Chapter 377: The Fall of the City-State
Chapter 377: The Fall of the City-State
Under the combined protection of the Frost Dragon and the Divine Dragon, Aaron still wiped out the Emperor of the Saint Phiri City-State, as well as the Minister of War, the Minister of State, and many other dignitaries, including the Priest of the Holy God of War.
Almost instantly, the entire city-state of St. Ferry fell into the dilemma of empty power because of this murderous act, and even if the Duchy of Orlando wanted to reach an alliance with it, in a short period of time, I am afraid that no one would be able to negotiate with it on behalf of the city-state of St. Ferry!
Not only that, but after overfulfilling the pre-set task, Aaron did not immediately sneak out of Brussels. Since the city-state of Santa Phiri is already chaotic enough, let's add another fire to this chaos and make its situation even more irreparable!
After five days in Brussels, Arun had already figured out the details of many ministers, Keane and the highest-ranking leaders, and these surviving ministers were the pillars of the city-state of Saint-Ferry. Only through them can the city-state of St. Ferri hope to stabilize the situation and return to normal in the shortest possible time, and the return of the city-state of St. Ferri to normalcy is naturally something that Aaron and Aragon do not want to see!
In the whole of Brussels, except for the Royal Palace, there is no place that Arun cannot infiltrate, and it is obviously impossible for these ministers to stay in the Royal Palace all the time, and with their identity, it is naturally impossible for there to be a strong person who can resist Arun to protect them!
In fact, even including the dragons, no one in the city-state of St. Ferri at this time dared to say that they could stop Aaron's deadly attack. Elena's experience has been clearly told to everyone. So, when this murderous opportunity surged in Aaron's heart, the fate of these ministers was also decided!
The turmoil caused by the assassination of the new emperor had only risen for two days, and another wave of anger had struck the souls of all the people of the city-state of St. Ferry. Overnight, the three princes and fifty-six ministers of the empire, together with their family guards and attendants, nearly 2,000 people, were slaughtered by Aaron in their respective mansions!
The three princes were the most active after Keane's assassination and were most likely to inherit the throne in a short time, while the fifty-six ministers were the most important core heads of the various departments of the city-state of St. Ferry, and as soon as they were gone, these important departments immediately fell out of control......
If the assassination of the emperor only caused the city-state of St. Ferry to lose its central head, so that there was no possibility of directly forming an alliance with the Duchy of Orlando, then the shocking bloodbath that followed removed the joints of most of the important departments of the city-state of St. Ferry, making it truly a paralyzed state. In a short period of time, it is absolutely impossible for this paralysis to heal.
With the time lag between the country's systems being completely paralyzed and the parts fighting on their own, with the momentum and means of Bernice and Kalim's side, Aaron has every reason to believe that they can fix everything before the changes emerge.
Of course, this is only Aaron's own personal opinion, no one can completely speculate on all the possibilities, what will appear in the future, even those masters may not be able to fully grasp! Even the masters are not omniscient and omnipotent, and Aaron's speculation is only a relatively probable speculation at best!
Aaron went on a killing spree in the south, killing all the famous people in the city-state of St. Ferry, fearing that he would be killed by this killing god at the slightest appearance, and even the dragon was suppressed by him, so he only dared to move cautiously near the palace. is so ferocious, there is no difference for a while, even Marshall, the demon leader who crisscrosses the battlefield of light and darkness, is nothing more than that!
Echoing Aaron's killer from afar, the main battlefield in charge of the Thirteen Dragon Knights is also extremely fierce at this time!
The thirteen men are divided into two groups, one attacking and one resting, taking turns to replace, while Kelim is on the back to deal with possible variables and deal with those strong who have the ability to cause some trouble.
Without them, the local legions of the city-state of St. Ferry would not even have the strength to fight back, and cities would be easily captured like projectiles.
Every time they attacked the city, these death soldiers who admired killing and regarded human life as a mustard never knew how to spare, and they killed along the way, and they didn't know how many troops and civilians were reduced to ashes in their hands. In terms of pure killing, every dragon knight kills people far above Aaron.
It was the spread of this name of killing, and when it came to the back, many cities did not even resist, and they directly surrendered early before they even saw the shadow of the dragon knight. After all, not everyone is willing to die with the country!
Maybe they will be sad when the city-state of St. Phili is destroyed, but in addition to being sad, life is still the same, as long as they can survive, how many people will kill themselves? After all, the enemy they need to face is the dragon knight!
For such a city, the dragon knights are not troublesome, except for disarming them, and not even interfering with their normal life under Bernice's special orders!
With a precedent, imitators are indispensable in the future, especially when we see the strong difference in the treatment of cities that surrender voluntarily and those that are forcibly captured, imitators are coming one after another, and more and more, more and more frequently!
Like Aaron, the Dragon Knights' offensive was far smoother than expected, and if nothing unexpected happened, there would be no problem taking Brussels within the expected time!
