The witch thought I am a Demon God

The capture of the earldom of Isenhanjian lasted for a full month. But during this period of time, Ivita has been living in seclusion, studying the magical power of her promotion to the great wizard, stabilizing her own power, and organizing her earl territory.

But because Wilson, the Iron Mountain Grand Knight and the Kelmo Grand Knight led the troops, and the Blue Magic Witch and the Dead Ox Grand Wizard assisted them, Ivita did not need to care about the specific situation.

He only knew from the daily report given to him by Butler Joe Joseph that the troops of the earldom of Isenhanjian were defeated steadily. Most of the nobles in their territory were on the Thunder Tooth Cliffs a month ago and were captured by them. He was captured, and now there were too few nobles in the earldom who dared to resist him and dare to stand up.

Perhaps because he saw the victories of Ivita's troops against the earldom, Viscount Ice Wolf also took the initiative to lead troops into the earldom to help Ivita's army and suppress the rebellion.

In the earldom of Ivita, the nobles who had been loyal to the Viscounty of Joseph and the Valji family took the initiative to lead troops and joined the war. Although the troops they led were generally small in number, probably only about ten people. There are about a hundred people, but all together, there are only one or two thousand people in Wuyangyang.

In the study, Iveta looked through the prototype of the atlas that she had compiled by asking Tartax to organize people to collect geographical information in various parts of her territory, and couldn't help but nod.

His own earldom is now called the earldom of Augustus.

It is composed of the three viscounties of Valji, the viscounty of Ice Wolf Viscount, the viscounty of Joseph, the commercial town of Maple Leaf Town, the Death Plateau and the Death Swamp, as well as the disappeared territories, and some other scattered territories.

Although he will march to Cross Island in the near future, it is also necessary to sort out his current territory.

Because the new territory was too large, Ivita did not deprive the local nobles of their rights much, but only slightly integrated it. The most important thing is that he has now figured out a way to get the support of most of the local nobles on Cross Island, which is to declare to the outside world that he is here to restore the ancient glory of the nobles and expel pirates.

In this way, the local nobles will naturally support them.

As for how to centralize power next, that is another matter.

As he conquers the entire Cross Island, he will gain huge rights. At that time, he can easily change the rules of the place, and he can naturally take the opportunity to centralize power.

Ivita looked at the map on the desk and said to Tartax, who had come all the way: "The time for inheriting territory by various methods has passed. Now is the time to win territory through war."

Tartax: "Huh?"

Ivita said to him: "The easier it is to get something, the easier it is to lose it. On the contrary, the more difficult it is to get something, the harder it is to lose it."

"Only by gaining territory through war can we centralize power."

"The local nobles have many constraints on me when it comes to territories obtained through inheritance and marriage. For example, I can easily replace the nobles' territories in the territory of Varji and centralize power, because I obtained it through war, but But I cannot treat the nobles of Joseph Viscounty and the swamp people in the swamps like this. Because those territories were inherited by me and were not obtained by means of war."

Tartax made up his mind and said to Ivita: "You are qualified to change the laws in this fast land only if you obtain things through war."

Ivita nodded. "I see."

Tartax said: "Centralization of power is indeed the only correct way to make a strong country, but without the protection of the monarch by the nobles, the monarchy will be extremely strong and extremely fragile, my lord."

"Sir, why do you have to centralize power? Accept the ancient local traditions and accept the nobles sharing their power with you. It is also a wise choice."

Ivita knew this.

In the previous life on Earth, after Europe transitioned from a feudal system to an absolute monarchy, revolutions and monarchical defections occurred within a very short period of time.

It is because the nobility is indeed a scourge that prevents the country from centralizing power, but it is also a shield in front of the king.

When the common people cannot survive due to natural and man-made disasters, and scold the upper class, they can scold the local nobles, and the king can always be a fair judge, loved by everyone, and take advantage of it.

But once the nobles disappeared from the monarch's presence, the situation changed.

When the common people want to complain about the ruler, the king who was originally the judge and protector in the eyes of the common people becomes the one who harms the people.

