bookrebus Chapter 284 Just arrived in Aurora
Chapter 284 Just arrived in Aurora
There were rumors, spread by Tyrell merchants.
The nine dragon sons guarding the nine regions of Zhendan are no ordinary creatures.
The Dragon Emperor is similar to Myrmidia and Sigmar in that they were all mortals at the beginning, the difference being that the latter was a human while the former was a dragon.
For unknown reasons, the Dragon Emperor was the only dragon left in the Eastern Continent. He no longer had the ability or opportunity to reproduce. At this time, the Moon Queen appeared.
She can only change her appearance into a dragon, but she is not actually a dragon. As for her specific origins, no one in Zhendan dares to tell, and whoever tells will die.
Naturally, two dragons cannot produce offspring. As for the origins of the dragon offspring, it is more likely that they were created by the Dragon Emperor and the Moon Queen using magic.
They borrowed the power of the Chaos Realm. After all, all magical powers come from the chaotic space.
He separated the eight magical winds and injected them into nine bodies, creating nine dragon sons.
Each of the eight dragon sons has a magical wind of his own.
Now the oldest dragon girl, Miaoying, is the embodiment of the wind of life.
Each dragon son will have a different personality due to its chaotic demonic nature. The wind of life is not harmonious and orderly. Instead, it carries a lot of wildness and violence, as well as a hierarchical consciousness that attempts to control everything by itself.
Bilong Yuanbo is the embodiment of the wind of heaven.
As for Binlong Zhaoming, he is the embodiment of the metal wind. This kind of magical wind is the embodiment of abstract and realistic logic. It is both crazy and practical.
It just so happened that Gelt was also a metal magician and was also influenced by the metal wind. The relationship between the two was like that of half-brothers. They established a good relationship directly without too many words.
The two had only communicated through magical letters, so they were naturally excited about this meeting, just like a meeting between fire mages.
"Everyone, let me introduce you. This is Gelt, the most powerful metal magician in the Western Human Empire. He is even the dean of the academy. He is more powerful than the most powerful alchemists and warlocks here. He is also our distant Order ally and is here to help us."
These words caused the Zhendan army to cheer.
Zhaoming's current situation is not optimistic. Although he is the southwestern vassal king of Zhendan, the entire southwestern region is not peaceful.
The Warpstone Desert is too far from the heart of Cathay, and the locals do not obey bureaucratic control.
They claim to be located in the southern region, so on what basis does the Dragon Emperor collect their taxes to repair Changyuan in the north?
They also called on southern men to travel thousands of miles to the north to perform labor service. Countless people died in a foreign land, and many people, after farming in the north, were almost never able to return to their hometowns for the rest of their lives.
Naturally, they rebelled against the imperial court and no longer submitted to the rule of the Dragon Emperor. Under the leadership of local gentry, they rose up in rebellion. Now they have completely occupied Hanyu Port and controlled the river transportation here, as if they were planning to occupy the mountain and become the king.
Although it was the first meeting between Zhaoming and Gert, they were already talking about everything and even started to reveal each other's family background.
"The Hanyu Port is located at the beginning of the Aurora Canal. It is surrounded by rivers on three sides and close to land on one side. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If I lead my army to attack directly, I will be threatened."
Zhaoming not only told Gert about his military deployment, but also provided him with a complete military map of the area.
Just as he said, the location of Hanyu Port is really good, and when facing siege, it can easily seek help from the north and east.
Once the siege of Zhaoming begins, the rebels in Xinwu City in the north will be able to come back immediately to provide outflanking support, and the Ranfeng rebels in Tianli Lietu in the south will also be able to support the city via river transport.
As long as he attacks, he will be passive, so Zhaoming tells the truth and needs help from Gert.
As a fellow metal mage, he hoped that Gelt could go to the south and deal with the Ranfeng rebels in Tianli Lietu, so as to help Zhaoming solve his urgent problem.
Of course, Gert agreed immediately. This way, not only could he find a base for himself, but he could also gain a foothold here and learn Zhendan's magic and science and technology.
But the most urgent task at present is to recapture Hanyu Port. Both sides need to join forces and fight quickly and decisively.
As for Windlow and Mousse, they immediately left the empire's main force after arriving on the land of Zhendan.
I am a free businessman who pursues profits rather than official positions and status within the empire.
If they continued to stay in the team, there would be countless problems, so when Gert reacted, Windlow and Mousse had already arrived outside Hanyu Port.
The land of Zhendan is truly extremely rich.
The location of Hanyu Port made Windlow feel as if he had returned to the empire and saw the imperial capital, Altdorf.
Both are surrounded by rivers and face land on one side.
The north is completely a desert, without any life or human habitation.
The south is full of miasma. It feels like you're in the primeval forest after just a few steps, and you never know what kind of beastman might pop out from somewhere.
The only piece of prime land in the middle was used by Zhendan to build a city.
"Foreign merchants? A customs clearance document!"
The gatekeeper Yu Yong could actually speak fluent Imperial language and could communicate seamlessly with Wendlow.
He stretched out his hand and asked for a pass to prevent various chaotic corruptions and foreign forces from taking the opportunity to enter.
It was also because Windlow left in such a hurry that he simply forgot that Zhendan and the Empire were completely different.
Within the empire, the electors generally showed an attitude of attaching importance to business in order to obtain financial income.
Caravans were allowed to travel freely through various provinces and cities within the empire, and as long as they paid enough taxes, they could conduct their own business in peace.
But it doesn't work in Zhendan.
The territory was too large and difficult to manage, so the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce was adopted, and the control over caravans and merchants was very strict.
Without relevant customs clearance documents, foreign merchants are not allowed to do business here.
There was no pass, and no cargo reserves. At the same time, Yu Yong had a serious expression on his face. If he forced his way in, it would be dangerous.
They could only hold Mousse back, and the two of them drove the unicorn carriage back out of the city gate. All their queueing this morning was in vain.
It was already noon, and there were no hotels or inns outside the city. Not to mention lunch, there was not even a place to rest.
Just as Wendlow was sitting on the side of the road, thinking about how to solve the problems of food and accommodation today.
An old yellow cow eating grass in the wet field seemed to have noticed this merchant from a distant empire.
After making sure that there was no one around, the old ox shook its body and walked out of the paddy field quietly.
He raised his head and looked at Wendlow, and then he actually spoke in human language.
"Two foreign friends, do you want scalper tickets?"