I was regarded as a demon god by a witch

Chapter 367 Controlling the Earl of Isenhanjian

The capture of the Earl of Isenhanjian lasted for a full month.But during this period of time, Ivita has been living in seclusion, studying the magic power of his promotion to become a great wizard, stabilizing his power, and sorting out his earl's territory.

But because Wilson, the Iron Mountain Knight, and the Kelmer Knight led the troops, and the Blue Magic Witch and the Dead Bull Wizard assisted them, Ivita didn't need to care about the specific situation.

He only knew from the daily report from Butler Joe Joseph that the troops of the Earl of Isenhanjian were being defeated. Most of the nobles in their territory were located on the Thunder Yacht Cliff a month ago. Captured, now there are too few nobles who dare to resist themselves and dare to stand out in the Earl.

Perhaps because of seeing Iveta's troops victorious over the Earl's Land, Viscount Icewolf also took the initiative to lead troops into the Earl's Land to help Iveta's army and suppress the rebellion.

In the earldom of Ivita, the nobles who had been loyal to the Viscount Joseph and the Varji family took the initiative to lead troops and joined the war. Although the number of troops they brought was generally small, it probably ranged from a dozen There are hundreds of people, but together, it is also a huge 2000 people.

In the study room, Ivita flipped through the prototype of the atlas that he asked Tartax to organize manpower to collect geographic information from various territories, and could not help but nod.

Now his Earldom is called the Earl of Augustus.

It is composed of the three Viscounts of Valji, the Viscount of the Icewolf Viscount, the Viscount of Joseph, the commercial city of Maple Leaf Town, the Death Plateau and the Death Swamp, as well as the vanished territory, and some other scattered territories.

Although he will march on 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 too 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 in Cross Island, which is to declare to the outside world that he is here to restore the glory of the ancient nobles and drive out the pirates.

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

As for how to centralize power in the future, that is another matter.

As he conquers the entire Cross Island, he will gain enormous power. At that time, he can easily change the rules of a place, and naturally he can 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 to inherit the territory by various methods has passed, and now is the time to use war to win the territory."

Tartax: "Huh?"

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

"Territory obtained by means of war can be used to centralize power."

"The territory obtained by inheritance and marriage, the local nobles have a lot of constraints on me. For example, I can easily replace the nobles' territory in Valji's territory and centralize power, because I obtained it through war, but But I can't treat the nobles of Viscount Joseph and the swamp people in the swampland like this. Because those territories were inherited by me, and they were not obtained by means of war."

Tartax made a decision and said to Ivita: "Only by means of war, you have the right to change the law in this fast land."

Evita nodded. "I see."

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

"My lord, why do you have to centralize power? Accept the ancient local traditions and accept that the nobles share power with you. It is also a wise choice."

Evita knows this.

In the previous life, after the transition from the feudal system to the autocratic monarchy in Europe on Earth, revolutions and monarchy defections occurred within a very short period of time.

It is because the aristocracy 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 disasters and man-made disasters, when they scold the upper class, they can scold the local nobles, and the king can always be a fair judge, be loved by others, and take advantage of it.

But once the nobility disappeared from the presence of the monarch, the situation changed.

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

This is why the duration of the regime of the centralized system is obviously shorter than that of the feudal system.

Ivita shook his head and said to Tartax: "The nobles are not trustworthy. 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 be in a big family, a big language family, reduce internal friction, and concentrate resources to do some better things. But now, the nobles split the crowd into groups with the village as the basic unit , Let these groups oppose each other and fight each other."

Tartax raised an eyebrow. "It's like the ancient empire? But the later period of the ancient empire is very decadent..."

"The current situation 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 on the people everywhere, and can only allow them to survive in a minimum way. In ancient times During the civilization period, the emperors of the ancient civilization would definitely think that the current situation is extremely corrupt.” Ivita said: “This is the reason why the countries were unable to fight against the centralized Roma-Seljuk Empire 60 years ago. "

"It's just that it's so bad that it can't go any further. So it looks healthier," Evita said.

"In my opinion, the country of the Franks in the magical Black Forest, the Kingdom of Potsdam, and the United Kingdom are all developing towards the path of centralization, but to varying degrees."

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

"It has reference value."

"Okay, my lord, I want to remind you - your recent military actions against the counties in neighboring territories have attracted the attention of the whole Cross Island. Even Governor Rolrov, who has some friendship with you, has sent several Messenger, if you want to test your army, how far will you go before you stop."

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

Evita raised an eyebrow. "Then you should find a way to make them relax their vigilance and convince them that my army will attack Earl Isenhanjian's territory because that earl first sent troops to my territory."

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

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

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

Ivita said: "My idea is to occupy that earl first, then find our friends and target our enemies. After most of the enemies are suppressed, enter the central port!"

Tartax perked up.

