Basically, what can be done by magic energy, shadow energy can do.

The only big problem now is that shadow energy can't leak out at will.

Once a large-scale leak occurs, it will cause shadow energy pollution.

Contaminated plants and animals do not die, but they will have directional mutations, ranging from varying degrees of shadowing to genetically altering them, turning them into distorted shadow creatures.

If a plane is fully shadowed, it means that the plane is not far from being fully collapsed and then swallowed by the shadow plane.

The Night's Lord's study of the Shadow Energy, or how to keep them out, rather than using them recklessly.

Sean can make sure that he and the Eternal Night Leader can keep his sanity in the face of the temptation of power, but not that others can either.

Naren Toya and the undead she leads are typical of this, who even give up their lives in order to gain the power of revenge.

The Holy Aether Holy See who supports the new royal family is also very abnormal in Sean's eyes, under the leadership of St. George, it is no longer like a pure faith organization, many people have embarked on a fanatical pursuit of holy power, and it is easy to be induced by people with intentions, and the young king Laurie has fallen into an unprecedented strength and cannot extricate himself.

Valesta is still the same capital it was four years ago.

But the atmosphere here is very different from four years ago.

Most of the shops, taverns, and restaurants of the Eternal Night Army, which were once popular here, have disappeared, and even if there are still occasional ones, they are not human.

The owner of the store is no longer the Eternal Night Lord, but the powerful people of Valesta, and even the direct personnel of the Holy See, and the industries engaged in it have also become diverse.

The new royal court led by King Laurie was reorganized, and although it was not completely at odds with the Eternal Night Warlords on the surface, the relationship between the two sides was still rapidly cooling.

In order to avoid unnecessary losses, it is inevitable that the Eternal Night Warlords will cash out and withdraw their capital from Valesta on a large scale.

It is the Holy See that now dominates the tone here.

Not only has the number of churches increased dramatically, but papal knights were everywhere.

The townspeople open their mouths to praise the God of truth, and shut up to praise His Majesty.

This praise is not forced to be done, but is completely visceral, and may seem strange to outsiders, but it has become a matter of course in the eyes of the citizens of Valesta.

On the contrary, not believing in the God of truth and not joining the Holy See seems to them to be an incredible thing.

Another of the biggest changes in Valesta, the royal capital, is that the decrees of various parties are no longer transmitted directly from the royal palace, but by a more specialized agency, the Prime Minister's Office.

At first glance, it seems that the royal power has been weakened.

But those who really understand the operation mode of the new royal court will never think so.

The new royal court only has less contact with the people below, and it does not mean that all decisions come from the Prime Minister's Office.

The Prime Minister's Office is only a part of the new royal court, which is in charge of finances and people's livelihood.

Military power was held by the military minister directly under the new royal court.

The two are separated, and the new royal court can naturally control the overall situation.

This is a sign that the mode of domination is relatively mature.

However, compared to the Marshal's Office of the Minister of Military Affairs, the Prime Minister's Office is obviously more presence.

After all, no matter how great the military power is, it is also outside, and it is difficult for the citizens of the royal capital to feel it.

On the contrary, the various policies of the Prime Minister's Office will be closely related to them, and their attention will naturally stay here more.

In the Prime Minister's office at the moment.

Lancelot's current prime minister, Barker, was furious, and the stack of newspapers in his hand was smashed by him, "Lord Patlem, this is what you prepared for me, the war report between the Eternal Night Army Leader and the East China Sea Kingdom? Don't think I don't know what this is, the newspaper published by the Eternal Night Army Leader on time every week only needs ten coppers, and each person can have one, if this can be used as information."

Even the Eternal Night Commander doesn't need to go, just send someone to the princess's fiefdom to buy a batch back, and the whole process can't cost ten gold coins, why should we invest more than five million gold coins in your intelligence department every year?

Even if these five million gold coins are used to raise pigs, they can raise millions of heads, but when they come to you, there is nothing! How can you ask me to give an account to Your Majesty?"

The Minister of Intelligence, Grand Duke Patlem, who was sprayed with saliva, poured bitterness on his face: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I can understand your feelings, and you must also be considerate and considerate of the difficulties of my work, especially regarding the intelligence work of the Eternal Night Commander."

