Chapter 983: This time, test the sword with the orcs’ spirit!
Chapter 983: This time, test the sword with the orcs’ spirit!
The news of old Carlo's death in battle spread quickly.
In the city of Tyre.
After the Governor, Crow and Duke Rainbow heard the news.
So began secret discussions.
"It was the Baron of the Moulin Rouge who killed Carlo."
"This little baron named Efron is really lucky."
"In the previous surprise attack on Lehman City, we were lucky enough to have our defenses penetrated."
"This time, we blocked Duke Carlo outside the city of Lehman again."
"This achievement is enough to make him a Duke!"
The Governor of Tyre City said with some envy.
"We don't need two dukes on the border!"
The Duke of Rainbow Land spoke up from the side.
"We are enough."
"I think his title can be replaced by something else."
"And his contributions can also be ours!"
Governor Tyre chuckled.
"of course."
"I've sent someone to look for Efron."
"Compared to a duke without territory."
"He needs the territory and magic crystals of Leiman City more."
"I promised a hundred thousand magic crystals."
"But mine isn't enough!"
As he said that, he looked at the Rainbow Duke.
"I'll make up the rest, and Lehman City can give it to him."
"But the credit for killing Duke Carlo must be mine."
Governor Tyre drummed his fingers on the table.
"According to the previous agreement, we will support you to take the position."
"When you become king, the Rainbow Land will be mine."
"This is a contract."
"If you agree, then the deal is done."
After taking a quick glance, Duke Rainbow looked at the alchemist Kro beside him.
"So, sir, what do you want?"
Crowe was also involved in the plan.
And they are extremely important participants.
With his help, they would then be able to gain the support of the alchemist.
At the same time, you can easily get information about the royal capital.
"I!"
"Of course, it is the inheritance of all alchemists in the kingdom."
Crowe said firmly.
"it is good!"
"I become king, and you will be the president of the Palace Alchemist Association."
“I will open the national collections to you.”
"make a deal!"
The three of them signed their names on the contract.
The contract of the alchemical artifact turned into a ray of light and rushed in front of the three people.
A mark was branded on their arms.
Then it hid and disappeared again.
This special contract mark can only be revealed when three people appear at the same time.
"Next, Your Excellency the Duke, your merits will spread throughout the Alpha Kingdom."
"Mr. Crowe."
"Please return to the capital in advance."
"Prepare for His Excellency the Duke to become a candidate for king."
Crowe bowed slightly.
"I'll be there right away."
Then Governor Tyr looked at Duke Rainbow.
"Your Mightiness."
"Please follow me to meet the nobles from the border."
“You need their support.”
"Of course!"
Just here in Tyre City, when people were building momentum for the Duke of Rainbow.
now.
Fang Yuan appeared in Lehman City.
"Your Excellency Lord."
Christian went out of town to greet them personally.
Fang Yuan nodded slightly.
Entered the city of Lehman.
Christian reported beside him.
"Guderian has just returned."
"Our legion, apart from Blayney, has no heroes in the noble territory."
Fang Yuan then asked.
"What's the latest intelligence from Blayney?"
"Have."
"The orcs have learned about Duke Carlo's death in battle."
“The nation is in mourning right now.”
"Inside his court, the orc king vows revenge."
"But he did not call up the legion."
"Instead, the Royal Guards were mobilized to defend the capital."
"Convene a meeting of nobles at the same time."
Hearing this, Fang Yuan's mouth curled up slightly.
"coming soon!"
"The next step is the game between the nobles and the king."
“But that takes too much time.”
"Now it's time for Brainy to start spreading the word."
"I think the topic discussed by the orc nobles in the parliament will no longer be the division of royal power."
"Instead, we will regroup our army to deal with the gods of the nomadic grasslands."
"Go tell Guderian."
"Take his noble legions and move to the Eastern Front."
"Just say you're going to see Lord Sam."
"Thanks for supporting us on the battlefield."
"Stay there."
"That's next to the orcs' nomadic grasslands."
"As soon as Doug gets word of the attack."
