AD1897, the summer of the year of the Griffin, is destined to be remembered by many people.
Whether it is the beginning year of the eternal holy war, the initial year of the sea clan on the stage of history, or the birth year of Fei Luo Xi, the capital of rain, he will be remembered by future generations. After all, the big facts that happened in this year are Too much.
From the very beginning, including me, everyone underestimated the Sea Clan, and even underestimated the Storm Lady and the Water Elemental God behind it.
The first priority to make an accurate judgment is to obtain comprehensive and real information, and the residents on the ground know too little about the Sea Clan. Experience and history make judgments that tend to be conservative.
"It should be just a small-scale war, or it's not even a war, it's just an attack on the coastal cities. After all, they can't go ashore at all, and they can't occupy our land. Is it even a matter of killing all the surface creatures? Have you won? Such a war is meaningless. As long as the sea clan are still intelligent creatures, as long as our living spaces cannot overlap, they cannot go ashore, and we cannot enter the water, then all-out wars and wars of aggression against each other are meaningless. It can't happen."
Wars between countries and nations are often based on interests. Whether it is a competition for living space, land and resources, or just for the hatred of the leadership and the people’s will and the long-cherished wish of the military, wars may break out. If the war is doomed to not have enough benefits, or if the payout is obviously greater than the return, then the possibility of such a meaningless war breaking out is really low and can be ignored.
"The sea clan can't wait on the ground for a long time. They are just cannon fodder forced ashore by the evil goddess Storm. As long as it drags on for a long time, they will retreat sooner or later."
In this world, even the decisions of the gods cannot be absolute. The gods accept the beliefs of all races and protect their own believers according to their gods and vocations, but they force everyone to throw themselves into a 100% death battle. In a war that is doomed to be fruitless, I am afraid that Yang and Yin are not considered good, and it is possible to directly abandon the belief in this god and find a new god.
After all, this is not an absolute world ruled by monotheism. Many gods were originally mortals, and the distance between gods and mortals was not that far. The gods needed the support of the beliefs of mortals, and the weak mortal races also needed the protection of gods.
This is also the fundamental reason why the Oran Empire will make negative and delayed decisions. When the royal family think tanks are all patting their chests and using their lives to ensure that the sea clan's offensive is strong, it will decline sooner or later, and it is just the beginning of the holy war.
Since the think tanks repeatedly emphasized the lack of ambition of the sea clan, what they were really watching out for was the evil god of chaos that forced them to go ashore. (Subordinate country) is in the calculation.
But in fact, since some sea races can go ashore, and almost no surface races can go into the water, the intelligence of the two sides is not equal, and Trixis, who has been out of the sea for several months, does not know that due to the recovery of the water element god, the entire The sea clan world has undergone earth-shaking changes.
This probably has to start with the living environment of the Hai people.
In fact, although the ocean is extremely open and seems to have endless resources and living space, even if the sea clan's combat power is generally not low, the life of the sea clan is actually much more difficult and miserable than that of the ground race.
The deep sea is extremely dangerous. Not to mention the deadly low temperature and water pressure, those immeasurable ocean giants are the real ocean rulers. They can only live in the shallow waters of the continental shelf, and the space for the sea clan to survive is really limited.
However, the limited existence space makes them face a very real problem - food is always insufficient.
Countless schools of fish under the ocean? But in fact, it is extremely unreliable to rely on the sky for food and hunting. There are indeed many fish groups, but most of them are owned. As mentioned above, the deep sea cannot go, but in fact, the fishery resources in the shallow sea are extremely limited, and in the ocean, planting is allowed. After the industry became a joke, after hunting alone was not enough to maintain daily life, in order to maintain sufficient fishery resources around the settlement, herding fish has become the only option, and fishermen have a long tradition.
Fishery resources determine the number of members of the Hai ethnic group, and the number and strength of the Hai ethnic group determine how much territory they can have for their own tribal fish to grow. Like surface grazing, underwater artificial grazing will still reach the local natural balance and be destroyed. When the fish population shows negative growth, migration is inevitable.
The life of the fish and the sea people will consume the basic resources of the area. The larger the tribe, the shorter the migration cycle. In a sense, they are nomadic groups like centaurs, but the centaurs herd cattle and sheep. , chasing water plants, and grazing fish, chasing the tide.
The singing and talent of the siren and mermaid to call the school of fish seem extremely magical, but they are just tools formed in the grazing of fish, not much different from the flute and whistle of the shepherd. The one who responds to their call can only be themselves. school of fish and marine partners.
