Evil will not deceive you

Li Ke thought this was outrageous.

What's wrong with Gilneas? Declaring war on him. He doesn't even have time to care about Gilneas, right? !

Li Ke quickly looked at the timeline to make sure he knew what happened, and then saw a very speechless reason.

When I was conquering Lordaeron before, an Emperor's Golden Guard accidentally took the wrong path, and then even more accidentally killed the unlucky Arugao, saving the villages and nobles there.

Originally, this was not a big deal, and it also prevented the werewolf disaster from breaking out in Gilneas, so Li Ke didn't pay much attention to things here.

But the problem arises here.

There was no longer the scourge of werewolves and the threat of the Scourge, and Li Ke's products were extremely cheap, so the nobleman who was abandoned by Gilneas directly started the business of being a traitor.

After all, after Gilneas closed the country, there was a shortage of many things internally, which directly led to the growing influence of this noble.

Not only that, because this nobleman had a good reputation and was very popular among civilians. He was a qualified nobleman, so he continued to be Li Ke's local official, responsible for developing the economic issues of the region.

The cigarettes, wine, sugar, and other luxuries produced by Li Ke's factory are all needed by the nobles of Gilneas. Cheap salt and cloth are also urgent needs of the common people of Gilneas.

Therefore, the smuggling economy became more and more prosperous.

As a result, just a few orders from Guth Town directly destroyed Gilneas's economic system.

As a last resort, in order to prevent similar industries in the country from being destroyed by Li Ke's dumping, King Greymane directly declared Li Ke an empire and banned all Li Ke's goods from flowing into Gilneas. He planned to support internal industries.

Strictly speaking, this was not considered crazy, but the problem was that Greymane, who was ill-informed, overlooked one thing.

That is the gap in national power between the two countries and the generation gap in weapons.

Gilneas's troops are still mainly composed of medieval armored troops, supplemented by artillery. The range of the cannons is only a pitiful few hundred meters, and they are even muzzleloaders and solid bullets.

And Li Ke's anti-aircraft guns have already come out, and the overall technological level is close to World War II, and in some places even surpasses World War II.

As for the reason for such a funny information gap, Li Ke also looked at it and felt a little helpless.

Greymane's former friends, the lords of Lordaeron, the kings of other countries who had actually surrendered, and his intelligence department.

They are all Li Ke's people...

To be precise, they are a group of people who want meritorious deeds and certificates of fame.

After seeing the preferential treatment Varian received, especially after Varian became Li Ke's vassal, although Varian could no longer be hereditary and all his retainers were forcibly dismissed, Varian's rights and treatment were better than before. After that, the kings and nobles of those countries that still retained the system of the kingdom became interested.

Although they know that hereditary inheritance will no longer be possible in the future, the lives of Li Ke's commoners are almost the same as theirs. Some nobles are not as well-fed as Li Ke's workers. They still insist on bullshit noble honor. Hurry up and join Li Ke's camp. is correct.

They want to sell the king, but the problem is that the king kneels faster than them. The kings of these small countries such as Stromgarde only have such a large territory, and many of them are nobles, so many kings can really fall into their hands. The territory isn't even as big as Westfall.

As a result, the poor, lonely, and isolated old wolf king was tacitly betrayed by everyone. As a result, the information the old wolf king saw was that although Li Ke had a large territory, none of his brothers were sincere. Li Ke's army can't afford to eat. Li Ke's people are revolting every day and seeking independence. They can't even afford tea eggs. He only needs to give his men three yuan to incite Li Ke's experts to rebel. Selling out national interests.

Greymane didn't believe it at first, but people around him said so. He didn't believe it, but other nobles whose interests were frustrated did.

As a result, Greymane was dubious, and after learning that Li Ke's products had completely occupied half of his market, he decided to fight back.

But when he said he was going to war, he just sent people to talk back to the noble who had 'betrayed' him, and then gave him a formal agreement to sever diplomatic relations, and said that the two countries had entered a state of war.

