Chapter 292: Conflict At Sea
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Swirl Continent, the rmaid Kingdom.
Plunburg was a crucial port for the the rmaid Kingdom. When the channel connecting to the human world opened up, this port had brought in massive fortunes and imported resources for the rmaid Kingdom.
Sailing boats and steam paddle wheeler ships densely covered the coastal waters. The thriving marine trade and growing number of rchant ships announced the beginning of the Great Navigation Era.
Humans, fairies, orcs and rmaids had only discovered less than half of the world and had only opened the channel to Yalan Continent and Swirl Continent. More than half of the world remained uncharted. Nevertheless, fleets continued to travel across oceans. Unknown, remote islands were discovered, channel after channel was created, vast oceans and worlds outside the continent were explored and marked on the map.
The vast sea bordered by Alan Continent, Swirl Continent and Yalan Continent was called the Sea of Storms because of frequent maelstroms, dangerous waters and countless monsters.
Islands were discovered in the Sea of Storms and one by one, safe channels were opened. Humans were now all over the oceans. Adventurers chased fortune, faith and fa by rushing to the oceans, and with the growing number of rchant ships, pirates erged as well.
So rchant ships and even a few kingdoms’ navies took up piracy as it turned out to be a lucrative business. Chaos prevailed on waters. There were no laws. Like a watery jungle, killing and plundering ruled the sea. The Kingdom of Rosa d’Oro and Sean City-State Alliance were the two strongest human powers across the sea since they had a huge number of ships.
The Queen of the rmaid Kingdom, Gina, had worn the crown for more than a century. With great knowledge of the human world and alchemy warlocks, she started a revolution after she returned to the rmaid Kingdom. It began with rging the Koutao sahagins into the rmaid Kingdom. Nurous Koutao sahagins began to take on crucial positions within the empire.
The rmaid Kingdom was divided into several classes and groups. rmaids were the highest class, controlling sacrificial rites and kingship. Koutao sahagins controlled the army and politics. The lower class were civilians and slaves.
Not hesitating to transform the ruling class of rmaid Kingdom, Queen Gina also developed the culture, comrce, religion and education greatly. She created a system similar to the alchemy college where a huge amount of rmaid scholars, alchemy warlocks, artists, architects, craftsn and tallurgists were nurtured and trained.
Moreover, nurous fleets were created as soon as the Nautical Age arrived. Trade with the human kingdom was initiated and channels leading to Alan Continent and Yalan Continent were successfully opened.
Even though rmaids had a natural advantage in the water, only with ships and fleets could they travel to the deep sea. Ships provided shields and protection for them during sea battles. It was similar to how humans used horses and chariots despite being able to walk. Without a large number of fleets, the power of the rmaid Kingdom would be limited to the coastal waters and the inland of the Swirl Continent.
With years of training and developnt, the rmaid Kingdom fleets now cruised freely on the Sea of Storms, capable of fighting against both the Kingdom of Rosa d’Oro and Sean City-State Alliance. The rmaid Kingdom had changed completely in the last 100 years, developing population, culture, economy and military.
“How things have changed! It feels like I only dozed off for a mont, and the rmaid Kingdom is now completely different!” Lu Zhiyu said, lying down on the bow of a steam paddle wheeler ship.
The sea breeze brushed his face, ruffling his black hair. The wheels on both sides of the ship rolled forward as smoke rose from the chimney at the back, disappearing slowly into the sky.
“Oh, the wind is rising,” said a girl with blonde hair and a white lace hat.
She was wearing a light-colored dress and red shoes, holding on to her pretty hat so that it would not be taken by the blowing wind.
Verthandi raised her head and gazed at the distant horizon.
“More and more new things,” she said. “This world just keeps getting interesting! The unchanging world has only beco beautiful because of the developnt of these colorful lives.”
Verthandi looked to Lu Zhiyu and smiled brightly like the sun on the deck.
“This is why I am helping you, dad, to develop this world further. All the lives here can move forward together!”