Grazing fish sounds fantastic and beautiful, but it is actually a chore. Chasing the tides and water plants requires a lot of experience, and the danger in migration is even greater. No one knows if the next migration point will be. If you encounter sea monsters or hostile tribes, if you are unlucky, you will suffer heavy losses in several consecutive migrations, and it is time for the tribe to disband.
The strong aggressive nature of nomadic races makes many tribes part-time mercenaries or even robbers themselves, but on the other hand, the way of life based on tribal nomadism is destined to lead to the birth of a relatively centralized feudal state. , because as long as the number of tribes reaches a certain level, in order to compete for living space and limited resources, it will inevitably divide into fragments.
There is not even a country, and even the territory cannot be limited. How could a feudal state based on land enfeoffment be born? Several large and medium-sized gathering points with rich resources in the shallow sea have limited the number of resident tribes, and they must be rotated at regular intervals. Only Only the most powerful tribes may get a more comfortable life after winning the tribal competition.
No one can guarantee whether they will encounter an irresistible disaster and die tragically after the next migration. A relatively stable settled life is the deepest desire of the sea people, and it is also the root cause of their envy and hatred of the ground race. .
"Why do those weak and cowardly ground creatures have a happy and stable daily life, and we don't even know where tomorrow is."
Speaking of which, since the war must have benefits and reasons, and the extremely realistic sea clan must be used as cannon fodder for this, the benefits given by the water element god Aylos and the Storm Lady are already obvious.
A capital, a stepping city to the new world, a holy place in the eyes of all the sea clan, and after the capital is determined, it will be a kingdom, a kingdom belonging to the sea clan.
It is true that the Hai Clan cannot go ashore for a long time without water, but what if there is continuous rain on the land, and there is always a few meters of water on the ground? Then, the sea clan can live freely in the water city, but only need to reserve part of the dry area outside the city as farmland, enslaving the ground race as farmers, and the surface kingdom belonging to the sea clan may be born.
Incredible? But in this world of magic and true gods, everything is possible, and storms and thunderstorms are the priesthood of Ms. Storm, the patron saint of the sea clan, and Aylos, the god of water elements, is a super expert in playing with water, building an autonomous cycle In the rain city, only they can do it.
In the original "history", the resurrected ancient god of elements existed as the first batch of world bosses, each of which was close to the existence of a true god, obviously exceeding the processing ability of the "player", so the all-powerful "administrator" God A series of plot kills were arranged to let these unfortunate people who just woke up die tragically at the hands of the aborigines and "heroes chosen by destiny", and let their subordinate elemental creatures become hand training monsters for "heroes".
There is still a difference between the real world and the imitation virtual game. In this world, there is no super god named "game administrator". If those rookies who are only a few or a dozen levels really meet the newly resurrected The weak ancient god, I am afraid it is not the lucky slaughter god who preaches the Tao, but offers tonic with flesh and soul.
Therefore, except for the fire element god who is still unlucky, the other released element gods have begun to recover from the long dormant period, and how could they who were once all-powerful could be willing to be forgotten by loneliness? Taking action will inevitably change everything. Some plots in the strategy are wrong from the beginning, and "history" and "destiny" have been derailed from the beginning.
Before the great interests of completely changing the fate of themselves and their descendants, the attack of the Hai people is no longer a petty fight in "history". It is an all-out war, a war of genocide and aggression, which ignores the determination and strength of the other party. The Oran Empire, still dreaming of a super empire, did not find that the disaster of extinction had arrived at the door.
At this time, a grand ceremony is being held on the ground, but in fact, the ceremony is also being held underwater, and the scale is even more grand.
Somewhere at the bottom of the river in Kargashi City, under the cover of magical fog, it was already a busy scene.
Hundreds of sea clan elites acted as guards without complaint. Countless powerful sea clans gathered here. The arrogant and rude Naga royal family smiled modestly. Headgear and chains that restrain action, even the arrogant and murderous sea giants put down their rust anchor weapons that never leave their bodies, trying to bow their heads and pretend to be humble.
But to make these strong people bow their heads, only the stronger and the supreme existence.
On the huge altar carved from colorful coral rock, there are two thrones carved with precious jade, one large and one small. One of the small ones hangs in the air, while the other is an ice beauty with white skin and snow skin. Her form is half human and half human. The fish has a human-shaped upper body, but it drags a long tail like a sea dragon.
