‘I’m afraid I’m not losing my mind’

This was almost Levi's first thought when he heard the breaking news.

In recent years, Luskan has been coveting Moonshade Island for almost everyone to see, but not many people think that Luskan will immediately launch a war against it.

The reason is simple. Luskan is not ready yet, either economically or militarily.

Even Akram, the president of the Arcane Brotherhood, should understand that if it were just a 'pirate robbery' like it is now, everyone would still be able to turn a blind eye. After all, Luskan

The deep-submersible warships are indeed powerful at sea. Any independent city-state force, even if it spends a lot of energy or even dispatches warships to encircle and suppress it, will probably end up with a thankless outcome.

Once he really starts this war, Luskan will face not only Moon Shadow Island, but also the joint pressure from the port cities and countries in the entire Sword Coast, and even the most direct military intervention.

This is an issue of fundamental interest that involves almost all the forces along the Sword Coast.

And interests cannot be violated!

If you dare to touch my dinner plate, I will use a knife on you!

Precisely because this is an inference that normal people can draw, Luskan's unusually brazen declaration of war seems so strange.

'Is it really because Luskan believed that the secret of his ghost ship was exposed? In order to prevent subsequent attacks from other city-state forces, he had to launch this war of aggression in advance so that other city-states could find a way to target them.

Moon Shadow Island swallowed?'

Li Wei vaguely felt that the truth of the matter might really have a lot to do with this aspect.

Because once the ghost ship's 'technical' secrets were cracked, its fatal weakness was exposed.

Isn't it just a giant squid? Even if you add some nerve venom to the arrows of the ballista, it may have a miraculous effect. If the giant squid doesn't die suddenly on the spot, it may make their 'ship' lose control and go crazy at sea.

At the same time, it feels even more absurd. Doesn't this mean that just after he got out of sleep, he has become the trigger for a battle for dominance in the entire Sword Coast sea area?

Only then did he realize that Fisher was looking at him with a slightly strange look, as if he was looking at a 'disaster star'

Li Wei opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know what to say to this. Even he himself felt a little backward, and he was going to "explode" wherever he went.

He couldn't help but sigh:

"Let's discuss this matter later when we find a place to settle down. What is the situation here in Karin Port now?"

"They were probably afraid that Luskan would conduct military infiltration into Kalishan during the declaration of war on Moonshadow Island, so they temporarily introduced a strict inspection system. We only need to cooperate with routine port inspections and pay a tax to solve the problem.

"Fisher replied.

Levi nodded. Kalishan is almost the most loosely governed force among the three southern coastal countries, but it controls the largest source of magic mineral resources in the entire south.

These are precious strategic resources during the war. To defend against Luskan, who is eager to dominate the Sword Coast, is a normal reaction for any qualified ruler.

Immediately, a key question came to mind, "Who is in power now? Black (Black)? Twisted Rune? Or Silpasha."

The black man Li Wei was talking about was an orc slave who led the slaves to revolt in the arena twenty-five years ago and even directly overthrew the royal rule of Sirpasha.

He didn't have a name, and he didn't bother to give himself a name after he became famous. It's just that because he worked as a coolie in a desert mine for many years in his early years, his skin was as dark as carbon, so people called him 'Black Oaks'.

, or 'Black Beast'.

In addition, he once achieved the glory of one of the few arena championships in history at the Storm Arena in Port Calim, so his reputation was widely spread throughout the south.

Originally, Black was a rare slave who had completed a 'fight to the death'. According to the tradition left by the Shane Dynasty, the arena should follow the ancient covenant and grant him freedom.

Even some pashas would personally summon them and grant them honors and even some positions as martial arts instructors in order to win over this kind of warrior who was rare to see in a century.

But I don’t know if the managers of the arena were afraid that the beast would come back to retaliate against the executioners who had tortured it for nearly three years, so they actually chose to give Black a glass of poisoned wine during the ceremony.

In the end, I don’t know whether someone reminded him in advance or he noticed something unusual and exposed their conspiracy on the spot:

He pinched the wine glass into a sharp poisonous thorn and stabbed it into the throat of the arena master.

In the midst of the crowd's attention and the cheers and roars of the slaves, he raised the opponent's body in his hands and threw it into the yellow sand and bloody arena, setting off the mighty slave uprising war.

Speaking of slave rebellion wars, it has been a traditional art in this land since the ancient times when dragons and giants ruled the earth.

In other countries, whoever rebels will be defeated quickly, but in Kalishan, it has been successful at least four times.

For the first time, the two overlords, the dragon and the giant, completely exited the stage.

The second time, the rule of the Elf Dynasty was completely reduced to history.

The third time ruined the nearly thousand years of rule of the Xia En Dynasty.

And the excitement of this fourth time also did not disappoint.

Although the Kassan Empire was not completely destroyed, the royal court in Karin Port was captured by slaves and rebels led by Black. Unfortunately, Silpasha, who was from the Karin Empire, escaped from the Secret Road in advance, and no one knew about it.

Where did he flee to.

Even because he was too hasty to escape, he left his huge harem behind in the royal court.

