Lu Gaoyin because of the large underground of the palace, beyond Abel's expectations, when entering the second floor, the same style of decoration, more art furnishings, than the first floor of the underground dozens of times larger.

Consider the location of Rugoin, on the edge of the desert, where the climate is very dry and hot, and this underground structure is just right to escape the heat.

From this point of view, it is not difficult to understand why the palace of Lougoin was built with such a basement floor.

And the wealth of Lu Gaoin, the port city, also shocked Abel again, because before, whether it was the wealth on the ground or the wealth on the first floor, it was only the tip of the iceberg of the entire Lu Gaoin Palace.

In the vast space on the second basement level, you can see beautiful artworks everywhere, and if it weren't for the creatures of hell, it would be like a museum.

Able carefully cleaned up the infernal creatures here, and didn't recklessly use 'teleportation' to advance quickly, because he needed the artwork here, and everything here was already his own belongings.

He's going to clean up all the hellish creatures here and take the artwork with him, and the artwork will be his trophy.

Abel's life seems to have returned to the days when he rested during the day and entered the dark world at night to fight, carrying artworks and fighting the creatures of hell, and his life stabilized again.

The harvest time of winter wheat in the human world has arrived, and this year's harvest time has been postponed for nearly half a month because of the poor growth of winter wheat.

The winter wheat harvest ended up with a widespread reduction in yields, which was very large, almost 70 percent of the yield.

In the entire human world of the Holy Continent, all winter wheat was only harvested in the end, which caused a huge food shortage in many non-agricultural principalities.

Of course, these principalities all have their own grain reserves, but such a harvest cannot be sustained for long even with grain reserves.

Grain reserves are generally based on the consumption of grain in the principality in one season, and this grain reserve allows the principality to survive the disaster year by stockpiling grain in the event of a natural disaster, so as to continue the harvest of the next season.

But the situation is different now, almost everyone has accepted the arrival of a once-in-a-millennium crop reduction cycle, and the previous year's crop has already been reduced, which has depleted some of the grain reserves of many principalities.

When there was a huge shortage of food, some conflicts began to arise within the human race.

If the strength of the Orc Empire is not reduced, even if there is, this kind of conflict within the human race will not be too serious, because the oppression of external enemies will make the human world extraordinarily united.

But the current situation is that the orc empire has been weakened by a battle against the miracle wall, and Abel has given the orc empire a heavy blow not long ago, killing six orc high-ranking priests.

In a short period of time, the Orc Empire lost seven orc high-ranking priests, and a large number of elite warriors, which forced them to build high walls to separate the human world from the orc empire.

It was supposed to be a brilliant victory, but now it has brought results that everyone expected.

Humanity has lost its greatest enemy, and for at least the last hundred years, the Orc Empire has been a difficult threat to humanity.

But the internal contradictions of human beings have suddenly come to the fore after the external oppression disappears, and at present there are only some minor conflicts, and some small conflicts have been caused between various castles over the harvest of food.

In early June, at the junction of the Duchy of Tykos and the Duchy of Keen, an army of all knights was marching towards the city of Deyo in the Duchy of Keen.

This is a knightly army of 200 full knights and 3,000 trainee knights, no noble family can have such a number of knights, only the principality can command a knight army of this size.

Grand Knight Chobe is the commander of this knight legion, and he is the most powerful of the three Grand Knight Chiefs of the Duchy of Taikos.

The Principality of Tykos is a mineral principality, and its natural mineral resources make the Principality of Tykos rich in iron ore, silver ore, gold ore, and even magic stone ore resources.

With such abundant mineral resources, the Duchy of Tykos became the richest of the seven principalities to which the Kingdom of St. Ellis belonged, and because of its wealth, the Duchy was also extremely powerful.

The Duchy of Keene was also an extremely powerful principality, and because there was a branch of the Wizards' Guild in the Duchy of Keane, the proportion of wizards was very high.

