I was regarded as a demon god by a witch

Chapter 493 Abolition of the Treaty with the Franks

After learning that the Hearthstone Witch did not kill anyone, Iveta breathed a sigh of relief and said to the Hearthstone Witch: "Then return half of the family's property. Is there any problem?"

In the meeting hall, facing the gazes of many nobles, the Hearthstone Witch considered it for a moment. "Okay. I can give them half of their property back."

The nobles breathed a sigh of relief and were at least given a way to survive.

Ivita nodded. The Hearthstone Witch's behavior was reasonable. After all, these nobles were suspected of treason. Although they said they would not pursue the charges, it was impossible for them to come without any price.

It would be too much to seize all their property, but now this level is just right.

Ivita did not forget to use psychic magic to say to the Hearthstone Witch: "Give me two-thirds of the property you plundered."

The Hearthstone Witch suppressed her blush, and her heart was twisting in a knife, but it was true that these properties did not completely belong to her at all. Without Ivita's name, she could not cut off all the nobles in the royal capital.

The Hearthstone Witch responded with mind magic: "Your Majesty, can we divide it equally?"

she managed one last time.

Ivita decisively refused.

He has a big family to support, and the Hearthstone Witch is just one person, so how can he compare.

The Hearthstone Witch was disappointed, but she didn't say anything. She also understood the reason.

Ivita got down to business. "Hearthstone Witch, how is the situation in the West now?"

Hearthstone witches travel between the front line and the royal capital, so they know the battle situation well. Most people in the royal capital know about the front line through the hearthstone witch, and a small number of them know it from the spies returned from the front line.

Having said this, the Hearthstone Witch frowned and said seriously: "Your Majesty, the situation on the front line is very bad."

"Our finances and military strength are not as good as those of the Frankish Kingdom. Coupled with a certain shameful scum, the morale of our army is not high. Moreover, there are also witch marquises on the other side. There are three of them who fought against me in the army alone. There is also an even more powerful witch named Marquis who is hiding in the dark. His actions are as bright as stars, and the star power from the sky descends on him. He defeated me several times, leaving me unable to help our army."

"The odds are stacked against us right now. If things don't change, time is not on our side."

Ivita nodded. "The sudden invasion of the Franks caught us all off guard. But actually we still have an advantage. The witch you mentioned before is now under my control."

The Hearthstone Witch and the nobles in the chamber all looked up in shock.

Especially the Hearthstone Witch. She has fought against the Aries Witch several times. Every time the Aries Witch can defeat her from thousands of miles away without showing up, she can only barely guarantee that she can escape.

Unexpectedly, Ivita took a trip to Yodo City, and when she came back, she said that she had conquered the Aries witch.

Ivita said: "What's good for us is that we have great righteousness and we are absolutely innocent victims. Now, you announce to the outside world that the Franks broke the contract first. We do not recognize all contracts signed with their country before. Frank The land that people took away from our country in the past must now be returned to us."

Some nobles in the meeting hall became excited, while others were worried.

Ivita continued: "The second thing is that the Franks are aggressive. You guys went to the empire to invite the princes in the empire to boycott the Frankish kingdom."

No noble objected to this.

Because of the Franks' bad record, in less than sixty years, they invaded dozens of small feudal countries and wiped out their families and countries, causing nearby countries to be extremely afraid of them.

There have been many joint battles against the Frankish Kingdom.

Only this time, Alsace was in a special situation and fell out with the emperor and the Frankish Kingdom at the same time, so it fell into isolation and helplessness.

Iveta said: "Third, in order to support the frontline battlefield, I will set up a huge magic circle in the royal capital to summon meteorites from the sky to attack the Frankish army. It involves many rare stone materials. You follow the list I gave you. , even if we spend all the treasury storage, we must also do our best to collect materials.”

"Hearthstone Witch, go to the front line and tell the Tomb King and Iron Mountain Knight, as well as Minister Marcelino Bowman and Justice Kratos Pritzker, that they should retreat while fighting for the time being. They led them to the thousands of miles of uninhabited salt-alkali land in Sike County.”

The nobles and the Hearthstone Witch quickly said yes to Ivita.