Although she looks petite and beautiful compared to the huge altar, she is still taller than the strongest sea giant, and looks far more luxurious and beautiful than the mermaid known by the sea royal family. If you look closely, this one with scales and tails Shui Lingling beauty's complexion is somewhat transparent, and it is really made of water.
"let's start."
The voice of the god of water elements, Aielos, was cold and inexplicable, and it was not loud, but it sounded in the ears of all the sea clan. Below, is her world, she has endless power and supreme power.
And with the will of Aielos being conveyed, the ceremony officially began.
With Aylos' white jade finger, the door to the void was opened. On the other side, was the water element plane, which was Aylos' hometown and her kingdom.
Countless water elements streamed out, and they just climbed onto the altar, but they turned into pure water in a sway, and the nourished coral altar slowly glowed.
The medium-sized water element, the water element warlord, the water element elder, and the ancient water element, all powerful beings are actively turned into tributes, and the elemental creatures are never afraid of life and death, and death is only a channel for them to return to their own world.
On the other side, the sea clan in black robes walked up to the altar. Those with the storm holy emblem are the priests of the storm lady. They can attract storms and set off waves to devour ships. They have always had a lofty position in various tribes. prestige.
At this time, they were just doing the same thing - walking up to the altar, picking up the ritual dagger, inserting it into their heart, and then falling down contentedly.
And after these respected storm priests fell one by one, there was already a phantom on the other empty throne. She was only the size of an ordinary person, far less tall than Aylos on one side, but any sea clan When he saw her, he must bow his proud head in trembling.
As a Chaos Evil God, although she is not well-known on the surface, like her Evil God colleagues, Ms. Storm is also happy to receive blood sacrifices from believers, and her will has already arrived.
"Your soul will enter my divine realm, and your deeds will be sung by future generations."
The god avatar's words of praise and commendation made more priests in black robes quickly walk to the altar to compete for the opportunity to dedicate themselves in front of the true god.
And as the sacrifices fell one by one, Ms. Storm's phantom became more and more real, and with the advent of the true god clone, powerful storms and thunder began to appear in the sky above the river.
Like Ayiros, the blue-skinned Lady Storm also has the characteristics of the sea clan in appearance and body shape, and when she gradually turned into reality, the impatient goddess could not wait to start the catastrophe of the ground creatures.
"Kagexi City? From now on, there is only Ferohi, the capital of the sea clan, the capital of rain. My people, go and seize the kingdom of your dreams with your own hands."
The will of the gods was conveyed in the storm, and the next moment, the majestic true god avatar actually picked up a ritual dagger and inserted it into his heart, and when the avatar's will returned to the original body, it was already in the black storm. In the divine power, it turned into a tornado hurricane!
The self-sacrifice of the true god of the storm's clone may cause the strength of the main body to regress a lot, but the gift of the Holy War has just started, but it is destined to give the gods of order a headache.
At this moment, the top of the countless tornadoes and hurricanes has reached the sky, a new natural cycle has been constructed, and the will of the God of Water Element has been issued.
"I gave the city the name of the city of Pherohi Rain. Within this city, the rain will never stop, and a blade will accompany the flood forever, and the people of the rain will become the family of the water."
In front of endless storms, in front of the mighty power of the true God, the boundary between water and sky was broken, and countless flood waves were swept up into the sky to form new rainwater. A new natural cycle has been formed, and strangely, the entire city is flooded. , while the floodwaters in the already submerged dock area are receding.
Soon, when all the floodwaters remained at about one edge (about one meter), the rainstorm was much smaller, and with the help of the Grand Duke of Water Elemental, Ayiros, who was pale, returned to the water element level through the space gate. In the face of excessive consumption, she is destined to go dormant again.
"According to the will of the Queen of Storms, go and seize our capital!"
The silent cabbage sea dragons surfaced, the sea giants picked up their heavy anchors, and the naga began to prepare their spells.
"Ha, finally started."
On the river, the nine-headed dragon emperor Hydra, who had been holding back for a long time, stepped into the city for the first time, and the whole city began to tremble.
The sudden rising flood washed away the barrier, and the rain and the flood that reached the waist made people blurred and unable to move. .
"Dragon! Go to hell!"
The silver lightning pierced the sky, and the frontmost dragon head of the Nine-headed Dragon was split open, and the green dragon blood spurted out, polluting the river surface with stench and rot.
"Ahhh! Damn butcher!!"
When the mortals retreated in the face of the aggressive Sea Clan, the heroic spirit Basra was the first to declare war.