The ruling system of the Upper Western Continent is roughly composed of three layers and eight orders.

The so-called three tiers are the big nobles, the small and medium-sized nobles, and the lower nobles, and the eighth rank is the duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron, knight, quasi-knight, and adventurer.

The status of a king is equivalent to that of a duke, and a commoner has no position in the sense of domination if he cannot become an adventurer.

In this ruling system, the three levels of the prince and the prince are the big nobles, the two levels of the sons and men are the small and medium nobles, the knights and quasi-knights are the lower nobles, the king is the head of the big nobles, and the adventurer is the preparation of the lower nobles, forming a pyramid structure with a little bit of fluidity.

As the top of the pyramid, the duke is extremely rare. There are generally two sources of them, one is the powerful princes in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China - compared with the history that travelers are more familiar with, similar to the Qi State in the early Zhou Dynasty, or the three kings of the early Han Dynasty who were not eradicated by Liu Bang's black hands, and the other source is the former kings who joined in the process of state annexation, similar to the Song State in the early Zhou Dynasty, or Tibet and Mongolia in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

When Thrace tried to annex the Kingdom of Layton, it first defeated the Kingdom of Layton into a principality, and then tried to annex it through marriage. Although the plan was not fully realized despite the strong opposition of the Dwarven King and the Dragon Lord, the routine was clear and clear.

Thrace currently has two dukes, namely the "Duke of the Storm" Erantz family and the "Duke of the Mountains" Pitutz family, these two families are well-deserved super wealthy families in Thrace, and even in the face of the king, there is a bit of "listen to the tune but not listen to the announcement".

Of course, Richard, the king of Thrace, was also quite jealous of them, and had been trying not to let them get another chance to make meritorious contributions, so as not to further expand their influence. In the last Leighton invasion, he chose to be the commander-in-chief himself, and in the Molai invasion war, he asked Hyde Henry, one of the marquises, to be the commander-in-chief, all in order to prevent the two dukes from further increasing their influence.

In the history of the game, the commander in chief of both wars was Richard himself, who was keen to drive the army to ensure that he was always with the army. This is where the "Lion King" became known as the "Lion King" - before the war began, he was nicknamed "The Lion of Thrace". Although the lion is the lion king, the two names "lion" and "lion king" give people a different feeling. When we hear "lion", we often think of him sleeping lazily under a tree, waiting for the lioness to hunt and eat ready-made, and when we hear "lion king", everyone thinks of the appearance of him leading the lion group against other beasts, guarding and expanding the territory.

But in reality, because of the massacre in Leighton, as well as the assassination of Panda and others, the Thracian high-level was completely opposed to Richard's personal conquest, and even the Ice Sword Saint did not approve of him personally leading troops into battle. So this time, Richard had to find someone with status, prestige and loyalty to him to be the commander-in-chief.

In this way, he chose the Marquis Henry.

In the original history of the game, after the great victory of Thrace's southern expedition, the kingdom was changed to an empire, and Richard became emperor, and canonized four new dukes in one go. Among the four dukes was the Henry family, who was knighted Hyde Henry. Later, Hyde died in the attack and defense of Trella City, and Jakael drew his sword in a rage, challenged the legendary powerhouse as a mortal and survived, from which the name of "Duke of Ironwall" came from, and firmly occupied the first place of the new four dukes.

It's just that...... If Hyde still dies in the defense of Trera City in the future, then the Henry family can only be inherited by his second son, Edward Henry, who has just come of age this year.

Edward was a very average man, and the strength and talent he showed were nothing outstanding among young people of the same level, and they were mediocre. Such a person may be able to sustain the Henry family, but it is absolutely impossible to promote it. In other words, with the death of Jacquel, the future powerful Duke Henry's line will definitely not behave like that again.

Comparing the original history, the general judgment is as follows: after Edward became Duke Henry, the policy should tend to be conservative and prudent. It is impossible for him to attack the authority of the emperor in order to elevate the status of the duke, as Jakael did, and even less to approve and promote the dissolution of the Thracian Empire. In general, for the Thracian Empire, he was actually more suitable to be a duke than Jackail.

Of course, such predictions do not make much sense. Most of the time-travelers were not friendly to Thrace because of their factions and habits in the game, and with their obstruction, Thrace would only have more bad luck in the future. In this case, can Thrace still develop into the most powerful hegemon-level power in the Western Continent, as in the game?

Everyone is not optimistic.

This actually depends on luck, if it is not the reckless Earth Guild of the Terrera camp, but the "Holy Maiden Battle Banner" guild of the Thracian camp that has been hostile to them for a long time, then I believe that the road to Thrace's strength will be smoother than in history. If it is the "Kunpeng" guild of the Republic of Western Winglyka, the overlord of the Western Continent may be West Winglaika. Even if it is the "Money Gang" guild of the Molai Federation or the "Even Dragons are OK" guild of the Layton Kingdom, I believe that it can also promote the prosperity of those two weaker countries, but there are some twists and turns in the middle. Even if it is through the guild of orcs, or the guild of necromancy, or even the guild of heaven and hell forces, it should be able to help the forces they are inclined to.

For this situation, the coders in the traverser commented as follows: Huanghuang is the general trend, and if you go with it, you will prosper, and if you go against it, you will die. What is the general trend? The general trend is me! We are the general trend, we are the overall situation, and we are the key factor that determines the success or failure of the various forces in this world! At present, we are not strong enough, and we will have to be obscure for a while, but when we have accumulated enough strength, we will proclaim our existence with a strong force that will shake the world!

They weren't bragging, if the traversers were to develop in an all-round way, they would be nearly two hundred legendary powerhouses, and the top of them would even be close to the level of the archangel or the Seven Demon Sovereigns. Such a force is enough to compete with Heaven and Hell, and it is even the most powerful of the three forces. At that time, it is really possible to claim that "the general trend is on me" - except that it will make people feel a little pretending and arrogant, it is almost a real statement, and there is not even much exaggeration.

This bright future made the traversers excited, and many family squatters were encouraged to go out to level up, so that the Wolf's Den Lake Teleportation Array was overconsumed and had to rest for a few days before they could recover and continue to use it.

Panda and others are already thinking about another issue.

In the face of Jacquell's death, how will the Marquis Henry, the commander of the Thracian army, react?