Thinking about it this way was indeed frustrating.
Their areas were far away from these two kingdoms, yet because of their expansion and war, they eventually reached this place. The peace they used to have, well, not exactly real peace as they still fought against each other covertly and openly from time to time.
But it was battles between each other.
This was the first time so many outsiders, powerful outsiders at that, came to their place and fight.
Which one would be better, Shi Long Kingdom or Fei Yang Kingdom?
Staying at remote areas, it was impossible for the people here to know which of these two kingdoms were better. But it was easy to see that the two kingdoms were far from harmonious.
Siding with one of them meant making the enemy of the other.
