Quadruple split

In the afternoon of the same day

Sacred Calendar Year 9571, Flower Moon, Chanting Day 9

Game time PM13:00

On this day, which was supposedly special only to a team of adventurers named ‘Wang Wang’, but was just an ordinary day in the eyes of others, something big happened suddenly.

A big event that made all the forces smell something abnormal.

A major event that shocked the entire Southwest Continent.

The Chauvin Empire located in the southwest continent, a small country with favorable terrain, prosperity and peace, and a trade network covering almost the entire continent, declared war on its neighbor.

This country actually has only one neighbor, and that is the behemoth Griffin Dynasty, which borders it to the west and north at the same time, and keeps this chauvinist country stuck in the southeast of the territory.

This is an extremely powerful and domineering terrifying existence whose history of empire is like the history of invasion.

Public information shows that the land area of ​​the Griffin Dynasty ranks second among the many forces in the Northwest Continent, which is approximately four and a half times that of the Chauvin Empire and one-half that of the Silver Wing Alliance.

At first glance, it sounds like that's the case, after all, its territory is only half of the number one Silver Wings Alliance, but this is not the calculation at all.

The Griffin Dynasty, as its name suggests, is a huge empire.

The Silver Wings Alliance is the result of a large number of small and medium-sized forces uniting under pressure.

It is worth mentioning that the pressure on those small and medium-sized forces mainly comes from the 'Griffin Dynasty'.

As I said just now, the imperial history of the Griffin Dynasty is basically a history of aggression. Therefore, a long time ago, in order not to become part of the Griffin history, those small and medium-sized forces who were in constant panic could only unite together, but the result was that Not bad, at least on paper, the Silver Alliance's combined population, economy, and territorial area are larger than those of the Griffin Dynasty, making it the largest in the Southwest, but its combat effectiveness is actually quite worrying.

Time has passed, and now, the Silver Wing Alliance, which was originally directly bordering the Griffin Dynasty, has become stronger, the alliance between the forces has become closer, and its strength is no longer what it used to be.

There are also two more buffer zones between the Silver Wings Alliance and the Griffin Dynasty.

First of all, it was the Adolf family that was famous in the Griffin Dynasty. The first generation of Grand Duke Adolf, centered on his own fiefdom, united with the six small countries in the southern part of the Silver Wing Alliance to become the independent Adolf Free Territory, namely the Principality of Adolf.

This kind of unwashable betrayal was not retaliated by the Griffin Dynasty, because although the dynasty was still powerful at that time, it was not only the internal worries of the corruption of a large number of nobles, but also the growing influence of the Silver Wing Alliance. The powerful 'foreign invasion' prevented the Emperor at that time from making up his mind to clean up the family, and finally had to consider himself the suzerainty of the Principality of Adolf. The latter was not stupid at all, and immediately announced that 'this is what happened' Son'.

Of course, if there are still people asking the Adolf family, "Is this the case" now that the Freelancers are full-fledged, then the answer is naturally self-evident.

To sum up, the Adolf Free Territory has become a buffer zone stuck below the Griffin Dynasty and the Silver Wing Alliance, bordering the south and southwest of both sides respectively.

The other buffer zone is the Dreamland Theocracy to the east of the Silver Wing Alliance and to the northwest of the Griffin Dynasty.

The Dreamland Theocracy has actually always existed, but this country did not have any armed forces a long time ago. In addition to developing believers, it almost did not involve some more secular fields. In view of the fact that these people are really powerful and influential. No small matter, neither Griffin nor the Silver Wings Alliance have tried to win over or annex this theocracy. After all, the price/performance ratio is too low, and it is also very unpopular with passers-by.

However, starting from a certain period of time, the nature of this theocracy changed. It happened to be the time when the Griffin Dynasty was too busy to take care of itself, the Silver Wing Alliance took advantage and stopped when it was good, and the Adolf Free Territory first showed its prowess. , the Theocracy, which had little involvement in the secular world, suddenly made two shocking decisions, namely 'military expansion' and 'business rectification'.

