'I'm afraid it's not out of my mind'

That was almost Levi's first thought when he heard the news.

Luscan's coveting of Moonshadow Island in recent years is almost obvious to all, but not many people would think that Luskan will immediately start a war against it.

The reason is also simple, both economically and militarily, Luskan is not ready.

Even the leader of the Arcane Brotherhood, Akelem, should understand that if it was just a 'pirate raid' like the current one, everyone would still be able to turn a blind eye, after all, Luscan's deep-diving warships are indeed powerful at sea, and any single city-state force, even if it spends a lot of energy or even dispatches warships to encircle and suppress it, is probably a thankless ending.

Once he really starts this war, then Luskan will face far more than just Moon Shadow Island, but also the joint pressure of the port city-states and countries in the entire Sword Bay Sea, and even the most direct military intervention.

This is an issue that involves the fundamental interests of almost all the forces along the Jianwan coast.

And the interests are inviolable!

If you dare to touch my plate, I will dare to use a knife against you!

It is precisely because this is a normal person can draw an inference that Luskan can be called an unusually blatant declaration of war, which makes it seem so weird.

'Could it really be because Luskan thought that his ghost ship was secretly exposed, and in order to prevent the other city-states from targeting them in the future, he had to launch this war of aggression in advance, so that he could swallow Moonshadow Island in advance before the other city-states found a way to target them?'

Li Wei vaguely felt that the truth of the matter was likely to have a lot to do with this.

Because once the 'technical' secrets of this ghost ship are cracked, its Achilles' heel is exposed.

Isn't it just a big squid, even if you extract some nerve venom from the arrows of the ballista, I'm afraid it can have a miraculous effect, and if you don't let the big squid die on the spot, it may make their 'ship' go crazy out of control at sea

At the same time, it also feels even more absurd, doesn't this mean that he has just slept out, and it has become the fuse of a battle for the hegemony of the entire Jianwan Sea

It was only then that he noticed that Fischer was looking at him with a faintly strange gaze, as if he was looking at a 'calamity'

Levi opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say about it for a while, and even he felt a little back, and he 'thundered' wherever he went

He couldn't help but sigh:

"Let's find a place to settle down on this later, what's going on here in Port Karin?"

"They must have been afraid that Luskan would infiltrate Karinsan militarily during the declaration of war on Moonshadow Island, so they temporarily introduced a strict screening system, and we only need to cooperate with routine port inspections and pay a tax to solve the problem. Fischer replied.

Levi nodded, Karinshan is almost the most loose power among the three countries on the southern coast, but she controls the largest source of magical mineral resources in the entire south.

And these, during the war, are precious strategic resources, and it is a normal reaction for any qualified ruler to defend Luskan, who is eager to dominate Sword Bay.

A crucial question immediately came to mind, "Who is ruling now?" Black (Black), Twisted Rune, or Silbasha. ”

The black that Levi is talking about is an orc slave who led the slaves from the gladiatorial arena to fight their way out of the siege and even directly overthrew the rule of the Silpasha kingship twenty-five years ago.

He didn't have a name, and he didn't bother to give himself another name after he became famous, except that he was called 'Blake Oaks' or 'Black Beast' because of his many years of working as a coolie in a desert mine, which left him with a skin as dark as carbon.

Combined with the fact that the Colosseum of Tempest Arena in Port Karin had won one of the few consecutive Arena championships in history, his fame spread throughout the South.

Originally, Blake was a rare slave who completed a 'desperate match', and according to the tradition left over from the Shayn Dynasty, the gladiatorial arena should follow the ancient covenant and grant him freedom.

Even some Pasha would personally summon them and confer them with honors and even some positions in martial arts instructors, in order to envelop this kind of warrior who is rare in a hundred years.

But I don't know if the administrator of the gladiatorial arena was afraid that the beast would turn back to take revenge on them, and these executioners who had tormented it for nearly three years chose to give Blake a glass of poisoned wine during the ceremony.

As a result, I don't know if someone warned him beforehand, or if he himself noticed something unusual and uncovered their conspiracy on the spot:

He turned the glass into a sharp stinger and stabbed it into the throat of the master of the gladiatorial arena.

He raised the corpse of the other party in his hand amid the crowd and the cheers and roars of the slaves, and threw them into the bloody gladiatorial arena covered with yellow sand and blood, setting off the mighty slave uprising war.

Speaking of slave revolt wars, it has been a traditional art in this land since ancient times when dragons and giants ruled the land

In other countries, whoever revolts is cool, but in Karinshan, it has succeeded at least four times.

For the first time, the two overlords, the dragon and the giant, completely withdrew from the stage.

