Chapter 142: The Changing International Situation (1) (1/2)
Chapter 142: The Changing International Situation (1)
It wasn’t i Bauchen directly surrendered or not As long as King Bauchen was a prisoner of war, it didn’t matter what the official statement from the Republic was; that could always beofficially surrendered, then I guess ere defeated and lost this war”
“It seems so”
Milton responded bitterly
When they joined the war in the beginning, he had never thought they would be defeated He believed in the Strabus Kingdo countries weren’t dumb, they would actively cooperate
But look at the results
The always strong and dependable Strabus Kingdom had collapsed because one of their Masters, O’Brian, had betrayed the countries didn’t even bother cooperating And although Milton had tried his best, Siegfried was too extraordinary and couldn’t be beat Put all that together, and this was the result
Defeat
The Strabus Kingdoether, but with their surrender, this as lost Milton could independently lead his ardom had completely surrendered, it was a foolhardy action However, thanks to Viscount Sabian’s plan, they had ed to s up the Hildes Republic
It could be said that the Lester Kingdom had taken over the Hildes Republic’s capital and occupied about 80 percent of the country’s territories Although they had lost the war, the Lester Kingdodom’s territory had increased by 15 Since most of the Hildes Republic’s land was ricultural lands, but it was rich in iron that it was the Republic’s main product to export; ultimately it was a rich land And on top of that, the burden on the frontline was gone since there wasn’t anymore anxiety over the Northern border
If they hadn’t been able to conquer the Hildes Republic, then the Lester Kingdom’s state of affairs would have been quite poor It wouldn’t have been enough if the Eastern frontline attacked theainst the Hildes Republic in the North
‘Once the war is over, I should reward Rick and Toreat’
Viscount Sabian had presented an extreh plan that was created on a half-baked hypothesis, but Rick and Tommy had turned it into a successThe two of theest contribution in this war
Just as Milton wasthe results of this war…
“Marquis Forrest, what is your next plan?”
“I’ our borders, Your Majesty Until now, the eastern border has been facing our ally, the Strabus Kingdo there’ll be a lot of work needed on the walls since we didn’t worry about it too h at Milton’s response
“This war isn’t officially over yet How can you be thinking about wrapping things up already?”
“Queen Leila, are you perhaps thinking about continuing right now?”
“Absolutely If we stepped do, all we’d have won is just the Northern region’s Hildes Republic”
“Isn’t that enough, Your Majesty?”
Queen Leila shook her head at his question
“I’d say ‘barely’ with just that”
For a second, Milton thought she was too greedy
“Your Majesty, are you thinking about attacking the western part of the Strabus Kingdoht”
“That’s a reckless idea, Your Majesty Even if it won’t be difficult to conquer the Strabus Kingdo and if the Republic were to attack, on’t be able to block them”
Milton’s words were extremely realistic but Queen Leila looked determined
“That’s only if we took the territories by officially engaging in war”
“You ?”
“Yes I have a very good idea”
When Milton saw Queen Leila’s dazzling smile, he couldn’t help but think to hi to do now?’
Queen Leila Currently her Intellect stat was 94 and her Politics stat was 95 Even if they were both clever, Viscount Sabian focused on the tactics of hile Queen Leila specialized in dohly likely that her plan to attack the West didn’t revolve around war, but on sheer cleverness And even if Milton didn’t knohat her plan was, he was certain about one thing; the people she was plotting against would get pissed about it
“What are you planning on doing, Your Majesty?”
“Hather up the quickest horses immediately”
She continued to talk confidently
“We will take the western region of the Strabus Kingdole drop of blood”
Count Teira was a nobledo himself in alcohol It wasn’t even a hardshi+p
He had just lost his country and, soon enough, he’d be losing his entire fae The Capital had been invaded and the king had surrendered; at that dom had been defeated
Of course, soht back with an ar The Republic had announced that any nobles who rebelled would be executed along with their family members even if they surrendered However, if they surrendered peacefully, the Republic would allow them to live and even let the nobles keep some of their private properties
But that was it
The Republic didn’t recognize peerage so nobles would be stripped of their titles It was a given that if you weren’t a nobleman, you would lose your estate title and territory For nobles, this orth ason interpretation, it orth acy that had been passed down from their ancestors How could he just watch that happen without going crazy?
“damn it, how can I stay with the Republic when they’re honorless? Should I just take my assets and flee to another country?”
Count Teira had been asking himself the same question multiple times a day, but soon, he shook his head