They spoke in the Whampoan Language, a language artificially invented by the Revivalists back during nine hundred years ago. Through all their words are translated to English to make things easier for all.
Kaiser Moritz : "Worry not, mister Berthold. If you are looking for some space, we have many pieces of land that are wide and big enough for you. This is also one of our ways to repay your kindness, mister Berthold. Without your aid, we would have fallen to those damned Obsidians sooner or later."
Kaiser Berthold : ""Hehe. Ahh, we Whampoans also need some lands badly as well, Moritz. Thank you very much too!"
Kaiser Berthold : ""Oh, by the way, what happened to you Freivitals in this dark world over these nine hundred years, ever since Deroc shattered the Earth apart?"
Kaiser Moritz : "This is a long tale, Berthold. Speaking of Deroc, he was a really great but tragic hero. He united us all under a common banner, and even sacrificed himself for the revival and freedom of us all. His big spell, through very devastating and powerful enough to trap millions and twist the lands, was a necessary evil to banish the insane hordes of Nazis, Commies and Banksters."
Kaiser Berthold : "Ohh... but the rumors and history books in my time and world says otherwise. They said Deroc was driven into a hysteria as the situation was turning grim while his power had risen in the meanwhile. Gradually, he turned from a great man of virtues into a power hungry monster. From the books, they said he broke open the skies for his own glory and power."
Kaiser Moritz : "Nah, this is just some anti-Revital bullshit jointly made up by the Ignorants. Trust me, I have been living for over one thousand years, Berthold. From the petty dramas of the First Great War amongst conservatives, then to the horrors of the Second Great War when the Soviets came, next to the fucked up bullshits in Malaysia during the UMNO regime, and finally to the great crusade against the old system of ignorance."
Kaiser Berthold : "Ahh... interesting. Wait, speaking of age, are you a mystical being like me and Deroc? You have lived far longer than I do, I'm only around 200 years old today. Hehe."
Kaiser Berthold : "By the time we made contact with a strange world of living foods, Vestroya, Deroc had already become the Second Cakemaster of a vast empire, the Empire of Pherith."
Kaiser Moritz : "Pfft! Living foods? Cakemaster? Really?! Now this is something really fresh and new for me! Please tell me as much as you know about Deroc's new life there, mate!"
Kaiser Berthold : "Yes, no kidding! Really! Well, I could have written books about this but I try my best to keep it short and simple. After the Great Cataclysm, Deroc and some of the Revitals were sent to that world of living cakes with some of their toys intact. He quickly rose into prominence within an empire of living cakes they call Arygos, with the blessing of the First Cakemaster, Mythic. At the time, Egilian, the maritime nation of eggs, was in a war with the weakened Arygos, which the Eggs nearly won.Arygos was on the verge of collapse and slavery then."
Kaiser Berthold : "However, with his vast knowledge and magikal prowess, he managed to turn the tide and repelled the Egilians away. With his enlightened thinking, he turned Arygos into a great power, unchallenged for many decades."
Kaiser Berthold : "Later on, Mythic would launch cake crusades which enslaved many nations across Vestroya. When Arygos almost conquered the mainland however, the Eirians from Eiramond valiantly resisted to the end. Eventually all other oppressed nations and groups stood up united under a Resistance Against the Cake Crusade (RACC). Wars broke out between two sides for many years."
Kaiser Berthold : "But then, all of a sudden, Mythic pled for peace and later vanished. Inner fightings broke out, and the Cake Empire of Arygos was left as a loose confederation of independent feudal states since then. Much like the Holy Roman Empire and the Holy Huaxian Empire--"
Kaiser Moritz : "Wait what? 'Much like the Holy Roman Empire and the Holy Huaxian Empire', you said? Ohh, so the prophecy went real. The Holy Huaxian Empire has turned into something neither Holy, nor Huaxian, nor an Empire. I could easily guess what happened to you Whampoans in the nine hundred years, by simply looking the fancy Pickelhauben you wear and the spirits of Revivalism you possess. But I still wonder how exactly did things turn out for you guys."
Kaiser Berthold : "I'm pretty sure you have known your German history very well, so I'll spare myself from telling what happened every damn century. The Holy Huaxian Empire roughly went through the same way as the Holy Roman Empire did, from a strong and powerful empire ruling over the cradle of an ancient civilization and vast reaches of lands, into a big funny joke in its last decades that took an eternity to end. However, quite a number of things went differently differed, mostly due to the differing terrains, cultures and of course the legacy of Revivalism."
Kaiser Moritz : "Ohh? Very interesting, do tell me more. I would like to know the story of the Whampoans."
Kaiser Berthold : "So to put it in short, the Tsai Dynasty demised after four generations. The territory of Pai-hsiang was carved up between the south and the north. The north later moved on and become the Peiyang nation. A nation rescued by us southerners from communism which later embraced their Chinese heritage zealously. While the south would be stuck in this big joke for many centuries to come. And we southerners ditch the Chinese civilization, in favor of a brand new Whampoa culture arising from a mixing pot of German, Malaysian, Chinese, Vietnamese and Japanese cultures."
