The Ice Queen's changes in exterior painting, sail flags, and ship shapes naturally attracted the attention of the passengers on the ship. The old captain easily deceived the passengers on the grounds that he wanted to avoid being discovered.

In fact, it didn't matter that the old captain didn't answer any questions. Most of the passengers on the ship were interested in the magic of the Snow Queen. When they saw the hull of the Snow Queen stretched and lengthened in front of their eyes, the masts were in their eyes.

It turned into a jib, and the entire ship changed from a large white sailboat to a large speedboat. The only thing left in their minds was the curiosity about this magical sailboat. As for other questions, they had already abandoned them.

It's all in the back of your mind.

The subsequent voyage went very smoothly without any further incidents. The only thing that made the people on the ship feel uncomfortable was that they often felt inexplicably nervous. This was especially obvious among the sailors on the ship. Some people would often kneel on the ground involuntarily.

However, compared to the passengers and most of the sailors on the ship who knew nothing about what happened to them, the family members like the old captain who had mutated to a certain extent knew the source of this phenomenon very well.

Although the crew could not bear the loss of control this time and came to the old captain one after another, asking the old captain to come forward and ask Leo what happened and if he could stop for a while, the old captain ignored the crew's request and just asked the crew to

Just be patient, there are not many days left anyway.

Compared with taking the route of the Pearl Island Chain, it is obviously much faster to go directly from the Sea of ​​Fallen Stars to the Principality of Pus. The formation time of nearly one month was reduced to more than ten days. After the Snow Queen set off from that small island, its luck improved.

Not only did the route follow the ocean currents, but also the sea breeze, and we did not encounter any bad weather such as storms.

Such a smooth sailing greatly reduced the original sailing schedule of only ten days to about ten days, which also included the few days they spent on the small island.

Perhaps everything went too smoothly. When the old captain saw a ship carrying the patrol fleet of the Principality of Pus appearing in the distance, he almost thought it was a pirate disguise. After all, the pirates disguised themselves as patrol fleets of some countries.

Robbery is not a rare thing in Velen, and some may even involve patrol boats.

When the patrol fleet of the Principality of Puro appeared, in order to avoid trouble, the old captain directly hung up the flag of the Grand Duke of the Principality and disguised himself as the private fleet of the Grand Duke of Puro.

Naturally, the patrol team would not give up the inspection of the Snow Queen based on just one flag. After all, flags can be faked, but when they approached the Snow Queen and received some documents from the old captain, they were sure that the ship in front of them was

It is indeed the Grand Duke's ship.

So, they not only let it go, but also dispatched two armed boats to escort this strange-looking speedboat to Port Simps.

The Principality of Pus is the most special principality of the Kingdom of Maris. The Grand Duke of Pus I who founded this principality was a Dyliad. At that time, he rescued the king of the Kingdom of Maris in Roland and helped the king regain the throne.

, so the king rewarded him with a piece of Pus woodland at the southernmost tip of the Maris Kingdom and several surrounding small fishing villages, and named him the Grand Duke of Pus.

Although the Grand Duke of Pus was the Grand Duke of the Kingdom of Maris, the Grand Duke himself never joined the Kingdom of Maris and regarded himself as a Dyliad. Moreover, when he helped the king regain the throne, he and many southern nobles

Due to enmity, King Maris probably had no good intentions when he sent him to the south, so he could not get any support from the king. In the end, he chose to seek help from Dalyat.

The King of Dalyat at that time felt that this was an opportunity. Even if it failed, he would have no loss. If he succeeded, he would be able to own an enclave in the south.

Therefore, Dalyat immediately sent some well-trained warriors to the Principality of Pus in the form of immigrants. After these warriors joined the Principality of Pus, they helped the Grand Duke of Pus resist many attacks by the southern nobles, and finally

Allowed Grand Duke Pus to gain a foothold in the south.

After that, the Puss Principality and the Dyliad secretly carried out many immigration plans, turning all the citizens of the Puss Principality into Dyliads, and some civil affairs began to follow the Dyliads, until a few generations later

After the war, there was turmoil again within the Kingdom of Maris, and when there was no way to punish the Principality of Pus, the then Grand Duke of Pus issued a statement in conjunction with Dalyat, merging the principality into the Kingdom of Dalyat.

