"Siegel, can you tell me what you think of Waterdeep?" His Majesty Evan abruptly changed the subject, shifting from the Wall of Storms and the Mage's Guild to the Northern Pearl of the New World.

Or more accurately, the former pearl of the North in the New World.

In the midst of the Elven Wars, Waterdeep suffered heavy losses. The Masked Council's guards and mercenaries were almost wiped out, and the Mage Federation's Tri-Peaks Tower was destroyed by the onslaught of the elemental surge. When the elven army was preparing to take over the city with the War Ancient Tree, the Raven tribe from the steppe launched a second attack. Although the main target of attack was the elves, after the defeat, the Ravens ransacked Waterdeep again.

Seagal, who was led by Heim, also got a big slice of the pie.

Many people say that this kind of behavior is to take advantage of the fire and fall into the ground, but Siegel never distinguishes. Regardless of the actions of the Raven Tribe and Heim Lord, the elves have already taken Waterdeep, so the fate of the city will not change, the only difference is who the occupiers are and what they will do.

The elves will not fight this battle in vain, and according to their previous practice, all human inhabitants must take their food with them on the ship, leave their homes, and return to the Eastern Continent. The rest of the city will be demolished like ants and turned into a world of trees and flowers.

The Knox Commons would control the orc armies to move south in an attempt to avoid this. If it weren't for Siegel predicting this step and sniping at the Walled Mountains with Kerry early, the orcs might have done much more harm than the elves. The Knox Guild only thinks about whether they win or not, how much care can they care about the inhabitants of Waterdeep? If the orcs enter Waterdeep, the inhabitants inside may even get on the boat and leave.

The tribes of the steppe have a complicated relationship with Waterdeep. Fight and make peace for more than a hundred years. After four or five generations. It's no longer possible to say who's right and who's wrong. When Waterdeep fell, the Ravens had defeated the orcs and driven out the elves, and then who would they hand over the city to? The masked lords had lost their power, and the city garrison and the remaining mercenaries had lost control and had become robbers who went from house to house. Giant Kerry led his men who had paid for blood and sweat, and unless he didn't want to continue to be the Khan King of the tribes, he couldn't go home empty-handed.

All Siegel could do was admonish Kerry. Take the valuable things and don't kill people, that's all you can do.

The people of Waterdeep felt that Siegel was their pioneer knight and baron, and that he should protect them and be a savior, and such a hope was understandable. When the Jackdaws left and Siegel arrived with his army, some thought he would become the new lord of Waterdeep. However, the City Council is still a City Council, and the Masked Lords still use their new bodies to enforce their old rules, just as the Mage Guild uses the Academy's advisors to participate in politics. So Siegel handed over the Baron of Waterdeep and the Pioneer Knight. People lamented and did not understand. Later, I heard that he shared Waterdeep's belongings with the Jackdaw Tribe. So he began to curse and abuse him.

Who's right and who's wrong? Neither Waterdeep nor Siegel is right, but both are good. If Siegel had been an archmage at that time, with a Myr core, a magic spaceship, a railcannon, and a spider golem unit, he would have been able to stop the orcs and elves at the same time, avoid the destruction of Waterdeep, and be able to compete with Archmage Caspar, and even protect the Mage Federation, but history has no ifs. How many options does Siegel have if he can move around and travel thousands of miles to support the elves before they have withdrawn from the siege of Haim's territory, and at the same time he can't run out of his own army to ensure that he can continue to confront the elves in the future?

Waterdeep scolded him, didn't welcome him, and ostracized the inhabitants of Heim Realm, all of which Siegel could understand. In fact, there are a lot of things in it that are fueled by people in the town council to make Waterdeep form this "consensus". So for a long time, the residents of Waterdeep ignored the fact that it was the Masked Lord who didn't defend the city, and Siegel was the Lord of Heim Lord, not Waterdeep.

However, this helped them stay in power, and after setting up an external enemy, they naturally began to prevent Heim Territory's products from entering the Waterdeep Marketplace in order to protect their own workshops and income. In addition, after the rise of the Heim Lord, they stole the title of the first port in the New World, which made the reconstruction of Waterdeep very slow, and the living standards of the original wealthy merchants have not been fully restored. The rich merchant and the masked lord are unhappy, the speaker is unhappy, and the citizen council will also be unhappy, so after the elven war, the Heim Collar and Waterdeep have little interaction, and Siegel rarely cares about Waterdeep's movements. This kind of thing is usually something that Janet is worried about, and she never says to Siegel, "Come and see, something has happened in Waterdeep", so Siegel doesn't know how to answer His Majesty Evan's question.

