ad1897, the summer of the Year of the Griffon, is destined to be remembered by many people.
Regardless of whether it is the year when the Eternal Holy War began, the year when the Sea Clan entered the historical stage, or the year when the Rain City Feiloshi was born, he will be remembered by future generations. After all, the major events that happened in this year are
Too many.
From the beginning, everyone including me underestimated the Sea Tribe, and even more underestimated the Storm Lady and the Water Elemental God behind it.
The first priority to make an accurate judgment is to obtain comprehensive and true intelligence. However, the residents on the ground know too little about the Hai Clan. At the beginning of the Hai Clan's invasion, even the most brilliant strategists can only rely on past information.
Experience and history tend to make conservative judgments.
"It should be just a small-scale war, or it can't even be called a war, it's just an attack on coastal cities. After all, they can't go ashore at all, and they can't occupy our land. Is it okay to kill all the surface creatures?
Have you won? Such a war is simply meaningless. As long as the sea people are still intelligent creatures, as long as our living spaces still cannot overlap, they cannot go ashore, and we cannot enter the water, then all-out wars and wars of aggression between each other are simply meaningless, and even more
It can't happen."
Wars between countries and nations are often based on interests. Whether it is the struggle for living space, the struggle for land and resources, or simply for the hatred of the leadership, the popular support of the people, the long-cherished wish of the military, wars may break out, but
If the war is bound to not bring enough benefits, or the cost is obviously greater than the return, then the possibility of such a meaningless war is indeed low and can be ignored.
"The Sea Tribe cannot stay on the ground for a long time. They are just cannon fodder forced ashore by the Evil God Lady Storm. As long as they are delayed for a long time, they will retreat sooner or later."
In this world, even the decisions of the gods cannot be absolute. The gods accept the beliefs of all races from above and protect their believers according to their divine domain and priesthood. However, they force everyone to commit a hundred percent death penalty, but
A war that is destined to yield no results. I am afraid that it is better to be obedient to others than to simply abandon the belief in that god and find a new one.
After all, this is not an absolute world ruled completely by a monotheistic religion. Many gods were originally mortals. The distance between gods and the mortal world is not that far. Gods need the support of mortals' beliefs, and weak mortal races also need the protection of gods.
This is also the fundamental reason why the Oran Empire will make passive and delayed decisions. When the royal think tanks are patting their chests and risking their lives to guarantee the Sea Tribe's offensive, it will decline sooner or later, which is just the beginning of the holy war.
Since the think tanks have repeatedly emphasized that the Sea Clan is not ambitious enough, what they are really wary of is when they force the Chaos Evil God to come ashore. Most of the Oran high-level officials ignored the immediate threat, and instead continued to invest their energy ambitiously in attacking the same race.
The (subordinate country)'s plan fell into place.
But in fact, since some sea races can go ashore, and almost no surface races can go into the water, the intelligence of the two sides is not equal. Trixis, who has been away from the sea for several months, does not know that due to the resurrection of the water elemental god, the entire
The world of Hai Clan has undergone earth-shaking changes.
This probably starts with the living environment of the Hai tribe.
In fact, although the ocean is extremely open and seems to have endless resources and living space, even though the combat power of the sea people is generally not low, the life of the sea people is actually much more difficult and miserable than that of the races on the ground.
The deep sea is extremely dangerous. Not to mention the fatal low temperature and water pressure, those immeasurable ocean monsters are the real masters of the ocean. They can only live in the shallow sea on the continental shelf. The space for the survival of sea people is really limited.
However, the limited living space makes them face a very real problem-food is never enough.
Are there countless schools of fish in the ocean? But in fact, relying on the sky for survival and hunting is extremely unreliable. There are indeed many schools of fish, but most of them are owned. As mentioned before, you cannot go to the deep sea, but in fact, the fishery resources in shallow seas are extremely limited.
, and after the ocean made farming a joke, and after hunting alone was not enough to sustain daily life, the sea tribe made it their only choice to herd fish in order to maintain sufficient fishery resources around their settlements, and herders and fishermen had even more options.
A long tradition.
Fishing resources determine the number of members of the sea tribe. The number and strength of the sea tribe determines how much territory it can have for the growth of its own tribe of fish. Herbivorous fish chase seagrass and seaweed, and carnal fish chase and hunt other fish.
Just like surface grazing, underwater artificial grazing will still destroy the local natural balance. When the fish population shows negative growth, migration is inevitable.
The life of fish schools and sea tribes will consume the basic resources of that area. The larger the tribe, the shorter the migration cycle. In a sense, they are like the centaur-like nomadic groups, except that the centaurs herd cattle and sheep.
, they are chasing aquatic plants, while they are grazing fish, and they are chasing the tide.
