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"So this place got buried under the snow the moment the Selwynians were gone, just like that?"
Wang Yu gaped at the ruined city before him, which had nearly been swallowed whole by ice and snow. This was Selwyn's old capital. Even if its people had perished, the infrastructure here should have remained in good condition.
That the Aleisterrans had never put this city to use struck him as sheer absurdity. He had heard rumors about it before, of course—but standing here now, he couldn't help but let out a low whistle of disbelief.
"No wonder Aleisterre crushed Selwyn so easily back then. A land this harsh might raise iron warriors, but the disparity in terms of resources must simply have been too great."
He shook his head. At least the neglect made a kind of sense. Aleisterre had promised much regarding this place, granting plots of land here to many who had earned merit. But no construction had ever begun.
The reason was simple: Aleisterre didn't need a functioning city here. What it needed was the illusion of one—an empty prize...
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