However, due to Abel's devastating blow to the wizarding circle of the Principality of Keane, the strength that was originally considered the top among the seven principalities is now the weakest principality.

If there is no crisis of crop reduction, the Duchy of Keane can recover and erect the magic tower again in hundreds of years, but the appearance of crop reduction has made the Duchy of Keen a piece of fat.

And around the Duchy of Keane, there are four powerful principalities eyeing it, but they are afraid of the majesty of the Kingdom of St. Alice and dare not take action easily.

The Duchy of Tekos did not want to be the first bird, but the crisis of crop production was the most direct blow to their Principality, and the food in the Principality was no longer enough to sustain the next crop until the next season's crops were ripe, and there was still a big question mark over how much the next crop would be harvested.

In this case, the Duchy of Tykos had to act, and just like that, a legion of knights strong enough to wipe out the Duchy of Keene was dispatched.

Because it was full of knights, this army of more than 3,000 people marched extremely fast, and before the sun was still overhead, it had already reached the city of Deyo in the Duchy of Keen.

"Knights, our request to buy grain from the Duchy of Keene has been denied, the Duchy of Keene would rather watch our citizens starve to death than sell us food, they don't give it, we will take it ourselves, in front of it is the city of Deyo in the Duchy of Keen, I need you to fight for the Duchy of Taikos, for the people of the Duchy!" shouted Grand Knight Jobe.

"Fight for the Duchy of Taikos, fight for the people of the Duchy!" the words of Grand Knight Commander Job made the blood of more than three thousand knights boil, and they shouted loudly.

"Honor is my life!" shouted Grand Knight Captain Job as he drew his knight's greatsword from his side, which shone golden in the reflection of the sun.

"Honor is my life!" shouted the knights.

The chief knight of Job took the lead, and more than 3,000 knights followed, and the well-trained knights naturally formed an arrow-shaped battle formation in the run.

Although the city of Deyo is the border city of the Duchy of Keen, this border city does not have many troops, because there has been no war between the principalities for countless years, so that the defenders here have forgotten that this is still a dangerous border city.

The garrison was led by the Knight Captain Horatio, a total of ten knights and five hundred warriors, and the biggest battle this defender had ever experienced was to exterminate the bandits.

Annerin is a scout, but because of the long period of silence, he is only standing on the city wall and watching, because he rested late last night, he is a little sluggish today.

As he dozed off, the ground shook and startled, and when he looked up at the city walls, the image in front of him suddenly made him sleepy.

In the sun, an army of knights, all dressed in armor, was rushing towards the city of Deyo, thousands of horses galloping, kicking up a cloud of dust behind them, making this knight legion seem to carry the might of heaven and earth.

"Enemy attack!" Annellin shouted, turning his hand back to ring the alarm bell beside him, his voice trembling a little from nervousness.

The Knight Captain Horatio was sitting in the dining room, elegantly sipping red wine, and the veal and vegetable salad in front of him exuded an enticing taste.

Just as he picked up the wine and poured it into his mouth, the alarm bell shook his hand, and the wine spilled, but he didn't have time to care about it.

Continuous alarm bells are not random ringing, and ringing the alarm bell wrong is to be hanged, so no one will joke about the alarm bells.

"Prepare the horses!" shouted the Knight of Horatio as he rushed out of the dining room.

He didn't have time to put on his armor, so he rushed out of the mansion on a horse in civilian clothes.

On the city wall, the sound of the alarm bell woke up Captain Nigel, who was guarding the city, from his nap, and the place where he slept was the garrison room above the city wall, so when he woke up, he just sat up and saw the knight legion rushing towards the city wall outside the window.

"Close the gates!" Captain Nigel shouted, slathering his clothes on his body in a panic.

When Captain Nigel rushed to the city gate, there were already a dozen or so defenders who had heard the sound closing the city gate.

