"That little Princess... is that Three Prophets?"
Eric blurted out.
Several people looked at each other.
"Perhaps so. The cooperation between Brennus and Three Prophets is already known to everyone. If Fallen One's army had not suddenly appeared, Qiaoyan Bay would have been captured long ago."
Godric sighed.
"But that's not right. Currently, there is no territory for Brennus around Lion City... His sphere of influence only extends to the Kaineburg area. It is said that he also had a conflict with Fieltzwe people of High Cliff Fortress. How could he attack Lion City? Did he fly over?"
Alina stood up and said, "Besides, his son is still in my hands. He can't ignore Malbert's life, right? How can he attack Lion City?"
"It's possible for Brennus to do anything now. I wouldn't be surprised even if he wants to marry that little girl... I even think he is a puppet now."
Godric shook his head and looked behind Amy.
Amy There is a map hanging behind him.
At present, Lionheart Kingdom, only the eastern region and Northern Bay are still under control.
Cliff Bay, Misty Marsh Fortress, Kaineburg and other places, which were once the northwest of the Lionheart Kingdom, are now the territory of Brennus, or the territory of heretics - this place is full of heretics Fallen One.
Godric and Leofric were initially besieged by Fallen One and were forced to evacuate Misty Marsh Fortress.
Brennus got a chance to breathe, and then he established Princess Denice as king, claiming that his side was the orthodox, and then launched a counterattack behind Fallen One.
At that time, the Crow people returned to the north, Fieltzwe people suffered heavy losses in Lion Lake City, and Brennus's counterattack was unstoppable for a while.
So he launched an attack all the way south, once breaking through Harlingosburg and hitting Lion City.
On the city wall of Lion City, the marks of stone throwing and wall-cutting were left by the troops of Brennus.
In fact, at that time, there were people in Lion City who defected to Brennus, and some nobles were lobbying Amy to surrender, and even more nobles tried to cooperate internally and externally.
There are also many people who take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.
But after Amy led the female soldiers to personally arrest more than a dozen noble families, no one dared to mention surrender anymore, and there was no more noise in the throne room - she sentenced some nobles who had committed serious crimes to hanging for treason and desertion, and expelled their families outside the city.
At the same time, she also drove all the nobles who planned to defect to Brennus or surrendered outside the city, allowing them to directly face Brennus's army.
In fact, those people didn't have time to see Brennus at all, because they met Fallen One first.
This resulted in thousands of people dying outside Lion City.
After Li Ang disappeared, Amy's heart became much crueler than before.
Without the protection of Li Ang, now, she must protect herself.
Although this response quickly earned Amy the title of 'tyrant', in any case, Lion City was united and no one was trying to cause trouble anymore.
Moreover, the fact that Brennus and Fallen One fought together was completely exposed to everyone - Fallen One did not know how to cooperate, and the tragedy caused by Lion City was caused by them.
After discovering that Brennus's army appeared together with Fallen One, most people in the Lionheart Kingdom now regard Brennus as a heretic demon and resisted extremely resolutely.
Lion Knight Order, who already had a bad reputation, has become a person that everyone wants to beat up.
Since then, Brennus has not made any progress in Lion City, while Godric and Kloze have made little progress with Silver Hand succeeded in a surprise attack on Harlingosburg, cutting off Brennus's retreat. Brennus had no choice but to quickly withdraw his troops, returning to Cliff Bay.
After that, Brennus stopped attacking again.
Fieltzwe and Raven Kingdom have also fought big battles with Fallen One, so naturally they will not cooperate with Brennus - although the kings of these two countries are not good people, at least they are the kings of the same country, and they really cannot do anything to join forces with the devil.
Therefore, it is difficult for Brennus's forces, or heretical forces, to expand.
Everyone knows that there are a large number of Fallen One on Brennus's territory, which is not easy to deal with. Of course, no one will attack them in a big way, but as long as they appear elsewhere, everyone will do their best to resist them.
Longhowl Fortress, Shorthowl Village, Azgoth and other places have been captured by Fieltzwe.
Longhowl Fortress and Shorthowl Village are actually sparsely populated, but Azgoth is a big town, with 'Red Sword' Aiding Earl leading an army to be stationed here.
Kailledanburg was occupied by the Desha lord Khalifa Tahir, which was also a densely populated city, but Tahir conquered Kailledanburg After that, he lost his power in Xingar - Ramon expelled all Tahir's men and Dusk Knight Order from Xingar.