The second time made the rule of the Elven Dynasty completely history.

The third time buried the nearly 1,000-year reign of the Shane dynasty.

And the excitement of this fourth time did not disappoint.

Although the Kashan Empire was not completely destroyed, the royal court in Karin Harbor was captured by Blake and the slaves and rebels, but unfortunately Sir Pasha, who was the Karin Empire, ran away from the secret passage in advance, and no one knew where he fled.

Even because he fled too hastily, he left his huge harem in the royal court.

So the dark-skinned orc did something he liked to see:

In order to vent his anger, or to try to lure out Sirpasha, he not only swept away the treasures of the royal court and the wives and daughters of Silpasha, but also asked all the Karinshan nobles to also take out the women, and then brought thousands of originally noble women to the sacred and true square, and under the gaze of the forty-foot-tall statue of the god Talos, which was covered in gold leaf, he called on the slaves of the entire Karin Harbor to repeat this beastly affair

In the eyes of everyone, this should be a blasphemy, and if it were placed in the other gods, a thunderbolt would be sent down to kill the blasphemost.

And it is said that on that day, Talos did indeed send a miracle, and it can even be said that it came

Instead of inflicting divine punishment, this chaotic and evil deity possessed the terrified devotees and personally participated in the most powerful 'multi-person movement' in Karinsan's history

What an irony.

Seeing that even the gods were involved, these slaves who successfully overthrew the royal court fell into a complete madness, and some people even suggested to Blake that Karinsan, who had been a pillar of the slave trade, completely become the first service country in the entire Corell.

It's a pity that this crazy and ridiculous plan was disrupted by an organization called Twisted Runes before it could be executed.

The group of undead spellcasters may have felt that it was a good opportunity to step from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, but they underestimated the fighting power of the Black Orc Black and his men in the gladiatorial slaves.

Although Black's forces were successfully driven out of Karin Harbor, the undead spellcasters who twisted the runes were also so badly damaged that they were unable to continue to control the huge but already in absolute chaos of Karin Harbor.

Dark organizations such as the Thieves' Guild, the Banns, and the Balists have surfaced like demons to join this grand evil carnival.

Since the entire Karin Harbor has been in a state of chaos for more than 20 years, even Levi, who had done some intelligence investigation on Karinshan before leaving, did not know who the ruler of the Karin Harbor authorities was?

And it's also about their plans in the future.

Yes, they are not just going out to 'sea fishing' to travel, but for another purpose.

That's to sell people's mouths, to save these people who have been caught up in the flames of war.

The Northlands are too desolate

So much so that the most prosperous city of Jishui had a population of only five or six hundred thousand at its peak.

And Zelandia and Minas Stirris, who Levi has worked hard for half a century, add up to only about 200,000, and most of them are attracted homeless.

The population base is too small, and even if policies encourage childbirth and provide material subsidies, it is difficult to achieve explosive population growth in a short period of time.

Just look at the Silver Moon Federation next door, from the founding of the city in 637 of the valley calendar, to the establishment of the Silver Moon Federation, another 600 years have passed, and so much land adds up to more than a million people, and the vast majority of them are still Mistrano collapsed and fled back then

It's just evil!

Looking at Karinsan, which is about the same size as the Silvermoon Federation, the port city-state of Karin Harbor alone has as many as 190,000 registered citizens, and the other miscellaneous civilians and slave populations add up to two million, and the population of the entire Karinshan is likely to be between five million and ten million.

God's mercy, when Levi saw this analysis report, Harazi was about to flow into a waterfall.

At the same time, I also understand why such a seemingly 'desolate' land has become a land of four wars.

Its resources are so abundant that before the Elven reign, it was a fertile wilderness, with oysters, crabs, and edible amphibians on sandbanks and coastal beaches, and rocks rich in gems and metals.

The magical war has turned the once fertile wilderness into a desert, but even if the hundreds of people in the entire country are not heavy, the huge amount of fish that is fished from the Radiant Sea every day alone is enough to feed the vast majority of the people here.

The aristocracy, on the other hand, took advantage of the 'cheap proliferation' of the population to obtain American, spice, and luxury utensils brought from other city-states and kingdoms, and lived a comfortable and comfortable life.

In Levi's view, such an extravagant way of using the population is simply a crime!

'It would be nice if we could knock this place down,' Levi felt a little nervous in his heart.

But intellectually it doesn't allow it.

It's too chaotic to come here, and if it's an enclave, it's hard to defend and it's expensive.

Second, this is the territory of the primeval blue dragon Ivy Korasagran, and she will never allow another dragon, especially a metal dragon, to get into her territory.

