Amidst the disputes, the coalition forces were already outwardly united but inwardly divided.
Just as the disputes between the countries were escalating, a message as shocking as a thunderclap came from the rear of each country.
"Five hundred Holy Judgment Order of the Papal State, along with the Werewolf Legion, appeared in Siwaka, a small border town of the Boya Empire, and slaughtered over seventy thousand people in one night. Emperor Yalian II of the Boya Empire issued an emergency decree, ordering the Boya Empire's army to withdraw from this allied force..."
As this news arrived from the rear, the entire allied forces that were attacking the Papal State fell completely silent.
The previous arguments were completely over, and the topic of taking this opportunity to conquer the Papal State was never mentioned again. The entire military camp was quiet, and no one spoke anymore, as if everyone was dead.
That afternoon, Crown Prince Yalian III of the once glorious Boya Empire, as if mourning the loss of his parents, silently ordered his army to pack up and prepare to return to his hometown.
The other allied forces remained completely silent, quietly packing their belongings. They didn't even bother with pleasantries; they just wanted to break up on the spot.
However, before evening, a message was urgently sent to the front-line camp by envoys from various countries.
" The Papal State' 500 Holy Judgment Order, along with a 3,000- Werewolf Legion, launched a surprise attack yesterday morning on the nobles and royal family of the Boermo Kingdom. The families of all Counts and lords of Boermo were slaughtered, and the Boermo royal family and the capital city were also wiped out..."
As soon as this news reached the front lines, a series of mournful cries immediately erupted within the Allied forces.
The allied leaders of the Boermo Kingdom knelt down and wept bitterly in public, and the lords of all ranks in the kingdom were also in deep sorrow, tears streaming down their faces.
The other coalition leaders were shivering, their hands and feet were cold, and some of the more timid ones even collapsed to the ground, their faces pale and bloodless.
This scene, so familiar from a century ago, is playing out once again. These newly established lord families and royal families are finally experiencing the helplessness and despair of their ancestors.
And this time, they were utterly helpless. Besides the Holy Judgment Order, this terrifying Papal State actually had Werewolf Legion?
A mobile force of this size can easily launch surprise attacks on the territories of various countries, leaving them completely unable to defend against them!
The subsequent massacre of the city serves as strong evidence.
It's important to know that when the Papal State only had the Holy Judgment Order, they never massacred entire cities when killing lords and royalty. Although each member possessed extraordinary power, they could still be overwhelmed and killed by the sheer number of organized armies. Therefore, the Holy Judgment Order always only killed a small number of royalty and then left.
Now, not only have they killed everyone and not left, they've even massacred the entire city!
Shortly after this news arrived, the Papal State's envoy, as if timed perfectly, rode alone into the allied army camp and delivered a papal edict.
"All nations are greedy by nature and bring about their own destruction. However, our Holy Church has the virtue of cherishing life. In order to interpret the holiness of God and spread the glory of our Holy Church, we hereby grant the lords and royal families of all nations an opportunity to repent and reform."
From this day forward, only one class of royalty and lord may remain in any nation. If any nation possesses both a royal family and a lord, both will be besieged and destroyed by our Papal State!
Upon hearing this edict, the allied forces of various nations were greatly alarmed!
Isn't this just letting them kill each other?
Yalian III's expression immediately changed. He stepped forward and shouted, "This is a conspiracy by the Church! The Pope wants to incite our nations to fight each other without bloodshed! All kings and lords should remain rational, continue to form an alliance, and fight the Papal State to the bitter end!"
However, he was interrupted as soon as he finished speaking.
A lord of a certain kingdom said sinisterly, "Indeed, there's nothing to worry about with the Boya Empire. After all, all the lords of the Boya Empire were completely imprisoned by you, Yalian III, before the war even began. Now it's merely a matter of cutting off the butcher's knife. The Papal State haven't even issued their orders yet, and your Boya Empire is already acting like this. Now that the Papal State have issued their decree, isn't that exactly what your Yalian Imperial Family family wants?"
"Not only that, with your actions, Yalian III, I think my Finland Royal Family has also developed some strange ideas. If your Boya Empire hadn't set this bad precedent, the Finland Royal Family would never have dared to have such thoughts!" As soon as he finished speaking, some lords began to echo him.
Yalian III's actions before the impending war had already made the other lords quite wary. With him setting this bad precedent, some royal families in other countries even seemed eager to try and imitate him.
If it weren't for the immense pressure of facing the Papal State' army, some lords would likely have voiced their discontent and launched an attack on Boya!
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the various lords and members of royal families began to change rapidly. They looked at each other, each seemingly harboring their own thoughts and ideas.
Everyone knows that the Papal State ' decree is designed to make their allied forces fight amongst themselves.
But as I said before, your royal family does indeed want to control my various lords, big and small. Even if the Papal State doesn't issue a decree, the royal families of other countries might secretly take action.
With the papal decree now in effect, and given the existing distrust and the current threat to their lives, there is no longer any trust between lords at all levels and royal families of various countries.
Such a blatant scheme of using one tiger to devour another is irresistible.
In the year 2261 of the Christian calendar, war broke out again.
However, this war has evolved from a war of conquest of the Papal State by the Boya Empire and the allied forces of various countries into a war of conquest launched by the lords of various countries against the royal family.
Everyone wanted to survive in the hands of the Papal State, but no one could think of a way to counterbalance the Church's holy forces. In addition, the royal family wanted to eliminate all the lords, and the lords were also worried that the royal family would eliminate them. Therefore, everyone could only obey the papal edict and fiercely attack their former teammates.
The Papal State truly kept its promise. As they fought each other, the Papal State actually withdrew its troops, bringing all the Holy Judgment Order and knightly units back to its territory. In an instant, the country that started the war and the conqueror of the allied forces became the first to withdraw from the battlefield and have nothing to do with the war anymore.
However, this strategy undoubtedly allows His Majesty Adam to more quickly withdraw his manpower from the battlefield while achieving his strategic goal of attacking various countries, so as to gather strength and thoroughly rectify the Vampire in the country and the escaped Old Norton and Abraham!
That poor, self-proclaimed Blood Clan Progenitor Norton, is in grave danger!