Today, Xingar has once again become an independent city-state, refusing entry to lords from any country.
Luxin Village is stationed with General Agason's troops; Bemonfalle is stationed with General Clerion's troops - these are all 'reinforcements' sent by the Bacchus Empire. They are indeed helping Lionheart Kingdom fight, and these two generals will never harm Lionheart Kingdom civilians.
But everyone knows that the continuous wars with Fieltzwe and Dexia are all caused by them...
Luxin Village and Bemonfalle are both located next to Deerheart Lake. They are important agricultural towns around Lion City. They were also the two most densely populated places in the Lionheart Kingdom.
Bacchus Empire's army is entrenched in these two places, and its intention is obvious - through Deerheart Lake and Sava River, all the output from Lion City's most fertile land can be quickly returned to Bax's territory!
Up to now, Lionheart Kingdom has been getting poorer and poorer over the past year, while Bacchus Empire has basically fully recovered.
But in any case, there are indeed no Brennus or heretical forces around Lion City. In fact, the only one who has the ability to directly attack Lion City is Bacchus Empire - Fieltzwe was repulsed some time ago, and should be unable to launch an attack for the time being.
Moreover, the two generals of the Bacchus Empire are also principled. They may not try their best when encountering Fieltzwe people or Dexian people, but they will definitely kill the heretic Fallen One.
No matter how powerful the heretic army is, it cannot bypass so many surrounding forces and directly attack Lion City.
"Maybe this letter from the heresy has nothing to do with Qiaoyan Bay..."
Kavira suddenly suggested a direction that no one expected.
"If it has nothing to do with Qiaoyan Bay, then who is this letter sent to? There should be no spies in Lion City, let alone heretics - the female soldiers are patrolling every day, everything is normal."
Godric is puzzled.
"I don't know, but... that little girl, what's her name...Denise, right? Where is her hometown? Is there anyone else at home? Her relatives and friends must want her to be the king..."
Kavira asked.
It is true that the girl in the fishing village has little culture, but perhaps it is this simple logic that allows her to see the most overlooked areas.
Of course there is no one in Princess Denice's family. Her biological father is Ailian, her adoptive father is Ulrich, and her mother is the former queen - all of them are dead, including her maids.
Therefore, everyone subconsciously did not think about whether this little Princess, who was probably possessed by Three Prophets, had other "family members".
"Her hometown should be in Balanli... We need to check it out. If something happens to Balanli... then the problem will be serious."
Eric murmured.
Baranli Town is Queen Town, which is also the fiefdom of Queen Lionheart Kingdom. It is called the back garden of Lion City, and Ulrich is also buried there.
Due to the war that has been going on for more than a year, almost all the western parts of the kingdom have fallen into the hands of other countries. During this period, countless people who fled came to Baranli Town or Lion City.
At this time, Balanli probably had more refugees than Lion City's population - if you entered Lion City, you had to implement martial law, and most ordinary people stayed in Balanli.
Especially the central area of Queen Town is now a place where tens of thousands of refugees gather, and it is also a place where Amy has been doing its best to provide relief.
In order to allow those refugees to survive, she even sold all the gold jewelry of Lion City Imperial Palace. Most of the grain production of White Deer Fortress and Wheat Fragrance Territory was also consumed in this area.
A few days later, the throne room.
"...Balanli There was a riot! Those refugees were instigated by some people with ulterior motives and attacked our food distribution stations that were providing disaster relief. We had too few manpower to deal with it, and the food for disaster relief was robbed..."
Eric frowned and said, "The current situation is already difficult to control. It is best to seal off the whole city. We may have to face a difficult battle..."
"The patrol has encountered some rioting refugees. General Clerion also sent a letter mentioning this matter. Some mobs went to Bemonfalle... Creon does not want to harm civilians. He plans to temporarily withdraw his troops, otherwise more serious conflicts will definitely occur..."
Godric is also very anxious. "But if Creon withdraws its troops, Fieltzwe people and Dexian people will definitely turn all those refugees into slaves..."
"This was done by the nobles who originally lived in Queen Town. They claimed that the long war made it impossible for them to live, and they said they wanted to welcome Denise as king and end the war... But in fact, some of them took the initiative to go to Qiaoyan Bay several times, probably to negotiate a deal with Three Prophets."
Alina is holding a small book, which is the information obtained by her spies.
"I'm afraid our manpower is not enough to stop the incited mob... Lion City's reserves are also..."
