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Calling the entire vast grassland collectively the Abu Sera is a lazy approach among people in civilized societies on the West Coast and the South.
For the real Abu Serra people, although this term can be used to summarize everything, more often than not, it refers specifically to the grassland areas closer to the southern border and the Thoradin region.
There are more than 300 nomadic peoples on the grassland according to incomplete statistics. Depending on the region, even among them there are many deep-rooted differences in culture, language and even race. Abu Serra is only the part of these areas that is most well-known to the merchants and mercenaries here, and further west, closer to the orcs, is called "Kursi Wood" by the grassland people. In the area where forests, deserts and grasslands intersect, more nomadic peoples who rarely interact with the people on the west coast still exist here.
The vastness of the grassland can accommodate many people to survive here. The nomads in the east plundered the southern city-state alliance, the Thoradin region and even the dwarves in the mountains, while those in the west fought against the kingdom of the Lamanites and the orcs. A lot of interactions.
In addition, the nomadic peoples on the east and west sides often have bloody conflicts with each other. The forces on the grassland can be roughly divided into four groups. The Abu Serra people Henry and his group came into contact with belong to the east group, and the west coast people They are the ones who have the most contact with and understand the people in the South. There are other two groups near the Nornstein Desert that are older and are said to have established empires in the past. The remaining Kursimu people in the west are the one with the largest population.
The ethnic groups in the middle and lower reaches of the grassland, such as the Aries clan that we came into contact with this time, usually have more than 10,000 people. If they reach the level of 40,000, they can be ranked in the middle and upper reaches. And the truly famous large ethnic groups, Usually, the number is counted as 100,000 people. An ethnic group that reaches the level of 200,000 people can be called the overlord of a party. You must know that this is not a city-state plus a lot of villages like a settled nation. If you stay there, as long as you work hard to build a population, it will slowly As the land increases, even if a large part of them are plundered slaves, when the nomads at the level of 100,000 people migrate with the seasons, it is already an extremely difficult task just to mobilize the population at this level without causing chaos. Task.
The Aries clan with more than 10,000 people standing in the same area is enough to occupy a small hilltop. If there are 100,000 people, then there will be dense crowds of people walking around from the middle of the mountain. Just calculating and ensuring their food, clothing, housing and transportation is enough to give the best leader a headache. If there are no suitable and talented subordinates, then just maintaining existence will be difficult. It is already extremely reluctant. 【△网.】
The grassland is not the land of wealthy settled peoples. There is a reason why they are still divided into clans as they are today. In history, the descendants of a country or region that were created by a certain capable person for a while have their own reasons. Examples of incompetence and inability to maintain and thus disintegration are not uncommon in countries with settled nations, not to mention grasslands with harsh environments. Under such prerequisites, there are still eight large ethnic groups with a population of more than 100,000. It is probably not an exaggeration to say that the Kursimu area is the most powerful force in the entire Abu Sera prairie.
——The lost Luoan royal family was last seen in the west of the grassland. After staying in the territory of the Aries clan for a full two weeks, Henry and his party received this news that was not known to be good or bad.
Although they finally have a destination, the direction they are heading towards is that even the Absera people do not want to go to the west where there are too many involvements.
The chaos in the Kursimu area was even worse than that of Abu Serra. The Lamanites who were defeated and moved westward were ambushed here. They should have been bullied by dogs, but not all Lamanites were there. Vegetarian food. Both sides have experienced a lot of bloodshed and sacrifices, and at the same time they have continued to absorb various aspects from each other's culture. This hatred and blood are still not forgotten by today's Kursimu and the Lamanite countries in the West - and in addition to other A series of complex factors have also created the unique political landscape of the Kursimu region.
The people in the Abu Sera area simply want to reproduce. They plunder for survival during the dry season and peacefully graze during the rainy season. Although they are described as demons by the White Church in the Thoradin region, compared with the Kursimu people, they are like docile domestic dogs.
The Kursimu people, who have a larger and more complicated situation, have always wanted to invade the Tambur Mountains and occupy the fertile soil of the Lamanite country in the south. The orc tribes mixed between them and the Lamanites firmly adhere to their traditions. Refusing to help any party, it naturally became another force in the conflict - this was already complicated enough, coupled with the endless battles among the eight clans over who has the most say, various overt and covert attacks. If there were no common points in the intrigues and entanglements between the various forces, and there was a general direction of external affairs, this place would probably be as chaotic as the kingdoms on the west coast.
But even if the chaos is not extreme, most people who have a little understanding of the muddy waters in the Kursimu area will still want to avoid it. In addition, the long and distant road, in fact, in the first place When they first heard the news, the team leaders almost immediately decided to give up.
The Abu Serra Steppe is very big, and the Rigal Continent is very, very big.
Our sage and the Roan maiden set out from Avenella, which is already considered a temperate zone. Although there were some stops during the trip, excluding those, it still took a long time to reach the southern border. This is because they have horses as a means of transportation. In this era when transportation is quite inconvenient, the time it takes to travel from one area to another is usually based on weeks or months. This is why many This is why large-scale meetings and the like always require about a month's notice in advance. But in the current situation, if a group of them were to go to Kursimu, considering the natural and man-made disasters they would encounter along the way, , three months may not be enough.