He is not that stupid to attack Li Ke, but the problem is...

The messenger's spit now became Greymane's biological weapon to attack and murder Li Ke.

He was just an excuse to cut off Li Ke's goods, and now he has become the trigger for Gilneas's downfall. There are even rumors among the people that Gilneas wants to release werewolves to surprise Guth Town.

This is the issue that Li Ke has been focusing on for publicity, otherwise who knows what the spread will be like.

"…………"

Li Ke was silent for a long time, looking at the kings and nobles from various countries who had gathered outside the high wall of Gilneas. Their banner was tourism, and their weapons and equipment were purchased locally. It was obvious that they planned not to use Li Ke's soldiers. , defeated on his own.

Regarding Gilneas, Li Ke actually doesn't matter whether he fights or not, but since he gave him this excuse, let's go for it. All the problems were solved in one go, but the nobles and kings of those kingdoms could not get carried away.

Therefore, Li Ke gave the order.

"Tell them to go back, prepare their respective handover documents, and hand over power as soon as the Empire arrives. In addition, let Varian bring a thousand Emperor's Golden Guards to ensure that we can continue free trade and avoid more conflicts as much as possible. Casualties. By the way, let those air forces practice, after all, they won't have much fighting in a short time."

As soon as his orders were issued, the empire began to operate.

In the army, not long after it was newly established, the air force, which was mainly composed of dwarves and dwarfs, quickly became operational. Varian also brought the Golden Guards to the airport.

Many of Li Ke's design drafts have become reality within the past month or two, especially the air force project. Although there are such things as portals, these things are also quite unstable, and the empire must also have its own of air power.

Therefore, the research and construction of various transport aircraft and fighter jets have long been put on the agenda.

What Varian saw was the Empire's first transport plane.

Looking at the huge aircraft that was nearly a hundred meters tall, Varian let out his own sigh, because in front of him was a pure steel creation, and it was full of power at first sight.

This steel behemoth has a huge figure and a streamlined body, but it also has the brilliance of magic. It looks very quiet, like a lady.

"It's so spectacular..."

His voice attracted one of the people in charge here, the pilot of this operation, Sridol, a dwarf who used to be in the Air Force, and couldn't help laughing.

"Of course, although it is a trial model, Valkyrie is already our biggest girl. She can easily fly to thousands of meters high and can transport three hundred Emperor's Golden Guards at a time, but other The girls are not that big. Those little girls can transport up to ten or twenty Emperor Golden Guards."

Sridol looked at his favorite big plane and couldn't help but rub his hands.

Their air force is not living a good life these days. From the beginning, it has only done reconnaissance and then sent coordinate points to the mages.

At most, they can just drop some supplies by air, or ignite the woods in some places, and then put out the fire.

But even these tasks can be snatched by mages, so they urgently need a battle to prove their usefulness.

Otherwise, they will really become aerial coordinate projectors for mages in the future!

Because of this, he almost knelt down to ask for this mission.

"Okay, take us to put on the air force equipment... Well, you probably have to wait for me a little longer, I need to change into my power armor."

Varian didn't quite understand the opponent's excitement, but he had already played with parachutes and slow-drop rappelling devices during previous training.

So he is still looking forward to skydiving and other things.

Although he had mixed feelings about attacking Gilneas, Greymane would still be able to survive if he left it to him.

But if it's someone else, that's not necessarily the case.

"Okay, hurry up and get ready."

Sridol didn't pay attention. Although the power armor has a life-support device, the Emperor's Golden Guards don't wear power armor every day. They basically only wear it when they are on duty. After all, if you wear power armor, You can't feel the softness of the girls' bodies.

Therefore, each base has professional wearable devices, and this air force base is no exception.

"See you later, let's go, brothers."

