Realm of Power

It's a dry afternoon at dusk, and the walls of the house are made of special glass with beautiful shapes. There are many stalactites and strange rocks on the wall, and the whole room seems to be filled with a layer of green air, making it look particularly peaceful. A middle-aged man is standing against the wall with his hands behind his back. He looks around with his eyes, and finally sets his sights on Outside the window, there is a turquoise lake-like lake. The sparkling lake surface is so beautiful that it makes people's hearts beat. Several white water birds are flying from the water with their wings spread. Everything is so peaceful.

"So, it is certain that the Emperor is behind the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce?"

The middle-aged man standing against the wall said, his voice loud and thick, "Yes, according to the news from Lisbon, the list of people involved in the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce is quite shocking, and other backgrounds are still being investigated. But the name Sokutus Stellan is enough to explain who is behind the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce. "The middle-aged man is asking about a handsome young man behind him. The two look similar, but the middle-aged man's temples are slightly gray, showing an old age that does not belong to his age, while the blond The young man's ice-blue eyes were as sharp and lively as an eagle's, and his voice had a hint of youthful competitiveness.

The Sunrise Chamber of Commerce in the empire has been quite popular recently. It forced the surrender of Fort Locke, a small stronghold in the Barrow Kingdom of Central Europe, and then gave the Anthea who pretended to be pirates a huge success. Regardless of Anthea's explanation, they directly Just blow up Anthea's port, and then dispatch the army to attack Anthea Island. After realizing that escape was completely impossible, the Antheians chose to surrender. However, even so, the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce almost evacuated the entire palace and forced the Antheians to sign an agreement to lease the port again. Only this time, the leasing party It was changed to the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, and the lease fee was one imperial gold per year.

This is obviously a deliberate occupation, but in the face of the aggressive momentum of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, other Central European Barrow countries have rarely shown silence.

It is not possible to remain silent. Just ten days ago, one-eyed Salon, one of the five commanders of the empire, personally led 80,000 imperial troops to the Central European Barrow region, and this imperial general who had killed the Central European Barrow coalition had a rolling head. , and also unabashedly said that he "firmly safeguards the legitimate rights of imperial merchants in Central Europe" The one-eyed commander of the empire has now learned to play word games. The Sunrise Chamber of Commerce has a legitimate right to press for debts one by one. Anyone who dares to use force against the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce is violating the legitimate rights of the empire's merchants. After hearing Salon's statement, The monarchs who were about to be knocked on the door one by one by the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce were naturally itching to hate them.

This sentence is almost a naked support for the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, making it clear that if anyone dares to use force against the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, the imperial army will overwhelm them.

The other part is watching the fun with schadenfreude, even like the Kingdom of Eberros, who directly expressed their support for "firmly supporting the legitimate rights of the empire's merchants!" They suddenly changed from leaders who opposed the empire to supporters of the empire. Fast, so big that many countries that were taken to the ditch by the Kingdom of Eberros were so angry that they almost vomited blood.

This guy actually has the nerve to shout!

If it weren't for the eldest princess of the Kingdom of Aberoth who took the lead in asking the Empire to return the port, how could everyone have made a fuss together and how could the situation have become like this? Now that the Empire has made it clear that it will retaliate, everyone is in trouble. The instigator is Aberoth. The kingdom, however, dusted off its butt and went directly to join the empire camp!

I have seen shameless people, and I have never seen such shameless people!

The Barrow countries in Central Europe once again had a new understanding of the bottom line of the Kingdom of Aberoth. Because of this, the countries began to miss the Rila people who had united the entire Central European Barrow into one rope. Compared with those who spoke like The farting Abros people, the Rila people who were the mainstay in the fight against the empire and the Hungarian rebellion, and the Rila people who did not surrender even if they died in battle, will undoubtedly win over the monarchs of the Barrow countries in Central Europe. trust,

So there was another call to re-elect the Kingdom of Rila as the leader of Central Europe's Barro. And according to the current good relationship between the Kingdom of Rila and the Empire, the emperor may be able to take back the evil dog of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce!