"Mobilize the legions immediately to break through the defense line."
"Attack the temple of the Beast God."
"Yes!"
Fang Yuan stood in Lehman City.
Looking at the huge map of the Orc Kingdom in front of me.
Fingers pressed on the nomadic grassland.
"Beast God!"
"You can live for five days at most!"
"You must die!"
Orc Kingdom.
The bar where Blayney was.
"Just the latest news."
"The orc royal family has obtained our intelligence."
"I am sure that the Temple has been working in secret to dismantle the nobility."
"An attempt to make a comeback."
"This time, the king is prepared to present evidence in the Council of Nobles."
"Reach a corps to deal with the nomadic steppes."
"By doing this, he can divert the conflict in the fastest possible time."
"The Council of Nobles will not hold him responsible for the defeat."
"After all, compared to the defeat."
"The grassland temple is the enemy of the nobles."
Blayney heard it.
His eyes narrowed slightly.
"This little information can only prevent the Council of Nobles from pushing the King too far."
"But if we want them to concentrate their forces to deal with the nomadic grasslands, I'm afraid it's still not enough."
"Add more fuel to their fire."
"Qingfeng!"
"Assassinate the nobles of the Noble Council tonight."
"Kill a duke and seriously injure some nobles who advocated attacking the grassland."
"Pain the nobles and make them stand on the same front as the king."
"Besides Doug has gone to the border."
"Let the news spread over there."
"Just say that the nobles suffered heavy losses due to the defeat and are planning to increase taxes on the grasslands!"
"Each household will be taxed at least ten times more!"
"Orcs who believe in gods must also pay a faith tax."
"Yes!"
into the night.
The orc capital did not seem to have changed because of the defeat on the front line.
The nobles continued to drink all night long.
Just under this bustling banquet.
Nobles of different forces began to connect with each other.
They attempted to put pressure on the king the next day.
However, some nobles also suggested that they should unite now.
Deal with the Alpha Kingdom and the grassland temple.
Because of this war, the royal family and the nobility suffered heavy losses.
The temple suffered little damage.
The strength of both sides began to approach balance.
The temples of the nomadic steppes are likely to invade in the opposite direction.
In addition, there were also some nobles who also advocated dealing with the nomadic grasslands.
But they are not worried about the invasion of nomadic grasslands.
Instead, he wanted to plunder them to replenish his lost strength.
To know.
Although the slave labor uprising in the territory had just been quelled.
But that's why.
The number of slaves in the hands of the orc nobles has been greatly reduced.
It greatly weakened their economic strength.
Without enough slaves, the plantations were left uncultivated.
There was no income from the plantation.
How can nobles maintain soldiers? Without soldiers, how can they protect their territories?
Unable to protect territory.
Can they still be called nobles?
Slave labor was a necessity for the nobility.
Having just experienced a great defeat, the orcs had no way to go to the Alpha Kingdom to plunder humans as slaves.
So!
The slave labor can only be directed in another direction.
A nomadic tribe of orcs.
Before, when the nobles had just established their country.
It developed step by step by plundering nomadic tribes.
Now we are just repeating the deeds of our ancestors.
Therefore, the small and medium nobles suffered heavy losses in the war.
They were all prepared to propose in the Council of Nobles to impose taxes on nomadic tribes.
If you don’t agree, just fight and plunder the tribe.
And these news soon spread in the royal capital under the secret control of Brainy.
A nomadic tribe of orcs lurking in the orc capital.
Everyone was filled with indignation.
Claimed to assassinate these nobles.
It’s just that their fighting power is not enough, and there is no hero from the temple to participate.
It's hard for them to do it.
And just at this time.
The temple secretly controlled by Blayney quietly began to contact the lurking orcs.
They claimed to bring the will of the gods.
To punish the arrogant nobles.
And this time the target is the Sean family.
One of the orc duke families.
It’s just that the Sean family doesn’t get along with the royal family.
Belongs to the local power faction.
But this time, they were rarely prepared to lobby for military action against the nomadic tribes.
The Sean family's estate.
