Mostana means "harvest land" in the local language. It can also be used to say hello. It is a word that is common to any race and expresses goodwill.
But Ye Shui taught Lu Yu and the others that their second word was not very friendly.
Serel means a despicable and vicious person who is unjust for his own benefit.
Intuition told Lu Yu that it was unusual that this short word could contain such a long paragraph and be broken down into multiple words.
Ye Shui took a sip of water from the stream next to her and wiped her dry face to replenish her moisture.
Seeing Lu Yu's frown, she was very satisfied with Lu Yu's sensitivity.
"When greeting someone, you can just say 'mostana'. But if you want to curse someone, what should you say?" Ye Shui tested Lu Yu with interest.
Lu Yu raised his eyes: "Are you Serel, or is there no difference between you and Serel?"
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 mist demon who were studying silently on the side fell into deep thought.
The studious Sigrid also noticed something was wrong: "Is this Selel actually a noun?"
Ye Shui had a cowardly expression of relief, and then returned to the original topic - Why are humans in Mostana rejected by various races?
In other words, hatred.
Mostana has a vast territory and rich products, which makes it possible for many races to emerge here.
Races such as goblins, elves, slimes, ordinary dragons, various demi-humans, etc. all occupy their own territory here, because no race has ever crushed the entire region in the long history. Other races, so daily friction and bickering between races are always constant.
This balance of power has resulted in very few wars in the region. After all, no one can afford the price of failure.
This also made Blue Water less pressured than expected when entering Mostana, and it finally succeeded in using its strength to win the recognition of other races and gain a firm foothold.
When Blue Water first arrived in Mostana, there were still six human bases, but now only one is left.
This last human base is called Serel.
The Seler people are not the original inhabitants of Mostana, but refugees who have fled here one after another from across the sea.
According to the descriptions of the Seler people, they encountered inhumane exploitation and suppression by the local kingdom, and had no choice but to start a large-scale flight.
The human city-state of Forsbern near the sea is very sympathetic to these people whose languages are quite different from their own. Together with the Serel people, they cursed the tyrannical king who actually sent a large army to hunt down the refugees, and sincerely invited them to stay in their country temporarily. domestic.
Not only that, Forsberen also developed a land suitable for the Serel people to live in with some races with good relations.
Years later, the good rulers of Forsbern would regret their actions.
Seler, who obtained the new land, was affiliated with Forsberen in a relationship, but all Seler people did not have further political rights, and the basic authority framework was still controlled by Forsberen.
However, the Serel people were not satisfied with this vassal relationship. Although the population was far less than that of Forsberen, they relied on their excellent business skills to gradually extend their tentacles to all walks of life in Forsberen.
With the passage of time, Forsberen, who gradually took control of various commercial lifelines by the Serre people, began to assign some of his rights to the Serre people.
Once something starts, it's hard to stop it.
Forsbergen is located at the northernmost tip of Mostana, adjacent to the sea, with convenient shipping. Both capital-based and non-capitalized sales are carried out at several major ports in Forsbelen.
Relying on its excellent location advantage, Forsberen can even do some exclusive business with the neighboring Kelai Continental.
The business road paved by the Seler people has become increasingly difficult for the people of Forsberen to master. They use complex business knowledge to squeeze out a large number of people from Forsberen and gradually pass through the business in Forsberen. business achievements, knocking on the doors of various races in the surrounding areas.
Before the Serel people, merchants in various countries were, at best, just ordinary losers who made profit from the price difference.
Seler is different from low-level bastards. As long as you want it, he will try his best to help you get it, as long as you can afford it.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you don't have money, they are very willing to lend you money, as long as you are willing to pay some "insignificant" interest.
Serel people are always willing to help others. As long as you are willing to sign a contract, he always has plenty of money to help you tide over difficulties.
Seriel is particularly concerned about the financial situation of the lowly people. They treat them equally and carry them out enthusiastically to the end, often giving very generous treaties to the lowly people.
For a while, the bottom of each race sincerely cheered Selel, thinking that he had done a great thing.
Until someone fails to pay back the loan on the due date, ask someone to help carefully read the additional terms in the contract.
The interest rates after default are astonishingly high.
Various trap clauses turn an ordinary loan contract into a slave contract.
With the terms in hand, the Serel people attacked everywhere and brought a large number of slaves and wealth back to Forsberen through these fully compliant contracts.
When Lu Yu heard this, he already had a premonition.
He asked: "Forsberen has disappeared, right?"
Ye Shui nodded: "About three hundred years ago, the last nobles of Forsberen launched a rebellion against Sereer. They were suppressed and Forsberen was destroyed."
"It was also this incident that ignited the anger against Seler in the Mostana region."
Forsberen was the first territory to rescue Serel, and they selflessly helped them reclaim wasteland so that they could have a place to live.
However, Serier's approach was to spend nearly two hundred years annexing Forsberen in turn, and during this period launched several bloody suppressions to purge all the ruling groups of Forsberen. The people of Forsberen also became Serel's slaves.
"Guess who jumped out and scolded Serel for the first time?"
Lu Yu shook his head.
"Goblin." Ye Shui sighed with emotion, "The Goblin tribe, which has always been considered ugly by other races and has extremely barbaric behavior, condemned Selel's massacre of the ruling family of Forsberen."
"One of the Goblin sayings is, 'Even we will not sneak attack on a foreign race that has rescued us, let alone our own race.'"
"This is actually true, because after Serel devoured Forsberen 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 appearing. And these refugees In order to survive, he finally reluctantly chose to take refuge in Serel."