It's not that you don't know, it's a monolith, we finally spent a lot of money and got on the line with some of the people inside, but they turned around and came up with a collar Anke, and many people didn't have time to hand us a few pieces of effective information, and the world evaporated, and we didn't see anyone dead or dead, and all our money was wasted.

Why don't I want to get first-hand information about the war between the Eternal Night Commander and the East Sea Kingdom?

But how?

The leaders of the Eternal Night Army are still like this, not to mention the army they use as a foothold, the needle can't be inserted, let alone engage in intelligence, and the rebels we sent were all taken down by them on the spot.

Stubbin's side is not only separated by an Eternal Night Commander, but also across an ocean, and it is difficult for our people to contact them, let alone send information back?

Your Excellency Prime Minister, if you have any good ideas, please ask me.

If Your Excellency the Prime Minister thinks that I am a derelict Minister of Intelligence, please directly dismiss me from the post of Minister of Intelligence, and please be wise!"

When it came to the end, Archduke Patlem's attitude became unusually tough.

Because he has enough confidence, even if he does a bad job in the position of Minister of Intelligence, Archduke Buck, as the prime minister, is helpless against him.

Because he is in this position, not because of his ability, but because of the multi-faceted power game.

As long as the identity of the Grand Duke of Manyu is still there, no one will be able to touch him.

"You...... Scoundrel!" Archduke Buck's face turned pale, and he was really angry with Patlem's scoundrel face, but he was a little helpless.

It is said that people want faces, and trees need bark.

When the lord of an army leader doesn't even want his own face, then he is really invincible in the world.

The Grand Duke of Patlem is such a model, a scoundrel among the powerful.

Dead skin and face are all routine tricks, and I don't care about splashing and rolling.

Not to mention that Archduke Buck was helpless against him, even King Laurie and Pope St. George were helpless against him.

He and his Manyu military leader are a piece of chicken ribs, which tastes meatless, but they can't be easily discarded, after all, they are still between the Broken Blood Fortress and the Eternal Night Military Leader, so that they will not be completely connected.

Grand Duke Buck is not very human, he took a deep breath of relief, adjusted his emotions, and said: "Your Excellency, don't misunderstand, I am not right about things, not people, you and the Eternal Night Army Leader have been neighbors for many years, you should know how big this threat is to us, originally there was a puppet country of Stubin entrenched in the East China Sea, at least it can attract part of the attention of the Eternal Night Army Leader, so that they still have some concerns about developing the Danube Plain."

Now as soon as they get started, the East China Sea Kingdom will be beaten half to death by the Eternal Night Army, and they will no longer have any worries behind them, once the development of the Danube Plain is completed, they will be completely self-sufficient, not to mention the power of the Great Success.

With them entrenched behind us, we can't let go of our hands and feet when we go west?

And most importantly, how exactly did the Eternal Night Leader defeat Stubbin's Third Fleet?

The Third Fleet is not big or small, with at least one or two hundred warships, plus the indigenous forces absorbed in the East China Sea, the overall strength has long exceeded the strength of any single fleet of the Cummins family.

At the last military meeting, didn't those generals still swear that even if the East Sea Kingdom did not completely disrupt the situation of the Eternal Night Army, it would attract their attention, and it would not be a problem to drag them on the Danube Plain for three or five years?"

Archduke Barker's words undoubtedly poked the pain of Archduke Patlem, and his expression involuntarily became gloomy.

Who hates the Eternal Night Warlord the most in the new royal court?

He is the best.

In the last ten years, the Eternal Night Commander has indeed not had a direct conflict with the Manyu Army.

However, it does not mean that the Eternal Night Commander has little influence on the Manyu Commander.

The Manyu Warlord's rise to weakness is from the rise of the Night's Warlord.

Grand Duke Patlem has been on the throne for more than ten years, and there is no way to re-complete the unification of the Manyu military leader, and the eternal night military leader is the culprit.

The Manyu military leader has not developed much for a long time, but the eternal night military leader is like a blowout, growing and growing day by day.

As a neighbor of such an emerging power, the pressure is of course enormous.

When I dream back in the middle of the night, I always sit up sweating profusely.

For he dreamed that the army led by the army of the eternal night was already under the city, and the city was about to be broken.

This pressure was not only felt by Patlem, but also by Archduke Buck, which is why they hit it off with King Laurie in the first place to form the new royal court.

