Rather than saying that Mokou Town is a border town, it is better to call it a small town.

Brian stood on the tower of the manor, overlooking the entire town.

Mokou Town was established near the Mokou Mountains in the north of the Kingdom of Cormyr.

Once a rocky wasteland between the Stormhorn Mountains and the Desert of Haenorok, the region was occupied by militarized hobgoblins, gnolls, orcs, and evil humans, all known as: Border Raiders.

For nearly a hundred years, the rulers of Cormyr have continuously offered generous land rewards and adventurers who can tame the land and carve out human strongholds to rid it of monsters, bandits and agents of the Sanhedrin.

This policy lasted until twenty years ago. A priest adventurer who believed in Ogma, the god of knowledge, led his team and mercenary group to smash the conspiracy of the Sanlin Tower and Bane, the god of tyranny.

After driving out the goblins, jackals and orcs, we successfully established a fortress, which is today's Mokou Town.

In fact, the name Rocky Badlands tells you that it is a barren, predominantly rocky land with many valleys and hills, characterized by knife-edge ridges, deep ravines, caves and overhangs.

Because of this, few adventurers are interested in this land.

A strong adventure team will look down on it, and a weak one will not be able to win it.

Apart from the evil humanoids who were driven away, only the people of the Zanlin Towers had some interest in this desolate land, hoping to use the rocky land to expand their power to the Kingdom of Cormyr.

But with the Year of Wild Magic and the strong return of Shadow City from the Shadow Plane, everything has changed dramatically, and even the rocky wasteland has benefited from this.

As the remnants of Netheril, the City of Shades naturally regards the entire Aenook Desert as their own territory. While guarding their own territory, they are also constantly using magic to improve the environment of the desert.

Water is indispensable to manage deserts.

The High King of Shade City, Telamant Tanshur, a Nese relic who had lived for thousands of years and was a contemporary of Karthus, conquered the High Glacier Group just north of the Aenook Desert.

In the ancient Netheril period, before the appearance of the phaerim, the entire empire's territory was dominated by forests and plains suitable for human habitation.

The icebergs in the northern part of the empire were navigable oceans in Netheril.

As the Lord of Shadow City used the legendary spell "Marvin's World Weaving" to melt most of the ice of the Supreme Glacier, many ancient rivers and inland seas in the Eno Oak Desert became active, and green oases began to form.

Slowly dotted in the wild sandy desert sky.

Most critically, the melting of the highest glaciers has disrupted the delicate balance of climate and weather across the continent, causing systematic and widespread damage in many places.

The rocky wasteland has gradually become fertile due to decades of abundant rainfall and suitable climate.

It is for this reason that, driven by interests, many powerful adventure teams set their sights on this land, eventually forming today's Mokou Town.

Mokou Town is surrounded by the Enook Desert, the Mokou Mountains, the Stormhorn Mountains and the Distant Sea Swamp. It is also the fastest shortcut to the inland from all countries.

And because various mineral deposits have been continuously explored and discovered, it has attracted countless adventurers and caravans. In the past two decades of rapid development, this town has become very prosperous. It has even become one of the northern cities of the Kingdom of Cormyr.

Second to the existence of Arabe City.

Naturally, it attracted the attention of many evil forces.

Ten years ago, during a Red Dragon Rebellion, Mokou Town was lost from the Kingdom of Cormyr and fell into the hands of the Sanlin Tower.

The reason why Gral, the richest man in Mokou Town, was able to gain a certain say in this town was not only secretly supported by Lord Arabey, but also had to do with his own business talent.

This is why when Yinhun City gradually revealed its intentions, it was the first to attract the attention of the richest businessman in Mokou Town.

Of course, Brian is also trying to get the opponent's attention.

With the support of such a large consortium, his development speed will increase a lot.

Relatively speaking, his approach is much gentler.

In fact, through these two days of contact, he has discovered a problem.

The reason why Graal, a businessman who started out as a businessman, has been able to survive so carelessly to this day is more like a fat sheep being herded by the Sanlin Tower.

When he is fat enough, he will be slaughtered directly.

Yinhun City obviously also took a fancy to this fat sheep and tried to take the lead.

Brian no longer thought about it. After sorting out all his belongings and magic props, he opened the door and walked out of the room.

He saw the bard Elend Windfall walking out of another room as if he had timed it right when he opened the door.

As usual, the half-elf poet wore a clean dark purple coat and rose-colored breeches, and his hair and eyes were like molten silver.

"You don't look nervous at all." Brian looked at the poet, said hello, and said curiously.

"There's nothing to be nervous about."

Ellender smiled, "It is our nature to go to parties, which can satisfy many of our inner needs. In my opinion, people should meet and party with friends from time to time, laugh, sing, eat meat skewers, and drink together.