The day after the declaration was issued, Dalyat's fleet and troops stationed in the Principality of Pus, completely swallowing this southern enclave into the kingdom's territory.

Although the Kingdom of Maris tried to regain this land many times afterwards, in the end because the Kingdom of Dialiat stationed troops in the north and the old enemy the Kingdom of Savile joined in the fun and caused trouble in the east, the Kingdom of Maris had to give up targeting

Some military operations of the Principality of Puss, and over time it became an internationally recognized fact that this southern enclave became part of the territory of Dalyat.

Most of the land in the Principality of Pus is saline and alkaline land. Except for a few marine plants that can grow, other food and other crops are not suitable for planting here. For a long time, the people of the Principality of Pus relied on fishing for sea fish for a living.

, as for other vegetables and grains, most of them are transported from Dyliat.

It was not until the dawn of the Great Navigation Age that Simps built a large deep-water port due to environmental reasons, which helped Dialiat's naval power develop into the southern seas. The Principality of Pus gradually transformed from a backward fishing principality into a

A sea trade principality that is very famous throughout Velen.

The Grand Duke of Pus also moved the seat of government from the inland Pus City to the Port of Simpus. Under the careful management of the Grand Dukes of Pus, Simpus has become the most important external port in the Sigma Continent, and its status is almost

Equivalent to Vinaya Port in Velen Continent.

When the Snow Queen arrived at the sea off the coast of Simps, it sent two escort boats back. However, due to its changed appearance, it did not appear to be eye-catching among the many merchant ships traveling to and from Simps Port.

When the Snow Queen entered the sheltered bay, the secret dock staff who had been waiting here came up with a tugboat and took the Snow Queen into the Queen's private secret dock.

After the ship entered the dock, a team of staff immediately picked up the passengers on the ship. It seemed that they were arranging forged shipboarding records for these passengers. They should also reach some agreements with these people to avoid destroying the Daliyat

Some of the Queen's plans.

Leo and old Beren were not among these people. After the ship docked at the dock, Leo left the Snow Queen. The old captain did not stop him, but old Beren stayed. It seemed that he should have

Other things to do.

The urban layout of Simpsport is almost the same as that of all port cities. It is divided into several major areas such as dock area, commercial area, residential area, administrative area, etc. Due to environmental problems, you cannot see too many flowers and plants here, but because of the city

Right next to the quarry, coupled with the unique architectural style of Minsk mainland, the entire Simps is more like a city built of huge stones.

From the city's roads to the surrounding buildings, they are all made of tall boulders, making the whole city look more solemn, dignified, and also less lively.

After Leo left the Snow Queen, he immediately called a carriage and headed to the dock. Although he still had plenty of time, he had no intention of staying in this city and planned to go directly to Port Pendel to meet Sylvia.

"What? There are no ships going north?" Leo heard the bad news. He was stunned and asked the conductor of the dock company: "What's the reason?"

"There's a war! What other reason could there be!" The man pointed at a group of porters gathered in the hall through the ticket window, and said impatiently: "Those are refugees. If you don't want to buy a newspaper, just ask

them."

Leo looked at the group of sad-looking porters walking out of the dock company's ticket hall. Outside the hall, he stopped a newsboy, bought a copy of all the newspapers in his hand, and then stopped a carriage.

, and asked him to go to the quietest and best hotel in the city.

After getting on the carriage, Leo opened the newspaper he just bought one by one and quickly read through it while the carriage was jolting.

The contents of these newspapers are similar. They all record the civil war in the northern Kingdom of Maris. A large number of pseudo-military experts published various articles in these newspapers to analyze where the war will go and what impact it will have on the entire Minsk continent.

What impact.

Although they published many articles, at the beginning of the articles they frankly admitted their predictions about the Gas Defense War, and believed that if the Kingdom of Maris could not clear out members of the revolutionary army from the army and government, it would definitely continue to do so.

