The Vastness of Magical Destiny

The liberation and integration of the Sanjia Tribe provided a large number of high-quality soldiers for Komer’s Furious Wave Corps, while also supplying sufficient labor for the Caucasus and all of Homer. The young and strong from the three tribes crossed the Catania River in droves to enter the Caucasus. Upon discovering the already abundant labor force there, they took to the waterways of Mattdam and the land routes of Muscat to move into Leon and Homer.

The influx of thousands of robust laborers brought tremendous vitality to the economies of Homer and Leon. This was particularly true in the newly developing Izmir region, where mine development, workshop construction, docks, markets, streets, and a large number of housing projects were underway. These labor-demanding industries had once stalled due to a severe shortage of workers, even leading to collective pleas from merchants to fully open the slave market and reduce the taxes on slave trade to promote the import of a large number of slaves. Although rumors in Puber attracted quite a few dwarves, their arrival did not greatly assist the mine owners, workshop owners, and construction merchants. The dwarves were neither adept at nor interested in high-intensity heavy labor; they preferred to engage in technical work such as ore selection, smelting, and refining. The discovery of high-quality clay by Lake Niall also attracted a large number of dwarves looking to strike it rich.

The arrival of a large number of barbarians left mine owners and workshop owners, who had been struggling with a lack of labor, overjoyed; and the local large-scale infrastructure expansion also urgently needed a large labor force, prompting construction merchants to raise wages to attract barbarian labor. This free labor showed far greater enthusiasm than slaves, displaying initiative in mining and production that far exceeded that of slaves. This led mine owners and workshop owners to promise well-behaving slaves the option to buy their freedom with their wages, a practice that greatly stimulated the slaves’ enthusiasm and greatly improved production efficiency in the Izmir region.

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As tensions in the South continued, successive small-scale wars broke out, drawing both the Severo Kingdom and the Kingdom of Shimaina, two dwarf kingdoms, into wars with their neighbors. The spread of rumors about ancient civilization relics in Puber and the flames of war compelled many dwarves to leave their homes and come to the Caucasus and Leon regions.

Lakeside of Niall became a settlement area for mortals and dwarves. The fertile alluvial plains attracted a large number of landless impoverished mortals to clear the land for farming. The discovery of quality clay drew hoards of hill dwarves, who flocked to the area. Creating beautiful pottery was a traditional craft for which they were renowned across the Blue Continent. Compared to their war-ridden homes, dwarves who did not cling to their homes naturally chose Lakeside of Niall as their new place of settlement, and the abundant fishery resources of Lake Niall also attracted many fishermen from the upper reaches of the Catania River to settle and fish here.

Puber was also considering building a new town at the junction of Lake Niall and the canal waterway. Convenient waterway transportation and a hub location, rich clay resources, newly reclaimed fertile fields, and the influx of a large population—all these factors had the makings for the rise of a new town.

Compared to Homer and Poznan, both Komer and Puber preferred the Caucasus and Leon far more than Homer and Poznan. In the hearts of Komer and Puber, the Caucasus and Leon, which were built by their own hands and feet, truly belonged to them, while Homer, although their homeland, did not evoke the same deep feelings of attachment.

In addition to the already front-line Rock Corps and Flying Feather Corps, the Furious Wave Corps, the Homer Knights regiment, and the Earth Dragon Assault Camp had also begun to quietly assemble along the Plovdiv front line. To avoid detection by Silesian and Galleian forces, Fran chose to travel by water, which not only avoided exposing the army’s movements by march but also greatly reduced troop fatigue. They boarded ships in Groningen and headed south directly, bypassing Cyprus and arriving in Odessa, then crossing the Busen Plain via canal to reach the Plovdiv frontline.

Komer had long decided to tackle the Galle issue first. Once Galle was dealt with, Silesia posed no threat. Under Nissa Ferdinand’s control and riddled with the activities of Maha Gummi’s intelligence department, Silesia was already in disarray. The noble merchants took turns creating disturbances, and Nissa was struggling to control the situation within his own territory, so there was no need to worry that he might pose any threat to nearby Poznan.

Plovdiv is Homer’s westernmost important city, an essential hub for the distribution of goods in Central Nicosia. From here, one can push west all the way to the Galle capital, Gutenberg. To the southwest, it leads to Godeburg, and to the northwest, it reaches Jazair, now the capital of the Beamon Kingdom. However, with its flat terrain and lack of strong fortresses, Plovdiv is also highly vulnerable to attacks from enemies to the east. The Rock Corps was holding on stubbornly under such adverse conditions, firmly holding the Galleians west of Plovdiv and preventing them from crossing the Plovdiv front, thus buying time for its own resolution of the Poznan front.

Standing on the riverbank, Komer found the faint smell of the water not pungent but rather comfortable. Along the canal banks, the Galleians had engaged in several battles in the past few months with Komer’s forces. Though not very large, they were quite fierce. The Rock Corps faithfully fulfilled its duty, firmly fixing the Galleians at Plovdiv to the west and preventing them from crossing the Plovdiv line, which in turn won Komer time to resolve the situation in Poznan.