The Tempest Collar and the Arrow Leaf Collar are not directly bordered, and there are a few small fortresses that act as buffers in between, with the strongest of them being called Blackwater Fort.

The first generation of the castle owner of Blackwater Fort was a god, and later the god was killed in battle and succeeded by his son. Three years after taking over, Verando came to power, defeated the feuding Wolf Castle in one fell swoop, and became the most powerful lord in the vicinity, so there were no large-scale battles in this area.

The lord of this fort is called Grusen, and when he was young, he was a little ambitious, and occasionally wanted to accumulate strength and expand his territory, and because of this, his fortress was the most powerful in this area, with three combat airships and five hundred warriors.

However, in the last seven or eight years, with the implementation of the strategy of peaceful trade by the lord of Fort Wilando, under the persuasion of commercial trade and the deterrence of the Arrow Leaf Leader's force, Grusen has slowly extinguished his ambition to fight for hegemony.

He knew in his heart that no matter how much his Blackwater Fort developed, it would be impossible to defeat the Arrow Leaf Leader and the Wind Leader, and instead of jumping around and eventually killing the clan, it was better to honestly trade with the Arrow Leaf Leader.

In recent years, he has also tasted the sweetness of trade, and his territory has become richer than ever, and the money and grain piled up in the treasury are almost overflowing, and he has completely lost the embarrassment of his father's time.

This made Grusen secretly glad that he had chosen, and the ambition in his heart became weaker and weaker, and he almost wanted to be a rich man for the rest of his life. He also had a daughter named Veronia, who was beautiful and intelligent, and was quite famous in the area.

Recently, Grusen has been planning to marry his daughter to the Arrow Leaf Collar, and as long as he has a son-in-law with Lord Verando, his Blackwater Castle can be maintained forever.

But his idea has not yet been implemented. Trouble will come to him first.

The emissary of the Lord of Novis of the Windlord has arrived. He brought with him the autograph of the Lord of Novis. The content of the document is simple, the lord wants to seek a beautiful woman for his second son, and hopes that Veronia will become his second daughter-in-law.

After seeing the documents, Grusen was in a dilemma, he played the messenger led by the wind to rest, and he sighed as he looked at the documents in his study.

In the document, Lord Novis had a commanding tone, and he looked determined to get it. The words even hinted that if he Grusen refused, his army would be on the way, and his first target would be his Blackwater Fort.

Novis is the fifth son of His Majesty Alwin, and he didn't show much talent at first, but after His Majesty Elwin died, he jumped out and competed with his eldest brother and third brother for the inheritance of the kingdom.

Grusen is well aware. With his Blackwater Castle's strength, he couldn't fight against the Wind Leader, and the opponent had at least thirty battle airships. There are nearly 5,000 formally trained troops, and there is a complete mechanical manufacturing base in the territory, and there is never a worry about the supply of ammunition during battles.

The comparison between the two sides is like a dwarf facing a giant. If there is a conflict, it can only be trampled to death by the opponent.

But if he accepts what the document says, it means that Blackwater and Windlord are united. Why did the Tempest Leader unite with him? The reason couldn't be simpler, naturally he was preparing to deal with Verando of the Arrow Leaf Collar.

So if he accepts it, it also means a break with the arrow leaf collar.

But the arrow leaf collar is not easy to deal with!

Not to mention, once he breaks up, his Blackwater Fort will be immediately excluded from this trade circle, and many industries in his fortress will immediately go bankrupt, and there will definitely be a large number of residents who will abandon him, and he will immediately be greatly injured.

Not to mention this, I think that the Wind Collar will definitely compensate for his losses, but the problem is that after many years of trade, Grusen also vaguely knows the power of the Arrow Leaf Collar.

On the surface, the Arrow Leaf Leader only has twenty combat airships, which is not as many as the Wind Leader, but Grusen knows that the Arrow Leaf Leader's airship flies faster, more stable, has more firepower, and has stronger defenses.

Hurricane and Arrow Leaf really fought, and his thirty battle airships may not be the opponent of Arrow Leaf's twenty airships.

What made Grusen even more frightened was that he knew that Verando of the Arrow Leaf Collar had been throwing money into the Mechanical Academy, investing a lot of money, and at first, he still laughed at Verando's stupid hat, but in the past few years, he couldn't laugh anymore.

New technologies were constantly appearing in the Arrow Leaf Collar, and even some ingenious things that he had never heard of before, which were still on the surface, and with Verando's deep character, those things hidden under the water must be even more terrifying.

Because of this, Grusen wanted to marry his daughter, because he was very optimistic about the future of this Verando.

But now in this situation, his Blackwater Fort is sandwiched between two territories, and he is in a dilemma, and if he is not careful, he and his family will be crushed.

For a moment, Grusen wished that Blackwater Fort was not his own.

When he was struggling, there was a knock on the door of the study, the sound was neither light nor heavy, and it stopped after a few rings, and then a crisp and pleasant voice came from outside the door: "Father, it's time for dinner." ”

It was his daughter Veronia, Grusen sighed, this was his favorite daughter, but now, she took on the future of the family, and fate was cruel.

