The name of this world is "Luo Ya'an", which means paradise.

Luo Ya'an is divided into three parts, the mermaid land and sea, the treant forest, and the dwarf kingdom, which also represent the boundaries of the three races.

The mermaids control the oceans, the tree-men control the forests, and the dwarves control the ground.

Luo Yaan was born a long time ago.

For thousands of years?

It should be more than that, maybe ten thousand years, or even longer?

Although the recorded history of the oldest kingdom among the three tribes can only be traced back three to four thousand years.

However, the races in this world have discovered a large number of prehistoric relics from the earth and sea water more than once, including some very developed ancient civilizations.

this means.

There must be many unknown secrets hidden in those lost years.

The dwarves have the largest population among the three tribes, and are also the most civilized and prosperous ethnic group.

There are many large and small countries in the dwarf kingdom. Most of the countries here are named after metals. Anchor Town is located in one of the countries called the Iron Kingdom.

On the side of the dock outside the town, there is a fish processing workshop.

A dwarf child worked hard to climb up a wall and hooked onto the window sill above. He climbed up many times, and recently he succeeded many times as his body grew.

But you can still see that he is a little exhausted and he is sweating all over.

He forced his upper body to come out and stuck his head out from the low window of the basement. He supported his body like this and finally took a breath.

With longing in his eyes, he looked straight outside.

However.

From this angle, you can see the ground.

The muddy feet were walking up and down on the smelly ground. They were workers in the processing workshop.

They were carrying baskets of fish from the boat at the dock, and this was where most of the smell in the air came from.

Immediately afterwards, they skillfully placed the fish on the outdoor table and quickly processed it with knives.

Scoop out the inedible parts, scoop out the giblets, and throw them aside.

The entire workshop was extremely busy, and you could even faintly hear the urging sounds of some strong men.

These fish will be processed into various ingredients. Dried fish, fish oil, fish bones and even fish offal are all useful. After processing, they will be transported to towns or other cities.

"ah!"

The child watched the fish killing scene.

Watching the fish carcasses pile up like a mountain, watching the fish blood flowing down the long table.

I didn't feel bloody at all, but I was extremely curious.

He is thinking.

Why do those people kill so many fish even though they can't eat them?

He was even thinking about why the fish were killed by these people instead of the people being eaten by the fish.

Suddenly, a face suddenly appeared in front of the child.

"Hey!"

"monster."

The man deliberately startled the child and made such a loud noise that he almost fell from the window.

After the child reacted, he immediately made an angry sound, but only one syllable came out.

"Ahhhhh!"

The being known as the monster was born mute. His father was the owner of this fish processing workshop, but his parents died not long after he was born. It is said that it was because of the curse he brought.

His brother locked him in the basement with anklets and did not allow him to come out.

He has been locked up here as long as he can remember.

Never left.

And this low window, which was so small and deep that even his hands could not reach out, was his only channel to see the outside world.

After being teased, the "monster" stretched out his hand angrily, like an angry cub.

He wanted to reach out with his hands and tear apart the person who was teasing him.

But those little hands could not reach out of the deep low window, so they could only cry out feebly.

"Ahhh!"

His series of movements and strange screams not only did not scare others at all, but instead caused ridicule from those outside who were teasing him.

The man stood in front of the low window, bent over and looked at him, pointed at him and laughed.

"Look, this monster is angry."

"Look at him, he can't even speak, he can only babble."

This attracted a large group of people, and many people immediately lowered their heads curiously and looked at the children in the cave.

This is an obviously dwarf child, but compared to most dwarves, he is not only short, but also very thin.

Even if other dwarves are thin and frail, their skeletons are very large and strong.

He is different, even his frame is smaller than that of ordinary people.

His hair was as long as it had never been taken care of, and he was dirty all over. Under the messy gray-green hair, a pair of beast-like eyes were exposed.

It was dark inside the basement. At first glance, all you could see was a monster with dirty eyes and shining eyes, growling and swearing inaudibly.

Some people are brave enough to continue reading, while others feel scared and panicked, especially when they think of some rumors.

"What is this."

"It's not really a monster, is it?"

"I heard people say there is a curse on him, otherwise why would he be locked in there?"

"What are you afraid of? Even if it's a monster, it's just a little monster."

The chatting time was very short, and everyone had endless work to do, so they quickly dispersed and went to different places.

The "monster" watched the crowd disperse and slowly stopped moving.

He looked at the pairs of feet walking away, with strong envy and desire in his eyes.

How he wished that like those people, he could go to distant places freely, instead of being shackled and locked up in this dark basement like a domestic animal.

Unexpectedly, at this time, chaos broke out again outside.

The workers in the workshop got up from their seats one by one, passed by the low windows, came to the door and looked outside.

"What happened?"

"Is that fire?"

"The fire was so big that it burned the sea red."

"Whose ship is that, and which fleet?"

"I do not know!"

"Dead?"

"Many people died."

Everyone was talking in the distance, and their voices were very surprised, because there were several ships burning with raging fire in the distance.

It floated from afar, bringing with it a large amount of floating objects, and you could even see the corpses of many dwarves floating there first.

When the ship got closer, everyone finally saw some features and standards of the ship.

At this time, news also came from the dock that someone recognized the corpses floating over.

"It's our ship." Someone exclaimed, looking shocked and terrified.

"Look, it's the flag of the kingdom, it's our warship." Someone saw the burning flag.

"What's going on? How could this happen?" More and more people came together. This can be said to be a very big event for Anchor Town.

"Look, there are still people alive." someone shouted.

"What are you doing, hurry up and save people!" Someone on the pier immediately rowed a boat away in the distance, trying to save the people on the boat.

More and more news came back, along with another news.

"The mermaid clan is back, it's the mermaid clan." Those who attacked the Iron Kingdom warship were the mermaid clan from the depths of the Earth Sea.

"They attacked our ship and wanted to start another war and let the ocean flood the earth." Everyone knows why. The mermaid clan will go to war with the dwarf clan every once in a while, but the last time was many years ago.

Most young people have somewhat forgotten it, but the pictures they see now immediately stir up everyone's memories.
To be continued...