Lord of War

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1. Trouble after the war

When the war between the Principality of Ryan and the Kingdom of Dabion broke out completely, the entire continent actually regarded it as a joke.

Because no one ever thought that the Principality of Ryan dared to destroy the Kingdom of Dabion. Even though the Principality of Ryan did have the upper hand in the war a few years ago and defeated the Kingdom of Darbion for a time, they still returned a large amount of territory in the end. Logically speaking, the Principality of Ryan, which was the winner of that war, could completely allow the Kingdom of Dabion to cede land and pay compensation. At least one side won the war between the two countries. It is certainly impossible to return the territory so easily.

But the Principality of Ryan still had to return it.

Because they are principalities.

The so-called principalities are the dependencies of other countries. To a certain extent, they have lost a lot of freedom, no matter what they do, they can't help themselves. Otherwise, the end of the war back then would not be that Asuna returned the territories she had defeated.

Therefore, no one paid attention to this war until the overall victory of the southern theater.

Except for the fascist kingdom.

This country is really preparing for the act of taking advantage of the fire. For this reason, they even secretly assembled an army of 300,000, waiting to invade immediately when the Dabion Kingdom was unprepared.

However, the situation on the battlefield has evolved too fast.

It was almost too late for the assembled army of the Fascist Kingdom to react.

The overall victory in the southern theater, especially the genocide encountered by the family of Prince Cazes Hochidi, finally made other neighboring countries discover the difference in this war between the two countries. Judging from this scale, this is definitely an endless war pattern. After all, Prince Hochidi is the uncle of King Moloch VII of Darbion. No matter how you say it, he is also a member of the royal family, so his Death is doomed that this war cannot end easily.

Therefore, the complete defeat of the Ryan Principality's army in the Northwest Theater was naturally regarded as the bloody revenge battle of the Darbion Kingdom.

It's just that the judgment of this point of view only appeared in less than a few days. When the new information was delivered, this time even the Seven Great Empires were silent. Although they did not receive important information such as the disappearance of all the strongmen in the sanctuary of the Darbion Kingdom overnight, the military departments of various countries also realized that this war would probably be based on the Darbion Kingdom. The destruction of the country is the end.

Many people even think that the fact that the Principality of Ryan dared to be so tough this time must be the inspiration of the Millennium Covenant Empire.

Only the emperor of the Millennium Covenant Empire and the few core followers around him knew that this was not their idea at all, but the idea of ​​a strong man of unknown origin. And according to this super strong man, it was the Kingdom of Darbion who offended him, but he could not destroy the country himself due to certain rules, so he planned to use the hands of the Principality of Ryan to destroy the Kingdom of Darbion , so whoever dares to intervene in this matter is tantamount to provoking him.

As for how strong this strong man is, Turman only used one sentence as an explanation.

"In front of him, just the suppression of the momentum is enough to hurt me." Hearing Turman's words, the emperor of the Millennium Covenant was also silent, because he saw Turman return home injured, But fortunately, Turman finally brought a piece of news that could barely be regarded as good news.

As for other matters, the Millennium Covenant Empire can only remain silent.

Even if he didn't want to be silent, he couldn't help it.

Unless he is willing to go to trouble with that demon - Enkos is still blocking the only way from the Millennium Covenant Empire to the Principality of Ryan. And according to the information from the front, five knights of the church have been completely buried in the hands of this demon, and not even a single living person can escape, so the emperor naturally knows that this is definitely a bloody war. the road.

Of course, the real reason why he didn't send troops to the Principality of Ryan, which had already shown that it was likely to leave his control, was that the purge plan within the empire was about to start. If this plan fails, it will be a real civil strife in the empire. At that time, he will also need to rely on soldiers to suppress it, so it is absolutely impossible for him to waste any troops to contend with a demon at this time.

Therefore, the silence of the Millennium Covenant Empire naturally made other countries think they knew the truth of the matter.

Therefore, when the 300,000 troops assembled secretly by the Fascist Kingdom saw a blue-haired young woman standing in front of them alone, and summoned thousands of water elemental guards from Shuiyue Lake with a wave of her hands, the Fascist Kingdom He regarded this woman as a reinforcement sent by the Millennium Covenant Empire. Looking at the scene in front of me, recalling the fear of being invaded by the Chinese Empire, the fascist kingdom finally chose to retreat silently—at least, even if it really wanted to fight, it would definitely not be in this battlefield full of water. .

Compared with the fascist kingdom, Marquis Devin Sodel Sab also behaved very calmly.

When two figures, one black and one silver, appeared on the northwest theater to block the advance of Ryan's army, Dai Wen knew that they could not go any further. The aura emanating from these two young women made Dai Wen feel like two A huge mountain range lay in front of them, and they still could not climb it in their entire lives. So in the face of such a situation that had completely exceeded his manpower, Dai Wen directly ordered the entire army to stop advancing.

