Civilization: Beyond Two Worlds

A few hours ago, the islanders of the Broken Isles would never have imagined the current situation.

These believers of money are good at using magic wands called trade and wealth, and they command the creatures who worship gold to dance. They grab wealth, they exploit value, and they rely on the charm of money to interweave their armor to protect themselves and become the world's most important independence. power.

They claim to be followers of the goddess of wealth, they are used to solving problems with economic means, they impose embargoes, they speculate on crop prices, they collapse the economy of a place, make kings bow their heads, make nobles bow their heads, they have done too much, too much things, so that arrogance grows and becomes arrogant.

Now, they have encountered situations that are difficult to understand and imagine.

A person just took a battleship around the Broken Islands, and after saying a few words, he shattered the bustling scene of the Broken Islands, setting off an unprecedented panic.

This scene will surely be remembered in history as another shame on the Broken Isles.

Historians would probably name it the White Ship Incident.

When the Knight Astolfo jumped away, leaving only a place of flesh and blood in the Pioneer Square, the silent Broken Isles finally broke out with a little awareness.

The rich and tourists from all over the world crowded the port in an instant and demanded to leave by boat immediately. The fares rose again and again, and no one wanted to stay here because Kant had been there.

This Aurora smashed a Forbidden Spell near the Broken Islands not long ago. Even if the distance was extremely far, the tsunami set off by the Forbidden Spell gave the entire Broken Isles a cold shower. For a lunatic with a criminal record Speaking of, who can guarantee that he will not be thrown directly in the center of the Broken Isles this time?

Tourists want to run, and so do businessmen.

Chambers and offices of various countries in the Broken Isles also tried to leave, and the entire Broken Isles was shrouded in an atmosphere of panic, which was even worse than the Forbidden Curse incident nearly a month ago.

The crime rate has soared, there have been repeated fights, all low-end alcohol has been sold out, and shipping tickets are hard to find. The rich want to escape, but the civilians who can't escape are profligate, and those who run out of money will steal and rob To deceive, the Broken Isles, known for its prosperity, freedom and dreams, suddenly turned into a manic devil's lair, tearing off the whitewashed dream mask, revealing its ugly face.

The commercial area, the civilian area and the dock area are in chaos, but this ghost place also shows a bizarre duality of order and chaos. The troops, the latter were ready to fight, with murderous aura, defended the core industries, high-end residential areas and private islands of the island owners, and they dared to cross the red line without mercy.

So the aristocrats on the island stood behind the floor-to-ceiling windows of their luxurious private villas, watching the chaotic scene of rising fireworks, disdainfully despising and berating the untouchables.

And proudly proclaims that the noble will always be noble, and the untouchables are untouchables for a reason, they are inherently base and depraved, as they are now.

Wealthy tourists are also well protected from shocks and injuries.

But as we all know, Kant speaks most about equality for all.

Even if there are safe houses and elite guards, these are not enough to give the dignitaries of the Broken Isles peace of mind. They are actually just as fearful as the untouchables, because the strong fortresses and powerful guards can resist the impact and looting of the lowly children. But it is not enough to resist the peerless forbidden curse that destroys everything.

They looked at the untouchables from high places, but Kant looked at them from the clouds.

The star of destruction descends, and all beings are equal.

"I said it before! This is a declaration of war!"

In the underground shelter of the central island, in the core secret meeting room, the images of the twelve island masters were projected here through magical means and appeared on a seat.

Men and women, old and young, they are the voices and masters of a dozen interest groups that hold the wealth, power and power of the Broken Isles, and they have the economic power to artificially create a dire crisis in a medium-sized country. , bankrupted the reputation of the royal family, turned the country's economy into recession, turned the nobles into robbers, turned the commoners into beggars, and caused terrible riots throughout the country.

But now, their proud and tried-and-true economic magic wand has lost all its usefulness in the face of the new enemy—no, or rather, all of their reliance has been lost.

