Chapter 668 - Not a Threat (1/2)

Chapter 668: Not a Threat

Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Kurisu

Back when the Mist Alliance had been established, the moon elves of the Northlands had joined as well Actually, since the entire Northlands had joined the Mist Alliance, the moon elves would have isolated theon if they didn’t join

But even though they joined the Mist Alliance due to the circumstances, their status in the Mist Alliance had constantly been aard

Hoas the relationshi+p between huo into any further detail about this sweet and sour relationshi+p which could spawn countless stories

The core of the Mist Alliance were the two major Mist countries The Mist countries were primarily human Then, this naturally meant that the core species of the Mist Alliance was human As for the other non-huround Faction, and so on, they were either allies to begin with or forated Since the h, and the subordinate factions weren’t too resistant, establishi+ng the alliance wasn’t too difficult

A so-called alliancewhat everyone should do together, and that nobody would object

Although the Mist Alliance seemed simple, all sorts of actions and effort were put into it

Some of the most important examples would be how roads were constructed and fixed between the alliance’s anized, and how the h none of this seemed like much, as they only seemed like surface actions, this was actually connected to whether or not the Mist Alliance would be truly unified or nothing more than scattered sand

Previously, the roads between the countries… If those muddy and messy mountain roads and paths could count as roads, then I suppose the amount of land in the Northlands covered by roads could barely cover 5

“Creating wealthroads” This was no eeneration of cold weapons Horse-drawn carriages were far superior to walking in e would be able to carry far o than any individual, and if you weren’t able to sell your wares, your food rotted in your fields, or the cost of transporting mined metals exceeded the price of the metals themselves, all so-called development would be useless

As for aerial transport? First of all, the ratio between aerial transportation quantity and cost was terrible Also, the Mist Alliance airshi+ps wouldn’t be anywhere near sufficient to withstand the deh roads were unassu, thousands or tens of thousands of people would walk upon them every day A road would be a permanent investo transportation, you would have to first calculate to see if the profits actually exceeded the expenses or not

Unlike the residents of my previous world who always desired better lives, the residents of Eich had spent countless generations living in this feudal age already They were quite satisfied hat they had, and felt that it was only nor just like how their ancestors had

If road construction actually began by conscripting or hiring labor, they would think that the do money and everyone’s time and work, and that this domain lord was terrible

The domain lords weren’t much better than the people Many doht whatsoever In fact, some domain lords even believed that if they constructed new and better roads, it would only s easier for other domain lords to invade the new roads would be akin to shooting themselves in the foot!

The establishment of the Mist Alliance helped to eli new roads Also, East Mist, Sleuweir, and otherthe quality of life for the citizens Of course, the ht by all the new inventions This all indeed ed their lifestyles in countless generations Many people indeed started desiring change

Although this sounded nice, the Mist Alliance was spending almost 20 of its total tax incohly 10 of the Northlands territory instead of the former 5 These new roads were all tay stone-paved roads with two lanes on each side… Although this ht seem small and cheap, this alreadyall the major Northlands countries This meant that a h to seal off all possible routes

As for the details of constructing roads to all the ses, that was the responsibility of the local countries and domain lords The Mist Alliance had already done plenty in its role as a governmental alliance

The cooverne delivery could all be standardized Centralized authority began to gradually replace the feudal syste with the do, a trope which would coht represent the people’s honest hopes about a just system and enmity towards evil domain lords, but such a trope was also a result of poor transportation and the difficulties in co from poor transportation system

As transportation and coanizing of governmental responsibilities er individual Royal and domain lord authority eakened, and the countries all started following the Mist Alliance’s rules and plans This gigantic faction in the Northlands finally had a fra it

Of course, the Mist Alliance’s policies were all completely approved by the Northlands rulers and domain lords, and they cooperated fully… If I said that, would you believe me? Let’s not talk about such a subject, as the sche here would take

Now then, as for le military rank systenize each other’s military rank Each country’s ruler would nominally be the leader of their military, and be under the overall command of the Mist Alliance Of course, this was only to be used in a tiht orders would still be free to do what they usually did

Only with this would the Mist Alliance’s coths in battle It would probably be best if I skipped over the details on this as well, as the ridiculous things here would probably be sufficient for another full story I would get too sidetracked if I talked about such things

As for the elves, or more accurately, the Northlands’ moon elves… They were still stuck at the very first step of unity with the Mist Alliance

According to the original plan, there should have been a road established leading to the doms However, this naturally h the fordodoinally been an excellent road there, previously constructed by the Tassel Kingdoe to many portions of the road, it would still be far easier to fix the original road rather than build a completely new one This would save more than 70 of the ti to build a new road

However…

“This district doesn’t belong to any elven kingdo this road”

Fro rubbish This road would be leading directly to the elven kingdoms, so ouldn’t they help pay for the construction cost?

According to the Mist Alliance’s policy, the local country would pay 70 of the road construction cost, and the Mist Alliance government would pay the other 30 This was a rule, as well as common sense The local country would benefit the h the Mist Alliance was only paying for 30, that would still be an astronoth of all these roads

However, there was one tiny problem with this policy As I do to any country The elves indeed had so to say that they didn’t want to pay any money

Of course, there were places in the Mist Alliance that previously were almost impossible to reach Yet, the domain lords there had all happily paid theto construct a road would not onlyout on development opportunities, it would also mean isolation within the Mist Alliance

Yet, the elven kingdoms refused, in the most adamant of tones at that…

Were they poor? nobody would possibly believe that Their unique elven artisanry and hly popular and profitable They would also have y? Constantly id Northlands would cost an astronoes’ daily lives were incredibly extravagant It would be impossible for them to be poorer than human domain lords