The valley calendar is 1360 years.

On the 16th of February, the Tukan people crossed the lake in full swing.

On February 18, Shuangxing Town fell, and the whole town was slaughtered, leaving no chickens and dogs.

On the 21st of the second month of Winterpaw, the city of Taimar fell after only half a day, and all the creatures in the city were either coerced and coerced by the followers of the new murder lord, or they were murdered and transformed into undead and became part of his army.

On the 23rd of Winterpaw, the day the Toucan army arrived, and Fishant fell, the Sesk merchants there opened the gates of the city and welcomed the Tucan army in an attempt to exchange it for their own safety, only to once again confirm the brutality of the Tucans, who faced the same choice as Temar, and had no third choice.

On the 24th of February, Winterpaw, when the Toucan army arrived in Fendt, it was already an empty city, and those who were able had fled to Typhram in advance, and those who were not able had fled into the wilderness, for ordinary people, although the wilderness was dangerous, but at least there was a chance to live, but falling into the hands of the inhumane Tucans was the standard ten deaths.

At this time, both the Feron coalition army and the Tucan army were still a few days away from Typhram, and even the god of prophecy had no way to determine which of the two armies would arrive in Typhram first, which made this golden city in unprecedented turmoil.

The City of Gold.

Literally, there is gold flowing in this city, and many merchants have found their first pot of gold here.

Because it is located at the western end of the Golden Road, it is a distribution center for goods from the Karatu continent, especially from the Far Eastern Empire.

Delicate silk as smooth as a pure girl.

Colorful and beautiful porcelain of all kinds.

It only takes a handful of spices to turn a shit-like meal into a delicious spice.

Those Far Eastern dancers with a supple temperament, a soft and boneless body, and a master of the art of flattery.

Either way, it was highly sought after on the continent of Faerun, and the price was even more valuable than the same weight of gold, such as silk and spices.

Ordinary people are not qualified to enjoy this delicacy, only those nobles can afford it, and only at banquets, will it be taken out.

Many businessmen only need to bring such a truckload of goods back to their city safely, which is enough to turn over and embark on the road to success.

In terms of scale, not to mention Waterdeep, even if it is Baldur's Gate and West Gate, Tyfraram can't compare, but in terms of development speed, he said that second, no city dares to say first.

The city has grown from an obscure port city to its current size in less than 30 years.

Although trade with the Karatu continent began four centuries ago, due to the limited roads and the relatively closed policy of the Xianglong Empire, this trade has been intermittent and controlled by a very small number of families.

The Golden Road was completely opened, and it has not been more than half a century now, and the rise of the Tucans in the endless wilderness has caused this road to be artificially blocked, and the trade volume of this trade route has not increased but decreased in the last ten years.

Even so, the wealth it brings is far from being comparable to ordinary trade routes, and Tyfram's position as the fastest growing company is still unshakable, and countless merchants are still sharpening their heads to drill into the city.

At least half a month ago.

But now, countless people are scrambling to flee the city.

"The barbarians from the Endless Wilderness are coming, they are a bunch of humanoid beasts who only know how to wield swords, and once they fall into their hands, we will be set up on a campfire and barbecued like pigs and sheep."

"Don't panic, our Typhram are not Taimar and Fisant, we have more than thirty meters of walls, countless city defense equipment, and 50,000 mercenary troops, our city is impregnable, those Tucan people are either cavalry or undead spirits, there is no way to capture our city in a short time.

We don't need to defeat them, we only need to drag them for three or five days until the coalition army of Faeron led by King Yasan lands.

Victory will be ours, an elite army of more than 100,000, and there are as many as 800 warships to transport this army alone. ”

"If we are only facing ordinary enemies, what you said can indeed be used as a barrier, but unfortunately, we are not facing ordinary enemies this time.

Their Khan is the new shell of the murder god Bal, a god more ferocious and evil than ever, who has declared war on all the gods and will mercilessly devour the souls of all in order to regain what he has lost.

The Pheren coalition is also unreliable, and their first consideration is not the life or death of our Typhram, but to ensure that they can win this war.

If they find that the odds of defending Tefram are unlikely, they may even not land here at all, but move to the city of Usmail in the Great Valley. ”

"That's right, the new quartermaster of the Feron coalition arrived a day ago with a legion of hundreds of oversized chariots, and they have no intention of entering Tyfram to strengthen their defenses, but are busy transporting military supplies.

I don't need to say more about what the military supplies that the Faeron coalition army hoarded here in advance and transported them to Usmail City overnight! ”

"The safest way to keep Tafram is to get out of here, I have a merchant ship here that left tonight, and I can stuff a dozen people in."

"Count me in and give me a spot."

"I want five seats."

"Leave me eight, I want eight."

"There are too many people to squeeze in so many people, we clearly mark the price, one hundred gold coins per person, and we will deliver you safely to Samherr City in the Kingdom of Inbutu."

