Chapter 284: The Royal Capital (1st Update)
The feeling that the black collar gave Sean was still not growing to its final form, but the doubling of the large Reta did not have an obvious effect on it.
Sean couldn't help but ponder, if the Thunder Golden Eagle wants to grow up completely, it must be struck by lightning?
However, for a while, Sean did not have the heart to encourage Black Collar to make this dangerous attempt.
After all, Leita is controllable, and when it sees that the situation is not right, it can immediately cut off the energy transmission line and terminate it.
Natural thunder, completely uncontrollable, terrifyingly powerful, if mistaken, a thunder will turn the black collar into a roasted eagle, he has no place to cry, after all, this helicopter is now the only one in the whole of Ashan, and he hasn't started to enjoy it yet.
This kind of dangerous attempt is still to wait for an alternative.
In addition, Sean also went around with a black collar, directly touched the nest of the Sonset Giant Eagle in Sunset Peak, and served its clan in one pot.
The whole process went smoothly beyond imagination, not only the black collar was unusually cooperative, but the surviving Sonset Giant Eagle could not raise the courage to resist in front of the Black Collar, the black collar only whistled a few times, and the remaining Sunset Giant Eagle honestly lined up to return to the Northern Fortress with it.
A total of eight Sunset eagles and seven Sunset eagle eggs were retrieved during the trip.
The seven Sunset giant eagle eggs made Arno like a treasure, and all of them were stuffed into the energy reaction chamber, wanting to see if he could hatch a juvenile thunder golden eagle directly.
If it can be successful, the growth process will not be as troublesome as the black collar.
Along with the four Sunset Eagles that Sean had captured earlier, all twelve of them were kept in captivity by the Northern Fortress.
However, for a short period of time, they have no chance of domesticating and entering the army of the Eternal Night.
Because compared to black collars, they are embarrassing in terms of size and ability.
It is definitely impossible to carry people, and it is barely possible to carry a half-grown child, and it can't fly far, so it doesn't make much sense.
There is no air battle in these years, and even if it is completely domesticated, there is no opponent.
As for the ground, don't look at the fact that they were able to get entangled with McGee, Bun, and Arnold the Skullcrusher before, the two champion knights and a great knight, it was because the Eternal Night Warlord had a desire to catch them alive in the first place, and did not prepare too many ranged attacks.
If they dare to rush down when they come to the military formation, an archer of the hundred guards will teach them how to make eagles.
Their greatest use now is either to awaken under the stimulation of the energy reactor chamber, or to lay eggs constantly to see if any of their offspring can start the path of regression.
The possibility of the former is basically unlikely, they have been wandering around the northern fortress for more than half a year, if they had awakened, they would have awakened a long time ago, and they would not have waited until now to see their descendants create more drama.
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Valesta.
The royal capital of the Byron Union.
It is known as the brightest pearl of the Ashane continent.
Calling it the center of the world, at least the Valestans were so adamant that anyone who did not come from within the walls of the royal capital was contemptuously called a hillbilly, including the five satellite cities that guarded it.
But they do have the capital to be proud of, because Valesta has created many of the bests.
The oldest city in recorded history of Ashan, with a history of more than 2,000 years.
It is the Saya of the Elven Empire, Valletta of the Ancient Andes Empire.
At that time, although it was not the royal capital, it was an out-and-out military town.
This is determined by its geographical location.
Whether it is the center of Aschahn or not is debatable, but the center of the plains of Asia Minor is uncompromising, like a giant squatting on the edge of the Jacob River.
While holding the plains of Asia Minor firmly in his hands, he looked down at the Carthusian military leader, with his back against the Broken Vein Steppe, carrying the Twin Peninsula on his left shoulder and the Manyu military leader on his right shoulder.
Whether it is the Elven Empire or the Ancient Andis Empire, Yang or the Byron Alliance, they all belong to the agricultural civilization, and the grain cultivation occupies an absolute core position, and controlling the grain naturally means controlling the entire empire.
At the height of the ancient Andis Empire, although it had four granaries, there were also problems of size, geography and transportation.
Needless to say, the Huayu Plateau has its unique geographical factors, which dooms it to be self-sufficient no matter what age it is.
Although there was a water transportation line of the Danube-Jacob River in the Jiangnan Plain at that time, the traffic was quite convenient, but whenever it involved transportation, freight would be generated, especially long-distance transportation, not to mention that there was an imperial capital of the ancient Andes Empire at that time, Bressan, which needed to be fed, and the grain would flow here.
