Chapter 227

"Ryan, if she stays here, can I order her to do things?" Amabena blinked. "The Kingdom of Lotte doesn't keep idle people."

Elvian said calmly, "Is that so? Aren't you the biggest idler?"

"What do you know? I am with the Prime Minister. When the Prime Minister is doing something, it is the same as when I am doing something."

Seeing Amabena's smug expression, Elvian became furious. How could a king be so shameless? Where were your morals? Didn't you feel ashamed?

Ironically, this shameless king, now leading the Kingdom of Lotte to surrender to Ryan, is living a better life than she, Wildea!

This comparison made Elvian even angrier.

However, when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. She never imagined that one day she would be working under the same stupid Queen she used to despise.

"Then let's lead some soldiers around and train them whenever we have free time," Ryan said.

In any case, the Kingdom of Lotte is in dire need of military talent, Elvian is absolutely top-notch when it comes to leading troops into battle.

"I don't really care," Elvian suddenly smiled. "But Ryan, our marriage is arranged. When do you plan to hold our wedding?"

Amabena chuckled, "You, wanting to marry Ryan?"

"What's wrong with me? Is there something wrong with me?"

Although Elvian never thought about those things, she never felt that she was inferior to other women in any way, whether in terms of appearance or figure, she had absolute confidence.

As for why the wedding was mentioned, Elvian suddenly thought of what 'Avril' had said about conquest. Since there was nothing else to do in Silvermoon City, and if she could actually succeed... well, maybe only a 1% chance? Conquering Ryan would be a huge contribution to Wildea!

"I don't see what's so great about you." Amabena proudly waved the 'Imperial Book' in her hand. "You're obviously a newbie, and a newbie who can't bring himself to admit it. Minister Ryan wouldn't like someone like you."

Elvian sneered, "Amabena, you're a Queen, and you're quite proud of yourself?"

"Yes, that's what I'm good at. I'm proud of what Lord Ryan likes!" Amabena puffed out her chest, and her enormous breasts made Elvian's eyes hurt. She had to admit that she was no match for such a powerful impact.

"Ugh... Damn it."

Elvian suffered a complete defeat in this match.

She suddenly realized a problem.

Could it be that Amabena isn't actually stupid?

What appears to be a series of foolish and slacking actions are actually the best choice at the moment. If you think about the situation of the Kingdom of Lotte carefully, no one else could have done better Amabena!

One wrong step and the Kingdom of Lotte will be gone.

Hiss!

This is terrifying!

"No, no, no, how could Amabena have thought of that? She was just lucky, she's an idiot."

Seeing Amabena's smug look, Elvian refused to admit that she was inferior to this idiot.

Only.

As Amabena said, if Ryan doesn't like it, then what's the point of conquering him?

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Thinking about it that way, she really isn't as good as 'Avril,' at least the latter was someone Ryan genuinely liked.

"Alright, we can talk about the wedding later. Go find Monica and ask her to serve the Kingdom of Lotte with you," Ryan said, waving his hand.

"Monica?" Elvian was taken aback. "She's not dead?"

"Who said she's dead?"

Where is she?!

"He's locked up in the dungeon."

Ryan took Elvian to the dungeon and tasked her with persuading Monica.

That female knight has been imprisoned for so long, waiting for Elvian to lead the kingdom's army to crush the Kingdom of Lotte. Now, she can finally meet the Your Majesty she has been longing for day and night. Although the way she met him was a bit unusual, tell me, did she meet him or not?

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After leaving the touching reunion to the two of them, Ryan returned to his room and called Dilia over.

Old Joe still has something to do; he wants to go to the City of Desire again to steal the Jade, but he needs a key to enter the City of Desire.

Dilia has successfully collected a key these days.

Besides that, there's the matter of the City of Desire. Bernard somehow confirmed that the Temple of Desire was located in the Kingdom of Lotte, and in recent days, Desire Cultists have been arriving one after another.

Dilia also received orders; Bernard told her to find a way to locate the temple entrance. She searched, but couldn't find it.

Of course she couldn't find it. Ryan thought the way to get the entrance was that Amabena had pried it out of her grandfather's coffin.

However, other entrances cannot be ruled out. Anyway, it's good for Dilia to look for them. If there really are other entrances, he has to find a way to seal them in advance so that those people from the City of Desire can't get the secrets inside.

So what exactly is the secret? The witch's secret?

If he was chosen by the God of Desire, then he has already obtained that power.

After Dilia left, Ryan called Jonathan and handed him the key.

"Let's make this clear first, don't take any risks."

