"Your idea has a good purpose to it, but it has a serious flaw... Trying to stay in Canterlot or Ponyville is the very thing that will be everyone's undoing. There are so many things out there that see us as prey, wars are being fought that all of us are unaware of, creatures that feed off the very soul essence of others, and many other things." She says with a frown
"And now that Equestria has become known to said dangers, we will face the constant danger of being wiped out if we stay here, if I have a say, leave Canterlot, or even leave Equestria in its entirety, there is one place where those creatures can't get us, in the outer fringes of the galaxy... That is where we will be safe because I know that those royal guards have access to a spaceship, don't ask me how I know, but I have seen it."
"If you truly want to safe our race, then my method will prove better because we will only destroy ourselves in the process if we keep fighting this ridiculous battle in which we are sorely outnumbered."
"So if you agree by those terms, I am willing to be part of it. But if you are not... Then I will save our race myself, with or without your help, or anypony's help for that matter." She said with a serious look in her eyes.
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Jack had to think about this one for a moment, not because he didn't know, but more because it was a pretty sore subject to talk about, not just for him, but for most of his kind in general, as Valtrek was the biggest embodiment of what it means to be a traitor.
"To answer your question, Luna, it is both of those, he seems to regard anything that doesn't benefit him in some way as *expendable* and *Fragile Toys*, and sees the entire galaxy as his personal playing ground, the way he murdered my father, the way he acts, but he also does a certain motive, it was that one artefact I had talked about before, something very powerful.." Jack explained.
"Yes... He is talking about the Aurora of Life, a legendary artefact that contains powers which are described as unphantomable, of course, most consider it a myth and a legend, but you have to keep in mind that Valtrek himself wouldn't be chasing something just for the sake of it being a myth, he had seen the powers of the artefact with his own eyes, right before a person named Aliah used its powers to bring an end to the civil war that lasted for a good 6 centuries." Edgar Explained.
"You should look at it this way, Valtrek is already considered to be one of the strongest beings to walk around this era, but if he could manage to get his hands on that artefact, he could reach a state of power in which no one could even get close to his level ever again. So you can assume that is exactly what he is trying to achieve."
"But aside from this motive, Valtrek intends to destroy everything, not even his own armies will matter to him anymore once he has destroyed everything that would be capable of opposing him, but to make matters worse, its the motive behind this all destruction thing that seems rather... hard to understand."
"As I had told you before with how the civil war ended, Valtrek had a big grudge againts Aliah, a grudge that even to this day has never ended, but since Aliah is gone, and Moriah has gone missing... He instead decides to make all of us suffer instead, as he considers us to be, and I quote here: 'Weaklings who have thrown away all of their power and potential for the sake of protecting inferior races.' Because apparently, he always used to see the Terrans as a superior race over others, that we could undermine all other races due to our large spanning numbers across the stars during that time. It is how that entire civil war first started."
"So in the end, he wants us to *suffer*, by giving us slow and agonizing deaths, but he is taking his sweet time, and is purposely stalling to bring out as much fear out of us as he can before he makes his crushing move. And then you realise that he is willing to destroy absolutely EVERYTHING over a personal grudge and that this entire war is based on his own personal vendetta. There is something important to note here, while the old Valtrek was still very evil, he wanted the Terrans to be the dominant species in the galaxy, and overthrow others, but centuries later, after his revival, he now wants to completely eradicate that very race, by using horrific methods such as that virus. He turned from an evil tyrant to an embodiment of extermination." Edgar explained.
Most of the others in the group nodded in agreement as they had the look of grief on their faces, which was something that every single one of them could relate to, regardless of different backgrounds.
"You have explained it better then I could have ever done, that truly was an impressive way to explain it," Jack said to Edgar with an praising nod.
"Thank you, but I used to be a historian, I am supposed to know these type of things," Edgar said with a smile.
"And to explain how he got such a strong army, that one is easy to explain, despite Valtrek losing the civil war, many of his followers had still survived, and his second in command took over, and for the remaining 4 centuries, there was still a war going on, even though not on the same scale as the current or the civil war one, it was still a notable one. The Terran Prince had taken up arms and was intending on destroying the remnants of Valtrek's army."
"And it was this war that ended up being followed up by the war that we are talking about today, but its also important to note that most of Valtrek's current army consists of these semi-sentient soldiers which have been infected by virus and have been modified in conversion centers, along with all those other strains, its these things that make up most of his current day army, where most of his old army has somewhat degenerated from their former selves."
Edgard was now going to say something very important, something he felt like he needed to share.
"But I guess I should mention one final thing, something that you should remember carefully, The Terran Prince is an offspring of Aliah, so like you can probably already imagine, Valtrek wants to gladly put down the one person that might be our last hope. Because beliefs or not, this entire war seems to have a hidden message written in it, have you wondered why so many have been constantly talking about Aliah? The Artefact? The Circle? That is no mere coincidence, I strongly believe that a spiritual message is being send through all of us, this means we are all linked in a way, not by powers or anything, but more in the terms of the afterlife, where we all still hold this invisible link."
"Though I strongly believe that this link isn't just reserved for these subspecies, no... I believe EVERYONE is linked to one another. See this war as struggle between good and evil, where the evil seems to be prevailing, and the good is struggling to remain, with its heroes spread all over the galaxy, and in a desperate action, it sends out a message, a call for help, for all of us to unite, and find the final puzzle piece that will be able to completely unite the good, and destroy the evil." Edgard explained as a smile was growing on his face
"Aliah wants us to find the Aurora of Life, and use it to destroy Valtrek, that is the hidden message he is sending us." He said, and the reaction of the crow was something he had not initially expected.
The people started to cheer and applaud at his explanation, especially on the part regarding the hidden message.
"It was beautiful... It was something I could imagine my father saying." Jack said as he felt a bit of joy inside, a feeling he couldn't exactly describe.
"It is something we can all say because what I said was not something I thought of, but merely the words that came from my heart, call my words just some belief, but I call it a connection that we all share, something that defines our race as a whole, not by the motives of wars and self-proclaimed hatred, but by a connection of devotion that we share in the will to let life remain the way its supposed to be," Edgard said.