Chapter 152 151 The Burning Fuse

Chapter 152 151. The Burning Fuse

Mostana, which means "land of harvest" in the local language, can also be used to greet people. It is a word that is universal and expresses goodwill in any race.

The second word that Ye Shui taught Lu Yu and the others was not so friendly.

Celeer, which means a mean and vicious person who forgets his principles for the sake of profit.

Lu Yu's intuition told him that it was very unusual that the short word Celer contained such a complex meaning.

Ye Shui scooped up the stream water next to her and drank a sip, and wiped her dry face to replenish moisture.

Seeing Lu Yu frowning, she was very satisfied with his sensitivity.

"To greet someone, you can just say 'Mostana', but if you want to curse someone, how should you say it?" Ye Shui tested Lu Yu with interest.

Lu Yu raised his eyes: "You, Celer, or are you no different from Celer?"

Ye Shui applauded: "Great, now you know the most effective words to express kindness in Mostana, as well as the most vicious insults."

Sigrid and the fog demon who were silently learning on the side fell into deep thought.

The studious Sigrid also found something wrong: "This Celer is actually a noun?"

Ye Shui had a gratified expression of being teachable, and then returned to the original topic-why are the humans in Mostana rejected by various races?

Or rather, hatred.

Mostana has a vast territory and abundant resources, which makes the rise of many races here particularly large.

Goblins, elves, slimes, ordinary dragons, various sub-humans, etc. races all occupy a piece of their own territory here, because no race has ever crushed other races in the entire region in the long river of history, so the daily friction and verbal cannons between races are always continuous.

This balance of power has also made the wars in the region very rare, after all, no one can afford the cost of failure.

This also made the pressure on Lanshui when entering Mostana not as great as expected, and finally successfully won the recognition of other races with strength and gained a firm foothold.

When Lanshui first arrived in Mostana, there were still six human bases, but now there is only one left.

This last human base is called Celer.

The Celer people are not the natives of Mostana, but refugees who have fled here from across the sea.

According to the description of the Celer people, they suffered inhumane exploitation and suppression from the local kingdom, and had to start a large-scale escape.

The human city-state of Fosbelen near the sea was very sympathetic to these people whose languages ​​were somewhat different from their own. They cursed the tyrannical king who sent a large army to hunt down the refugees with the Celer people, and sincerely invited them to stay in their country temporarily.

Not only that, Fosbelen also reclaimed a piece of land suitable for Celer people to live with some races with good relations.

Many years later, the kind rulers of Fosbelem will regret their actions.

Celer, who got the new land, is subordinate to Fosbelem in terms of relationship, but all Celer people cannot have further political rights, and the basic authority framework is still controlled by Fosbelem.

However, the Celer people are not satisfied with this vassal relationship. Although their population is far less than that of Fosbelem, they rely on excellent business skills to gradually extend their tentacles to all walks of life in Fosbelem.

Fosbelem, whose business lifeline is gradually controlled by the Celer people, began to divide some of its rights to the Celer people over time.

Once something starts, it is difficult to stop it.

Fosbelem is located at the northernmost end of Mostana, adjacent to the sea, with convenient shipping. Both capital-based and capital-free transactions are carried out in several major ports of Fosbelem.

Relying on its excellent location advantage, Fosbelem can even do some exclusive business with the neighboring Kole Continent.

The commercial road paved by the Celer people made it increasingly difficult for the people of Fosbelen to master it. The Celer people used complex business knowledge to squeeze a large number of people from Fosbelen out of the circle, and gradually knocked on the doors of various races around them through their business achievements in Fosbelen.

Before the Celer people, the merchants of various countries were at best ordinary dogs who made a profit from the price difference.

Unlike the low-level dogs, the Celer people will try their best to help you get whatever you want, as long as you can afford it.

Of course, it doesn’t matter if you don’t have money. They are also very willing to lend you money as long as you are willing to pay some "insignificant" interest.

The Celer people are always willing to help others. As long as you are willing to sign a contract, he will always have enough money to help you through the difficulties.

The Celer people are particularly concerned about the financial situation of the lowly people. They treat everyone equally and carry out their enthusiasm to the end, often giving the lowly people very generous treaties.

For a period of time, the lower classes of various races cheered for Celer sincerely, thinking that he had done a great thing.

Until someone failed to repay the loan on the due date, he asked someone to help him read the additional terms in the contract carefully.

The interest after the breach of contract was so high that it was jaw-dropping.

Various trap clauses turned ordinary loan contracts into slave contracts.

The Celer people, who had the clauses in hand, attacked everywhere and brought a large number of slaves and wealth back to Fosbelen through these fully compliant contracts.

Lu Yu had a premonition when he heard this.

He asked: "Is Fosbelen gone?"

Ye Shui nodded: "About three hundred years ago, the last nobles of Fosbelen launched a 'rebellion' against Celer, which was suppressed and Fosbelen perished."

"It was also this incident that ignited the anger of the Mostana region against Celer."

Fosbelen was the first territory to rescue Celer, and they selflessly helped them to reclaim wasteland so that they could have a place to live.

However, Celer's approach was to annex Fosbelen in nearly two hundred years, and during this period launched several bloody suppressions to clean up all the ruling groups in Fosbelen. The people of Fosbelen also became slaves of Celer.

"Guess who jumped out and cursed Celer first?"

Lu Yu shook his head.

"Goblin." Ye Shui sighed with emotion, "The goblins, who have always been considered ugly and barbaric by other races, condemned Celer's massacre of the ruling line of Fosberen."

"There is a sentence in the goblins' words, 'Even we will not sneak attack the aliens who have rescued us, let alone our own people.'"

