Volume 5 Chapter 45 - Damn magic machines (1/2)

The weather in the middle of November was generally still warm in the Stantine Duchy, there were still people who could still swim in bathing suits, but in the Muerto Mountains that was between the Lampuri Kingdom and the Sack Kingdom, it was already deep winter.

Three days ago, there was a heavy snowfall that came down and continued on and off for three days. Until this morning, the sun finally came out from behind the thick clouds and it cleared.

When the sun hit the ground, in the town of Tucklin that was less than thirty kilometers from the border to the north of the Muerto Mountains in the Sack Kingdom had regained its lively appearance.

Motorcades came from the Sack Kingdom in the north and at the same time, there were motorcades that came from the southern Muerto Mountains, coming from the distant Lampuri Kingdom.

Countless people with the accents of the Sack Kingdom and the Lampuri Kingdom gathered in this town, instantly turning this town lively.

Since four months ago when the Lampuri Kingdom and the Sack Kingdom reached their agreement, setting up the free trade area for both countries in Tucklin Town, during these four months, Tucklin Town had become very lively. It had changed from a small town to a prosperous city.

Countless Sack Kingdom and Lampuri Kingdom merchants brought their goods here to to trade, driving the development of this town.

In just four months, this small town had twenty restaurants pop up like mushrooms after the rain. At the same time, there were many people who lived near the town that had found chances to get rich from the large amount of work available.

Even the peasants of the surrounding villages had quickly changed their lives from providing vegetables to these restaurants.

So whether it was the people of Tucklin Town or the farmers in the surrounding villages, they were very grateful to the two kingdoms reaching this deal.

If it wasn’t for the free trade area being set up here, how could they live such comfortable lives?

It had to be known, because Tucklin Town was near the Muerto Mountains, it always suffered from the wars before. It had been one of the poorest towns in all of the Sack Kingdom.

However, when some people saw Tucklin Town become prosperous, they would feel angry.

The Hungry Wolf Regiment commander Chalon Linear was one of them.

Every time he was pulled by his chief staff officer Ivy Joao to Tucklin Town, he would be very angry and even feel shame.

To him, the more prosperous Tucklin Town became, the more shame he felt.

Because the free trade area that this town represented was one that filled him with grief and indignation. It was the condition that the Sack Kingdom had been forced to accept by the Lampuri Kingdom to open this free trade area.

The reason they had been forced was very simple, it was because the Sack Kingdom couldn’t beat the Lampuri Kingdom on the battlefield.

Or accurately speaking, it was the Hungry Wolf Regiment that he led being unable to stop the Lampuri Kingdom’s northern army.

For Chalon Linear who treated the Hungry Wolf Regiment as his life, this was the greatest shame.

In the hundred of years before this, the Sack Kingdom always had the advantage when fighting the Lampuri Kingdom. But in the days that he had been given the post of commander of the Hungry Wolf Regiment, the Hungry Wolf Regiment had suffered losses during the last few years when facing the northern army.

At the end of last year and the beginning of this year, the Hungry Wolf Regiment had been completely shattered by the northern army and didn’t even have the ability to fight back. They even allowed the northern army to enter the Sack Kingdom’s territory, directly invading them. They had actually threatened Prime Star City that was a hundred kilometers away from the Muerto Mountains.

In the six hundred years of history, this was the first time this situation had happened.

After this matter, the Sack Kingdom had been shocked. The Hungry Wolf Regiment became something that everyone cursed and they thought that it was completely because they weren’t strong enough. The even said that he as the commander should commit suicide to apologize.

However, when the Sack Kingdom sent the other regiments to fight the northern army, all of them had been defeated without exception.

So the Sack Kingdom finally understood that it wasn’t the Hungry Wolf Regiment that was incompetent, but rather the northern army was too strong.

The entire Sack Kingdom became worried at this.

Everyone was worried that if the Lampuri Kingdom wanted to use their powerful army to invade the Sack Kingdom, would they be able to stop them?

It was a good thing that at the most crucial moment, the Lampuri Kingdom side took the initiative to start the negotiations.

Although it was very shameful being forced into peace talks, this was very good news for the Sack Kingdom.

Not to mention that Lampuri Kingdom didn’t give excessive requests this time, rather they requested that a free trade area be established between the two countries. They wanted both countries to trade normally and also requested the Sack Kingdom give up some of their mineral resources.

This request wasn’t directly taking them, but rather the Lampuri Kingdom side was using money to buy them. Although the price wasn’t that high, it could still be considered a normal trade.

So the Sack Kingdom didn’t hesitate at all as they directly accepted the requests of the Lampuri Kingdom side.

“Those idiots in the kingdom parliament, they are just digging their graves!” Linear looked at the lively scene in Tucklin Town and angrily roared out, “Could it be that those idiots can’t see that the Lampuri Kingdom wants to use those useless magic machines to take the wealth and resources of our kingdom?”