Volume 2: The Storm of Epalai Chapter 17: The Epale People

Alberta closed the history book, and he fell into deep thought, half a year had passed, and he had not only learned that the world he lived in was a circular sphere, and that the planet was known as the "Home Star". Not only that, but he also knew that the world is composed of four huge continents, namely: the Strypa continent, which is about 71 million square kilometers, in the northernmost position of the home star, followed by the Acadron continent near the equator, the northern part of the Acaderon continent is long and narrow, long from north to south, narrow from east to west, and at the equator, it becomes extremely wide from east to west and narrow from north to south. The continent of Acadron is 59 million square kilometers, and 4,300 square kilometers of land is located on the equator and part of the equatorial circle, so the continent of Acadron is particularly hot.

The last continent is Hildeka, which is located to the east of Strypa and is separated from Hildeckar by the Eric Strait. And the location to the west from the Strypa continent is Bai Lingyang, and to the west of Bai Lingyang is the Hildecka continent. To the south of Strepa, there is the Gork Ocean, which is bordered by the Arcaderon to the west and Hildecka to the east.

The mainland of Hildecka is 3,300 square kilometers. Most of the area is located south of the equator, which is considered the continent of the Southern Hemisphere. Of course, the most technologically advanced countries in the world are all hit on the continent of Streipa, and the continent south of the equator, Hildeka, has only seven or eight countries that can make rudimentary steam technology industries, and the people of Hildeka are extremely good at magic and are the home of magic. And half of the land is inhabited by elves and dwarves. Because the elves and the dwarves are very not harmonious, so wars often break out on the Hildecka continent, of course, the territory that the elves are looking for are primeval jungle lush areas, so the 22 million square kilometers of land in the Hildecka continent have a large amount of vegetation, and the Hildecka continent is also known as the "lungs of the planet".

To the north of the continent of Hildeka, there are a large number of mountain ranges, inhabited by hill dwarves, steel dwarves, and a dozen dwarven branches. When there were no foreign wars, these dwarves often fought civil wars, and once there was a war against the elves, they began to form alliances again. Except for the recent wars launched by the Opperon Empire, the humans of Stripa do not fight wars all year round, but the people of Hildeca are often involved in wars between dwarves and elves.

Most of the territory of the Hildecka continent is occupied by elves and dwarves, and there are only 20 million humans in the Hildecka continent, with more than 500 million dwarves and more than 100 million elves. Because most of the elves are good at magic, in the war between the dwarves and the elves, the dwarves have the advantage in numbers, but they can't get any advantage.

The continent of Aldeca is inhabited by orcs, and the climate is hot, which is exactly the territory that orcs love. There are more than 2 billion orcs in the continent of Aldeka, and although there are a large number of orcs in the continent of Arkad, there are also humans, dwarves, and elves. The number of them is about 200 million, 50 million, 8 million.

In the Strypa continent, there are also dwarves, the number is about 10 million, mainly distributed in the southern mountain range, and close to the dwarves is the elven gathering place with about 2 million people. I don't know why, as long as the dwarves live in the mountains, there must be most elves living next to them, and most of the two races are at odds. However, the elves and dwarves in the continent of Strepa are influenced by humans and hardly engage in war. On the contrary, it is very harmonious.

The continent of Strypa has more than 3 billion humans, and is the most dominant race on the home planet. Mankind has established hundreds of kingdoms and thousands of races. But there is one of them, and that is the Opperon Empire, which invaded the port of Epalai.

After its defeat in the war with Epaklea, the Opperon Empire gradually moved to the east of the continent, and although it has been trading with other countries, it has become a mysterious country with an area of nearly 4 million people. Although the Opperon Empire has always been in contact with other countries, in people's perception, the Opperon Empire only has the false name of an empire, but there is no actual backward country of the empire. In reality, however, the Opperon Empire was so immersed in technology that it developed ironclad ships and repeating rifles and machine guns, and began attacking the port of Epalai in the autumn of 902 AD......

Alberta learned from Lieutenant Colonel Erta's documents.

The last continent, of course, is Antarctica. The last ocean is the Arctic Ocean...... Therefore, the home planet is also known as the "land of four continents and three oceans".

Time flies, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle. Alberta underwent half a year of training and study, during which time he learned a great deal of knowledge, and his instructor, Lieutenant Colonel Elta, admitted that Alberta was not only physically extraordinary, but also extremely intelligent, often drawing inferences from his knowledge...... After half a year of study, Alberta returned to Port Epale with a new identity......

Time blink of an eye to March 20, 903 A.D. The port of Epalai has been part of the Operon Empire for more than half a year, and in just half a year, the port of Epalai has been completely renewed. There is no ruin brought by the war, but it has the appearance of a modern port more than before the war......

