Saradush is a fortress city standing in the northern region of Kalimshan near the Marching Mountains.
It was originally built to resist the invasion of monsters in the northern Marching Mountains and Mir Forest, especially orcs, half-orcs and fire giants.
In particular, the fire giants who have established their ruling centers in the magma caves inside several active volcanoes often go south to rob or even conquer and annex some towns and villages, which is a huge threat to the main food producing areas of the entire southern Kalingshan Plain.
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As early as the reign of Shane IV, the central empire sent people to survey the terrain all the way north along the Ice River, and finally built a castle on the north bank of the Sanjiakou where the two upstream rivers converged, which could accommodate thousands of troops.<
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This castle is the predecessor of Saladuxu, and it is also the core area today.
Later, after little by little expansion, it finally formed a quite prosperous and prosperous inland city.
Merchants can directly connect to the Sea of ​​Glory through spacious rivers.
To the west are Manshaka and Port Calim, and to the east are Areven and the prosperous economic circle around Steam Lake.
Due to its rich mineral reserves, various precious woods and foreign slaves, Saradux has always been a paradise for opportunists.
Most ships do not even need to be modified and can sail between the river and the sea without any obstruction.
Even after the Xian Empire collapsed and the entire Kalinshan area entered a period of being secretly controlled by the Entangled Talisman, it still maintained a fairly rapid development.
At its peak, the resident population once exceeded 60,000, and it even established trade relations with the fire giants who were good at forging tough alloys. They could make a lot of money just by exporting various sophisticated weapons and armors.
But unfortunately, this beautiful situation did not last long, and it soon declined due to the siege of monster armies from the northern mountains and eastern forests.
In modern times, the Kalingshan people living here have even become a tool used by barbarian chiefs and monster leaders to show their power.
The original ruling class and nobles had long since been exterminated in the fall of the city, and the common people had to serve the occupiers, pay taxes, and perform corvee labor.
Both orcs and fire giants once sat in huge castles and palaces, ruling large areas of land around them as kings or warlords.
During this period, Saladuxu was basically a big stage where you sang and I appeared.
Because the civilians don't care who is the ruler here, and they won't spontaneously join the army to help resist enemy attacks like other places, so the city changed hands frequently in just two to three hundred years, and there was no one at all.
able to rule successfully for more than twenty years.
The shortest possible period may only be a few months before he will be killed and replaced by ambitious subordinates.
Long-term enslavement has caused human civilians to lose their sense of resistance, and some don't even care to swear allegiance to the monsters to become the leader and the enemy.
The living standards of most people at the bottom are so poor that they can only be called "alive".
But you would be too naive to think that this is the lower limit of Saradu's promise.
As the Sons of Baal began to awaken one after another, under the deliberate guidance of "careful people", the Sons of Baal from all over Faerûn began to gather in this city.
Immediately afterwards, horrific killings and wars began.
In less than half a year, more than a dozen sons of Baal led their men to defeat their brothers and sisters and capture the city.
The current ruler is Gromnir El, a hybrid orc tribe warlord who calls himself "Khan".
Among the many sons of Baal, although he was not the top one in personal strength, he was very smart in recruiting a large number of subordinates. He even recruited batches of young and middle-aged humans into the army and trained them into militiamen. Therefore, he was successful.
Established a firm foothold in Saladuxu.
Coupled with some Sons of Baal who have taken refuge in order to save their lives and have very high levels of priests and mages, they are now a powerful force that cannot be ignored.
Although a fierce conflict broke out with Yagasura, the son of another fire giant Baal, it has not yet evolved into a large-scale war and killing.
In other words, several of the most powerful Sons of Baal have formed a situation of mutual deterrence at this moment.
No one is willing to break the balance easily and become the target of siege.
Currently, Gromnir El is sitting in his own castle palace, talking with Melisan, the mastermind behind everything, about how to get more Sons of Baal here to "protect" them.
The reason why the word "protect" is in quotation marks is because these two guys have their own agendas, and no one really intends to protect the Son of Baal.