In fact, compared to the main battlefield in charge of Brussels and Dragon Knights in charge of Aaron, Bernice is most worried about the supply line!
It's too long, it's too narrow, it's surrounded by enemy people, and it's so dangerous that a careless one might break it. The dragon knights are okay to say, but the armies responsible for the occupation are indispensable for the supply of food and other materials, and once it is interrupted, there will inevitably be another accident!
If it is usual, some small changes, Bernice will not take it to heart, if there is a war, who can guarantee that there will be no accidents. However, in the great situation that the city-state of St. Ferry has a major situation, and the dragons and the Duchy of Orlando have not been able to intervene, she has to guard against these changes!
Only by conquering as much territory as possible in the fastest possible time, conquering Brussels in one fell swoop, and destroying the powerful city-state that has been inherited for thousands of years, can there be any hope of fulfilling the orders of the undead king Walter!
Therefore, Bernice personally joined forces with Claire to jointly maintain the security of this thousand-mile-long supply line, so as to replenish the front-line army with strategic supplies in a timely manner.
The situation was somewhat unexpected! Although there were many attacks, neither the intensity nor the frequency, nor the impact they caused were far from what Bernice expected, and as the supply lines grew, the harassment not only did not increase, but decreased.
This indifferent doubt, until the military information in front of him, made Bernice suddenly realize. The high-level who holds the core power of the city-state has been killed, and these sources of command have been lost, even if they harass and attack, they can still organize and cooperate, I am afraid it is just a joint action of a small force!
According to some secret reports from the intelligence department, Bernice even discovered that some forces that were originally relatively active had also begun to die down after receiving the information from Brussels, and many of them even hid and scattered on the spot, completely losing the momentum of confrontation with Aragorn.
"The city-state of St. Ferry is dying!"
Not only Bernice herself, but even most of the natives of the city-state of St. Philire, this idea was born irrepressibly, and it was gradually revealed in their actions!
Under Elena's leadership, all the dragons withdrew from the city-state of Santa Ferry!
At the time of retreat, the black and oppressive dragon group was like a dark cloud, covering half of the sky of Brussels, and because of a word, the mood of all Brussels people was as heavy as this dark cloud, and the contagion quickly spread to the entire city-state of Saint-Ferry, and even the neighboring countries of the city-state of Saint-Ferry!
"On the orders of the great Holy Dragon King Zafir, all dragons immediately withdraw from the city-state of Saint Ferry......" This sentence originates from the Frost Holy Dragon Elena, and the authenticity goes without saying!
As we all know, the Holy Dragon King is the spokesperson of the Dragon God in the mainland, and his words and deeds are the embodiment of the Dragon God's will!
At this time, the Holy Dragon King ordered all the dragons to withdraw from the city-state of St. Ferry, doesn't it mean that the dragon god has given up on the city-state of St. Ferry? Even the dragon god has given up on the city-state of St. Ferry, is there any chance that they will survive? The last straw was broken, and even the most optimistic people had no expectations at this time, and even the vast majority of the army began to spread the wind of destroying the country!
There is no emperor to be loyal to, but there is a family to support, and then there is a timely statement released by Bernice: "All the soldiers of the former city-state of St. Phili, as long as they can quit the army as soon as possible, they will not be blame......d for all their past deeds."
After the dragon clan withdrew from the continental war, a vigorous retreat finally broke out!
Not only ordinary soldiers, but even a large number of officers, not only local armies, and even those regular main battle corps when facing a war with no chance of winning and almost certain death, how many people can face it calmly!
"The city-state of St. Ferri will surely perish!
Just as Aaron, who had never left Brussels, thought when he saw the dragons withdraw, the twilight of the city-state of Saint-Ferri at this time was so deep that it was dying and could perish at any time!
At this time, judging by the speed at which the dragon knights led the crowd to advance, they will arrive in Brussels in ten days at most!
As soon as the dragon was gone, the Brussels garrison was there, but it was no longer able to threaten Nila, and even the countless magical prohibitions that enveloped the palace were just a decoration in Aaron's eyes at this time. Without the support of a strong enough force, no matter how strong the magic array is, the effect it can exert is limited!
Maybe there were still one or two saint-level powerhouses left in the palace, but how could Aaron, who was seduced by the treasures accumulated by the city-state of Saint Phiri for thousands of years, take them to heart. Not to mention whether they will control the dragon ban, even if they can, there is no problem in forcibly breaking it with Aaron's strength! After all, they are not dragons, there are not enough numbers and enough strength!
"No matter how down, as a powerful city-state that has lasted for thousands of years, the fullness of the treasury of the city-state of St. Ferri should be richer than any family on the continent!"
In the face of a huge treasure that is almost non-existent, there are not only uncountable treasures in the treasure, but also legendary divine weapons and magic crystal ores, if there is still someone who can suppress ** not to touch it, then this person is probably already a saint!
