Patches of forests swaying in the breeze, in this world of yellow sand with no boundaries in sight, this oasis of woods is the only difference in this world, bringing an unusual vividness to this world.

The tree that makes up this oasis is the date palm tree, which is a relatively common tree in the desert, and the normal date palm tree can grow to more than 30 meters, which is an extremely important treasure for the people of the desert.

Dates from the date palm can be used directly, as well as to make sugar, the leaves can be used to make paper, and the trunk is a good wood that is widely used in the construction of houses and furniture.

The date palm trees here grow to more than 50 meters, like a city wall firmly blocking the erosion of yellow sand, and in the gaps of these date palms, you can see dense red dates, and occasionally birds can be seen nesting on them.

This is the southern part of the main plane, and only here can there be such a vast desert, this is also a land tormented by war, and mortals who believe in different gods have dyed almost every grain of sand in this land a blood-red color.

In such a war, such an oasis of date palms is a sacred place that every tribe dreams of, and with such an oasis, no matter what kind of tribe can grow in a very short time.

It is an oasis of paradise, and no tribe can occupy the rich land of this desert, and no one disturbs the peaceful life of its inhabitants.

But the peaceful life here was soon shattered by uninvited guests crossing the desert and through sandstorms, and in the fierce sun, the ice-colored dragons flapped their wings and galloped.

The faint dragon power brought the birds back to their nests, spreading their wings and holding their heads, and shivering together with each other. The critters on the ground frantically hid in the bushes, hiding their bodies by the sparse branches and foliage, though they seemed to have little effect.

The white dragon swirled in the sky of the oasis, he lowered his head and looked at the ground, the blue lake was clearly reflected in the vertical pupils, and countless panicked fish brought ripples.

The white dragon began to lower in height, and when it was about to reach the ground, it transformed into a maiden, and although the girl's face was extremely serious, it could not hide its delicate countenance.

Her long silver hair swayed gently in the breeze, she wore a long dress with ethnic characteristics, and her blue eyes were reminiscent of the boundless sky.

The maiden walked towards the date palm grove, and as she progressed, the trees on either side made a rustling sound, splitting the path that was large enough for the maiden to pass.

The young girl moved quickly, and in a few minutes she was deep in the date palm grove, and in front of her was a small village with buildings made of date palm leaves and wood.

Several men in shorts and shorts were standing at the entrance to the village, their eyes fixed on the girl, their eyes wary but not hostile.

Behind the men was a crowd of people, elderly, children, and women, all of whom looked at the girl with curious eyes.

"Snow Mountain Druids, I haven't seen you in a long time. ”

The one who spoke was a middle-aged man standing in the middle, with brown skin characteristic of the land, black hair tied with an earthy yellow strap, and seemingly unarmed.

"Yes, I am a snow-capped mountain druid from Scandinavia, my name is Kisara, an elder of the snow-capped mountain druid. ”

Kisara stopped about ten meters away from the men, her eyes fixed on the middle-aged man who spoke, obviously guessing that this middle-aged man had a very high status in the village.

"Elder?"

"So young elder?"

"She has this strength, didn't you see the white dragon just now?"

"The white dragon is nothing, I can still become a brass dragon. ”

Kisara's words elicited exclamations from the crowd opposite, who were pointing at Kisara, apparently surprised by her age.

No matter what kind of druid community it is, in many cases, there is not the strength to determine the status, and only the old people can hold such an important position as the elder.

Judging from Kisara's appearance and movements, she may be less than two hundred years old, and becoming a druid at such an age, even if it is only a druid elder in a remote area like Scandinavia, is extremely rare in the history of the main plane druids.

"The Snow Mountain Druids have suffered a serious crisis, our elders have lost four of them, and the remaining tribe now has to deal with the invasion of the Baltic Empire. ”

Kisara explained.

There was unconcealable sadness in her eyes, and tears glistened in the corners of her eyes.

"How is that possible?"

"The Baltic Empire seems to be the strongest country in the Northland right now. ”

"No, I remember that there are three more famous countries on the Northland side, in addition to this Baltic Empire, there are also the Attila Empire and the Scandinavian Empire. ”

The crowd began to discuss again, only this time their voices were unconsciously quieter.

This is a village where desert druids gather, and the people living in this village are desert druids or apprentices who are walking the path of desert druids.

"Let's go in and talk. ”

The middle-aged man at the head of the crowd sighed, and he invited Kisara to the house in the middle of the village, which was usually used when there were important matters to discuss in the village. It's actually just houses that don't look so shabbyly decorated.

The villagers outside gathered around the house, curious about the purpose of the snow-capped druid, who had come from Scandinavia for more than two weeks, resulting in little communication between the two druid villages.

