Summoning Total War

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From the moment Murphy made up his mind to cooperate with Lady Elizabeth, from the twenty-seven local nobles forming an alliance, from the time Athens decided to form a mercenary union with its human and financial resources, everything in Murphy's plan was like a huge net. Not only did it envelop the noble council, but it also enveloped the entire human world in the southern plains.

The foreign aid of the Centaurs, the friendliness of the half-elves, and the trade relations they have always maintained with the barbarian humans.

The foundation that Murphy built step by step has become unbreakable, and even the current noble council can't do anything to him.

Now the only way for the Noble Council to save the situation is to carry out a comprehensive campaign against goblin and kobold bandits like Athens. As long as they can achieve results in this operation, they can still firmly hold on to the prestige of their rule for nearly a thousand years. The power of the human city-states living in the southern plains. But even if they made some achievements, it no longer mattered to Murphy.

Murphy has the "Total War" auxiliary system, and by using the strategic map page lock in the auxiliary system, he can confidently carry out such a large-scale clearing operation. Because every large-scale goblin, kobold and bandit gathering point will be counted on the strategic map page by the auxiliary system. No matter how they flee, Murphy always finds a way to find them.

Coupled with the powerful intelligence transmission network of the mercenary union and the mutual cooperation between noble mercenaries from various places, all these are important reasons why he finally decided to conduct such a large-scale military operation!

But what does the Council of Nobles have?

They have nothing!

Although their manpower, material resources, and financial resources far exceed those of Athens, they do not have the "Total War" auxiliary system to lock the position, there is no mercenary union to collect and transmit intelligence, and they do not have the cohesiveness of the Athens Alliance to cooperate wholeheartedly. Even if the aristocratic council was a hundred times better than Athens in terms of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, how much achievements could it achieve?

I'm afraid those nobles within the parliament who are unwilling to send troops are enough to give several grand dukes a headache, right?

Over a long period of time, the corruption of power has already turned the Noble Council into a bloated, slow, old and worn-out machine. The complex interest relationships between various families have become a barrier that hinders the operation of this old machine. In fact, after the noble council made this decision, Murphy was able to meet the final outcome.

Because the outcome is already determined.

He does not need to swallow up such a behemoth as the Parliament of Nobles in one fell swoop, nor does he even need more territory.

The fertile land where Athens is located is more than enough to feed 200,000 people. He only needs to ensure that Athens has a strong army and the city is rich, civilized and stable. Then driven by the general trend, the establishment of the Principality of Athens will eat away at the Parliament of Nobles bit by bit. the power of. More and more nobles will abandon the ancient parliament and choose to join the Principality Alliance. As long as they join the Principality Alliance, he will make all arrangements.

Of course, these assumptions are established without the influence of strong external forces.

If humans in the entire southern plain will face other external pressures, then the outcome will probably be the complete collapse of the entire aristocratic assembly. At that time, Athens will take over everything.

Under the powerful fighting power of the Spartan warriors, the only decision these veteran nobles can make is to surrender! Because in this turbulent era, only a strong military is the foundation of everything!

There are too many barren lands in this world.

All Murphy wants is the hearts and minds of the people, or the future population, so to speak.

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At noon the next day, Murphy finally got what he was waiting for.

The group of people he sent to the Karazhan Mountains finally returned, and they also brought back a letter from the Harpy Queen Avanna. The text used in writing the letter is Elvish script, and it is also High Elf script. The handwriting is beautiful and clear. It seems that the legendary birth of the Harpy is not just a rumor from the cursed High Elf. Otherwise, high elven writing is a very rarely used problem that few other races have mastered.

Although Murphy has dabbled in Elven literature, he is not that proficient in high Elven literature.

But it doesn’t matter. There is a very practical level 0 spell in arcane magic, which is [Reading]. This low-level spell can translate most of the words used by many species. If the user is strong enough, Even some of the Titan texts from the previous era can be translated. Using [Reading Skill], it is not very difficult for Murphy to read the letter from the Harpy Aviana.

The content of the letter is very simple, that is, the Harpy Queen Evana has made an appointment with Murphy to discuss in detail in her territory.

"Going to the harpy's territory?"

Murphy gave up on this question without even thinking about it.