Beer, listen to music, watch dances, and even flirt with girls whose skin is shiny with sweat.

How boring would life be if everyone used the old methods to satisfy their needs, or if they didn't have any needs at all, and refused to participate in organized group activities."

Brian did not reply, but looked at the poet with meaningful eyes.

Feeling the other party's scorching gaze, the half-elf poet smiled uncomfortably and asked doubtfully: "What's the problem? Did I say something wrong? In fact, festivals and parties were invented for this reason, so when encountering such a

When the occasion..."

"No problem." Brian interrupted him, shook his head slightly, and while speeding up his pace, he said to him, "I just think you are a little bit unhuman."

This was just a casual joke on his part.

The reason why he said such a sentence suddenly was mainly because he was a little curious to see the other party's not nervous look at all.

After all, he was about to fight with the people of Yinhun City. Not only was this guy very active, but he also looked relaxed and at ease, as if he already had a sure chance of winning.

"..."

A look of surprise appeared on Elend's expression, and then he suddenly came to his senses, so he caught up with him and said with a smile, "Of course, seriously speaking, neither of us are human beings because we are half-elves.

."

"As long as you're happy." Brian smiled back.

When the goddess Shar cast a starry sky, people in the world covered themselves with the veil of night, and Brian and Elend also arrived at the wedding scene in the cool night.

The wedding venue was the banquet hall of Graal Manor, which could accommodate several hundred people.

The hall is brightly lit, and exquisite crystal chandeliers hang from the ceiling, which is particularly dazzling.

Many merchant lords from Mokou Town were well-dressed, chatting and laughing while changing glasses.

Brian noticed that a burly ogre bodyguard was clinking glasses with a troll hunter. The spilled beer just fell on the face of a passing dragonborn warrior covered in black scales, and the three of them suddenly got into a quarrel.

In the shadow of the corner, there is a blue-skinned Tiefling with a pair of sharp horns on his forehead, a sinister smile hanging on the corner of his mouth, and a restless look in his cunning triangular eyes, wandering among the rich and luxuriously dressed people.

between.

Two naughty goblins who were chasing and fighting accidentally knocked over a ghost man's wine glass. The latter's eyes flashed with a terrifying red light, making the two little guys cover their eyes and scream in unison.

The three orc mercenaries drank happily, their big faces behind their beards turned red, and they kept raising glasses to each other, and ate every dish like hungry ghosts.

What surprised Brian even more was that he actually saw a paladin of Thom wearing the emblem of the Iron Fist.

He sat calmly on the chair, with his back straight and his hands flat on his knees. There was a vacuum within two meters around him.

In Brian's opinion, this paladin was probably panicking inside.

He withdrew his gaze from the paladin, because the latter had noticed his gaze.

In the banquet hall at this moment, men were either sitting at the table or gathering in a corner of the hall, holding wine glasses and talking.

The women were dressed brightly and talked in groups of two or three in low voices. When they talked about something happy, they covered their mouths and smiled softly.

Most of the people attending the banquet were reputable businessmen, slave owners and council members who jointly manage the town in Mokou Town, as well as the guards and bodyguards they brought with them of all kinds and races.

There is no doubt that since Mokou Town was controlled by the Sanlin Tower Society, the owners of this town with a population of about 5,000 have gradually turned into slave owners and merchant lords.

Thousands of slaves toiled in the hills on the estates of slave owners and merchants, growing food crops, herding sheep and goats, and mining rock salt and minerals.

In the land of Mokou Town, merchants and slave owners implemented a cruel and desperate slavery system in the form of indentured slaves and serfdom.

Slave owners from the Sanlin Tower Society openly exchanged slaves in various forms to extract their value.

Realizing this situation, Brian knew that in order for the territory to develop towards a healthy state, he must abolish slavery after he regained the town.

So after discussing the plan for Shadow City with Graer, he proposed to the other party that he should try his best to invite prominent figures in Mokou Town.

In this case, he can take advantage of this opportunity to clean them all up smoothly, saving him the trouble of cleaning up later.

After all, with his arrival, the situation in Mokou Town will definitely change dramatically.

In his opinion, short-term pain is worse than long-term pain, so he simply solves it all at once.

The witch's bare feet on the roadside,

If a poisonous snake bites you, something bad will happen.

Snake's life was thrown away in vain,

The witch is still alive and kicking.

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When the half-elf poet Elend saw a sweet-looking elf mage, his eyes lit up and he immediately ran to chat with her while singing and dancing.

The female elf mage smiled back at him and winked her lovely eyes provocatively.

Brian ignored him and sat alone in an inconspicuous corner of the hall, silently observing everything around him.
To be continued...