The gates were made of massive, sturdy timber, thirty centimeters thick, and covered with iron sheets with nails for reinforcement.

The entire gate was very heavy, and it took at least twenty warriors to close the gate, and it would take a few minutes at the fastest to close completely.

Listening to the tsunami-like sound of horses' hooves outside the city, both Captain Nijie and the other soldiers felt a little hurried, and the usually familiar action of closing the city gate became stiff at this moment.

Grand Knight Captain Jobe, who was rushing forward with the knight legion, saw that the gate of Deyo City was slowly closing, and his heart couldn't help but feel anxious.

He didn't expect the guards of Deyo City to react so quickly, and chose to close the city gate at the first time, he knew about the situation of Deyo City before attacking, and the defenders here had not fought for many years.

If the gates are closed, the knights he brings with him will attack the city, and the speed of the attack will be greatly affected.

In order to attack such a city, it is necessary to have siege equipment, and wait for the siege equipment to arrive, so the blitzkrieg plan formulated by the Principality of Taikos will be greatly affected.

Thinking of this, the fighting spirit on the Great Knight Captain Jobe flashed, and the fighting spirit wrapped his whole body and the war horse under him, and he suddenly launched the skill 'Charge' of the Great Knight Chief.

Like a bolt of lightning, his horse quickly broke away from the running legion in front of the legion and rushed towards the city gate.

"Quick, quick, slam shut!" Captain Nigel shouted as he ordered the soldiers to close the gates.

The city gate in front of him was already two meters away from closing, and as long as the city gate was closed, the army of knights outside would not be able to enter the city in a short time.

But just as Captain Nigel saw hope, a ray of light rushed through the crack in the gate that was about to close, and he was about to scream when he felt a glimmer of light flash through him.

The power in his body suddenly disappeared, and he was shocked to find that his upper body had left his lower body.

On the knight's sword in the hand of the chief knight who rushed into the city gate, a long whip of fighting spirit was waved quickly, and in just a moment, behind the entire city gate, there was no one alive except him.

"Honor is my life!" Just as Grand Knight Job's was about to turn around and push the gate open, a roar came from behind him, and then Knight Chief Horatio Horatio rushed towards him with his knight's greatsword in hand.

This is a fearless charge, but also a mortal charge, a knight chief with no armor and shield, only a knight's sword in his hand, attacking a knight chief with full armor, fully equipped, and activated the fighting spirit, the outcome is inevitable.

Like a wave crashing on a boulder, Grand Knight Commander Job just struck a casual blow, while Knight Chief Horatio left his horse and fell heavily to the ground, and in the chest of Knight Chief Horatio, a sword mark took away his breath of life.

Grand Knight Commander Job was very careful with this blow, and did not damage the body of Knight Captain Horatio, which is a sign of respect for a true knight.

After the city gate was opened, more than 3,000 knights rushed into the city gate, and the city of Deyo had no ability to fight back at this time, and after half an hour, the city of Deyo, which had guarded the gate of the Principality of Keen for countless years, was completely lost.

Leaving two hundred knights to garrison the city of Deyo, Grand Knight Chief Job did not stop in the city of Deyo, he wanted to seize as many cities as possible before the news was transmitted to other cities.

The two closest cities to Djou were also captured in just two days, and when Grand Knight Job was preparing to attack the city of Erlo, he saw a fortified city with full defense, as the news had already been delivered.

The Captain of the Great Knight had to stop his attack, and the powerful knights were a little exhausted by the attack for several days, and they camped outside the city of Erlo.

"Father, the Duchy of Taikos has raided the Duchy of Keane and has already occupied three cities of the Duchy of Keene!" "Above the palace hall of the Kingdom of St. Alice, the eldest prince Alec is reporting the latest information to His Majesty Emperor Ambrose.

The Duchy of Tykos attacked too quickly, and each attack was carried out using lightning tactics without prior notice, which was a complete violation of the knightly code.