Aaron had never considered himself a saint, and the only thing he was worried about when facing the royal treasury was ......
"I hope those lizards are in a hurry and don't have time to loot the most important treasury ......"
Aaron never thought that the dragon would leave the city-state of St. Ferri empty-handed, and what he hoped most at this time was that the dragon would leave in such a hurry that there were some treasurys that were too late to be looted, and it was better that there were the most important treasury in the treasury that was too late to be looted!
With this fluke, Aaron quickly fled to the palace, but no matter how good he thought, there was still a grudge lingering in his heart. In the face of the treasure trove, can there really be a dragon that can not be scavenged?
As one of the eight oldest forces in the Acura Continent, even though the power of the city-state of St. Ferri itself has always been at the bottom, its palace is still incredibly large and incredible. Mo said that there were countless extravagant buildings, which could be seen in the area of a radius of more than ten miles! However, it was precisely the area that was too large, and after the dragon left, the countless magic prohibitions that enveloped the palace no longer had the courage to refuse Aaron from the outside world because of the lack of sufficient energy supply!
Turning a little along the edge of the palace, Alun casually found a place where the prohibition was a little weak, and his figure appeared in the void, and he didn't see any momentum, and he didn't even show the slightest power fluctuation on his body, so he crashed straight into it!
"Po~" almost completely relied on the strong **, Alun broke the ban and rushed directly into the palace from the air!
Since there was no excessive energy impact, although the prohibition was broken, it did not stir up too many fluctuations. Of course, even if it is a small fluctuation, those mages who are responsible for maintaining the magic array can still detect it!
A warning message spread quickly, and the forbidden army and the royal masters received the warning signal, and they all methodically surrounded the place where the prohibition was broken. Along the way, all the places where they can hide were checked to ensure that no intruders could enter the palace! Outside the palace, there was a warning signal directly to the city guards, and it didn't take long for the city guards who had been on alert to quickly rush over and surround the palace!
Inside and outside, there is a magic array to restrict the intruder's movements, and this series of actions is almost as tight as a net of heaven and earth. It's just that Marais, the commander of the forbidden army who is responsible for guarding the palace, still doesn't dare to be careless, and even has a trace of irrepressible fear in his heart, which tugs at his soul tightly!
Even though the dragon has left, there are still few people around Brussels who have the ability to break into the palace!
No matter how downtrodden the city-state of Saint Phiri is, there is still a Sanctuary swordsman and a Sanctuary mage in the palace, plus his forbidden army, if there is anyone who dares to break in, I'm afraid there is only that person. If it was really that person, the palace disaster would probably be inevitable!
"Someone! Go and ask Master Vanes and Master Finney for me, just say that there is an urgent matter here, and I need their assistance, let them come over immediately!" With a cold face and no expression, Marais scolded his subordinates to invite the last strong man of the royal family, and at the same time asked the mage who controlled the operation of the magic array: "Maybe determine the specific location of the person who came?" or is it his specific course of action......
"The incoming person moves erratically, and even if he breaks the magic ban, we can't detect any fluctuations in his power, so we can only determine his general location according to the place where the ban is located! As for his course of action, it is almost in a straight line on the whole, from the outside to the inside, pointing directly to the main hall of the palace, but ...... It's very fast!"
His face remained unmoved, and Marais's mind raced. The unscrupulous actions of the people who came could almost guess his identity, except for Aaron, no one dared to be so arrogant......! At this moment, what is the purpose of this fierce god here?
"The dragon is gone, what else in the palace can make Aaron so unscrupulous, could it be ......"
With a movement in his heart, a flash of inspiration flashed through Marais's heart: "Could it be that his purpose is also there?" Yes, if there is anything else in the palace that can attract his attention, I am afraid that it is only the treasury...... Although the treasury is hidden, if he is allowed to search blatantly, I am afraid that he will not be able to hide it for long!"
"Damn Vaness!" his eyes shrank, and Marais cursed in his heart, but he was a little helpless. The city-state of Saint-Ferry is on the verge of extinction, and Marais is not blind to it, and the reason why he remains in the palace at this time is not because of how much nostalgia he has for this fallen city-state, but more because of the treasury!
Although the dragon was greedy, after all, the time to retreat was too hasty, and after all, it had existed with the city-state of St. Ferry for thousands of years, and it was not too violent to loot!
Needless to say, all the treasure troves on the bright side are naturally empty, but nearly half of the highly concealed treasure troves are left. Without a violent search, with the dragon's huge size, it is difficult to find out the location of all the treasure troves!
These surviving treasures are the reason why Marais remains in the palace, and the accumulation of thousands of years in the city-state of St. Ferry, if only a part, is an immeasurable number. If it weren't for the existence of two Sacred Domain powerhouses here, Vaness and Finney, I'm afraid the palace would have been turned upside down by him early!