By comparison, those emerging city-states farther away seemed to receive no attention at all. No one knew exactly how many small cities less than 100 years old were scattered across the Eastern Lands, and quite a few didn't even have a temple dedicated to the Deity, nor had any Divine Practitioner ever visited them.
This was quite normal, after all, the church was developing rapidly, but Humans were evolving even faster. Those remote locations were thus naturally neglected. Eryxis was one such kingdom, established for only two generations.
Its founder had passed away, not from old age, but from the pain brought about by constant fighting. As the son of City Founder Elyxinos, Clytius naturally succeeded him as king, becoming the ruler of a place called a kingdom but in reality, it consisted of just one city and a few towns as his territory.