As a trade hub in the Western Seas, the Broken Islands controls important nodes, earns various gold coins, and gathers wealth. How tempting, but it can remain independent under the supervision of superpowers such as elves, empires, and councils, and even do business. To the whole world, sometimes dare to compete with Dragon Island.

Rely on what?

Network of people, relationships, interests.

The Phoenix King wants to move the Broken Isles? Will be opposed by the Evening Moon Council.

Because in the parliament, there are many members who enjoy the private dedication of the Broken Isles, even the personal close friends of several island owners, and the core VIP customers of some islands. In addition, these members, their families and even interest groups are all with The Broken Isles have many businesses, exchange of interests, flow of gold coins, and thousands of people rely on these trade lines to eat.

The same goes for the Emperor of the Empire and the Arcane Council.

With its excellent lobbying ability, monetary offensive, and clever diplomatic mediation, the Broken Isles managed to win over the three major powers at one time as a protective umbrella, and let them check and balance each other. Only in this way can the independence and integrity of this land of wealth be guaranteed, and they can be captured from it. to huge benefits.

It is precisely because of the intertwined interests of the Broken Islands that in the process of opening up the market and doing big business, the Broken Islands are often rampant and invincible. Even if they are forced to buy and sell, vicious competition, and domineering, the victims can only swallow their voices, even if they want revenge. , When I see the incomparably complex network of interests behind the Broken Islands, I often feel fearful, thinking that it's okay, I can only bear it.

The fox and the tiger are so used to it that the island owners have the illusion that "we are strong".

But this trick doesn't work for Kant.

Just kidding, you count.

- I would like to ask all the countries in the world, who is the most powerful and who is comparable to the evening moon?

I, the Dragon of Aurora, bombarded the five legions with forbidden spells, penetrated seven lines of defense in the land battle, and the Danfeng Lucerne air rider protruded his face, bowed left and right, fanned the moon and slapped the moon, the so-called elf butcher is nothing but this, killing the many elves with great ruthlessness and efficiency , so that the demon lord directly called the expert, and made the ancient aliens willing to bow down.

- Ask the races in the world, who can be fiercer than the dragon?

It’s still me, someone from Kang, who kills dragons like drinking water, shoots them at Danfeng Lucerne, and has a clever plan to kill the dragon mission. In the battle of the Far Harbor, a good ship was used to kill the fallen dragons. In less than two months, there were thirty or forty dragons. Died directly or indirectly by his hands, so terrifying, it is not an exaggeration to call it Conan of the Dragon Clan.

Such a peerless fierce man, as straight as a Shuangwen male protagonist, with his own aura of hatred, jumping all over the world to make trouble, killing elves on the song moon battlefield, playing dragons on the world stage, Goethe court scolding the council messenger, Huisha Town has a grudge with the empire, The world's top forces have been offended by him.

What's even scarier is that it's just a tiny job done within a few months of his debut.

The most terrifying thing is that he is still alive and kicking after doing these things.

Moreover, after the Battle of the Far Harbor, he directly captured the fleet of the Three Kingdoms. Facing the three world powers, he still occupied a strong position to take the initiative to attack. He was energetic, and before the aftermath of the Battle of the Far Harbor was settled, he turned his head and began to break it. The archipelago, fighting on multiple fronts, is fearless.

In the face of such stubborn men, the network and interests that the Broken Islands is proud of are indeed a handful.

How could someone like Kang, who is laughing with the world's top forces, be afraid of the mere interests of the Broken Isles? It is the Broken Islands who should be afraid, and actually provoked such lunatics.

As for their economic sanctions, they are useless.

The big defeat in the food price war has proved everything. Kant has its own channels, and it is delivered instantaneously. The Broken Isles have not even figured out who sold the grain to Kant.

