Chapter 808: The Last Duchy of Keene (Three Chapters in One)
At the beginning of May, a sky boat flew through the sky, surrounded by ten griffin knights guarding it to its right and left, and on the ground were three hundred knights in full magical armor controlling the warhorses.
The ten knights marching at the forefront of this group of three hundred knights were all knights of the rank of Grand Knight Chief, and in their hands they held two kinds of heraldic banners, one was the unicorn heraldic banner of the Harry family of Harvest City, and the other was the dragon heraldic banner.
Nobles who know a thing or two about heraldry will recognize that these are the two coats of arms worn by King Abel of the Principality of Kamai.
This kind of guard of honor shows that a powerful king is traveling, this is the first time Abel has used the status of a king to travel, for the sake of the dignity of the Principality of Kamai, it is necessary to show the bravery and strength of the Principality of Kamai on important occasions.
Whether it is the Sky Boat or the Griffin Knight, they are both symbols of the strength of the Principality of Kamai, and with the three hundred knights in magical armor, the scale of this protection has made it impossible for all the principalities of the Holy Continent to resist.
For this trip, the Duchy of Kamai forcibly demanded that the Duchy of Raqqa and the Duchy of Koror withdraw fifty miles back from the Duchy of Kamai to the Duchy of Keen.
Although the Duchy of Raqqa and the Duchy of Koror complained about this, they could only swallow their anger and retreated fifty miles from the border, so that the Duchy of Kamai and the Duchy of Keene had a wide enough passage between them.
And the army guarding Abel was advancing towards the Duchy of Keene from this passage, and the principalities that had prepared to make small moves because of the weakness of the Duchy of Keane now had to change their plans because of Abel's visit.
Abel was sitting on Sky Boat 1 at this time, and the other two Sky Ships remained in the Harvest City area of the Principality of Kamai to deter all intelligence organizations from various countries who dared to peek into the secrets of Harvest City.
At this time, he was holding a book of sacrificial spells obtained from the orc high priests, and King Kenneth of the Duchy of Keene proposed to him the decision to merge into the Duchy of Kamai, causing his cultivation plan to be disrupted again.
He had planned to end the quest for Talasha after the war was over, but now it had to be postponed.
It just so happened that his twelfth-level wizard crystal was already full, and he was waiting for an opportunity to be promoted, and it was precisely because his level was about to increase, so he decided to wait for his strength to increase by another level, and he was more sure to kill Dureel.
Each level of wizard level increases, the suppression given by higher levels decreases a little, especially for a Darkgold-level leader like Durrell.
The annexation of the Duchy of Keen to the Duchy of Kamai is still under wraps, but the Duchy of Kamai provided a batch of food to the Duchy of Keen, which made all the principalities very suspicious, if the Duchy of Keen did not show its strength, they would still have some ideas, but now they are only envious.
It was with this grain that the Principality of Keene gave the people a chance to breathe.
When Abel's army entered the Duchy of Keen, a group of 100 knights joined the escort, which was the last armament of the Duchy of Keen, and the addition of these knights to the convoy also showed that the Duchy of Keane welcomed Abel's arrival.
Of course, this is also the last glory of the Duchy of Keen, and these hundred knights will eventually become the knights of the merged Duchy of Kamai, and the knights at this time do not know this.
On the way to Biri City, the capital of the Principality of Keen, countless citizens of the Duchy of Keane looked at this powerful army with a kind of admiration, and the sky ship in the sky made them feel a sense of tremor that they had never felt before.
It is a human fear of the unknown, a ship that can fly in the sky, and fly in the sky with powerful weapons, anyone who sees a sky ship will have a deep sense of powerlessness.
It was this act of showing force that made the people of the Principality of Keene full of awe of Abel and his party, which was also Abel's intention.
Let the people of the Principality of Keene see the strength of the Principality of Kamai, and use food to solve the people's food and clothing, which will allow the Principality of Keen to better integrate into the Principality of Kamai.
