From Baron to Lord

Just as they were about to step out into the valley, they noticed a figure appearing ahead, seemingly out of nowhere.

The armor clearly belonged to the famous Undead Legion of the Allen Empire, which, under normal circumstances, should absolutely not be present here.

At the same time, ten thousand Undead Legion soldiers stood atop the valley, coldly watching them with weapons in hand.

The Gold Knight Legion of the Nock Empire now knew that their operation had been discovered by the Allen Emperor, otherwise the Undead Legion would definitely not have appeared here.

“You will have to suffer in the dungeon for a while. Perhaps the Nock Emperor will redeem you soon enough.”

Undead One directly waved his hand, ordering his men to tie them up with ropes; the Gold Knights dared not resist.

The Undead Legion had a hundred Saints within its ranks; a slight misstep could lead to death. Being able to stay alive was already a great outcome.

“Your Majesty, those people have all been captured, and during the search, we even found several weakened cannons.”

These weakened cannons were about the size of a fist and could be detonated directly, causing hundreds of casualties.

If one of these were used, a border war would truly begin. The Nock Emperor even allowed them to bring such weapons.

“These are all minor matters; no matter what, everything is under our control.”

Allen didn't care about the weapons carried by the Gold Knight Legion at all. If it weren't for a large portion of the resources from the Nock Empire...

It would have been impossible for them to get close to the border battlefield and the hidden valley. They were controlled directly from the moment they entered the Allen Empire.

“Kruse, send a message directly to the Nock Emperor, telling him that I need a hundred boxes of magic ore, or else I will take action against them. Also, tell him that the Gold Knight Legion has been captured…”

Kruse understood what the Allen Emperor meant and immediately arranged for an envoy to enter the territory of the Nock Empire.

The envoy, naturally a Saint, moved with great speed.

Now, what Allen wanted was an opportunity for development, and a large amount of resources would also allow the Allen Empire to develop much faster.

“I wonder what brings the envoy of the Allen Empire here.”

The Nock Emperor asked, gazing at the envoy below. He still believed that his Gold Knights were lying dormant on the border battlefield.

“Our Allen Emperor discovered a Gold Knight Legion with malicious intent near the border valley. Fortunately, we sent them all to the dungeon.”

“After severe interrogation, we learned that they were all traitors from the Nock Empire.”

After the envoy finished speaking, the Nock Emperor's expression didn't change, but his heart ached.

That was ten thousand Gold Knights! Although they weren't much in the Nock Empire, the resources spent on them were truly excessive.

At this moment, the Nock Emperor also understood what Allen meant: 'Your people have been discovered by me, so now it's time to negotiate terms.'

“I wonder what your Allen Emperor intends to do with those people.”

The envoy directly took out a vow scroll, which only contained binding power, different from the vow scrolls signed in the legion.

1. 8 Allen knew that he possessed a concealing divine artifact, but he still had to be careful with the vow scroll; caution was better.

“Our Emperor naturally intends to hand these people over to you, Your Majesty, but our losses are not small.”

“We hope that Your Majesty can compensate our Allen Empire with a hundred boxes of magic ore.”

After the envoy's voice fell, the Nock Empire felt a hint of threat. The Allen Empire had only just been established.

“Truly ungrateful, still wanting more resources. But at this time, there's no other way.”

The Nock Emperor gazed at the envoy sent by the Allen Empire, inwardly cursing.

“Since the Allen Emperor has helped me, the Nock Empire naturally cannot be stingy. I will naturally agree to this condition.”

Chapter 585: Border War Begins

The Nock Emperor directly had a knight on the side take the envoy's vow scroll and wrote his name on it.

The envoy didn't expect that the Nock Empire would give the hundred boxes of magic ore so readily; he originally thought it would take some time.

In the seat of honor, the Nock Emperor coldly watched the envoy leave. A ball of flame suddenly appeared in the air ahead, and Flamepaye walked out from it. “It seems that letting Allen establish an empire was a mistake. The plan against the Radiance Empire seems to be unable to continue.”

“The Gold Knight Legion is just one of our methods; I have naturally cultivated a dragon legion in my hands.”

The Nock Emperor thought of the Radiance Empire and the godhood on Raymond's body. With a little more time, the Radiance Emperor would be able to perfectly integrate the godhood.

Once the godhood was integrated, the Radiance Emperor's strength would increase greatly, and it would be somewhat difficult to strip the godhood from his body.

The envoy only took three days to return with the magic ore to the empire.

After Allen saw the hundred boxes of magic ore, he didn't expect that the Nock Emperor would sign the vow scroll so readily. “Kruse, send the hundred boxes of magic ore to the Source World for me.”

Allen was somewhat looking forward to Annie being able to research something else with the hundred boxes of magic ore.

From the following time, the troops in the border were still stationed there, even if Allen used meteor methods in front of them.

But most of the marquises in the entire Radiance Empire had become wary of Allen, fearing that Allen's army would enter their kingdoms at any time. “It seems that I won’t be able to enter the sealed land to cultivate recently. The Nock Empire definitely has follow-up methods.”

Allen knew that the follow-up methods would definitely not go through his empire but should have been laid out in the Radiance Empire long ago.

He also wanted to see what the Nock Empire's follow-up methods were and what impact they could have on the Radiance Empire.

From the next month, Allen didn't see any movement, and everything seemed to become quiet.

According to the news from Kruse, a large number of troops appeared in the cities around the border of the Nock Empire.

Moreover, the number of troops appearing in the Nock Empire continued to increase. Looking around, it seemed that they wanted to be like the Radiance Empire.