Eric is still carefully calculating military supplies.
"Okay... don't say anything..."
Amy stood up, lowered his head, and supported the conference table with his arms.
"Nobles... hehe... nobility! Do they want Lion City that much?... For power, they can collude with the devil, betray anyone, and even sit back and watch everyone turn into Fallen One..."
"Perhaps this is because I am a woman... and also a tyrant!"
Amy sneered, suddenly stood up and walked down Silver Throne, walked to the middle of the throne room, raised his head and looked at the dome.
"Everyone... I dreamed about Li Ang last night. He was covered in wounds, his face was full of beard, and his hair was longer than mine..."
Amy turned her back to everyone and suddenly talked about her dream on this serious occasion.
"I remember he said something to me, but I couldn't hear it... I was shouting to him, but he didn't seem to hear me."
"I can see him holding a handful of magic gold coins, as if he is looking for something - probably looking for his lost coins... Maybe he is saying that he left me so much wealth, but I have used it all up!"
While talking, Amy burst into tears.
She wiped away her tears, closed her eyes, and turned around. "I think he will be back soon."
"Amy... Child, you are probably tired... You go and rest, I will take care of this. Eric, use your manpower..."
Godric held Amy's shoulders distressedly to comfort him, and then turned around to prepare for arrangements.
"No, father, I want to give up Lion City! Just like Li Ang asked Emperor Marius to give up Siyuan City... I don't want to get stuck in this quagmire anymore..."
Amy returned to the throne.
"Li Ang once left us the most wealth in the entire continent, but all of it was completely consumed by this bottomless pit in this year! Thousands of people were sent to the battlefield by us, and hundreds of thousands of refugees were displaced... It's like an abyss!"
"Alina has persuaded me many times to give up Lion City... but I am unwilling... I was wrong, Alina, I should have returned Long River Town!"
"This time, I have made up my mind... and I hope you are willing to let me be so willful - I will take away everything in Lion City, including everyone who is willing to leave. I will give this city together with Harlingosburg to those greedy nobles!"
"Don't they want this city?"
"Give them!"
The first full moon night in October, Winter Solstice Festival.
Baranli Town, Deerheart Lake, in a gorgeous cemetery.
A man with unkempt hair and ragged clothes was being fished out of the lake.
"This guy looks like he's about to die... Refugees are everywhere, so why bother with him... And he's still a man! We're in the cemetery now, so it's easy to be discovered!"
A female warrior is holding a shovel and persuading another woman.
"Today is Winter Solstice Festival, no one will come to the cemetery, and there has just been a riot in this town, no one will care about us. Didn't you see the thing in his hand? If I read it correctly, it is gold coins! I am short of money now..."
The woman who is salvaging the man looks to be in her thirties and is wearing a blue unicorn robe - she is a noble, and she is a Ficavia noble.
Blue background, white unicorn, this was the coat of arms of Ficavia Queen.
"Her Majesty the Queen, but you shouldn't touch these dirty low-class people..."
The female warrior shook her head, stretched out her hand to separate 'Queen', and used a shovel to pull the man floating in the lake.
"I've been kicked off the throne, so how can I still be so particular... Wait, this guy is a noble! Look at his clothes..."
The woman named Queen suddenly screamed.
The man in the lake could vaguely see a small golden coat of arms on his tattered black clothes, a Golden Griffin.
"That's true... How can a commoner have gold coins... Since he is a noble, it doesn't matter..."
The female warrior threw down the shovel and immediately took action, dragging the man out of the lake - it seemed that she was only willing to touch the nobles with her hands...
"Is there any hope? Hey... what kind of gold coin is this? I've never seen it before..."
'Queen' began to pry off the man's fingers and pulled out a few shimmering gold coins from his clenched palm.
"His heartbeat is very slow, he probably can't be saved..."
The female warrior touched the man's heart and shook her head.
"Then bury him. I took his money, so I should find a good place for him to build a grave... There must always be something in return."
'Queen' sighed with regret, "Unfortunately, if we can save him, he may be able to bring more money or some troops..."
"Then... let's bury him in this tomb? This is Lion King's tomb... which is worthy of him. Hurry and dig the grave, Your Majesty, Lion King's burial objects must be more valuable than those few gold coins! You can't build an army with such a small amount of money..."
The female warrior picked up the shovel and pointed to a tombstone not far away.
The tombstone reads, "Here is buried King Ulrich, a promising king who inherited the wisdom of both the great ancestor Wulie and late king."