It's not a council, it's not an empire, it's not an elves, it's not that Goethe opened the treasury, maybe it's a small country - the powerful intelligence network of the Broken Isles is looking for it over and over again, trying to find the **** who supplies Kant with food through clues, whether it's a country Or an organization, whether it is a family or an individual, they swear to find each other and give the most severe sanctions and revenge!

But that's all for the future.

An imminent threat is imminent.

Kant came on a battleship, slapped them all heavily, and issued a war warning that they would perish if they did not yield. There was not much time left for the Broken Isles.

Because they sadly discovered that their hundreds of years of management, connections, background, and strength actually had nothing to do with Kant, and the other party was even a person in essence!

"We're rioting on our island! We're losing customers! Tourists are clamoring to leave, businessmen are fleeing the area because they believe the fires of war are going to rage here! They don't even think we can win! Damn Kant! He only said a few words!"

During the remote meeting of the island owners, a well-dressed middle-aged man beat the table and shouted loudly, "That's a forbidden spell! Forbidden spell! We must do something! Or escape as soon as possible!"

Even with hundreds of years of operation and construction, a large number of coastal fortifications and fortresses, impregnable defenses, construction of underground shelters, secret escape routes, life-saving scrolls purchased with a lot of money, and recruited experts... These preparations and arrangements, Even the most powerful fleet of the elves could not completely capture the Broken Isles at a heavy price, but the reappearance of the Forbidden Spell broke the pattern of war.

As the actual controllers of the Broken Isles, after the release of the Forbidden Spell a month ago, they immediately dispatched professionals to conduct a close-up assessment and investigation, and the answers made them terrified.

The strongest shelter on the island could not resist the bombardment of the forbidden spell.

Now that death is approaching, they truly understand the horror of Kant.

No matter how powerful, how rich, how powerful.

He can kill you like a dog.

It's no harder than killing a pariah beggar on the side of the road.

"Do something!" The middle-aged man shouted with some collapse, "At least let's get out of here first..."

"Do not."

The virtual shadow sitting in the master seat opened his squinted old eyes and glanced at the middle-aged man.

"Whoever leaves will be regarded as giving up the position of the island owner, and all the wealth and power he possesses will be divided among the remaining eleven families. We will place an order with the Brotherhood and permanently reward all members of his family until the The bloodline of the other party is cut off... This is a punishment for the betrayal."

The middle-aged man's expression was stagnant, and then he said sharply: "Then why don't you find the Brotherhood to assassinate Kant!?"

"Kant has long been on the Brotherhood's do not kill list, alongside the monarchs of the kingdoms. When he was in Valentine, the Brotherhood's masters visited him. These assassins are also born businessmen and speculators, don't think of them as It's for money and so-called professionalism, you can do anything and fearless stupid lunatic."

The old man said lightly: "They know better than you, who can't mess with them."

The middle-aged man wanted to say something again, and shouted to Convenience: "Abandon the useless fantasy, this is the most severe war, and we can only resist and fight by ourselves!"

"It's not a matter of war now, it's a matter of survival."

Another phantom spoke, it was a boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old, with red lips and white teeth and pure eyes, he adjusted his bow tie: "The problem now is that we will collapse on our own without even Kant's hands, businessman. They started fleeing, tourists lost faith in us…”

"Businessmen are profit-seeking dogs. They wag their tails at whoever gives money. They run away from risk, they approach profit, but as long as we win, they will come back wagging their tails, that's all."

The old man replied: "But because of this, we don't have to be polite to them. Businessmen are the most spineless and dignified, so now we can offend and use them as much as we want. Anyway, even if we humiliate them again, as long as the war is won and business opportunities still exist, they will Will quickly forget all unpleasantness, continue with a polite and hypocritical smile, and try to continue doing business with us... no?"

The island owners were silent.

They heard a kind of subtext that broke the boat.

- If the Broken Isles lose, if the foundation does not exist, if the family is destroyed, then it doesn't matter how many people are offended?

