Start with Island Lord

Rhine City, the capital of Aaron, is the western golden capital and steel capital of the alliance, and is the undisputed number one magic city in the natural alliance.

Lion Castle, the family castle of the Dange royal family, was built 700 years ago.

After many renovations and expansions, it currently covers an area of ​​more than 200,000 acres, making it a city within a city in the capital.

It is also the center of Aaron's politics, economy, magic, and even military affairs.

At this moment, the owner of the Lion Castle, the contemporary Lion King Dange XXIX, was sitting lazily on the golden throne in the Hall of Heroes, accepting the audience of the envoys.

These envoys came from all over the world on the continent of Wit.

There are kingdoms and principalities within the Natural Alliance, as well as those from the Glorious Empire and its surrounding allies, and even from the further west, the magnificent capital known as the Holy Elf Empire.

The Holy Elf Empire is very, very far away, at least more than 8,000 kilometers away from Aaron, and the land is covered with obstacles such as deserts, mountains, and swamps.

Moreover, there was the Glorious Empire blocking not only the land route, but also the sea route, which made Dange, who was bent on opening up new trade markets, very unhappy.

Of course, these are strategic matters and cannot be solved overnight.

Listening to the respectful and humble speeches of the envoys below, Dange found it very boring, because he had long been tired of hearing these flattery words.

After finally getting through this boring time, Dange stretched his waist and sighed lazily: "It's another boring day."

He stood up, left the magnificent Hall of Heroes, turned and walked towards the training ground behind the hall.

As the Lion King, he certainly knows the extraordinary uses of magic, but personally, he loves fighting martial arts.

He has also made great achievements in the cultivation of fighting spirit. Not only is his martial arts superb, but the strength of his fighting spirit has also reached the peak of the fourth ring, which makes his body very strong.

When he arrived at the martial arts training ground, he picked up a spear made of krypton gold and started playing with it with concentration.

Just when he was practicing in a trance, an old voice suddenly came from not far away:

"Your Majesty, I think you spend too much time practicing your personal martial arts."

Dange said nothing and did not stop practicing. He was sweating profusely.

"Battle spirit is just a kind of magical energy. If Your Majesty needs it, I can help you stabilize the fighting spirit at the peak of the fifth ring."

Dange got a little tired of hearing this. He suddenly shot up his spear and pointed it at the old man at the edge of the martial arts training ground.

"Sanchester, why do you always like to disturb me at this time? Do you really think I won't stick a gun into your chattering mouth?"

The king with dark golden curly hair and pure blue eyes looked annoyed.

The old man pointed at by the spear looked to be in his fifties. He was short, thin, bald and had white hair, but he had a pair of extremely sharp ice-blue eyes.

He is one of the guardian sages of the Aaron royal family, with peak magic power of the fifth ring, the ‘Eye of the Storm’ Sanchester.

He ignored the spear in the king's hand and said softly: "Your Majesty, the storm on the sea told me that something very important will happen today."

"So let me give you a heads up."

Dange's anger had mostly dissipated. He took off his sweaty clothes, took the dry cashmere cloth handed over by the attendant, and carefully wiped the sweat on his body.

And as he moved, the muscles all over his body became more and more shiny.

He wiped it carefully, and after he confirmed that it was clean, he put on dry new clothes: "What big thing could it be? Or is there another island baron who wants to steal women from me?"

Speaking of which, this matter indeed made him very angry, but the Duke of Dawn gave him a huge compensation afterwards. At that time, he was busy adding troops to the Giant Fortress and did not want too many unexpected troubles, so he temporarily tolerated it.

But this matter will eventually be resolved, just waiting for him to free up his hands.

Sanchester shrugged: "Your Majesty, generally speaking, it will take at least a year for Princess Dawn to give birth. It's only been half a year now, so you still have a chance."

Dange sneered: "I'm not interested in widows."

"But this widow's dowry is Weilan, isn't it?"

