The kingdom of Subic, the capital of Mantas. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the full center of the Subic kingdom, in the circles of the upper nobility, a piece of news caused quite a stir like a boulder falling into the surface of a lake. The defeat of the advance army was like a slap in the face to His Majesty, as well as to the nobles who supported the crusade and the Kuba Legion. A few days earlier, they had celebrated the victory of the "complete" kingdom at a court banquet in advance, and many nobles had placed their children in the advance army before the troops set out, as a gilding of their future careers. Because this mission was relatively hidden, many nobles knew that the troops of the Kingdom of Shi had infiltrated the alliance, and many young nobles were very depressed about this, feeling that they had made a mistake and had a great opportunity. For these nobles, the Alliance was a bunch of ridiculous clowns, and the rebellious Kuba Legion was at the end of the day. And as the last battle to quell the internal turmoil in the kingdom, this is also a great opportunity for these gentlemen to become famous and promoted. In their opinion, they don't even need backup, with two Sky Battle Masters in charge, and a way to eliminate the Alliance's magic barrier, occupying the Alliance is a matter of hand. So when the advance army of the kingdom occupied Ulembes and wiped out the last of the legions, even His Majesty agreed to spread the news to the people and hold a grand banquet to celebrate the event. Still others began to open up relations and asked for orders in front of His Majesty the King to become officials in the Union region. For the old lords who supported His Majesty the King by supporting the little princess who had escaped from the kingdom to achieve their own goals, the nobles who supported His Majesty also sent a large number of invitations, and constantly spread the news that the two princesses were dead, in order to humiliate the old stubbornness in their eyes. At the banquet of the nobles, when they talked about the old nobles who refused to participate in the banquet, they would tell the stories of a few old lords who were angry and flipped the table or vomited blood, as a joke after cooking.

But defeat came more suddenly than victory, and from the return of Lord Serax to the return of the wounded Lord Nock with one or two hundred exhausted injuries, the shock and loss of the nobles grew, and the arrogance fell from the clouds to the bottom. More than 5,000 elites of the kingdom were almost wiped out in a few days, and many officers and nobles who sent their children to the army fainted directly when they heard the news, and the children of the nobles who did not make it were also glad that they did not participate in this operation. And the general who arranged this plan also sat down directly next to the table, on which was an administrative map of the kingdom's garrison in the alliance. It is said that even His Majesty smashed the furniture in the room for a long time, and immediately after that, he and Nock talked for a long time in the secret room.

The nobles who supported the king gathered in the royal palace, and they were the ones who were most affected by the plan, along with the king. As soon as the news of the victory spread, and the inhabitants of the kingdom began to discuss the matter, there was such an unacceptable defeat that even the old nobles sent them invitations to the party. Not a single one of these nobles did not feel ashamed, and none of them swallowed it. They gathered in the palace and castle and petitioned His Majesty to organize an army to wipe out the entire alliance, and many nobles whose relatives had died also said that they would take their own private troops with them. The nobles were furious, they had a hard time accepting the defeat of their army, and their anger had to be wiped out before the alliance could be dissipated. The nobles gathered in the hall of the palace, constantly shouting that they wanted to move troops against the alliance, shouting that they would kill all the people of the alliance and completely level the alliance. However, these opinions were not necessarily good ideas for their king.

Salondron was not in a good mood for this defeat, he was so confident that 30,000 warriors returning from the crusade against the mountain people had also gathered at the border of Grandel, and he even began to prepare a celebration feast, and rarely spread the news of the attack on the alliance, so that the people of the kingdom would know how powerful he was. But that's how it slapped him in the face and made him lose his adulthood. When he confirmed that the defeated soldiers had fled, he almost set fire to his room, when he even shouted "Let them die at the border!" "That's the case. Because it is a satire on him, and a satire on the reorganization of the kingdom over the years. He knew that those annoying old things would take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, and he also knew that the people would treat it as a joke. The dignity of the nobles will be hit, and the powerful legions of the kingdom will be despised, and he will not want to encounter any of these negative effects, nor will he want to accept any of them.

However, after being a king for more than ten years, Salondron would not really be so impulsive, and after thinking about it carefully, he thought of the mysterious eastern forces that only appeared this year, and only they made him unpredictable. After thinking about it for a while, he immediately calmed down, constantly recalling the great power of the huge empire in the east, the civilization system that was centuries ahead of the inexplicable continent, and the terrifying military power, all of which made him a little uneasy. Although he didn't think that the huge empire would do anything to him, it didn't mean that some people in their country would "smuggle" here with something they didn't think of and set themselves up as kings or something. With this in mind, Salondron immediately informed Nock and told him to feel as soon as possible that he was meeting him.

Nock arrived, recounted the battle to him in detail, and ruled out the possibility of Eastern civilization other than gunpowder weapons, but also told him one thing, that is, the strength of these Easterners and the threat to the kingdom. In just a few months, the two Orientals had grown from less than a small mercenary group to a military force comparable to that of a small nation, and had built two cities of no small size, completely changing the situation in the alliance region in the course of many wars. This terrifying rate of expansion and formidable military prowess made Salondron's heart tremble. And what made him even more unacceptable was that his sister, at this time, was under the protection of the eastern lord, and even captured the man's heart, and the two sides were already on opposite sides, but it was up to him to decide whether to fight or to peace. As for Salondran, negotiating peace now will only continue to allow the two Easterners to continue to expand their power, and sooner or later threaten the kingdom. After much consideration, he made up his mind.

"Everyone." Salondron rose from his throne and proclaimed in a loud voice:

"We will not allow these rebels to insult our country and our army, I demand the mobilization of the kingdom's standing army in the southwest, I ask the lords to contribute their strength, we will form a crusade legion to destroy those despicable rebels in the southwest!"

"By your will, long live Your Majesty!" All the lords cheered, they did not know the true strength of the so-called rebels.