Another miraculous result of the gas defense battle.

From these newspapers, Leo also learned in detail what happened in the battle that affected the entire Maris Kingdom.

Gas is an industrial city in the interior of the Maris Kingdom. It is civilized by the production of rivets used on ships, so it is also called the Rivet City. Among the many industrial cities in the Maris Kingdom, this city is not eye-catching, but this time

However, it has become the center of attention of the entire Maris Kingdom, and even the Minsk continent and the world of Velen.

After the recognized riots occurred, the Maris government handled it very poorly, allowing the rioting workers to grow and gain the ability to resist the government.

It's just that the leaders of the workers' organizations are not stupid and arrogant people. They are all sober and know that the advantage they have gained now is just because they caught the Maris Kingdom government off guard. Once the Maris Kingdom recovers, then

With the power of the Royal Government's army, it is absolutely possible to easily eliminate all workers' organizations that now seem to be powerful.

For this reason, the leaders of various workers' organizations contacted each other and finally decided to unite to form a unified workers' organization. So they decided to use Gas City as a meeting place, and the leaders of various organizations gathered here to start discussions.

Because everyone's goals were very clear, and due to the influence of unknown reasons, the meeting went very smoothly, so the rioting workers formed the Equality Revolutionary Army, and formed the Provisional Government and Military Command Post of the Revolutionary Army, and began to move towards a formalized organization.

A crucial step has been taken.

However, their meeting was coming to an end, and when the participants began to prepare to return to various workers' organizations and form revolutionary army branches, the army of the Maris Kingdom suddenly appeared outside this city, which is located in the hinterland of various workers' organizations.

, and surrounded the entire city, preparing to storm the city, and it seemed that they were not prepared to let anyone in the city go.

Faced with this situation, the top leaders of the already established revolutionary army could only mobilize all the workers and citizens in the city to jointly resist the attack of the Kingdom of Maris.

During the mobilization, although the workers responded enthusiastically and actively to the call, other citizens believed that it was the revolutionary army that brought the disaster of war to the city. Therefore, even if they knew that the Maris Kingdom might carry out massacres in the city, it would be difficult for them to actively respond to the call.

Respond to the call for revolutionary army.

Due to internal instability, the revolutionary army lost all the fortifications in the outer suburbs in the first defensive battle and had to build obstacles within the city to conduct defensive battles.

At that time, the results of the first gas defense battle were deliberately publicized by the Maris Kingdom government in order to let people know that the turmoil affecting the kingdom's dominance was not a big problem and that the situation was still in the hands of the kingdom.

At that time, everyone who saw the relevant news believed that the Royal Government Army had taken control of the situation. At most, it only needed one attack to completely eliminate the leaders of these workers' organizations. Without these extremely charismatic leaders, those workers' organizations would

It will disintegrate instantly like a plate of loose sand.

But then something unexpected happened. The Third and Seventh Legions, which were the main forces in the Royal Government's army, suddenly revolted, put all the officers of the remaining legions under house arrest, killed the Royal Government's special commissioners in the army, and controlled

He stayed with several legions that surrounded the entire Gas City at that time and surrendered to the revolutionary army.

In this way, a sneak attack that was supposed to quell the workers' riots led to a significant increase in the military strength of the Revolutionary Army. In addition, the Revolutionary Army controlled more than half of the heavy industrial cities in the Maris Kingdom and mastered its own ability to manufacture weapons, making the entire

The situation in the Kingdom of Maris has become completely different.

The government of the Maris Kingdom also realized that it was now at a disadvantage, so in order to attack the revolutionary army as much as possible, they immediately ordered the navy still under their control to block all sea areas under the control of the Maris Kingdom and not allow any ships.

Sailing, cutting off the revolutionary army's continued food supply, was a win. This order also caused the main routes going south and north to be cut off. A few ships could only take the eastern route of the Savile Kingdom and take a long way north.

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For Leo, of course, it is impossible to take the eastern route. In that case, even if he goes north, he will have to cross the entire Sigma continent to reach Pander Port in the west. If he does this, let alone whether he can cross the Sigma continent.
Chapter completed!