This is why the duration of power under a centralized system is significantly shorter than that under a feudal system.

Iveta shook her head and said to Tartax: "The nobles cannot be trusted. These people will only separate people from different places in order to satisfy their own selfish desires. Only a centralized and unified country can create A strong community comes.”

"People should originally be in a big family, a big language family, reduce internal friction, and concentrate resources to do better things. But now, the nobles have divided the people into groups with villages as the basic unit. , pitting these groups against each other and causing internal friction among themselves.”

Tartax raised a brow. "Like the Ancient Empire? But the later period of the Ancient Empire was very decadent..."

"The situation now is even more decadent. The scattered nobles are equivalent to creating tens of thousands of central institutions in a society. It has caused an incomparable burden to the people everywhere, and even allows them to survive in the minimum way. In ancient times, During the civilization period, the emperors of the ancient civilization would definitely think that the current situation is extremely decadent." Ivita said: "This is the reason why the countries were unable to fight against the centralized Roma-Seljuk Empire sixty years ago. .”

Ivita said: "It's just that the situation is now so bad that it can't get any worse. That's why it looks healthier."

"In my opinion, the Frankish countries of the Magic Black Forest, the Kingdom of Potsdam, and the United Kingdom are all developing on the path of centralization, but the degree is different."

Tartax was unconvinced. "I've never heard of such a statement, but the angle is very novel."

"It has reference value."

"Okay, sir, I want to remind you - your recent military operations against the earldoms in neighboring territories have attracted the attention of the entire Cross Island. Even Governor Rollov, who has some friendship with you, has sent several Messenger, I want to test how far your army will go before it stops."

"Sir, if you continue like this, you will become the target of public criticism."

Ivita raised a brow. "Then you have to find a way to make them relax their vigilance and make them believe that my army will attack Earl Isenhanjian's territory because that Earl sent an army to my territory first."

"Come on. Tartax, I trust your diplomatic abilities as my diplomat."

Tartax smiled bitterly, life is so fickle. He also didn't expect that one day he would help Ivita do these things on the Black Sea. "What you said is really easy, but it is very difficult to convince those pirate lords to believe what I said."

"If one of them is bad and causes most of the lords to send troops to resist you, don't blame me for my low level."

Iveta said: "My idea is to occupy the earldom first, then look for our friends and target our enemies. After pacifying most of the enemies, we will march to the Central Port!"

Tartax perked up.

The lord who occupies the central port will become the Grand Governor and automatically become the controller of the laws of the Seven Seas Code.

Tartax gives Ivita a roster. "Then you should look for the lords who may become your friends on the list I have collected for you. Excluding you, there are only seventeen earls on Cross Island. You can identify those who are neutral to you. , there is a potential conflict of interest for you, and there is a potential ally for you."

"Most of these counts have nothing to do with pirates, and they have many pirate fleets."

Iveta shrugged, "I have no chance of fighting a naval battle, but that's not necessarily true of the army. I know, thank you for your labor, Tartax. You first prepare seventeen gifts of low value but with special meanings. Give it to these seventeen earls. After all, it is still unclear who among them is the enemy and who is the friend."

Tartax looked at Ivita who was lowering her head and studying the roster and information, and couldn't help but have the illusion that she was accompanying the Overlord's growth.

Iveta, who had become an earl, was finally qualified to study the forces on the entire island, and began to think about matters at the earl level, thinking about countermeasures from a high point, instead of being obsessed with the one-acre-three-acre matter of the viscounty territory.

Ivita observed the power structure of Cross Island and found that she was very lucky, because after the death of the governor, no one cared about her rapid expansion of territory on Cross Island.

Otherwise, a superior lord would have come to find him long ago.

The current situation is that the major counts and pirates on Cross Island have no subordinate relationship in name, and are all parallel and independent.

But the only nominal leader, the Governor, is dead.

