1447 The War that Destroyed a Country Part 1 (1/2)

Grand Duke Iron Blood did not want the Tanggulasi Empire. At least, it was not what he wanted at the moment. His army was arranged on the border of the Titan Duchy, posing as Cloudflow people in order to take the opportunity to plunder it. After the Nature Faith's Knight Corps broke through from the front, his troops would be able to enter the Tanggulasi Empire from the south.

It was a safe method. Grand Duke Iron Blood did not need to fork out too much. Although he could not gain much for the time being and was only assisting Saleen in battle, in the long run, he wanted to overthrow the Cloudflow Imperial City. The position was far too important.

During that time, Lex handed over her credentials to Floating City and reprimanded Grand Duke Iron Blood for seizing Qin territories without a care for the alliance treaty from 1,000 years ago.

Grand Duke Iron Blood quickly repented and replied with a letter of apology. He staked his personal reputation and agreed to withdraw from the Qin territorial land. Both sides were putting on a performance. The Golden Plains were definitely aware of that. However, no one was able to say that Lex had not recaptured the territorial lands.

Grand Duke Iron Blood's troops that numbered less than 100,000 withdrew from the coast. They boarded ships and returned to Cloudflow. However, his main forces were stationed in the south of the Tanggulasi Empire.

Lex acted quickly and readily rewarded her own men.

Prince Saleen's territory was awarded with Kroraina. As there were no successors, the entire large Duchy was vacant. There had been a few battles for it, and the aristocrats were now practically nonexistent.

Lex's command had received many objections from both the Houses of Lords and Commons, but no one was able to stop it.

Safilos' objection was merely for show, but the lords' objections demonstrated that the forces of the current Golden Plains were already under the control of the Qin Empire's central government.

When Emperor Chanake had been around, no one else had been able to manipulate the House of Lords.

Saleen could not be bothered to talk nonsense. If anyone was dissatisfied, they could come and attack him. Although the Golden Plains secretly controlled the troops of four towns, they were unable to do anything to Saleen.

Saleen's capital was in Metatrin. His main forces were on Floating City. They were all in places that could not be captured.

Even if they dispatched troops to Kroraina, what could they do? Could they fight Saleen's Floating City?

Saleen was currently attacking the Holy See. If they threatened Saleen with force, they would lose popularity. Within the recent decade, the Holy See had repeatedly harassed Qin. The Qin people long held a deep hatred towards this organization.

Hence, many people even wished to join the Nature Faith to oppose the Holy See.

Most of them were victims of Kroraina's war. From a certain standpoint, Qin's governors were also responsible, but with the banner of Holy See acting as the scapegoat, the civilians had not thought of that.

None of the aristocrats had surrendered to the Holy See, died in battle, or led the civilians to retreat.

Because no one truly had the power to oppose Lex's appointment, it was immediately implemented. Saleen had not assembled too many aristocrats from Metatrin. The people of Metatrin Kingdom focused their goals on the interdimensional space.

Filling in the space had been on the Southwest aristocracy who relied on Lex. It finally bore fruit.

Although Kroraina was defenseless and easy to attack, the southwest was too rural and not good for earning a fortune. The southwest aristocrats all grouped together in response to the appointment. A few descendants of aristocrats who originally lacked the qualifications to benefit had now gained a noble rank and had been dispatched to Kroraina. It was a dangerous mission, but the best opportunity to improve their circumstances.

They knew that the future of the aristocrats would not be pleasant. Hence, they tied their fates to Emperor Lex. Lex gathered mages in Bitter Water Prefecture and had assigned them to the aristocrats.

The aristocrats had spent a fortune on cultivating their personal armies and had brought them to Kroraina. The space in Kroraina was very quickly being filled. Of course, whether or not they could completely occupy this place depended on the outcome of Saleen's battle.

Saleen's battle was nothing special. He seemed to be having a very easy time in the borders of the Tanggulasi Empire. The most troublesome part about attacking the city was waiting for the Nature Faith's army. After the Nature Faith's army arrived, Saleen would fly Floating City above the targeted city and bombard it.

Even the lowest grade weapons were thrown down. There were magic fire shells, huge stones, ranged pharmaceuticals, and all kinds of low-grade scrolls.

The battle was essentially just for clearing out Saleen's warehouse. The items would be useless in future battles. There was an alchemic factory on Saleen's Floating City that produced new magic equipment day and night.

It was only after the targeted city's large equipment had been destroyed and the city walls had been breached that Saleen allowed the Nature Faith's knight corps to attack. The an attack was definitely easier. Furthermore, the Violet Angel had also been mobilized. He specialized in hitting the War Drum of Fear in the city's skies.

Without the Holy See, and without sufficient Holy Masters, the Tanggulasi Empire's cities were all destroyed one after another. The imperial court was terrified.

Finally, Qin Empire reacted. An army of about 300,000 people was assembled. They set out for the sake of their emperor's reputation. The army was relatively weak compared to the four towns. They were the veterans who had gone to battle in Daliang City.

The troops came from an average background, and their combat ability was even less remarkable. The people Lex had dispatched had been sent to occupy the territory.

For the transportation of those people, Saleen used Baldur's Gate to transfer them to the Tanggulasi Empire. Without making a single sound, they had already occupied approximately more than 20 cities.