On the Seven Towers

Supporting the king naturally means supporting the king. In the case of the Sea Clan, it naturally means the king of the sea.

The Beast Clan in the north of the mainland and the Sea Clan in the south both have loose tribal systems. However, there are often Beast Kings in the north, but Sea Kings in the south are not common. According to the mainland documents Xiao Chen has read, the Sea Clan has only been a member of the Sea Clan since ancient times. There have been two kings, one is the sage king who existed in legends in ancient times, and the other is the warrior king who appeared hundreds of years ago.

Records about the King of Sages are very sparse in the mainland's historical documents. Xiao Chen only knew that he was active long before the Seven Towers era, and that he was a sage who brought the Hai people out of ignorance.

Xiao Chen made some speculations from those sporadic stories. The greatest influence of the King of Sages on the Sea Clan was that he brought the Sea Clan from the sea to the island and began to live in a tribal way. Although the intelligence of the sea tribe itself is not bad, and their physical fitness is even better than that of ordinary humans, they have never been able to evolve civilization while living in the ocean. It was impossible to make fire in the ocean, and things decayed faster. Therefore, it was difficult for them to use tools and develop writing. Moreover, because of their loose living habits, there was basically no organization. But after these primitive sea tribes were brought to the island by the King of Sages, the civilization underwent a qualitative change. They began to have their own writing, learned to use fire, learned to smelt metal, and learned to use the power of magic in an orderly manner. But the most important thing is that they began to live together in a tribal way, able to hunt together in the sea, pick and plant on the island, and the increase in food allowed their population to continue to increase.

The current tribal structure of the Sea Clan, the way each tribe discusses affairs, and the status of various races in the ocean among the Sea Clan were all established from that time. It can be said that without this King of Sages, the sea tribes who were born in the sea might still be just some savages in the water that appear sporadically, and would not become a huge force that threatens the southern city-states at all times.

But Xiao Chen doesn't think this so-called undercurrent alliance has anything to do with the King of Sages. On the contrary, the warrior king who appeared hundreds of years ago may be related to them.

"Are you talking about the Sea King who was defeated by Emperor Rick of the Black Dragon Empire?" Xiao Chen asked.

Trina said with a bit of reverence in her eyes: "Yes. That is His Majesty Andal. He is the result of hundreds of years of hard work by the Undercurrent Alliance. The Undercurrent Alliance was established very early. The alliance believes that sea people should be like humans. The kingdoms will be unified together, and one king will lead everyone forward. In this way, the Sea Clan will have more powerful power. The alliance has spent hundreds of years trying to support several different strong men to conquer and merge. surrounding tribes. But none of them succeeded in the end, and each one was killed in the internal struggle of the Sea Tribe.

Although the Sea Tribe is a name, it actually consists of many very different tribes. The huge whale tribe and the tiny seahorse tribe have nothing in common. Some tribes will interact with you humans, but others will hardly appear among you. in front of human beings. There will also be various conflicts between different races. It is very difficult to find a suitable king who can convince everyone. "

"Then you found and cultivated Andal?" Xiao Chen asked.

"Yes, Andal appeared at this time. He comes from the Shark Clan. He is very powerful and his tribe is also very powerful. My seniors at that time thought that he was brave, powerful and majestic, and he was the best candidate to be king. Undercurrent The Alliance contacted him secretly, brought his tribe into the Alliance, and then gave him a lot of help. He did not disappoint the Alliance, and gradually began to conquer many small tribes, gathering their strength together, and then went there. Conquering more powerful tribes, his army became stronger and stronger, and more and more strong men joined his command to fight. Originally, we would see the rise of a sea kingdom. But when he conquered the sea tribe. Halfway through the conquest, Andal's ambitions changed. He ignored the alliance's dissuasion and set his sights on the land," Trina said.

"Oh? Let me tell you, the Undercurrent Alliance didn't want him to go to war with the forces on the mainland at that time?" Xiao Chen asked.

"Of course, my seniors hoped that he could unify the Sea Tribe first, but Andal was greedy for the wealth of the human world. When the unification war was only half completed, he couldn't wait to launch an attack on humanity. That is, this time During the attack, he was finally defeated by Emperor Rick of the Black Dragon Empire. His life, throne, and kingdom were all gone."

"I don't think this statement is very credible. After all, the scale of the battle sweeping across the southern part of the continent was so large that the Black Dragon Empire itself collapsed. Andal would not have been able to launch such a large-scale battle without the support of your alliance. "I believe this is a way for the alliance to shirk responsibility afterwards," Xiao Chen said.

"This... is not important anymore." Trina said, looking at the wreckage of the ship and corpses outside the ship's side. "Just like me now, all opportunities are lost after one failure. It is meaningless to say who is responsible. ”

"However, for many years after that, there seemed to be no movement in this alliance." Xiao Chen said.

"In that war, no matter what the families in the alliance had in mind, they invested a lot of power in the end, so the final defeat also caused a lot of losses to the alliance. For example, Andal's tribe was almost destroyed Completely destroyed. And my family also suffered a large number of casualties.

After the war with humans, the tribes that were conquered by Andal rebelled and became independent. The sea tribes fought several civil wars in succession, and the power of the alliance was weakened to the limit. Until now, it has begun to recover gradually. "

"Now that hundreds of years have passed, have you found a suitable successor to the Sea King?" Xiao Chen asked.

"Yes."

"Who is he?"

"I am."

"You!" Xiao Chen raised his voice. This answer really surprised him.

Trina's voice was full of regret and resentment. "I am one of them. There were originally five candidates, all of whom were the most powerful young people from several major families. Three of them were gradually eliminated for various reasons. At this point, there are actually only me and another great magician of the mermaid family, Cassino. I originally thought that today's attack was my chance. As long as I can grab the powerful battleship newly built by humans, my position will be stable, but I never expected that this would be the result. "