Ash, Salt Coast region.

The cold winds from the frosty soil of eternal winter in the far north crossed the sea, invaded the salt coast, and went all the way east, like a roar of the gods, causing the inhabitants of the entire coastal region to shrink their necks and wrap their clothes.

Kingdom of Varesian.

Located on the southwest coast of the entire Salt Coast region, it is one of the most powerful countries on the Salt Coast, and its capital, Magnia, the "Monument City", is an important commercial port city on the southwest coast.

Magnia was neither the high tariffs of Kovasa, the first coastal city in the southwest, nor the pirate raids of the Lost Harbor, and was a popular port for merchants in the southwest of the Salt Coast.

In the entire Salt Coast region, Varesian was even hailed by merchants as the second "Belmar".

The Duchy of Belmar is one of the oldest ancient kingdoms on the Salt Coast, dating back to the centuries-old Perus Empire. The land is fertile, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and it is indeed a rich country on the whole.

Its capital, Huttonmar, is the jewel of the Ash Salt Coast.

It's a pity.

Whether it's Belmar or Varesian, these two countries are not in a good position right now.

After the knightly disaster that affected the entire Western world decades ago, the long-peaceful Ash Western world entered a period of turmoil, with city-states fighting each other and nations at war with each other.

Under his rule, the new monarch of the powerful southern empire de los Empire, who is young and ambitious, has never broken off battles with surrounding countries.

The territory of the Delos Empire expanded dramatically.

The young monarch, carried out sharp political reforms internally, he actively gathered power, and worked hard to open up the road to the rise of the military and the people, the support of the people, young ambitions, under the multiple effects, the imperial power was concentrated at the top of history, and he successfully stood at the peak of the times.

After the internal transformation was completed, this huge empire was like a giant beast hungry for war, frantically waging war against the outside world.

Just a few years.

Many countries in the southwest of Ash have already been occupied and wiped out.

Time.

The southwest is full of smoke.

The only thing that reassures the northern nation is that the king of de los, the young lord, may be too young, and the young man's personality makes him unable to compromise.

He has adopted a high-pressure policy toward many organizations in the Southwest.

For example, he suppressed the [Jewel Sage] of the Republic of Solarion, and directly adopted a policy of extermination of the armed organization [White Bone Workshop] of the Kingdom of Egrosson in the southern mountainous country......

His move reassured many countries in the North.

Ash is a transcendent world.

No one in power can ignore the supernatural powers, and there is a fragile balance between mages, the church, and various professional organizations and national forces.

Every mature and sane king knows that compromise and bargaining are the right way to run a country.

When the transcendent organizations rebelled against the king, the governance of that country failed.

The kings of the north were overjoyed to learn that the king of de los had prepared the extraordinary organizations of hard steel, and they even secretly contributed to the antagonism between the two.

Their actions really did work as they should.

The pace of external expansion of the Delos Empire has indeed been suspended, and the power of the state has begun to shift more to internal suppression and management, like a beast of prey has begun to gradually nap.

However, it may disappoint many people.

The Delos Empire is indeed a beast of prey, and the suspension of the pace of external affairs is only to better digest some of the spoils, and the young king of the empire may have made many people misjudge.

Someone who can successfully lead a country to change the law and complete the centralization of imperial power, how can he not understand compromise and dealing.

All appearances may hide hidden secrets.

The beast that was expanding to the outside world may not be sleeping, but sharpening its minions and preparing for the next more ferocious attack.

It's ridiculous.

The Delos Empire stopped its wars, but peace did not come.

The war broke out, and it broke out even more ferociously.

In the process of the external expansion of the Delos Empire, many neighboring countries were not without resistance.

There were several powerful alliances that had formed a powerful alliance to resist the northward march of the de los empire, and if internal turmoil was the internal problem of the de los empire to stop, then the obstruction of these alliances was its external resistance.

When the war between the two sides is over.

The "anti-German coalition" was not dissolved, on the contrary, they became aggressors to the north.

The Guardian Alliance, which was originally formed to protect its own country, immediately became an invader invading the north after the war subsided.

It may seem ironic, but it's true.

Just like when Rod learned about this history, he could only sigh.

"People who play politics have dirty hearts!"

From the standpoint of a bystander like Rhodes, this is true.

In order to fight against the imperial tiger in the south, some weak countries formed an alliance to support each other, which is just.

And when the weak countries are united, they become stronger, but they turn around and invade the countries of the north, which is very shameless in the eyes of many people.

The "anti-German alliance" gives people the impression that it is a kind of bullying of the weak and afraid of the hard.

But.

Those who really know this history know that this is a reluctant move by the anti-German coalition.

Don't look at the anti-German alliance's momentum, in fact, when they faced the army of the Delos Empire, they were almost pressed and beaten by the young overlord, if it wasn't for the Delos Empire's own internal problems, it is estimated that they would not be able to hold out for long.

They were scared.

Taking advantage of the internal renovation of the Delos Empire, the anti-German alliance not only did not dare to dissolve, but hugged it tighter, and they were really instigated.

And this time.

After several wars within the member states of the Union, internal problems of people's livelihood began to emerge, class antagonism was sharp, and various ills broke out.

If it is according to the urine nature of these countries in the past, the big deal is that the nobles within the country compromise with each other, and make up for another three years to make do with each other.

But after experiencing the cruelty of foreign wars.

These nobles were awakened and beaten to the blood.

So, as soon as they combined, they began to launch a war of aggression against the northern countries.

They want to divert the disaster at home through war!

War is a continuation of politics and a means of politics.

It's not fair to these allies that they've been crippled by the Delos Empire, and they're in a big problem now.

The monster of the Delos Empire is clearly going to sweep through the countries.

In the eyes of these allied countries, they were beating for the northerners, and this account must be recovered.

The Delos Empire can't beat it.

They simply joined forces to fight the northerners, and through the war in the north, they plundered the wealth, and recovered their losses by war slaves, pillaging minerals, and all kinds of looting.

I have to say.

This kind of war to divert damage allowed the allies to recover quickly.

But because of this, it can be regarded as opening Pandora's box.

The entire Ash Western world was completely chaotic, and in order not to be bullied by powerful countries, the weak formed alliances one after another, and for a while, alliance organizations sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

And at this point, the situation is completely out of control.

For those alliances, an alliance must have a leader!

The powerful dominate the alliance, and the weak can only be reduced to vassals.

Thereupon.

After the powerful countries have stronger strength, they begin to be dissatisfied with the current situation, why can others call for wind and rain.

War began between the alliances.

Those powerful countries can't do anything to their own families, and they are too ugly to eat, so they start to lead the entire alliance to attack other countries.

That's it.

Emerging countries such as the rich Belmar and the weak and rising Varesian are inexplicably caught in this complex situation.