This kind of thing is not a problem for the Holy Church Union. After all, their size and influence are there, but for a small power like the Dreamland Church, it is a bit thought-provoking. However, at that time, whether it was Basically no force has the time to restrict it, and His Majesty the Pope has always emphasized that the Theocracy's "neutrality will not change", so the other parties turned a blind eye.

Of course, just like the Adolf Free Territory, the Dreamland Theocracy expanded nearly ten times in size under the [Knights of the Guardian], and its productivity and economic level were pushed to a new height because of those devout believers. Only then did everyone realize it. Suddenly, I discovered that it had become a behemoth. In addition, the geographical location was too important and the mass base was too large. It was already too late to move it.

Let me briefly explain here that the sects of the Innocence Realm are not independent of the world. Even an organization like the United Holy Religion, which is ranked high in the entire continent and is always committed to doing public welfare, did not have many problems before its rise. They have experienced war, and some sects that are more chaotic and evil are even more reckless.

Mo Tan studied historical materials a lot when he was in the Violet Grand Library and the Academy City Library, and found that in the past few centuries known as the 'Era of Miracles', when major religions divided the continent, its bustling The level is no less than that of the late Eastern Han Dynasty here, and it is even more exciting. The members of the major sects are fighting openly and secretly, and it is a lively affair. Although it is no longer the past, the rulers of all walks of life will never treat the gods Teaching' is equated with 'harmless to humans and animals'.

All in all, the Dream Sect became established in this way, and has now become one of the most powerful forces in the Southwest Continent.

In addition to the four giants: Griffin Dynasty, Silver Wing Alliance, Adolf Free Territory and Dreamland Theocracy, there are two other places worth mentioning that are quite similar.

First of all, it is the Palmyra Free Trade Zone located in the Southwest Continent... in the southwest, with three sides by the sea, and the inland side bordering the Silver Wings Alliance and the southern border of Griffin. It is a truly neutral zone, with the same nature as the Northwest Continent. The 'Ankh Bazaar' is quite similar, but the scale may be larger, and the management method is similar to the 'harmless version of the Free City', using a consul rotation system, but there are not so many dark things. .

As the name suggests, this free trade zone is a place for business, and it is a big market that does not belong to anyone, but welcomes everyone. Although it is not armed, it is particularly popular in the Southwest Continent, because everyone really needs such a place. place.

The general strongholds of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, the Steam Consortium, major guilds, and neutral organizations in the Southwest Continent are basically located in the Palmyra Free Trade Zone.

According to historical records, this place was originally a barren land with nothing, until a girl named Pamela Redpath passed by. She was a person from a city-state in the Silver Wing Alliance, the Dream Sect and the wealth A casual believer of the sect, my cousin is the captain of a certain legion of the Griffin Dynasty. He owns a property in the northern part of Adolf's Free Territory. In short, he is a middleman who does not stick to his position and travels among the major forces to make money. one.

This girl, who has great mobility and has accumulated a lot of contacts and savings over the years as a middleman, felt that this was a treasure trove of Feng Shui, so she contacted many people. Although she was very capable, she did not want to continue running around for many reasons. After doing some summing up, they established a large market in the northern part of this wasteland, where it borders the Adolf Free Territory and the Silver Wing Alliance.

Needless to say, this was the predecessor of the Palmyra Trade Zone.

Later, with the prosperity of this area and the large-scale settlement of many neutral organizations, basically no one paid attention to this place. After all, this free trade zone is a trading center rather than a treasury. It is not even possible to do such a thankless task. It can’t even be said that it was exhausting the lake and fishing, so the scale of the trade zone gradually increased. Later, the Port of Palmyra, which is quite famous on the mainland, was even built. There is an endless stream of merchant ships every day, and it can be said to be prosperous until now. .

Finally, there is the Chauvinist Empire located in the lower right corner of the southwest territory. This country's history is not very long. It is not much different from Adolf's Free Leader. Its origin is similar to the former, but it is far inferior to the latter in terms of overall strength. Griffin has never begun to annex Chauvin, mainly because their overall strength has begun to decline, and their reputation is really bad. Therefore, in order not to lose their pretext, they allowed the Chauvin Empire to be their neighbor.