He was the governor of Athens, the commander-in-chief of the army, and even the root of everything. It is simply impossible for him to risk going to the Harpy territory where enemies and friends are unknown, and the chief priest of the God of War and the generals of Athens may not agree to his going.

Besides, he didn't have to put himself on the line for a trade.

This is a very stupid decision!

Putting down the letter from Harpy Queen Evana, Murphy turned around and began to ask about what happened to their group.

Why haven't you come back until now?

At this question, Murphy immediately frowned. It turned out that the group of people sent by Murphy were not immediately received by the Harpy Queen Evana after finding the gathering place of the harpies. Instead, they were imprisoned by a group of harpies.

It wasn't until the news was known to the Harpy Queen Evana, and after Murphy handed over the ring that Murphy gave them, they got the opportunity to meet Her Royal Highness the Harpy Queen. What makes it difficult for Murphy to make it clear is that after handing over the ring, the Harpy Queen Avanna did not receive these people immediately, but waited until the next day to hand over the letter to them.

"What is the reason?"

This information made it impossible for Murphy to understand the intentions of the Harpy Queen Avanna. There is no clear hostility and no friendly intentions. For now, it can only be regarded as neutral. Regarding these, according to Murphy's inference, either the Harpy Queen Evana does not care too much about the fact that he saved her, or the Harpy people are very wary of other races.

These envoys carrying Murphy's tokens were sent over with a letter like this. It was really difficult for Murphy to agree that these harpies were friendly.

And from the legends that have been circulating, creatures like harpies are by nature chaotic and evil creatures. This had to make Murphy make several new plans in his heart.

"How many are those harpies?" Murphy stared at the officer in front of him and said in a deep voice.

This issue is very important to Murphy, because it determines how he will arrange his next plan, and even affects the direction of Athens for a long time to come.

"A lot!" The officer sent by Murphy into the Karazhan Mountains nodded and said, "I don't know the specific number, but there are a lot of them!"

"Along the peaks inside the Karazhan Mountains, their nests stretch for more than ten miles!"

"I'm afraid their population won't be too far apart even if it doesn't exceed one hundred thousand!"

One hundred thousand? !

Murphy was startled when he heard this, and couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise: "So many!"

"Mr. Governor, those harpies do not fly very high, and they do not wear any armor. Their hands are connected to their wings, and they can basically only attack with their claws when flying. Except for the unknown strength of those high-level harpies, ordinary harpies Harpies and our longbowmen can shoot them down easily!" As a warrior, the officer sent by Murphy into the Karazhan Mountains very clearly analyzed the enemy's abilities and weaknesses.

"Draw the approximate body shape of those ordinary harpies and show me." Murphy felt relieved after hearing this. He pointed to the sand table in front of him and said to the officer.

"Yes. Lord Governor." The officer immediately drew the morphological characteristics of an ordinary harpy on the sand table.

The average harpy is about 1.6 meters tall and has a pair of arms, but the periosteum extends from the back of the arm and grows into a pair of wings. In other words, the arms and wings of these harpies are connected. Together, while flying, they kept flapping their arms. Judging from their physical characteristics, Murphy judged that their flight endurance and height were probably quite limited.

After all, their humanoid bodies and not-too-wide wings greatly limit their ability to fly.

Perhaps the real danger should be those high-level harpies who have escaped the curse and undergone mysterious evolution. These creatures that have returned to the form of high elves are definitely not easy to deal with, and the morphological characteristics similar to those of angels in their previous lives make them feel very stressed just by looking at them. If any god made these female-only high-level harpies a vassal race, would they have become angels in earth's myths and legends?

This idea made Murphy think of the historical fit.

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After closing his eyes and thinking for a moment, Murphy suddenly had a new plan in his mind.

He looked at the tired officers in front of him and said, "You go back and rest for the night. Tomorrow you go to the harpy gathering place again. Tell them that negotiations are okay, but the location must be outside the Karazhan Mountains. Otherwise, There is no possibility!"

It was impossible to venture to the Harpy's lair alone. Murphy's biggest concession was to place the negotiation location outside the Karazhan Mountains.

"Yes, Lord Governor!" The officer looked solemn as he took the order and left.