After the signing of the Five-Nation Alliance Treaty, all countries began to actively prepare for war.

At this moment, Livia is pouring all her strength to raise troops and food and grass to deal with the siege of Orne by the next five countries.

Livia is a decaying old empire that is now arguably the weakest of the northern states. But you would never have imagined that three hundred years ago, the Livia Empire also had its glory.

At that time, Livia was even more powerful than the current Erne Empire, and at its strongest, the territory stretched from the banks of the Ganges River in the hinterland of the Erne Empire in the south, to the vicinity of the royal capital of the Talon Empire in the west, and to the Asgar Mountains of the Borren Empire in the north.

In the past, Livia, in the troubled times when miracles withered, accumulated the power of three generations to deter the lords of the Quartet and all the nations to come to court.

Two hundred years ago, Dieter IV's reckless military campaign quickly depleted the wealth accumulated by his ancestors, and at the same time aroused hatred among nations.

History is always strikingly similar, and the Ernne Empire, like the Tarren Empire today, gathered the strength of the Seven Kingdoms to wage a thirty-year imperial struggle for supremacy with the Livia Empire.

At the beginning of the war, Livia also relied on its strong military strength to overwhelm the Seven Kingdoms, but as the war continued, Livia's already empty treasury could not support it, and it was defeated all the way, and even King Dieter V died on the way to the imperial conquest.

The newly succeeded Emperor Yabu I had no choice but to sign an unequal treaty with the Seven Kingdoms, and was confined to the northern corner from then on. After a hundred years of encroachment by various countries, it has long lost its former majesty and can only survive in the cracks.

The royal capital of Livia

Prince Ix, who had just fled from the Empire of Erne, hurried to the palace to meet the king when he heard that the Livia Empire had concluded a military alliance with the northern kingdoms.

"Father, how did you come up with a military alliance with them, this is obviously a conspiracy of the Talon Empire, they want to weaken Erne and the northern kingdoms at the same time, and become a second Ernne Empire!", Prince Icks said excitedly.

"Well, I don't understand the truth, but we don't have a choice. We are no longer the hegemon of the continent of 300 years ago, and where can a weak country be qualified to negotiate. ”

It seemed that he owed Ix five years of being trapped in Erne, and Yabu VI did not blame him for his unreasonableness, but patiently explained.

"Is it a weak country...", Prince Ix, who has been immersed in the glory of Livia three hundred years ago since he was a child, saw helplessness in his father's eyes for the first time.

"No, no, I'll regain Livia's former glory. As he left the palace, Prince Icks whispered. But the firmness and fanaticism in those eyes were chilling.

The royal capital of the Ernne Empire

As soon as General Elier returned to the royal capital with his troops, he was immediately taken to prison and was to be court-martialed one day.

When the handcuffs were placed on General Elier's hands, General Elier's face looked so dazzling in the sunlight that rumors spread throughout the capital.

Some people say that it was General Elier's great deeds that led to the total annihilation of the Southern Army, some people also say that General Elier had the intention of becoming king after capturing Saada, and it is even rumored that General Elier's greed unleashed Pandora's box.

Anyway, few people mentioned General Elier's outstanding exploits and how he successfully blocked the zombie legion from the city-state of Stanger, and the voice of condemning General Elier immediately swept the entire royal capital, and he became the target of public criticism.

General Elier, who is in prison, knows that this is the result of a political struggle.

In the court, this satisfies the interests of the old school led by Prime Minister Horus, after all, General Elier has too many military exploits, and if he does not take this opportunity to eradicate him in one fell swoop, I am afraid that there will be no chance in the future.

In the civil society, the state urgently needs to pass on the people's condemnation of the war defeat, and guiding public opinion is the best way, after all, the people are always ignorant.

Yes, someone needs to be held accountable for this war, otherwise the angry populace will blame the king, which is obviously not what the royal family wants to see, so the king has taken a tacit attitude towards this matter so far.

"Oh, is it a scapegoat? also, it's a good deal to sacrifice me, so many people have profited!", General Elier laughed self-deprecatingly, sitting in the dark prison.

It's ridiculous to think that he, Ilaire, has fought all over the world all his life and made great achievements for the Erne Empire, and he should say that he will be abandoned like this.

General Elier knew that once he reached the court-martial, all that awaited him was death. As a reformer who rose from commoner to admiral, he didn't have much of a foundation within the empire.

Although his family was prominent because of him, it was a new family, and he and his family were distinguished by the trust and reliance of King Gordon I, who did not seem to want to be on his side this time.

Yes, at this moment General Elier is isolated, and no one can help him. In a few days, if he can't break the deadlock, then only death awaits him.

But General Ilar was not reconciled, it was never his character to be captured, and he had to save himself.

First, General Elier knew that if he wanted to survive, he would have to enlist the support of King Gordon I.

As a result, General Elier began to use his former contacts and channels to obtain various information, in an attempt to obtain a piece of information that was beneficial to him.

But two days had passed, and General Elier had not found any useful news from the complicated news, and if he could not think of a solution by noon to-morrow, he would have to be hanged.

"Heaven will kill me!", General Elier cried out in despair in his heart, only then did he know that the so-called fame and fortune explained the clouds, and the national feelings of Erne's supremacy that he once believed in were not comparable to a piece of shit in the eyes of the superiors.

Of course, General Elaire's story won't end so soon. Once again, fate has explained what it means to play with you, but I will not play you to death.

Just when General Elier was desperate, by chance, he heard from the jailer who delivered the meal that he didn't know what had happened recently, and that the prince of the Livia Empire in the Proton Mansion had suddenly disappeared.

"Where did this come from?", General Elier said, holding the jailer's hand excitedly.

Seeing the former general looking at himself solemnly, the murderous aura of the perennial battle was unconsciously released, and our little jailer said in a trembling voice.

"I... I listen... My big cousin... Say, he's the one in charge of spying on that Livia prince. A few days ago, he was drinking with me and inadvertently complained, and he also said that he didn't dare to report it now for fear of being punished. ”

"Hahaha... Heaven will not kill me!", shouted General Elier with joy.

Where did the little brother of the jailer next to him see this meeting, he thought that many prisoners before the execution would not be able to withstand the blow, and finally went crazy, so frightened that he even ran out, and even forgot to lock the prison door.

"I want to see Your Majesty. General Elier calmly walked out of the prison and said to the jailers outside.