It was the time of the winter wheat harvest, but along the way, a large part of the Duchy of Keane had been deserted, and the invasion of the four principalities had plunged the duchy into despair, and the food of the Duchy of Kamai was like a bowl of water in the desert, although it was not much, but it gave them hope.
When Abel's army appeared outside the city of Biri, King Kenneth and the ministers of the Duchy of Keane were already standing at the gate of Biri to greet Abel.
This kind of etiquette surprised all the nobles of Biri City, and also greatly puzzled the diplomatic envoys and intelligence personnel of various countries in Biri City.
No matter how noble Abel's status was, King Kenneth's behavior was more like a subordinate act, and as the king went out of the city to greet him, this kind of etiquette would only appear when the country was broken and surrendered.
Because at any time, the king always represents the dignity of a principality, and once the king loses his dignity, then the principality will be despised by the human world.
No matter how weak the Principality of Keene is, it is still a principality, a principality recognized by the human world.
Although Abel is strong, and the Principality of Kamai is also very strong, in terms of identity, Abel is not counted as a blacksmith grandmaster, and his kingship is equal to that of King Kenneth.
Abel also gave King Kenneth a lot of face, and not far from the city gate, the Sky Boat descended, and he walked down from the Sky Boat.
"Honorable King Abel, welcome to your visit!" King Kenneth said as he stepped forward and bowed deeply.
At this time, he had regarded Abel as his own king, and he was just a nobleman who was going to be loyal to Abel, although his status was lowered, he could keep the wealth and glory of the family, and it was worth it.
"King Kenneth, thank you for your welcome!" Abel also bowed back and said with a smile.
The ministers behind King Kenneth looked at Abel with a complicated gaze, and since King Kenneth's operations were very secretive, they had just learned about the annexation to the Duchy of Kamai.
Abel is a nightmare for the Principality of Keen, that is, he personally changed the Principality of Keane from strong to weak, and the disappearance of the wizarding circle has greatly reduced the national strength of the Principality of Keane.
But at that time, Abel, as a wizard, fought with the wizarding circle of the Duchy of Keane, which was an act between wizards, and if it wasn't for the wizarding circle of the Duchy of Keane that did something beyond the wizarding rules, how could what happened later.
No one can say whether this is right or wrong, and this hatred should be very deep.
However, the invasion of the four principalities made the four neighbors of the Duchy of Keane far more hated enemies than Abel, and countless knights and nobles were lost, food and wealth were looted, and the Duchy of Keane was nearly destroyed.
And it was Abel who extended a helping hand to them and provided food to the Duchy of Keen, so that the Duchy of Keane could survive the most difficult moment.
So now these ministers of the Duchy of Keane have a very complicated attitude towards Abel, and at the same time they also know that Abel will be their king, and their fate will also be in the hands of this young king.
"Your Majesty King Abel!" the ministers bowed, things have come to this point, and they know the purpose of Abel's coming today, they can no longer prevent this from happening, they can only accept it.
At this time, the ministers had already begun to consider the attitude of their respective families, how to befriend Abel, and get the corresponding rights.
"King Abel, please!" said King Kenneth with a gesture of greeting.
At this time, a luxurious carriage stopped beside Abel, it was a carriage for the royal family of Duke Keane, the golden body reflected the dignity of its users, and four snow-white war horses used the same golden harness to pull the golden carriage.
A waiter was about to help open the carriage door, but King Kenneth stepped forward to open the carriage door first.
Able smiled and made a gesture of invitation, inviting King Kenneth to board the carriage with him, and King Kenneth showed absolute respect to him, and he reciprocated the same respect for King Kenneth.
As the carriage went, the entire city of Biri was lined with people on both sides of the avenue, cheering wildly at the sight of the golden carriage, and they welcomed the Principality of Kamai from the bottom of their hearts.
And some nobles who had some thoughts about Abel and the Principality of Kamai, when they saw the Sky Boat in the sky, which had been moving at the same speed as the carriage on the ground, and the griffin knights who were constantly circling around the Sky Boat, the little thoughts in their hearts disappeared.