"This is actually true, because after Celer devoured Fosberen by any means, he secretly supported the unrest in the other two human bases, which eventually led to them being invaded by surrounding races and a large number of refugees. And these refugees finally chose to seek refuge with Celer in order to survive."

"Of course, there are also people with backbone, who would rather seek refuge with aliens than rely on Celer's relief."

He stabbed his fellow people's aorta with a knife to bleed them, and he stood aside waiting to suck their blood.

By sucking blood, Celer continued to grow and become the largest base of mankind on Mostana, and gradually became a tyrant on Mostana, entrenched in the northern end of Mostana.

"Now you know that people here don't like humans very much, right?" Ye Shui said, "Celer has been very expansionist in recent years, and has repeatedly clashed with surrounding races. And everyone is extremely disgusted with him for pitting his savior and contracting the indigenous people into slavery and exploitation."

"It is often said among the major races that Celer can be so cruel even to those who have done him a favor, and I am afraid that he will wipe out the roots when dealing with other races."

Lu Yu asked: "How do you remember it so clearly?"

This complex and long racial history can be refined so accurately and the context is so clear. If you don't have a deep understanding and repeatedly "taste", it should still be a bit difficult.

"In fact, Blue Water and Celer have a long history of enmity."

"About a hundred years after Blue Water moved to Mostana, we made a deal with Celer in order to obtain some supplies that can only be obtained by the sea."

"The two parties signed a trading agreement between city-states, not a contract, because we have heard that Celer people use contracts to do some tricks."

"When the agreed delivery date came, Blue Water inspected the goods and found that many of the goods delivered were damaged and could not meet the acceptance standards at all."

"The patriarch at the time was angry and said that Celer was fooling Blue Water with garbage, and they would never sign for it... Then Celer seized all the deposits we provided and intercepted several Blue Water tribesmen who were purchasing in Fosbelen."

"Celer took the agreement and told us that because the convoy transporting the goods encountered the force majeure of natural disasters, it was not within the scope of the refund, but considering that Blue Water was relatively poor, they could only charge half of the payment."

Ye Shui said here, his voice was a little excited.

"Since then, Blue Water no longer conducts any trade with the Celer people. Even if we are in urgent need, we will only entrust other coastal races to buy."

The various operations in Mostana gradually exhausted the friendliness of other races towards Celer, and a large number of races no longer trade with Celer.

As time goes by, more and more races do not play with Celer. Even if Celer has the best commercial location, it cannot change the reality of zero friendliness in the overall environment.

Long-term accumulation has made Celer strong and talented. Celer, who has armed himself to the teeth, suddenly felt one day that he could completely change his way of playing.

Since you are all unwilling to trade with me, then I will dig open your city-state and force you to trade with me and obey the rules I set.

About a hundred years ago, Celer launched a war against the goblins on the grounds that the goblins not only insulted and drove them away, but also hurt their caravans.

Goblins simply could not fight against the Celer army, which was armed to the teeth. Their homes were burned, their people were driven away and slaughtered, and all traces of the land where goblins lived were erased by Celer.

Celer, with blood still on the blade, did not stop his conquest. They raised their weapons high and pointed them at the next race.

Butterfly tribe, mountain tauren, demon fox, plus the goblins at the beginning, Celer, who was unstoppable, marched quickly and defeated four races without declaring a battle. Only then did the whole of Mostana realize Celer's true intention.

However, Celer chose to cease fire at this time, and informed many surrounding races that they would not continue to advance and maintain the existing borders.

The major races that were afraid of Celer's strength did not dare to act rashly, which also led to Celer's great victory in this war.

In the occupied areas, those who did not accept their rule were made slaves. If the people of these races did not come to redeem them, what awaited them would be ships bound for the Kole Continent.

The four tribes accepted by other tribes on Mostana hated Celer from then on, but because Celer was in the limelight, their plan to seize the lost land was postponed indefinitely.

After nearly a hundred years of development, half of the people in the occupied territories of the four tribes were Celer's people.

However, the status of the four races, Goblin, Butterfly, Mountain Tauren, and Demon Fox, was basically equivalent to slaves under Celer's rule, but Celer did not over-exploit or persecute them, because they needed the new population of these races.

Because population is money.

Ye Shui's words stopped abruptly.

The bonfire swayed gently, and Lu Yu and his group sitting by the bonfire had different expressions.

Lu Yu could fully understand Mostana's hatred of humans.

Although they can understand that humans can be divided by nationality, place of residence, etc., so not every human is Celer.

But the resentment is there.

Ye Shui poked the campfire with a branch and sighed.

"The situation in Mostana is not very good recently. Celer, who has been silent for many years, has been active."

"The dragons, who have always been silent, suddenly began to move."

"The elves near the Celer ruling area seemed to have noticed something and began to frantically arrange defenses."

"After returning to Blue Water City, I will contact several friends in Linhai and ask them to send sea charts and partial maps of the two nearby continents."

"At the same time, I will help you find an excellent translator to assist you in passing through the unfamiliar language area."

"Since you are going to hurry, leave early before the storm."

Lu Yu heard deep worry in Ye Shui's words, and he asked: "You returned to the Great Wetland to open the Gate of Divine Revelation, because you think the future situation is not optimistic ? "

Yeshui grinned and said with a dry laugh: "There are actually two companions in Lanshui who are very close to the sixth level. We originally planned to go together... but in this atmosphere, they all urged me to go back first to see if the mother goddess left any treasures. "

"Our companions have built a residence near the edge of the wetland. It is very hidden and is also the place where the mushrooms I promised you will gradually adapt to life in the outside world. "

"At the same time... that place is also our retreat for Lanshui. Once the war spreads to the entire Mostana, Lanshui is different from other races. We can retreat to the wild wetlands. "

"This land that gave birth to us and gave us the miracle of the mother goddess Vanessa is the Jedi of Celer. "