"Don't worry." Old Joe's eyes lit up when he saw the key. "I'll be careful this time. That old bastard Bernard won't be able to find me."

"As for the other jade, let's just forget about it. It's a secret of the Temple of Desire anyway, and it has nothing to do with us."

Ryan had no interest in the Power of Desire.

"I know, I'll give it a try first."

Jonathan accepted the key, but then asked with some concern, "Is Elvian just going to stay in Silvermoon City like this? What if she tries to kill someone while I'm not around?"

"It's alright, I have a backup plan."

"Oh? That's good."

Although Jonathan could tell that Elvian had no more killing intent, there was still a risk given her extraordinary rank.

But seeing Ryan's expression, Jonathan was relieved.

"Let's go~"

Old Joe turned around gracefully, waved, and left.

Ryan took out the mirror again and started calling the Grand Duke.

Winter has arrived, and the environment on the grasslands has become extremely harsh. The freezing cold is causing great suffering to the Western Barbarians. This year is different from previous years. Although the army suffered the least losses, they did not manage to seize any supplies.

In terms of combat strength, the Iron-Blooded Army is definitely stronger than the Western Barbarian Army.

The reason we couldn't eliminate the Western Barbarians before was because they were too scattered, but in a head-on confrontation, the Western Barbarian Army would be no match for us.

Magana led her army to build a defensive line and kept a close eye on the invading Western Barbarian Army. She had experience in defensive battles with the four legions, and after so long, she managed to prevent the Western Barbarian Army from getting through.

Even if they manage to break through the defense to some extent, then what? How do they get back?

Those few people who went before will now face endless pursuit and slaughter by the Iron Blood Army.

It has to be said that after the Iron Blood Army expanded to 100,000, fighting the Western Barbarian Army was basically like a father beating his son, with no pressure whatsoever.

However, according to the Grand Duke, the Western Barbarian Army suddenly stopped its attacks in the past two days, seemingly planning something big. She learned that a 'hero' had appeared in the Western Barbarian Army, and now the Western Barbarian soldiers were all obeying that hero's orders.

Hero is a title among the Western Barbarian tribes. The next level is Warrior. Those who can earn the title of Warrior are extremely powerful beings in the Western Barbarian tribe. As for Hero, there is usually only one in the entire tribe.

The Western Barbarians existed in the form of tribes. The Western Barbarian Army was actually formed by the union of many tribes. Although there had been tribal heroes before, those guys were just 'rats' in the eyes of the Grand Duke.

Ryan thought for a moment and realized that there wasn't much information about the game "Ximan". He only remembered that there was a female character who could be romanced, but because she wasn't part of the main storyline, she didn't get much attention... Of course, it could also be because the character's artwork didn't appeal to players' tastes.

According to the usual pattern of games, this kind of specific character must have an important position in the Western Barbarians. He might be the one with the strongest bloodline in this generation, and he has the potential to become Race God.

If a figure of this caliber were to lead the Western Barbarian Army into battle, they would be a force to be reckoned with.

"... Your Grand Duke, please don't rush. I'll prepare for the next few days and then return to the Western Territory. I'll bring a Gilded Merchant Group with me and proceed according to the plan we discussed earlier."

"Yes, I know. Grand Duke 'm not in a hurry. It's those barbarians who should be worried, hahaha!" Magana was actually in a great mood. With winter approaching and the barbarians getting frantic, they were jumping up and down in frustration but there was nothing they could do. After so many years of fighting with the Western Barbarians, this year was the most comfortable one.

The Grand Duke stood with his hands on his hips, laughing heartily, looking incredibly adorable.

The Grand Duke is still the best... Ryan thought to himself, the Grand Duke has three good qualities: she is delicate and easy to push over.

Damn it, I want to fly to the Western Territory right now and contribute to Western Territory development.

According to Ryan's plan, he intended to take Aisha's family caravan with him. The caravan was quite large, and with the reputation of the Gilded Merchant, this was the best time to go to the Great Plains.

After all, the Grand Duke has sealed off the Western Territory, and many Gilded Merchant Group dare not enter the Great Plains because of the Grand Duke's majesty. Although the continent has a high tolerance for Gilded Merchant, that is Magana, the Iron-Blooded Grand Duke. What if she doesn't care about this and just kills people?

Rather than gambling on the possibility that Magana wouldn't go insane, these Gilded Merchant preferred to forgo business opportunities on the Great Plains; survival was their top priority.

However, to trade with the barbarians, he first needs to prepare enough supplies, otherwise they won't even bother with it.

Furthermore, he needed to ensure sufficient military support to prevent the Western Barbarians from resorting to desperate measures and stealing his belongings.