The carriage moved slowly, welcoming the people around it, with three hundred knights of the Duchy of Kamai following behind the golden carriage and one hundred knights of the Duchy of Keane leading the way.
The front curtain of the golden carriage was opened, and Abel and King Kenneth smiled and waved as they whispered to each other.
At this moment when the sky and ground were protected by powerful forces and seemed to be extremely safe, Abel's eyes suddenly changed, and a magic shield instantly appeared in his left hand, blocking him and King Kenneth.
The spiritual sense of the great knight made him feel that he was locked by a killing machine, and the rapid change of clothes from the space bracelet was a skill he had learned from the constant battle for a long time, and the spiritual power penetrated into the space bracelet, and the shield appeared directly in his left hand, which was only a matter of moments.
Of course, he can also have a better way to deal with it, which is to 'teleport' directly to the attacker's side and catch the attacker.
But doing so would put King Kenneth in danger, he wouldn't let King Kenneth die at such a time, the Duchy of Keane was about to become the Duchy of Kamai, and he didn't want to affect the implementation of the plan because of King Kenneth's accident.
"Ding!" An armor-piercing arrow flew out of the carriage on the side, and at the same time, two white lights appeared on the side of Abel's carriage, which was the light of 'teleportation', and two intermediate wizards attacked Abel at the same time.
Able couldn't move, King Kenneth beside him was just an ordinary nobleman, not even a knight, and even a slight attack would have dealt King Kenneth a fatal blow.
When the armor-piercing arrow hit the magic shield, Able could clearly smell the fishy smell on the armor-piercing arrow, which had a huge poison on it.
The two intermediate wizards also have strong combat experience, as soon as they appear in their hands, the 'fireball' spell has been completed, this is a two-handed spell casting technique, these two intermediate wizards have activated the 'teleportation' spell when they are in the carriage on the side, and at the same time draw the 'fireball' spell pattern.
When it reached Abel, the 'fireball' was activated almost without a pause, flying towards Abel.
The 'Fireball' spell is a group attack spell, and once it explodes, Able will have absolutely no problem protecting himself, but King Kenneth on the side will be harmed.
An average person has almost zero chance of surviving within the blast range of two Fireball spells.
After the two mid-level wizards threw the 'fireball' spell, another spell pattern was already almost completed in the other hand.
Abel's hand lightly rested on King Kenneth's body, and the 'teleportation' was activated, and his 'teleportation' spell was activated after the 'fireball' spell, but it was cast first, and before the 'fireball' reached his side, it had already disappeared from the carriage.
After being hit by two 'fireballs', this luxurious golden carriage was shattered into pieces in two successive explosions, and the four white horses were also injured by the explosion, turning into flesh and blood.
The two mid-level wizards didn't expect Able to 'teleport', which didn't match the information they received, which didn't say that Able was a mid-level wizard.
Just as the two mid-level wizards were searching for Abel's 'teleportation' location, two bolts of lightning from the sky struck them.
If the attack comes from Abel, they may also have the opportunity to use Teleportation, and even if they don't have the opportunity to use Teleportation, the Teleportation scroll on their body will launch an escape.
But their two mid-level wizards never thought that the attack would come from the sky, although the Sky Ship showed a strong war ability in the war, but it was only in the war, in such a crowded place, they didn't believe that the mechanism on the Sky Boat would attack them accurately.
They were wrong, and the price of their mistake was to be struck by the lightning of the lightning spiral.
If it is a burst of strong city crossbows, it is really impossible to react in a short time, because the burst strong city crossbow is aimed and attacked by people, and no matter how good the crossbow archer is, he must have time to prepare.
However, the lightning spiral is different, it is controlled by the Sky Boat No. 1 Spirit, and as long as it is within the detection range of the Sky Boat No. 1 Spirit, the lightning spiral can launch an attack at any time.
