A sneeze destroys a magical civilization

"This is Silver Moon City?"

Standing in front of the tall city gate, looking at the invisible bridge built entirely by magic, the werewolf girl showed a shocked expression.

Because this was the first time she had seen a city so extravagant that it would use rare, precious and expensive magic on such a bridge for ordinary people to enter and exit.

To be precise, the entire Silver Moon City is like a fairy tale country.

Here there are endless magical spiers as far as the eye can see, as well as gardens built in mid-air and various fountains and sculptures.

Elves and half-elves on Pegasus would fly across the sky from time to time, offering help to anyone in trouble.

There are even some magical instruments that are played day and night standing in the streets.

Even the guards guarding the door seemed so polite. Even to the farmers who came into the city to sell grain, meat, fruits and vegetables, they would smile and send a blessing.

All the greed, selfishness, jealousy, and arrogance in human nature seem to no longer exist here, leaving only the best side.

Even the old dwarf Korgan, who was bloodthirsty and greedy for money, inadvertently put away his usual arrogant and unreasonable appearance at this moment.

There is no doubt that all of this is the impact of the good environment created by Silvermoon City.

Because most ordinary people have a herd mentality, when other people and the environment around them tend to be orderly and kind, they will be happy to show their friendliest side.

But once the surrounding environment is chaotic and evil people are everywhere, even if they want to survive without being bullied, people will rush to be the most powerful, evil, and formidable villain.

Although Zuo Si didn't know whether Alustriel created such a social environment in Silvermoon City intentionally or unintentionally, just because the other party was able to create such a paradise in the North, which is full of dangers, orcs, dragons and dangerous monsters. She is worthy of the title of "Ms. Hope".

She indeed brought hope to this city and even to all the people in the Northland who longed for order and kindness.

Without the suppression of Silvermoon City, Luskan and the Arcane Brotherhood would have started to expand unscrupulously and established a slave empire similar to Cyre in the north.

There are also rumors that Alustriel has formed alliances with several ancient golden and silver dragons.

In addition to a large number of high-level mages, there are also Lathander, the Lord of Dawn, Heim, the God of Guards, Melikai, the Forest Goddess, Midnight, the Magic Goddess, Suna, the God of Love and Beauty, Selun, the Moon Goddess, and the God of Nature. The god Silvanus and other temples tend to be good or neutral.

Therefore, despite the fact that the number of soldiers in Silvermoon City is always small, with no one group exceeding a thousand, their powerful foundation is definitely not that of third-rate forces like Luskan and the Arcane Brotherhood, which do not even have a backing. Comparable.

This can be seen from the fact that tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of orcs marched south at every turn, but never approached Silvermoon City once.

Thinking of this, Zuo Si immediately said to the werewolf girl with great interest: "Yes, this is Silver Moon City, it is very spectacular, isn't it?

In fact, it grew from a few small farms that were originally established on this land.

The local residents worshiped the forest goddess Melikai and her mount, the unicorn goddess Lari.

Later, it gradually developed into a small town, and it was not officially named Silvermoon City until 637DR.

Later, wizards who believed in the goddess of magic came here to build the first library and taught knowledge and magic skills to the locals.

It didn't take long for this place to become a famous magic holy place.

The Supreme Mage is the nominal supreme leader and ruler of the city.

Later, surrounding ambitions and power struggles, a series of internal fights broke out in Silvermoon City, and even mutual vendettas broke out.

In the end, Alustriel won the title of Supreme Mage in a vote of all citizens, beginning her rule that lasted for more than a century.

It was under her rule that the city became so rich, prosperous and powerful. "

"It sounds like this Ms. Alustriel is a very powerful person?" There was a hint of curiosity in Fangus's eyes.

"Yes, whether it is political skills, diplomatic skills, or the nearly three-digit number of children, countless lovers, and the identity of the legendary mage and the chosen one of the goddess of magic, all prove Alustriel's Ability and strength. The most important thing is that she also has a good reputation. Apart from her private life being slightly chaotic, there is almost nothing that can be criticized."

When saying these words, Zuo Si's tone was obviously filled with a hint of playfulness.

Because by calculating the time when Ms. Hope was born, it can be basically determined that she is almost 600 years old now, but she is still energetic enough to pursue freshness and excitement after busy work.