"To be honest, I can't really tell. Siegel shrugged his shoulders and gave His Majesty the King a smile, "I don't have a good relationship with Waterdeep, and you know that they didn't have a good idea when they gave me the Baron of Waterdeep and the Pioneer Knight. I accepted the Pioneer Knights, partly because I had fulfilled their mission and burned down the Macabda, the stronghold of the Orc Navy, which I deserved, and secondly because I really needed the title of Pioneer Knight to expand my territory. ”

Evan took a sip from his glass and listened as he continued. According to Siegel, Waterdeep is a very shrewd philistine who prefers to be a calculating place. There is no way to deal with knights according to the mentality of treating knights, and bargaining is the norm. The mages of the Federation have a wealth of feelings and memories when they talk about the Three Peaks Tower, but their impression of Waterdeep City is that it is a "market for buying and selling things". "My opinion is that they don't do you any good and will never come to you. ”

His Majesty nodded, "They want to give up their independent self-governing status and return to the rule of the Kingdom of Stars. Evan touched his chin and said to Siegel: "They reported this matter directly to my uncle, Duke Carlyle Stars, and they spoke earnestly, and took the initiative to ask the royal family to send a nobleman above the earl level to manage Waterdeep, and they were willing to become an earl. ”

Siegel paused for a long time before he spoke, "That's a good thing. While it will take time to take over the city and truly turn it into an earldom, there is nothing to lose for the royal family. Waterdeep still has a lot of specialties, and it is not far from the walled mountains to the north, and they also trade with the steppe tribes, so it is not a loss-making territory. ”

"In principle, there is no problem with this matter, the royal family and I have basically agreed, and now the question is only who to send over. Evan glanced at the wiki and said to Siegel: "In Waterdeep, who can cooperate and who may cause trouble, there is also a general investigation here, no matter which earl passes, it will not be alone." But now the question is ......"

His Majesty's expression was calm and cautious, and he only said the first half of the sentence before he spoke. The intelligence chief waited a few seconds, and then knew that he should be the one to interface at this point. So he lowered his head slightly, and then said to Siegel: "Waterdeep City has also sent a letter asking for help, they think that the Raven Tribe plans to attack Waterdeep City again, hoping that the kingdom can help. ”

Siegel blinked, shocked by the news. "Is there a spy over there in the Jackdaw Tribe, can you know the exact situation?"

"They are indeed moving their forces and planning an operation, but who the target is not yet known. Vikki rubbed his hands together, an apologetic smile flashing across his face. "It's hard for my kitten to do much on the rider's territory, and the news coming back is strange and not too exact. So now a lot of situations can only rely on speculation, I can only say that the situation is not good, and there is a high probability that Waterdeep will be attacked. ”

"They can't hit anywhere either!" said Evan, with a hint of anger in his tone. "Heim can't lead them, and he won't fight, the terrain of Mora's Peak makes them invincible, and the horsemen have no choice, and the trees of the Elven Forest make the cavalry as lame rabbits greatly diminished. The remaining Hub Fort is the territory of my Star Kingdom, and if the steppe people attack the Hub Fort, it will also be a challenge to the Star Kingdom. Soon, Waterdeep City will be the same, the territory of the kingdom!"

"It's also possible that the orcs are north of the walled mountains. Siegel explained, "The Ravens also have a small territory north of the Walled Mountains, which is a bridgehead for them to invade the northern orc territory and establish a planting and gathering tribe. Maybe something went wrong there. ”

Evan frowned and thought for a moment, then sighed: "As soon as you say that I remembered, there is such a thing. What you are talking about is also a possibility. ”

"If Waterdeep is facing such a threat, why don't they come to me?" Siegel said, "They have been scolding me for many years, and naturally they know that I have a lot of dealings with the Jackdaw tribe, and I can influence the tribe in many things. Even if they don't trust me to send troops again, they should be able to think that I can mediate and maybe avoid trouble. I've seen with my own eyes that the ships of some of Waterdeep's wealthy merchants can reach the orc city of Makabuda to do business, even when orc pirates often rob their merchant ships. They didn't come to me, but they went around in such a big circle and gave up all their territory, and I thought something was wrong. ”

"I feel the same way, these people in Waterdeep can't be underestimated. Evan said, "Remember what happened to Aaron in Waterdeep? The masked lords may not know how to laugh under the mask! If it weren't for the most important thing to take care of Aaron, I would have wanted to hack them all to death one by one! Aaron was a king until the end of his life, and only the time he fell in Waterdeep." ”

"I know" Siegel shook his head, "bullying the tired and weak, in exchange for the feeling of self-inflatedness, those masked lords are acting too badly." ”

"It's all about doing the math. Evan said, "In the meantime, Kerry of the Jackdaw tribe has called himself king, not Khan, and his question should be counted?" (To be continued.) )