He could see that the two women just didn't want them to pass, and they didn't have any hostility towards them.

And Dai Wen, in general, already understood why all the powerful people in the sanctuary of the Darbion Kingdom disappeared overnight.

It's just that he understands, it doesn't mean that other people understand.

Many nobles in the northwest theater feel that if they cannot continue to advance, then they will not be able to gain more military exploits. Seeing that the southern theater and the southeastern theater are completely over, and the coalition forces are marching towards Garrod Fortress, these nobles can no longer sit still. They all demanded to fight. To this, Dai Wen's reaction was very straightforward, you can fight if you want, anyway, the Shabo family will not attack.

Then, the troops in the Northwest Theater dropped by one-third in one day.

None of the soldiers who attacked could survive.

As a result, the entire Northwest War Zone could only watch asuna and Sean, two guys they hated so much, successfully captured the Garrod Fortress, and then directly destroyed the Darbion Kingdom in one go.

Then, the war is over.

And at the moment when the war ended, the two women, one black and one silver, who stopped the northwest nobles from moving forward and reversed, left. But leaving at this time is meaningless to the nobles in the Northwest Theater, because this war is completely over, and they have lost any chance to gain military exploits. So it is obviously impossible to say that there is no resentment towards Sean and Asuna.

But even if there is resentment, so what?

After annexing the territory of the Darbion Kingdom this time, the entire domestic nobles will inevitably face a new round of reshuffle: now it is certain that there will be no less than six people who can be selected by the Duke. And after this war, there will be at least six or seven more places to become one of the few powerful Marquises in the country in one step. The marquis and earls accumulated over the years of the Principality of Ryan will certainly not care too much about these emerging nobles, but if these marquis and dukes are basically on Asuna's side, then they cannot help but ignore it.

A new round of political struggle conspiracy has already begun to brew from the moment the Dabion Kingdom was completely declared destroyed.

So soon, envoys from various nobles in the Principality of Ryan began to travel continuously in the Principality. However, if we collect information carefully, we can find that almost none of these envoys set foot in the two theaters, the southeast and the south of the original Darbion. It's getting closer, especially in the capital, where the banquets of the various families are almost never interrupted.

...

At this time, in the lord's mansion of the Void City, Xiao En was throwing the documents sent by Asuna on the table with a sneer, his face was obviously disdainful: "A group of rabble, who knows that the documents sent by Asuna Make a small conspiracy behind the scenes, and declare war head-on if you have the ability."

"Even if we declare war head-on now, we will be in a disadvantageous situation." William sneered coldly without even raising his head. He was concentrating on drawing lines, coloring and naming on a map, "now There are only less than 40,000 troops left in our territory. Even if you have more experience in actual combat because of the war, but such a large territory, if there are nobles who really declare war on us, how do you plan to defend it?... Do things more and use more Have a good brain."

"Don't we still have allies?" Sean shrugged.

"Even if we have allies, it's useless." Hela said suddenly, "We have just experienced such a big battle, and we have fought in three theaters from beginning to end, so now the elite soldiers except the Baidi family In addition to the relatively complete establishment of the Bear Corps, the Hopson Guards, the Tequila Army, and the three major legions under our command will not be able to continue fighting in a short period of time... As for ordinary soldiers, except for the wounded , we only have 15,000 soldiers left for the first battle... And the most important point is that we don't have any advantage in high-end combat power against those real old-fashioned nobles. If we ask If the allies take action, it will inevitably arouse the resentment and condemnation of other nobles in the entire kingdom, and the dispute may turn into civil strife."

"So, we who are the fuse of the outbreak of civil strife will become sinners." William took Hela's words, but at this moment he finally raised his head and looked at Sean, his eyes were like looking at an idiot, "such a thing Come on, unless our allies insist on advancing and retreating with us, or even raise their flags to rebel, otherwise we will face the forces of an entire kingdom, and maybe our allies will become enemies."

Although Sean believed that Asuna and the others would not be his enemies, he still felt very helpless when he heard this.

At that time, after the war ended, he reached an agreement with six people including the Boulder family, the Hopson family, the Byrdie family, Florence, Asuna, and Lonnie, and signed a position on many aspects of politics and war in the future. Both are consistent offensive and defensive alliances. Among the seven of them, it is now 100% certain that Asuna, Hatch Boulder, and Coss Hopson are all on the list of the first dukes of the Ryan Kingdom.

And he, Florence, and the head of the Baidi family are already on the list of marquises. On the contrary, the other members of the Boulder family who could still occupy a place in the Kingdom of Ryan in the game can only get one. titles of nobility without being able to acquire territories. Even the Tequila Territory cannot continue to maintain this scale, and its territorial area must be cut by at least half.

Therefore, there will be three dukes, three marquises and one earl in this seven-member alliance.

