"Ma'am, I'm ............ this time," Aaron changed his name after learning that Ivanova was a widow. Of course, there's nothing wrong with calling me a lady, but Aaron thinks it's a little more respectful.

"Ivanova, I love it when you call me by name!" the widow interrupted Aaron with a feigned annoyance.

"This ...... Alright, Ivanova!" Just as Aaron was helplessly complying with the other party's dissatisfaction, he suddenly noticed countless murderous glances shooting around him.

It seems that even the lords respected by the townspeople still have to stand behind in front of the beauty!

Later, Aaron told Ivanova about the purpose of her visit, and Ivanova also very readily said that the price was about 10% higher than Amare. Allen was very satisfied with this, and the follow-up transaction was also handed over to Zabas to follow up.

Two days later, one of the traveling singers sent by Zabas returned to Kingston with a convoy of more than 300 refugees. This man was none other than the young man named Perseus when Aaron first took in the refugees. After a long time, Pertheus is now much more mature, with deep eyes and full of wisdom.

When he came back this time, the more than 300 people he brought back were all sturdy slaves of the Slovenian Empire. The group of slaves was discovered by Perseus near the border between the two countries. While they were being escorted by dozens of knights to a hidden mine on the border, they were attacked by several Light Rangers, and Perseus witnessed all of this and lurked in a hidden position, waiting for the powerful rangers to kill the Slovenian knights before they came out to tell the helpless, freedom-hungry slaves about the freedom and prosperity of Kingston.

"My lord, this time Perseus also learned from the mouth of the group of slaves the location of the mineral deposits that the Slovenians had just discovered! Haha, this kid has done a great job this time!" exclaimed one of the members of the committee.

"Well done, Percius, looks like you've matured in the last two years. Aaron patted Perseus on the shoulder and applauded.

Pertheus stood in place, appreciating the praise of the lord and the other commissioners.

The newly discovered deposit is a Chaos Crystal Mine, the reserves of which are unknown, but the value of Chaos Crystal has been proven to be expensive and rare by the people of the mainland

Compared to the Amethyst Mine, the value and use of Chaos Crystal are much higher, if you can take possession of this Chaos Crystal Mine, what will it look like?

In the entire Aragon Empire, only the direct jurisdiction of the four legions has a wealth of Chaos Hedron mines, but all of them are controlled by the four major legions. Other than that, Chaos Hedron deposits are very scarce.

"My lord, although the news of the Chaos Spar Mine is exciting, it is located on the border, although it is remote and barren, but it has been discovered by the Slovenian **, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to get a piece of the pie!" said several members of the committee who managed the work of the mine next to him with disappointment.

"Well, it's a bit tricky, but it's not like there's no chance!

A month later, in the imperial capital of Slovenia, the Great Orpheus angrily shook the report in his hand into dust and roared: "Holy See of Light!

Dozens of high-ranking officials in front of Emperor Orpheus were silent, and no one dared to make a head bird at this juncture and provoke the emperor's boundless anger. Over the past month, soldiers on the border have reported dozens of times that the Holy See of Light and the Bright Empire have often sneaked into the vicinity of the newly discovered mineral deposits to attack the construction of mining facilities there, and so far, the number of casualties has exceeded 500 knights and 3,000 ordinary soldiers.

"Come, send an envoy at once to our ally to meet Emperor Louis III, and I grant his request to send troops. I hope that in three months, the iron hooves of our two countries will step into the land of the Empire of Light!"

............

Half a month later, the Alagane side finally had exciting news: Slovenia, an unreliable ally, had finally put their knights on their horses and unsheathed their swords.

His Majesty Louis III, who was overwhelmed by the Empire of Light and the Holy See, immediately ordered the dragoon troops, which had been secretly trained for two years, to cooperate with the four elite legions to enter the Radiant Fortress, and at the same time sent the highest-ranking envoy group to the Burundi Empire, hoping that the brave orcs would send a large army to attack the Empire of Light and its allies.

The initiator of this impending great war was Aaron, but he did not know this, and at this moment he was directing thousands of coolies to cross the border in the mountains of the border, quietly entering the land of the Slovenians through an extremely hidden narrow path.

"My lord, the canyon fifty miles ahead is the location of the mineral deposit they discovered, and this is the extension of the ore vein that our people have explored. A committee member in charge of mining technology held a thick stack of books in his hand, and was turning one of the pages, pointing to a certain place on the screen and said to Aaron.

