Walking on the streets of the dock area of Xiliu City, men like Rhodes with giant swords on their backs are everywhere, and the atmosphere of fierce chaos is particularly obvious here, but there is also a scene of prosperity in this chaos.

The city of Xiliu was one of the important inland commercial centers of the Kingdom of Varesian.

The Gernei River flows inland from the port of Magnia on the southwest coast, and the banks of the river are rich in countless lands, bringing unlimited business opportunities to the cities on both sides, and the city of Westflow is an important port along the coast.

Much of the city's thriving economy owes much of its owe to the small port area of the wharf.

All social classes traded around the clock, and the unbridled flow of goods meant that it was always full of novelties.

However, the docklands are also notoriously chaotic.

The irascible and irritable men who made a living on the water were not very good-tempered, and the water in this era was not peaceful, and these sailors who usually served as coolies and carried goods also occasionally played the role of pirates after going to sea.

Taverns and inns are the most common business in the Docklands, and the hustle and bustle of the crowds has contributed to its prosperity, and sometimes some of the Docklands can even be seen soliciting customers in the alleys of the Docklands during the day.

Rhodes had recently arrived here with his family along the Georgian River.

He's getting used to it here.

The place of prosperity in the chaos in front of him seemed nothing to him.

The killing and chaos in the Shadow Realm is more serious than here, at least there are some gray forces here, with the most basic rules, and Rhodes also knows that the chaos here will be more serious in the next few years, and the gray forces that have been entrenched in the dock area for many years will be directly and violently cleansed.

"Titus Triss seems to have made it to power."

Rhodes walked on the dock and glanced at the flag not far away, thinking about something.

It was a flag hanging above the docks, indicating who the real owner of the docklands was, with a black background with a pattern representing a river in the middle, and a silver-white blade.

It was the banner of the Tris family, the lords of the city of Weststream.

However, in recent years, as the Kingdom of Varesian has faced both land and sea threats, the old Trisian patriarch was recruited to take the elite of Xiliu City westward to participate in the kingdom's war, but was almost wiped out in the naval campaign.

As a result, the city of Xiliu fell into a power turmoil.

Titus Tris, the son of the old Tris, returned from Magnia as the political struggles in the city of Weststream intensified.

According to Varesian law, any lord who was loyal to the king had to send his heirs to the royal capital for a period of aristocratic education.

Titus Triss was ordered to suspend the so-called "aristocratic education" and return to inherit the territory.

When Rhodes was on the Salt Coast, he had heard of the name of the Titus.

At that time, this nobleman's title was no longer the lord of Xiliu City, and he was called "King of the Salt Coast", "Guardian of the Sea", and "Conqueror of the Angry Waves......

At that time, Xiliu City was already at its peak.

As far as Rod knows.

The battle for coastal rights is becoming increasingly fierce, and in the vast sea, the pirates of Sin Island have given birth to several powerful pirate kings, almost monopolizing the trade of the sea, while on land, several major coastal countries are fighting endlessly.

The coastal kingdoms, including Varesian, were almost all destroyed.

For a variety of reasons, the major cities along the coast have fallen into the forefront of chaos.

Titus, the young noble lord, ruled the city of Weststream, which was geographically located in the interior of the southwest coast, and under the great onslaught faced by the coast, the city managed to avoid all the disasters of war.

And from the political position.

Relying on the Genei River, Xiliu City can easily go up the river and enter the maritime rights, and its political position is self-evident.

After Titus ruled the city of Weststream with a strong force in the midst of coastal warfare, he teamed up with the Emblem Shield Foundation, a powerful inland conglomerate, to make the city an important port of peace.

At the same time, he accumulated terrible force with his strong financial resources, and hooked up with a certain overlord on the sea at that time through some channels.

Through various means, in just a few years, his power has expanded to almost half of the southwest coast.

This time.

Faced with coastal cities that were almost dying from mutual attrition, Titus took the coastal areas almost effortlessly.

In fact.

Rod remembers that many of the gaming forums had mixed reviews of the young Coast Overlord.

Someone summed up his fortune journey.

A proper template for a child of destiny, others fight to the death, he sits in the back and develops actively, and when everyone else is bloody, this guy goes out to harvest in six gods, and the huge salt coast almost does not take much effort, and he is easily accepted.

Sitting on the legacy of his predecessors, this guy dominates the entire Salt Coast and is barely qualified to compete with the Delos Empire.

Many people analyzed this guy's fortune in various ways, and posted a bunch of big touches on the forum, saying that if he was replaced, he would definitely do better than him.

Of course, that's not what Rhodes is concerned about.

He's not interested in politics, and in fact he's not good at playing politics with these guys at heart.

He was more concerned with some of the copies and ruins that appeared during the reign of Titus, as well as some anecdotes.

It is worth mentioning.

Rhodes had heard a lot about Tester in a tavern.

It is said that in the process of making a fortune, there were two important women.

One is the "spider" Dorina Ovida of the [Shadow Society], and the other is the "Sea Devil King", one of the nine sea kings at that time.

The former was an Assassin, and with her help, Tester had a powerful intelligence system and gray power at his disposal, which helped him greatly in his rule.

The latter is the overlord of the seas, and his men are as strong as clouds, and they have made a lot of benefits for Titus on the sea.

A large part of these rumors are still credible, and Rhodes is certainly not the kind of gossip person, and in fact, some specialized intelligence gathering organizations have evaluated these rumors because of this.

The main reason why Rhodes came to Xiliu City was not because of any child of fate, but because as far as the current situation was concerned, Xiliu City was indeed the best place he could go.

Out of the Shadowlands.

Rhodes: They were first seen in the mountains near the Gnei River.

With that location, he didn't have many options to make.

The best thing is to go west along the Genei River, and from there into the sea, where you can accumulate strength in the vastness of the sea.

Secondly, go south and enter the elven country, where there are many alien races, and the frequency of ruins is also high, and there are many adventures and a peaceful environment, which is also a choice.

In the end, he can also choose to go east, to the eastern country, where there are many people and things that Rhodes is familiar with, and their development will be easier.

But.

On closer analysis, none of these are the best.

First entered the sea from the west, as far as Rhodes knew, there were many shadows of legendary-level sea beasts in the battles between several pirates on Sin Island alone, and even behind some One Piece Kings there were shadows of those Naga fish-man races in the sea.

Moreover, in the turmoil in the coastal areas, some evil organizations such as devils and demons frequently appeared, and the Church of the Gods attached great importance to them.

In this case, with three months of dependents, in case of special circumstances, Rod will also be very tricky.

Then there is to go to the elf country, the relationship between that place and the family of the moon is very unusual, and the environment there is too peaceful, and the effect on the improvement of strength is not great, and the most important thing is that various changes will occur in the elf country in the near future.

The invasion of the Human Empire, the appearance of evil creatures in the ruins, and the appearance of abyssal monsters will also plunge that Paradise into chaos.

The last country of the East, that's even more unreliable.

The first is that it is too far away, and Rhodes has not yet passed, afraid that the whole turmoil will begin.

The second is that the East is not very peaceful, just like the rebellion of the empire here, the most powerful country in the East has also fallen into chaos.

Choosing Xiliu City was already his best choice.

In Xiliu City, Rhodes can take a ride on Titus's express train by the way, the development of Xiliu City is indispensable to war, gain experience in the war, and Rhodes's strength should not worry about experience.

The city's promising future and unique location are just some of the important factors that attracted Rhodes Finn to the city.

There are many other reasons why Rhodes chose this place.