I don't know what her children will think when they learn that their "mother" has found a lover younger than her great-grandson.

In fact, except for Kui Lu, who is a dark elf, the other six "Seven Sisters of the North" are all called humans, but without exception they all have elf blood.

Especially the children of Alustriel whose fathers are also elves tend to have very long lifespans.

"Really? I don't believe it!"

Alaina couldn't help but butt in.

For a capricious and chaotic camp like her, it is very difficult not to make mistakes for a lifetime, or even for a few days.

However, in line with the principle of not making big mistakes and making small mistakes, this happy man has learned to control the damage within a certain range and try not to make his master angry.

"Believe it or not. Okay, don't talk nonsense, let us go in."

After that, Zuo Si took the lead and walked onto the invisible moon bridge that was completely composed of a magic force field.

Thanks to arcane vision, true seeing, and the eye of knowledge, he can clearly see the shapes of these force fields created by extracting energy from the magic network.

But for those who walk on this magical bridge for the first time, it can be a bit scary.

This is like those transparent glass bridges set up by tourist attractions for gimmicks. Tourists know that these special glasses are even harder than steel. Even if a big stone falls, they may not be broken, but their legs will still feel weak.

Especially the old dwarf Korgan, who is afraid of heights, has to tap the front with his ax every time he takes a step to make sure that he will not fall before taking a step forward.

Of course, he was not the only one to do this, the half-orc Rhett, who had never known anything about magical power, and the outsiders who came to Silvermoon City for the first time also did the same.

The guards guarding the door were already used to this.

When the team finally crossed the Moon Bridge and arrived at the city gate, the guards began to perform their duties, looking up and down at the team, who looked like adventurers or mercenaries.

Zuo Si, who looks very young and human, obviously has no problem and fully meets the criteria for entering Silvermoon City.

Similarly, Alena, the dwarf Korgan, the werewolf girl Fangus and the elf magic archer who are suspected of having fire element blood are also within this range.

But the half-orc Rhett obviously gave the guards some trouble.

Because the orcs in the wild north are completely different from the orcs in the south who have integrated into civilized society.

Rather than being close to humans, they are closer to orcs.

Therefore, they often go around plundering with the orc tribe, which is an out-and-out scourge.

The spotted cat people on the Maztec continent were also intelligent creatures that these guards had never seen before, so they were unable to make a decision for a while.

At this moment, a woman wearing a light-colored robe, a crown, and long hair that shone like a waterfall appeared in front of everyone out of thin air.

She looks as beautiful as a twenty-year-old girl, but her temperament and eyes reveal wisdom and maturity that have accumulated over time.

Especially the shining silver fire in the body, in Zuo Si's eyes, was as bright and dazzling as a torch in the night sky.

"Her Majesty the Queen!"

The guards responsible for guarding the city gate hurriedly knelt down on one knee to express their respect for this wise and wise ruler.

Alustriel waved his hand to signal these loyal guards to stand up, while he focused all his attention on Zuo Si.

After a full minute, she smiled and sighed: "It's not easy. I finally met you in person today. Welcome to Silvermoon City, Soth."

"It's my pleasure."

Zuo Si very politely put one hand on his chest and bowed slightly.

"Haha, don't be so reserved. After all, we are all chosen by the Goddess of Magic now, and you helped to deal with the invading orcs half a year ago. I still owe you a favor." Alustriel winked very playfully. blink.

It can be seen that she is in a good mood, and she even behaves like a young girl, not an "old lady" who is close to 600 years old.

Zuo Si didn't understand at all that a person who had lived for more than six hundred years could maintain such a mentality, so he could only follow the other person and said: "About this matter, it's not just a matter of favor.

Because just two days ago, I just experienced an attack. There were about thirty one-eyed orc warriors with an average level of around LV14, and seven or eight priests participated.

In addition, there are two elects of the orc gods who are also legendary warriors and legendary priests.

In the end, it was suspected that the incarnation of the god also arrived, but for some reason he did not show up. "

"What?!"

Alustriel's face changed drastically when he heard the news, and he instantly changed from the look of a young girl in love back to the wise and decisive lord of Silvermoon City.

