vs 221 This is the best of times, this is the worst of times (15)

Dawn Flame claimed that although it had not been found to be toxic, according to his observations and arguments over the years, after following some High Elves or other tribes who had the habit of smoking ambergris, he found that long-term smoking would damage the health of living beings, and even cause irreversible damage to their physical functions and intelligence. However, because this damage only occurs under long-term smoking, it is very hidden, and even if there is a phenomenon, most people will not think that it is because of the use of ambergris cream.

His Excellency Da Deyi took out the data he had obtained from following some cases over the years, and listed the names, identities, and places of residence of the people involved in the cases for verification.

The priests of the two temples expressed their willingness to form a joint investigation team on the spot to verify the evidence provided by the Flame of Dawn one by one, and if it is true, they will ask the believers to prohibit the use of ambergris in the name of the two temples, and ask the Elven Court to issue an administrative order to prohibit the trade in ambergris, destroy all tools that can help the trade in ambergris, expel or arrest those who are still stranded on the Emerald Continent, and trace the channels of entry and whether anyone is behind the manipulation.

Altanis agreed, announcing that she would wait for the results of the temple's verification.

Before the results of the temple verification came out, the four elven kings of Arenagnan, Fernafin and the Eminem brothers also changed their stance and tone, claiming to be bewitched by the hateful Duke of Alvarez and the Titanian merchants, and resolutely supported the attitude of the royal court and the temple towards ambergris.

When the temple priests confirmed the existence of the people mentioned by Dawn Flame, it was still not a direct proof that the ambergris was poisonous, but it had convinced most of the High Elves that it would be harmful if consumed for a long time.

Of course, this doesn't mean that every High Elf will oppose ambergris, because even the Flame of Dawn report misses one of the greatest dangers of ambergris, which is addiction.

So even if it is believed that ambergris cream is harmful, some addicts have been produced. At first, they would also shout a few words against the ambergris in their voices, but when the ambergris was forbidden and they felt a burning thirst in their bodies, they did not have the spirit to shout against it anymore, but secretly went around looking for the ambergris.

The High Elves condemned the ambergris trade guilty, but due to the presence of the addicts. The execution is still delayed and affected, and it is a headache to arrest and deal with these upwind guys, because it is then that the superior realizes that addiction is probably the most difficult key to deal with the dangers of ambergris cream.

Banning the trade in ambergris cream, the high elves were also the first to carry out the operators and smokers in their own cities, arresting the smokers and isolating them, forcing them to quit, many children of those elven nobles have been stained with this thing, and now to force them to quit, it is also a bit of chickens and dogs.

The merchants of Titania had previously taken the share of the ambergris trade in most of the High Elf cities. At this time, they were the first to bear the brunt, and they had always believed that their relationship with the High Elves was better than that of Asturias, and they made a fortune while laughing at their opponents for this one, even if people like Jimenez and others opened another path and hooked up with the Centaurs, they also ridiculed it as cooperating with the hillbillies.

Therefore, when Pei Ji first broke out in the anti-ambergris incident, they were still waiting. Reluctant to invest in various cities, willing not to be because of the benefits that come from the incense hall. I can't bear to be on the ship in the harbor with boxes of ambergris.

But the high elves' change of face, they are the worst, all the incense halls were sealed, and most of the people who didn't have time to escape were arrested, even if someone escaped, it was very dangerous to escape back to their homeland. Because the High Elves may hunt down.

The ships in the port, even the people and goods were seized by the High Elves, the property was confiscated, and a large number of ambergris ointment was collected and destroyed.

Merchants in Asturias and elsewhere also realized that this time was really bad when the Titanian merchant had an accident, and they couldn't wait and see. However, they did not have the same decisiveness as Jimenez, and they were only now starting to flee, which could only be regarded as slightly better than the Titanians, because the High Elves had to take a slow step to free up their hands to clean them up.

At this time, one or two ports that could still escape were really overcrowded, and at this time it cost ten times more than Jimenez to take the ship, not to mention taking a ticket to the boiler room, even if he wanted to stay on deck, or climb on the sails and not get down, because the ship could not get out at any time.

A month later, the High Elves formally demanded that the Centaurs hand over all merchants from other continents who were engaged in the ambergris trade.

The Centaur tribal leaders agreed after deliberation, not all of them believed that ambergris was harmful to their health.