This is a rare manor in the suburbs of the royal capital that has not been affected by war.
Ever since the orcs suffered the blow from Guderian.
A large number of cavalry were also deployed around the manor.
Cavalrymen wearing elite armor patrolled on horseback in the dark.
Behind him is a manor full of lights and feasting.
It was just past midnight.
The party had just reached its climax.
The nobles had learned the ballroom dance from the human kingdom and now were entering the dance battle stage.
The orc nobles, dressed in gorgeous clothes, danced passionately on the dance floor.
And in a side hall of the manor.
Patriarch Sean is contacting some of the nobles.
I plan to convince the king tomorrow.
Deal with nomadic tribes.
"The nomadic tribes fled during the war this time, causing us heavy losses."
“There must be punishment.”
"Tomorrow we will unite and put pressure on the king to agree to deal with them."
"Please rest assured, Duke. We will."
"Go ahead, the dance outside has started."
And after the nobles left.
suddenly!
There was light of fire outside the manor.
Then the servants rushed in.
"Your Mightiness."
"There's an attack!"
When Sir Sean heard this, his heart trembled slightly.
"Is it the cavalry of the Alpha Kingdom?"
"No, sir."
"They claim to be followers of the temple."
Hearing this, Sir Sean breathed a sigh of relief.
"That's good."
Immediately, a ruthless look appeared in his eyes.
"Send a message to the legion outside to capture them."
"They will be my witnesses tomorrow."
"Yes, Your Excellency."
After the servant left.
The Duke was getting ready to go to the ball.
But just as he walked out the door.
A short knife suddenly stabbed out.
It pierced the Duke's neck.
Then he drew the short knife horizontally.
The Duke's head, sir.
The one who took action was Qing Feng, and the assassination was successful.
His body quickly disappeared into the shadows.
After using a large amount of magic crystals.
Qing Feng's strength has also reached the legendary level.
Although it's just the beginner level.
But it is enough to complete two shadow shuttles.
After Duke Sean was assassinated.
Soon there was panic in the manor.
A large number of nobles fled.
The news quickly spread throughout the royal capital.
Even the king was shocked by the news.
"What, Sean's head was cut off."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
"Who did it?"
“I heard it’s a temple!”
Hearing this, the corners of the king's mouth curved up slightly.
"Oh, is it so?"
the next day.
At the gate of the House of Nobles.
A head hangs at the top.
"That is!"
"Sir Sean."
When the nobles who came saw this, they showed an expression of disbelief on their faces.
"Yes, it is Sir Sean."
"Quick, take it down."
The Council of Nobles convened.
And in the most conspicuous place was Sean’s head and a warning.
The King himself came to the Parliament.
Walked to the top.
"Just now!"
"The Duke of the Kingdom has been killed."
"Not a human from the Alpha Kingdom."
"Not on the battlefield."
"But in his own manor."
“It’s a disgrace.”
"Orcs should not have assassinations, only frontal combat."
"It wasn't our orcs who killed Sean."
"It's an assassin from the nomadic steppe."
"They heard that Sean was going to lobby me to impose taxes on the grasslands."
"So do it to him."
"These despicable nomadic orcs actually killed one of our dukes for a proposal that would never pass!!!"
The voice fell.
The orc nobles in the meeting hall roared in anger.
"Revenge, we want revenge."
"The despicable temple, their retreat killed our Red River Valley legion."
"Now you're trying to assassinate the Duke!"
"The gods are a bunch of despicable parasites. They saw that we suffered heavy losses in the war with the Alpha Kingdom."
"The Carlo family was also killed in the battle."
"You think you can interfere in the nobles' territory. That's wishful thinking."
"Yes, we must teach these barbaric orcs on the grassland to respect the nobles."
"Punish them."
"War, declare war on the grassland nomadic orcs!"
As he spoke, an orc noble rushed forward.
He tore up the proposal in his hand.
"For the nobility!"
"For our territory."
"I propose war!"
The next moment, the entire parliament was filled with roars of war.
The king standing behind heaved a sigh of relief.