Unlike the villagers outside, who were watching the excitement, several people in the house did not look good, and several desert druid elders more or less guessed Kisara's intentions.

Unlike the Snow Mountain Druids, the Desert Druids like to indulge in their own homes, and rarely interfere in the outside world, let alone participate in wars between outside countries.

"I hope you can help us. ”

Kisara's attitude was very low, in front of the Baltic Empire, the combination of the snow-capped druids and the United Kingdom was not an enemy at all.

Seeing the defeat and destruction of the Atila Empire in such a devastating way, the Snow Mountain Druids already felt worried, and they felt that they could not survive from the iron horses of the Empire by relying on their own strength.

Looking around the entire Northland, there is no one who can become their friend and is willing to fight against the Baltic Empire with them again, so they can only look away from the Northland and look for it in the entire main plane.

The emissaries of the United Kingdom have gone with a lot of treasure to find the kings of the southern part of the continent, hoping that they will be willing to send troops to interfere with the unification of the Baltic Empire with the whole of the Northlands.

The Druids, on the other hand, sent high-ranking elders to contact the Druid villages scattered throughout the Main Plane, hoping that they would be able to send personnel to participate in the war.

In addition to the desert druids, there are also druid villages such as forest druids, swarm druids, volcanic druids, and ocean druids, all of which have received invitations from the snow mountain druids.

On the other side of Kisara, several desert druids looked at each other, and they all shook their heads in unison, Kishara couldn't convince them of this reason.

From the surrounding environment, it can be seen that the desert druids are not interested in the wars that break out between the countries of the main plane, they just want to stay in this remote and quiet place and thrive.

"My name is Hao Ke and I am the head of this village. ”

The middle-aged man at the head introduced himself at this time.

After him, several elders next to him also introduced themselves.

"Elder Kisara, we welcome you to our place, it has been many years since the Snow Mountain Druids have been visiting our desert druid villages. ”

Living in the cold Northland all year round, the Snow Mountain Druids do not like the arid and hot climate of the desert region, let alone the Snow Mountain Druids are in the north of the main plane, and the desert druids live in the southernmost part of the main plane.

"Unfortunately, however, we are unable to accede to your request. ”

Hao Ke shook his head, he refused Kisara's request.

Judging by Kisara's face, Hauk's refusal did not surprise her.

When she entered the village and felt the environment of this village, she had the feeling that if she was in the position of Hao Ke now, she would make the same choice.

It's just that the same druids have caused the entire village to abandon their peaceful life and get involved in war, facing an enemy like the Baltic Empire, which can't even be used as a reason to exist.

"Still, tell us about the Baltic Empire. ”

Hao Ke asked.

He still knows something about the power of the Snow Mountain Druids, and it is precisely because of this understanding that he is curious about how powerful the Baltic Empire is, so that the Snow Mountain Druids will ask for help from outside, hoping to get their help.

Kisara said, "What do you want to know?" ”

"I wonder how the Baltic Empire compares to the countries of this land. ”

"In exchange, of course, we will tell you about the things that are going on in this land, about the wars that are now taking place in the country of Egypt, about the relations between Upper and Lower Egypt. ”

Hao Ke pointed to the ground beneath his feet.

Because of religious problems, the country of Egypt had been divided into Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt, and the pharaohs of both sides fought for a long time, leaving the land in misery.

Even so, whether it is Upper Egypt or Lower Egypt, it can be taken out alone to support a strong country on the Mediterranean coast, like the Persian Empire established by Cyrus, like the Assyrian Empire, like the Babylonian Empire, which cannot compete with Upper and Lower Egypt in a short period of time.

Kisara unhurriedly recounted what had happened in the Northlands, pausing from time to time to take questions from the elders, most of whom were about the Baltic Empire.

"There are druids in the Baltic Empire, and why are they willing to join the outside world, which is not in line with the dogma that we druids follow. ”

Hao Ke asked curiously.

"Those druids follow the limited use of nature, believe that the development of civilization is also a part of nature, and cannot be one-sided hostile to the exploitation of nature. ”

"Well, I think their behavior is like artificially modifying nature, not to make themselves suitable for the surrounding environment, but to change the surrounding environment through various methods and means. ”

Several desert druids frowned, their thoughts and actions seemed deviant in the eyes of their conservative druids.

Desert druids do not advocate interfering with the environment, they believe that the cruel environment of the desert is also a part of nature, and they only need to adapt to such a cruel environment, rather than modify such an environment.

With the abilities of these desert druids, they can easily create oases in this desert, and if they continue to do so, the green forests and grasslands will invade the world of yellow sand.

