A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

Time flew by, and five days passed in a blink of an eye.

When the large-scale caravan walked out of the endless desert and saw the vast green vegetation and golden wheat fields that were about to mature on the plains, unabashed joy appeared on everyone's faces.

Because this means that they have completed the first difficulty in this dangerous journey.

That is to cross the Kalin Desert, which has a harsh environment and is filled with all kinds of bandits and monsters.

Although in the last two days, the caravan was attacked by several groups of bandits.

But these poor guys, without exception, were all killed by the shadow army controlled by Zuo Si, and their souls were transformed into new shadows.

Obviously, as the number of shadows becomes more and more, it is basically impossible for ordinary bandit gangs lacking spellcasters to pose any effective threat to the caravan.

One group of robbers wanted to use the cover of night to launch a sneak attack.

As a result, before they even got close, they were slaughtered by Yelniya and the Shadow Army.

The people who were resting in the camp at that time did not even know that such a group of bandits existed and were still sleeping soundly.

It wasn't until we set off again the next morning and saw the bodies lying on the sand dunes two or three kilometers away, as well as the camels that had lost their owners and were wandering aimlessly, that I realized what happened last night.

As for the mercenaries who were originally hired to protect the safety of the caravan, they had already consciously taken on a series of messy chores including vigilance, management, and vigil.

Unless his employer Bernard takes the initiative, he will not easily join the battle.

They didn't want to be touched by those terrifying shadows, or suddenly burned to death by fireballs flying from behind.

After all, fighting with arcane spellcasters without skilled cooperation can be quite dangerous.

You have no idea what kind of spell the "teammate" behind you will cast in the next second, or whether it will "accidentally" affect you.

In addition, Alena often unscrupulously uses large-scale destructive energy-shaping fire magic during battles. Even soldiers dare not approach her with such a violent attitude.

Not to mention these mercenaries who only have "one life".

If there wasn't another paladin in the team, Zuo Sidu would have wanted to summon the little devil who was immune to damage and cooperate with her to kill the enemy from a distance.

Fortunately, after leaving the desert and approaching the densely populated plains, the number of monsters and bandits began to gradually disappear.

Occasionally, you can see cavalry patrolling back and forth on the main road.

Obviously, as the second largest military port and fortress city in Calimshan, Memnon values ​​and protects trade routes far more than Calimport.

Although these cavalrymen occasionally took advantage of their authority to ask for a little bribe from passing large caravans.

But it is much better than those bandits and monsters who not only want money but also life.

Usually, a purse containing 200 gold coins will satisfy their appetite.

After receiving the money, the cavalry captain will not only help escort them for a short distance, but will also introduce the caravan to the recent public security and market conditions in Manon.

"I'm telling you, don't get close to the Is River these days, let alone try to enter Mylatma on the other side."

The human cavalry captain, who looked to be in his early thirties, issued a serious warning.

"Oh why?"

Bernard asked nervously.

There is no way not to be nervous.

Mailatma is the only way for caravans to enter the Kingdom of Tethyr.

Unless we change our route by sea, this is an unavoidable hurdle.

The cavalry captain touched the slightly sedimented money bag and explained meaningfully: "Because a few businessmen who were lucky enough to escape from there said.

Near Mylatma, there is a red dragon leading an evil army composed of orcs, half-orcs, ogres, jackals and goblins. It has blocked almost all roads and is frantically plundering all the surrounding small towns. Towns, villages.

The local lords once tried to send troops to defeat it, but failed.

A total of 600 professional soldiers, more than 1,200 temporarily recruited militiamen, as well as the accompanying adventurers and priests sent by the temple were all dead.

Not even a single person came back alive to report the news.

They didn't get the news until a swarm of refugees appeared outside the city walls.

Now, the entire Mailatma is in a state of extreme panic and despair.

Even if I heard tomorrow that the entire city had been captured by the red dragon and that evil army, I wouldn't be too surprised.

In fact, as the news spread, Manon entered a state of war mobilization a few days ago.

If the terrible red dragon is not satisfied after sacking and destroying Mylatma and plans to continue southward, we will ask for reinforcements from the capital, Calimport. "

"Damn it! Didn't the other lords of Tessel Kingdom react to this?" Bernard asked through gritted teeth.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Upon hearing these words, the cavalry captain couldn't help laughing immediately.

Not only was he laughing, but the cavalrymen belonging to Menon behind him were also laughing wildly.

After laughing for several minutes, the former stopped laughing and said in a slightly sarcastic tone: "The Kingdom of Tethyr has long existed in name only!

Long-term wars, disputes, conspiracies and betrayals have made the country's nobles very keen on killing each other.

Several powerful dukes wanted to kill all their competitors and then snatch the crown from the nominal queen.

These stupid Tethyrians had worked so hard to become independent from Calimshan, but they ended up like this, and they deserved it. "

It is not difficult to see from the merciless ridicule and satire of these Memnon cavalry that the two countries are filled with quite a lot of grievances in history.

Once upon a time, the people of Tethyr were descendants of Calishite settlers.

Later, due to many complicated reasons and contradictions, a civil war broke out, and eventually it became independent from the ancient Calimshan Empire.

But later, the founder of the Shane dynasty, the old Akaba Shane, through a series of marriages, murders and violent means, it took three generations of hard work to forcibly reunite the two countries.

However, as Shane IV offended Iveko Gran's "Sharp Tooth" due to the uneven distribution of the spoils, the result was that this powerful blue dragon would take revenge crazily for a long time to come.

The Xia En Dynasty, which was in great prosperity for a time, was finally destroyed by the "Sharp Teeth" of Ivycolan LS under the rule of Xia En VII, and it inevitably moved toward collapse and decline.

Although strictly speaking, Xia En VII is not the last monarch. After that, there was a female monarch Xia En VIII.

But historians generally believe that the Shane Dynasty ended here.

With the end of the Shahn dynasty, Tethyr once again gained its independence.

Rather than gaining independence at the same time, there was Amn further north.

That’s right!

Both the kingdoms of Amn and Tethyr were once part of the vast empire established by the Shaan Dynasty of Calimshan.

Therefore, they are very close to each other in terms of culture and blood relationship.

Even the attitude towards the forest elves is exactly the same.

The nobles of Calishite regard hunting forest elves as a form of entertainment and recreation.

Almost all the elves in Amn were either killed or turned into slaves for the nobles and wealthy people to play with.

Tethyr has been tirelessly attacking and destroying the homes of the elves for several generations, trying to kill all these pointy-eared guys or drive them out of his own territory.

Therefore, the Calishites, who consider themselves the orthodox successors of the Shane Dynasty, look down upon the Kingdom of Tethyr and Amn at all.

Some of the more extreme guys even regard the latter as a traitor.

All Calishite monarchs who want to make a difference will, without exception, set their sights on the north.

Trying to repeat the old trick of using the old Akaba Shane, and once again annex the Kingdom of Tethyr and even Amn further north.