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

Tartax sent Ivita a roster. "Then you should look for the lords who may become your friends on the list I collected for you. If you are removed from Cross Island, there are only seventeen earls. You can identify the ones who are neutral to you , potential conflicts of interest for you, potential allies for you.”

"Most of these earls are not clear to the pirates, and they have raised many pirate fleets."

Ivita shrugged, "I'm useless in naval battles, but not necessarily in the army. I know, thank you for your labor, Tartax. You first prepare seventeen low-value but special gifts To these seventeen earls. After all, it is still unclear which of them is an enemy and which is a friend."

Tartax looked at Ivita, who was bowing his head and studying the roster and materials, and couldn't help but have the illusion that he was growing up with the overlord.

Ivita, who has become a count, is finally qualified to study the forces on the entire island, and begins to think about things at the count level, thinking about countermeasures from a high level, and is no longer obsessed with the one-acre three-point land of the viscount.

Ivita observed the power structure of Cross Island and found that he was very lucky, because the governor died, and now no one cares about his rapid expansion of territory on Cross Island.

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

The current situation is that the major earls and great pirates on Cross Island have no nominal affiliation, and are all parallel and independent.

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

"Now there are two armies attacking the upper city of Central Harbor." Ivita thought about it. "Count Lozrolov, who is also a famous great pirate [Captain of the Nightmare], he and two count allies are attacking the upper city, but there is another count who also wants to be the governor, and it is Lozrolov The earl’s brother-in-law [Count Sirkel], who is also a famous great pirate [Captain of the Black Light].”

"[Earl Sirkel] and one of his earl ally, while attacking the upper city, while holding back his brother-in-law, Earl Rozrolov."

"However, there are only five earls participating in the fight for the governor. Most of the earls kept silent, except for Earl Isenhanjian, who was killed by me."

Ivita thought: "The captains of the Nightmare and the Black Light are both professionals at the peak of the fourth level."

"There are more than a dozen fourth-level professionals under him. Are there so many? The number of their troops is calculated in thousands, and the number of professionals in the army is calculated in hundreds."

Evita tapped her fingers on the table. "Two hard nuts to crack. Tartax, I want to destroy these two big pirates who are fighting for the governor."

"Let them stop fighting. It can be said that relatives kill each other, which can be said to be a tragedy in the world. I don't want this to happen."

Tartax laughed. "These two are very active big pirates across the ocean. Countries have issued countless wanted orders for them, but there is no way to get rid of them. But if you can really get rid of them, it's good for everyone anyway. A matter of interest. Because of them, the Mediterranean trade has been reduced by at least half."

Ivita looked at the roster again, and suddenly frowned. "Among these two groups, there are two very troublesome people, and there are actually two fifth-level witches and marquises who are loyal to them. Witches of this level rarely live under others. Why should they be loyal to them?"

Tartax said: "The captains of the Nightmare and the Black Light have a lot of resources at sea, and they may use these resources in exchange for the allegiance of those witches."

"These two witches are Sea Spirit Witch and Tidal Witch."

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

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

"strangeness."

Evita nodded. "Then go and ask your friends to check. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon."

Ivita said to him: "I'm going to look for the Hearthstone Witch at the sacred spring of the Thunder Tooth Cliff. Maybe she may know the origins of these two witches. If Wilson and the Iron Mountain Knight completely control Isenham Earl of Jian, send me a message."

After speaking, he left Tartax who was saluting him, left the room, and used the Dark Portal in the corridor.

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

He entered the castle of the frog princess.Walking to the negative floor, I saw the sacred spring flowing out of the spring water slowly because the frog princess unsealed it. The Hearthstone Witch was soaking in it, purifying the distortion and pollution caused by the magic remaining in her body.

The Hearthstone Witch didn't take off her clothes, but soaked in the spring water in her usual black robe, and kept laughing strangely. "Hahaha... In this way, I have the possibility to be promoted to the Marquis of the Witch."

"But there is no potential, and it is useless even if it is possible. No, since the ice lich can obtain the potential to become a witch marquis because of the dark soul of the demon god, then I may be able to sneak up on him when the demon god advances to the wizard marquis , take a sip of the magical radiation of his dark soul."

"It makes sense! Hahahahaha... I have used all the demon gods, so what else can I not use?"

"Hahahaha... the demon god conquers the world, and if I conquer the demon god with my wisdom, it means that I have conquered the world!"

Ivita stood behind her speechless, and he couldn't hold it anymore when he heard behind her, please don't tell your fantasy, okay?
"Cough cough cough...then what. I'm here to ask you about the conditions for advancing to a senior wizard, and whether you know Sea Spirit Witch and Tidal Witch? Even if you have heard of them, I want them now. material."

The hearthstone witch who was bathing in the holy spring had a dull expression on her face.

Oh no.

She was so complacent and forgetful that she accidentally revealed her plan to conquer the world in advance! ! !
(End of this chapter)