Kaiser Moritz : "Northern China is to France, and Southern China is to Germany. Interesting. Ahh, yes, the Whampoan culture seems really handsome indeed. Your culture reminds me a lot of the good old days, where the first Revitals banded together and fought against Ignorance."
Kaiser Berthold : "Indeed. Also I am pleasantly surprised when I hear you Freivitals speak some sort of Whampoan and wear Pickelhauben."
Kaiser Berthold : "Anyways. Two centuries after the Holy Huaxian Empire was born, the Obsidian Kongsi, yes, the very Obsidian Kongsi we fought just now, had released a horde of Obsidian gangsters, savage orcs and shadowspawns to the Malaysian peninsula, which then swept across much of Southeast Asia like a hot wind, leaving misery and devastation on its wake. As a result, a huge wave of refugees, consisting of Malays, Cantonese, Germans and Hoklos, have swarmed into the domains of the Holy Empire. The high prestige of German culture, coupled with the arrival of Malay refugees and the lingering legacy of early Revivalism, is what shaped our brilliant Whampoan culture today."
Kaiser Moritz : "Ahh, so that's how the Whampoan nation began."
Kaiser Berthold : "Yes, I find the Whampoan history really amusing too, hehe. I guess I could say Revital forerunners like you began it all."
Kaiser Moritz : "Heh. Anyways, how's the dark horde of Obsidians? And what have you folks done with them?"
Kaiser Berthold : "Ohh. They're incredibly tough, but we managed to chase them away in the end. The barbaric cruelty of those Obsidians have shocked many folks all over Asia, and many were scared about the immediate threat right next door. And so, both the secular Kaiser and the Holy Kuomintang Chairman, then already being two different persons, jointly launched holy crusades against the Obsidians. You could say this is Malaysia's Reconquista."
Kaiser Berthold : "During the crusades, the Whampoan Legion conquered the Malayan Peninsula along with many Indonesian lands, refounding the State of the Whampoan Legion. In the middle of the crusades, a part of western Sarawak was also freed from Amnohland at last, while the Taiwanese conquered the Philippines. Meanwhile, while they freed Indonesia and Sarawak from the vile dark hordes, the crusaders also forced them to convert as well. The Whampoan Legion's crusader state, however, shrank over the decades and became a fief of the now Shintoist Indonesia."
Kaiser Berthold : "The people have grown resentful towards the Kuomintang Shintoist Shrine at last. The second wave of Revivalism arose firstly amongst the Cantonians and the Vietnamese, which then swept across most of Southeast Asia and half of Szechuan too. The Grandmaster of the Whampoan Legion went with the flow, which also turned the crusader state turned into a second Duchy of Malaysia. Many feudal lords west and south of Fukien also turned against the Kuomintang Shintoism too."
Kaiser Berthold : "But, this second wave of Revivalism was met with huge resistance from reactionaries, especially of course the devout believers of Kuomintang Shintoism. However, soon afterwards, the Ikko-Ikki, a coalition of Japanese warrior monks, was resurrected as the Japanese Buddhists stood up against the Kuomintang Shrine. The Tridemists, who follows the original teachings of Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek, also revolted against this corrupt Kuomintang and the Holy Huaxian Empire too."
Kaiser Moritz : "(chuckled) Funny... A chaotic drama mixing the Reformation, the Samurai Era, and the First Century (note : Anno Revitae, roughly equivalent to 20th Century in Anno Domini) together. Interesting!"
Kaiser Berthold : "Yeah, but it was a huge mess heh. All of these happened in a post-modern Asia, especially in a much larger Holy Roman Empire housing over thousands of feudal domains."
Kaiser Berthold : "Eventually, the situation fucked up so badly, that a war twenty years long ensued all across Asia amongst many warring sides. Even India and Australia were dragged into the big conflict too. Needless to say, it was a really bloody huge war, as bloody as the Second Great War against the Soviets I can say. But the war shifted from the question about the Kuomintang Shrine, into a messy drama of political games and personal feelings. Even the mainly Kuomintang Shintoist Peiyang supported the Revivalists and the Buddhists too."
Kaiser Berthold : "The war finally came to an end, as the war-weary powers signed a peace treaty. The powers were fatigued by prolonged massive fightings, and blood was flowing over every East Asian river big or small. But the peace treaty has greatly risen regional autonomy and weakened imperial power in the Holy Empire. Asia was never the same since then -- a lot have changed through this twenty years of fighting. Tibet and Bangladesh were finally given formal independence from the Holy Empire."
Kaiser Moritz : "Ohh, wonderful tale, mate! But we have arrived before a big parcel of land for you guys and gals."