Moreover, the intelligence system of the Duchy of Tykos also interfered with the process of the attack, and even the intelligence system of the Kingdom of St. Ellis only got accurate information two days later.

"Your Majesty, the Duchy of Taikos is a challenge to the Kingdom of St. Alice, and it should be punished with troops immediately!" said a minister in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, I think that the Principality of Taikos should also be helpless, just reprimand it to make it repent and give up the land it occupies!" said another minister.

"Have you taken the property of the Duchy of Taikos, and at such a time you still defend it!" said the previous minister, glaring at the minister who had just spoken.

"Can't there be a voice in the empire that disagrees with you?

However, he really accepted a gift from the Duchy of Taikos, just exonerating him from the main hall, he could get so much wealth, how could he not be tempted.

"Alright, no more fighting!" said His Majesty Ambrose, waving his hand, stopping the ministers' arguments.

In fact, he knew in his heart that it was the most unacceptable thing to dispatch troops at such a time, and the use of troops must be supported by a large amount of food, and the empire's current food reserves could no longer wage war.

The empire's original food reserves were far more than those of the principalities, enough for several years, but a war against the orc empire mobilized too many resources of the empire, and so did the food.

A large number of knights are mobilized, and the food eaten by these knights and war horses needs to be transported, and transportation also consumes food, plus during the preparation for war, the feed of the war horses must be consumed the most to ensure the training of knights.

It can be said that a war with the Orc Empire caused the three major empires to consume nearly half of their food reserves.

The amount of the Empire's grain reserves is a secret, and several ministers present do not know about it, but His Majesty Ambrose, as the Emperor, knows it clearly.

"Send an emissary to the Duchy of Taikos and demand that it fulfill the rules of the Duchy and withdraw from the occupied territories!" said His Majesty Ambrose in a deep voice.

The emissaries of the Kingdom of St. Ellis were warmly welcomed in the Duchy of Tykos, but the Duchy of Tykos did not immediately carry out the orders of the Empire, but delayed it on the pretext that the army was too scattered and that it would take time to retreat.

This is the Duchy of Taikos testing the bottom line of the Kingdom of St. Alice, and His Majesty Ambrose's attitude is unexpectedly weak, just sending coordinated envoys many times, and there is no toughness at all due to the empire.

The actions of the Duchy of Tykos and the attitude of the Kingdom of St. Ellis were like igniting an oil barrel, and when the Duchy of Tykos and the Kingdom of St. Alice were arguing, the Duchy of Lalvi, the Duchy of Raqqa, and the Duchy of Koror also sent their troops in a short period of time.

This is a feast, a feast to divide up the Duchy of Keene, if it is only the invasion of the Duchy of Tykos, the Principality of Keen will raise the strength of the whole country, and it can resist for a while if the Principality of Tykos does not send wizard power.

However, when the four principalities attacked at the same time, the weak military strength of the Principality of Keene could not support the battle on all sides, and in just a few days, the Duchy of Keane was left with only the capital city of Biri, and the city had become an isolated city.

In the royal palace of the Duchy of Keen, King Kenneth looked at the map in front of him with a gloomy face, which was originally a large area of land in the Duchy of Keane, but now it has become the land of other Duchies.

The principality, which had been inherited for countless years, was left with only the capital city of Biri in his hands.

But he knew that there was a silver lining, the Kingdom of St. Ellis had been mediating, he needed to give the Empire enough time, and the possibility of the Wizards' Guild intervening would also allow the Duchy of Keene to survive the danger.

All of this must be premised on the fact that the Duchy of Keene can hold the city of Biri.

At this time, in the city of Biri, the nobles who fled back from the lost land brought a large number of knights and warriors, and the nobles of this kind of war would not do anything to escape, because although the war had an impact on the nobles, normally no matter which side won it, it would not have much impact on the nobles.

But this time it was different, the four principalities they needed food, they didn't need the local nobility.