"There are two armies attacking the upper city of Central Port now." Ivita thought about it. "Count Lozrolov is also a famous big pirate [Captain of the Nightmare]. He and two counts' allies are attacking the upper city, but there is another count who also wants to become the governor, Lozrolov. The Earl’s brother-in-law [Count Hilckler], is also a famous pirate [Captain of the Blacklight].”

"[Count Shirkele] and one of his count allies were attacking the upper city while holding back his brother-in-law, Count Lozrolov."

"But after all calculations, there are only five earls participating in the fight for the governor. Most of the earls have remained silent, except for earl Isenhanjian. This birdman was killed by me."

Ivita thought: "The captain of the Nightmare and the captain of the Blacklight are both professionals at the pinnacle of the fourth level."

"The total number of fourth-level professionals under his command is more than a dozen. Is that so many? The number of their armies is counted in thousands, and the number of professionals in the army is counted in hundreds."

Ivita drummed her fingers on the table. "They are two tough bones. Tartax, I will destroy these two great pirates who are vying for the governorship."

"Let them stop fighting. It can be said that it is a human tragedy for relatives to kill each other. I don't want this to happen."

Tartax laughed. "Both of these two are very active big pirates who roam the oceans. Countries have issued countless wanted notices for them, but there is no way to get rid of them. But if you can really get rid of them, it will be useful to everyone anyway. A matter of profit. Because of them, Mediterranean trade has been reduced by at least half."

Ivita looked at the roster again and suddenly frowned. "There are two very troublesome people in these two groups, and they actually have two fifth-level witch marquises who are loyal to them. Witches of this level rarely rely on others, so why should they be loyal to them?"

Tartax said: "The captains of the Nightmare and the Blacklight have a lot of resources at sea. They may have used these resources in exchange for the allegiance of those witches."

"These two witches are the Sea Witch and the Tide Witch."

"The two of them are very strange. They suddenly appeared in the Black Sea and suddenly became loyal to the two counts. I contacted many friends, but I didn't find out any news about the past of these two witches. Generally speaking, a fifth-level A witch must have left some traces in some places. Even you have left some deeds in Ambrose and the Black Sea."

"But these two witches seem like people who suddenly appeared in this world."

"strangeness."

Ivita nodded. "Then you go ask your friends to check. If something goes wrong, there must be a monster."

Ivita said to him: "I am going to look for the Hearthstone Witch at the Sacred Spring of Thunder Fang Cliff. Maybe she may know the origins of these two witch marquises. If Wilson and the Iron Mountain Knight completely control Isenhan Lord Jian, just send me the news."

After saying that, he left Tartax who was saluting him, left the room, and went to the corridor to use the Dark Door.

In just an instant, he appeared on the Thunder Fang Cliff.

He entered the frog princess's castle. Walking to the negative floor, I saw the sacred spring slowly flowing out because the frog princess had unlocked the seal. The Hearthstone Witch was soaking in it to purify the distortion and pollution caused by the magic remaining in her body.

The Hearthstone Witch did not take off her clothes, but soaked in the spring water wearing the black robe she usually wore, and kept laughing strangely. "Hahaha... This way I have the possibility of being promoted to Witch Marquis."

"But there is no potential, and it is useless just to have the possibility. No, since the Ice Lich can gain the potential to become a Witch Marquis because of the dark soul of the demon god, then I may be able to wait for the demon god to advance to the wizard marquis and sneak up on him. , take a sip of the magical radiation from his dark soul."

"It makes sense! Hahahahaha... I have already used the devil, what else can't I use?"

"Hahahaha... The devil conquers the world. If I conquer the devil with my wisdom, it means I conquer the world!"

Iveta stood behind her speechless. He couldn't hold it anymore after hearing what happened. Please don't tell her your fantasy, okay?

"Ahem...that's what. I'm here to ask you about the conditions for advancing to a high wizard, and do you know the Sea Spirit Witch and the Tide Witch? Even if you have heard of them, I want them now. material."

The Hearthstone Witch took a bath in the sacred spring with a dull expression on her face.

Oh no.

She was so proud that she accidentally revealed her plan to conquer the world in advance! ! !