Chapter 226 Bad News, Good News, Distribution of Mainland Powers
"Your Highness, the Wind Chime Dragon Caravan has all the blueprints for the 36 types of textile machines currently available on the market!"
"Your Highness, the Water Cloud Flower Caravan can provide you with 237 types of water-based magical fabrics!"
"Your Highness, we..."
Looking at the four fairies in front of her, eagerly trying to sell her their products, Shu Xin felt absolutely terrible.
After finalizing the initial construction plan for the new garment workshop, Shu Xin held several small meetings with the administrative officer and the construction officer. Before the final plan was determined, a patrol team reported that four fairy merchant caravans had come to visit.
Although she found it strange that the alien caravan would come to such a remote and desolate place as the Land of Sin, Shu Xin invited them in immediately. She had been focused on internal development and hadn't paid much attention to external information lately, so she could use these alien caravans to find out if anything major had happened on the continent of Lefra.
After all, apart from the Bratzman Empire, which had a blood feud with the River Elves, she knew virtually nothing about the distribution of power outside of Garnar. By inquiring with the caravan and then consulting the Tree of Life to verify the information, she could obtain more accurate and comprehensive intelligence.
Shu Xin had thought that there would be at least several dozen people in the four caravans, but she didn't expect that there were only four fairies, and all of them were seriously injured.
It was clear that the fairies had done their best to present themselves—or perhaps it would be more accurate to say they had disguised themselves, because none of the patrols or noble stewards along the way had noticed that the four fairies were still injured.
These should have been several complete caravans, but somehow they all ended up with only one member left. The survivor was also badly injured, which was bad news in itself.
In this vast land of sin, neither the flower fairy warriors nor the officials who had been restored to riverside elves noticed the visitor's unusual behavior, which was hardly good news.
These four fairies were brought to see her as soon as they arrived in the Land of Sin, yet they were able to give her the items she needed with remarkable accuracy. Either these fairies were exceptionally gifted, able to gather information in such a short time, or the flower fairies were all big confuses, answering whatever she asked. Whether it was the former or the latter, it made Shu Xin's mood anything but good.
Noticing the cold gaze of the majestic flower fairy seated high above, the fairies quickly fell silent, their already unstable magical energy fluctuations becoming even more erratic.
"Go heal your wounds first, then we can talk about other things," the Flower Fairy said calmly.
The caravan's fairies couldn't tell if she was happy or angry. The flower fairies and elves in the meeting room had all realized that the Flower Fairy was extremely unhappy. The Flower Fairy, who always had a gentle smile, was expressionless at this moment, looking dignified and cold.
Upon hearing that a foreign merchant caravan had visited, Nonoli, who had specially come to the meeting room, looked at the four fairies who appeared perfectly normal and asked, "Are you injured?"
The blue-haired, blue-eyed water fairy quickly explained that they had indeed suffered some injuries, but since they were in human territory, they still had all their goods. They were not intentionally hiding anything, nor were they worried that the flower fairies would harm them. They simply felt that it would make their caravan seem weak, so as a priestess, she asked the water god for protection to cover it up for them.
The remaining three wind fairies nodded in agreement and swore an oath to the Wind God, stating that they had no ill intentions towards the flower fairies and were truly there to do business.
Shu Xin didn't blame them. She just thought of the tragic past of the River Elves. She guessed that when the humans entered the River Elves' territory, every single one of them was a big sieve. Otherwise, the humans wouldn't have figured out their weaknesses and they wouldn't have been defeated and nearly wiped out by the magic puppet army.
Hearing the water fairy say that she was a priestess and had the protection of the water god to cover her injuries, Shu Xin felt a little better.
Since there is divine protection, it's understandable that the warriors and noble stewards couldn't tell that these caravan fairies were injured. Otherwise, she would really question her life. It's understandable that the flower fairies are weak, but the noble stewards have all regained their fairy identities!
After pinching her brow, Shu Xin instructed the stewards to take the alien fairies to heal their wounds first, and then she turned to find the Tree of Life.
...Let's learn about the distribution of power on the continent from the Tree of Life first. We should wait until she calms down before meeting the alien fairies.
According to information provided by the Tree of Life, the continent of Lefra is divided into five major factions, which, if ranked from largest to smallest population, are the Fairy Clan, the Beastman Clan, the Human Clan, the Elf Clan, and the Dragon Clan.
The continent of Lefra has a ring-shaped topography, with a lower center and higher surrounding areas, and an overall terrain that slopes from north to south.
The central sea, located in the heart of the continent, occupies half of the land area of Lefra. It is the main habitat of dragons and sub-dragons. Dragons and their affiliated races have not established a country, but the dragons' overwhelming strength cannot be ignored. Because the dragon elders occasionally hold meetings on the largest island in the central sea, the dragons' power is referred to as Dragon Island by other races.
The vast plains and valleys surrounding the central sea area occupy three-fifths of the entire continent of Lefra. It is mainly inhabited by humans, as well as demi-human races such as dwarves and halflings, and spirit races such as fairies and undead. Both humans and fairies have established many countries. Humans have empires and states, while dwarves and halflings mostly have kingdoms and duchies, and fairies mostly have federations and religious states.
The plateaus and mountains surrounding the edge of the continent of Lefra belong to the territories of the elves and the orcs. The northern part is mainly inhabited by the elves and natural races such as mermaids, snowmen, and tree people, while the southern part is inhabited by the orcs and divine races such as giant eagles, unicorns, and winged people. Both sides have formed alliances: the former is the Natural Alliance, and the latter is the Beast God Alliance.
The bad news is that the Kingdom of Ganar is not even worth mentioning among the major powers; the good news is that the Bretzman Empire is also not very prominent among the major powers.
However, after learning that the fairy races, humans, and other races were fighting almost every day on the great plains surrounding the central sea, and that it could be said that they were in a state of constant warfare, Shu Xin's uneasy mood finally calmed down. When she realized that all the injured alien fairies had been brought into Ganar so brazenly, she felt a wave of dizziness.
In her perception, the Tree of Life was indeed growing stronger, but it was like going from a near-death state to a severe injury. Shu Xin had no idea when this critically ill patient would be able to fully recover.
While the flower fairies of the Land of Sin are indeed able to eat their fill, the number of flower fairy slaves in the entire Kingdom of Ganar is still countless, and starving commoners are everywhere. Shu Xin doesn't think Ganar can afford to fight a war right now!
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