The situation is similar for the Manyu military territory, but it mainly feeds in the direction of the Odin steppe.
As the first of the four granaries, the Plains of Asia Minor is not only the largest in area, but also the most places that can be fed, not only the Carthusian military leaders, but also the Twin Peninsula is full of demand for food, but it is only a matter of quantity, and the status is naturally very important, and Valesta, which is the ruling plain of Asia Minor, is naturally the top priority.
It is not only an important military position, but also an important economic artery, and these military leaders have to pass through each other.
The other is the most populous.
It is the most populous city in Ashan, with a population of more than one million on record, not to mention a large number of black hukou.
With a huge population base, it is destined to be the busiest city in the world, the most lively city, the city with the most lords and nobles, and the city full of gold, attracting countless Byron people to come to pan for gold every year.
It is only a few of the few who have become masters of gold here, most of them have touched the ashes here, and then returned to their country, and some have directly become one of its spacious tunnels, where they slowly decay.
So, in addition to these good names, it also has some not-so-beautiful names and the best, the city with the highest cost of living, the paradise of the successful, the hell of the loser, the city with the most complicated interpersonal relationships, the city with the most private transactions, the most shady city, and the most extravagant city.
It is these many facets that make up this living city.
Its fame and notoriety continue to spread, attracting all kinds of people to Valesta.
Among these many names, Valesta also has an inconspicuous name, the capital of public opinion and fashion trends.
Needless to say, the latter is derived from the circulation of people and the largest number of lords and nobles.
In particular, the aristocratic ladies who liked extravagance and comparison led the fashion of the entire Byron Union.
Although the Byron League was not imperial, it had very limited control over other military territories except for the plains of Asia Minor, which was directly under the Lancelot royal family.
But after all, they have a common enemy, the Odin orcs, and at the same time, they have signed the Magna Carta, and they have common obligations and responsibilities, and the Streich family and the Lancelot royal family are basically one, advancing and retreating together, and the voice of the Lancelot royal family is naturally the loudest, and many decisions here will directly affect the entire Byron Alliance.
Several other grand ducal families have long been accustomed to this model, and they all have their own ears and tongues here, and they can play power games remotely.
At the moment, Valesta's biggest hot topic is the Baron of the Eternal Night and his powerful Eternal Night Commander who was recently canonized by the Princess Regent.
There are just too many points of contention.
First of all, who is this Baron of the Eternal Night, Shaun Augustine, and the Commander of the Eternal Night?
Actually let the princess regent canonize herself, you must know that since the regent of Sophilia, the number of canonization of new nobles is only a handful, and it is not a great merit that is beneficial to the entire Byron Alliance, it is a fantasy, she is more committed to weakening the power of the old lords and nobles, recovering the power and land in their hands, and implementing a new policy.
On top of that, this Baron of the Eternal Night, as if he had jumped out of thin air, no one had heard of him before.
The title of the Eternal Night Army Leader also confuses people at first glance.
Even the most unheard of farmers know that at the beginning of the establishment of the Byron Alliance, there were only eight military leaders, and there was no name of the eternal night military leader in them.
It wasn't until it was revealed that they were Andes people in the Andes Mountains that people suddenly realized.
They are no strangers to the Andes Mountains, after all, there is Sanset Peak, known as the roof of the world, and the war and mutual plunder between the Manyu army and the Andes have lasted for many years, and many Andes prisoners of war have been sent to the plains of Asia Minor as slaves.
It was also a large family of serfs, and with the liberation movement, these Andes and their descendants were freed and joined the Byron League as freemen.
However, obtaining the status of official freedmen does not mean that they can be completely integrated, and the difference in status formed by the slave status for a long time will not simply disappear, and racial discrimination has always existed, which has caused those Andes and their descendants to be more united.
I have always had a good impression of my hometown of the Andes Mountains, and it has not disappeared with time, on the contrary, it will continue to precipitate with the existence of racial discrimination, and many of them are often on their lips, so that many Byron people have heard this name by the way.
In addition to that, because just a few years ago, they had been talking about the name – because of the resurgence of the Jacob River.
The re-flow of the Jacob River has naturally affected the area, and the downside is minimal, and the rest is all positive.
Because of its geographical location for the Jacob River, it is already considered the middle and lower reaches of the river, and when the flood peak arrives here, there is no such terrifying destructive power, after all, the river here has not been exhausted by the rainwater of the Plain of Asia Minor, and has always been an important lifeline of the Plain of Asia Minor, whether it is agricultural irrigation or transportation.