"Okay, this is a really tempting dowry, but let's not mention that wayward little girl. The gardener next door has been a little dishonest recently and seems to be preparing some plan that is not good for us."

"Perhaps a wise man should think about this matter."

Sanchester nodded: "I will~ Important news has arrived. I happen to want to hear it too. Your Majesty, you won't think I'm in the way, right?"

"Listen if you like."

Dange sat down on the bench in the martial arts training ground and waited for the messenger to come.

After a while, the messenger arrived.

It turned out to be a telepathic mage who was responsible for contacting Weilan.

Dange felt his eyelids twitching slightly: "Weilan has been a little troubled in the past year."

When the messenger arrived, Sage Sanchester waved his arm and immediately summoned a five-ring storm barrier, sealing the three of them inside.

"Now, tell me."

The messenger mage immediately said: "Your Majesty, Weilan has had several major events happen one after another."

"Tell me one by one."

The messenger mage immediately said: "In the past two and a half months, the Baron of Paddlefish Island sold a large number of pearl jewelry to Quan Weilan and earned at least 5 million Ogg gold coins."

Dange had vaguely heard about the pearl jewelry, but he didn't take it seriously at the time. After all, he was very busy, but he didn't expect that the matter would be so big.

"Is Ryder a dead man? He was robbed of such a large sum of money by a little baron?"

After saying this, anger emerged in his heart.

Because the baron appeared in the news again, and this baron made him very unhappy.

The messenger continued: "After the Duke of Dawn noticed it, he immediately summoned the Storm First Fleet to the north to prepare to take back the gold coins."

"That's more like it, then what?"

"The Storm First Fleet encountered the Black Stone Gunboat of the Baron of the White Sturgeon Island, and was almost wiped out. Nearly 7,000 soldiers, it is said that there are less than 1,500 left."

"What?"

Danger was originally sitting in a chair listening, and then he stood up: "Black Stone Gunboat? What is this thing, it's so powerful?"

"The news said that it is a new type of warship driven by burning black stone, and equipped with a magic weapon called "cannon". By the way, this kind of cannon is very similar to the Flame Thunder Magic Weapon that is being studied."

When Danger heard this, he couldn't help but look at Sanchester beside him, and he saw surprise in the eyes of the sage.

"How can a small baron get so many new things?!"

The messenger then talked about the third thing.

"After defeating the Storm Fleet, the Earl of the Northern County of Weilan immediately issued a joint statement, demanding the initiation of a meeting of all island lords to re-elect the Duke!"

Without waiting for the king to ask, the messenger mage said the most important news.

"And the Earl of the Northern County is confident because the Baron of the White Sturgeon Island has developed a deep-sea route to Levender. It is said that it only takes 10 days to reach Levender!"

Danger clenched his fists and a rage burned fiercely in his heart, almost bursting out of his throat.

"Good~~Good~~~This little baron is really powerful!"

"Without making a sound, he actually made so many big things. Not only did he snatch women from me, but now he even wants to snatch Weilan from me!"

Danger's teeth were clattering, as if he wanted to catch the Baron of the White Sturgeon Island thousands of miles away and eat his flesh and blood.

After a while, he suppressed his anger a little and asked, "Anything else?"

The communication wizard shook his head: "That's all for now."

"Very good!"

Danger waved to the communication wizard: "Continue to investigate Weilan's situation, and report to me immediately if there is any news!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The communication wizard retreated, and Danger turned to look at Sanchester.

"Sage, the baron must die!"

Sanchester showed a trace of hesitation on his face: "The blessing of the sage Levin cannot be underestimated."

Danger was furious: "Then do your best to capture the sage, and then capture the baron and Princess Chenxi alive, and test them one by one, and you will always find a way to crack it!"

"This is indeed a way. But what is your majesty going to do? Order the Lion Fifth Fleet to go north?"

The Lion Fifth Fleet is specifically designed to deter Weilan. There are 10 2,500-ton Lionheart ships, 10 1,500-ton Lionheart ships, and other large and small warships, a total of 40 ships.

