Lord of War

  Void Principality, although it is only a principality standard, the actual overall strength is no weaker than that of the Kingdom of Lane.

  In terms of the strong, not counting Shaun’s Void Duchy and Garrod Duchy, there are only eight sanctuary strong in Ryan, of which seven are the lower sanctuary, and a middle sanctuary town state strong. However, in the Void Duchy, the lower sanctuary powerhouses include Vinia Brofeng, Xuefanio, Rena, Rorty Kabas, Harding, and Cecilia. If you count the Mars sent by Saloqi Dun Xuefeng has as many as seven people, which is exactly the same as the number of Sanctuary powerhouses in the Kingdom of Lane. As for the mid-level sanctuary powerhouse, Noro Kassel's strength is much stronger than that of the mid-level sanctuary town powerhouse in the Kingdom of Lane, Wengers Wilvac.

  Only from the perspective of the strong, the Void Principality has completely stood on the same position as the Kingdom of Lane.

  It can even be said that it is stronger than the Kingdom of Lane.

Because in addition to the town powerhouse of the Kingdom of Lane, there are actually only two of the other seven low-level sanctuary powerhouses who are truly and completely under the orders of the Royal family of Lane, and the remaining five are strong from the major noble families. . If there is a conflict of interest with the royal family, it is not difficult to imagine what choices these strong men will make.

   can be in the Void Duchy, there is no such problem.

Rena, Rorty Kabas, Harding, Xuefanio, and Noro are all under the command of Sean; the two highland elves, Marton and Venia, are only alliances with Sean, but for Shaw Eun’s orders were basically not resisted; and Cecilia, let alone, completely took Sean’s words as imperial edicts.

  In terms of military power, Ryan’s total military power is almost two million-of course, this is the number that includes all the private armies of Ryan's territories, which is exactly ten times that of the Void Principality. However, Ryan can win only the quantity, and in terms of quality, it is comparable to the Void Principality. It can even be said that the Void Principality is slightly better.

  In the entire Lane, there is now only one fifth-level army and nine fourth-level troops. The control of one fifth-level army and two fourth-level troops is firmly controlled by the royal family of Lane. As for the other seven Tier 4 armies, they were controlled by the other five Lords of Lane and two equally powerful noble families.

  And the Void Duchy, not to mention the already famous Cecilia Guards, Thunder Lion, Iron Wings, and Crimson Knights are already fourth-level troops. They were the First Infantry Regiment of Commander Stalin, the Second Infantry Regiment of Commander Nok, and the Mobile Infantry Regiment of Commander Aldorf. It has basically reached the level of the fourth-level army-what they lack now is the replacement of armaments, which are six fourth-level troops. If you count the two armies of the Dark Wings and the Wings of Conviction that William had secretly trained before, which have levels 4 and 5 respectively, the Void Principality now has nine first-class armies.

If you include the upcoming Wilderness Legion and the Silver Temple Legion, two armies that also have levels 4 and 5, the Void Principality has a total of eleven powerful armies, two of which are still level 5 armies, so one Naturally, it is slightly stronger than the Kingdom of Lane in terms of military strength. If you add the advantages of famous generals and Rena's war halo, and the priests and priests from the Church of Life and Winter Church, the military power will defeat the Kingdom of Lane.

It can be said. Now even if the Void Principality wants to directly upgrade to a kingdom. The Kingdom of Llane also had nothing to do with this Void Lord.

Of course, upgrading does not mean that Sean can do it if he wants. At least he must have a way to check and balance Ryan. This is a means that all principalities must ensure if they want to upgrade to the kingdom. The purpose is naturally to prevent the two countries. Fighting to lose both ends, and then be profited by other fishermen. Of course, the reason why Ryan dared to upgrade was that in addition to swallowing Darbion in one breath, there was also the way that Nkos had created to block the road between the Millennium Covenant and Ryan, and that the Millennium Covenant was in civil strife.

Currently. Sean did not have much malice towards the Kingdom of Lane, so he would not consider upgrading the Kingdom for the time being.