In fact, if there is enough time, opening a trade policy to deal with the Western Barbarians would be a good idea. Let the Augustus Empire trade with the Western Barbarians and exchange their warhorses and other supplies for them. This would slowly erode the fighting spirit of these Western Barbarians and also allow for infiltration.

Human nature is greedy and complacent. If resources can be obtained without fighting, why would people risk their lives?

Moreover, given the class structure of this world, a large amount of resources will definitely flow to the upper class, while the lower-class Western Barbarians will only be exploited. They hand over their goods but only receive a small amount of resources in return. In the long run, won't class conflicts emerge?

Once internal problems arise, there will be opportunities to exploit them.

If this plan fails, Ryan intends to do it this way: take more time, since the Western Barbarian problem needs to be solved eventually anyway.

After finishing his conversation with the Grand Duke, Ryan opened the game again and began checking on his Alts accounts.

"Why am I still so busy every day?"

What happened to lying down and being a couch potato?

Fortunately, the Alts are developing smoothly. The biggest problem is still with 'Motis'. The Arcadia Empire's declaration of war caught us off guard. As long as this border war remains unresolved, the Northern Federation will not be at peace.

However, after hearing what Elvian said, Ryan estimated that 30,000 against 10,000 would most likely lose. There was no time to redeploy troops now, so he could only wait and see what happened later.

The good news is that the Deep Sea Hunter's Decree issued by 'Motis' has summoned a big boss—the old man 'Motis' encountered when he changed jobs.

That old man appeared in the capital of the Northern Federation and provided Motis with an important piece of information: the broken part of the Black Sword·Elk was in the City of Desire!

That thing wasn't broken by the people of the City of Desire, but rather it was the achievement of the God of Desire back then. It was later sealed away by the people of the City of Desire, essentially as an offering to the God of Desire's great achievements. After all, the Deep Sea Hunter race was quite famous in the past.

Knowing this is one thing, but getting the broken sword back is another; it's located in the heart of the City of Desire, displayed beneath the statue of the God of Desire.

Needless to say, the area is heavily guarded, and it's also where the City Lord resides.

In other words, even if Seventh Tier Transcendent being went in, the risk of trying to seize that thing would be very high.

The old man planned to enter the City of Desire to retrieve the broken sword for King Motis.

"The King has returned, the broken sword will be reforged, great Wild Hunt, His glory will shine forever in the souls of the Deep Sea Hunter!" the old man shouted, raising his hand.

"I hope this old man won't get into trouble."

Ryan looked at the game interface, hesitating whether to stop him. Although he was unsure of the old man's strength, the old man clearly knew that he hadn't entered the City of Desire to steal things all these years, which clearly meant he wasn't confident.

Just then, Old Joe went in. He knew the place like the back of his hand. Investigating first would increase the chances of success, or we could get Old Joe to provide support later.

"Haklem, I have seen your loyalty, but there is no need to rush. I have other plans for this matter. Rest assured, I swear in the name of the Wild Hunt that desire will pay the price!"

Ryan decided to let Motis keep the old man calm for now.

If the old man is at the seventh level, that would be a valuable combat asset.

After finishing up here, Ryan switched to the 'Vainay' interface. The two Empress were now his focus, and he would have to Manual Control them when necessary.

Besides the war, what troubles 'Vainay' the most is the chaos caused by the Eye of Dawn. Fortunately, she has found a lot of information about Creed from the place provided by Jonathan and is currently planning a counterattack against the Eye of Dawn.

Interestingly, many of the Blood Cult who were originally encouraged by the Eye of Dawn actually openly expressed their desire to join the Holy Blood Army.

Because in the eyes of the Blood Cult, 'Shally' is the eternal chosen one of the Blood God, so the Holy Blood Army is naturally the 'regular' Blood God Legion!

Upon seeing this message, Ryan immediately leaned back tactically.

"I must say... this is indeed a way to quickly expand one's power."

Among the many Outer Gods cults, the Blood Cult has the largest number of members, but these people are often too fanatical to be controlled and are not suitable for integration into the military.

Therefore, Ryan does not intend to absorb them into the Holy Blood Army, but if he can use 'Shally's' identity to control a part of the Blood Cult's forces, that would be acceptable, after all, the Old Emperor did just that.

The power of the Outer Gods cannot be destroyed, so controlling them is also a solution, and it can also be used to deal with those old sly devils of the Eye of Dawn.

"Once Shally destroys the Kainter Kingdom, we can consider this matter."

Ryan and asked 'Vainay' to prepare some supplies for him, which he would then take directly to the Great Plains.