At the end of the Third Age of Eladia in 1638, it passed in a state of chaos.

There were many major events that happened this year, such as:

The benthic demon fish controlled the deep sea country and attacked the empire on which the sun never sets, and after more than ten years of fighting, they were immediately driven back to the bottom of the sea.

The head of the free trade city-state, Tashanmu, spent a year preparing for a new city, which has now been completed, and has been promoted from nine free trade city-states to ten major city-states.

In the kingdom of Grey Keep, there are two legendary items among the dwarves of Grey Keep, which have attracted adventurers from all over the world to rush to grab them.

Today's most famous and powerful ancient red dragon, the "Queen" Aksuya, was discovered, defeated and besieged by the legendary dragon hunter team, and finally died on an island volcano in the Sea of Stars.

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In the case of the rise and rise of the human race of Eladia, in the remote and remote northern corner, the capture of the Rhine by Caesar the Black Dragon seems to be a small matter, and it is not so interesting.

But for the people of the Northlands, it was so drastic that it affected their own lives in every way.

First of all, the Rhine, as a pass fortress to the northern wilderness, is now completely inaccessible, and the place has completely become a furious paradise for monsters, and adventurers can only give up going to the northern wilderness, turn south, or cross the sea from the west.

Adventures to the northern no-man's land are one of the pillar industries of the Northlands, and almost all travelers who arrive in the Northlands expect to go to the wider northern world to have a look, so the Northlands gradually begin to lose a large number of floating populations.

And many merchants rely on these stupid adventurers to eat, and the nest of the black wings attacked the Rhine, which indirectly caused a sharp decline in the economy of the Northlands.

Fortunately, in the country of Noren, which is opposite the Rhine, under the call of the ruler, some spellcasters have begun to use spells to open up and transform the steep cliffs on the Norren border, trying to create a second Kaki Pass......

Look back to the Rhine.

At present, the nest of the Black Wings has restored a certain order in the principality, under the constraints of Caesar, the Black Wing clan tried its best to restrain its wildness, not to grin and attack those who were obedient, Hogg also reorganized the gathering place for the obedients, and gave certain resources to help with post-war reconstruction.

"The Principality of the Rhine still has human beings alive and has not been enslaved or abused" - this is a rumor spread in the Northland countries, but at present, this is only a unilateral statement from the Rhine State, and has not been officially confirmed by any of the other countries, and people dare not believe it.

In the midst of the restless waiting, the time came to the beginning of the Third Age in 1639.

Thankfully, it was finally realized that Caesar, the Dragon King, did not seem to be keen on war, and at the beginning of 1639, the Blackwinged Lair issued a statement to the Northlands, stating:

If the other nations of the Northland Alliance are willing to submit to the Dragon King, they will be loyal to the Black Dragon Caesar Targaryen and become a vassal of the Black Wing's Lair. The Nest of the Black Wings will save them from war, and ensure that the hierarchy and domination of the various classes of the subject state will remain unchanged without too much interference.

But there are two requirements.

One is that the Northland kingdoms must fully obey the orders of the Dragon King.

The second is to pay taxes.

"Pay taxes" is a saying from the Black Wing's Nest, and after studying the details, the Northlanders found that in their words, "paying taxes" actually means paying tribute.

This is not unusual, human beings have long existed, and in the south, many small countries need to pay tribute to the empire on which the sun never sets, in order to seek refuge; But! According to the Dragon King's will, since becoming a subordinate country of the Blackwing's Nest, every industry, every industry, and even everyone must "pay taxes" to the Blackwing's Nest!

God knows how a black dragon came up with such a method, these five-colored dragons who are greedy for money, this is simply complete exploitation! Oppress! Enslavement!

Originally, if it only became a titular vassal of the Black Wing's nest and the country could maintain its original state, the rulers thought about it for a while, and it seemed that it was not so difficult to accept.

However, the follow-up "tax payment" clause completely pierced their sensitive hearts, although the tax rate is only one percent, but this is completely a disguised snatch of their power.

During this time, the Northland countries did not think about counterattacking the Black Wing's Lair and recovering the lost territory of the Rhine, and even worse, they were thinking about calculations every moment and asking for help from outside, hoping to defeat the hateful Black Dragon.

After all, it's not without its benefits.

The Grand Duke of Ryan is dead, and there is no longer a legitimate ruler in the entire Duchy of the Rhine, as long as the Dragon King and the Nest of the Black Wings are driven away, the kingdom they rule can divide the land.

The Rhine, and especially the Kakiling, was a gateway to the northern wilderness, and its strategic and economic value was self-evident and unquestionable.

But after thinking about it calmly, they found that they couldn't do it.

It's not that the current Northland countries can't pull up an army like a rock fortress, to be honest, as long as they grit their teeth and piece together, they can even gather a huge coalition army with a larger number.

But it makes no sense.

Unless they had an army five or ten times that of the Blackwing Clan, a small advantage in strength would be useless with the development level of the Northlands. During this time, several tentative multi-front attacks have made people see the strength of the leaders of the Black Wing Clan, orcs, flying dragons, dog demons, and gnolls......

The original leader of the undead legion is here, and I am afraid that he can only be reduced to the same status as the leader of the Blackwing Clan, and even among them, he can only be ranked in the middle and lower levels, and it can't even beat Hogg, Erha and Nero.

In other words, the remaining five countries of the Northland Alliance, the Dragon King can subvert them one by one as long as he sends the leaders of the various clans of the Blackwing's Lair to lead their clans.

Strategists and commanders judged that the Blackwing Lair had the ability to fight on multiple fronts, and could even attack the neighboring principalities of Faye, Daros, and Larkon on multiple fronts.

At the same time, the Blackwing Lair stationed in the Rhine began to use shapeshifters and corrupted adventurers and merchants to spread the word, and at the same time, the spread force of the Wyvern also cooperated, skimming over the countries and dropping the Mass Energy Crystal in crowded places.

It records the living conditions of the people in the Rhine today, after obedience and submission, although they are surrounded by monsters, it is somewhat terrifying, but it seems that those people seem to be doing well, and there are even fragments of clan monsters helping them.

The crowd gradually became noisy.

In the case of a huge disparity in strength, an ordinary person in a normal mind would not hope for war, which would not do them any good, and it would also mean that everything they had been doing for a long time would be disrupted, and they would face the situation of losing their loved ones, being in chaos and running rampant with banditry.

The bloody lesson of the Rock Fortress told them the fate of rebellion, and voices of peace and submission began to appear.

Of course, there was no diametrically opposed argument in this, and in the midst of the obedient voices, a large number of people who advocated stubborn resistance and death poured out, claiming to defend the glory of the Northlanders to the death, firmly stating their position, and severely reprimanding the main faction and reducing it to the name "dragon slave".

From an objective point of view, there is actually nothing wrong with the two concepts, but the polarized arguments are causing the internal contradictions in the northern countries to become more and more intense, and people from the two factions have begun to attack each other.

However, the final decision is still in the hands of the ruling class of each country.

It can be seen that they still do not give up, unwilling to give up their original position as a powerful and monstrous lord, and instead succumb to the dragon, and at the same time do not dare to stand up directly and declare war on the nest of black wings.

Therefore, the current Northland countries have pursued a cold attitude of ignoring and ignoring them, pretending not to hear the demands and threats made by the Blackwing Nest, neither opposing nor approving of them, and maintaining the previous status quo as if nothing was on the sidelines.

This continued until the Blackwing Nest released a second Mass Energy Crystal.