So this dark-skinned orc did something that was very popular:

Not only did he bring the mob to search for Sir Pasha's wife and daughter, but in order to vent his anger or try to lure Sir Pasha away, he not only wiped out the royal court's treasures and Sir Pasha's wife and daughter.

, and even asked all the Calishan nobles to hand over their women, and then brought these thousands of originally noble women to the Sacred Real Square, where there was a forty-foot-tall square covered with a layer of gold foil.

Under the gaze of the Talos statue, he called on all the slaves in Karinport to do this beast thing again.

In the eyes of everyone, this should be regarded as blasphemy. If it were placed with other gods, there would probably be a lightning strike to kill the blasphemer.

And it is said that on that day, Talos did indeed perform a miracle, it could even be said that he descended

This chaotic and evil god not only failed to impose divine punishment, but actually possessed the frightened believers and personally participated in the most powerful 'multi-person movement' in the history of Kalishan.

What an irony.

Seeing that even the gods were involved, the slaves who had successfully overthrown the royal court were completely driven into madness. Some even suggested to Black that they would completely turn Kalishan, which had originally relied on slave trading as its mainstay industry, into the entire Kore.

Your first country to serve.

It's a pity that this crazy and absurd plan was disrupted by an organization called Twisted Rune before it was implemented.

This group of undead spellcasters may have thought that this was a good opportunity to step from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, but they underestimated the fighting power of Black the Black Orc and his gladiator slaves.

Although Black's forces were successfully driven out of Karin Port, the undead spellcasters of the twisted runes were also severely damaged and were unable to continue to control the huge but already fallen Karin Port into absolute chaos.

Various dark organizations such as the Thieves Guild, Bann Cultists, and Baal Cultists surfaced like a chaotic dance of demons to join this grand evil carnival.

Because the whole of Calinport has been in a state of chaos for more than 20 years, you stop singing and I come on stage, so even Levi, who had done some intelligence investigation on Calinshan before leaving, did not know that Calinshan

Who is the leader of the Linggang authorities?

And this is also related to their future plans.

Yes, their trip was not just a trip to go fishing in the sea, but had another purpose.

That is to resell people! To save these victims who are caught in the war from fire and water.

The Northland is really too desolate.

Even the most prosperous Jishui City only had a population of 500,000 to 600,000 at its peak.

As for Zelandia and Minas Tirith, which Li Wei has cultivated for half a century, the total number of people in Zelandia and Minas Tirith is only about 200,000, and the vast majority of them are refugees attracted here.

The population base is too small. Even if policies encourage childbirth and provide material subsidies, it will be difficult to achieve explosive population growth in a short period of time.

Just look at the Silvermoon Federation next door. From the founding of the city in 637 in the Valley Calendar to the founding of the Silvermoon Federation, more than six hundred years have passed. Such a large area of ​​land combined can only hold more than a million people.

Most of them were migrated there during the Great Escape after the collapse of Myth Drannor.

It's simply a crime!

Looking at Calinshan, which has a territory similar to that of the Silver Moon Federation, the port city-state of Calinport alone has as many as 190,000 registered citizens, and the other miscellaneous civilians and slaves add up to two people.

Millions are upwards and the entire population of Calimshan is likely to be between 5 million and 10 million.

It's so pitiful that when Li Wei saw this analysis report, his laughter almost turned into a waterfall.

At the same time, I also understand why such a seemingly "desolate" land became the site of the Fourth War.

Its resources are so rich. Before the rule of the Elven Dynasty, it was still a fertile wilderness. The sandbanks and coastal beaches were filled with oysters, crabs, and edible amphibious fish. The rocks were rich in gems and metals.

The magical war turned the once fertile wilderness into a desert, but even if there were only a few hundred people in the entire country, the huge amount of fish caught from the Sea of ​​Glory every day was enough to feed the vast majority of people here.

The nobles took advantage of the "cheap growth" of the population to obtain American food, spices and luxury utensils brought from other city-states and countries, and lived a comfortable and comfortable life.

In Li Wei's view, such a luxurious way of utilizing the population is simply a crime!

"It would be great if we could knock this place down." Li Wei felt a little anxious in his heart.

But reason doesn't allow it.

It was too chaotic when we first came here. As an enclave, it would be difficult to secure and the cost would be high.

Secondly, this place is the territory of the ancient blue dragon Aiweike Lazaglan. She will never allow another giant dragon, especially a metal dragon, to interfere with her territory.

Especially since this blue dragon had to make a 'tribute' to the ruler here every hundred years, Li Wei couldn't stand another giant dragon, especially a five-color dragon, knocking on his head and sucking out the marrow.

Hearing Levi's question, Fisher frowned slightly and said truthfully:

"It's not easy to inquire about this sensitive issue now, but the composition of the people is more complicated. Humans, orcs, halflings and even half-elves can all be seen, and the clothes are also inconsistent. In theory, it is not Silpasha and Twisted

Runes, but it’s also not certain whether it’s Black.”

Because if the former returns, the tax officer's clothing will inevitably be standardized and uniform, while the latter should simply use 'undead' or even undead guards.
To be continued...