Chapter 65: The Nor Offensive (Part II)
Word Number:169
Author:苍渊之握
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Release Time:2026-02-24
Despite the captured chieftains’ desperate pleas—claiming they were victims of a retaliatory plot—their lands were subjected to near-total destruction. The two chieftains and their kin were locked in cages and paraded through the streets of Hedlim like exotic beasts. Once again, foreign spoils were flaunted before the citizens, drawing thunderous cheers and applause. While the submissive tribal leaders stood tremulously before the throne of the Limidean Sovereign, envoys from Pirater also appeared in the Hall of the Golden Halberd, their faces alight with joy. The Lord of Nor sent a high-ranking ambassador to attend the grand festivities, who deferentially presented the Master of the Hall with rare treasures: massive pearls from the oceanic archipelagos, plain in outward appearance but emitting a wondrous luster in the dark. Delighted, the Duke asked the Nor envoy to regale the assembly with tales of distant lands. The envoy admitted he had never journeyed to the south himself, knowing only from the fragments of his colleagues' stories that a race of fishermen