   But anyway. The power of the Void Principality is obvious to all. Although many nobles still don’t know how powerful the Void Principality is, it seems that after the last time Sean almost had an accident, he was directly named as the Grand Duke shortly after being named a duke, and as soon as the compensation plan to allow him to establish the country came out, everyone would Everyone knows that today's Void Principality already has the capital that does not need to buy the royal account of Ryan.

  So when the border of the Void Principality blocked for more than half a year finally began to be lifted, the various caravans trapped in the Void Principality for more than half a year immediately left the Void Principality as if fleeing. At the same time, there were news of various void principalities—such as the large-scale mobilization of the army, the brutal looting of the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance, the recruitment of military supplies, and large-scale logistics operations.

  Except for the brutal looting of the Pan-Continent Chamber of Commerce Alliance, all other news points to the imminent large-scale military operation of the Void Principality.

  All the nobles who bordered the territory of the Void Duchy immediately panicked.

  Because no matter how they inquired, they couldn't find out who the enemy of the Void Principality was this time in such a heroic posture, but they can be sure that the Void Principality is definitely not a show.

  For a time, these barons, viscounts, and earls all endangered themselves, fearing that they would become the target of the Void Duchy.

  But this is no wonder, because although the Void Principality is nominally an affiliate of the Kingdom of Line, and their lords can be regarded as "owners". But in fact, the real situation is that they are not people in the same system at all. This is like the faction in the Ryan Military Department. On the surface, they are all their own, but once the interests of some of their own factions are involved, Then the undercurrent will surging to fight for each other to break the blood.

   So, without an excuse, these lords and Sean are naturally his own, but if Sean finds an excuse, then even if Sean wants to let these lords completely destroy them, it is not a problem. Of course, due to the ancient rules of nobility, Sean could not directly occupy their territory, but supporting another family of puppets was also allowed in the rules.

  ……

  At this time, in the royal palace of King Ryan, the Marquis of Floris was walking into King Ingus's study with a letter.

  The diligent King Ryan is not a king who only covets pleasure.

  On the contrary, he is a real wise king.

  Ryan is in his hand. Not only was it restored to the size of the kingdom, but also the long-time enemy, the Kingdom of Darbion, was completely wiped out. It can be said that Ingus Lane's merits are no less than that of the founder of the Kingdom of Lane. Even in some respects, it was far superior to his ancestor-Ledesen Lane. Because the Kingdom of Lane was also a kingdom back then. But after all, it was just barely linked to the third-rate kingdoms of the low-tier kingdoms, far nowhere nearer than the second-tier kingdoms that they have now firmly seated on.

  Since ancient times, it has been easy to start a business and it is difficult to maintain a business.

   However, Ingus not only succeeded in keeping his career, but also allowed Ryan to a higher level, creating a better platform and foundation for his descendants. Of course, these also come at a price. That is Ingus in just two or three years. Ingus seemed to be more than ten years old. However, this is also impossible. After the annexation of the Kingdom of Darbion, there are really too many things that Ingus needs to deal with personally. Only the balance of power within the kingdom and the eagerness of neighboring countries are almost exhausted. Gus's full energy.

  Especially since Ingus asked Sean and Asuna to form the Duchy of Void and Duchy of Garrod, many nobles in the country have violated the imperial family. Regarding the emergence of this situation, Ingus was very angry, but for a while, there was no good way to solve these problems immediately. After all, he, King Ryan, prevented these nobles from capturing more benefits. .

To know. After annexing the Kingdom of Darbion, many new benefits were generated.

   was just to be able to digest Dabian’s national strength and resources as quickly as possible. For this reason, Ingus chose to accept a large number of Darbian nobles, so that more than half of the benefits in it were still in the hands of Darbion's nobles. And for the remaining half of the benefits, Ingus gave two thirds of it as a reward to Sean, Asuna, and the nobles who participated in the war against Darbion.

  In this way, the royal family will definitely intercept some of the remaining one-third of the benefits.