Gromnir wants to use these sons of Baal to increase his power so that he can fight against several other powerful brothers and sisters;
Melissa, the chosen one who betrayed Baal, the god of murder, hopes to gather more sons of Baal to carry out a clean massacre, collect more divinity and power, and usurp the throne for herself to become the new goddess.
Flat road.
Although both parties knew that the other had hidden hidden agendas, no one revealed it and continued to maintain superficial cooperation.
That is to say, Melisan brought the sons of Baal from all over the world, and Gromnir promised Saradok as a fortress to protect these sons of Baal.
"Melissan, you should know that there are already too many Sons of Baal in this city, and I need more food and supplies to maintain their survival."
The hybrid orc was the first to make the request.
"No, what you are thinking about now should not be food and materials, but pay more attention to the newly formed West Coast Empire and the reaction of His Majesty the Emperor.
Don’t forget, Saradu Licensing was part of the original Shaen Empire, and it was also the traditional sphere of influence of Kalingshan.
When rebuilding the empire, Shane VII did not spare even places like Steam Lake, which had been out of Kalingshan's control for thousands of years.
How could his successor give up Saradosu, the most important town in the north?
The other party's failure to take action before was mainly due to lack of effort.
Once the other party frees up its hands, you will face the crushing force of the most powerful country in the world.
Therefore, you must take action as soon as possible to defeat the most threatening Yagasura and his fire giant army to ensure that you will not be intercepted or ambushed when you need to retreat."
Melissa reminded solemnly with a serious expression.
She is not one of those sons of Baal who is busy fighting and killing each other all day long, and has no idea about the surrounding forms and politics.
Quite the opposite!
This ambitious woman was keenly aware of Zuo Si's movements when the Battle of Baldur's Gate broke out, and began to pay close attention to his every move.
When Shane VII abdicated and the emperors of the two empires announced their marriage and merger, Melissa realized that the killing battlefield she had built around Saraduxu and the surrounding areas of the Marching Mountains might become a thorn in the opponent's side and a thorn in the flesh.<
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After all, a highly authoritarian centralized state like "I am the country" itself means the ultimate in power and order.
Its supreme ruler, the emperor, will never allow any area that dares to disobey and be uncontrolled within his empire.
Whether it is Saradux under occupation or the bloody killings of the Sons of Baal, they will never be allowed.
Therefore, the entire plan must be accelerated and everything must be over before the army arrives.
But the problem is, the other sons of Baal are not fools either.
Especially the smartest and most powerful descendants of Baal, each of whom is not inferior to Melisan in strength, and they also do not have even a certain amount of trust in them.
This also means that she cannot control the situation by relying on her own strength.
The only hope at the moment is that the half-blooded orc in front of him, who is not very smart, can actively stir up trouble under his own deception, so that the long-planned killing can be carried out in advance.
But it is a pity that Gromnir is obviously not an idiot to become a warlord, and he immediately sneered: "Hahahaha! You, a wicked woman, actually want to provoke a war between me and Yagasura?p>
Stop kidding!
I wouldn't be stupid enough to fight a group of heavily armed fire giants.
Let Xander, Balthazar, and Abazige do this kind of thing.
I just need to wait patiently, waiting for them to become weaker and weaker in the mutual hostility, and then look for the opportunity to launch a fatal attack.
Before that, I will stay in Saladux and won’t go anywhere.”
Melisan had obviously expected this, and immediately asked: "What if the West Coast Empire sends a large army to regain this city?
Do you want to surrender to them?
The powerful Emperor will not allow an independent warlord like you to exist under his command.
Dear, you actually have no other choice at all.
If Yagasura cannot be defeated as soon as possible, he will launch a full-scale attack on you after he completes war preparations.
Only one of you is destined to survive."
After hearing these words, Gromnir's face changed slightly. Just when he opened his mouth to say something, a guard who was also the son of Baal suddenly opened the door and rushed in from the outside. He was out of breath.
Out of breath, he reported loudly: "No...it's not good! Khan!
To be continued...