to occupy other countries’ territories. So, a strong hegemon country is what humans need to stay unified. And that country is Sheng Qiao Yi.

You can tell just from the name of its capital, “Twelve Cities,” the extremely large scope of the capital of Sheng Qiao Yi. Twelve Cities includes its main city and eleven other sub-cities that revolve around it. The king of Sheng Qiao Yi lives in the main city. The other kings from the eleven other countries outside of Sheng Qiao Yi live in the subsidiary cities.

It supposedly forms a sort of parliamentary structure, but in reality, it’s like being under house arrest.

Any edicts the king issues in his own country is investigated in order to ensure that no traitors will appear.

To be able to do this, it is obvious that the strength of Sheng Qiao Yi is incomparable. It is the supreme country of the human continent. No one is its match, whether it be in culture, in economics, in military. Moreover it holds the elite trump card of the Expedition Forces, as the head of the First Expedition Team.