Chapter 1: The Root of the Bane
The Pole Kingdom is a plain country, the territory of this country ranks third among the twelve great powers of the Holy Light Cult, because it has a vast and fertile land, so the developed agriculture has always made the Pole people proud, its economic level is one of the best among the twelve powers, and the flat territory is extremely conducive to cavalry combat, so the Pole Kingdom has a powerful light cavalry force, this force has also made many miraculous achievements in history
However, also in history, the Pole Kingdom is also a troubled country, two thousand years ago, the Pole Kingdom was part of the heyday of the ancient Shumiro Empire, after the Shumiro Empire and the Forest Elves fought a war, the once powerful empire fell apart, divided into three, after several changes, some of which evolved into the current Pole Kingdom, however, the independent Pole Kingdom is not optimistic, except for the fifth, During the period when the sixth Poseidon invasion formed a multi-ethnic alliance on the continent to fight against foreign enemies, the Kingdom of Pole must have spent every day in the shadow of the invasion and plunder of its neighbors, all because the geographical location of the kingdom is too difficult, the Kingdom of Pole is located in the middle of the Brilliant Continent, the east is the Moon Rain Republic of the Forest Elves, and their bows and arrows and magic are amazing, to the north is the powerful Fayele Empire, which has risen in the past two hundred years, and is constantly greedily encroaching on its neighbors, and to the west, although the Kingdom of St. Olufe is small, it is the closest country to the Central Church, and has many strong bishops with swordsIn the south, the wolf cavalry of the shamanian orcs of the Orc Kingdom that the Pole Kingdom was most unwilling to face often plundered the southern border of the Pole Kingdom
Although the Kingdom of Pole has the best agriculture of the Twelve Kingdoms, there is almost no iron ore available for mining, and most of the kingdom's territory is inland, and foreign trade is controlled by neighboring countries, it turns out that the Kingdom of Pole has a relatively long coastline, but due to the continuous encroachment of the Fayele Empire on its northern territory for a century, so that the current Kingdom of Pole is left in the northeast, there is a narrow corridor sandwiched between the border between the Republic of the Moon Rain and the Fayele Empire, which leads directly to the sea, and the port of Polesdes, which means Pole, is also the only outlet to the sea of the Pole Kingdom, however, the port of Poles is not a good port, because the water is very shallow, and slightly larger ships cannot dock, and the daily throughput of the entire harbor is very largeSmall by land, import and export, neighboring countries collect extremely heavy tariffs, by sea, and far from the needs of the whole country, which causes great difficulties to the foreign trade of the Pole Kingdom, although the light cavalry of the Pole Kingdom is powerful, but this is precisely the pain that Pole can not hide, because the Pole people can only get their hands on the light cavalry, and due to the lack of enough strategic materials, the Pole people can not form a decent hoplite, nor can they make enough magic items, arrows and war machinery, which is also the reason why the Pole people have repeatedly lost in battles with foreign enemies
One hundred years ago, the then King of Pole, Walivy VIII, signed a secret agreement with the Elven Archon Ayig Morrowind, which included that the Kingdom of Pole could use the Elven Republic's long coastline to trade, that the Kingdom would stop logging and building on the outskirts of the Elven Forest, that the two countries would send envoys to each other, that one would secretly send an army to the other in the event of a war with a foreign enemy, and that the Kingdom of Pole would allow the Druids to operate openly within its borders
In the second year of the signing of the treaty, the Fayele Empire demanded the port of Poles from King Pole, and the price was to exchange for a desolate town on the western border, and the loss of Poles Desdes was equivalent to turning Pole into a landlocked country, from which time on Pole's economic lifeline would be completely controlled by the enemy, which was unacceptable to Valiver VIII, and after being refused, the two sides fought on the border, due to the mutual restraint of the troops, the light cavalry that was able to slash archers and magicians was unilaterally slaughtered in the face of the large army of Pole with hoplites as the main combat force, and the French army advanced five cities of Pole within a week until the capital of PoleOn May 3, 1575, the French and Polish armies fought a decisive battle again on the periphery of the town, this time