"Yes, you heard it right. Because of what I did last time, I was targeted by the orc gods." Zuo Si gave a straightforward affirmative answer.

"Why are they targeting you? There are so many monarchs and dragons killing orcs, they have no reason to do this."

Alustriel frowned subconsciously, obviously unable to understand why the orc gods were so aggressive.

Zuo Si shrugged his shoulders and replied: "At this point, motives and reasons are no longer important.

The important thing is that their behavior angered me, so I planned to wipe out the entire Northland orcs in retaliation.

Congratulations, Ms. Alustriel.

From now on, neither Silvermoon City nor the Silvermoon Federation you are actively promoting to form will no longer have to worry about being invaded and plundered by orcs every autumn and winter. "

Although Zuo Si maintained an "elegant and easy-going" smile when he said these words, in the eyes of others, this smile was ten thousand times more terrifying than the devil from the bottomless abyss.

Because that was the death of millions of orcs!

Just thinking about so many corpses piled together makes one feel numb.

At this moment, Alustriel finally realized why Talona, ​​the goddess of poison and disease, wanted Zuo Si to be her chosen one no matter what.

It is foreseeable that if this thing really comes to pass, many people will choose to believe in Talona in order to pursue the powerful and extremely destructive power of plague.

In addition, she also understood what Elminster meant when he mentioned "having a strong sense of revenge".

Just when Alustriel was shocked by Zuo Si's coldness and cruelty towards his enemies, he was far north of Silvermoon City in the rolling mountains near the "Spine of the World".

A large orc tribe with tens of thousands of people is facing extinction.

Ever since an eagle flew over the tribe and dropped a puddle of gray-white sticky feces about a few hours ago, no one in the entire tribe, whether they were strong warriors or the women who were responsible for laundry, cooking and childbirth, had lost their ability. Exceptions start to get sick.

At first, they only cough, sneeze, and shed tears slightly.

But soon these symptoms began to worsen rapidly, until they developed high fever, confusion, drowsiness, difficulty breathing, etc.

What's even more frightening is that this unknown disease or plague is still spreading at an extremely fast speed. The herbs that witch doctors and shamans usually make are of no use at this time.

More than 70% of the first batch of people who got sick have now turned into corpses, and the remaining 30% have not improved at all. Death is just a matter of time.

"Chief! You must make a decision, otherwise our tribe will all die." A priest who served the orc gods reminded nervously.

The reason why he was nervous was because he had just used the three-ring magic [Remove Disease] on a very powerful warrior.

Although the soldier immediately regained consciousness and climbed out of bed.

But after a while, the other party was infected again.

This also means that there is no "immunity" to this terrible plague.

Unless you prepare enough disease-removing medicine, let all infected people drink it, and then burn all the beds, tents, simple wooden furniture, etc. that may be contaminated with unclean things.

Otherwise, all efforts will be in vain.

With just the number of priests in the tribe, not to mention saving people, whether they can even save their own lives is a question.

"Asshole! Are you asking me to give up the entire tribe?" The tall and muscular orc chief stood up and roared.

"But if we don't leave, all of us will die, no one is exempt. You will die, he will die, and I will die." The pastor warned without giving up.

"Damn it! Can't we even bring those who are not sick?"

The orc chief was obviously unwilling to give up the status and power he had finally gained.

Because once there are no followers, he will be just a slightly higher level barbarian warrior, and there is no way he can give orders like he does now.

The pastor sternly refused without thinking: "No! Absolutely not! Even though they have no symptoms now, no one can guarantee whether they have been infected by the plague, so we cannot take risks. Otherwise, everything we do will be in vain. It becomes meaningless.”

"How many people can I take with me at most?"

The orc chief gasped, obviously extremely angry.

He still can't believe that the enemy's revenge will come so quickly and so despairingly.

You must know that this is a large orc tribe with more than 10,000 people!

If a battle is needed, more than two thousand fierce and powerful warriors can be mobilized at any time.

"Twenty! Our magic and potions can ensure that up to twenty people leave alive. As for the rest, let them lie here and wait to die." The priest quickly gave an exact number.

Finally, under the careful selection of the chief, twenty warriors and priests quietly left the camp, drank the [disease removal] potion near the river, and then burned the clothes they carried , even armor and weapons were thrown into the fire for high-temperature sterilization.