Coupled with the slow movement of the carriages, supply problems and long periods of time away from home, the morale of the mercenaries serving as escorts dropped. This team of about fifty people was originally expected to only take one or two months. If At this moment, rushing to the West will take another three months. Including finding people and negotiating with others, it will take at least half a year, so there is basically nothing to mention.
Distance and time have become everyone's biggest enemies. Even our sages frowned in front of them. Fortunately, the old and cunning patriarch of the Aries clan had reservations as always. When he opened his mouth again to reveal that The so-called west is not the real Kursimu, but just the border area where people from the Thoradin area often fight. It still belongs to the junction of the Abu Sera area. When it only takes three to four days to get there, everyone is finally there again. He breathed a sigh of relief.
It was only a little-known small clan that was seen carrying some of the scattered Luoan people as slaves. It may be that the young son of the old clan leader was forced here and about twenty Aries clan members as guards. The next day after receiving the news, the warriors finally set out from the basin and started moving towards the west again.
At this point, things have finally made some progress, but it still cannot change the nature of it being a gamble. No one knows whether there is a royal family among the Luoan people that Henry and the others are looking for. The materials used to thank the old patriarch have been handed over, and some deferred trade contracts have also been signed. By now, the dozen or so mercenary guards had somewhat realized that what they were coming to buy were not just some random slaves, but since there was a salary to be paid, they didn't have many complaints.
The twenty or so new members added a somewhat awkward atmosphere to the entire brigade. The language barrier and the differences in culture and customs meant that although they acted together, they all ate and slept separately. They are not together, but this thing can be regarded as a good thing, at least for our little Mila.
The young son of the leader of the Aries clan, the black-haired steppe noble whom Mira now knew as Khalid, had openly shown his interest in her after the military performance a few days ago. Things - this obviously troubled the white-haired girl very much. Although she was born in Avenella, she paid less attention to these things, but she had always known the fact that women were in a weak position.
The so-called pursuits of people from Avenella and Civalier are actually unilateral demands made by men. In essence, they just like a certain woman and want to make her his property. The so-called equality The idea of free dating was unprecedented for women on the West Coast to even think about. And Mira, who is used to such things and is used to being approached by such self-righteous men - although in fact it is only a few times - can be regarded as being able to treat those guys calmly. When she met Khalid When this guy who didn't follow common sense and tried to "make friends" with her according to the habits of the grassland, she felt a little at a loss for a while.
On the West Coast and even in the South, strong, independent, and independent women will impress men, but this idea itself only exists in a male-dominated society - when a woman does it, it is usually considered that only a man can do it. Just because she did something that was considered impossible for "ordinary women", those people paid a lot of attention to her and applauded her.
It is extremely unique for people like Henry to treat her as an equal. What Mira has always felt from the sage is respect for her as an independent individual. This attitude has always made her very useful and made her even more I finally understood what was special about my teacher.
But among the nomads on the Abu Serra prairie, this behavior seems to be very common. The existence of female warriors is commonplace. Even if they switch to more important positions such as priests and clan leaders, women will still hold them. example of. The Luoan girl once again deeply felt the cultural gap and felt that her horizons had broadened a lot. Although the other party's attempt to make friends with her in not fluent Laman language still made her a little unsure how to react, but All in all, the days went on like this.
The breeze that never stops on the earth sweeps in from a distance.
Due to the moisture of the rain, the color of the endless wilderness has changed from the golden color when Henry and his party first arrived to a vibrant green. In the distance, many wild buffalo are playing in the shoals formed during the rainy season, and falcons are overlooking the sky. The earth seeks prey like prairie dogs, and the clouds float lazily, sliding from here to there.
Across this wilderness, we climbed to the top of the hill. Looking further into the distance, we could still see the vibrant green land. "Look!" The young second-generation mercenary sat on horseback and shouted loudly, pointing in the distance. Everyone who turned their heads saw a large group of people in the distance that was about to disappear under the arc of the horizon. The huge creature was walking slowly with its back to them.
It was an even larger type of dragon on the grassland. Apart from rare and legendary creatures like giant dragons, it was perhaps the largest among the creatures walking on land. The name given to it by the Lamanites was "Apur's Dragon," which means "Emperor of the Earth," and it lived up to its name. The large adult Emperorsaurus has a total length of more than 60 meters and a weight of more than 100 tons. As a full adult, they can ignore almost all predators including the two subsaurian genera of flying dragons and earth dragons. In addition, Their gregarious habits make them walk like a group of moving hills that no one dares to mess with.
These creatures wandering in the vast deserts and grasslands, far away from human civilization, have no natural enemies in nature. Elephants and rhinos, which are more common on the grasslands, walk near them, like children standing next to giants. The scene of the bustling adult emperor dragon walking far away in another direction with the young individuals that were just born in the rainy season. Just looking at it from such a long distance can already feel the ground shaking. .
Just witnessing their existence is enough to make people realize the greatness of life.
"There are still many things in this world that we don't know." Staring blankly at the picture that was no less impressive than the storm he had seen before but was painted by living life, the white-haired Luoan girl Come out with a sigh.
This is exactly what everyone is thinking right now. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users please visit m.read for a better reading experience.
