Our family is in decline

Yulia left Lance without saying anything else, and turned to look at the body on the ground. Not a drop of blood flowed out of the broken part, which seemed very strange.

"I heard that if you pick a rose and put it in the soil, it can grow back. I wonder if it's true."

Seeing no reaction, Lance squatted down and poked the flesh. It was really as elastic as a human's. "Do you feel it?"

No reaction...

"I just started."

Sure enough, the broken head suddenly opened its eyes with an indescribable look, trying to maintain its majesty, but unable to stop the fear.

I'm afraid that no one has dared to do this to her in her long life.

"The vitality of the blood descendants is really tenacious." Lance was not surprised, but still sighed.

"Let me go, you will get everything you want."

"I want world peace, can you do it?"

Lance smiled and teased, and did not put the head back, but directly took the body and put it in the display room, and picked up the head alone.

"But I can't bear to see you die, after all, there are still many things I want to ask you."

Lance was very interested in how many secrets a guy who has lived for who knows how many years has, at least he has to keep it before squeezing it dry.

But the head stopped responding after hearing this and closed it directly.

Lance didn't care. He originally wanted to tie it around his waist with his hair, but it was somewhat inconsistent with his personality, so he found a cloth bag to cover it and hung it around his waist, and then went back to play slowly.

Most of Reynard and his men didn't have time to be as casual as Lance. When they withdrew from the battle, they turned around to support the battlefield.

That's right, at this time, the siege of Totnes began.

The troops entered the city from the secret passage continuously and captured the inner city. The nobles who hid in were caught in the jar.

Outside, the artillery roared. It was Patton who led the artillery to attack. Now both inside and outside were in bloom. Some people wanted to escape from the sea, but Hamlet's fleet had been blocked long ago. The twenty gunboats that disappeared appeared, but they only pointed their guns at Totnes.

Not to mention Hamlet's own fleet, which totaled hundreds of ships, large and small.

Can Totnes withstand the offensive launched from three directions?

The noble coalition on the other side made many attempts, but because neither side wanted to consume itself to help the opponent achieve its goal, it was stuck.

Then the news of the defeat of the Totnes army in the field made both sides realize that now is not the time to talk about these things. Under the guidance of the church, they reluctantly united and prepared to launch an attack to take down the city.

However, at this time, information came from Totnes that the commander deliberately retreated to lengthen the supply line of Hamlet's army, and then attracted it to defeat it in one fell swoop.

Now Totnes has solved the enemy's northward attack on Hamlet, but still sent ships up the river to support them.

At this moment, the low morale of the noble coalition army was restored, and the fleet under the flag of Totnes came to support. After a few rounds of cannon fire, Hamlet's fleet fled to the dock and gave up the river channel they were defending. Under the encouragement, the whole army crossed the river and prepared to attack Owendo.

"Our troops are unimpeded!"

The coalition army was transported over by ship, and they were excited to pursue the victory. They had been suppressed for a long time and urgently needed a city to vent their madness.

However, just when they finished crossing the river, they suffered a counterattack that had been prepared long ago. The artillery was continuous and easily tore their formation apart.

"Damn it! Where are the artillery of Totnes? Why haven't they come to support yet?"

The commander kept roaring, and the Totnes fleet finally fired, but it was aimed at them.

"No! Totnes has been captured!"

This time, even a fool could see what happened. The situation in Totnes did not reverse, but it was directly killed violently.

At first, the fleet was forced to turn back to defend, but when they arrived, Totnes was controlled by Hamlet's army, so the fleet surrendered. After a group of people were replaced, they continued to design to deceive the coalition forces.

Now they are not fighting with their backs to the river, but a dead end. The shore is blocked by artillery, and the river is also blocked. There is no way to escape in the area in the middle.

Just one round of artillery bombardment defeated more than 10,000 people. The atmosphere of despair spread. They surrendered directly without the qualifications for negotiation, including many nobles and church members.