  Therefore, the benefits that can be brought to Ryan's nobles are almost non-existent. Especially after Sean occupied the Gorge Rift, he blocked the entry and exit of the barren land and cracked down on all the slave trade. As a result, these nobles were naturally even more annoyed, and they naturally hated the division of Sean into the void. The royal family of Grand Duke Ryan.

  But if they want to do something rebellious against the Royal Family of Ryan, these nobles don't have the courage yet—at least, after not having enough allies and powerful allies, no noble dares to rebel. This is also the main reason why the Royal Family of Ryan had discovered the murder of Sean by the nobles of Sené, they demoted and cut a lot of people. These nobles did not resist, but their mentality would definitely not be better.

At this time, the King Ryan, who wakes up earlier than chickens, eats less than pigs, does more than donkeys, and sleeps later than dogs every day, sees Marquis Floris with a solemn face. When he walked into his study, his expression was slightly drunk, and he immediately realized that a serious problem must have occurred, otherwise his confidant would not appear in the palace so suddenly.

  Ingus slowly took off the small and exquisite glasses, and put them on a document he was reviewing just now. After pinching his eyebrows, he looked at the Marquis Floris and said, "What happened?"

In the past year or so, the teleportation magic circle was first popularized in the entire Kingdom of Lane, so although the traffic situation in the Kingdom of Lane has not changed a lot, in some emergency situations, the military report can be said to be direct. of. So if the Marquis of Flores wants to come to the palace, he naturally doesn’t need to take a few months’ itinerary like in the past, but in general, even if the Marquis of Flores wants to come to see the king, he will at least give notice one or two days in advance. It's not like entering Ingus's study without notice.

   "The border blockade of the Void Duchy is lifted." The Marquis of Floris said in a deep voice.

   Hearing this, Ingus’ eyes lit up, and he said, “Do you know what happened in the past six months?”

The Marquis of Flores nodded, and then said: "Sure enough, it is related to the previous conspiracy against the Void Duchy, but it is already certain that it is not a coup d'etat within the Void Duchy, but an invasion from the outside.... In this battle, the rumors of William's death in the battle have been confirmed. This is false news. He was only wounded in retreat, but the person who really died was the commander of Steel Wings, a void barbarian named Anno."

  The barbarians of the North have now officially split into two races.

  One is the northern barbarian that can only be found in the north of the Marvel Continent. The other is the northern barbarian who makes his home in the Void Principality. The former is still called the Northern Barbarian. It is still a well-known stupid of the Marvel Continent; but the latter has been given a brand new racial name, called "Void Barbarians". They have better resilience and wisdom than ordinary Northland Barbarians, especially in terms of combat effectiveness. Tough.

   "A commander of an elite legion died?" Ingus nodded slightly, expressing his understanding, "If this were only the case, you wouldn't have come to me in person."

  Hear what Ingus said. The Marquis Floris smiled helplessly: "If this is the case. Then of course I won't just come here to disturb your Majesty. Actually..." Having said that, the Marquis Floris had already passed the letter in his hand to Yin. Gus, the majesty of the Kingdom of Ryan, then said in a helpless tone: "The Void Duchy officially issued a notice, preparing to defeat the Marquis of Drohan, because this time the military operation to invade the Void Duchy, It is said that this marquis is leading."

  Hear the words of the Marquis of Floris. Ingus' face changed suddenly, and then he opened the letter from the Marquis of Floris. After putting on the glasses again, I quickly scanned it. His face gradually became dignified as he read, so that when the last letter was finished, Ingus's face had become extremely gloomy.

  The space in the study became stagnant.

After    was so silent for a while, Ingus said in a deep voice, "What do you think?"

  "After receiving the notification letter from the Void Principality, I have spent a month investigating the Marquis, but..."

   "But?" Ingus raised his brow.

"He can't have the strength to endanger the void Principality. This lord's own strength is only high-level silver, and the strongest under his command is only low-level gold. The army strength is not bad, but that is also relative to other nobles. "The Marquis of Flores said in a deep voice, "No matter how you look at it, this Marquis has absolutely no courage and strength to find the trouble of the Void Duchy.... But in fact, he not only did this, but also succeeded. It is said that it is bad. It killed William at one point."