The songs and talents of sirens and mermaids to summon schools of fish seem extremely magical. They are just tools formed by grazing fish. They are not much different from the flutes and whistles of shepherds. The only one who responds to their calls is themselves.
schools of fish and ocean companions.
Herding fish sounds fantastic and beautiful, but it is actually a hard job. Chasing tides and aquatic plants requires a lot of experience, and the dangers during migration are even greater. No one knows whether the next migration point will be
If you encounter a sea monster or a hostile tribe, if you are unlucky and suffer heavy losses during several consecutive migrations, it will be time for the tribe to disband.
The naturally strong aggressiveness of nomadic races has led many tribes to work part-time as mercenaries or even become bandits themselves. However, on the other hand, the way of survival dominated by tribal nomadism is destined to lead to the birth of a relatively centralized feudal state.
, because as long as the number of tribes reaches a certain level, they will inevitably split and disintegrate in order to compete for living space and limited resources.
There is not even a country, and even the territory cannot be limited. How could a feudal country based on land enfeoffment be born? Several resource-rich large and medium-sized gathering points in Qianhai have a limited number of permanent tribes, which must be rotated every once in a while. Only
Only the most powerful tribe can enjoy a more comfortable life after winning the tribal competition.
No one can guarantee whether they will encounter an irresistible disaster and die tragically after the next migration. A relatively stable settled life is the deepest desire of the sea people. It is also the fundamental reason for their jealousy and even hatred towards the ground races.
.
"How come those weak and cowardly ground creatures have a happy and stable daily life. But we don't even know where we will be tomorrow."
Speaking of which, since the war must have interests and reasons, and the extremely realistic sea tribe must fight to the death to serve as cannon fodder, the benefits provided by the water elemental god Airos and Lady Storm are already obvious.
A capital city, a city that serves as a stepping stone to the new world, a holy place in the hearts of all sea people. Once the capital is determined, it will be a kingdom, a kingdom that belongs to the sea people themselves.
The Sea Tribe is indeed inseparable from water. It cannot go ashore for a long time, but if the rain continues on that land and there is always water several meters deep on the ground? Then the Sea Tribe can live freely in the water city and only need to keep it outside the city.
Part of the dry area is used as farmland, and the surface races are enslaved as farmers. It is possible for a surface kingdom belonging to the sea race to be born.
Is it incredible? But in this world of magic and true gods, everything is possible, and storms and thunderstorms are the vocation of Lady Storm, the patron god of the sea tribe, and Airos, the god of water elements, is a super expert in playing with water. Construction
Only they can create a self-circulating rain city.
In the original "history", the resurrected ancient elemental gods existed as the first batch of world bosses. Each of them was a nearly true god, which was obviously beyond the processing capabilities of "players", so the omnipotent "administrator" god
A series of plot killings were arranged so that these unlucky guys who had just woken up would die tragically at the hands of the aborigines and the "heroes chosen by fate", and their subordinate elemental creatures became training monsters for the "heroes".
There is a difference between the real world and the simulated virtual game. In this world, there is no super master named "Game Administrator". If those rookies who are only a few levels or more than ten levels really meet the newly resurrected
The weak ancient god may not be so lucky as to slay the gods, but to offer supplements with his body and soul.
Therefore, except for the fire elemental god who is still unlucky, the other released elemental gods have begun to recover from the long dormancy period. How could they who were once all-powerful be willing to be lonely and forgotten? They are just existences like this.
Taking action will inevitably change everything. Some plots in the strategy were wrong from the beginning, and "history" and "destiny" were derailed from the beginning.
Before the huge benefits of completely changing the fate of oneself and his descendants, the attack of the Sea Clan is no longer a small fight in "history". It is an all-out war, a war of extermination and aggression that involves everything, and ignores the determination and strength of the other party.
The Oran Empire was still dreaming of a super empire, and did not realize that disaster was already at its doorstep.
At this time, a grand ceremony was being held on the ground. In fact, a ceremony was also being held underwater, and the scale was even grander.
Somewhere at the bottom of the river in Kagxi City, under the cover of the magical fog, there was already a busy scene.
Hundreds of elites from the Sea Tribe acted as guards without complaint. Countless powerful Sea Tribes gathered here. The arrogant and rude Naga royal family had humble smiles on their faces. The ferocious and irritable sea beasts were taken away speechless.
Even the arrogant and bloodthirsty sea giants put down the rusty anchor weapons that they never left behind, and tried their best to lower their heads and pretend to be humble.
And the only thing that can make these strong men lower their heads is the stronger and the supreme being.
On top of the huge altar carved from colorful coral rock, there are two thrones, one large and one small, finely carved with precious jade. The smaller one is hanging in the air, and the other one has an ice beauty with white skin and snowy skin. Her form is half human and half
The fish has a human-like upper body, but drags a long tail like a sea dragon.