"Of course there are those who have backbone. They would rather join a foreign race than take relief from Serel."
The knife stabbed the aorta of his fellow tribesmen and bled them, while he stood aside and waited for the blood to be sucked.
Relying on blood-sucking, Selel continued to grow and develop, becoming the largest human base on Mostana, and gradually became the dominant force on Mostana, entrenched at the northern end of Mostana.
"Now you know that people here don't like humans very much, right?" Ye Shui said, "Selier has been very ambitious in recent years and has often clashed with surrounding races. Moreover, everyone tried to trick his savior. It is extremely despicable to exploit Aboriginal people by indenturing them into slaves.”
"It is often said among the major races that Serel can be so ruthless even to those who are kind to him. When dealing with other races, he is afraid that he must eradicate them."
Lu Yu asked, "How come you remember it so clearly?"
Such a complex and long racial history can be extracted so precisely and its context so clear. Without a deep understanding and repeated "tasting", it would still be a bit difficult.
"Actually, Blue Water and Selel have a grudge, and they have a long history."
"About a hundred years after Blue Water moved to Mostana, we made a deal with Selel in order to obtain some supplies that could only be obtained by the sea."
"The two parties signed a transaction agreement between the city-state and the city-state, not a contract, because we have heard about the Seler people using the contract to do some small tricks."
"When the agreed delivery date arrived, when Blue Water inspected the goods, they found that many of the delivered goods were damaged and completely failed to meet the acceptance standards."
“The patriarch at the time said angrily that Selier was fooling Blue Water with garbage, and they would never sign for it... Then Selier seized all the deposits we provided, and intercepted several Blue Water purchasers from Forsbergen. tribesmen."
"Selier told us with the agreement that because the fleet transporting the goods was affected by force majeure, a natural disaster, it was not within the scope of the refund. However, because Blue Water is relatively poor, they can only collect half of the payment."
When Ye Shui said this, his voice was a little excited.
"Since then, Blue Water has no longer conducted any trade with the Serel people. Even if we urgently need it, we will only entrust other sea-facing races to purchase it."
The various frivolous operations in Mostana gradually exhausted the friendliness of other races towards Selel, and a large number of races no longer conducted large-scale trade with Selel.
As time goes by, there are more and more races that do not play with Selier. Even if Selier has the best business location, it cannot change the reality that the friendliness of the general environment is zero.
Long-term accumulation has made Selier strong and talented, and Selier, who has armed himself to the teeth, suddenly felt one day that he could completely change his gameplay.
Since none of you are willing to trade with me, then I will open up your city-state and force you to trade with me and obey the rules I set.
About a hundred years ago, Selel launched a war against the Goblins on the grounds that the Goblins not only insulted, drove away, but also harmed their caravans.
Goblins were simply unable to fight against the Serel army, which had armed itself to the teeth. Their homes were burned, their tribesmen were driven out, and massacred. All traces of the land where the Goblins had lived were erased by Serel. .
Selel, whose sword blade was still stained with blood, did not stop his conquest. They pointed the weapons in their hands at the next race.
The butterfly tribe, mountain tauren, demon foxes, plus the Goblins at the beginning, the overwhelming Selel marched in a hurry and defeated the four races without warning. Only then did the entire Mostana realize Selel's true intention. .
However, Serel chose a truce at this time and informed many surrounding races that they would not continue to march and maintain the existing borders.
The major races who were afraid of Selel's strength did not dare to act rashly, which also led to Selel's victory in this war.
In the occupied areas, people who did not accept their rule were beaten into slaves. If the people of these races did not come to redeem them, then what awaited them were ships heading to the Kolai continent.
"God's Coming"
The four tribes who were accepted by other tribes on Mostana hated Sereel deeply. However, because Sereel was at his peak, their plan to seize the lost land was postponed indefinitely.
After nearly a hundred years of development, half of the conquered territories of the four tribes were from Selel.
However, the four races of goblins, butterflies, mountain tauren, and demon foxes are basically equivalent to slaves under Selel's rule, but Selel does not over-squeeze or persecute them because they need the resources of these races. New population.
Because population is money.
Ye Shui's words stopped abruptly.
The bonfire was swaying gently, and Lu Yu and his group sitting beside the bonfire had different expressions.
Lu Yu can completely understand Mostana's hatred for humans.
Although they can understand that humans can be divided by nationality, place of residence, etc., not every human being is a Selel.
But race is there.
Ye Shui poked the bonfire with a branch and sighed.
"The situation in Mostana has been a little bad recently. Seler, which has been dormant for many years, has been making frequent moves."
"The dragon clan, which has always been silent, suddenly started to move."
"The elves close to the area ruled by Selel seem to have noticed something and began to frantically deploy defense lines."
"After returning to Blue Water City, I will contact some friends in Linhai and ask them to send me sea charts and partial maps of the two nearby continents."
"At the same time, I will help you find an excellent translator to help you pass through areas with unfamiliar languages."
"Since you are on your way, leave early before the storm starts."
Lu Yu heard deep worries from Ye Shui's words. He asked: "You returned to the Great Wetland to open the door to divine enlightenment. Do you think the future situation is not optimistic?"
Ye Shui grinned and said with a dry smile: "There are actually two companions in Blue Water 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 and take a look. Did the Mother Goddess leave a treasure?”
"Our companions have built a residence near the edge of the large wetland. It is very secluded. This is also where the mushrooms I promised you will gradually begin to adapt to the outside world."
"At the same time... that place is also our Blue Water's retreat. Once the war spreads throughout Mostana, Blue Water 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 our mother goddess Vanessa is the Jedi of Seliel."
