Chapter 681 - Aard Situation (1/2)
Chapter 681: Aard Situation
Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Kurisu
The Shawen Free States Just the name was quite self-explanatory It wasn’t an actual country, but rather just an “autonoion” In fact, this place had been completely isolated diplo period of tieneration, human domain lords and nobles were a type of status, as well as a bloodline, inheritance and responsibility Of course, they also represented a type of power
Since Eich was no peaceful location, nobles had plenty of special rights that would make others envious For instance, a noble would typically be able to keep their life as long as they surrendered in a timely manner, and they would even be able to return hoh of a ransom Of course, such rules were only in effect for the human internal wars This hy huainst other species, being willing to fight to the death In comparison, the human internal ere never so fierce and bloody
Another envious right of nobles was that becoht of theirs This was an unwritten rule of the hu about, but everyone viewed this as only natural
There were very few methods for commoners to become nobles The best ould be to use brute force to develop previously undeveloped wilds, but even if you successfully developed a doht domain lords would still be viewed as lower class than the other nobles At the very least, even back only three or four generations ago, it would be ih noble society
Such a rigid social class way of thinking was quite commonplace all around Eich The fact that the nobles of each country would marry only each other only served to deepen the “noble culture” Even if a country was destroyed, the local noble doreatly weakened royal authority because it was quite co eneht, while the nobles were already betraying their country and joining the enereater benefits
The heraldry was already an established separate study It involved researching the history, family crests, bloodlines, members, inheritance, and so on of various countries’ nobles Countless years could be spent on it In a way, people in this world really did have too much free time… Ahem, I meant that this was a unique culture of this world!
Although the Shawen Free States couldn’t even be called an independent country, the Halar Family, a donized by the Northlands’ nobles This was because Kakagar Halar’s ancestors had originated froinally local nobles fro like history and ancestors’ glory would be worthless if others refused to recognize thelory every day truly did view such things with importance
Unlike the central part of Eich which was , due to theA family with 300-400 years of history would be considered really old already The Halar Fanized back when the People of the Mist were in decline, but when the Northlands People of the Mist rose up again, the Halar Fah “Sly Fox” Kakagar Halar was only a domain lord from Shawen, he dared to command other Northlands nobles as he pleased Due to Shawen’s advantages and his own family history, the other nobles really did obey his couards and dory wild beasts wouldn’t care about your noble bloodline or spare your life In fact, the nobles would be considered evenmore tender skin and fat on their bodies
“damn it, just where did this beast stampede arrive from? Our mercenaries have clearly dealt with all the beasts on the map already”
Shawen had already abandoned all outer defense lines against this endless beast stampede All of the outer cities were conquered by the beasts Any villagers who didn’t e to escape in time would have a 0 survival rate
The formerly renowned Shawen defenders and mercenaries showed a terrible performance in front of the beast staanized and lacked too ularly for quite some time, the result of which was that many members didn’t even have all their weapons and equipment on hand They lost their lives easily to the beast stampede In fact, some troops even deserted in the midst of battle due to the beasts’ threat
Shawen’s condition taught all the other Northlands nobles present a great lesson Even though the Northlands was now in a time of internal peace, that still didn’t mean that you could leave your own protection solely to others
The Shawen army was supposed to consist of more than 20,000 soldiers, yet less than 4,000 were actually usable Meanwhile, the teether from the various nobles easily made ten 1000-person squadrons