This lineup is extremely eye-catching even in those second-tier kingdoms, so it is not difficult to understand the mentality of other nobles in the Principality of Ryan to join forces. It's just that because they have just gone through the war, the only one in their alliance who can maintain a relatively complete force is the Earl of Ronnies. The strength of the others has basically been completely wiped out. Without more than three or four years of recuperation, it may be difficult to recover. scene.

At this time, what they are most proud of and proud of is the top powerhouse under their command.

Only Asuna, Hatch, Koss, and Florence together have seven lower sanctuary powerhouses. Although Xiao En doesn't have any sanctuary powerhouses under his command, Cefanio and Reina are enough to be called invincible in the golden realm, especially Cefanio alone is enough to make people daunting.

Although Sean didn't know where Andrew got the [Ancient Dragon's Bloodline], which can be called a BUG, ​​but after Rina drank it, she was actually fine, and she also obtained this bloodline ability. This blood power has not been fully awakened yet, but her physical fitness has been significantly improved. It is not an exaggeration to say that Reina is half a dragon.

And that's no surprise.

What really excites Sean even more is that Rena has directly transferred from [War Knight] to [Holy Dragon Knight]! Not only did she retain all the halo skills possessed by the War Knight, but she also acquired the powerful combat ability possessed by the Dragon Knight series. If it is said that from now on, Reina will not be afraid even in head-to-head duels. Anyone, it can even be said that she can also use the power of the halo skill to suppress those opponents whose strength is comparable to hers.

But everything has pros and cons.

Although the rank of holy dragon knight is powerful, the difficulty of raising its rank is far beyond the imagination of others.

The ranks of the Dragon Knight series have become extremely powerful due to their individual abilities, and they also have the assistance of the Yalong, so if they want to improve their strength, they must be promoted simultaneously with the mount. In other words, if Reina doesn't take good care of her mutated emperor dragon, which she named "Black Stone", and turns it into an eighth-level monster, then Rena will probably only be stuck at the upper golden peak for the rest of her life. This level.

This is also quite frustrating.

So if it's just a simple competition of high-end combat power, let alone their seven-member alliance, even Sean alone is enough to walk sideways in the Principality of Ryan-provided that there is no intervention from the sanctuary powerhouse. But not to mention his allies, now he is 100% sure that after the end of this battle, the veteran nobles and royal family of the Principality of Ryan will have as many as eight sanctuary powerhouses, not to mention these eight together To make a move, just a random person is enough to give Sean a headache.

After all, Bess had already left Void City yesterday. And when he went to Hongye Town later, the tavern that Andrew opened had also been sold, and Abis, Dex, Nunnally and others were all missing, so it was equivalent to saying that he had lost a free tavern now. Dead gold.

Then when he thought that he had already established two rival families in the kingdom, Xiao En felt a headache.

"So this time we went to the capital, didn't we throw ourselves into a trap?" Sean looked at Hela, and then asked.

"Not this time." Hela shook her head and said, "After all, it is the stage of dividing up the spoils after the war. When we leave or return, we will go with Asuna and others, so even if there are some daring nobles who want to assassinate We will definitely not choose to go on the road...Of course, if we enter the capital, then we may encounter some troubles, and these troubles can only be solved by ourselves."

"Really." Sean frowned slightly, "Then it seems that the candidates we are going to start this time can only be expensive and not expensive."

"Yes." Hela nodded, "However, after we have divided the loot, we will probably start to officially enter the stage of competition. At that time, not only assassinations, but also various conspiracy methods and political threats will follow. If in these contests we are exposed to weakness or cannot stand our ground, then we are likely to suffer heavy losses."

"If it's just a domestic conflict, it's easy to resolve." William finally stood up, and then stretched his right hand, "I'm more worried about the pressure of public opinion from the outside.... After all, we still have wars before." Such a pretense, but now that it’s over, those guys from the Business Alliance probably won’t let it go, right? If that’s the case, your head will be worth a lot of money.”

Hearing William's words, Hela looked at Sean with some doubts, obviously not understanding what it meant.

Therefore, William patiently told all the stupid things Sean did to the Chamber of Commerce Alliance, especially the heinous crimes committed in the black market of the Forest of Gray Shadows. Although that robbery was fun for a while, and Sean and the others did gain a lot of money, the sequelae afterward were enough to make people collapse. The most important point is that the trading capital has listed Sean and the others as black list, denying them entry.

As a result, they naturally have no way to quickly replenish the source of troops.

You know, Iron Wings are all barbarians from the Northland!

Hela looked at Xiao En, full of helplessness: "What a lord who never cares about the consequences."

"Hmph, what is the Chamber of Commerce Alliance? After I solve the next trouble, I will naturally settle accounts with them." Sean sneered, "By the way, have you determined the territory of the Void Territory?"

"Here." William pouted at the map on the table (to be continued) [This text is provided by Qihang Update Group @yang928536410]