Malades Island was located in the middle of the Dark Forest. It was located at the border between the Lizardmen Kingdom in the south and the Troll clan in the north.
The Church of the Sea used the mutual restraint between the Lizardmen and the Troll to successfully nail down the island.
Of course, the condition of Malades Island was also very important for the existence of this nail.
Malades Island was located in the southern part of a chain of volcanic islands far from the mainland. It was the largest island in the chain and was more than 1500 kilometers away from the mainland's coastline. With the Lizardmen and Troll's sailboat technology, it was very difficult for them to launch a large-scale attack on an island so far away. They had mage towers and forts all over the island, and they weren't afraid of the dragons worshiped by the Lizardmen.
Malades Island itself had an area of more than 12,000 square kilometers. More than half of it was plains, and most of it was located in a safe inland area. The land was fertile, the climate was humid, and it was very suitable for farming.
After the Church of the Sea spared no expense in its management, the island now had nearly ten million mu of arable land. More than 200 castles controlled and protected these arable lands. The production of these arable lands supported more than a dozen towns, three port cities, and nearly a million people.
These people formed the powerful human and military foundation of Malades Island, allowing this small island to form an army of tens of thousands and two large fleets.
It was these conditions that allowed Malades Island to stand like a nail in this place far away from the human kingdoms for hundreds of years without falling.
Malades Port was a port city with a population of nearly 200,000. It was not only the most important safe haven and supply point for the West Coast's voyage fleet, but also an important trading city on the West Coast. There were even merchant ships that specialized in short-distance trade between West Wall Harbor and Malades Port.
This was the first time many people had heard of such a thing, and they found it strange. What kind of goods could the isolated Maledean Hill export?
In fact, Malades Island didn't have any export goods. Their goods came from their most dangerous enemies, the Lizardmen and the Troll.
This was the second reason why Malades Island could stand alone in the sea without falling.
Malades Port established a trade relationship with the Lizardmen and the Troll through a similar method of smuggling. They used steel inlaid leather armour, fine weapons and magical weapons from Orvendell to exchange for magical materials from the Dark Forest with the Lizardmen and the Troll.
In Malades, one could buy high-quality magical wood from the tropical forest, fur, bones and even fresh blood from the magical beasts in the tropical forest at a low price. Here, one could even buy a large amount of Troll essence at a low price!
The fleet was to lie in port for a week at Maledean.
After they reached the shore, Feng Chou left the ship's affairs to the second mate. Then, he led Cyril, the boatswain, to the Maledean City business district.
Cyril was Locke's Vampiric.
There were only two districts in the city, the East District and the West District. The West District, which was close to the port, was the commercial district.
Feng Chou followed Locke's memory and came to Killer Whale Avenue, which was not far from the port. This avenue was parallel to the coastline and connected all the piers in Malades. It was the busiest commercial avenue in the city.
In the middle of Killer Whale Avenue, there was a Green Parrot Trading Company that occupied the entire building.
Feng Chou was a regular customer of this company. When he walked into the building, he was immediately warmly welcomed. He was taken directly to the office of a senior officer of the company.
The officer's name was Clifford, and he was an old friend of his. Every time Locke passed by Malades, he would sell or buy through Clifford.
According to the old rules, Feng Chou quickly settled the business with the other party.
He planned to sell half of the normal inlaid leather armour and half of the + 2 inlaid leather armour, as well as some of the Troll and Lizardmen's preferred weapons.
For the Troll and Lizardmen who hunted for a living in the tropical rainforest, medium and heavy armour that made a lot of noise wasn't suitable for them. Inlaid leather armour that made no noise and had strong defence was their favourite.
Feng Chou planned to use these goods to exchange for a batch of intermediate and advanced magical wood, bones and leather, which might be used for Qiankun Pagoda's upgrade in the future. He planned to use the remaining funds to buy Troll essence.
However, Clifford told him that Troll essence was too popular and the supply couldn't meet the demand. They could only give twenty portions to Feng Chou. In this way, Feng Chou would have a lot of funds left.
For a merchant on the trade route, having excess funds was equivalent to wasting money. Naturally, they wouldn't allow it.
Feng Chou also bought a large number of commonly used intermediate magical furs and wood. These things could be shipped to the Sutton Empire and could be quite profitable.
Of course, if these goods could be shipped back to Tyrone, the profits would be even greater.
After negotiating the deal with Clifford, Feng Chou left the specific details to Cyril and left first. He planned to walk around the Mystic Street.
The Mystic Street of Maledice City was at the southern end of Killer Whale Avenue. In the Mystic Street here, there were many magical items from the Troll Clan and Lizardmen.
The Troll Clan was rich in spellcasting professions like Witch Doctor.
Witch Doctor was a branch of the Shaman. It was also a type of perception-type profession. Feng Chou wanted to see if this profession could provide him with jade from another mountain to recover his cultivation method.
The Mystic Street of Maledice City was not small. It was much larger than a city of its size should be. Feng Chou spent more than two hours walking around from the beginning to the end.
After returning to the captain's room of the Patrick, Feng Chou ordered that no one was to disturb him. He took out his harvest from the Qiankun Pagoda and placed it on his desk.
Among his harvest this time, there were strange-looking voodoo dolls, various palm-sized totem statues, ointment in bone containers, voodoo staffs with animal eyes and horns …
Through sensing these magical items, Feng Chou roughly understood the profession of Witch Doctor.
Witch Doctor's abilities were in four areas: curses, souls, poison, and life.
Among them, curses and souls were interconnected. Most of their curses targeted the souls of their enemies and involved knowledge of souls.
This profession was also good at capturing the souls of animals. After using magic to refine them, they sealed them into totem statues. When needed, they could summon them through the totem statues.
For example, the Witch Doctor's summoning spell, "Viper Guard", used the souls of several special viper-type magical beasts to create a palm-sized totem. When needed, the soul of the viper would be summoned from the totem, which had been strengthened by magic.
The Viper Guard could spit fire or venom to attack. If there were enough of them, it would be quite troublesome to deal with.