After this battle, the empire was shocked, and together with the bloodline incident in Totnes, the martyr Martin directly stood up to expose this matter, and the church was divided into two factions, which greatly reduced the reputation of the holy war.

And Hamlet hyped up this heat. The active attack of the imperial coalition and the bloodline against Hamlet was a blasphemous offense, and emphasized that Hamlet would definitely fight back!

After occupying the moral high ground, he did not rush to attack. Lance even deliberately focused on the offensive in public opinion.

Because he knew that if he wanted to destroy the enemy, he had to make them crazy. The pressure of losing this battle would completely detonate the nobles of the empire. They would try every means to exploit ordinary people and recklessly engage in war.

Although there was a rebellion before, other places except the front line would not collapse, after all, it was their own territory.

But now there is no need to care about so much. If you can't win, you will be gone directly, so why bother about other things.

And everyone knows what the quality of the feudal army is. Ordinary people face the aristocratic bureaucracy's extortion and the rape and looting of the rebel army, plus the layers of exploitation, which is even more terrible than hell.

The more crazy they squeeze, the better Hamlet can take over.

At this time, Hamlet quickly digested Totnes and began to educate and transform those who surrendered.

To be honest, many of them were ordinary people who were conscripted. They were also victims themselves and suffered from bullying in the distorted environment within the army.

Hamlet has a set of transformation methods for this. First, he picked out those who were extremely evil. They were too lazy to save and there was no salvation. They were directly used as cannon fodder to fill the line. They were either sent to labor reform or to a sanatorium.

Then he began to reform some people whose mistakes were not so serious, promoted those who had preserved their conscience and affirmed them, from their background and experience, to the situation, system... Educate them in various ways, let them join some activities to awaken them.

This is a long process, and of course there are many difficulties in it, but it was still pushed forward under Lance's will.

Because of Lance's terrifying ability, as long as he opens his mouth, those people can wake up in a short time.

No matter how powerful the Charming Voice is, it is impossible to change a person in a short time, let alone a large group of people. The core is that they are indeed oppressed and have urgent needs. The appearance of Lance is just to point out a way for them in the chaos where there is no hope.

They found hope for salvation in Hamlet.

In addition to transforming them, they are also taking over the land between Hamlet and Totnes, completely connecting them. How many good families can be recruited in the two provinces?

With the veteran as the core, the army can be expanded quickly and easily exceed 10,000 people. The previous military reform has abolished the brigade system and applied the legion. Now it is just filling the vacant place. It can be said that Lance was already considering expanding the army at that time.

The number of people is important, but there is also equipment, and the benefit of taking Totnes is here. It can be said that the most prosperous handicraft industry in the empire is here, whether it is muskets, artillery or ammunition, it can be produced.

It is not difficult to equip all members with muskets, not to mention artillery.

The barbarian tribes of the mountains also joined Hamlet's army, along with the raptors and carrier birds trained by Laura.

Finally, after digesting the harvest, Hamlet showed his fangs to the empire.

The real war began, and this war was destined not to end in a short time...

However, Lance did not directly join the battle of mortals. He was more pursuing those extraordinary organizations hidden in the empire, or some powerful extraordinary people.

Dealing with some dangerous things that should not exist, collecting more mystical knowledge, and related talents, and doing various research.

In his spare time, he would select some talents for training. Under the violent social turmoil, talents continued to emerge. Of course, a Bole was needed to discover them.

The oppression and exploitation of ordinary people by the nobles, bureaucrats and churches was too cruel. Basically, wherever Hamlet's army went, the people welcomed it wholeheartedly, and it expanded at a very terrifying speed.

War is a manifestation of contradictions. It is bloody and cruel, causing turmoil in society, which basically means a very large negative impact.

It is also an innovation, a redistribution of social resources, and now the opportunity is in front of them.

——

The monster from Hamlet landed in Totnes.

The unspeakable cannibal demon king approached Felton.

The despicable thief entered Ain Sokhna.