   "You mean..." Ingus' pupils shrank suddenly.

   "Yes, there must be other conspiracies behind this, or...participants." The Marquis of Floris said in a deep voice.

   "But listening to what you mean, it seems that you can't investigate it at all."

"Very ashamed." The Marquis of Flores lowered his head in shame and said with a sullen face, "I have exhausted all resources to investigate in the past month, but I still haven't found any clues. All the evidence. It all shows that this is what the Marquis did, and it has nothing to do with anyone else."

  Ingus' expression became extraordinarily solemn.

   Seeing Ingus’s face, the Marquis of Flores didn’t dare to speak casually at this time. He knew very well that his duties were not only to supervise the Tonys Fortress, but also to collect all the intelligence of the entire Kingdom of Ryan. Therefore, logically speaking, if the Marquis of Droghan had any action, he should be the first time. knew. But in fact, he didn't know the real reason why the Void Principality blocked the border half a year ago until he received a notice from the Void Principality a month ago.

  In any case, all this is his negligence.

  But what really made him angry was that after receiving a notice from the Void Duchy a month ago, he devoted all his free resources to the investigation of the Marquis of Drohan, but the result was still nothing. It can even be said that if it were not for the notice from the Void Principality that they had found the real enemy, then from beginning to end, as the head of the secret intelligence department of the Kingdom of Lane, I am afraid that even this conspiracy against the Void Principality No one knows who the event originated.

  For the Marquis of Floris, this is simply a shame.

   "How did Sean know that this matter was related to the Marquis de Rohan?" Ingus asked.

"Originally, they didn't know who initiated this conspiracy, but after William was attacked, the Void Principality immediately blocked the border, and then they discovered that several people tried to force the blockade to leave. At that time, the Void Principality's The strong immediately took these people down, and then found evidence of their connection with the mysterious army in the temporary residence of these people. "The Marquis of Flores has a very thorough understanding of the known information. All the clues and evidence were reported in a few words, "After that, torture was launched against them, but these people should be dead, and they did not speak until they died. However, the Void Principality then carried out a duchy-wide investigation. A large-scale investigation quickly discovered several suspicious individuals who had colluded with these dead men, and found correspondence with the Marquis of Drohan in his residence."

Ingus nodded, then took off his glasses again, and exhaled a heavy breath: "Since Grand Duke Sean hopes that the Royal Family of Ryan will not interfere in this matter, then we shall assume that we don't know anything....Anyway, that. Since the Marquis de Rohan dared to make these conspiracies, he should also be prepared for revenge after being discovered. However, you still have to pay close attention to the actions of the Marquis de Rohan. I want to know who they are. Participated in this conspiracy."

   "I see." The Marquis of Flores nodded, then turned and left the study.

  Just as the Marquis of Floris was about to leave the study, Ingus suddenly called him: "Right....Prepare to implement the'Bad Blood Plan'."

When he heard the name of the "Bad Blood Project", the Marquis of Floris couldn't help but tremble. He turned his head and looked at Ingus in disbelief, but saw that there was a determined look in Ingus' eyes. , Obviously has made up his mind. In response to this, Floris sighed heavily, then nodded, and made a courtesy toward Ingus: "I will follow your instructions, Your Majesty."

  Looking at his confidant, Ingus finally showed a smile on his face, and then signaled that he could withdraw.

  This time, the Marquis of Flores slowly retreated to the outside of the study, maintaining a bowed posture, and then closed the door.

  But when he closed the door, when he straightened up again, there was a trace of sadness on his face.

  ……

at the same time.

  Military, food and grass, the Void Principality, which has been prepared for a whole month, finally wakes up like a beast that has been sleeping for a long time, opening its eyes.

  As the vanguard of the Thunder Lion, it directly crossed the border of the Void Duchy and stepped into the territory of the neighboring Count Daressa. (To be continued~^~)

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