"How much? A hundred gold coins? Why don't you grab it? Half a month ago, when I went to Samhair, I only had three gold coins at most, and at the most expensive time, it was no more than five gold coins. ”

"Why didn't you go half a month ago? The price of the ship changes according to the changes in current events, you don't go, some people go, once you miss the ship, wait until we come back next time, I'm afraid that Typhram is already in hell. ”

"A hundred gold coins is a hundred gold coins, leave me three places, the money is gone, you can find a way to earn it again, your life is gone, if you want to be resurrected, the price you need to pay is not comparable to a few tickets."

"This gentleman still sees it clearly, this time we are facing an evil god who has come back from the dead, what they want is not only your wealth, but also your soul, once it falls into his hands, even if you have more wealth, if you want to be resurrected, I am afraid it will be very difficult."

"I have all the rest of your ferry tickets, this is a jewel worth two thousand gold coins, which is my advance payment, no matter how many places I have, all the money is yours, I only have one request, that is, when I take my family on board, you will set sail as soon as possible."

"I'll give you two thousand five hundred gold coins."

"I'll give three thousand."

"I'm out of three thousand and a half ......"

"It's them, it's them, my lord, it's them, hurry up and catch them."

"Everyone, don't move, all of them are handcuffed."

"Lord Jobei, what the hell is going on? We're just talking normally, so why arrest us? ”

"Normal negotiations? Then first of all, you should make it clear, where were the first two groups of people who got on your ship sent by you? ”

"Sashair, of the Kingdom of Inbutu, of course."

"Nonsense, my relatives in Sasshale City said that they didn't see your Wasp at all, you didn't send any Teflam people to it, but the spell located them on the island of the Fallen Star Sea, you are the pirate's partners at all, and you directly sent the people on your ship to the pirate's den, looted the belongings of the people on board, and even sold people by you."

"You are bloody, we are legitimate businessmen, how can we be such a mad person, if your relatives send you the wrong information? Do you know how many lives will be delayed by your behavior? The Tucans are coming to the city immediately, so if you don't get on board, forget it, and we, the Wasp, will set sail on time at noon today. ”

"You can't go anywhere without contacting the two boatloads of people you took away earlier."

"I see which of you dares to intercept us, do you know whose ship the Wasp is?"

"No matter whose ship it is, it will not want to set sail today."

"Okay, okay, okay, you wait, it won't be long before you obediently send us back."

Now Tefram is simply a crowd of demons, both those legitimate merchants who take advantage of the fire to rob, and those who are also mixed with black merchants, those who get on their ships, but they have no final say.

In the sea, which could only carry forty or fifty people, they were forced into two or three hundred people, just like canned sardines, there was no space to lie down, and many of them were even converted from fishing boats, and the smell of stinky fish and rotten shrimp in them could smoke people to death.

But as long as this ship can sail into the port they originally promised as promised, it can be considered conscientious.

When you get off the ship, you will find that you are not in the city you are going to, but a group of hideous-looking pirates, looking at you with the eyes of fat sheep.

That's the real black-hearted merchants, who can be either partners of pirates or pirates themselves in disguise.

In these years, pirates and merchants are not completely separated, you have me, I have you, especially a city like Tefram, which has developed rapidly but lacks the strength of a naval fleet to match, is the hardest hit area for pirates.

At its most rampant, the bandits of the Fallen Star Sea banded together to block Tyfram's sea transportation lines, trying to extract money from him as a steady source of income for themselves.

It's a pity that the pirates of the Falling Star Sea are too chaotic, and in recent centuries, there have never been legendary pirates like the pirate king Imuk, and they are not honest and trustworthy with each other, and they all break each other's scalps for a little profit, not to mention that a huge amount of interests are involved.

Before the plan could be implemented, they started infighting over the matter of dividing the spoils, and the matter was delayed again and again.

Until the year before last, when the gods were in turmoil, the Sage Incarnation of the Spicy Queen descended on the Falling Star Sea, where she unleashed her wrath and rolled up a monstrous wave that destroyed nearly a third of the pirates in the Falling Star Sea.

Not only did they greatly reduce their strength, but at the same time, their strength changed greatly, so that many pirates saw the opportunity to redivide their forces, and in the past year, their main energy was spent on internal fighting and annexation, and they fought inextricably on the Falling Star Sea.

It wasn't until the large-scale invasion of the Tucans that they saw a great opportunity to make money that they reluctantly reached an armistice agreement, and turned their attention to the desperate Eastern Regions again, wanting to make a lot of money from it, and the division of forces was discussed later.

Many pirates have been transformed into legitimate traders who sell military supplies from the west coast of the Fallen Star Sea to Tyfram Rum.

But pirates are pirates, and they will never really keep to their own legal business, because the kind of robbery without capital is the fastest way to make money.

When Tyfram was in turmoil, they did not hesitate to take advantage of the fire.

