A baby dragon has built a nest outside the Novice Village

Chapter 230 Agreement
"You can only clean up about one tenth of the valley in one night?"

The report from the Principality troops at the front was delivered to Morari as quickly as possible.

The report stated the estimated time. It was sent out from the camp before daybreak. At that time, the soldiers of the Principality were still searching for traces of the heretics in the valley.

The heretics only left behind traps and a small number of "monsters", and everyone else retreated into the depths of the valley. However, in the middle of the night, it was a waste of time to check these traps and the "monsters" that were hiding in the darkness and suddenly erupted.

Unless the Principality troops give up checking for traps, they have no way to increase their speed.

Giving up on checking for traps means that the Principality's troops will suffer more casualties from those traps and monsters in the dark.

At least for now, the Principality troops on the front line cannot afford this price.

"Let them suspend their offensive until daytime. Those heretics will be able to regain control of the valley. It won't make much sense except for increasing their own losses."

Morari looked in other directions of the map. The deployment of all the troops of the Principality was listed on it. He needed to find out where he could draw more troops.

The principality troops outside the valley needed reinforcements, and their current manpower was insufficient to support them in achieving their goals. But even these manpower had been forcibly drawn from around the capital.

In just a few short days, three villages around the capital of the principality were completely destroyed, and seven villages were attacked and severely damaged. Refugees were pouring into the capital of the principality. Thanks to the church still operating normally, the refugees were comforted and no further chaos was caused.

Morari could not see any troops that could be mobilized on the map. Almost all the troops had their missions. In this chaotic situation, even the Principality had far more standing troops than they normally needed. At this time, it was still stretched.

Morari set his sights on the border.

Although it has gone through several rounds of withdrawals, the Principality still has a large number of troops deployed on the border to guard against several other kingdoms.

Even after several withdrawals, the number of troops remaining on the border is still a considerable number. Pulling them all back would solve many problems in the principality.

However, this would also create new problems. Several other human kingdoms surrounding the principality also had ideas about this land rich in forest resources. If the troops on the border were withdrawn, those kingdoms would inevitably take action.

"Sir, the news from the border is that those kingdoms are moving their troops away from the border."

The adjutant came in. He had just updated the latest intelligence, one of which needed to be reported to Morari immediately.

The detailed report of the border troops was quickly handed over to the staff officers, who soon began to work on the map. The marks representing the troops of the kingdoms on the border of the principality were taken down one by one, and finally, on that border, there were only a few marks representing the troops of other kingdoms left.

"It seems that they only have enough personnel left to maintain border surveillance. With this number, all they can do is sound the alarm before they are eliminated."

Morarichi did not think that the human kingdoms were facing a situation that required them to withdraw all their troops from the borders. These kingdoms were large in size and were located closer to the center of the continent. The non-human races in their territories were even weaker than those in the principalities. Even the principalities were currently short of manpower and were far from needing to withdraw all their troops from the borders.

"Your Excellency the Duke, news from the high priest." The deacon at the side finished their morning prayers, and it seemed that they had gained some news from the prayers.

"The church has reached an agreement with some kingdoms. Human kingdoms need to put aside their struggles with each other and focus on this crisis."

During this period, the high priests stationed by the church in those kingdoms were also not idle. After the initial chaos, the church reconnected with the still loyal subordinate organizations, rebuilt their organizational system, and began to exert their influence on this continent again.

The closer to the center of the continent, the fewer non-human races there are. Most humans have not had their lives disturbed by alien races for several generations. The heresies of heretics are not very popular in these places, although many priests still fall into the arms of heretics because of the "Echo Wall".

However, without the support of grassroots believers and followers, these heretics could not cause much unrest. After some churches controlled by the heretics were destroyed, they could only hide in their hidden underground churches, waiting for an opportunity.

The church has regained control of these areas, and the high priests are negotiating with the kings and powerful nobles every day. It seems that they have achieved some results.

At least the kingdoms bordering the Principality withdrew their troops deployed on the border and used them to fight against foreign races.

"The high priest said that you can now safely use the troops on the border in other places. Those kingdoms have signed the agreement and they will not pose any threat to you, at least not until this crisis is over."

Morari glanced at the staff officers around him, and they quickly began to calculate where these extra mobile forces should be used.

"But aren't they afraid that I might have other ideas about their territory?"

After annexing the Windwhisper Kingdom, the Kingdom of Valandi tried to see if it could go a step further and conducted some mutual probing with those kingdoms on the border. Even in the past few years, the friction on the border has not completely stopped.

"Your queen also signed this agreement."

Moralich frowned.

This was slightly different from what he had known about Lannia in recent years. Although Morarichi didn't know what her ultimate goal was, it was obvious that she would not be satisfied with just a Wind Whispering Kingdom.

The church had mediated the relationship between the Kingdom of Valandi and the surrounding human nations before, but each time

"Maybe she has other considerations."

Morari's trust in Lania remains unshaken.

“But will this agreement really lead to better results?”

But this question still echoed in Moralichi's mind. This agreement was undoubtedly the first step to unite the many human kingdoms, but Moralichi did not know what kind of chain reaction this would bring.

(End of this chapter)