Seeing Xiao Chen’s surprised expression, Herez said, “I know that in the kingdom they don’t view this emperor this way, they always say that he is a tyrant or something like that.
But no matter what the kings and nobles of the Iliad Kingdom said about him, Emperor Rick had a very high reputation in the southern city-states. We in the southern city-states have a deep memory of the invasion of the sea tribe. Even though the people at that time have died many years ago, you can still see traces of the war on the walls of any town.
The southern city-states alone could not resist that war. If Emperor Rick had not brought his golem army to the south to fight, I am afraid that half of the southern city-states would have been conquered by the sea tribe in that battle.
Moreover, Emperor Rick used his golem, the Electric Winged Silver Dragon, to kill the Sea King at that time, which completely destroyed the most powerful tribe that the Sea King belonged to. This caused the Sea Clan to return to a loose and scattered state, and it has not recovered until now. This is why we have had a relatively peaceful life for the past few hundred years. "
Xiao Chen turned and left the deck, calling for Hertz to follow him down. The two of them came to Xiao Chen's room, where a drawn map was hung on the wall.
The picture above shows an ocean composed of the Pearl Sea, the Violent Sea and the Ice and Snow Sea.
Herrez found some small red flags nailed on it. According to his understanding, this should be the supply point set by Xiao Chen and his team. Connecting these supply points together is naturally the route of their operation.
Xiao Chen said: "Heres, what kind of route do you think I should choose if I want to avoid conflict with the sea tribe as much as possible?"
Herrez said, "The route on this map is the most economical in terms of distance. It also avoids reefs and areas with poor sea conditions, and basically includes all the places where the ghost ship legend appeared. But if we follow this route, at least in the Pearl Sea, there will definitely be several conflicts."
"Oh? How do you mean?"
"When you made this map, you must have consulted some old captains' opinions, right?"
"That's right." Xiao Chen nodded.
"These old guys haven't been to the sea for a few years, and I'm afraid they have less contact with the sea creatures. They may not know much about some recent events." said Herrez.
"Here." Heres pointed to an island on the way and said, "Enok Island was just looted by the army of White Wave City more than half a year ago. And your ship participated in the battle at that time. At that time, one of the sons of Lord Pelesi had just died in an attack by the Enok Island fleet, so he retaliated a little bit harshly and broke into the Ocean Temple on Enok Island and destroyed the Sea Altar on Enok Island.
This is the greatest insult to the sea people. Therefore, the sea people on Enok Island have a mortal hatred for this ship.
But destroying the Sea Altar was too cruel, and neither White Wave City nor Enoch Island publicized it, so most people didn't know about it. I also heard it from a friend in White Wave City when he was drunk, and he showed me a piece of the Sea Altar at the time."
"Are the Ocean Temple and the Ocean Altar important to the Sea Clan?"
"The sea tribe does not believe in gods. Most of them worship the ocean itself. They believe that their wisdom, strength and life are all given by the ocean. Therefore, the Ocean Temple is the place for worshiping the sea, and the Ocean Altar is the center of the Ocean Temple. It is the place where every sea tribe member grows up and comprehends racial skills. Destroying the Ocean Altar will cut off the source of powerful warriors for a tribe. Those people on Enok Island were afraid that this shame would spread, so they did not tell other tribes. White Wave City was also afraid that the trouble would expand and attract other sea tribes, so it also blocked the news. So the old guys gave you a bad idea."
Xiao Chen said: "No wonder."
Jerez walked to another position, two of which were marked with red flags.
"This is Mali Island and Rodno Island, the two islands on your supply line. However, if you go to Mali Island and then Rodno Island, I'm afraid you won't be welcomed by the latter.
The leaders of these two tribes had two children of similar age. Originally, they had an engagement. However, the daughter of the leader of Mali Island was later favored by the younger son of the leader of the more powerful Kamo Island. The leader of Mali Island wanted to establish a relationship with the larger tribe, so he ignored the original engagement and forced his daughter to marry him.
The leader of Rodno Island naturally felt insulted. He did not dare to go to war with Mali Island directly. He only announced the severance of diplomatic relations with the other side and refused to accept any ships coming from the direction of Mali Island.
I also discovered this problem when I took this route before. At that time, we went to Mali Island to do business first, but were rejected by Rodno Island. We almost died of thirst because of running out of supplies before reaching the next island. "
We visited five islands in a row in Jerez, but all of them had problems of one kind or another and were not suitable as stopovers.
Xiao Chen discovered that any humanoid race had countless internal conflicts. Perhaps this was the instinct of all intelligent life. He sighed, "It seems that the sea race is also not united."
"This is also due to the efforts of the Southern City-State. Ever since the Sea King was defeated by Saint Rick, the Southern City-State has spent a lot of effort to win over and divide the tribes of the Sea Clan. If we hadn't done so, we would have been the ones in trouble.
You have to know that the physical abilities of these people of the Sea Clan are far superior to those of us humans. The gap between them and us is even greater than the gap between the Beast Clan and us.
For example, mermaids are natural water mages who can control the weather and waves, and can also control animals in the water. Although they are rare, encountering them can be a big trouble.
The whale tribe is huge, reaching more than 30 meters, like a giant in the sea. Their strength is also terrifying, and they can overturn a smaller warship with their bare hands. Adult whale tribe members have high-level strength. If it weren't for their difficulty in reproduction and sparse population, we would have no way to stop them from attacking the mainland.
There are also people from the shark tribe, who are also seven or eight meters tall, and have the strength of the middle level when they are adults. In the last war, it was these guys who held off the demon elephant army of Saint Rick.
However, these sea people are very rare, and it is difficult for us to encounter them in the sea. The most common ones are the scale people. They are weaker than humans, but they grow fast and come in large numbers. When the scale people come like a tide, it makes people's scalp tingle.
There are also quite a few people of the Armor Tribe, all wearing bone armor, which gives them strong defense. They are the most annoying enemy when we fight. Most of them are not afraid of bows and arrows, and we need to pierce the gaps in their shells in close combat to kill them."
Heres told Xiao Chen a lot about the sea people, which opened Xiao Chen's eyes.
Xiao Chen picked up a few blue flags from the table and handed them to Herrez: "Then give your suggestions. I have a feeling that this voyage will become more and more interesting." (To be continued)