After finishing all this, he crossed the river and headed east, intending to see the situation of other orc tribes.

But what they didn't know was that similar situations were blooming across the Northland.

Spread by falcons, thousands of orcs died.

Some believers knelt on the ground and prayed desperately to God, but received no response.

After all, Gruumsh had tried to kill Zuo Si before, but was eventually intercepted by a group of hostile gods, and also lost two very capable voters.

If you dare to show up at this time, you will be haunted.

After the chief and the priest walked a few kilometers, the camp was already littered with corpses.

A human woman hugged her orc daughter tightly and was completely unharmed.

Because the bacteria and viruses used by Zuo Si only target the orc race.

Orcs and humans will not feel any discomfort even if they are infected, and the infection will be eliminated through the body's internal circulation system in about three to five hours.

With the entire tribe of orcs dead, the humans, elves, dwarves, and half-elves slaves they plundered finally regained their freedom.

Especially the women who had been ravaged and tortured and had begun to become numb. They knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

But soon these people began to gather together, kneeling on the ground and loudly praising Talona, ​​the goddess of poison and disease, with fanatical expressions on their faces.

It is foreseeable that when they return to the civilized world, they will inevitably spread this news and their belief in Talona, ​​greatly increasing the number and influence of this goddess's followers.

You must know that there is no town or village in the entire North that has not been threatened by orcs.

There is no god who will send down divine punishment to punish these dirty, bloodthirsty and cruel beasts and rescue the innocent civilians who have been robbed.

Zuo Si obviously had no idea what huge benefits his revenge against the orcs would bring to Talona.

Before this, the church and priests of the goddess of poison and plague had always been hated characters in the North.

In fact, the situation of this tribe is just the beginning of the mass extinction of the orcs in the North.

Over the next long period of time, from the glaciers and floating ice seas in the far north to the mountains at the Spine of the World, as well as the vast primeval boreal forests slightly to the south, millions of orcs will slowly Die Jue.

Because the viruses that Zuo Si personally selected and evolved will continue to spread over a wider range as the scavengers and vultures in the sky eat the corpses of dead orcs.

Although the plague can be cured by divine magic, the problem is that only a small part of it can be covered by divine magic.

As the orcs died or became too weak to move, the freed slaves immediately took up arms to seek revenge.

Several women used scissors to tie up the orc who had violated them, cut the other's lower body into sections, and listened to the other's wails in pain and despair.

Others used sharp blades to cut a hole, plucked the orc's skin alive and sprinkled salt on it to vent their anger.

In short, nonsense ideas such as forgiveness are not popular in Faerûn. Many gods of the good camp support reasonable revenge.

After venting all the anger in her heart, the previous human woman fell to the ground with a plop, as if she had collapsed, and no longer had the strength to stand up.

Through the dirty and tattered leather clothes on his body, a large number of whip wounds, bites and black and purple bruises can be vaguely seen, which are obviously the marks left by the male orc when he was violated.

That skinny body had obviously reached its limit long ago.

It's just the mother's nature that prevents her from letting go of her half-orc daughter, for fear that this little guy will suffer the same fate as herself.

You must know that the extremely ignorant and barbaric orcs have no concept of family at all, and they are extremely discriminatory and contemptuous of women.

In the teachings of the orc god Gruumsh, women exist to serve warriors.

Their task is to give birth to offspring, cook, wash clothes, clean armor, maintain weapons and a series of chores.

So orc women are basically not much different from slaves.

Therefore, when a man desires to mate, he can find the woman he likes in the tribe at will and force him to have sex with her regardless of whether the other woman agrees or not.

As for the children who were born, they were raised by the entire tribe.

This human woman obviously couldn't watch her daughter become a tool for the bloodthirsty beast to vent its desires, so she gritted her teeth and persisted until now.

When the threat of the orcs completely disappeared, she also lost the motivation to live. Her whole body weakened rapidly and entered a state of dying, waiting for death to come.

"Mom! Mom, what's wrong with you?" the little half-orc girl yelled in panic.

"I'm sorry, Corinna. Mom may not be able to stay with you anymore, and you have to rely on yourself in the future."

