City of Learning, Palace Council Hall

"What! Fort Georgia fell!? So fast!"

Hearing the bad news from the dusty soldier in front of him, Azel Rodish, the Grand Duke of Tiling, who was shocked, shouted in disbelief with pale face. [..com]

At the age of 32, he has a strong body that has been trained for many years. He looks quite heroic against the backdrop of a silver armor. He himself has great ambitions like other great masters, and even because of his youth, his ambitions are stronger.

Similarly, he also had considerable resistance and disgust against the shackles that were tied to himself and his principality. He was also very upset about the past history and always hoped to break the shadow of the church. However, since the Principality of Tiling itself is not a powerful country, it is still quite difficult to fight against the church with one's own strength.

But even so, Azel worked hard to govern, while working hard to develop national strength and imitating the measures of the Falcon Principality to weaken the church. However, because he was really anxious, the measures quickly became too hot and caused a huge rebound in the church. Obviously, the Pope did not want a second Falcon Principality to appear.

Faced with the possible counterattack of the church, Azel came up with a rather dangerous idea to introduce the necromancers into the principality!

This is a move to play with fire, because the reputation of the Necromancer is too poor in Yashan, and it is the target of everyone's punishment in the human world. Even the Duchy of Falcon cannot tolerate the Necromancer walking openly (of course, there are factors of the Silver Federation). But the young Azel is obviously too confident in himself. In his opinion, once the Necromancer and the church are incompatible with water and fire, they will definitely fight to the death. In exchange for their own support, both sides should try their best to win over themselves... In this way, Tiling can get Helesh funds, technical and personnel support while breaking away from the constraints of the church. It can be said that it is a "makeup plan" that kills two birds with one stone.

At the beginning, as Azel planned, the Necromancer and the Church fought several fierce battles. Although the battlefields were all within the Duchy of Tiling, most of them were border areas. Moreover, both sides strictly abide by the battlefield regulations and did not take large-scale looting or massacres. But when Azel was a little complacent, the Necromancer and the Church made an unexpected move. The two sides actually stopped the battle tacitly and divided the sphere of influence.

So Azel was stunned. When the Duchy of Tiling let him do this, only one-third of the land he could control was left. The undead no longer strongly supported him. Instead, he began to strengthen the rule of the occupied areas with all his might. The church did a lot of proclaiming work, not only portraying himself as a stupid grand duke who was confused by the undead witchcraft, but also using the people's fear of the undead to beautify himself. Azel finally tasted the bitter fruit. The country was lost and the hearts of the people were floating, and Tiling almost reached the verge of destruction.

Unwilling to give up, Azel quickly mobilized all the power he could use, including players who had been excluded from the regime system. He almost became a gambler. Under the instigation of some great nobles, he made a more bold move!

He wanted to use the city of Xueshi as a bargaining chip to attract the main force of the church and Helesh's army, and then let both sides fight to the decisive battle under the city of Xueshi, and sit on the mountain to watch the tiger's fight. After either side is about to win, he will use all the power in his hands to make a last fight. Once the victory is achieved, the foreign forces in the entire public will be wiped out!

However, this plan requires three necessary conditions. First, the strength in his hands is enough to deal with any side after the war; second, the defense of the City of Xuexi must be strong enough to ensure that the war will not be affected; Azer was confident in the first two points. For this plan, he almost drew all the elite domestic legions except Fort Georgia. It was precisely because of this that the church and Heles advancement was extremely smooth.

As for the defense of Xueshi City, it is not to mention that as a once-deceased capital, in order not to let the tragedy happen again, the Grand Duke of Tiling of all dynasties has undergone a long transformation of Xueshi City with a population of millions. After more than thirty years, Xueshi City has become an unimaginable burgundy (Note 1). The city walls of nearly thirty meters high and six meters thick are enough to scare away any attacker. Hundreds of magic turrets have turned Xueshi City into a firepower hedgehog.

But the most serious thing about the entire plan is the third point, and the most important thing to pay attention to in the plan: the arrival time between the two parties must be the same, and the time difference must not be greater than one day!

Because, once one side comes too fast, Xueshi City may face the risk of being attacked, and may also allow the other side to win at a smaller price, and then the Duchy of Tiling will be really over.

After all, there is no point in leaving only an isolated city, so when you hear the church breaking Fort Georgia in a time beyond your expectations, you will be so panicked except Fort Georgia.

