A few hours later.

Somewhere in the subterranean complex, in a large secret room, Joseph was presented.

In addition to Joseph, there was another person in the secret room, and that was the steward Canon whom Joseph wanted to meet.

At this time, Canon has not changed much compared to the time when he once ambushed the necromancer Sander. Tall and thin, with a stiff face, and no emotional fluctuations in his eyes. Dressed in gray and with his back to Joseph, he squinted at a map hanging from the wall of the chamber - a map of the main continent.

As you can see, the map of the main continent is roughly divided into four parts.

Located in the south is a loose body of government called the Southern Free Federation.

The area of the Southern Free Federation, which occupies about one-sixth of the main continent, is composed of hundreds of small kingdoms, duchies, city-states, noble fiefdoms, and autonomous cities, including Jialan City and Great Deland Town. Because there are no strong forces, there are no too ambitious politicians, and most of the members (cities) get along with each other amicably, and there are very few frictions and contradictions.

To the north, there is the Soma Alliance, the largest polity on the main continent.

The area of the Soma Alliance occupies nearly half of the main continent, and there are many kingdoms, principalities, and autonomous cities within the territory, but they are all nominally subject to the rule of the Soma Alliance.

It stands to reason that such a powerful political body as the Soma Alliance would not take action against the Southern Liberal Federation. In fact, the Soma Alliance has never done anything to the Southern Liberal Federation for decades.

This is mainly due to the fact that the Soma Alliance has only been established for less than thirty years, and before her, there were originally four kingdoms of similar size standing side by side. It wasn't until one of the kingdoms that a once-in-a-century ruler appeared who used astonishing means to defeat and annex the other three kingdoms one by one, and finally became the Soma Alliance, which became a huge kingdom that had almost never been seen in the history of the continent.

The consequences of this are obvious, and the most important point is that the newly established Soma alliance has continued to have civil strife. Because of the lack of sufficient time to merge, there was a serious conflict between the three conquered kingdoms and the peoples of the conqueror's kingdom.

For this reason, the rulers of the Soma Alliance spent most of their energy on maintaining internal rule, so as to prevent the alliance from falling apart overnight, and they had no intention of thinking about the Southern Free Federation.

The Southern Free Federation is also well aware of this and knows how bad the internal situation of the Soma Alliance really is.

On the surface, the Soma Alliance was the winner of the conquest of the four kingdoms, successfully annexing three kingdoms of similar size. However, the remnants of the three annexed kingdoms have not given up hope of regaining their kingdoms.

After the fall of the kingdom, they each occupied a harsh and difficult to defend area within the Soma Alliance, namely the northernmost Ice Sea and Snow Field, the southernmost Chaos Mountains bordering the Southern Free Federation, and the easternmost Blackwater Swamp. In these three places, they are constantly evolving, trying to one day regain what was lost.

Naturally, the Soma Alliance cannot tolerate such a situation. At the beginning, the Soma Alliance originally wanted to use the strong military power at the beginning of the founding of the country to wipe out these three extralegal places with absolute force.

However, the enemies of these three extralegal places were extremely cunning and tenacious, and with the help of geographical advantages, they were stunned to teach the Soma Alliance a very cruel lesson - hundreds of thousands of troops were severely damaged, nearly a thousand powerful knights in magic armor were killed, and the founding emperor was seriously injured and killed by the assassins.

After the death of the founding emperor, the new emperor of the alliance decisively stopped the policy of forcible attacks in order to avoid even greater losses. turned to the siege, preparing to let the three extralegal places gradually lose blood and perish in layers of blockade.

In order to ensure the maximum effect of this method, the new emperor established a national capital near the Ice Sea and Snow Field, the Chaos Mountain Range, and the Blackwater Swamp, which were called the Northern Capital, the Southern Capital, and the Eastern Capital.

Coupled with the original central capital, the Soma Alliance has a total of four national capitals, and the emperor of the alliance will take turns to live in the four capitals every year and deal with state affairs, ensuring the normal progress of the siege and preventing the counteroffensive of the three extralegal places, which lasted for nearly thirty years.

Having said that, in addition to the northern capital, the southern capital, the eastern capital, and the central capital, the Soma Alliance actually has a fifth capital - although it is not the capital in name, many Soma people regard her as the western capital.

It was a greystone fortress built on the southwestern border to defend against the invasion of the Kingdom of Sika.

This is the Great Wall of Steel of the Soma Alliance, where the most elite army of the Soma Alliance and the most powerful Knights in Magic Armor are stationed.

It is precisely because of the existence of the Greystone Castle that the Soma Alliance, the emerging first political body of the main continent, is isolated from the former first political body of the main continent and the current second political body of the main continent, the Kingdom of Sika.

To the southwest of the main continent is the kingdom of Sika.

The Sika Kingdom occupies about one-fifth of the area of the entire main continent, has a long history, and has always been the most powerful country in the main continent before the establishment of the Soma Alliance, which is awe-inspiring and outward-looking.

The kingdom of Sika has always been the center of civilization on the entire continent, where there are the best wizarding academies in the main continent, the most exquisite arts and crafts, the most popular poetry, and the most beautiful costumes.

The four kingdoms that used to stand side by side are not too bad compared to the Kingdom of Sika, but they are always slightly inferior.

But when the Soma Alliance was established, everything changed.

Overnight, the Soma Alliance became the new center of the main continent, more and more free wizards gathered towards the Soma Alliance, and merchants were more willing to do business with the Soma Alliance, gradually abandoning the Sika Kingdom, as if the Sika Kingdom had unknowingly become a second-rate country.

Therefore, the Sika Kingdom regards the Soma Alliance as a thorn in its side, and has had many frictions with the Soma Alliance on the border. If it weren't for the existence of the Greystone Fortress and the restraint of both sides, the southwestern border of the Soma Alliance would have been a sea of fire.

However, many people know that the current restraint is only temporary, and the Sika Kingdom and the Soma Alliance are destined to have a big war, and no matter who wins or loses at that time, it will affect the entire pattern of the main continent.

In contrast to these complications, the last part of the continent, the area on the northwest corner, is somewhat inconspicuous.

Known as the Northern Wilderness, it is barren land, full of mountains, and harsh environments, occupying less than a tenth of the main continent and less than one percent of its population.

Except for the occasional rare ore produced there that makes people know and realize that there is a place, most people subconsciously ignore it.

There, apart from the natives, the only outsiders were reclusives, ascetic shamans, or vicious prisoners, who were driven there and worked in the pits in shackles until they died.

This is the main continent, and this is the map of the main continent.

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