"This is interesting. Why did the emperor suddenly attack these small countries?" King Ruila, an old fox, naturally would not take the bait easily. He touched his chin playfully, "Logically speaking, why did the emperor If he wants to do this just to retaliate for the turmoil in those countries during the Imperial Annual Conference, I believe that the emperor can do it in other ways! "

"What else could be the reason? Who doesn't know the nature of that vengeful man? I think that the emperor did this on purpose, just to let the entire Obaro know the consequences of being a vassal of the empire but offending the empire." The young man He glanced at his mouth indifferently and said with a very firm tone, "But in fact, the more he squeezed the Barrow countries in Central Europe, , On the contrary, it will only make the empire lose people's hearts even more. I think this is a pretty good opportunity. If we can seize it, although it may not return to its original strength, it can at least restore our Ruila to its original position." Blond The young man looked at the back of the middle-aged man and became more and more excited as he spoke. It was true that he had suffered too much in the past two years.

During the Hungarian Rebellion, the capital of King Rila was breached. Although the damage suffered was not great, it completely wiped out the glory that the Rila people had been proud of for hundreds of years. Later, in exchange for the empire sending troops, under the imperial emperor's command, After a round of deception, various agreements were signed, although the Hungarians were defeated in the end. The Yajun, but the Kingdom of Rila is in a state of devastation. The population has dropped by more than one-third. Sixty percent of the towns have been affected by the war and are almost completely destroyed. The national strength of the Kingdom of Rila has been reduced almost overnight. In the meantime, Barrow, which was originally the leading country in Central Europe, was suddenly reduced to a second-rate country.

Naturally, as the crown prince of the Kingdom of Ruila, the blond young man felt the indifference of the situation deeply. In the past, when the crown prince of Ruila went to other countries, no one would welcome him. Now when he visits other countries, not only is there no one who welcomes him, but even some people from some countries welcome him. The monarch didn't even show his face, and just sent a foreign minister to dismiss it. Even the marriage that had been arranged was rejected flatly.

Now that Rila has the opportunity to return to the position of being the leader of Barro in Central Europe, the young people are naturally very excited. The middle-aged man standing against the wall is none other than King Rila.

"Even if our Rila really becomes the number one Barrow in Central Europe again, will the entire situation change?" King Rilla could only describe the Crown Prince's performance as dumbfounding. He turned around and looked at the Crown Prince and said, " Have you seen the Kingdom of Abros? Why do you think they suddenly accepted being insulted?"

"The people of Aberos have always been at both ends of the spectrum. They are completely untrustworthy. How can they be compared with our glorious Rila?" The crown prince looked unconvinced. The education he had received since childhood had integrated the arrogance of the Rila people into him. In his bones

"King Rilla rushed to the wall with a map in angrily, raised his hand and drew a curve along the position of Obalo on the map with his fingers, and said loudly, "Stupid boy, haven't you understood yet, the empire is No country will be allowed to become the leader of the Central European Barro, not even our Rila. The empire can accept the scattered Central European Barro and even make some concessions, but it will never allow the Central European Barro to be a loose sand. Coming together again”

"But doesn't my father have a very good relationship with the emperor?"

"That's enough. National interests and personal feelings are two different things. If I, Ruila, really dare to take the initiative in this matter, I guarantee that the imperial army will be on the border tomorrow. There is no need to mention this matter again." King Ruila waved his hand angrily. , I have already mentioned this, why doesn’t my stupid son know how to turn around?

He looked at his son's face that didn't hide his inner thoughts, but secretly sighed in his heart. If it was the heyday of the Ruila Kingdom, such a determined heir would naturally be quite satisfied, but now Ruila If he sinks and cannot get up for at least thirty years, will there be any problems with such an heir?

But there was nothing he could do. He had more than seventy wives and many daughters, but he only had one son.

During the Hungarian Rebellion, although he fought the main battle, he turned around and sent his son to the safe Medici family of Anlock for refuge. Among his more than 70 wives, two of them were from the Medici. The two families have been married for more than a hundred years, so he knew that the Hungarians would not attack Anlok.