Although she looks petite and beautiful compared to the huge altar, she is still taller than the strongest sea giant. She looks far more luxurious and beautiful than the mermaid known as the royal family of the sea. If you look closely, this mermaid with scales and tail
The Shui Lingling beauty's skin tone is a little transparent, and it's really made of water.
"Let's get started."
The voice of the God of Water Element Ailos was cold and inexplicably weak. It was not loud, but it rang in the ears of all the sea tribes at the same time. This was not magic, but just the river conveying the will of their king. Here is water
Down below is her world, where she has endless rights and supreme power.
And as Airos's will was conveyed, the festival officially began.
With the click of Airos' jade-like fingers, the door to the void was opened. On the other side was the water elemental plane. That was Airos's hometown and her kingdom.
Countless water elements filed out, and just as they climbed onto the altar, they turned into pure water amid the sloshing, and the nourished coral altar slowly glowed.
Medium-sized water elementals, water elemental warlords, water elemental elders, ancient water elements, all powerful beings took the initiative to become tributes. Elemental creatures have never been afraid of life and death. For them, death is just a channel to return to their own world.
On the other side, the sea tribesmen in black robes walked up to the altar one by one. They were the priests of the Lady of the Storm with the Holy Emblem of the Storm. They could attract storms and raise waves to engulf ships. They always had a high status and authority in various tribes.
prestige.
But at this time, with their high status, they were just doing the same thing - walking up to the altar, picking up the ceremonial dagger, inserting it into their hearts, and then falling down with satisfaction.
But after these respected Storm Priests fell down one by one, there was already a shadow on the other empty throne. She was only the size of an ordinary person, far not as tall as Ailos on the side. But any sea tribe
When he saw her, he must have lowered his proud head while trembling.
As the Chaos Evil God, although she is not famous on the surface of the earth, like her fellow Evil Gods, Lady Storm is also happy to receive blood sacrifices from believers, and her will has already arrived.
"Your souls will enter my divine realm, and your deeds will be sung by future generations."
The god's clone spoke in a tone of praise and commendation, causing more black-robed priests to quickly walk up to the altar and compete for the opportunity to sacrifice themselves in front of the true God.
As the sacrifices fell one by one, the phantom of the Storm Lady became more and more real, and with the arrival of the true god's clone, powerful storms and thunder also began to appear in the sky above the river.
Like Airos, the cyan-skinned Storm Lady also has the characteristics of the sea people in appearance and body shape. When she gradually transformed into reality, the impatient goddess could not wait to start the catastrophe of the creatures on the ground.
"Kagexi City? From now on, there will only be the royal capital of the Sea Clan, the City of Rain Feloxi. We, our people, go and seize the kingdom of your dreams with our own hands."
The will of the gods was conveyed in the storm, and the next moment, the majestic clone of the true god actually picked up a ritual dagger and inserted it into his heart. When the will of the clone returned to the original body, it was already in the black storm.
In the divine power, it turned into a tornado hurricane!
The self-sacrifice of the clone of the True God of Storms may have greatly reduced the strength of the main body, but this gift given just after the start of the Holy War is destined to give the Gods of Order a headache.
At this moment, the tops of countless tornadoes and hurricanes have reached the sky, a new natural cycle is already being established, and the will of the God of Water Element has been issued.
"I give the city Philoshi the name of the City of Rain. Within the scope of this city, the rain will never stop, and the waves will always be with you. The people of the rain will become the dependents of the water."
In the face of the endless storm, in the face of the power of the true God, the boundary between water and sky was broken, countless torrents were swept up into the sky to form new rainwater, a new natural cycle has been formed, and strangely, the floods in the entire city are rising
, while the floodwaters in the already submerged dock area are receding.
Soon, when all the floods were within a radius (about one meter), the heavy rain became much smaller, and with the help of the Grand Duke of the Water Element, the pale Aiolos returned to the Water Element through the space gate.
However, she was destined to go into hibernation again due to excessive consumption.
"Follow the Storm Queen's will and capture our capital!"
Silent cabbage sea dragons surfaced, the sea giants picked up their heavy anchors, and the naga began to prepare their spells.
"Ha, it finally started."
On the river, Hydra, the Nine-Headed Dragon Emperor, who had been holding back for a long time, stepped into the city for the first time, and the whole city began to tremble.
The sudden rise of the flood destroyed the barrier. The rain and the waist-deep flood made people unable to see and move. The Oran defenders, who were overwhelmed by the strange celestial phenomena and floods, were about to face the most difficult water battle in history.
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"Evil dragon! Die!"
Silver lightning pierced the sky, and the frontmost dragon head of the Nine-headed Dragon was split open. Green dragon blood spurted out, polluting the river surface with stench and putrefaction.
"Ahhhh! Damn butcher!!"
When the mortals were retreating in the face of the aggressive sea tribe, the heroic spirit Basra was the first to declare war. (To be continued...)
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