The woman struggled to do it and gently stroked the little guy's black hair, her eyes full of reluctance.

Although she once hated the daughter she gave birth to after being raped, in the end her motherly nature won out.

"But...but where should I go? I can't even wear heavy armor, and I have never received weapons training like boys." The girl was obviously full of confusion and fear about her future.

“Follow those who have regained their freedom and go south, to Silvermoon City or Neverwinter City.

The last and most important thing.

Find out what is going on with this sudden plague that only targets orcs.

If it is a divine punishment sent by Talona, ​​the goddess of poison and disease, then you will become her most devout believer in the future;

If someone does it, then you have to become his follower.

Because without this plague, your future fate would be extremely miserable, and you wouldn't even have the chance to choose.

Well, go and set off with those who have regained freedom, they should take you to a safe place..."

After that, the woman drove her daughter away and stayed alone in the smelly tent to wait for death.

Since when she was robbed by orcs and became a slave, no matter how much she prayed to the gods she believed in, it was useless, so she had long ago abandoned her original faith.

But at this moment, the woman began to pray again, and the object was Talona, ​​the goddess of poison and disease.

She doesn't expect the other person to accept her, she just wants to express her gratitude.

Just when the woman's consciousness began to blur, her body felt colder and stiffer, and she might take her last breath at any time, a light suddenly appeared in front of her out of thin air.

I saw a succubus with horns on its head, wings and tail behind it walked out and said in a very soft voice: "Thank you to the great goddess for her kindness, human being. Talona decided to accept your belief and allowed You go to her kingdom.”

Upon hearing these words, the woman's dim eyes suddenly shone with excitement.

Unfortunately, she was speechless at the moment, and could only make a strange, unintelligible sound from her throat.

Just seconds later, death finally arrived.

Looking at the warm corpse lying on the ground with a smile on its face, the succubus immediately changed into another face, sneered and said sarcastically: "Mortals are really stupid, even willing to believe such nonsense that is obviously a lie. . How could the great goddess accept a soul who converted to Christianity just before his death and who has never done anything even in line with the teachings in his life. "

You don't need to ask to know that she is Ulrika who Talona sent to the material world to deal with those hell spies.

After roughly confirming the surrounding environment and its own location, this cunning succubus quickly disguised herself as one of the slaves and followed those who had regained their freedom on the arduous journey back to the civilized world.

Getting from the mountains of the Spine to the cities in the south is no easy task.

The first thing they have to face is a variety of monsters and carnivorous beasts that are more ferocious than other places.

Across the river left from the glacier, there is a large area of ​​primeval forest that is full of dangers.

Whether you encounter frost giants, winter wolves, white dragons, bears, tigers, jackals, or goblin tribes along the way, they are all likely to die in a very short period of time.

However, Ulrika obviously will not sit back and watch these refugees who can bring huge influence and believers to Talona die. Instead, she will ensure that at least one third of them can reach the town safely and spread their experiences.

This is also the purpose of the succubus teleporting all the way to the Spine of the World.

…

At the same time, far away in Silver Moon City.

Zuo Si was sitting in the gorgeous palace, enjoying the local food served by a beautiful elf.

Alustriel was sitting opposite him, sipping a glass of amber fruit wine, with a seductive blush on his fair face and neck.

After about a minute, the Silver Moon Lord put down his cup and asked in a slightly playful tone: "So you have concluded an alliance with Lord Nasir of Neverwinter, and plan to fight against Luskan and the Arcane Brotherhood together. Take action?"

Zuo Si nodded slightly: "That's right. Even from the perspective of Silvermoon City, if the Arcane Brotherhood is wiped out and Luskan is transformed from an evil, chaotic and aggressive city-state into a neutral order, it is nothing Bad thing, right?”

"I don't understand why you suddenly became interested in Luskan and the Arcane Brotherhood? After all, compared with the wealth of the Sword Sea and the central and southern Sword Coast, the northern Sword Coast is so barren." Alustriel continued to test. road.

"You've made a mistake, ma'am.

That is, this war was not started by me, but by the Arcane Brotherhood and the pirates who controlled Luskan.

What I am doing now is just to strike first.

In fact, since the Nelanthel Islands forces under my control have established maritime order, they have often clashed with Luskan pirates who want to go south to plunder.