"Good. I have absolute trust in the explorers at our mine. Since they say that this Chaos Hedron Vein extends all the way from above, let's start digging here. Aaron said confidently.

"Okay!"

"Remember, it's better to keep the mining work going slower than for the Slovenians to find out. If you find out, you should know what to do!" Alun asked, staring at the commissioner with a hint of ferocity.

"Yes, my lord!" the committee member was slightly shocked, and hurriedly responded

"Very well, let's get started!"

After leaving the group, Aaron appeared in a jungle a few miles away, and the three servants who had been waiting for him immediately appeared. Slovenes worship Hades, so as soon as you step into the land of the Slovenes, you will immediately feel the power of death in the air and in the land.

In this uninhabited, wild and barren land, there are many undead creatures. It didn't take much effort for three powerful undead minions to surrender to the undead within a radius of ten miles. As long as an outsider enters the land that has changed masters, three powerful minions can justify their name without fear of being caught attacking the intruder.

The development of the Chaos Stone Mine is going very well, and except for a few incidents of mercenary break-ins in the middle, no outsiders have ever been here. After a month of preliminary investment, the Chaos Stone Mine has begun to produce, and the quality is above the middle grade, which shows that they have dug the right vein.

With the Chaos Crystal, Aaron's alchemist is truly operational. Almost all alchemy equipment needs to have the participation of Chaos Crystals, otherwise it will not be able to provide energy to maintain operation or effect.

Soul inlay, using magic to extract a complete soul from the body and seal it in an energy body made of chaos crystal, and then through alchemy, this energy body with soul consciousness is embedded in the magic suit. It's a theory that merges magic and alchemy, and it's easy to say, but no one has ever succeeded.

On the one hand, this requires excellent experience in alchemy practice, and for people on the mainland, this kind of behavior of extracting souls is evil, and people dare not and are not ashamed to do so, and on the other hand, they also need strong financial resources to support research practice.

It's not that there are no organizations with the two conditions, but magic costumes are still too unfamiliar to most people, and even the Aragon Empire, which attaches more importance to alchemists, has never had a precedent for large-scale use of magic costumes. In the first hundred years of the birth of the magic costume, the powerful magic fighting spirit caused this newborn who had not had time to grow to die. As a result, countries attach much more importance to magic than to alchemy.

After more than half a year of repeated research, the Alchemy Research Institute, after a huge injection of money, finally turned this theory proposed by the great alchemist Albert Einstein into reality. Inlaying the sealed soul spar into the magic suit can not only increase the energy of the magic suit and greatly increase the strength of the soldiers, but also allow the soldiers to increase the skills of the inlaid souls when wearing them, greatly increasing the combat effectiveness and survivability of the soldiers on the battlefield.

However, due to current experience and craftsmanship, once a soldier is equipped with this magic suit, their mind will gradually become crazy and worship killing, and eventually become a war machine that only knows how to fight and kill.

For the huge flaws of this alchemy process, Aaron has no worries at all, what he wants is a batch of machines that only know how to fight for himself, and the rest can be ignored.

The war that burned the entire continent was finally ignited, and the Araganse and the Slovenians formed a huge coalition of troops, and at the beginning of the war, they committed more than a million troops to officially declare war on the Empire of Light and the powerful Holy See. The wavering small and medium-sized forces on the mainland were either forced, helpless, or conspired to be drawn into this unprecedented whirlpool of war.

Kingston, which can no longer be called remote and barren, was also inevitably affected by the war, and some of the less powerful caravans temporarily shifted their trade to other relatively stable areas because of the war. Of course, the powerful organizations and those who wanted to make the most profit still came to Kingston as usual, but the fighting on the road caused their goods to suffer.

The real troubled times are coming, if you want to protect yourself or grow stronger in self-protection, the first thing is to have the ability to defend against foreign enemies. In just four months, in the absence of the main forces of the already turbulent Empire, the signs of rebellion reappeared throughout the country, and the signs of rebellion were imminent and then out of control.

According to the merchants and mercenaries who came to Kingston, all but a few provinces near the imperial capital declared autonomy and were still nominally under the jurisdiction of the Louis dynasty. The various towns in these provinces also governed on their own, and what dukes and marquis sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and their names were louder than the other.

Not to mention the other provinces, even the province of Aquitania was affected by this wave of rebellion, and more than 30 towns declared independent self-government, and the number of followers increased day by day.