Lance Hamlet occupied Oulu.

The Earl of Lance approached St. Helier.

The supreme emperor arrived at his loyal palace today.

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The war has been going on for almost a year. It started from the north, and now it has conquered several major cities in succession. Finally, the army arrived at the capital of the imperial city.

Even Lance, who has never been interested in this, appeared here, but the war here has ended. Now he is walking in the magnificent palace with a few people.

But now there are no guards holding halberds, and there are no servants everywhere. It looks a bit bleak under the autumn wind.

"This place is really big. This emperor knows how to enjoy himself."

"This is just part of it. There are also complex palace buildings behind it, and there are also several leisure manor courtyards in the suburbs."

"Our emperor is also very brave. He knew that we were coming but he didn't run away. He wanted to hold on here."

"My brother is extremely arrogant and has a strong desire for control, but he is also very fragile. He will not be willing to accept the price of leaving here, not to mention that he has nowhere to run. The remaining nobles will not accept him."

Perfumer Sophia, or the Imperial Princess, but it's all in the past.

Sophia's appearance has changed a lot now. After all, she doesn't need to wear complex court dresses or various costumes. It's just an ordinary dress.

Her mental state is not as sensitive as before under high pressure. On the contrary, Hamlet's life makes her energetic and emotionally stable.

In theory, she shouldn't appear here, but it can only be said that most of the abilities of extraordinary people are very outstanding. After the war, the demand for medical care has skyrocketed, resulting in insufficient demand for anesthetic gas required for surgery.

So she was asked to help make it, and then she made improvements to the existing ones, completing better inhalation anesthetic gas, and of course smoke bombs used in war.

And now, because she is familiar with this place, she came back to introduce the situation here to Lance.

"When did he succeed to the throne?"

"When I was fifteen..."

By the way, Lance also learned about the emperor from her.

Wait, when he was fifteen, that is, twenty years ago, he quickly felt the threat of Hamlet to his power after he came to power, and then all this started.

He succeeded to the throne at a young age, was ambitious, and liked to show off his power. He liked to micromanage and planned to reduce the power of the vassal states...

Lance reacted instantly when he heard it. Could he be a fellow countryman?

If he didn't have the support of extraordinary power, he would probably be the same as him, thinking that he was very smart, and finally messed up things and was left with incompetent rage.

For a while, his expression was also a little playful, and soon he saw the so-called emperor of the empire in the palace.

The figure sat upright on the throne, with his back straightened. The only thing that remained unchanged was the arrogant expression, looking down at the visitor.

"Since you see the emperor, why don't you bow!"

Lance didn't react too much to his words, but just looked at the man.

Wearing an exquisite and luxurious slim-fitting dress, he was in his thirties, which was the prime of his life. His figure had not lost control and become fat, but he was not tall and strong either, just like an ordinary person.

His facial features were not special, and he was even a little handsome if he was considered ordinary. After all, he was pampered. However, his face might be a little haggard due to the difficult battle situation. He had dark circles under his eyes modified by makeup, and his impatient hairline was covered by his hairstyle.

He had not accepted the fact that he had failed.

"Now there is not even one person to accompany him. This emperor has failed too much."

Lance looked at him and commented with a smile. He could see that the man's expression was tense, and his temples were bulging as he gritted his teeth and endured it.

However, he did not break the defense, but stood up and walked over. His posture was standard, with his head held high and his hands behind his back, as if he had not lost at all, and Lance was the leader of the rebels who was captured.

"You are Lord Hamlet? I want to see who it is..."

The emperor suddenly jumped up as he approached, and drew a dagger with his back hand, slashing towards Lance's neck.

The power of the equipment was extraordinary, and the distance between the two was only an arm's length. Lance could even see the emperor's hideous face and the strange luster on the dagger.

But the next second his movements paused, and the whole person flew backwards, even the dagger fell out of his hand, and he couldn't even hold the weapon firmly. He still wanted to assassinate? (End of this chapter)