Allen also knew that most of the weapons in the hands of the Nock army were very similar to the weapons in his army.

The speed of the alchemists' research in the Nock Empire was still very fast, and the Radiance Empire should be the same.

It seemed that the Nock Empire wanted to surround him directly, like the Radiance Empire, and then force the Allen Empire to go to war with them?

In any case, half a year had passed since the establishment of the empire, and countless civilians had joined the army.

It was all because Allen's benefits were too good; not only did joining the army provide gold coins, but there was also abundant food.

This directly caused the army to explode in size, increasing to thirty million soldiers.

Besides the thirty million soldiers, there were also a hundred dragons, a fact unknown to both empires.

Did they really think he only had a million or so troops?

Allen knew that if he went to the sealed land to cultivate, even a legendary mage would find their cultivation slowing down significantly after reaching the five-star level.

There would be no further methods of cultivation available, even with a divine spark.

On the border of the Radiant Empire, the armies of various dukes were stationed.

Purgatory and Duke Harry both gazed at the location of the Allen Empire.

"I wonder when this will end; it seems the Nork Empire's army has also been mobilized."

Harry felt that the events of this year were far more numerous than in previous years, and now his kingdom had already been occupied. "We must raise our strength to Saint three-star to have a chance of survival."

"I'm afraid the imperial war is about to begin soon."

Duke Purgatory said this with worry in his heart, because no one knew what would happen next.

Just as the Nork Empire's army was mobilized, Saint Knights also appeared in various cities within the Radiant Empire at the same time.

The cities where the Saint Knights appeared had no other Saints, which was naturally part of Emperor Nork's plan.

What he wanted was to destroy most of the cities in the Radiant Empire, and whether the people living inside could survive was up to them.

Over the next period of time, a hundred Saints directly killed the soldiers guarding the cities and then began to assassinate the nobles in the cities.

Naturally, their attire was exactly the same as the Undead Legion, and everyone thought it was the Undead Legion from the Allen Empire who had taken action.

Besides the Undead Legion, who else would have so many Saints? The Radiant Empire's city guards didn't have time to send out messages.

Even if they did, it would take several hours, and the rear of the Radiant Empire was in complete chaos.

In just half a day, countless nobles in countless cities had been eliminated by the Nork Empire's Saints.

Then, in the time that followed, these Saints destroyed the cities and then all disappeared into the Radiant Empire.

The entire Radiant Empire was shaken, and the Radiant Emperor, upon receiving the news from below, thought it seemed like the Allen Empire's Undead Legion had taken action.

After the Radiant Emperor learned that the cities had been destroyed, and considering the messages sent by the various dukes, it was absolutely impossible for the Allen Kingdom to have taken action. "It seems the Nork Empire is attacking us again; this time, we probably have no choice but to mobilize the army."

The Radiant Emperor felt somewhat helpless when he said this, because countless nobles had been killed, and some civilians had also died innocently.

"The Nork Empire must have discovered the divine spark on us, otherwise, they wouldn't frequently attack our empire."

Raymond frowned, also feeling somewhat apprehensive about the Nork Empire, as he was aware of most of the Nork Empire's foundations. "What you said is indeed correct, but if the Radiant Empire doesn't attack the Allen Empire, chaos will truly break out."

"Not taking action is also something we can't do."

The Radiant Empire directly dispatched the Dragon Knight Legion to quell the chaos in the destroyed cities.

Then, they issued orders to the armies on the various borders, directly declaring war on the Allen Empire; this battle was ultimately unavoidable.

Lexar, stationed on the border, also noticed the Radiant Empire's army beginning to move. "Prepare for battle, magic cannons ready."

Lexar's voice spread around the border, and the soldiers in the border also moved into action, with bunkers and machine guns staring intently at the Radiant Empire's army in front.

As long as they dared to set foot on the border, Lexar would directly order the army to attack, as other matters could no longer be considered.

Chapter 586: Powerful Weapons

The Undead Legion also immediately noticed the changes that had occurred in the middle of the battlefield and directly informed Cruz of the news.

As for whether their Undead Legion would join the battle, that was completely impossible.

Even a Saint, as long as they entered the battlefield, would definitely not be able to survive against the Radiant Empire's cannons.

In Allen City, Allen had also received the news from Cruz that countless nobles in the rear of the Radiant Empire had been killed by Saints.

Most of the Saints were secretly within the Radiant Empire's army, naturally having been lurking for who knows how many years.

After taking action, they naturally could no longer stay in the Radiant Empire.

The Saints dispatched by the Nork Empire all clearly knew that the Radiant Empire had a legendary mage who could control time reversal.

Once they dared to stay, they would inevitably face death; it was absolutely impossible to survive in the hands of a legendary mage.

"The Nork Empire's methods are even more numerous than I imagined; they even had a hundred Saints hidden within." Allen's eyes also revealed a hint of anticipation; having a strong opponent was not a bad choice.

Since establishing the empire, a real battle was needed to deter the ambitions of the surrounding empires.

Don't think that the Allen Empire, having just been established, could be easily dealt with.

The battlefield war gradually changed in the time that followed, with countless armies from the Radiant Empire pushing towards the border.

Many dukes had many nobles standing behind them, including their blood relatives, who had now died at the hands of the Allen Empire.

Many soldiers also had relatives who were civilians, and they had all received news of civilians being killed in the various cities in the rear.

The only thought in the minds of many army soldiers was to defeat the Allen Empire's army and then kill the Allen Emperor.

Then, they would avenge their relatives; it had to be said that Emperor Nork's plan had truly proceeded perfectly.