The crisis of defeat on the front line was averted.
But the war against the nomadic orcs cannot be won.
Then he doesn't need to be king anymore.
Then the king stepped forward.
"I declare."
"Assemble all Orc Guards."
"I will personally lead the troops to fight against the nomadic grasslands!"
I heard that the king was leading the army in person.
The roar was heard again in the venue.
Since then.
Civil strife began in the Orc Kingdom.
And at the same time.
On the nomadic steppe.
After arriving here.
Doug only did two things.
Spreading false news.
He passed through one orc tribe after another.
Start spreading the hate of the orc nobles.
Spread the belief in the greatness of God.
Not long.
Doug actually managed to become the regional bishop of the temple.
And after having this identity.
A group of orcs quickly gathered around Doug.
Use this opportunity.
Doug begins to advocate for war.
Take back the territories that originally belonged to the nomadic orcs.
At first, his advocacy was not supported.
but!
When the news of the Orc Kingdom's defeat came.
Doug immediately gained a lot of support.
They gradually realized that perhaps this was an opportunity.
only!
The temple did not issue an accurate decree.
It seems to be still wavering.
But Doug quickly helped them make a decision.
Not long after, a piece of news spread like wildfire on the grassland.
The Orc Kingdom began to increase taxes, preparing to continue plundering the Orcs' territory.
As soon as the news came out, the orcs began to become restless.
But the temple tried its best to suppress it.
Even sent someone to reprimand Doug.
But it didn't take long.
News came that the Orc Kingdom had dispatched troops.
In an instant.
Doug's popularity soared.
He became an archbishop followed by many orcs.
At this time, the Beast God Temple immediately fell into a passive position.
The Beast God does not want to start a war.
Also tried to suppress it.
At the same time, send people to negotiate.
But there is Doug as an insider.
The peace envoy was soon killed.
Not long after, Doug sent people to attack Waterdeep, the territory of the orc nobles.
The two sides fought a fierce battle here.
More than a thousand nomadic orcs were killed in the battle, but Waterdeep Castle was captured.
Killed the nobles stationed here.
Since then.
The conflict between the two sides can no longer be bridged.
The temple was almost pushed around by nomadic orcs.
Suddenly discovered.
in this era!
The gods can no longer control their believers.
The powerful temple was placed in the front by the believers.
They had to use their elite forces to help them deal with the orc nobles.
In an instant.
The war between the orc nobles and the temple broke out fiercely.
"Your Excellency."
"The latest news just now is that the Temple failed to stop the Kingdom's knights, and 30,000 people died in the battle."
"The battle line retreats."
"This is what we have obtained. It is the most likely location of the temple."
As the archbishop, Doug has 20,000 orc warriors under his command.
There are hundreds of tribes under control.
These are all nomadic orcs who have made enemies with the orc nobles in Waterdeep.
There is no possibility for them to surrender once the peace talks begin.
They will die.
So these orcs followed Doug firmly.
As for the belief in the Beast God, it has long been less firm.
Doug got the coordinates and took a look.
Said casually.
"The tribe that was in the southeast."
"Tell them to come to us immediately!"
The orc next to him said with some surprise after hearing this.
"Sir, wouldn't that give humans a chance to come in?"
Doug glanced at the other man.
"Humanity?"
"Have it?"
The orc understood the meaning immediately.
Now if they want to survive, they have to expand the war.
But the nomadic tribes are not strong enough and will definitely lose in the end.
Or introduce knights from the Alpha Kingdom.
Sacrifice the temple in exchange for peace in the kingdom.
Under Doug's guidance, the orcs have gradually accepted the second plan.
"Yes, sir. I'll do it right away!"
Soon the orc tribe retreated.
Guderian, who was in that direction, also immediately received Qing Feng's news.
"The passage is open."
"Coordinates appear!"
Around Guderian, thousands of elite knights immediately set off.
"Everyone."
"We killed the Duke of the Orcs last time."
"Today we will test the sword with the orcs' gods."
"Mount!"
"Enter the grassland!!!" (End of this chapter)
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