But this time, the Medici family came on behalf of other countries, and the first person they found was their stupid son. Originally, King Rilla wanted to pretend to be stupid, but "Your Majesty, what I just received According to the news, the fleet of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce sailed to the Port of Merle in Biang. A palace attendant wearing a white silver-trimmed dress hurriedly walked in with a report. The crown prince next to him looked at Ruila in surprise. He didn't expect that his father would always send people to keep an eye on the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce. Didn't the news have nothing to do with this matter at all? "Ahem, okay, you go down first." King Ruila also blushed at the sight. He took the report and waved his hand to the attendant. "The Biang people have always been aggressive. This time, the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce drove by. I'm afraid that It’s quite lively! “

The crown prince's expression softened a bit. Biang is a medium-sized kingdom among the Barrow Kingdoms in Central Europe. It has a population of 1.1 million and its people are martial. Boys receive warrior training from an early age. Bion swordsmen are also among the Barrow Kingdoms in Central Europe. A fairly famous unit, and one that is closely related to forced surrender Anlok is different from the Anthea people who were defeated. There are 1.1 million Biang people, but they have a full 80,000 troops, while the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce only has 40,000 people." It's useless. If you guessed correctly, this It was the emperor who was preparing for the southern expedition of the army and did not take away his family's How can the emperor feel free to go south in person after the backyard is cleaned up? "King Ruila shook his head again in his heart. The Sunrise Chamber of Commerce directly used force to sweep the front line and started a war without surrender. In fact, it was forcing the Barrow countries in Central Europe to take the initiative to join forces or support them! imperial decree, Become a tributary country honestly, or put on a posture of war. The monarchs of those countries are not fools. They think of me, Ruila, at this time, and they just hope that I, Ruila, can come forward to bargain with the empire. They want to reduce Who cares about Ruila's life and death due to my own loss?

The empire is already on the string. Behind the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce, the emperor must be looking at this place with red eyes. He will shoot anyone who dares to jump out and become the leader. Do you really think that they will sincerely regard Rila as the Central European Barrow? The leader? Between countries, there is no corresponding national strength support. The so-called respect is just self-illusion."

In Port of Merle, the Biang people who have been paying attention to the movements of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce are also preparing. Just as the fleet of the Sunrise Chamber of Commerce is heading towards Port of Merle, the 50,000-strong Biang army has already arrived. Melbourne

The morning sun shines on every building in Port Mel, reflecting the uneven light

This is a strange city. All the buildings are built on the mountain. In front of it is a huge bay formed by a concave shape, so it looks very irregular, ups and downs, and scattered. The streets are also winding and uneven. The roads are all dug out of natural rocks, and some houses are also directly dug out from the rocks. They look very rough, but very solid. The lighting in many houses is not good. The Bion people are martial, so they ignore the development of other aspects. Many buildings have only one or two rough windows, which look like prisons. The Xineng Palace, located high on the cliff of Port Mel, is the tallest building in Port Mel.

The Xineng Palace built with stone is better, at least the distribution of windows is normal, but the Bion people still can't change their innate problems. Everything is considered from the perspective of war, and Xineng is no exception. Almost all of them were built with stone slabs. They were very solid, but they had no aesthetic appeal. In the eyes of many outsiders, this building looked a bit like a large prison.

At this moment, on a large flat ground in Xineng Palace, a middle-aged man with a sturdy figure was waving a heavy iron sword in his hand with great vigor. The fallen leaves were swept by him and flew up and intertwined into circular circles of fallen leaves. The last fallen leaves were cut into pieces by his huge iron sword and scattered evenly around his body. He was the commander of the 50,000 Bion troops this time, Brent. He was 44 years old, which was the time when he had the most vigor in his life. He believed that as long as he could hold the sword in his hand, there was no problem that could not be solved! "Sir, the enemy is less than thirty miles away from Mel!" A servant ran in to report, "So slow, I thought they would arrive within a day, who knew it would take three days, how disappointing!" He raised his head and glanced at the hot sun above his head, then looked at the sea level in the distance. The blue sea seemed to be connected to the sky. He slowly put away his sword, stuck it in the mud, took the towel handed to him by the servant, and wiped the sweat off his body vigorously.