Seeing Xiao Chen's surprised expression, Jerez said, "I know that in the kingdom, they don't see this emperor like this, and they always say that he is a tyrant or something.

But no matter what the kings and nobles of their Iliad kingdom said badly about him, Emperor Rick had a very high reputation in the southern city-states. We, the people of the southern city-state, have a deep memory of the invasion of the Sea Clan, even if the people at that time have been old and dead for many years, but you can see the traces of the great war on the wall of any town.

That war could not be resisted by the southern city-states alone. If it weren't for Emperor Rick and his Golem legion to fight in the south, I'm afraid that half of the southern city-states would have been captured by the Sea Clan in that battle.

Moreover, Emperor Rick also used his Golem Electric Wing Silver Dragon to kill the Sea King at that time, so that the most powerful tribe where the Sea King belonged was completely finished, which made the Sea Clan return to a loose state, and it has not recovered until now, which is why we have been peaceful for hundreds of years. ”

Xiao Chen turned and left the deck, beckoning Jerez to follow him, and the two of them came to Xiao Chen's room, where a map hung on the wall.

The picture above is an ocean made up of the Sea of Pearls, the Sea of Rage, and the Sea of Ice.

Jerez found some small red flags pinned to them. According to his understanding, this should be Xiao Chen's preset supply points, and connecting these supply points together is naturally the route of their operation.

Xiao Chen said: "Jerez, what kind of route do you think I should choose if I want to avoid conflict with the Sea Clan as much as possible?" ”

Jerez said: "The route on this map is the most economical in terms of distance, and it also avoids reefs and areas with bad sea conditions, and basically includes all the places where the legend of the ghost ship appears. But if you follow this route, at least in the Sea of Pearls, there will definitely be several conflicts. ”

"Oh?

"You must have taken some old captain's opinion into account when making this map, right?"

"That's right. Xiao Chen nodded.

"These old guys haven't been to the sea for a few years, and I'm afraid they have less contact with the Sea Clan. They should not know much about something that has recently happened. Jerez said.

"Here. Jerez pointed to an island on the way and said, "Enoch Island was just plundered by the army of White Wave City more than half a year ago. And this ship of yours was involved in the battle at that time. At that time, one of the sons of the lord of Pelais had just died in an attack by the fleet on Enoch Island, so he retaliated a little harder, breaching the Ocean Temple on Enoch Island and destroying the Sea Altar on Enoch Island.

This is the greatest insult to the Sea Tribe. Therefore, the sea tribes on Enoch Island have a mortal enmity against this ship.

However, the destruction of the altar of the sea is too ruthless, and neither Bailang City nor Enoch Island has been publicized to the outside world, so most people don't know about it. I also heard from a friend of White Wave City when he was drunk, and he showed me a fragment of the Altar of the Sea. ”

"Are the Temple of the Sea and the Altar of the Sea important to the Sea Clan?"

"The Sea People do not believe in gods, they mostly worship the sea itself, and they believe that their wisdom, strength and life are given by the sea. Therefore, the Temple of the Sea is the place where the sea is sacrificed, and the altar of the Sea is the center of the Temple of the Ocean, and it is the place where every sea tribe grows up and comprehends the skills of the race. Destroying the Altar of the Sea cut off a tribe's source of replenishing powerful warriors. Those people on Enoch Island were afraid that this shame would spread, so they didn't tell the other tribes, and Bailang City was also afraid that the trouble would expand and attract other sea tribes, so they also blocked the news, so the old guys gave you a bad idea. ”

Xiao Chen said: "No wonder. ”

Jerez walked to another position, playing two of them with red flags.

"These are the islands of Malee and Rhodenor, the two islands in front of and behind your supply line. However, if you go to Marley and then go to Rhodeno, I am afraid that you will not be treated by the latter.

The leaders of these two tribes had two sons and daughters of the same age, and originally there was a marriage contract between them, but the daughter of the chief of the island of Mali was later favored by the younger son of the more powerful chief of the island of Kamo, and the chief of the island of Mali wanted to have a relationship with the larger tribe, so he ignored the original marriage contract and married his daughter.

The chief of the island of Rhodenor naturally felt insulted, and he did not dare to go to war directly with the island of Marley, but only announced the severance of diplomatic relations with the other party, refusing to accept all ships coming from the direction of Mary Island.

I also walked this route before and found out about this problem. At that time, we were turned away by Rhodenor because we had gone to Mali Island for business first, and almost died of thirst because of the depletion of supplies before we reached the next island. ”

Jerez pointed to five islands in a row, all of which had problems of one kind or another and were not suitable as stopovers.

Xiao Chen found that any humanoid race has countless internal contradictions, perhaps this is the instinct of all intelligent beings, he sighed: "It seems that the Sea Clan is also very disunited. ”

"This is also due to the southern city-states, since the Sea King was defeated by the Rick Sage, the southern city-states have spent a lot of effort to win over and divide the tribes of the Sea Clan. If you don't, we're the ones who are unlucky.

You must know that these people of the Sea Clan are far superior to us humans in terms of physical ability. The gap between them and us is greater than the gap between the orcs and us.

For example, the merfolk are born water mages, able to manipulate the weather and waves, and can also control those animals in the water, although it is rare, but it is a big trouble when encountered.

The whale people have huge bodies, they can reach more than thirty meters, just like giants in the sea, their strength is also very terrifying, they can overturn smaller warships with their bare hands, and adult whale people have high-level strength, if it weren't for their fertility difficulties, the population is sparse. We simply can't stop them from attacking the mainland.

There are also people from the shark clan, who are also seven or eight meters tall, and have mid-level strength when they are adults. In the last war, it was these guys who held back the Rick Sage's army of demons.

However, these sea people are very rare, we are very difficult to meet in the sea, the most common is the scale people, they are weaker than humans, but they are born quickly, there are many people, and when the tide-like scale people rush over, it makes people's scalp tingle.

The Armor are also quite numerous, all of them are covered in bone armor, and their defenses are strong, and they are the most hated enemies when we fight, most of them are not afraid of bows and arrows, and need to pierce the gaps in their carapace in close combat to kill them. ”

Jerez told Xiao Chen a lot of things about the Sea Clan, which opened Xiao Chen's eyes.

Xiao Chen picked up a few small blue flags from the table and handed them to Jerez: "Then give your advice, I have a hunch that this voyage will become more and more interesting." ”