The King

  Chapter 60 Difficulties in the Aftermath

   Seeing the Holy See's flying dragon cavalry appear in the sky, Hudson's heart was suspended, lest these plague gods find him.

  For the sake of his own life, on the way forward, Hudson threw the broken Blood Moon Horn into a remote courtyard, as if he was dealing with spoils of war.

   Similar operations have been done by everyone. The king's special envoy promised a great reward. During the robbery, everyone was paying attention to the trophies such as horns to see if they could encounter the legendary "Blood Moon Horn".

  The detection standard is very simple, to see if there are magic fluctuations. As a well-known evil weapon in the continent of Aslant, it doesn't pay attention to restraint, and you can feel the magic power fluctuations tens of meters away.

  Seeing the dragon cavalry landing in the street next door, Hudson pretended to be dignified and suggested: "Uncle Chells, the place where the people from the Holy See landed is the place we just passed, and it is very likely that they are searching for the blood moon horn.

  The king's special envoy is also looking for that thing. The matter is too involved, and we small bodies can't handle it. Let's notify the earl as soon as possible! "

   Involving allies, Hudson was also very helpless. But there is no way, who let this unlucky thing hit them?

  If it weren't for the quick reaction of the bear boy, who snatched the blood moon horn back in time, and let the mysterious compass in Hudson's body seal his breath, the Fifth Army would probably be bleeding like a river by now.

  How long he can hide it, Hudson has no idea. Sealing the Blood Moon Horn does not mean that everything will be fine, and no one can guarantee that it will not be sensed at close range.

   Even after hiding the Blood Moon Horn outside, Hudson was still worried about getting burned. After all, the reputation of the Holy See is involved, and killing people to silence them is the most routine operation.

  Even if the Alpha Kingdom pursues the responsibility afterwards and keeps all these plague gods behind, it will not be able to bring the dead back to life.

   Nodding slightly, Cheers took out a magic flare and shot it directly into the air. A huge firework was formed in the air and lasted for two or three minutes before dissipating.

  This is the contact method agreed in advance. If there is a major discovery, a signal will be sent out, and the nearby coalition soldiers who receive the information will immediately rush over for reinforcements.

  When the rebel altar was discovered by coalition soldiers, a signal flare appeared in the sky once. It's just that the nobles of the Fifth Army, who were devoted to paddling, chose to pretend not to see it tacitly.

   Now that the situation is reversed, it is their turn to send a signal for help. It is also unknown how many reinforcements will arrive in time.

  The only good thing is that the blood moon horn has not been exposed yet, and the people in the Holy See have no idea that it was hidden by Hudson, and it is not yet time to kill and silence it.

   Facts have proved that Hudson is simply thinking too much. Seeing the signal flare that was launched into the air, the reinforcements of the coalition forces had not yet arrived, but Karlis gave the order decisively.

   "Withdraw!"

   It’s impossible not to go. They appear in the city at this time. Once they are blocked by the coalition forces, they will not be able to explain at all.

  Watching the flying dragon cavalry leave, the Fifth Army heaved a sigh of relief. Hating the Holy See does not mean that everyone wants to have a PK with the Holy See.

   If there is no evidence that the Holy See supports the cult, and the "Blood Moon Horn" matter, the Alpha Kingdom will indeed suffer a dull loss.

  But for the small nobles, survival is always the first priority. For the Kingdom, it has indeed suffered a lot, but the nobles present are the beneficiaries, and grass has grown on the graves of the real sufferers.

   "The people in the Holy See have already left, have they also taken the Blood Moon Horn away?"

  An indifferent voice rang in his ears, pulling Hudson back to reality. The person who came was the king's special envoy, Earl Frodo.

   It's just that at this moment his face is gloomy and terrifying, without the intimacy of the military meeting that day, as if everyone owed him gold coins and didn't pay back.

   "Your Excellency, the flying dragon cavalry of the Holy See left here from the southeast after a brief stay here.

   As for whether the Blood Moon Horn fell into the hands of the Holy See or is still in the hands of the rebels, it is not yet certain.

  However, before they arrived, we searched several nearby streets, and found no trace of the Blood Moon Horn. "

   Cheers Knight replied seriously.

   Scanning the crowd at the scene, Earl Frodo, who found nothing unusual, sighed helplessly.

  Deep in his heart, he didn't think that the Fifth Army, which had killed the cavalry of the Holy See, would lie about this issue.

   Did not seize the Blood Moon Horn from the rebels in the first place, Frodo had given up hope for this, and began to think about the aftermath.

  As the special envoy sent by the king, in addition to the "Blood Moon Horn", it also includes dealing with post-war affairs.

  The southeastern province is rich in land and densely populated, and it is one of the richest provinces in the kingdom. Naturally, this kind of good place cannot be monopolized by a noble family, otherwise it will easily lead to a situation where the tail is too big to lose.

  As one of the earls of the king's twelve fiefdoms, the Dalton family's strength is already very large, and what was revealed in this war was only the strength on the surface.

  The true war potential is far from being as simple as it appears on the surface. Including a large number of nobles who participated in the war, except for a few with shallow backgrounds who came out in full force, most of them left spare energy.

  Of course, it's not that they don't want to fight for the fief with all their strength. The main reason is that the children who are working outside are scattered all over the world, and they can't be called together for a while.

  The corruption of White and Leighton counties directly led to the breaking of the original political order. As the nobles in the southeastern province who put down the rebellion, they obviously wanted to take the biggest cake.

  The unlucky aristocrats in the former two counties, except for a few families with profound backgrounds who were able to keep their territories, the rest of the metropolises were expelled.

   This is determined by strength. Even if there is a direct bloodline heir, without enough strength, it will be difficult to hold on to one's own territory.

  Of course, according to the rules of the game among the nobles, everyone will not do things so badly when they come up.

  As long as the heirs know how to be human, they can continue to support one or two generations by relying on the connections accumulated by their parents. Theoretically, during this period, they still have the hope of turning around.

  But once you become a prodigal son, or if you are unlucky and die on the battlefield, or your children are not talented in cultivation and can't even become a knight, then you can only be completely cold.

  In the continent of Aslante, where the class is severely solidified, large-scale territorial mergers, or the decline of large families, often last for several generations.

  In any case, the concentration of territories in the southeastern provinces is becoming more and more, and the effect of the strong always being strong is an inevitable result.

  In addition to these local snakes, some big nobles in the capital also want to get involved.

  The eldest son inherited the family business, and the second son had to arrange a good place to live. Being able to take the opportunity to expand externally, no one is willing to split up their original territory.

  Thousands of interests and entanglements are intertwined together, just like a mess of hemp, which is constantly being cut, and the reason is still chaotic.

   How to balance the political structure of the southeastern province after the war while satisfying the interests of all parties as much as possible is the problem that Earl Frodo urgently needs to solve now.

  (end of this chapter)