Lu Zhiyu laughed. “Is this such a noble act?” he asked, “I feel more like a supervillain behind all these things. One day, the hero of justice will co and take down!”
Verthandi threw her arms around Lu Zhiyu’s neck. Her eyes glimred.
“You are the almighty creator,” she said earnestly. “Everything started with you and will end with you. Your existence is the reason why we, and everything in this world, exist!”
The ship reached shore and moored at the port of Plunburg harbor. The fleet did not raise any attention, it was just one of the many fleets that arrived at Plunburg. Ships and sailboats ca and went, forming a unique view on the horizon.
Many Koutao sahagins were on the dock, wearing simple shirts and leather pants. The rmaid priests looked over the port from afar.
For this visit, Lu Zhiyu wished to see if there were any potential candidates for a god’s na from the rmaid race. There were quite a few capable human candidates, however, Lu Zhiyu did not wish to have all human gods. He wanted to see a balance between other races as well. Verthandi had tagged along when she heard his intention.
The fleet Lu Zhiyu was with belonged to the Mara Kingdom. The queen of Mara Kingdom had just nad a mariti official and built their own fleet.
As the rchants arrived at the rmaid Kingdom, they imdiately went to the City of Adara to et with Queen Gina. They wished to sign a trade deal with the queen so that they could acquire a huge amount of rchandise.
Both the Kingdom of Rosa d’Oro and Sean City-State Alliance rose extrely quickly with the help of the oceans. As a coastal kingdom, the Kingdom of Mara wanted to be a part of the Great Navigation Era, and take an important position.
At the sa ti, in the city of the God of the Sea, Adara, a heated discussion was taking place. Many Koutao sahagin officials and rmaids were arguing in front of Queen Gina.
“This is the tenth ti that our town was robbed. We must not tolerate these human criminals!”
“The elderly and children were all killed. They also took our young adults. I have heard that there are many slaves from our kingdom in the human world. The humans even auctioned them in public!”
“My siblings were locked up in cages, treated like animals. All thanks to these human robbers! We must take revenge! Even if we have to declare war!”
“Exactly! We should limit human access into the Swirl Continent. And they should not get close to the coastal waters. The patrol fleets should expel them the mont they see human fleets!”
Many Koutao sahagin soldiers and officials shouted inside the palace, kneeling on the ground, crying out loud, complaining to the queen.
Finally, a rmaid stepped forward.
“Your highness, it was pirates who robbed the towns,” he said. “We need to combat piracy more but not to stop trading with humans. Trade with them has brought us great developnt and fortune. As we can all see, we have developed very rapidly in recent years!”
“That’s right. What we need to combat is piracy. We must not close the trading ports!”
Those who’d been enslaved and robbed were low-class Koutao sahagins. It was nothing for the rmaid race. They were more interested in the profit they could gain from trades.
The Koutao sahagins jumped in.
“Pirates? What kind of pirate could have such powerful fleets? Powerful enough to cross the Sea of Storms and plunder our towns? We already know that it was a fleet from the Kingdom of Rosa d’Oro that robbed our villages and enslaved our siblings!”
“Combat piracy? They pretend to be pirates, then beco official fleets that have trade deals with us and are safe in our waters!”
“Revenge! Revenge!”
“We need to show the humans our rage!”
Many Koutao sahagins howled and shouted in anger. All looked to the beautiful, blue haired woman sitting on the throne and wearing the crown. They all looked to Queen Gina.
Gina raised her head in displeasure and made a decision.
“If the story checks out, send out emissaries imdiately,” she said. “Tell the King of Rosa d’Oro he must give us an explanation!”
“Abolish the trade deal with the Kingdom of Rosa d’Oro!” cried the Koutao sahagins.
“Expel all fleets and rchants of the Kingdom of Rosa d’Oro!”
“Search and investigate every individual related to enslaving rmaids! Search every rchant ship! Anyone disobeys the order, put to death!”
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