There were hundreds of sporadic battles alone.

Luskan's thriving black market is rapidly shrinking as not enough merchant ships and goods are being plundered, and so is the Arcane Brotherhood's coffers.

If there is no way to solve the current predicament, even without me taking action, they themselves will fall into fierce internal fighting over resources and wealth.

Usually, the way to deflect an internal crisis is to launch a war externally.

So there must be a battle between me and Luskan and the Arcane Brotherhood.

This is an inevitable result caused by objective factors and economic laws, and cannot be avoided by the will of a few people. "

Zuo Si explained in a casual tone.

He believed that with the political wisdom of the other party, he would be able to understand what he wanted to express.

Facts have proved that Alustriel is indeed a very good ruler, and he immediately nodded to express his understanding: "Okay, I understand. Regarding this matter, the attitude of Silvermoon City and Silvermoon Alliance is neither support nor support. Objection. You can do what you want, but you must ensure that trade is restored as soon as possible after the war is over."

"Trade route? Is there anything in Silvermoon City that must be purchased from Luskan?" Zuo Si keenly grasped the key.

He had always believed that there was no close trade relationship between Silvermoon City and Luskan.

Important living supplies, including salt, depart from Waterdeep City and are delivered to Silvermoon City via complex river transportation routes.

But now it seems that things are obviously not that simple.

"Yes. There are many specialties and magic materials from the ten towns of Icewind Dale, which need to pass through Luskan as a transit before reaching Silvermoon City. If this trade route is interrupted, many mages will be dissatisfied with it. It would also be difficult for me to do.”

Alustriel didn't hide anything and gave his reasons openly.

After all, mages are the most important pillar of this city.

Without their assistance, the pitiful army alone would have been razed to the ground by the vast army of orcs, just like all the cities that were plundered by orcs.

"That's it. Don't worry, this war will go on very quickly, faster than anyone can imagine." Zuo Si assured meaningfully.

A satisfied smile appeared on Alustriel's face: "That's no problem. I hope you can completely transform Luskan after the war is over, making it an ally rather than an enemy of all other towns. Then we can join forces. To create a prosperous, wealthy and peaceful Northland.”

Zuo Si responded bluntly: "I already have a detailed plan for the transformation, please don't worry.

As for a prosperous, wealthy and peaceful Northland, I beg to differ.

After all, the cities and towns are uniting around Silvermoon City and Neverwinter City because they feel the threat from Luthrac and the Arcane Brotherhood.

Under such a strong external threat, they are naturally willing to give up part of their power and interests to ensure survival first.

But if external threats disappear, conflicts of power and interest will become increasingly apparent.

Those seemingly unbreakable alliances may turn against each other in a very short period of time, eventually forming a new geopolitical structure.

For example, several towns that are rich in ores, weapons, and armors will inevitably fight overtly and covertly to grab market share. If not, a war may break out.

Perhaps you can use your lofty prestige and superb diplomacy to adjust, but the contradiction exists objectively and will not disappear because of this.

It will only accumulate over time until it explodes in a more violent form.

So I suggest you don't have too much hope for the future of Northland.

You know, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. "

There is no doubt that Zuo Si's remarks immediately made Alustriel fall into deep thought.

She originally thought that as soon as the Arcane Brotherhood was eradicated and Luskan returned to being a normal city, one of the greatest threats to the entire North would disappear.

Coupled with the fact that the orcs had been decimated by the plague, it would be impossible for them to pose a new threat for at least a few hundred years, and peace and prosperity in the future could certainly be expected.

But now, Ms. Hope suddenly realized that things were not as simple as she thought.

As someone who has ruled Silvermoon City for more than a century and has been actively promoting the formation of the Silvermoon Federation in the past decade, she knows very well that there will always be more or less friction between towns.

Some of these are over trade issues, others are land and mineral disputes.

Because there is a common foreign enemy that needs to be united, in most cases these disputes are mediated by Alustriel, and each side takes a step back.

But if there were no foreign enemies, would those towns be willing to give up the interests that should belong to them?

This undoubtedly raises a big question mark.

After a long silence, Alustriel finally raised his head and asked in a slightly anxious tone: "Now that you have seen this, is there any good solution?"

