105. History Legacy

... Teslovikers, thank you all for accepting Nebu's offer.

How can you say ''thank you'' with no shame? I'm just following Sova's decision. I personally don't trust you at all!

Eriri, I understand how you feel, but calm down first.

Yup, like... We can do as she says first, so that we can lower her guard and deal with her later?

Snezhana, Eriri... We will still have to stay with Anubis for the time being. Can we let it go for now...?

Oh, I won't be with you. My mission is over now. As the chief priest of the Nebu Alliance, I can't neglect my duty.

Besides, it's usually very dangerous to search for relics. So you will be accompanied by the vice captain of the capital patrol from here, who is better at fighting.

Please work with her from now on. If there are any new findings in the investigation, please report back to me immediately... Good luck.

Nice to meet you all, I'm Bastet. I'm the secretary of Lord Horus in the Nebu Alliance.

First of all, please allow me to express my gratitude to all of you for helping Nebu.

I may not be strong, but I will do my best to support you from now on. Look forward to working with you.

And this is the vice captain of the patrol...

Yo! I'm Taweret! I've heard about the situation! This is a matter of life and death for Nebu, so thank you all for helping us!

, Taweret. She's my colleague, very reliable.

Her combat skills are recognized by Lord Horus. She will certainly be a great help to us.

I'm Sova. This is Awakener, Snezhana, and Eriri. Nice to meet you.

... Nice to meet you.

Hey, Sova! These guys...

...? Sorry, did we do something to offend you...

Taweret, were you over-enthusiastic and upset our honorable guests?

Oh, or did you deal with issues with your fists again...

Wh-what? Are you blaming me? I didn't do anything, alright!

Uh... You're Eriri, right? Sorry if I came across as too intimidating!

As you can see, I'm very confident in my ability to fight. If you guys run into any trouble, just count on me!

Nah! I just wanted to say you don't look like bad guys!... Nice to meet you.

Good! Lord Horus told me that this mission is like a treasure hunt! Let's find the treasure together!

T-treasure hunt...

As if it's that easy...

The fate of your country depends on it...

It's not worth arguing with her about this. Well, then let's put our best foot forward for the treasure hunt!

Well, time is ticking, let me introduce the ruins in Nebu.

... Well, where should I begin? You all should have some knowledge of the Nebu's history, right?

Well, most of us do...

Wh-What... I know it quite well now!... Kind of.

Haha! Looks like this gentleman is not quite with it. In this case, let me explain briefly.

The ''Nebu Alliance'' goes back about 130 years ago,

Countless tribes in the southern part formed a nation under the first commander-in-chief, Bastet.

The word ''Nebu'' comes from the myth Nebu these tribes believed. Its origin can no longer be traced,

but at least it has existed longer than the Church of Augustus, which makes it the oldest religion in the continent.

By the way, apart from the Nebu Alliance in the present days, there were also periods when tribes worked together to form tribal communities.

We sometimes use the term ''Nebu Alliance'' to refer to the regime of that period.

Do you remember the origin of the Gift of Waters? It's said that it happened in the ''Nebu Alliance!''

Wow, you know a lot. She's right. That's why you can consider ancient times to be when the Nebu Alliance was formed.

It's just that there was a time in between when we didn't use this name.

... However, and this is very in line with the Nebu style, we can also say that the Nebu Alliance has never really existed as a country.

Huh? Wait... what do you mean?

Because the Nebu myth religion and cultural background are what bring the Nebu Alliance together,

each tribe has always had the complete autonomy to deal with most things related to political sovereignty.

There are times when we make decisions at the national level, of course. That's when we summon all the chiefs and make decisions through a joint council system.

As the head of state, Lord Horus is the leader of the joint council, but she doesn't have the right to overturn the decisions made by the council.

The Nebu Alliance prioritizes the autonomy and independence of the individual tribes rather than the integrity of the state.

Does that mean you decide by a majority vote? Sounds like Nebu is a very democratic country.

Well... Not necessarily. Each tribe can decide how its chief is elected, after all.

Some are elected democratically, but some are elected because of their wealth, and some are even elected by battles.

What's more, nearly half of the chiefs have a close relationship with Rasparta. So it's hard to say whether it's democratic or not.

Oh, I see... every country or government has their own issues indeed...

Well, let's get back to business and talk about the relics. As I said, this country respects the autonomy of the tribes.

Basically, no one interferes with other tribes' internal affairs. You can say it's an unwritten rule.

The same rule applies to the management of ruins, which can be found everywhere in Nebu. In fact, the state doesn't even have a full set of records for the relics.

Uh... Why do I have a bad feeling about this...

For the larger ruins, we at least have some reports from the army's investigations around them from many years ago... But since it's from a long time ago, the reports are basically not reliable.

Besides, those investigations were intended to identify the dangers around the ruins to determine whether the areas were habitable or not.

So even if the report contains information about the landscapes and entrances, there is almost no information of what's inside the ruins.

So, it's humiliating to let our foreign friends know about our country's inadequacy...

But for those tiny ruins all over Nebu, some of them may not even have a name, forget about reports, we don't even know for certain whether they actually exist.

Don't even know for certain whether they actually exist.'' Gosh... Does that mean it will take us years to find the Relic Component?

Have you heard of ''cultural preservation''? I don't know about your unwritten rules or whatnot, but if everyone doesn't care about other tribes as you are, then you will likely lose your precious cultural heritage.

Well, even if you say this to me... There's a deep-rooted historical reason why Nebu is the way it is... Uh...

It's just that many things have happened in the past. So, even if you're doing this purely for scientific research, sending your troops to the territory of another tribe will rub other tribes in the wrong way.

It's hard to say what exactly will trigger a tribal conflict, so it's better to avoid trouble... am I right?

Pretty much. And in recent years, small conflicts between tribes have gradually developed into a civil war that claims to unify Nebu, which isn't unheard of.

The non-interventionism between tribes is a natural conclusion the Alliance came to... in its search for ways of coexistence.

I know what you guys want to say. I feel the same way as you. I think such pointless rules should be abolished before it's too late, and if I did say that Bastet would tell me off again! So please just forget I've said it!

Oops, went off topic! Anyway, we're going to find the Relic in some ruins in Nebu, right?

That's right. The larger ruins should be more likely to have the Relic, right? How about we decide on the more likely ones and search them one by one?

Without having a thorough investigation of the history, the size of the ruins doesn't equate to their significance. I think we should start by looking at the ruins close to the stronghold, which will be more efficient.

We've already got different opinions...

Hahaha! Then let's make it fair and decide with rock, paper, scissors, shall we?

You're so relaxed about it...

There are so many large ruins with existing reports?! If we go through them one by one, it'll be tricky enough just to get enough supply and weapons...

Eriri, can you please measure it? I know it's difficult... with this little data.

No problem! But I can only speculate when there's no data, so errors will be inevitable. If you don't mind the errors, then just leave it to me!

Thank you. This is roughly the size of Nebu, These are the records of the ruins, and the number of smaller ruins is about twice as much. How many days would it take to explore them all?

Hmm... Got it. Let's set these as the conditions, then we will need...

According to this calculation, by the time we find the Relic, the world will have been destroyed...