If Ivita wants to summon large-scale magic, she cannot let the battlefield take place in the residential areas of the Kingdom of Alsace. The best way is to transfer the battlefield to the land of the Frankish Kingdom. But since this is not possible for the time being, let her troops Pretending to be defeated, they moved the battlefield to the barren land of the salt-alkali land.

Alsace is very authoritarian, and the council can decide almost everything without the approval of the parliament or the consent of the local regional councils.

Therefore, when Ivita gives an order here, it is equivalent to giving an order to the entire kingdom. The county chiefs, judges and nobles in each region of Alsace will abide by their orders.

Of course, now that his royal power is unstable, there are bound to be people who act in a positive and negative way.

Now that the war is in the eleven counties in the west of Alsace, the counties in the east that are far away from the war will feel that the war has nothing to do with them. They will feel uncomfortable in their hearts if they are asked to raise troops and pay taxes. Cut off your own flesh to make up for the gaps of others.

But they would not have expected that they were just cutting meat at the rear, while others were working hard at the front.

In order to prevent this from happening, Ivita ordered to give priority to the soldiers in the eastern counties. As long as they go to the battlefield for a few rounds, those eastern counties will know that the situation on the frontline battlefield is so bad.

Throughout the war, Alsace indeed became more and more hostile to the Franks, and Ivita had to use this hatred to temporarily resist the other party's aggression.

As soon as Ivita left the meeting hall, he noticed something unusual in the Dragon Fire Lake near the royal capital. He teleported over with a space magic, only to see three charred corpses whose appearance was unclear next to the Dragon Fire Lake.

And the sky was full of bipedal flying dragon knights who were like frightened birds.

The leader of the Flying Dragon Knights took the initiative to let his mount fly in front of Ivita, knelt down on the back of the dragon and said to Ivita: "Your Majesty, as you expected, an assassin suddenly broke into the Dragon Fire Lake. Evil intentions, but burned to a crisp by your magic."

"There was another assassin, but he escaped."

"My subordinates failed in pursuit. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

Ivita glanced at him. "It's a one-month fine. But it's good that you were able to protect the Dragon Fire Lake. This deserves a reward."

"I will reward each of you with ten gold pounds." The Flying Dragon Knights were a little surprised. "Yes, Your Majesty."

However, Ivita knows that he should clearly distinguish rewards and punishments, and give recognition to any contribution made by his subordinates, and give both kindness and power. Only in this way can you conquer people's hearts and make people use you.

Excessive gifts will only breed arrogant soldiers;

Excessive punishment will only make people less dedicated.

The balance between them is exactly what makes people convinced.

Ivita returned to the royal capital and stayed in seclusion for the past five days. All government affairs were left to the nobles in the meeting hall to handle themselves. Unless it was a major military situation, she would not be seen.

However, during this period, there were always people from big noble families who wanted to let Ivita go hunting, outings, and banquets. These people were accustomed to the rules in their own circle, and thought that as a king, Ivita would always treat her as a king no matter how many things happened. Enjoyment is the main thing.

Hunting and banquets are indispensable.

Ivita could take the initiative not to mention it, but they had to invite the new king to attend. Besides, there were still a lot of people waiting to meet the new king.

The ladies and ladies in the royal capital are all ready to make a move, hoping that after the change of king, they can catch up and become the darlings of the new social world.

There are also a large number of ancient nobles and wealthy businessmen who want to make friends with the king.

But Ivita was not interested in this at all. Except for the big nobles and wealthy businessmen who wanted to donate their property to her, Ivita turned down hunting and banquets.

There is still a war on the front line. These nobles and wealthy businessmen still want to sing and dance. Sure enough, there is a big problem.

Ivita discovered that Alsace did not have any laws and regulations related to the national war period, the military, economy, and daily life during special war periods.

He immediately added an order to limit the size of banquets and the number of hunting activities during the battlefield.

This kind of decree is only a temporary decree now, but as long as Ivita emphasizes it for a long time, he will become a permanent decree through habit.

The reason why Ivita's decree can be implemented so smoothly is also because of the Alsatian people's hostility and fear of the Franks. Therefore, Ivita's decree does not appear to be abrupt at all.

……

Five days later, the frontline soldiers in Alsace were actually fighting very uncomfortable. Their country was in turmoil, and the enemy's army was far superior to them.