"Well, those druids are fundamentally different from us, they are deeply influenced by the Empire, and some of them are more extreme and think that druids' spells are just means to an end. ”

Kisara didn't add any fuel to the fire, she was telling the truth.

Such a depraved mind can no longer be called a druid. ”

Hao Ke sighed.

With a peaceful personality, he rarely makes such extreme evaluations, and it is really the behavior of those druids of the Baltic Empire that is too deviant in his eyes.

"As a result of the addition of these druids to the Empire, the Baltic Empire's grain production increased every year, and it was able to harvest enough timber every year without destroying the forests. ”

"The defeat of the Attila Empire and the United Kingdom was never accidental, it was an ideological and institutional gap. ”

"I came from the north to the south, and I crossed an unknown number of kingdoms and city-states that would have been even worse than the Atila Empire if they had been a rival to the Baltic Empire. ”

Judging by Kisara's tone, she really didn't think that what she said was exaggerated in the slightest.

"Maybe what you see is the richness of the Baltic Empire, but there is no way to win on the battlefield with richness, even if it is a goblin with wealth, it can only be humbly prostrate in the face of war. ”

Hao Ke retorted.

"The Northland is far from the center of the entire main plane, and no one will care where it develops, even if the Baltic Empire really completes the rule of the entire Northland and integrates the forces of the Baltic coast, he will still not be accepted by the city-states and kingdoms on the Mediterranean coast. ”

The subtext of Hao Ke is that the Baltic Empire is just a barbarian with power, and no matter how powerful it is, it cannot have any effect on the Mediterranean coast, the center of this world.

"And don't underestimate the city-states and kingdoms of the Mediterranean coast, I don't know if you passed through Alexandria when you came to us, and if you saw the land that was once rich and prosperous, but now barren. ”

"The battle between Ramses, the pharaoh of Upper Egypt, who supported the god Amung, and Menes, the pharaoh of Lower Egypt, who supported Apophis, completely destroyed the city, which was once known as the pearl of the Mediterranean. ”

"And what happened in the Assyrian Empire many years ago, the monarch of the Baltic Empire, united with the king of Uruk and the king of Persia, and was still defeated at the hands of Pharaoh Tutankhamen. ”

Hidden in Hao Ke's words is a contempt for the Snow Mountain Druid, who believes that it is not that the Baltic Empire is too strong, but that the enemies of the Baltic Empire are too weak.

If the Baltic Empire were located on the Mediterranean coast, it would be an ordinary state, like Upper and Lower Egypt in the south, Babylon, Persia, Uruk, Assyria, and Canaan in the east, many city-states in the north, and Carthage on the Iberian Peninsula, none of these countries were weak.

“……”

It didn't make sense for Kisara to continue arguing with Hauk, she didn't know much about the Mediterranean, and Hauk hadn't seen the power of the Baltic Empire.

"I'm sorry. ”

Seeing Kisara's silent attitude, Hao Ke stopped at the right time and changed the subject.

"We will not get involved in your dispute with the Baltic Empire, and you see that our village is so small that we can only help you. ”

"If you wish, we can provide you with thirty tons of dates, which can be used as food to satisfy hunger, and can be kept for a short time, and are not perishable. ”

It is impossible for the desert druids to send the druids to participate in the wars outside, they are not willing to let their people be consumed in wars that have nothing to do with them, and they are not willing to let the desert druids stand on the opposite side of the Baltic Empire.

Even if he thought from the bottom of his heart that the Baltic Empire was just a native of the middle of nowhere, it was not much different from the dragons who held gold in their arms.

Kisara thanked Hack.

Being able to get thirty tons of dates is already an unexpected receipt, and it doesn't seem like a lot of dates, but for the snow-capped mountain druids who are at war, it's enough to consume a lot of time.

She didn't stay long, and in the afternoon Kisara left the oasis with a gift from a desert druid, and then she needed to meet the pharaoh Ramses of Upper Egypt.

Pharaoh Tutankhame, now in the Northlands, provided her with a way to meet Ramses in person, making it possible to convince Ramses to support them.

The reason why Tutankhame is willing to give the Snow Mountain Druid this opportunity is only because she clearly realized the horror of the Baltic Empire during her time in the Baltic Empire.

When the Baltic Empire completes the unification of the entire Northland and integrates the forces of the entire Northland, it will definitely show its fangs to those countries in the South.

Neither the dense and dangerous Black Forests nor the steep mountains reaching into the sky could stop the empire from expanding. Tutankhame didn't want to go up and down Egypt in the midst of a civil war, and he would have to deal with such a formidable enemy years later.

Just as the Baltic Empire once did in Scandinavia, Tutankhame also wanted to rely on the power of the United Kingdom to drag the Baltic Empire into a long tug-of-war and a protracted war.