VCRMM: Chapter 357

“Rebuild my old nation of Raya? Are you sure?”

Collins, the old man who mocked Bazel the most, asked in surprise after hearing Bazel’s words.

He was the oldest among these people and had very deep feelings for his homeland.

The moment he said this, Bazel rolled his eyes.

“It isn’t about rebuilding the ancient country.”

He emphasized. “It is Raya City, a main city named after Raya.”

“Raya…” His voice lowered slightly. “Raya has long become history. The current Escher Star belongs to the Roland Empire. This has been recognized by the Interstellar Alliance.”

“You have been traveling among the stars for many years. You must understand this concept, right?”

In the reception room, the dozen or so elderly people fell silent and the atmosphere was somewhat solemn.

They all had to feel sad when talking about their homelands. After all, who among them would’ve imagined that after they parted, they would never see each other again?

Those who were left were the best elementalists.

The reason why most of them could succeed was inseparable from their family and country.

Which one of them didn’t have relatives and friends left on their home planet when they left Escher Star with great ambition to explore the universe?

This place was their roots, where they were born. No one had ever thought of abandoning this place, and no one thought they would never be able to come back.

As a result, a disaster swept across the planet.

Countless countries on the planet were destroyed, their foundations destroyed. They lost their homes and all their loved ones. Even coming back to take a look was a luxury.

Overnight, these once chosen ones lost everything and ended up becoming interstellar wanderers. They wandered in a strange nation, searching for a place to live.

They paid countless prices to get to where they were today.

Their homeland was a pain that couldn’t be touched in everyone’s heart. Whenever they thought about it, it still made them burst into tears.

Collins was silent for a while. Finally, he curled his lips and muttered, “I thought the young emperor of Roland was so generous that he allowed us to rebuild our countries on Escher Star.”

The others had different expressions when hearing this.

Bazel said unkindly, “Collins, call him His Majesty Roland.”

It had been less than two years, but he was already convinced by His Majesty Roland and let go of his previous reserve.

No matter how beautiful the past, they could never go back to it. Those who were alive should focus on the present and the longer-term future.

He didn’t want his old friends to destroy everything he had built here with great difficulty due to their arrogance and ignorance, nor did he want them to cause unnecessary trouble.

“Bazel, you completely think of yourself as part of the Roland Empire. Have you forgotten the glory of Raya?”

Collins squinted as he looked at the other person. In addition to questioning, there was a bit of confusion in his eyes.

After all, they had known each other for many years and he knew Bazel well.

“The glory of Raya….”

Bazel murmured in a low voice. Then he sneered. “What have you done for the glory of Raya?”

If it wasn’t for his efforts and the efforts of Dominic and the others, would it be possible for Raya’s history to be seen again in the world today?

Due to their promotion, among the many destroyed countries on Escher Star, the three ancient civilizations of Raya, Beldan and Sovo had a chance to reappear on this planet.

Bazel was proud of his original choice and was more determined to choose Roland.

He knew that in this interstellar world, there was no nation more suitable for him and made him feel at home than the Roland Empire.

Now, returning to the homeland could be put on the agenda!

Collins looked a bit unhappy after being pushed back by Bazel, but the other old people came out to smooth things over.

“Okay okay, stop talking.”

An old man said, “You are so old but you still bicker all the time. You might as well enjoy your food instead.”

The other old people immediately nodded in agreement when it came to this.

They originally came to the Roland Empire to pick a fight.

What type of food could Roland have that was worth bragging about? When Roland was the most powerful nation, they came here a lot to exchange ideas and learn, but they didn’t like any of the food.

Those people of the Interstellar Alliance were exaggerating too much!

However, not long after arriving at the Roland Empire, the delicious food they ate quickly overturned all their previous preconceptions.

They couldn’t help doubting their own memories.

Did Roland have so many delicious foods?

This time, in order to entertain these old friends, Bazel specially ordered delicacies from other main cities and filled the table.

In addition, they had regained their youth and no longer needed to be restrained in their diet. They could eat delicious food and enjoy it very much!

Everyone praised the delicious food provided by Bazel. Even Collins’ expression softened a bit when he mentioned the delicacies he had never tasted before.

However, he still refused to admit it. “That’s it…”

“Then don’t eat,” Bazel said bluntly.

Collins glared before finally showing an expression that said, ‘I won’t bother with him.’ He held his bowl of spicy hot pot, turned his back and started to eat slowly.

