When the news of the crushing defeat of the Armada in the "Battle of Benin" spread, the whole world was in an uproar.

The first to bear the brunt is the southern continent that is close at hand.

War is always a means, and the interests behind it are the driving force. As long as resources are not infinite, world peace will always be just a beautiful dream.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tulip immediately set off a carnival feast of the counteroffensive and liquidation of Syrius after recovering all the lost territories occupied by Cyrius!

Especially in the previous naval battles, a large number of elite land forces in the Cyrius fleet participated in the battle with the ships, but before they could really start their best openside battles, they had already perished with the invincible armada, which was no longer invincible.

The extremely empty colony of Sylius is not much stronger than a harmless little white rabbit to a tulip.

The most mobile of Evan and his party were in charge of the second largest colony belonging to Sylius, Metikal on the southeast coast of the Southern Continent, and further east was the Eritrean Sea, which led to the Peacock Islands.

Fighting in concert with the army, they only need to be responsible for pressing the formation, and among the scattered city strongholds along the way, after the essence has long been swept away, most of the Sylius soldiers are simply fleeing in the face of the menacing Tulip people.

Bang!... Bang!

Sporadic gunfire.

Seeing that he had captured the colonial capital of Metical all the way, and did not even fight a decent hard battle, Gary patrolled ahead, and the three men who had nothing to do, Evan, Olivia, and Milan, hid in the camp to share the spoils.

"One for you, one for me!"

"One for you, one for me!"

In addition to the gold and ivory ornaments abundant here, the southern continent deserves the reputation of the world's gem warehouse. All kinds of diamonds, rubies, sapphires, chrysoberyls, emeralds, aquamarines, amethysts, peridots, tourmalines... The whole nine yards.

In addition, there are also red essence fruits the size of grapes in front of several people.

After the naval battle, the "Extraction Potion" opened for a long time, and the large species of "Long-snouted Silver Shark" was not wasted at all, and all the flesh and blood became a tonic for their transcendent road promotion.

The essence fruit produced by the spell side sea monster is of course a great complement to the wizards, and since it is Aven's combat power, he enjoys complete dominance.

The little apprentice Angel, who had been hiding until he was just about to kick the door, used them to successfully reach the limit before promotion, and Evan only now took them out and distributed them with Olivia and Milan.

"If only I could come once a month. ”

Patting the "magic pocket" that Evan had given him like an animal's stomach, Milan licked his lips and sighed.

Olivia, who also had a bumper harvest next to her, nodded vigorously, looking like she couldn't agree anymore, and it was even more refreshing to advance this way than to raid the house. With the exception of the "Jewel Star", all other types of common sorcery gems have been replenished and there is still a surplus.

"The kingdom chose Metacal right, if it is changed to Antananarivo of the Taylor Kingdom, although there may be more gold coins, it may not be able to have such a suitable windfall. ”

As the two strongest of the victors in the war, the kingdom of Phaletis and Taylor had already negotiated a plan to divide the spoils.

First of all, they joined forces to divide the inheritance of the Ilia Kingdom and gave their own family a big autumn fat.

Then Pharytis came to Metakal, and the kingdom of Taylor went to the southernmost point of the Southern Continent, located in the Eritrean Sea, across the southern continent from the Southern Continent.

It is the world's largest producer of various herbs, mainly vanilla, and is often used for seasoning, making spices or extracting essential oils, and is lucrative as a necessity of life.

"I think the main reason why the kingdom's top brass chose this place is not these gems. Rather, like Nigeria in the West Bank, it is rich in coal mines. ”

"Coal?"

Milan didn't know why, but Olivia was thoughtful.

Coal is something that other non-industrialized countries don't care about, but it is the food on which the steam industry of the Kingdom of Pharytis depends.

Ai Wen, who proposed the "Overlord Disqualification Plan", has a long-term view than many people, and he can see through the true thoughts of the kingdom's top brass at a glance.

The main plans include the "blood loss plan" based on legal privateering, the "trade war" based on cheap industrial products, and the "dismemberment plan" based on ethnic and religious contradictions.

At the heart of this is the "trade war", or the steam industrialization revolution behind the "trade war". The other two are used to weaken the enemy, and only this is the only one that is intrinsically strong itself.

Before the Industrial Revolution, although mankind has made many dazzling achievements in agriculture, science and technology, culture and other aspects, the situation of not having enough food to eat and not enough commodities has never changed.

Both individuals and societies have poor ability to resist risks, and a natural or man-made disaster can instantly destroy families and even collapse countries.

However, after the Industrial Revolution, for the first time in history, the supply of commodities exceeded the demand, that is, from the era of material scarcity to the era of material abundance.

For example: 50 ballpoint pens nine pieces of nine free shipping... This is something that only a large industrial country can do.

Industry has the magic to turn any in-demand commodity into a stall!

Only when material civilization is enriched can we feed more people, create more social division of labor, and have more people who can work as soldiers, doctors, workers, merchants, scholars, inventors, artists... and other occupations, shaping a modern society with a vibrant attitude.

Which of these societies is more powerful than the purely agricultural and pastoral societies of the past?