Because they know very well that if they don't make changes soon, it will be a matter of time before they are swallowed up by the Eternal Night Lord.

At that time, not to mention maintaining the integrity of his family's territory, it was unknown whether he could retain his place among the high-level leaders of the Eternal Night Military Lord!

This is also the reason why the two grand dukes in the new royal court are relatively close, and they are sympathetic to each other!

Grand Duke Patlem said with a solemn expression, "I know a little about Your Excellency's questions. ”

"How?" asked Archduke hurriedly.

Patlum asked rhetorically, "Did you remember the new long-range weapons that the Eternal Night Army Leader displayed on the Jacob River last year in a show of force?"

"Remember! Why don't you remember!" said Archduke Buck, gritting his teeth, "They won't repeat their old tricks and make a fuss about weapons and make Stubbin's fleet suffer a big loss, right?"

Patlem nodded and said: "Tricks are not afraid of old age, the Eternal Night Army Leader has an advantage in this regard, and he will not make a fuss about it, so this new weapon of theirs has always been the focus of my attention, we have smashed so many gold coins in the Eternal Night Army Leader over the years, it's not that we have gained nothing."

Although I didn't get the samples and specific data of these new weapons, I knew a little about them, and this new weapon was actually still an extended use of black powder, which was a kind of throwing weapon with a range and accuracy that was more powerful than a catapult to throw black powder bombs.

I don't need to describe to His Excellency the Prime Minister what kind of combat power this weapon will be displayed if it is mounted on a city wall or on a large warship?"

"If that's the case, Stubbin's losses will be even worse than we thought, because the Eternal Night Commander will definitely take full advantage of this layout and let the enemy take a big heel on it. Grand Duke Buck guessed.

Grand Duke Buck paced back and forth two steps, "This new weapon, we must find a way to get our hands on it, otherwise our future situation will be very passive." ”

Grand Duke Patlem spread his hands and said: " On the side of the Eternal Night Commander, don't think about it, this new weapon, even if the Eternal Night Commander hides the Broken Blood Castle, it must be their top secret, and it will inevitably be strictly guarded, rather than finding a way from them, it is better to start from our own arsenal to be more reliable, I believe that as long as the Eternal Night Commander can make something, we can all make it, it's just a matter of how much to invest, 10 million can't be done, 20 million, 20000 can't be completed, 30 million, I can't trust the gold mountain can't be smashed. ”

"Are you thinking things too simply!" Grand Duke Buck said with a dark face, "Let's not talk about the fact that there is a certain success rate in this kind of research, just where does the cost of this research come from? Do you know how much military money we have invested in just forming a new army? How much military expenditure is needed to maintain it every year? Not to mention 10 million, even if it is 5 million, I can't pull it out here." ”

Archduke Buck is now the ruler of the Carthusian army and the prime minister of the Lancelot royal family.

Dual identity, power looks monstrous.

But it is only in this position that you know the difficulties.

Intelligence, people's livelihood, and the army really ask for money everywhere.

In particular, the huge new army is like a bottomless hole.

People eat horses and chew and equip armor, these are only the most basic initial investments, and the bulk is to maintain their military expenses.

The existing 32 corps alone spend more than 15 million yuan a year on military maintenance.

However, King Laurie is addicted to forming a new legion, and he is still recruiting a steady stream of troops, preparing to form more new legions.

For this reason, the two had a great disagreement and had a very unpleasant quarrel.

Now whoever asks Archduke in advance of the question, he will not have a good face.

"Your Majesty's decision on the new army is indeed a bit off, the army is not the more the better, you also need to consider your own ability to bear, when the number of the army, far beyond your own burden, not only will not make your own strength stronger, but on the contrary, it will become a drag on yourself. Patlaim nodded in agreement.

"That's what I told Your Majesty, according to the current situation, it is enough for us to maintain a new army of twenty to twenty-five legions, and no matter how many there are, it is consuming our own strength, making our decision-making in all aspects more and more passive, and if it drags on for too long, it may even collapse without a fight. A look of sadness flashed across Grand Duke Buck's face.

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister does not need to worry about this matter, I am here today in person, and I have good news for us. Patlem said with a mysterious expression.

"What's the good news?" Archduke Buck frowned, obviously not thinking that this unreliable minister of royal intelligence could spit out anything useful.