King Tessian walked around irritably, and at last, he sat back in his chair and opened a book on the table.

The book begins like this:

"We are born of fire, we grow up in darkness, and dwarves are strong people, people of rocks. We have mountains rooted in our bones, clear water flowing in our hearts, and cool breezes blowing in our mouths. We've built the foundations of this world, and we've sustained—"

"When Polis returned, it was the fifty-second year of Recard's reign. Only the king, Salaam, and Joloshi each had five hundred dwarven knights left. Abu Polis led hundreds of thousands of men, with siege engines and blasphemer magic. He spread his wings, and the people of the earth did not see the sun for seven days and seven nights—"

"Comalo is the last dwarven city, and the last dwarves will die here. Recard vowed not to let that happen. The great king ordered Salam and Jolos to flee into the Ancient Passage, taking with them half of the citizens of Comalo. The rest stayed, lurking on the roads when the city fell, and after they died there, Polis could not have guessed that the rest had escaped with the elite of our clan......"

King Tessian closes the book, revealing the name of the book, The Book of Kings of Comalo. Although it is difficult to imagine the modern Atas, in fact, the dwarves also have a history, have their own culture, and have even established their own kingdoms in history, and their kingdom is even longer than the history of mankind.

Today, the kingdoms established by the dwarves have long since been reduced to ashes in the battle of purification, their cities have been burned, and books have been destroyed. The surviving dwarves have degenerated into semi-savages, and while they still retain some of their ancient crafts, their survival is nothing more than a humble shadow. It is impossible to match human civilization in any way, and there is no intelligent race on Atas. Praise the Witch King, Tessian thought, I don't want humans to live under the threat of alien races.

King Theysian read this book because he was going to meet a unique guest, a messenger from Abu Polis.

If there is one of the strongest witch kings, he is undoubtedly Abupolis, the first dragon of Atas. This dwarven exterminator destroyed the kingdom of the dwarves in the battle of purification, killing this once glorious ancient race to the point of near extinction. He brutally destroyed the dwarven cities hidden underground, killing all the adult dwarves, leaving only the children alive - he bound them in chains and drove them to the slave market in droves.

Abu Polis is also a master of dragon transformation, and if the rumors are true, then he has completed the ten stages of dragon transformation. Transform yourself into a mighty dragon forever. He will not age at all, but will only become greater and more powerful as he grows older.

As the most powerful existent in the known world, Polis rarely intervened in the internal affairs of other city-states. Even when Karak died in the revolution and the city of Yurik was conquered and divided by the cities of Ankara and Nibennai, Polis did not express any opinion. Tessian couldn't help but wonder why the strongest witch king had found him at this time?

The envoy entered the king's office, an inconspicuous man, not a mage, not a warrior. He has a dragon-shaped motif on his forehead. The robes he wore were neither ornate nor comfortable, and he looked like an ordinary adventurer.

"King Polis has asked you to pay tribute. As soon as the messenger entered, he went straight to the point, interrupting Tessian's half-talk.

"Tribute, what tribute, how come I've never heard of it?" "During the Karak era, I didn't know I had to pay tribute to Polis. ”

"You don't know, because this tribute is a vital secret. The messenger looked at the King of Tyre with indifferent eyes and said. "It's not meant to be widely circulated. ”

"What is that, I would be interested to know. Tessian sat down in his chair and looked at the messenger.

"Do you know the story of the war communicator, the primordial warlock?" the emissary's voice did not change at all. They were trained with only one purpose, one pursuit, to be messengers for King Polis. For them, it was easier to stop breathing than to betray Polis.

Tessian is a veteran blasphemer mage, but he is not very old and unfamiliar with the stories of the ancient times. "I've heard a little. ”

"The primordial warlock is a master of magic, and he is also the demon who wants to destroy the world of Miè. He signed the extermination decree and began a fifteen-century war of purification. At that time, Atas was a much more crowded world than it is today, and many humanoid races multiplied, even crowding out the living space of humans. But after the Purification War, the aliens were forever beaten to the ground, and the same was true for the false gods they believed in. Athas belongs and belongs only to humanity. ”

These Tessians knew that what really interested him was the next part. "Thousands of years ago, at the end of the War of Purification. Our lord Abu Polis united all the witch kings and defeated and sealed him. ”

"A memorable victory. Tessian politely said, "I will always honor King Polis for his feat of saving the world." But why is this demon king unanimously opposed by all the witch kings? What did he do?"

"He did something that would cause all the witch-kings to oppose it. The messenger obviously didn't want to say more, and said vaguely.

Tessian thoughtfully said, "And then?"

"Magic, with its fatal flaw, requires the support of the life force to function. The messenger said, "Even the magic that seals the primordial warlock is no exception. ”

Tessian frowned, and her gaze became stern. "You mean to say that the magic that sealed that demon king still needs to be maintained by extracting life force?"

"It takes the lives of fifty thousand slaves to strengthen the seal of the primordial warlock. The messenger said without emotion. "Less than that, the Demon King could seep out of the cracks in the seal and affect our world. In order to prevent this from happening, King Polis demanded that every city-state in the desert pay a tribute of 1,000 slaves every year as a necessity to seal the Demon King. ”

"Wait!" interjected King Tysian, "but there are no more slaves in Tyre!, we have freed all the slaves, and now that I am overwhelmed by Shatiri and her allies in the council, where will I get these thousand slaves as tribute?"

"A thousand slaves, a thousand free men, all the same to my lord. The messenger said, "Because of the revolution and the war with the three cities, Tyre's payment of tribute has been delayed! But you have to find a way to scrape together a thousand lives, every year. Otherwise, King Polis will be angry. ”

"The parliament will not agree to such conditions. Tessian said. "There are many short-sighted fools among them, and it is probably unrealistic for them to understand the significance of this act.

"You're the king of Tyre, and that's what you need to do. The messenger said, "Does a king need to be taught what to do?" "Don't let yourself be lost to history so quickly. ”

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