the Polish army suddenly appeared in the formation of nearly 100 extremely strong archers, and the arrows they shot were far away, fierce and accurate, and some arrows were also attached to elemental magic, and the hoplites in the French army who were very afraid of archers were defeated, and even the bright priest who blessed and blessed the soldiers behind the legion was also sniped by arrows from a distance, and shot more than a dozen people in a rowThe invincible French commander was shocked, he hurriedly ordered the army to retreat, this battle known in the history books of the Kingdom of Pole as the Great Victory of Swan Town completely reversed the situation of the whole war, the French army was defeated, the Polish army followed closely behind, and the Polish army regained all the territory lost since the start of the war in half a month
The victory of this war was of great significance to the Pole Kingdom, because it was the only great victory in the war between the Pole Kingdom and foreign countries in recent centuries, which greatly boosted the morale of the people of Pole, and the whole kingdom ran into the streets all night to party, regardless of whether it was a commoner or a nobleman, and Walivy VIII made May 3 a permanent National Victory Day
While the Poles were reveling in their victory, the leadership of the other countries of the Cult of the Light, including the Pope himself, was shocked by the battle, and they were shocked not by the defeat of the Fayele Empire, because the leadership of the French army was too conceited in this war, and they bullied the Poles with few arrows, so in their army, except for a few Bright Priests who were used to strengthen the battle, almost all hoplite regiments were armies, so they lacked the nemesis to deal with hoplites-- The Archers Must Prepare, It can be said that the commander of the French army must bear half of the responsibility for this crushing defeat, the key is that the 100 archers in the Polish army do not look like human soldiers from their archery skills, and human archers rarely attach magic to their arrows (human archers usually use oil to ignite arrows to become incendiary arrows) These 100 people seem to be reinforcements of the elves, and the Pole people form an alliance with the foreign race alone behind the back of the Holy See, this is an extremely strict problem in the society of the Holy Light Sect, and later the Holy See sent spies to inquire about the information many times, and finally got the secret agreement between the Pole Kingdom and the forest elves, the content of which made the Pope very angry, especially the article of allowing the Druids to operate openly in their territory, which made the Pope angry
The Holy Light Cult is a highly exclusive religion, they only accommodate the same ideas as their own beliefs, any different religion will be regarded as heretics, suppressed and excluded, the Druids are a religion with the doctrine of close to nature, although it has developed in human society, it is regarded as a thorn in the side by the Holy Light Cult, and for centuries it has been constantly excluded and suppressed, and finally forced the Druids into the Elven Forest and joined the Elven Republic (in a sense, the practice of the Holy Light Cult has indirectly enhanced the strength of the forest elves) If this secret covenant is true, as a member of the Holy Light Cult country, he actually accommodates heretics to carry out activities in his own country, King Pole's practice is simply a rebellion, and should be subject to the most severe religious sanctions, but the Pope still did not take action against the Pole Kingdom in the end, after all, the agreement between Pole and the elves is only a secret contract, they did not announce it, and they used the means of spies to obtain the secret contract, once it is announced to the world, it will definitely damage the image of the Holy See, and the food produced by the Pole Kingdom accounts for one-third of the Holy Light Sect countries, and if he rashly does anything to Poeller, it is likely to cause social unrest in the Holy Light Sect countries due to the food problem- - So the Holy See has been holding back
After nearly a hundred years later, after the victory of Swan Town, the Fayele Empire and the Kingdom of St. Auluffie did not dare to speak lightly of war against the Kingdom of Poile, except for the occasional raid of orcs in the south, the Kingdom of Pole was almost not invaded by foreign enemies
However, things in the world are always joking with people, and Miyo brought peace to the kingdom of Pole for a hundred years, but also laid the foundation for the country's demise a hundred years later
On January 15, 1675, countless orcs crossed the blood mountain range held by the vampire clan and launched an attack on the forest elves on the other side of the mountain.