The old man thought for a moment and then made a decision: "Send the merchants under house arrest, expropriate all their goods, forbid them to leave, conscript their guards, and arrange for the mob and robbers to kill them if they refuse to obey or resist, in order to deter their dissatisfaction. naysayers, you know what to do."

The island owners nodded slowly.

Instigating the guards to make a hole, implying the mob, or even directly sending people to pretend to be robbers, this level of skill is simply a normal means of competition in the Broken Isles.

Everyone is very skilled.

The boy asked again, "What about the tourists?"

The old man's eyes flickered, and he said categorically: "The tourists can't let go, including those big ones!"

At this time, everyone was moved, showing surprise.

The boy frowned and said, "They are different from businessmen, many of them are powerful..."

"Because of this, we can't let them go." The old man said, "For every more such a big man, Kant is less likely to cast the Forbidden Spell directly."

"This kind of behavior is no different from kidnapping." The teenager questioned. "It will make these big men and their friends feel bad about the Broken Isles, and we will lose many precious customers."

"No, you are wrong, we will never be short of such precious customers."

Two rays of light flashed in the old man's weakened eyes: "I wonder where in the world there is a paradise like the Broken Isles? A private island like a paradise, which conforms to the most primitive desires of the soul, deviant, evil, and points directly to the soul. Yes, supreme, joyous, depraved joy..."

"Our paradise is built on the desires of souls. As long as the evil darkness does not disappear, we will never be short of customers, because only the Broken Isles can provide them with this kind of service that will never be seen by outsiders. The knowledgeable and private ultimate service allows the high-ranking people in the outside world to leave the moral constraints and secular supervision behind, and devote themselves to the supreme enjoyment brought by money and power!"

"—So, let's figure out your priorities."

The old man's voice was a bit sharper: "Now is the key to life and death, we must use all means, all services are open to important guests, and we will do everything possible to make them stay on the island with peace of mind. If they insist on leaving, let them leave, then..."

He said calmly: "Arrange Kant's navy to sink them."

The audience was silent, and then the island owners nodded slowly.

"Do your best to appease and persuade those bigwigs, let them put pressure on the country, persuade interest groups, and persuade countries to interfere with Kant's atrocities. Since you know what time it is, you should try your best to save yourself, everyone, even if you can't let these stern people feel bad. The powerful powers directly interfere, and at least let them put pressure on them to ensure that Kant will not use the forbidden spell anyway."

"understand?"

"As long as Kant doesn't use the forbidden spell, we have a chance of winning. The fortress, coastal defense and defense system we have operated for hundreds of years will definitely stop Kant's half-formed army! The longer we block him, the more flexible our activity space will be. , the more obvious the turning point of things!"

"So, use all your connections, methods and resources."

"For external help, for interference, and for internal comfort, let our important customers and business partners believe that the evening moon, the empire and the council are all on our side! The situation is very stable, and all countries are extremely dissatisfied with Kant's atrocities. Intervention and condemnation are coming - let them know that!"

"Maintain the stability of the situation! Stability!"

The old man emphasized that the island owners are united and they want to protect their homes.

Goethe West Coast, Far Harbor Chaosheng Manor, meeting room on the third floor.

"His Royal Highness!" Hong San led the commander of the Three Kingdoms and pushed in, "All the Three Kingdoms have responded!"

Kant slapped the table: "Get out of the car!"

He looked up and said, "Are the fleets ready?"

"Stand by, Your Highness!"

The generals of the Three Kingdoms received clear instructions and answered without hesitation.

The Dragon of Aurora pointed to the direction of the map: "Then set off and go to the Broken Isles!"

"Yes!"

Although there were doubts in their hearts, the soldiers agreed without hesitation. Kavisalon asked, "Excuse me, Your Highness, what is our mission? Is it to attack or block the route?"

"neither."

"What to do then?"

Kant showed a sneer: "-Go to evacuate the overseas Chinese!"

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PS1: Update... It's finally raining and a little cooler.