In this port, it is very prosperous and dazzling! Alberta returned to his hometown, dressed in a tuxedo with a top hat and a staff of civility. When he arrived at the port on a steam train, his well-trained cheeks revealed the smile of a successful man, but in his heart, it was like a drop of blood...... He knew that every brick and tile of the city was permeated with the blood of the Epale people......

Alberta stepped off the train and looked at the thriving city: the golden streamer shimmered in the sunrise light, the light of the sea shimmered over the sea, the mast of the sail of the distant ship slowly rose slowly over the horizon, and the sunrise light flowed on the port of Epalai. Ships coming in and out, constantly sailing from port to port, prosperous and full of novelty.

The light of the rising sun takes away the sun's brilliance, and the steam train travels into the city, prosperous and full of novelty. Steam locomotives could only be built by the Opperon Empire, and steam locomotives seem to have become synonymous with imperial oppression and prosperity......

At the train station, there are vendors selling cigarettes and city maps, trying to make a living by telling tourists and passers-by about the famous tourist attractions of the port of Epalai.

It seems that everything is still thriving, but Alberta has seen that within the city, things have changed...... Because the Opperons of the Empire held everything, there were occasional Operon noblewomen walking around the train station, and beneath them were several Epalai people pulling rickshaws. There is always a scene where the Empire is in front, and the Epalai are like slaves, following behind, submissive......

Aberta has taken on a new identity, as a merchant in the city of Oledka, one of the two cities of the Capetian Merchant Free State. He wore black and white leather shoes, which were spotlessly polished. Previously, the Capetian Merchant Free State had three port cities, but after the war, only two remained. And the port city of Epalai, the capital, was also assigned to the Operon Empire. And in the past six months, too much has changed. The city of Oledka is the most prosperous city in the Capetian Merchant Free State, with the most cunning merchants and the greatest wealth of the Free State. It's almost all speculators there.

Therefore, as soon as the war ended, the city of Oledka in the Capetian merchant Free State immediately defected to the Opperon Empire, and the people of Oledka City were almost "lackeys" by the entire Strypa continent. Of course, the rich people of the city of Oledka don't care at all. And they are proud of it, because they have earned wealth.

In the space of another six months, the Opperon Empire invaded three more principalities, a kingdom, and a merchant state. Nearly 200,000 square kilometers of territory were seized, ten important seaports were founded, and 300,000 ordinary kilometers of colonies were established.

But due to the great military power of the Opperon Empire, almost no kingdom can defeat it...... At the same time, during this half year, many large kingdoms tried to build steam ironclad battleships, but either the battleships sank to the bottom of the sea or steam boiler fryers...... As a result, the entire continent of Stripa trembled under the cannons of the Imperial Ironclad Battleship......

So as soon as Alberta walked to the train station, he immediately felt that under the prosperity there was a hidden smell of painful enslavement of the Epale people, as well as a hypocritical prosperity.

Alberta had just taken two steps from the train station when an 18-year-old boy looked malnourished and dressed in a suit that was a lap larger than his body, and the hole in it was patched up. The boy wore no shoes, was barefoot, and wore a pair of shorts on his legs. It looks very funny.

The boy took the shoe-shine tool and came to Alberta, and the boy saw that Alberta's outfit was the people of Oledka City in the Capetian Merchant Free State, and in the entire Strypa continent, no one did not know that the Imperial people were followed by the Oledka lackeys, because the people of the Capetian Merchant Free State were good at trade, but the people of Oledka City were willing to be lackeys. Therefore, wherever the Operon Empire went, they took the Oledecka people with them to show their authority. Even some of the Imperial nobles were particularly fond of employing the Oledecka as stewards to signify the victory of the Empire's conquests. Its declarative intent is self-evident.

The boy saw that Alberta was from Oledka, and obviously couldn't afford to provoke this "lackey uncle" of the empire, so he hurriedly ran forward and said to Alberta: "Uncle, the little one will shine your shoes!" I wish you a prosperous business, a successful career, and take the lead; Two dragons play with pearls; Sanyang Kaitai; Four seasons of peace; Five Blessings; Six-six Shun; Seven Steps; Eight-sided exquisite; Ninety-nine longevity; Perfect! Uncle will shine your shoes and sing you a happy song! If you are happy, you can reward a few small copper coins, and if you are not happy, you can give a few small mouths! It's to appreciate the small bite of food, and let the little one live! ”

As the boy spoke, he nodded and said yes. Like a pimpy pug...... Alberta pretended to be happy, but hated the Empire's servitude.