The passive defense magic items on the two intermediate wizards were activated, which made the lightning attack effect of the lightning spiral a little less, but it was only a little less, and the remaining power was enough to make the two intermediate wizards fall into a state of serious injury and paralysis all over their bodies after being struck by lightning.
"Protect King Kenneth!" Abel commanded to the ten Grand Knight Captains of the Principality of Kamai who rushed forward.
His heart was already full of rage, this kind of assassination actually appeared on him, and after he handed over King Kenneth to the protection of the ten Grand Knight Captains, he immediately turned into a white light and appeared beside the two intermediate wizards, and the shield in his hand struck down on the bodies of the two intermediate wizards.
'Shield Strike', the power of his attack is not large, but the stun effect of 'Shield Strike' made the two intermediate wizards enter a state of complete involuntary for two seconds, and then he took out two confinement shackles from the space bracelet and directly brought them to the two intermediate wizards.
At this moment, the carriage on the side of the road had been struck by several bolts of lightning, and when the knights opened the door, the two archers inside had become charred corpses.
Both archers were supposed to be very terrifying assassins, they knew how to suppress the murderous aura, and it would only be revealed at the last moment, but they had found the wrong target, and the horror of the Sky Ship was beyond their expectations.
The two archers only shot one arrow, and they were baptized by the lightning that fell from the sky, although their bodies had been cultivated extremely strong, but in the face of the attack of the lightning spiral, without lightning element resistance, no matter how strong the body was, it was useless.
Abel grabbed the two mid-level wizards in his hand, and the figures turned into a white light and disappeared in place, and then he appeared on the Sky Boat.
He threw the two mid-level wizards to the ground, and then said to the Grand Knight of Bodlei, who had come with him, "Tell the intelligence department to check for me, and dig out the mouths of the two of them who is trying to assassinate me!"
"Your Majesty, are they mid-level wizards, what about the Wizards Guild?" The Grand Knight of Bodleian has been in contact with many middle-level wizards, and knows that middle-level wizards have many privileges, and generally middle-level wizards who kill people in the city will be handed over to the wizards guild to deal with, and the local principality has no right to deal with it.
"Don't worry, no wizards' guild will stand up for these two mid-level wizards, and I'm just trying to see who will stand up for them!" Abel said with murderous intent in his eyes.
Today is a happy day, and at this time when he should be most happy, this kind of thing happened, how could he not be annoyed in his heart.
He also saw that both the intermediate wizard and the archer were real assassins, especially the combat skills of the two intermediate wizards, and they would definitely not be ordinary intermediate wizards.
Of course, although the intermediate wizard is powerful, he has a prison shackle, and the intermediate wizard is just like an ordinary person, unable to use mana, and the space bag on the two intermediate wizards was also taken down by Abel, and the two intermediate wizards are almost the meat on the board, and they are powerless to resist.
The Intelligence Division has a myriad of ways to get anyone to speak, and Abel now just needs to wait for the final result.
"King Kenneth, are you alright?" said Able as he teleported back to the ground from the Sky Ship and stepped forward to King Kenneth.
"Thank you, King Abel, for saving my life, or I would have died on top of that carriage!" King Kenneth thanked as he looked at the cart, which had turned to black ash.
"I've already asked the intelligence department to interrogate me, it's likely that I'm causing you trouble!" Abel said with a smile and a wave of his hand.
The carriage was destroyed, and at the same time, it also caused some confusion among the surrounding people, but this battle started and ended quickly, and two powerful middle-level wizards were subdued in an instant, which made the people immediately cheered again by Abel's strength as soon as they were in chaos.
After changing to a carriage, Abel and King Kenneth got into the carriage again and marched in the direction of the palace.
When he arrived at the palace, King Kenneth had regained his composure, but there was already a difference in the way he looked at Abel, and his strength was always awe-inspiring.
In the past, Abel's strength was in legends, but now everything is happening in front of his eyes, and this experience is different from rumors.