"Come in, Nya." Grusen greeted.

The delicate oak door opened, and a young girl in a lilac dress walked in, a pair of black eyes blinked, as if she could speak, she smiled and said, "Father, your eyebrows are wrinkled together, is there any trouble?" ”

Grusen didn't speak, just sighed, his daughter was right, but he didn't think the problem he faced could be solved by her.

"I saw the messenger of the Tempest. Is Lord Novis ready to use troops against the Arrow Leaf Leader? Veronia asked softly.

Grusen was taken aback, he himself was right in this judgment, but his daughter was usually in the manor all the time, basically would not go out, although he liked to read, but he had never seen the world, how could he have this insight?

"How do you know?" He couldn't help but ask.

"It's not easy. Over the years, the Arrow Leaf Leader has been getting stronger, and the Wind Leader closest to him will naturally feel uncomfortable. When he can't stand it, he will naturally do it. Isn't that human? Father. If I'm right. Did the messenger bring a marriage certificate? The girl's tone of voice seemed natural. I had expected this to be like this.

Grusen was more and more surprised that his daughter had guessed the truth with just some common sense, although there was an element of luck, but this ability to observe and reason was not simple, and after thinking about it, he said: "Close the door first, and father will talk to you carefully." ”

The door was shut, and Gruson voiced his dilemma. At the end, he looked at his daughter and said, "Father has no clue, but this is your marriage after all." Whoever you want to marry, my father and I will give it my full support. ”

Veronia laughed with a 'poof' and said, "Father, are you asking me to choose the future of the family?" ”

"Hey, the fate of the family and your fate are actually one." Grusen didn't know how many times he sighed today, this feeling of being in the whirlpool but powerless was really helpless.

The beautiful girl blinked and smiled, "Father." Where do you need to choose? We're on the side of the Arrow Leaf Collar. ”

Grusen was shocked: "Why? ”

"Don't you know the character of Lord Novis? He was ruthless and murderous, and once his eldest son's wife made a mistake. He shot him straight away. Such a person, if you are with him, are you not afraid that he will suddenly turn his face? ”

Grusen was stunned, he had been thinking about the problem from the point of interest, but he hadn't thought about it from this angle, he just thought that he had his own fortress and would not have direct contact with Nowvis, no matter how cruel his reputation was, it had nothing to do with him, it was a big deal to be careful, but he could ignore Nowvis, but his daughter couldn't, maybe one of them would be killed if he didn't get it right, and when the time came, the promise between them and Novis would be a fart at all.

But if you stand with the arrow leaf leader, although Verando has a deep personality, he has no bad deeds, especially for the Morpheus family, if it weren't for the Morpheus brothers stupidly not seeing the situation clearly, it would be no problem to be a rich man and live comfortably for a lifetime.

This person may not be benevolent, but he is definitely a lord who talks about rules, he will not turn his face at will, and he is easier to get along with.

Thinking of this, Grusen had already made up his mind in his heart, and he smiled and said, "In that case, then I will go tomorrow to reject the messenger of Novis." ”

"No, father, you should seize this messenger and send it to the arrow leaf as a gift." Veronia corrected.

"Isn't that too much?" Grusen was surprised, he had been a rich man for a long time, and his murderous nature faded away, especially in commercial trade, he paid the most attention to compromise and win-win, and never completely turned his face with others, and now his daughter's proposal was a little unacceptable for a while.

Veronia persuaded: "Father, no matter what we do, we will be regarded as enemies by Nowvis, we want to protect ourselves, we can't rely on ourselves, we can only rely on the assistance of the Arrow Leaf Leader, in this case, why don't you let the owner of the Arrow Leaf Leader feel your loyalty?" ”

Grusen weighed his eyebrows, and after a while, he nodded: "My daughter, you are right. I'm going to arrest someone tonight and send this document to Bluestone Castle! ”

After thinking about it, Grusen said thoughtfully, "My daughter, what do you think of this person Vilando?" ”

What a clever young girl Veronia was, when she heard her father say this, even if she was smart, she felt shy, and her face suddenly turned red, and she lowered her head and did not speak, but only tugged at the skirt of her long dress.

Looking at her appearance, Gruson immediately understood that his daughter had always been calm and calm, even when it came to marriage, she was like this just now, but when she talked about Verando, she blushed, and she must have liked it in her heart.

He made up his mind, was in a happy mood, and laughed: "It seems that my old face is about to be released." ”

At this moment, Blackwater Castle fell to the Arrow Leaf Collar, on the surface it was because of Veronia, but in fact, it was deeper because the Arrow Leaf Leader and the surrounding fortress had become a community of interests, and the bond of this interest was very hidden, but its binding ability was not weak at all.

At the same time, the small fortress that got the news that the Wind Leader was going to invade the Arrow Leaf Leader, after some weighing, most of them fell to the Arrow Leaf Leader.

This situation frightened Novis of the Wind Leader, but instead of flinching from it, he was even more murderous in his heart.

He knew that if the development of this arrow leaf collar was not curbed at this time, there might be no chance in the future! (To be continued......)