However, in the era of William Bohe, the country's economy suddenly began to develop at an incredible speed, and even tended to gradually become the second Palmyra Trade Zone. And we all know that the economy of a neutral trade zone is developed. It is completely different from a country's economic development.

The above is the general situation of the Southwest Continent.

Of course, in addition to the above mentioned, there are of course many other small and medium-sized forces in such a large southwest territory, but I will not go into details here.

In short, it is not unusual for Griffin to go to war, and it is not unusual for him to be started at war, but for the Chauvin Empire to declare war on a force that is clearly a harmless piece of fat from all aspects, it is somewhat outrageous.

In fact, except for those forces in the Southwest Continent who knew that Crown Prince Arthur Bohe died in the Griffin Capital, as well as relatively well-informed organizations such as the Wanderer Inn and the Thieves Guild, the others had some knowledge of the situation there, but People who couldn't say they cared too much were stunned after hearing this.

There is a country called Chauvin in the southwest that wants to commit suicide!

This news spread throughout various groups of busybodies in a short period of time, causing an uproar. As the senior officials of the Griffin Dynasty involved, they launched a 'special meeting' as soon as possible.

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Game time PM15:16

Griffin Dynasty, Royal Capital Broread, Blood Lion Palace

"You've heard all about it..."

On the large throne, Chiwetel Logan, the [Blood Lion Emperor] who is always dressed in blood-colored armor, has long dark red hair and a knife-like outline, glances expressionlessly at the gorgeously dressed people below, with an average age of six. The real-power aristocrat who started his career at the age of ten said in his low but thunderous voice: "Less than two hours ago, that...ah, that ridiculous chauvinist empire came to me. Fin has declared war, and if I’m not mistaken, the Knights of the Tsar’s Sword should already be on their way.”

Although there was a smile in Chiwetel's words, anyone in charge could tell that the emperor was in a very bad mood at this moment. Everyone could feel the vague murderous aura and anger in the air. The rulers of this country were unable to contain themselves after being provoked by a clown...or rather, they were so manic that they had nowhere to go.

There is no way, after all, Griffin is different now. Although the imperial power occupies a certain proportion in the superstructure, it is enough to crush any family alone. But after the aristocratic power has developed and distorted to a certain extent, even if Even though he is a high-ranking emperor, he cannot carry out his will unscrupulously.

This is the reason why the Blood Lion Emperor has nowhere to put his rage, and it is also the reason why these nobles dare to stand here.

They were not afraid of the emperor, or... at least they were not worried that Chiwetel Logan would kill casually because of such a thing, although everyone knew very well that the majesty in front of them had no favorable opinion of them.

This is not difficult to understand, after all, the people who can stand here are very influential in the Griffin Dynasty, and for the royal family, this kind of influence has never been necessary.

It's a pity that no matter how good Chiwetel is in the way of an emperor, he can't change the extremely bloated historical problems of this empire overnight.

Of course, these people will not push their limits and not take the emperor seriously in this situation, because this is really stupid, and stupid people will be killed on the spot by Chiwetel or [Lion Eyes] in the next second. , and will never arouse the empathy of smart people.

Therefore, everyone behaved very respectfully. After Chiwetel finished speaking, without exception, they all began to passionately accuse the Chauvin Empire of overestimating its capabilities and daring to offend Griffin Tianwei. Their so-called armies will never come back, and they must destroy this country that overestimates its capabilities.

Everyone really said this from the bottom of their hearts. After all, in the eyes of these nobles, the behavior of the Chauvin Empire was really irritating, for no other reason than that they were really too weak.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse, not to mention Griffin, a lion who has not lost all his teeth but just has some internal problems.

Therefore, everyone's opinion is surprisingly unified, that is - destroy the chauvinist empire directly!

"good, very good."

After listening quietly for a moment, the Blood Lion Emperor suddenly grinned, raised his hand to interrupt these nobles who were vying to express their opinions, and narrowed his eyes slightly——

"Where is Lord Valyria?"

Chapter 1560: End