In the main hall of the royal palace, the noble nobles of the entire city of Biri, as well as some powerful knights, are concentrated here.
Although it is the nobles and knights in Biri City, due to the invasion of the four principalities before, almost all the nobles and knights of the Duchy of Keon are concentrated in Biri City, although the war has ended, but due to the destruction of the four principalities, as well as the shortage of food, these nobles and knights still stay in Biri City.
When Abel and King Kenneth walked into the main hall, the eyes of hundreds of nobles and knights in the main hall were all focused on Abel.
"Ahem!" King Kenneth coughed lightly, shifting the eyes of everyone in the hall to him.
"The Duchy of Kamai is a powerful principality, and under the leadership of King Abel, it has created a miracle of war by defeating the alliance of five principalities consisting of 14,000 knights!" King Kenneth solemnly introduced.
There was a round of applause in the hall, and the glorious victory was always sung, and the commander of this war was in front of him, which made everyone even more excited.
"The Duchy of Kamai is a rich principality, and in the current situation of severe crop production, the Duchy of Kamai can still guarantee the food of every citizen and lend a helping hand to us!" King Kenneth continued.
There was applause again in the hall, and everyone present was the beneficiary of the aid of the Principality of Kamai.
"Today, on behalf of the royal family of the Duchy of Keene, I formally pledge allegiance to the honorable King Abel, and transfer the rights of the Duchy of Keane to King Abel, and the Duchy of Keene will be incorporated into the Duchy of Kamai, my people will no longer suffer from hunger, and my people will always enjoy a peaceful and stable life!" King Kenneth proclaimed, his voice raised.
The sudden news made the entire hall quiet, and everyone in the hall couldn't digest the news they had just heard.
Everyone present is not ordinary people, and the status of nobles and knights makes them know more about the Duchy of Kamai, and how powerful the Duchy of Kamai is now, and what kind of situation the Duchy of Keane is facing.
The Duchy of Keene has been struggling all along, and if it weren't for the Duchy of Kamai crippling all the principalities around the Duchy of Keen, the Duchy of Keane would not have existed until now.
It was acceptable to join the Duchy of Kamai, because there was no principality in the Kingdom of St. Ellis that could accept them except the Duchy of Kamai, and the other principalities could not feed themselves with food, not to mention the fact that their domestic strength was greatly weakened, and that they could not feed themselves with food.
But the only question now is whether their treatment will change after they join the Principality of Kamai, whether they will be marginalized, and whether their titles and territories will be affected.
"I, Abel, accept the allegiance of Duke Kenneth and promise that as long as the nobles of the Duchy of Keane are loyal to the merged Duchy of Kamai, your current territory and title will remain unchanged, and I will need your strong support in the process of rebuilding this land in the future!" Abel said with a smile as he looked at the somewhat uneasy crowd.
The area of the Duchy of Keene is not small, due to the war, there are very few nobles in various places, and it needs to be rebuilt after being included in the Duchy of Kamai, which requires all kinds of talents.
In the Holy Continent, this kind of talent is from the nobility, and the commoners have no inheritance to accept management, and the large number of vacancies makes Abel still attach great importance to the nobles and knights in the main hall.
"Pledge your allegiance, my king!" said an old nobleman, bowing first.
After a head, one nobleman and knight after another bowed down and swore allegiance, and there was not a single upright participant in the hall.
The merger of the Duchy of Keene into the Duchy of Kamai shook the entire Holy Continent, the first case of a Duchy being incorporated into a Duchy in nearly a thousand years, and the location of the Duchy of Keane made the other five Duchyes of the entire Kingdom of St. Ellis extremely uneasy.
Because all the territories of the Principality of Kamai today already bordered all the other five principalities, bordering a powerful principality that was strong enough to suppress the union of all the principalities, which made the five principalities feel oppressed.
The territory itself has been reduced because of the reparations after the defeat, and what is happening now makes them feel less safe at all.
