Chapter 9: Dust Away
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If Faren is only a small but important part of the multiverse, then the same is true for the world of Faeron in Sword Bay, a coastline that runs north-south and stretches for more than a thousand kilometers.
On the Sword Bay, from south to north, sit the three largest cities in the world, Am, Baldur's Gate, and Waterdeep. The route connecting the three commercial cities is undoubtedly the golden route, and this bay is also known as the golden bay. Despite the unpredictable risks at sea, as well as the frequent haunting of the Fish-Man Empire, dragons, legendary sea monsters, etc., there is still an endless stream of merchant ships coming and going.
Although the largest of these cities has only about 100,000 residents, it would be short-sighted to look down on the developed nature of these cities.
The problem of transportation of goods and the supply of food was only one of the factors limiting the size of the city, and the bigger factor was the need for the nobles and the powerful to occupy a large amount of land - they divided the land exactly in proportion, and there was no specific number to satisfy their appetite! For example, Grand Duke Anta Silver Shield of Baldur's Gate, whose family is entitled to one-eighth of Baldur's Gate land at all times, is written into the law!
There are also hundreds of people under the Duke of Silver Shield who have the right to divide the land...... Therefore, no matter how large the city is, the merchants, townspeople, and craftsmen can only live in two or three narrow urban areas, and the natural limitations of the city walls naturally cannot expand the scale of such a city, and it is difficult to form a megacity with a scale of more than one million as in Chinese history.
But correspondingly, if all the satellite towns, farms and nearby tribes within the control of the three major cities are counted into the cities, then no matter which one is not less than 500,000 people! 500,000 people, in this world with extremely high personal strength ceiling and highly developed magical civilization, it has become a first-class kingdom, not to mention that each city also has an extremely powerful sea fleet.
Neverwinter's main location for the Neverwinter Nights plot takes place, and it is also a satellite city of Waterdeep.
Neverwinter has a long history, dating back to the time of the Elder Elves, and remains one of the settlements where multiple races live together peacefully until modern times. Later, when Neverwinter fell, the city received funds and shelter from Waterdeep, and it officially became the domain of the Lord of Waterdeep.
Waterdeep originally wanted Neverwinter to be an outpost against the Northland barbarians, orcs, and Lukanth. However, due to the fact that Neverwinter has the last ice-free port in the Northland, the open-mindedness guided by the local multi-ethnic customs and the inheritance of excellent craftsmen, Neverwinter has quickly become an important node in the extension of the golden route to the north! The flowers that still bloom in the city during the snow season make the praise of "no winter" even more famous.
Well, further north on the route is Lukans, the evil city we can ignore for the time being......
Similar to the three major commercial cities, Neverwinter is also surrounded by many towns and villages, and their trade with the city directly supports the development of the entire city. These towns and villages are dotted across the eastern plains, the Neverwinter River valley and the Neverwinter forests in the north, and Thunderwood Village is one of them.
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Similar to many villages and towns located on the edge of the Winterless Forest, the land around Thunderwood Village is not fertile, and the village's economy is mainly based on timber. There are a dozen small timber merchants in the village who specialize in selling timber to Neverwinter, and half of the population is lumberjacks.
As a result, the village has a tense relationship with the elven tribes and druids living in the Neverwinter Forest. However, when the Thunderwood Village encountered a disaster, seeing the black smoke floating in the sky, people from nearby villages and elven tribes still rushed over!
They let the youth of their village close the gate and guard the village. Then the strongest ones put on the best equipment and run to the thunderwood as fast as they can! Of course, people know that when the orcs set fire, most of them were already looting and ready to retreat, but what needed to be done still had to be done! After all, although there are only three or five people in one village, seven or eight villages and tribes combined can form a powerful force!
Although it is too late to save the village, it is still possible to recapture the population that was plundered by the orcs!
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry...... All the people in the village were killed, and there were no other survivors except Laurel, and no one was taken by the orcs......"
Shen Yan watched Erebeth cheer up!
While sincerely thanking them, he cleverly borrowed the guilt of the people and asked them to help move the unburned corpses outside the town, without arousing a trace of disgust. On the contrary, both the druids and the elves willingly tried their best to help at the earnest request of the noble Erebes...... Shen Yan couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart.
Sure enough, she is the first woman and elf to ascend to a high position in the Northland in the future, and Erebeth simply has natural leadership qualities! Even if she had only just shone for the first time, and people were surprised to find that Thunderwood still had such a diamond hidden, she could still make people involuntarily reunite around her. It's only been a moment now, and these people have been commanded by her...... Sure enough, all achievements are not without reason.
The tragic situation of the corpse being plagued by orcs makes men angry and women cry! Especially when you meet acquaintances, after all, they are all people who live nearby, and even the elves who are indifferent in their feelings can't help but burst into tears, and they have used their traditional rituals to say goodbye to the deceased.
As for taking advantage of other people's compassion...... Shen Yan didn't think it was anything.
Even people from other worlds pay attention to entering the earth for peace, Shen Yan can't move now, just rely on Sister A to collect the bones of the entire village, how busy will it be? What about hundreds of people, do you have to wait until the corpses rot into white bones?
Besides, these debts are owed, and Erebeth and he will definitely pay it back in the future! And it must be reciprocated by the grace of a drop of water!
Someone came one after another, dwarves, gnomes, and even adventurers passing by...... After seeing the situation at the scene, they silently joined in. Erebeth asked for their names one by one and made a formal thank-you.
Although Shen Yan sat still, he was also helping, carving the tombstone with a knife, and when Erebeth said a name, he carved one, and then engraved a few words of prayer. The fluent and accurate Elven script and the slightly bizarre calligraphy style also made Erebes look at it...... This little brother seems to have become different.
"It's only spring, and the orcs don't have anything to eat...... They're taking revenge! "A blunt dwarf told what everyone had guessed.
Yes, there was no looting of the population, no complete and clean looting, only sneak attacks and massacres without leaving chickens and dogs...... This is a premeditated revenge of the orcs against the Northlands! It doesn't matter whether it was revenge for Neverwinter's last trade raid or against the Sword Rings (the Druids of the Neverwinter Forest) for their punishment of the indiscriminate killing of orcs. The Northlanders will not be angry with Neverwinter and the Ring of the Sword because of this, they will only hate the orcs even more! Hate the orcs! Hate the orcs!
"Little girl, do you want to help?" The loud dwarf asked, clasping his hammer.
Erebeth stood up and did not speak. She first bent down to thank everyone, and then smeared four marks on her face with her fingers in the blood of the deceased! Needless to say, the dwarf sighed and lowered his hammer as a sign of respect for a warrior who was ready to return blood for blood.
Shen Yan was finally able to make sure, and Erebes ...... It's not Michelle.
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