Collecting the Ice Moss Giant Chieftain's Corpse, Guidance of Uncontrolled Divine Will [Seeking Subscriptions]

Judging from the current situation, if Zong Shen were standing in King Ragnar's position, he would probably choose to strike at the Avalon Kingdom, which stood on the brink of division.

Every monarch harbored ambitions of expanding their territory.

The only difference was how great those ambitions were, not whether they existed at all.

And given Avalon's current internal state, the garrisons along the borders of the two kingdoms would indeed find it difficult to secure strong support.

If Ragnar concentrated a relatively elite force in a particular area, there was a high chance he could punch through those war fortresses.

As long as he opened a breach, Nord Kingdom soldiers could extend their axe blades into the heartland of the Avalon Kingdom.

That battle-axe, split into two halves, sought to carve flesh from Avalon, that weakened dragon.

As it happened, Zong Shen's territory lay in the main direction where King Ragnar was most likely to launch his attack.

And judging by the kingdom's regional map, it was an area that would almost certainly be occupied.

The uninhabited Rotbone Forest north of his territory only spanned a few thousand kilometers.

Such an area was practically insignificant on the map of a contest between kingdoms.

Should I use the hidden trick on Zoe Babbitt to control Count Mallen of Wentro Bang City?

Zong Shen pondered inwardly.

His dealings with the Nord Kingdom could not be called many, but they certainly were not few either.

Rescuing King Ragnar Lodbrok was one.

And abducting Zoe, the count's daughter who dreamed of adventure, in Wentro Bang City along the lower reaches of the Nivarei River at the border between the two kingdoms, was another.

Setting aside Ragnar's ambitions and the route by which the Lodebrok Royal Family would ultimately launch its attack, Zong Shen