When the royal capital Valesta was established, and at the height of the Jacob River, after the reflow, not only will it not have an impact on it, but on the contrary, it will make its transportation more convenient and its economic status will rise.
Because of the great increase in the current and the rise in the water level, the Jacob River was able to exercise all kinds of large ships again, and once again restored the scene that ran through the east and west, and even some large sea ships could go up the river from the inland sea of Zambia and go directly into the interior for more than 300 kilometers, directly turning this place into a part of the coastline, and trade flourished.
The Andes Mountains, which are the source of the Jacob River, naturally became famous.
It's just that the Eternal Night Commander's own secrecy work is too good, if it weren't for someone like Sir Kleist, it would be really difficult to find out that they played a pivotal role in this matter, and most people instead focused more on the princess regent, who kept making big moves from the beginning.
Don't look at the fact that they are only three years older than Sean, but the illustrious background and brilliant achievements are placed there, which is more eye-catching, and it is a matter of course.
What's more, the princess regent did benefit a lot from it, and her own territory was completely integrated, connected by the Jacob River, and in a short period of time, her status was unshakable.
When the Eternal Night Army Leader gives himself the name of a military leader, and it is clear that he wants to be on a par with the other eight military leaders, it will inevitably provoke countless attacks and criticisms.
Not to mention that the current pattern of military leadership was set hundreds of years ago, just say that you are a wilderness that was still a poor and remote place, how can you be qualified to go hand in hand with others and claim to be a military leader?
What does this mean?
Preparing to become the ninth leader of the Byron Alliance, and the ninth Grand Duke's family?
But now you are the lowliest baron, and you have sworn allegiance to Princess Regent Sophia.
The other Grand Dukes are also not happy, once this kind of precedent is opened, this is still possible, is it possible that these Grand Dukes will have to swear allegiance to the Lancelot royal family in the future?
Even if the Eternal Night Leader is a self-proclaimed Leader, it can't be.
It was precisely because of these concerns that the name of Baron of the Eternal Night was far more hindered in its implementation than Sophia had expected.
Until now, Sean's name as Baron of the Eternal Night is still a fake, because the last step of canonization, the registration of the family coat of arms and emblem in the heraldic courtyard, has not yet been completed.
In the eyes of the orthodox lords and nobles, if this step is not completed, there is no legal benefit in the true sense.
Secondly, the whole process of canonization is too arbitrary, which is completely inconsistent with the previous prudence and solemnity, and it is full of strong transaction flavor.
Those lords and nobles are not fools, how can they not see the doorway inside, this is simply the nature of affiliation, and the two sides do not need to fulfill their due duty of allegiance at all.
The Byronic League benefited almost zero from it, and the Andes became part of the Byronic League in the name of the Eternal Night Warlords.
This is definitely a bad atmosphere, once it starts, everyone can learn the same, it is difficult that those Odin orcs are willing to be loyal to a certain family, and they can also become part of the Byron Alliance.
Usually, those lords and nobles dug into the corners of the Byron alliance one by one, and they never tired of it, but this time they have become out-and-out loyal people, and one can jump more than the other.
The reason for this is that they did not benefit from it.
The matter of the Baron of Eternal Night, the most critical step, is stuck in the Heraldic Academy.
The House of Heraldic, as the name suggests, is the place where all the coats of arms and logos of the lords and nobles of the Byron League are registered, and they faithfully record the rise and fall of every mainstay of the Byron League - the noble family.
Although it is located in Valesta, it is not under the direct control of the royal family, but is run by eight academicians.
The eight academicians represent the eight grand ducal families, and only the most upright and selfless people from the eight major families can serve as academicians.
The power of this department can be said to be very small, even a clear water yamen, all year round, there may not be a few things, after all, the changes of a lord and noble family need to last decades, or even hundreds of years, and the entire Byron alliance has lords and nobles to say more, say less, as for those knight families are not qualified to let them record, if they want to let them put pen to paper, at least the baron starts.
The power of this department can be said to be very large, and it has not passed their review, even if the princess regent speaks in person, it is not easy to do it.
I don't know if it's a common problem of government departments, but the longer it is established, the more internal rules and regulations there will be, and the more it will drag on implementation.
And the heraldic courtyard that has existed since the establishment of the Byron Alliance is even more old, revealing a decadent atmosphere from the inside out.
The princess regent has submitted the review of the Baron of the Eternal Night for a year and three months, and the review has actually begun, but it has been less than half a year.