In the palace hall of the St. Ellis Kingdom, the atmosphere is extremely dull, with one less weak subject country and one more powerful subject country, which greatly affects the strength of the St. Ellis Kingdom.
And although this Principality of Kamai is said to be a vassal country, it is now getting closer and closer to the Kingdom of St. Ellis in terms of strength, the Kingdom of St. Ellis has 20,000 knight legions, and the Principality of Kamai has more than 10,000 knight legions.
The Kingdom of St. Ellis has a squadron of about 100 griffon knights, while the Duchy of Kamai, although it only has fourteen griffon knights, is more equipped and assisted by the Sky Boat, which makes the Kingdom of St. Ellis lose its air superiority.
In terms of wizards, if the middle and low-level wizards are really compared, the wizarding circle of the Principality of Kamai, where the mid-level wizards of Moulton with lightning talent are seated, once they start a war with the wizarding circle of the Kingdom of St. Alice, the results will be very terrible.
The high-level wizards of the Kingdom of St. Ellis did not dare to go to Harry Castle at all, which was the graveyard of high-level wizards, and three seventeenth-level high-level wizards died there, which made most of the high-level wizards lose the courage to go to Harry Castle.
And the most terrifying thing about the Principality of Kamai is not these, but their king, Abel has the strength that has been proven to destroy the city, and this strength makes Abel's destructive power almost equal to the gap between the strength of the Principality of Kamai and the Kingdom of St. Alice.
"Father, Duke Kenneth has no right to give the Duchy of Keene to Grandmaster Abel!"
Although he said that he had no rights, he had already called Kenneth a duke in his words, which was a tacit accompli.
"Your Majesty, we can't sit idly by and watch the Principality of Kamai sit big, the Principality of Kamai has a lot of grain, in this kind of food shortage, it is too easy to buy people's hearts, and I don't know how Grandmaster Abel has so much food, these are the most urgent supplies for the empire!" Duke Ernest said in a deep voice.
He had already felt the pressure from the Duchy of Kamai, whether it was the eldest prince Alec or Duke Ernest, they had a good relationship with Abel on the surface, but the differences in national interests directly made them ask the Kingdom of St. Ellis to punish Abel.
"Alec, make another mission to the Duchy of Kamai for me, and bring me a redrawn map as a gift for the merger of the two principalities and the income of the Duchy of Kamai to fifteen cities!" His Majesty Ambrose said that it was a congratulatory gift, but his face was gloomy.
The eldest prince Alec looked at His Majesty Ambrose with surprise when he heard that he was going to bring a redrawn map as a gift, and if he took such a gift, he recognized the legitimacy of the expansion of the Duchy of Kamai from the side of the empire.
"Father, do you recognize the status of the Duchy of Kamai like this?" asked the eldest prince Alec reluctantly.
"Alec, if we don't approve of the merger of the Duchy of Keene into the Duchy of Kamai, will the merger of the Duchy of Keane into the Duchy of Kamai stop there?" His Majesty Ambrose asked in a deep voice.
"No!" said the eldest prince, Alec, shaking his head.
"Is it feasible for us to go to war with the Duchy of Kamai now?" asked His Majesty Ambrose again.
The eldest prince Alec still shook his head, how could it be possible to start a war again, this time he sent an army of 20,000 knights to the Duchy of Thunder to check the cheapness, but it turned out to be a slippery return, just the grain and grass consumed by the 20,000 knight army set off will take all the gains from the last robbery of the four principalities and the Duchy of Keen, and then want to send 20,000 knights out, there is no food and grass supply.
"You can't go to war, you can't stop the Duchy of Keene from being annexed to the Duchy of Kamai, you can't recognize the merger of the Duchy of Kamai is still strong, you can recognize the merger and ease relations with the Duchy of Kamai, it's all for the good of the Empire!" His Majesty Ambrose said to Grand Prince Alec.
"Yes, Father, I will go to the Duchy of Kamai!" said the eldest prince, Alec, bowing down.