Especially since this blue dragon has to ask the ruler here to offer a 'tribute' every hundred years, Levi can't bear another dragon, especially the five-colored dragon, knocking bones and marrow on his head.

Hearing Levi's question, Fischer frowned slightly, and said truthfully:

"It's not a very sensitive question to inquire about right now, but just looking at the composition of the personnel is more complicated, humans, orcs, halflings and even half-elves can see it, and the clothing is also inconsistent, theoretically it is not Silbasa and the twisted rune, but it is also not certain whether it is Blake. ”

Because if the former returns, the tax officer's clothing will inevitably be uniform, while the latter should simply use 'undead' or even undead guards.

As for Blake, the 'spear' orc who captured the royal court, even though he has a unique appeal and status in the hearts of the Karinshan people, twenty-five years have passed, and God knows if he is still alive.

According to Levi's 'common sense', unless this kind of rebel army wins the throne in one go, most of them end up with a 'bad death'.

To take the most vivid example of Lanxing, Xiang Yu raised an army against Qin at the age of twenty-four, became the 'overlord of Western Chu' at the age of twenty-seven, and became the 'overlord of Western Chu' at the age of thirty-one, and only lived for seven years after the uprising.

And with Levi's 'prejudice' against orcs, maybe the black orc won't live for seven years.

Levi thought for a moment, and in his fish-man form, he jumped directly on Fisher's broad right shoulder:

"Then do as they say, let Alyssa make the arrangements, and you will take care of it. Anyway, all of our 'cargo' are slaves, and it should be normal for us to put them in Karinshan. ”

"Follow your will. Fischer bowed.

But just as Fischer turned to leave the cabin, the other two fish-men on the table also jumped on top of him, Charanviros sat on his left shoulder, and Remlus simply lay on his big bald head.

Feeling the coolness on his skull, the corners of Fisher's mouth twitched.

It's just that because of the identity of these three 'fish people', he can't afford to mess with any of them!

I thought that I was about to go out to meet people with three fishmen

Ah, my own name

He had already seen Holtz on the side, and he smiled gloatingly!

Sure enough, just as he came out of the cabin, Captain Elisa, who was waiting on the deck, was slightly stunned at first, and then said as if holding back a smile:

"Master Fisher, these fish-man companions of yours are so cute. ”

Felix, the head of the 'security' regiment beside her, suddenly froze when he heard the word 'cute', and thought that his young lady was big-hearted.

Anyway, as soon as he remembered two days ago, the sea of fishmen wriggling on the four sunken ships under the storm and rain felt goosebumps all over his body, as if his reason was gradually lost

"That's not it, these Kou Tao fishmen, but the most proud of my life to call monster partners, when it matters, they are enough to be worthy of an army. ”

When Fischer heard this 'sincere' compliment, she was obviously bitter in her heart, but she had to pretend to be happy after being praised, and took out an orange from her pocket and stuffed it into the mouth of the fishman on his head.

He could almost have imagined that in a while, along the entire Jianwan coast, he would resound a brand new title———

Salted fish ** division

The curious Remlu took a bite of this magical fruit that could solve the 'sepsis' of the sea, and suddenly her sour eyes almost popped out

vomit

On the spot, he vomited a puddle of viscous yellow liquid and spilled it on Fisher's bald head, covering his face

There was a dead silence on the deck.

A few minutes later, Fischer returned to the three fish-men in a different robe, and met with the tax collector who was waiting in the harbor with Alyssa.

He is a pure-blood orc who is relatively rare in the South, but the lingua franca is very slippery:

"Thank you, guests from afar, for your cooperation and welcome you to Port Karin. ”

After saying the opening remarks, he glanced at the three fishmen who occupied Fisher's shoulders and head, and couldn't help but admire:

"Tallos, are you clergy all starting to be popular with fish farmers now?"

On the contrary, Fei She was stunned, "Are there many mages who fish farmers?"

The orc tax collector spread his hands and said, "I'm afraid you don't know yet, since the great sea robbery that broke out in the sea area of Nairantel two days ago, what fish-man plague, dragon battle, and silent death light have all been spread in pirate circles, no, they have all begun to spread along the coast, you are already the seventeenth guest of this kind of fish-man that I have seen today, according to them, so that you can get the forgiveness of those fish-people when they encounter a fish-man disaster at sea."

“”

Levi and the others who were the main messengers but realized it were all stunned, and couldn't help but look at Remlu on Fisher's head.

"Gollum?"

On the contrary, Remlu heard that her own clan was actually accepted on a large scale, and she couldn't help but feel sincerely happy that she had found the clansmen who had found the shovel officer.

It's still wondering why its own people's vision has expanded so much on land lately