When the Elf Race had yet to decline.
To intimidate the Grassland Elves, the Beastmen Empire.
Built a massive fortress complex along the border near the grasslands.
The fortresses stretched along the entire border.
Locking down the route by which the Grassland Elves could enter the Beastmen Empire.
The Beastmen Legion stationed in the fortresses year-round numbered as many as five hundred thousand.
And they were all frontline elites.
Among them were elite forces such as the Bronze Behemoth Shaman Knights.
Behind the fortress complex were cities of various sizes.
They were used to support the fortresses' defenses.
It was precisely because of the deterrence provided by this force back then.
That the Elf Race, which had rebelled against the Dragon God Empire, obediently accepted Beastmen rule in Breeze Land.
Their elites were constantly drafted to the front lines as cannon fodder.
After the Elf Race gradually declined.
The Beastmen elites also began to be reassigned elsewhere.
Of the original fortress complex, only part of it continued to serve a military function.
Most of the rest had been converted into commercial cities.
This prospered trade between the Breeze Land grasslands and the Beastmen Empire.
More than a thousand caravans traveled this Trade Route every year.
Any stir on the grasslands of Breeze Land would spread throughout the Beastmen Empire via the caravans.
Taro City.
Once, it had been a nail driven into the grasslands by the Beastmen Empire.
It had threatened the largest tribe of the Grassland Elves.
But now, Taro City had lost its military function.
Apart from the castle at the center, which still retained some military defenses.
The expanded outer city and the inner city cleared out to house caravans.
All of it showed that this had become a thoroughly commercial city.
But today, this commercial city.