"The Grand Duke... the church sent hidden power, and the Campbellnow Heights just pulled most of the troops into the fortress, so..."

"Oh! I understand, you... go down."

After waved his hand powerlessly, Azel sat back on the throne in depressed manner.

"My good friends, is there any good way to delay the church's army?"

Without an answer, the ministers in the royal court just looked at me and I looked at you. No one came up with a solution. After glanced at him, the depressed expression on Azel's face became heavier, but just when he was extremely disappointed, a person who surprised him walked out of the crowd.

"Duke, don't worry!"

"Oh!? What's the solution for Yan Yangqing?"

The one who walked out was Qin Yanyang, the leader of the National Knights Order of the Duchy of Tiling. After he solemnly gave a knight ceremony, the master said:

"In fact, the undead was not as slow as His Majesty imagined."

"Why do you say that?"

Azel's mood was suddenly raised, and at the same time, he, who was originally leaning on the throne, straightened his waist and leaned forward, as if he wanted to hear it more clearly.

"According to the information sent by a friend of mine in Heles, the undead army is still operating according to the normal march, that is, the 9616 system (march nine hours in the morning, rest one hour in the afternoon, rest six hours in the evening). But you should also know that the undead are not humans after all, and there is no such burden. You can marching continuously without sleep, so that your speed can be doubled at least..."

Speaking of this, Qin Yanyang seemed to joke specifically for An Azer's heart:

"... Actually, I was worried that the church would go too slowly before, but now it's just right."

"Hahaha! I almost forgot if you don't say it. Those dead bones don't need to eat, drink, defecate, and sleep. I'm a little worried."

After making a burst of happy laughter, Azel praised Qin Yanyang with great satisfaction:

"Virgium Qin is worthy of being the best Skywalker in our Duchy of Tiling. In such a time of national crisis, he needs a pillar of talent like you!"

"The great master praised it, but the ministers still want to make a statement."

"Haha! But it's okay!"

After taking a deep breath, Qin Yanyang finally revealed what he had been worried about for a long time.

"Duke, are you really sure that the church will fight the dead outside the city of Learning?"

"Um?"

As soon as he heard this, Azel immediately frowned, but because of Qin Yanyang's previous speech, he was not easy to have an attack, but said impatiently:

"Of course, the church and the undead are incompatible. As soon as we meet, we will fight... and we refuse to defend the city, and any side will have to pay a huge price to attack. It is likely that the other side will get a bargain, so your worries are unnecessary."

"Did the Lord forget what happened last time?"

"The last time it was just because neither of them was ready, but this time both sides were full of energy and wanted to destroy each other, so they should not be the same."

“Big…ah…”

Although he wanted to say something, after seeing the unhappiness on Azel's face, Qin Yanyang sighed inwardly and gave up persuasion. However, he did not retreat, but said another thing that he was also worried about.

"Dagong, you should have heard of the mission issued by Mu, right?"

Hearing this, Azel's face immediately sank. He naturally had heard of it. And when he heard that the Skywalker he looked down upon the most dared to provoke a principality like this, he was almost so angry that he sweared to wipe out the organization one day.

"Hmph! Don't care about a group of villains with their heads and tails!"

"But Grand Duke... In the past few days, there have been many more players in the city of Learning. My servants are worried that the enemy has already scrambled in, so I hope Grand Duke, you can allow the National Knights to enter the city to clear the city. After all, it is more suitable to deal with players. At the same time, the National Knights are allowed to temporarily expand enrollment and absorb more players..."

“No need.”

Azel didn't care, and even waved his hand with some contempt.

"Some mobs are just not causing any storm. Not long after the National Knights were established, the scale of 50,000 people was large enough. Expanding enrollment not only has no effect, but will affect combat power... What's more, in the subsequent war, you who are deployed outside the city are a secret force. I have great use and cannot be exposed at will."

"Can……"

"Okay, let's get here today!"

After waved his hand, Azel left the throne directly, and the other ministers also left one after another. In the empty royal court, only Qin Yanyang's lonely figure was left...

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Recently, it is the end of the period. Black Crow has to review and take exams again (the one who fails the subject is the most t^t), so the update fluctuates a lot, and it can basically only be updated once a day. I hope everyone understands it, but Black Crow will not let everyone wait too long. After the 30th, everything will return to normal, and the progress of this book will also increase exponentially.
Chapter completed!