Therefore, the Industrial Revolution is a major turning point in the process of human civilization.

As for why the Tulip Alliance, especially the Kingdom of Pharytis is now the most popular place in the entire human civilization world, the steam engine?

Because Pharytis was actually the first place where coal was discovered in the entire human world. Before the discovery of coal mines in the colonies, Pharytis produced 80% of the world's coal!

It was also one of the important reasons why the Alchemy School returned to the Old World and chose Pharytis as its bridgehead.

In addition, the development of the steam industry was inseparable from the abundance of iron and coal, but for Pharytis in the early days of the popularization of the steam engine, iron was the most lacking.

Because at that time, the production of iron was determined by the size of the forest.

Charcoal needs to be mixed with iron ore to produce good iron, and only 1 kilogram of iron can be smelted from about 100 kilograms of wood. At that time, an average ironworks would consume 2,400 acres of forest a year.

As a result, the forest cover of Pharytis even dropped to 10% at one point.

It was only a few years ago that they were the first to find a way to smelt iron with coke, and this situation was fundamentally reversed.

If this continues, it may not be a few years before Pharytis alone produces more iron than the rest of the world combined. And in this era when the number of artillery represents military power, iron production is almost equal to military power!

With the development of steam engines, the future of long-distance ironclad ships can be expected, and these coal-producing areas distributed in coastal areas will become excellent supply points.

After explaining the importance of this territory to the two of them in general, Evan turned to look at the large military map that had turned red to blue in the camp, and said with some concern:

"The only thing that makes me a little uneasy now is where are the remnants of the fleet that finally escaped by taking advantage of the spiritual storm, and why haven't even the seagulls been able to find their traces?"

At the same time as the Tulip counteroffensive liquidation.

The capital of the colonial capital of the Sark Empire, the city of Saint-Louis.

In the love nest built for the "canary".

Prince Clement, the governor of the southern continent of the Sark Empire, hugged his lover's slender and soft waist and rubbed his ears and temples, greedy for the infinite beauty of this "beauty", and shared the military's battle report with him without hesitation:

"My Diana, you see, thanks to your advice. This time Cyrius suffered a big loss, so that we Sark did not spend a single soldier to get a big bargain, you are really my lucky star!

I've already told Your Majesty about you, and when the reward is over, you'll be Dame Diana!

Zake, who has a lot of interests in the Southern Continent, took this opportunity to take advantage of the fire to rob and take down several resource points that belonged to the nature of the Sylius enclave.

However, their common tacit understanding is that Lobito, the largest colony in Hilius, is also one of the richest areas in the entire Southern Continent in terms of minerals, forestry and other natural resources, and no one has moved for the time being.

That was the last face of Syrius, who didn't have much territory in the Southern Continent.

"Of course... Happy. ”

Clement didn't notice that the smile on the face of the beauty in her arms was very far-fetched.

Diana, who is also a Fanes of the "Cursed School", although she doesn't know the allusions of three years and three years later, she also feels that she is really not a good undercover agent...

What if the playboy who is becoming more and more obsessed with himself suddenly proposes to him one day? yes, yes, yes?

......

The people of Syrius, who were experiencing the wall falling and everyone pushing them, did not know that the doom above their heads did not stop there.

Half a month after the war, another explosive piece of bad news was brought back to the colony by merchant ships that had gone to sea.

The small fleet of seventeen remaining ships was not repaired at some secret naval base, as everyone had expected at first, in a vain attempt to turn over and wait for another battle.

Instead, while evacuating towards Luanda, he encountered a super storm at sea and had... Annihilated!

The merchant ship found the shattered hull of the Sylius on a desert island near the route, as well as a three-man team of survivors, both human and physical evidence.

This also means that the last military strength of Sylius in the Southern Continent has been completely emptied, and the only suspense left for the tulips has also settled.

But an even bigger question arises, why didn't the Tulips, which were able to destroy a fleet, not encounter the Tulips that also returned later?

When Evan received this bombshell news, he hurriedly returned from Metical, who had already completed the strategy, and by the way, he was ready to help Anqi, who had completely completed the pre-promotion, to carry out the official wizard promotion.

But he suddenly received a spiritual message from Fisher, the patriarch of the Angry Waves Church, which was very short and only one sentence:

"I hope you enjoy the gift of the Tulip from the Angry Waves Church. ”

Obviously, in the past, the "Mother of Sea Monsters" hated all humans, which was closely related to his path, and no one could reconcile it. Even if the Great Voyage is in full swing, no human kingdom wants to have anything to do with the master of the Black Sea, and the best attitude is to stay away.

But the "Black Sea Goddess" Hipponoo, who has been banned for three hundred years, is herself a human god, but this is not necessarily the case.

This time it was a very explicit overture.

However, after Evan got Fisher's message, his scalp tightened, and he sent it back to the mainland as soon as he was stung by a scorpion.

Let's give the queen, the crown prince and the big men of the royal capital a headache.

Thinking of the situation of the Angry Waves Church and the goddess, behind the love of nothing must represent... Big trouble!