Chapter 262: Before the War
Raun Larron returned to his bedroom in some distraught, and waved away the silent attendant, and before he could even take off his clothes, he collapsed on the quilt filled with black feathers, feeling that he had no strength to move at all.
It was late at night, and only the occasional footsteps of the patrolling palace guards were heard outside, and the palace of Larkon was silent, but Raun couldn't sleep, and his mind couldn't help but think wildly.
Nearly two weeks have passed since the Black Wing Royal Court released the news that the God of Hunting was about to attack the Northland, and under the instructions of the Black Dragon Emperor, the propaganda department under the Black Wing Royal Court spared no effort to spread the news, and the topic had begun to ferment rapidly.
All over the Northland, it is unveiling the interpretation of the world.
Some people are flustered, some people are frightened, some people are insensitive, some are indifferent, but compared to the common people, the rulers of various countries are not so easy to fool, these people from the ancient families are well versed in politics, and they know that the news released by the Black Wing Court is probably mixed with water and many untrue.
But it's not about them, these people in power are more concerned about what they can get out of this gale.
According to what Lawne has learned so far, the rulers of the Duchy of Nolen have reacted the most violently, and the Norren army is desperately blocking the news, spreading the rumor that the black dragon is a liar and that the black dragon is causing trouble, and intensifying the people's hostility towards the Black Wing's nest.
Archduke Nolan seized the opportunity to trumpet the "Lord of the Rituals", a deity of the same weak power, claiming that if he sincerely prayed to His Majesty Nielon and forsaken all about the dragon, the Lord of Rituals would protect the people of Nolen from the gods of hunting, and at the same time free from the clutches of the black dragons.
It can be seen that this is not a temporary choice, but a premeditated chess game, in the Battle of the Rock, Nolen is the country with the least loss, and at the same time, because of the distance, and the ruler has been tending to implicitly suppress the black shirts, resulting in very few supporters of the black wing in the Duchy of Nolen.
It has been waiting for such an opportunity.
On this day, the Duchy of Nolen showed super work efficiency and execution, and in just one day, all the blackshirts and supporters who would serve the Blackwing Court were arrested and placed under house arrest, and at the same time, the border line was blocked, trying to take the opportunity to escape the control of the Blackwing Court.
In Grand Duke Nolan's expectation, the enemy is currently the enemy, and it is unlikely that the Black Wing Nest will use any radical means against the interior, and he has already guessed the true idea of the Black Dragon Caesar in this propaganda: he wants to use this to ease and resolve the internal contradictions.
In this way, Grand Duke Nolan is even more unscrupulous, it is expected that the black dragon will not dare to make a move, and at the same time find a good way out for his side, as long as he survives this round and opens the border, the believers of the Lord of Rituals will continue to pour into Noren, so that he will have the power to fight against the nest of black wings after he becomes independent.
Immediately after, the nightmare came.
There was not a moment's delay, and only on the second day of the Norren Massacre, the gray centaurs and heavy riders of the sea passed by Larkron, and the whistling dragons and manticores obscured the sky.
At the moment of the great enemy, the Black Dragon Lord needs a stable rear, and Grand Duke Nolan can't wait to jump out, just to use it to kill chickens and monkeys and deter the countries.
After this, even Raun Larron, the current king of the Larkron Kingdom, could no longer hear from the Duchy of Nollen.
When he heard about this ending, Lawn's face turned pale, in fact, he had similar plans, but the thunderous actions of the Black Wing Royal Court were like pouring cold water on him, reminding him that although the Black Emperor had not made any radical moves recently, he gradually integrated the northern kingdoms with soft means.
But in reality, it was still a down-and-out, murderous dragon.
Soon, after news broke that the Duchy of Norren was completely locked down and banned, Caesar issued a full-scale battle mobilization, calling on the Northlanders to unite against the brutal Black Blood Beast.
This situation is the same as when they mobilized the people against the invasion of the Blackwing's Lair, except that the Blackwing Court has done a better, more comprehensive, and more incendiary way.
Of course, the rulers like Raun were dismissive of this, they did not think that the black dragon had the ability and possibility to defeat Marat, it was a god after all, although in the case of the Principality of Nolon, these guys also had their own agendas, and would rather find their own way out and take refuge in other gods than follow this group of monsters to fight their lives.