Bazel was too lazy to argue with him. After everyone had almost finished eating, he said, “Originally, you just arrived today. I should let you all rest first, but now things are more urgent.”

The moment he said this, he successfully attracted the attention of the elderly people.

“I just received news that part of Raya’s homeland has been recovered.”

Bazel dropped the bombshell news lightly.

Now even Collins couldn’t help getting excited as he asked, “Can we go and take a look?”

“Of course, but I need your help.”

Bazel turned on the communicator and displayed the map taken by the satellite.

“The gold part is the land that Roland has recovered, the silver part is the war zone and the remnants of the interstellar beasts, and the gray and black parts are unexplored areas.”

On this map, the golden part had expanded dozens of times from the original size of a mung bean.

The drawn border line clearly depicted the former land of the Roland Empire, which was a huge bear paw.

On the east side of the bear’s paw, one could see a small area of gold spreading out, which wasn’t even as big as one finger of the bear’s paw.

However, Collins and the others were very familiar with the map and stared at it intently, especially when Bazel enlarged the map to the point where they could see the rivers and mountains.

“I believe you must remember how big Raya’s original territory was.”

It was at least one-third the size of the bear paw. The part recovered now was far from enough.

“Here… this is my hometown…”

Suddenly, an old man said with red eyes.

He put down the biscuit in his hand. These delicacies lost their charm for a moment.

“I recognize this river. It is our mother river… I didn’t expect that after a hundred years, its flow is still the same as before…”

Bazel stared at the recovered land. Finally, he took a deep breath. “I know you feel that this planet belongs to the Roland Empire now, and you don’t want to work for His Majesty Roland in vain, but…”

“This is our homeland and she needs us.”

“The sooner we drive out the interstellar beasts from this land, the sooner this land can be liberated and…”

Bazel hesitated for a moment.

“There might still be people of our country alive in this land, waiting for our rescue!”

“Bazel, are you kidding me?”

Everyone looked at him in disbelief.

“How is it possible? It has been a hundred years!”

“Yes, how could they survive for so long under such difficult conditions?”

“To be honest, I didn’t believe it at first. But the Roland army that went out to retake the territory has brought back a lot of good news.”

Bazel directly listed the data.

“In the process of reclaiming the land, the army found dozens of surviving people.”

The moment he finished speaking, photos taken at the rescue site started to appear on the screen.

Without exception, these people looked miserable but at least they were alive.

“They relied on various means to barely survive in the wild. The conditions were very difficult and they faced desperate situations at any time.”

Moreover, some of them had lived alone in the wild for a long time and even lost the ability to communicate, becoming like wild beasts.

Bazel felt very uncomfortable when he thought of those people’s tragic experiences.

At the thought of someone he knew or even his own relatives suffering from this, he wanted to clear the interstellar beasts from these lands immediately!

“The Roland Empire’s army is already doing its best to retake these lands, but I don’t think it is enough.”

Bazel said, “If it takes one day later, it means these people will suffer one more day or even lose their lives!”

“So I hope everyone can put aside their prejudices and help the Roland Empire recover the land as soon as possible, rescuing these people!”

Everyone showed a look of determination when he finished speaking.

In the imperial family.

Xu Sili was preparing to hold a bonfire party to welcome these returning survivors, and to make some contact with them to see how he could keep these five star elementalists.

As a result, he sent out the invitations and received a reply that none of the five star masters could attend.

After some inquiries, he found that these people had followed Bazel, Dominic and Archibald to form a five star elementalist alliance, going to the front lines to fight.

It was believed that with their participation, the task of recovering territory would be faster.

They very tactfully stated that this was only out of past friendship and had nothing to do with the Roland Empire, and that they had no intention of submitting to the Roland Empire.

Still, Xu Sili didn’t mind at all.

Wasn’t it necessary to build cities after cleaning the map? After building cities, didn’t they need people to live in them? If there were residents, wasn’t it necessary to have someone to manage them?

These three ancient countries weren’t far from each other. Once cities were built, wouldn’t they compete with each other?

They were all descendants of ancient countries. If they lagged behind the others, wouldn’t they lose face?

There were so many ways to keep these people.

Soon, Xu Sili turned his attention to the younger generations brought by the elders.

There weren’t a lot of them, but it wasn’t too few either.

Since they were here, they should at least contribute to Roland’s development, right? Their grandparents were fighting on the front lines. How could the grandchildren enjoy themselves?