Never before in history has there been a war like this one, in which all the resources of the occupied lands were looted, the nobles were driven out, the city dwellers were driven out, and all those who could consume food were driven out.

Only the peasants who could grow food remained, and because of this, the city was already full of nobles, with many knights and warriors everywhere, and the number of inhabitants who had been driven away could not even fit the castle.

Outside the city, many residents who had been evacuated from other cities had no choice but to set up temporary sheds, but fortunately the weather is hot now, as long as they can get shade.

But the food problem has become more and more serious, everything that can be eaten is eaten by the hungry, and there is no edible resource in sight for miles around the city of Biri.

In the main hall of the Kingdom of St. Alice, the atmosphere was a little depressing.

"Father, send troops, if we don't send troops, the majesty of our empire will be completely lost!" said the eldest prince Alec to His Majesty Ambrose in a pleading voice.

His Majesty Ambrose glanced at the eldest prince Alec, who didn't know that if this continued, the entire empire's vassal states would be separated.

As long as the Duchy of Keene disappears, it means that the Kingdom of St. Ellis has lost control of the subject country, which will be a huge blow and will cause the strength of the Kingdom of St. Ellis to suffer a heavy loss.

Once the subject states lose control, then the war between the subject countries is afraid to continue forever, and may eventually develop into a big war.

And the Kingdom of St. Ellis is not without enemies, whether it is the Kingdom of St. Poll or the Kingdom of St. Alwart, once the strength of the Kingdom of St. Ellis is greatly damaged, then these two empires will be merciless against them.

Now the only problem is food, as long as there is enough food, troops can be sent to suppress the four principalities and make them withdraw their armies.

None of the ministers in the hall spoke up at this time, and the mediation during this time without sending troops made them all understand one thing, that is, the empire could no longer afford a war.

Ministers who had been inclined to do so before had no other ideas in such a grim form, and all the ministers knew that if the matter was not dealt with, the Principality of St. Ellis would be in great trouble.

"Alec, I remember you said that the Principality of Kamai has a very good supply of food, is there such a thing?" asked His Majesty Ambrose, turning to the Grand Prince Alec.

"Yes, Father, the news from the intelligence department that all the grain stores in the Principality of Kamai have been directly supplied by the Principality of Kamai, although there are limited requirements for buyers, but the supply of grain has always been very sufficient, and the intelligence from the intelligence of several major grain stores in the Principality of Kamai has shown that the inventory of the grain stores is not less than in previous years!" replied the eldest prince Alec.

"Would it be feasible to buy a batch of grain from the Duchy of Kamai?" asked His Majesty Ambrose, somewhat uncertainly.

As the emperor of the empire, although His Majesty Ambrose has supreme power, he does not have much to do with the principality of Kamai and Abel, and the only way is to negotiate.

Because he knew better than anyone the role Abel played in the great war against the Orc Empire, in which the number of elite orc warriors killed by Able alone reached a terrifying number.

Thinking about that massive number of military exploits so far, he was shocked, a strong man like this must not use power to suppress it.

"The Principality of Kamai has always been an important producer of grain, and after Grandmaster Abel became the king, even if there was a large-scale reduction in production last year, the Principality of Kamai did not reduce the grain that should be handed over to the empire, and did not replace it with gold coins or other materials like other principalities, so I think the Principality of Kamai is not short of grain. The eldest prince Alec analyzed.

The eldest prince, Alec, is in control of the intelligence system of the Kingdom of St. Alice, and his analysis is the most convincing.

"Alec, instead of me, I have sent an envoy to the Duchy of Kamai to buy a batch of grain, and you can tell Grandmaster Abel the truth!" His Majesty Ambrose commanded in a deep voice.

"Father, I'm leaving!" Knowing that time was urgent, the eldest prince Alec bowed and exited the main hall.