And half of them have been equipped with the Flame and Thunder Magical Instrument.

"Is it not possible?"

"Our fleet is a sailing warship, and the Black Stone warship is not mature yet, and is not a match for the new warship."

"Of course we can win by numbers, but we will definitely suffer heavy losses, and our opponents are many and strong, far more than just a small baron."

These words calmed Danger down a lot, and at the same time he felt very strange: "Where did this little baron's Black Stone warship come from?"

"Since he opened up Levender's deep-sea route, it is very likely Levender's."

It is impossible for a small island to come up with such a new thing, because the other party has neither resources nor people.

This is common sense.

Therefore, it can only be external assistance, and the three kingdoms in the entire Natural Alliance are capable of doing this.

Now that a new route has been opened, it is natural that Levender will help.

The sage's speculation was like pouring ice water on his head, making Danger calmer.

"That is to say, Levender has mastered the mature Black Stone warships and even gave them to the Baron of Sturgeon Island. No, not giving them to him, but secretly stationing troops on Sturgeon Island!"

"The new route only takes 10 days, and using new warships will take even less time. In other words, the time it takes for Levender's warships to reach the north of Veran is even faster than ours!"

'Hiss~~~'

Danger took a breath: "So, the Baron is just a tool, and our real opponent is the little king of Levender?"

Sage Sanchester nodded slowly: "This should be the most likely situation."

Danger sat back in his chair again: "I underestimated this little king. He is much more difficult than I thought."

The more he thought about it, the more difficult it became.

The biggest reason is that Aaron's technology in warships is far behind, and the seriousness of this matter is much greater than that of a arrogant and erratic little baron.

After a long silence, he whispered, "We are behind, but I will never allow Weilan to become Levender's backyard. At least the southern part of Weilan must belong to Aaron!"

Since the north is protected by Levender's Black Stone Battleship and Thunder Artifact, he naturally cannot let the Lion Fleet sacrifice in vain before making the same Black Stone Battleship.

But the south of Weilan is only a few hundred kilometers away from Aaron, and their Lion Fleet still has a huge advantage.

After a pause, he said, "Since we can't win the battle on the sea for the time being, we will take a defensive position on the sea. We will fight Levender on land."

He wants to increase troops, increase troops in Dawn City, and increase troops in Chaonan County to support the Duke of Dawn in the civil war!

Aaron's Black Stone Battleship must also invest heavily in research, and strive to build a usable Black Stone Battleship in the shortest time.

Even if the technology is not mature, it must be built quickly, which is better than nothing.

For a moment, Danger's mind was filled with the strategy of the great powers competing with each other, and he unconsciously forgot about the small island lord in the north.

But at this moment, another messenger mage came to report the news.

Danger's eyebrows jumped again: "What's the matter?"

The messenger mage immediately told him the answer: "Your Majesty, an important battle report came from Mira Fortress, and clear evidence was found that the Fourth Knights of Kao Red Moon were being mobilized in a large scale, and there seemed to be suspicion of moving westward. Please send troops to support your majesty."

Danger's brows suddenly gathered into a ball, and the anger in his heart surged and almost exploded.

But it only lasted for a while, and the anger was suppressed: "These damn rose gardeners! Damn Queen Kao!"

Aaron and Kao are old enemies for thousands of years. Whenever one side has something wrong, the other side will definitely add insult to injury.

Obviously, Kao came to mess with him.

Can he ignore it?

Of course not!

Mira Fortress is very important. If it is breached by the Red Moon Knights, Aaron will lose a large area of ​​fertile plains, and even the safety of the capital will be threatened.

On one side are overseas interests, and on the other side are local threats.

After a difficult balance, Danger sighed: "It seems that we can't send more troops to Weilan."

Sage Sanchester certainly knew that the situation was difficult, and whispered: "Then give more weapons."

Danger nodded helplessly: "For the time being, this is the only way."