Lord of War

  Declaring war is a basic power granted to nobles by the ancient noble law.

  This is not like a war between the two countries. The declaration of war by the nobles is a lawful act of force used by the two nobles to resolve disputes. Of course, this kind of behavior will often eventually evolve into a large-scale war between the two regions and even become the fuse for war between two or more countries.

  Of course, the declaration of war is not something that can be started immediately after a word is said casually.

  This is a bit like a siege application in the game.

  Usually, there will be a month from the initiation of a declaration of war to the final war. This is the preparation time for the declared party to respond. After all, many nobles will not keep their private army in their territory. So if Sean did not declare war and immediately commanded the army to enter the Tin Chiin, then this is the aggression of the Principality of Lane, and according to the last armistice agreement between the Principality of Lane and the Kingdom of Darbion, the Principality of Lane cannot use any excuses. Initiate a war of aggression, otherwise the Peace Society and the Zenas Empire as the notary will intervene and support the Kingdom of Darbion.

   Therefore, this is what Sean does everything possible to provoke the anger of the Kingdom of Darbion. He can be used as a trigger to start a war between the two countries, but this war must be a counterattack and invasion by Darbion, not his invasion of the kingdom of Darbion.

The kingdom of    is actually composed of many nobles, and in many cases the affairs between nobles actually require a fig leaf.

   But even so, Sean’s declaration of war still caused extreme dissatisfaction among many nobles.

  The reason is simple.

  Sean was just a pioneer knight, a knight, and probably the status of those family knights who received official edicts, not a nobleman at all.

  Declaring war is one of the privileges in the aristocratic system.

  Sean declared war on Ting Qi, and it took less than three days. The neighboring territories around these two territories immediately learned the news. Ten days later, most of the southern nobles of Darbion knew about it, and several nobles including Asuna also knew about it.

  ……

  Midnight, in the meeting room of the lord's mansion of the Tonys Fortress, Asuna gently put the information in her hand that had been transmitted to everyone in the room back on the table.

  Her brows were frowned, which made her, who seemed a little heroic, exude a sense of murder.

"It's not like... Sean's style." Simi said with some doubts. "Although I don't have deep contact with him, he acts in a regular manner and understands the aristocratic system very well. Do this kind of thing that is caught by others."

   "Indeed." Elizabeth next to her also nodded slightly. "This kid is very cautious. He is not a nobleman now, how could he say such things as declaring war." Thinking of this, Elizabeth's brows were also frowned tightly, and her face looked a little weird: "Unless..."

  Speaking of which. Elizabeth didn't continue speaking, but both Asuna and Simi showed thoughtful expressions.

  Only one person.

  Vivian asked with a puzzled face: "Unless what?"

  Although magicians are all wise. But Vivienne is not a simple magician. It was another branch of professional magic warriors with similar characteristics to the Austrian warriors. Therefore, Vivian was not as wise as her two companions. This woman believed in direct brutal force to crush.

  Asuna looked helplessly at Vivienne, rubbed her temples with a headache, and then said, "Unless Sean is in a hurry."

  Vivian just doesn't like thinking very much, but it does not mean she is really stupid.

  Asuna said so. Vivian understood immediately. However, unlike the contemplative expressions of Asuna, Elizabeth, and Sago, Vivienne was very happy: "Isn't this very good? We don't say anything now, they will definitely not put Sean in their eyes. Maybe those nobles will unite to make trouble for him. When that happens, we will put pressure on them and humiliate them severely, so we won’t be afraid that they will fight us first."

  "We are not afraid that they will fight us, but what if they just declare war?" Elizabeth said.

"Then we'll fight back." Vivienne looked as if it were taken for granted, "They will certainly not be stupid enough to declare war on us, but it is enough for us to stand behind Sean with a firm stand.... Nugu The Si family has become more and more arrogant recently."

Elizabeth shook her head and said softly, "It won't be that simple.... Initiating a declaration of war in Sean's body, even if he is a lord, it does not conform to the rights of nobles. This is tantamount to challenging the noble class. NS."

   "That's simple, let him become a nobleman." Vivian said again.

   "This is indeed a good way." Simi immediately said, "We can't give a title that is too high, but it's okay to give it to a baron directly."

Real nobles like Asuna, who have the status of a powerful marquis in a principality, can naturally give their followers formal aristocratic status, but these aristocratic statuses naturally need to be declared to the royal family of the principality. , The official approval can only be obtained by the grand prince. Of course, titles of titles cannot be given unlimitedly. Even people like Asuna can only be given three earls, three viscounts, and five barons, and viscounts. The above titles must also be reported to the royal family, and they can be formally owned after the royal family approves them. As for whether it is a noble in the field, it depends on whether Asuna is willing to carve out a fief in her own territory as the fief of the new noble, but once given, then this territory will no longer belong to Asuna Jurisdiction and rule.