Zuo Si replied without thinking: "Three options. One is to remain neutral and not help each other. Watch them fight until they are bloody and unable to continue the war before intervening.

In this way, after having learned a painful lesson, no one will try to provoke a war again for at least fifty years.

The second is to support one of the towns and let them annex another town.

When one of the subjects of the contradiction disappears, the contradiction naturally ceases to exist.

As for the last one, Silver Moon City personally launched the war, annexed the surrounding towns, large and small, and established a unified country.

There may be a lot of bloodshed and sacrifice in the initial stage, but after reunification, a stable national structure will be formed, and local forces can be suppressed with strong central power.

Over time, when the concept of the country is deeply rooted in people's hearts, similar situations will get better. The Kingdom of Cormyr is the best example.

They have implemented a feudal system of enfeoffment for thousands of years, but there has never been an aristocratic rebellion like that in other countries.

The royal family has always firmly held the supreme power and suppressed domestic conflicts through complex political means.

But I think with your personality, I'm afraid you won't adopt these three options. "

"How do you know I won't adopt it?" Alustriel asked, raising his eyebrows in surprise.

“For it is by kindness, kindness, and justice that you are loved and praised.

If one day you personally break the most perfect image in people's minds, even the citizens of Silvermoon City will no longer support you.

What's more, you have set a very high moral bottom line for yourself.

This is both a noble act and a powerful restraint.

It restricts you from being able to let go like me and use many methods that may seem cruel to outsiders but are very effective to cut through the mess quickly. "

As we all know, once a character is established, it cannot be easily changed.

Especially for a public and political figure like Alustriel, if the persona he has finally built collapses, the results will be catastrophic.

What's more, her nature is like this. Whenever she does something that goes against her conscience, she will have a strong sense of guilt and guilt.

That's why Zuo Si directly stated the solution to the real conflict in the North.

Because he knew that even if he said it, the other party would not accept it.

As for the Silver Moon Alliance formed through diplomatic means, it is essentially a loose alliance.

Dwarves, elves, humans, and halflings have established large and small strongholds and cities here based on racial units.

Each town has almost 100% independence and autonomy, maintained entirely by Alustriel's personal charm and prestige.

If she dies or leaves office one day, the entire alliance may dissolve at any time.

Therefore, Zuo Si is not optimistic about the future of Silver Moon Alliance at all.

Alustriel sighed with a very free and easy smile: "Yes, you are right, I can't adopt any of the above three solutions. But it doesn't matter, I believe everyone has kindness in their heart On the other hand, as long as we guide it correctly, conflicts will always be resolved."

"The beauty of fairy tales is that they are unreal. I can only respect your ideas, but I will never agree with them. Therefore, Luskan in the future will be a neutral city and a trading city." Zuo Si very Guarantees are clearly given.

"I feel relieved when I hear you say that. Okay, after talking about so many serious things, it's time to relax a little. Let's go, let's take a bath together and relax a little."

Alustriel stood up and invited Zuo Si, who was a full head shorter than him.

Because she is very tall (more than 1.8 meters tall) and wears a pair of women's shoes with relatively high heels, even the fully armed knights at the entrance of the palace do not look so tall in front of her.

Of course, compared to Alustriel's height, what Zuo Si wants to complain about most now is this bath. Is it serious?

Although he had heard before that if Alustriel was interested in someone or wanted to be friends with them, he would invite the other person to take a bath with him.

Because only when they take off their clothes and face each other candidly, people will subconsciously let down their guard and show the truest side of themselves.

If it had been a year ago, Zuo Si would have agreed without hesitation.

Because at that time his body had not yet begun to develop and he could remain 100% calm.

But now if we really have a candid conversation in the bathroom, God knows if the little brother will suddenly stand up and salute.

"Haha, relax, just take a bath, don't be so nervous."

Alustriel thought Zuo Si was shy, so he immediately covered his mouth and snickered.

Because since they met, she once again discovered that this young man who had always shown maturity, calmness and rationality would also appear at a loss in certain aspects.

"Okay, it's just a bath anyway."

Zuo Si sighed helplessly and followed the other person into the gorgeous bathroom in the palace.

After a while, the sound of running water and Alustriel's hearty laughter came from inside.