"Marquis Hornsos's heroic behavior should be rewarded. He was one of the first people to follow me. He also protected me when I was in difficulty."
Chloe's words made Carl gradually stop crying.
"His behavior today reflects his loyalty to me and to Normanov Royal Family. Carl You are the eldest son of the Marquis and his heir. Today you will inherit the title of Marquis."
"My reward is more than that. Border Marquisate is a bitter and cold land guarding the border. I promise to get you a rich fief of the same size as Border Marquisate in the rich Central Plains."
"Are you satisfied with such a reward?" Chloe asked in a rare and gentle tone.
Carl wiped his tears and looked at Chloe with dull eyes. He was still immersed in grief and didn't know how to answer. His reaction was just a conditioned reflex after longing for Chloe and hearing her gentle voice.
Jonathan Earl on the side clenched his fists in envy. His territory is not rich either. Can the housing prices in the capital be the same as those on the border? Carl This idiot is really lucky.
After seeing Carl for more than ten seconds, Chloe shook her head, poor child, she thought to herself.
Originally, she was planning to weaken the influence of Marquis Hornsos, but he joined too early, and many Knights owned by Chloe that have made a fortune were originally subordinate to Marquis Hornsos, such as Raul.
Continuing to add vassals will easily create a powerful vassal who can influence the country's decision-making. Now because of the coincidence Assassination, it seems that I don't have to worry about this kind of thing anymore.
"Carl Marquis may be too sad, let him calm down." Chloe looked away from Carl and said to everyone, "We must respond strongly to the provocation and evil deeds of the villain George. Everyone prepares the army and prepares to march towards Royal Capital."
"Yes, Crown Prince." Everyone bowed their heads and accepted the order.
To the east of the Altia Empire, Arthur put down the information in his hand.
He walked to the window and looked at the sunset on the horizon. His mood was slowly setting like the sunset.
He once thought that he had the best chance to seize the throne. He successfully instigated a war between Chloe and Robert. He planned to wait until they both suffered losses before he would appear again and reap the benefits.
Now it seems that he thought too well, and Chloe is the real winner in this battle for the throne.
Arthur recalled what was written in the intelligence, and a chill crawled up his spine from the soles of his feet, causing him to shiver.
Legendary Beast Behemoth is eight to nine meters tall. The hair on his body has amazing defense, and ordinary weapons cannot hurt him at all. High-Ranking Knight's Psionics chop should be effective, but the effect is weak and can only cause skin trauma.
Contrary to its huge size, Behemoth's reaction is extremely sensitive, and Magic Crystal Cannon is almost impossible to hit. It is speculated that unless a large-scale mage group saturation attack is used, it cannot be harmed.
From the perspective of lethality, Behemoth is almost a killing machine. To fight against it in a dense formation is to risk death. Its giant claws are indestructible.
As for the most widely rumored Swarm Monsters, it is even more terrifying. Several pieces of intelligence indicate that the previous combat effectiveness of Swarm Monsters was greatly underestimated.
Before, everyone thought that with such a large number of Monsters, the individual combat effectiveness should not be strong, and the main combat method was to rely on numbers to besiege the enemy.
Therefore, like Robert, he calculated one Swarm Monsters as the combat power of two elite soldiers. At that time, they all thought that this calculation was too much, but now it is obvious that it is too conservative.
Look at what the intelligence said. They can run as fast as military horses and jump more than three meters high. The spikes they shoot are so precise and deadly that even a layer of plate armor can't stop them.
The bug that wields a bone knife is almost a master of battle. On the chaotic battlefield, four soldiers once surrounded and killed a Zergling. As a result, all four of them were killed, and Zergling only lost one arm.
High-Ranking Knight on the side was dumbfounded. Zergling's movement was like that of a highly skilled ranger. His bone knife was swung in a very orderly manner, which was similar to the military swordsmanship of the empire.
The most serious casualties suffered by the Robert army were caused by these Swarm Monsters. Contrary to their rough appearance, their attack movements were very delicate and methodical.
Killing is even more exquisite, as if they completely know the position of bones and muscles in a person's body. One knife goes down, hits the vital point, and then pulls out quickly.
They are also better at team fighting. When they are divided into small teams, they can cover each other and cooperate with each other, which is very magical.
It is difficult for intelligence personnel to measure the combat effectiveness of this kind of creature. Their report states: A Swarm Monsters can be treated as a highly skilled High-Ranking Knight. However, when they appear in groups, the combat effectiveness may increase by about 20 to 40%.
The most critical thing is that intelligence personnel have never figured out the number of Swarm Monsters, and they speculate that it ranges from 8,000 to 10,000.
Arthur likes to make worst-case estimates. Swarm Monsters estimates that there are 12,000 of them, even if their combat effectiveness does not increase when they gather together.
Twelve thousand High-Ranking Knight is a force that is feared by all human countries. The number of High-Ranking Knight is much larger than that of Psionics Mage, but it is not a big cabbage.
Only the four major human countries can form a collective battle of one or two thousand High-Ranking Knight. There are more than ten thousand Chloe there.
How can he resist this power? This is already a strength gap that cannot be bridged by conspiracy, strategy and tactics.
It seems that the information about Behemoth, Swarm Monsters is not exciting enough.
The spy also sent him a picture with a simple drawing of a giant beast, and a thoughtful sketch of Behemoth next to the giant beast.
This is the first time this strange behemoth appeared, and Chloe did not send them to the battlefield.
It can be seen from the sketch that this new behemoth is larger than Behemoth. I wonder if its destructive power can be comparable to Behemoth.
The most terrifying thing is not that its combat power is still unknown, but that there are ten heads of this giant beast!
A feeling of exhaustion and despair arose in Arthur's heart.
He is a strong person. He has encountered many crises. It was not easy at all when he faced Robert and George alone. He persisted.
But now, he feels as helpless as an ant, a tiny insect.
"Is Astromancer's Prophecy really irreversible? Is Chloe really going to become Human Overlord?"
"Why! Why! Why was she born with such a fate!" Arthur roared at the sunset. He was not willing to give in. He really was not willing to give in.