Therefore, when the order of the Black Wing Court to call for troops arrived, the authorities of various countries were actually quite perfunctory.
On the other side, the black-winged nobles who relied on the promotion of the black dragon showed a completely different situation, and they were very concerned about this, and they were extremely enthusiastic about raising troops in the fiefdom and preparing to transport them to the black-winged royal court.
And at the bottom, among the many civilians, there are also many people who regard the Black Wing Royal Court as a lifesaver.
This concept did not appear in a moment, but was formed imperceptibly.
First of all, the people of the Northlands (except the Rhine) have little expectation of love for their country itself, and no one knows better than these people the greed, ferocity, and ugliness of their rulers, and their incomparable weakness in the face of the nest of the Black Wings, which is enough to make the populace completely disappointed in the nobles.
On the other hand, after the Blackwing Court ruled the Northlands, the people found that they were not living in the bloody horrors as they imagined, and as long as they strictly followed the law and did not touch the prohibitions, their lives did not seem to change.
- Even better than before.
You must know that before Caesar came up with economic and policy reforms, the overall economic situation of the Northland countries was in a downward trend, and the reason for this illusion among the people was that although all walks of life and every business activity now had to pay taxes to the royal court. But other than that, the Blackwing Court didn't come up with any other name to enslave the people.
This was difficult for other aristocratic rulers to do, in their eyes, the people were meat animals to be slaughtered, and the people at the bottom were to be enslaved.
Honor is illusory, but the days are real and imminent, and most ordinary people will not think about restoring their former glory, as long as they can meet their life needs and live better than before, they will be satisfied.
After the Nest of Black Wings ruled the Northlands, stability and security were real.
No one could have imagined that those monsters could do better than the nobles, but it was a strange fact, at least so far, the clans and the blackshirts had never forcibly broken into people's homes and taken slaves for no reason - this was not surprising in the previous Northlands, where the poor people walking the streets would be immediately taken into slavery for various reasons.
This alone allowed the Blackwing Nest to gain enough support, and even Caesar himself did not expect that the Blackwing Royal Court's momentum in the Northland would have an unexpected effect.
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Rhine, Kasan.
Darrow returned to his lodgings and quietly pushed open the door to the inn, and Biff and the other dragon hunters in the same room all turned to look at her.
"Did you hear that? The God of Hunting is about to attack the Northlands and go to war with the Black Dragon. ”
Darrow said with a solemn face.
"Really?"
Looking at her, someone let out an uncontrollable laugh: "Little girl, we also know that the Orc Empire has been destroyed, and our thieves are really well-informed when they hear the news." ”
"You-"
There are few adventurers whose temper is not fiery, how can they stand such sarcasm, not to mention that she is still a rather young and high-spirited legend, so Messiah Darrow's eyebrows immediately rose, and he glared at the man, revealing his teeth stained dark red from chewing tobacco leaves.
"Yo, it's pretty bluffing."
However, the other party was also a dragon hunter who had hacked the real dragon to death, a powerful legendary warrior, so he was not stunned at all, the man changed his position, put his arm on his knee, and looked at her fiercely.
"Alright."
As the leader, Baifu frowned, interrupted the confrontation of his companions, and said, "Messiah, you came too late, staying in that tavern all day long, and it stands to reason that you should have known the news before we did. ”
Baifu is the organizer of this team, he is experienced and very majestic, and Darrow did not go to his mouth and stopped talking.
Originally, as a thief, she was indeed supposed to be in charge of the intelligence matters in the team, but recently Darrow has become obsessed with the elegy card, and it is indeed a dereliction of duty.
Dragon slaying is not a joke or a storyteller, and if she makes such a mistake during a mission, her problem is absolutely serious, and it is no wonder that other dragon hunters will sneer at her.
"Still, the elegy cards are really interesting." She whispered in her heart, her eyes couldn't help but glance outward, erratic.
It took a few seconds for Darrow to finally suppress the rising playfulness and get down to business: "Bye, what should we do now?" ”
"Go to the Lord of Kashan City and respond to the mobilization of the army that joins the Black Wing's Lair to participate in this war against the God of Hunting."
Baifu didn't hide it, and said directly: "On the battlefield, let's do it." ”