Although the ruling class of Tyfram has tried its best to maintain it, there are still a few who can really get the stolen goods, and a considerable number of them have been exploited by pirates, and a large number of people and wealth have been lost to the Falling Star Sea, I believe that after this incident, the pirates of the Falling Star Sea will prosper again.

For Tefram the biggest shock was the chariot corps led by Gavin.

"Lord Lord, there is an emergency, ...... outside" Aiden, the commander of the first corps of the chariot legion, hurriedly walked in, saw that there were outsiders present, and hurriedly stopped his mouth.

Gavin was clearly entertaining, a man and a woman.

The man is over half a hundred years old, even if he is carefully cared for, he still can't cover the traces left by the years, wearing a gorgeous dress made of silk from the Far Eastern Empire, showing the beauty and smoothness to the fullest, but with the big gold chain around his neck and the belt full of jewels, it is a bit nondescript, and he almost writes the three words nouveau riche on his face.

After the reflection of the man, the woman next to Gavin was much more brilliant, wearing a tailor-made full-body armor, which used a composite structure of prefabricated and scaly armor, making the female silhouette of this armor very obvious, ensuring defense while also showing her tallness and slenderness.

With the sword in her left hand and her helmet in her hand, she revealed a beautiful young face, just over twenty on her face, beauty and force had found a perfect balance in her, exuding a heroic aura that was the complete opposite of Commander Gavin beside her.

Obviously, he has 1.9 meters, which is enough to be proud of the height of most ordinary people, but Gavin does not give people a sense of majesty, but is as well-proportioned as a cheetah, and it seems that there is an explosive power hidden in his body.

I don't know if it's Aiden's delusion, compared to the desperate Eastern Regions just now, the appearance and temperament of his lord have undergone some changes, especially after seeing those Xianglong people, I always feel that there is something on him that is very similar to them, which makes people can't help but wonder if he still has the hybrid blood of Xianglong people on his body.

"Whatever the matter, Princess Yalusail and the Lord of Parador are not outsiders." Gavin didn't look like they were outsiders.

The woman to his left was none other than Yalusel, the second daughter of King Ahsan, who had led a vanguard of the Purple Dragons to Tefram with the supplies of the Feron coalition.

Her main duty is to serve as a forward station for the Feron coalition forces and to protect the military supplies.

When King Asan appointed Gavin as the chief quartermaster of the coalition forces of Ferron, she was naturally promoted to Gavin's deputy, nominally to assist Gavin in the management of munitions, but to carry out the duties of supervision.

Of course, it is impossible for King Yasan to deliver such an important strategic material to any person or force, which has nothing to do with trust, but a check and balance of rights to avoid all kinds of accidents.

This is the inevitable means of every qualified ruler in high positions, and Gavin is no exception, after he established the city of Bloodgit ruled by goblins in the Giant's Plains, he immediately founded the Colossus City composed of kobolds, and then developed the predominantly human Avansor on the Dragon's Coast.

The three are different in terms of composition and affiliation, and the possibility of wanting to unite is very small, and if they want to make a difference, they must consider the reaction of the other two, which is the most standard triangular balance.

They are now also a triangle, and the other corner is made up of the natives of Sesk, and the man on Gavin's side is named Parado Ryan, the lord of Tefram, the president of the Sesk Merchant Alliance, and the initiator of the invitation of the Feren coalition, who is the richest man in Sesk, but also the most powerful, at least nominally.

Like most merchant alliance countries, the Sesk kingdom has extremely weak control over itself, mainly staying in the cities, and the countryside basically maintains the original self-development model, which is more appropriate to be a city alliance than a state.

All their purpose is to promote the development of commerce, especially the golden road that affects the entire kingdom, and it is the most important, although the maritime trade of Tefram is also very developed, but it is an extension of the golden road, without the golden road, the kingdom of Sesk will be untouched, and there is no goods that can be obtained.

Therefore, Parador can only be called the lord of the city, not the king of the kingdom of Sesk, because his decrees are limited to Tefram, and in most cases, there is no way to fully implement them.

Because the situation of Typhram is far more complicated than Gavin, an outsider could imagine.

Not only the Shadow Lord Musk's Church Shadow Master Guild is secretly controlling the power in the shadows of Tyfram through various covert means, trying to control Typhram, and then the entire kingdom of Sesk.

The pirates of the Falling Star Sea also want a piece of the city, and various secret sentinels and agents are distributed throughout the city, and some even collude directly with local merchants.

Although the area of the Falling Star Sea is not as large as the Endless Sea, it is not a small volume, there are thousands of kilometers in the north, south, east and west, and there are so many waterways, the reason why those pirates were able to find those merchant ships was not only the luck and prophecy spells that waited for the rabbit, but the detailed information.

The fate of many merchant ships was decided from the moment they left the port, because their shipping lanes had already been sold, and the traps carefully laid by the pirates awaited them in front of them. (End of chapter)