Centaurs are more concerned about the pleasure brought by ambergris ointment, as well as the excitement generated in a short time after smoking, which even helps them to mate and reproduce, as for the harm, they are not as concerned as the High Elves, because in the eyes of the Centaurs, even without ambergris ointment, the High Elves live a boring life, and they like to eat vegetarian, which in itself will damage the body.

And even if the ambergris paste really has an effect on the body, the centaurs still think that there is no need to absolutely ban it, because the three views pursued by the centaurs are instant pleasure, especially those colored centaurs, they have a low status, and the ambergris paste makes them feel happy, and the ban on ambergris paste is not popular with them, and what physical harm is too far away for them.

But why did the Centaurs immediately renounce their agreement with the merchants, partly because of the coercion of the High Elves, and on the other hand, because of the superiors among them, who thought that if they obeyed the orders of the High Elves to expel the merchants of another continent, or hand them over, wouldn't the benefits of cooperating with these merchants go to the Centaurs?

As a result, due to the change in the attitude of the Centaurs, a considerable number of Asturian merchants also suffered bad luck because they did not have time to escape, and those who were handed over to the High Elves or expelled were lucky, and even more so those who were inexplicably murdered in the chaos, and they lost their lives, even though they had a lot of money in the banks of Asturias, but they could not save their lives.

However, the advantage of the Centaurs was not as great as they thought, because the merchants of Asturias cooperated with the Centaurs, and the greater benefit was not in cash, the High Elves had their own empires, laws, and currencies, and the merchants of Titania could conduct normal trade.

The Asturian and Centaur cooperation, due to the poverty of the Centaurs, is to trade in ambergris in exchange for mining rights, which is similar to bartering, and because the mining is long-term, it is necessary to bring in machinery or magic facilities to help speed up the mining, which is also the factor that the Druids accuse the merchants of destroying nature and the plane.

After using the anti-trade action to usurp the investment of the cooperative merchants, the minerals are still there, but most of the facilities are not available.

In order to rule, the High Elves still have a few opportunities to learn magic for Terran slaves who are in the status of domestic children, and the Centaurs cannot become domestic children in the first place due to their large numbers. It's not very suitable, although the Centaurs of orc blood are much more docile than their ancient compatriots, the House, but they still have the ferocity of orcs in their bones, and they are not liked by the High Elves except for their appearance.

Therefore, the Centaur clan can only rely on natural awakening to master the ability of similar spells, and has been ruled by the High Elves for thousands of years, and the belief has long been separated from the beast god, in fact, the beast god was born when the orcs rebelled against the rule of the High Elves, although the Centaur knew and began to worship this god at that time, but the time was too short, and after being brought to a strange continent, the belief of the beast god was not reliable in the Centaur tribe, and was brainwashed away by the high elves.

In order to facilitate the rule, the High Elves will not allow the Centaurs to give birth to ancestral gods like the ancestral Holy Spirit, and after the death of such a possible Centaur hero, the High Elves are not allowed to sacrifice and publicly remember the Centaurs;

But at this point, the two major temples did not agree with the arrangement of the Elven Royal Court and resolutely refused.

Because in the eyes of the two major temples, the belief in Sindorem and Diana is pure, and a lowly bloodline like the Centaur clan, a few of them are strong or people who have made significant contributions to the Emerald Continent can be specially allowed to become believers, but the vast majority of Centaurs, once they are allowed to believe in their own gods, it is blasphemy.

So the belief of the centaur is very strange, very few centaurs can be allowed to believe in the sun and the moon god like the high elves, but they are only allowed, and the allowed centaurs are not really believed, no one can tell, the centaurs are not real high elves after all.

There are even a smaller number of centaurs who have tried to follow the Druid's Way, which is smaller than the Elves who have been allowed to believe in the Sun and Moon Gods, because the Druid's Way contains ascetic thoughts, which is too difficult for Centaurs who like to have fun in the instant.

The life of the Centaur is actually quite difficult, not even as good as those who have become domestic children, of course, it is better than the Terran tribes that have not become domestic children, after all, the Centaurs are more powerful, and it will be much easier to hunt animals, but the Terrans have traditional planting capabilities, which the Centaurs are not good at, so that some Centaurs will cooperate with the Terrans, and some will rob those Terran villages.

And many more may be in a state of faithless chaos. (To be continued.) )