  Similarly, although this nobleman was entrusted from Asuna's side, he was actually a nobleman who belonged to the state.

  After all, formal aristocratic territories are different from those of knight collars and jazz collars.

Strictly speaking, Sean is now only a jazz title, so the Bandar, Daye, and Chiraff collars he has played now belong to Asuna’s territory, as long as Asuna wants it. , She can take back all these territories. To put it simply, the three territories that Sean now owns are all "lent" to Sean by Asuna.

   But if Sean becomes a baron now, then he can naturally own the Pandan collar and the territory around the Black Swan Castle, which also happens to be a standard baronial area. If you include Dayi collar and Chilaf collar. So even if Sean wants to become an earl, there is no problem. If you add the Tingqi's collar that is about to be annexed, then the area of ​​Sean's territory is almost comparable to that of Asuna's Tonys collar.

  Of course, these are not the key points. The key point is that if Asuna wants to canonize Sean as a baron, she does not need to go through the personal approval of Lord Ryan, she has this qualification herself. Of course, a report after the event is still needed, but this way, it can stop all the nobles' other troubles at the moment.

  Baron, although only the lowest title, but this one is indeed an orthodox nobleman.

  Especially a baron on the ground!

  This is at least much higher than any honorary baron. If it weren't for Asuna's three earls, all the quotas were used up. Moreover, all titles above the Viscount need to be approved by Lord Ryan, and Asuna can naturally be given a higher title.

  Of course, the so-called field is actually just a statement, because everyone knows that Sean's current strength is completely comparable to a strength earl. This is still based on the level of the kingdom. If you simply compare it in the Duchy of Lane, even give Sean the title of Marquis of Strength. It's not too much.

  It's just that there are all kinds of unspoken rules in the aristocratic circle. Like a baron, at most, he can obtain a territory and become a baron in the field. If he wants to obtain real power to hold important positions, he must be at least viscount. As for the prefix of strength, at least a title of at least one earl is possible. Moreover, most powerful earls are usually after several generations of accumulation before they can become a powerful earl.

  With her own power like Asuna, she has become a marquis of strength in just a few decades. There is no such thing in this world, but it is definitely a very rare type.

  As for those civilians who want to hold important positions, it is not impossible, but the effort and cost required are ten or even hundreds of times that of the nobles.

  Hardly thought about it. Asuna immediately drafted a document, which directly proved Sean’s status as a baron. Only in this way, Sean is equivalent to formally leaving Asuna’s asylum, thus formally walking into the sight of the Principality of Ryan and the Kingdom of Darbion, which is obviously very detrimental to the upcoming actions of the Millennium Covenant Empire. But Asuna also knew that if she didn't immediately draft this document and finalize it, then Sean's declaration of war this time would be a provocation to all the nobles in the entire continent, and she would definitely not be able to keep Sean even if she showed up.

  The two powers harm each other, whichever is less, Asuna still understands this.

  Furthermore, once the war is fought, even the Millennium Covenant Empire will not be able to go to the Void City.

  At this moment, Asuna immediately understood why Sean was in a hurry.

  Obviously, the threat of the Millennium Covenant Empire is too great.

  At the same time, in a tavern in Tonys Fortress, Turman also received information that Sean had declared war on Tinky.

  He just glanced, put it aside, and said in a deep voice, "Is there still no news about Diels?"

"Yes." It's still the intelligence officer. He has been directly responsible to Turman recently. "Moreover, when Domingo was expelled from Banda, Void City seemed to be immediately involved in a purge operation. The intelligence system in Void City has been completely paralyzed."

   "So how did you investigate the situation last time?"

"It took us ten days to get close to William at all costs, but people never came out after entering, and the contact with him was completely broken." The intelligence officer said, "So I assess, William this one. It is impossible for a person to become a citizen of the empire."

   "So what about the Phoenix bloodline?"

   "We have locked on three targets. They are Rena, Cecilia, and Hina, but we can't continue to find out which one it is."

"I know." Turman nodded. "There will be nothing for you. If I guess right, the Marquis of Tonys will immediately make the lord a baron. This way The declaration of war has become justified, and we will not have the opportunity to go to Panda to take it.... But this is also good, then I will go directly to get people, and it will save trouble. You only need to prepare the retreat route. ."

"Yes!"