Varian nodded to Sridol, and then walked into the dressing room excitedly, and the transport vehicle that followed them also transported racks of power armor to the dressing room.

After taking a shower and disinfecting, Varian walked into the dressing room with a group of muscular men as strong as himself. Under the shouts of the military commissar on the side, an engineer roared out.

"Ring the bell! Praise the God of all arts!"

They admired Li Ke's knowledge and ability to apply this knowledge, so they added this extra step. Varian thought it was quite interesting, so he didn't stop it.

As the bell rang, Varian stepped into the steel boots. Then, the magic runes on them made his body more adaptable to the power of the skill of God descending to earth, and his body was also in magic. Becoming more powerful under the influence of stance.

Subsequently, the parts of the armor were quickly loaded onto his body by the intelligent core with the help of the mechanical arm in the assembly room. They fit perfectly on his skin and body, allowing him to use the armor's components without any hindrance. strength.

Magic runes lit up one by one, and each parameter was displayed in the corner of Varian's eyes. The power of the power armor began to be attached to his body, and when the last helmet was also worn on Varian under the action of the mechanical arm, When it reached his head, the intelligent core on Varian's armor also made a sound.

"Assembly is complete, protocol one has been activated, Warmaster, welcome back."

Listening to the sound of the smart core on his armor, as well as the sound of screws turning and buckling, Varian smiled.

"Ah, I'm back, Kula."

He really likes this smart core.

He pulled out the two melt knives behind him, checked the shield behind him, and then walked down the assembly table with satisfaction, allowing the Emperor's Golden Guard to put on the armor the next moment.

Later, after all the Emperor's Golden Guards were ready and the mages were ready to open the portal in the air, Varian activated the melted knife in his hand and pointed it at the Emperor's Golden Guards and those who were preparing to attack the Emperor. After the Imperial Guard suppressed the battlefield, the soldiers carrying out the occupation raised their melted knives.

"Attack! Target Gilneas!"

So, groups of the Emperor's Golden Guards began to take action, and the soldiers wearing ordinary power armor looked at this group of demigods blessed by the Emperor with envy, wearing white cloaks. , one by one, walked into the empire's most advanced transport aircraft.

In Gilneas, Greymane still knew nothing about it.

What he is worrying about now is another thing.

"There are not enough supplies, especially salt and medicine."

Beating his armrest, Greymane wanted to curse, because after cutting off the trade with Li Ke, the people could no longer accept the expensive and unpalatable salt.

But he actually didn't like it either. Just because he couldn't let Li Ke completely control his salt, he had to ban Li Ke's salt and vigorously develop his own salt.

The same is true for medicines. The pills obtained from Li Ke are not only cheap, but also effective and have a long shelf life. They are also good for the people, at least they no longer need to use bloodletting to treat colds.

But he couldn't let Li Ke take control of medical treatment.

In fact, it's just these two. The problem is that Li Ke can completely control all aspects.

There was nothing he could do about it.

Sighing helplessly, Greymane felt that he could no longer understand the world.

"The world is changing really fast..."

Just as he was sighing, bursts of roars suddenly appeared from the sky, and countless people also exclaimed. He instantly felt an uneasy feeling, and immediately rushed out of his throne room and looked towards sky.

The next moment, his eyes suddenly shrank together, because he saw a series of strange steel birds covering the sky! His siege crossbow and bed crossbow couldn't reach the height at which these monsters flew!

"what is that?"

He was a little confused in his heart. He had seen dwarf and dwarf airplanes, but those things were unstable and couldn't fly as fast or as high as a gryphon. What happened to these huge steel monsters that were almost as big as giant dragons? ? !

But before he could figure out what it was, streams of golden light flew out from the bodies of these steel monsters, slamming down towards their military camps and city walls!

And when they saw clearly that these people were warriors wearing golden armor, some ignorant people looked at those huge flying monsters and slowly said a name from a myth.

"Valkyries! Those are the mythical Valkyries!"