In the city of Gomba in the Duchy of Kamai, Abel received the eldest prince Alec in the side hall of the palace, and it was a private meeting, so there was no one else here except the butler of Burbit.

"Grandmaster Abel, you should know the battle situation in the Principality of Keane, right?" the eldest prince Alec asked directly.

"Yes, I've heard that!" Abel said, nodding.

As he mastered the Principality of Kamai for a longer time, the intelligence system has developed greatly with the support of a large number of gold coins, especially the stable and rich Principality of Kamai that everyone yearns for, and this centripetal force allows the intelligence system to develop better.

The relationship between the Duchy of Keene and Abel is not good, because of Abel, the wizarding system of the Duchy of Keene has basically been completely dismantled, which is also an important reason why the four principalities dare to act against the Duchy of Keen.

Without the protection of wizards, the Duchy of Keene is like a child walking the streets with a gold coin.

"Grandmaster Abel, the Duchy of Keane cannot fall, once it falls, it will disrupt the norms between the entire Duchy, and it will plunge the human world into chaos, and wars will continue to occur!" said the eldest prince Alec in a deep voice.

"Your Royal Highness Alec, I am only the king of a principality, and I can't prevent the war between the five principalities with my own national strength, what you said is too far from my ability, the empire is the suzerainty of the principality, and it is the duty of the empire to maintain the norms of the principality!" Abel shook his head and said to the eldest prince Alec.

However, the suzerainty will collect a certain amount of resources from the subject country every year, and this share of the collection is related to the national strength of the subject country, such as the Principality of Kamai, which has to hand over a certain amount of grain every year for the protection of the suzerain.

And the Duchy of Keene, which had now been handed over to protection, was invaded by four other principalities, which was the obligation of the Duchy of St. Ellis.

"Grandmaster Abel, for the last great war in the Orc Empire, the Kingdom of St. Ellis has consumed too much food, and the remaining food is no longer enough to support another war!" said the eldest prince Alec helplessly.

To suppress the four principalities, the kingdom of St. Ellis had to send an army strong enough to deter the four principalities, and an army of this size would inevitably consume a lot of food as long as it was mobilized.

"Your Highness Alec, what does the Empire want?" Abel asked directly.

"Grandmaster Abel, the empire can buy you a batch of grain at the market price, please help the empire, the empire will give you enough rewards!" the eldest prince Alec pleaded.

Buying grain at market prices, this market price is not the market price of the Principality of Kamai, but the current market price of the Holy Continent, the price of grain in the Principality of Karma has always maintained a low level, which can almost guarantee that all citizens will not go hungry.

Abel also didn't want turmoil in the human world, and an empire with which he had good relations was in his interests, and as for the grain, to be honest, the grain in his hands just had no reason to sell it.

For although there is a lot of grain, it is only enough to supply two or three principalities, and once this amount is sold to the outside world, it is likely to attract undue prying eyes.

He wasn't afraid of war, but the trouble he could reduce was minimized, and the strength of the Principality of Kamai was still too weak to take time to grow.

"Yes, Your Highness Alec, you give a specific amount, and I will ask the minister to prepare it for you!" Abel thought for a moment and nodded in response.

"Grandmaster Abel, your help has earned the friendship of the Empire!" said the eldest prince Alec excitedly.

In Biri City, the capital of the Duchy of Keen, knights, warriors, and stronger ordinary civilians have been arranged on the city walls, and countless city defense materials have also been sent to the city walls.

Outside the city walls, the armies of the four principalities have arrived, and their goal is the last wealth of the Duchy of Keen, and as a result of their drive, the wealth of the entire Duchy of Keane has been concentrated in the city of Biri.

Just when a great war was inevitable, a super knight legion of 20,000 knights from the Kingdom of St. Ellis left the empire and headed for the Duchy of Keane.

The actions of the Kingdom of St. Ellis came as a surprise to the four principalities, knowing that their intelligence systems had confirmed that the Empire would not send a large army to suppress it.