Moreover, in addition to conventional combat strength, the enemy army also had a large number of knight marquises and three witch marquises.

Every time the Alsatian army had a local advantage, the opponent would send three witch marquises to cast powerful spells, either tsunamis or seas of fire, to make the advantage that the Alsatian army finally gained disappear.

If it weren't for the existence of the Dragon Fire Fortress, they would have been surrounded and destroyed by the Franks' army long ago.

As they retreated steadily, the Alsatians became even more resentful towards the Franks, and began to expect them to have the help of battlefield magic.

This time, the Tomb King and Justice Kuratoss Pritzker led the main force of Alsace to retreat to the salt-alkali land in Sik County. They wanted to use the salt-alkali land to escape. This made many veterans in the army begin to question the command. The professionalism of the officials even hints at mutiny.

Late at night, the Tomb King asked the army to live in the Gobi. Many veterans had already started to make trouble and refused to obey orders. They wanted to take advantage of the night to quickly march troops and leave this ghost place.

The six Frankish troops pursuing them totaled about 10,000 people.

They met outside the salt-alkali land, divided their forces, and blocked the exits of the salt-alkali land, as if to strangle the main force of Alsace in this wasteland.

After so many years of secretly planting spies and businessmen, the Franks had already figured out the terrain map of western Alsace, and the terrain of this salt-alkali land was also under their control.

At this moment, the Frankish commanders and the three witch marquises were all discussing happily in the camp, looking relaxed.

An old Frankish commander, Glor, said: "I didn't expect that the Alsatian people would go the wrong way on their own land and even want to escape from the salt-alkali land. This is their own way of death. We will They were besieged and died in this salt-alkali land, and we didn’t even have to sacrifice many noble Franks’ lives for them to perish themselves.”

Another slightly younger Frankish commander said: "They must have made a mistake during their retreat. I heard that their main commander this time was the dim-witted Justice Curatos Pritzker of Alsace. , someone from the Pritzker family defected to our side."

"It gave us a lot of information about this family. The territory of this family has been unable to make ends meet, and corruption is serious. Young people in the family have no way to take the lead. The older generation is greedy for power and resources, and gives resources to their relatives within three generations, regardless of whether they have it or not. This talent.”

"Kuratos Pritzker, the head of such a family, is probably an incompetent person, but such a person still holds an important position in the Alsace council. Since the Kingdom of Alsace left Alsace The leader of the Si family will die after that."

"Hahaha... They think they can avoid war by changing the king, just like an ostrich burying its head in the soil. Can war be avoided by holding a meeting in their own country?"

The old Frank commander nodded and said: "That's right. Especially in the past ten years or so, the Alsatian people have neglected their army. I am afraid that this time, they are in danger of national subjugation. I received the emperor's order, and His Majesty the Emperor said - 'This time We can occupy as much land as we can, and diplomacy and food transportation will be guaranteed by him.', It is an honor for a general like me to meet such a great monarch in my lifetime, and I will be able to leave a mark in history through this. Write my name, and everyone will know that I am a key figure in the rise of the Frank Empire, hahahaha..."

The three witches and marquis listened to them quietly.

The three witch marquises come from different families among the new Frankish nobility. All the people in this camp are from Frankish nobility.

It's just that they are from minor noble families.

Although the current emperor appoints many heroes who were born in poverty, people with aristocratic education also have an advantage compared to their ability. There is no entangled family power behind these small nobles, so they can take advantage of the emerging small nobles and outstanding people who are attached to the royal power. Common people came to suppress the aristocratic forces headed by the twelve original aristocrats of Frank.

In fact, the three witch marquises also have internal conflicts. At this moment, there are undercurrents among them, and they even want to eliminate each other to enhance their personal role.

The three witches and marquises thought one after another.

‘There are no Marquis Witches in the Alsatian army, but we have three Marquis Witches here. It would be great if we could get the other Marquis Witches out. ’

‘The Alsatian troops have formed a knightly battle formation specifically to target powerful witches. Perhaps they can be trapped in a battle formation on the salt-alkali land, and then do some tricks to get rid of them. ’

Glor suddenly remembered something that worried him. "The Aries Witch has not been in contact with me for a long time. I will contact her later. With her in charge, we can ensure that the wizard king will not carry out beheading tactics against us."

(End of this chapter)