Tedgar Hill, Holy Mountain, Duke's Castle.

The Duke of Celtic has been in a very good mood lately, the most difficult period has finally passed, and the barbarians are about to move from strategic defense to strategic offense.

also blame the empire for its own death, arrogant to provoke the shimmering gold people, and break a good hand.

Now, with the support of the World Bank, the Tedgar Hills have initially acquired their own industry. There is steel smelting, armor forging, and a certain ability to assemble alchemical weapons...... There is also a steam engine factory that is about to be put into production in the near future, and although it can only produce some steam engines that are already outdated, it is enough to speed up the industrialization process in the Tedgar Hills.

The Barbarian Legion has completed its rearmament and training, and the armor penetration rate and the ratio of auxiliary combat weapons have reached 70% of the original Northern Legion. Considering that the barbarians themselves possessed a stronger constitution than humans, the Duke of Celts believed that his army was enough to defeat the Northerners from the front.

It's a pity that the Northern Legion, now the Royal First Magus Legion, is being evacuated from the Tedgar Hills. With the support of the World Bank, the Ateshire United have launched an assault on the Empire's Snow Legion, which is mobilizing its elite to fill the hole in the North.

As a result, the Empire's military power in the Tedgar Hills fell to a low point.

This is the perfect time for the barbarian legions to regain their lost territory, march out of the triumphant fortress, and storm the city of St. Lun.

In the hall of the ducal castle.

The Duke of Celtic summoned his generals for a counteroffensive mobilization.

This time, the duke did not wear the duke's uniform of the Golden Shield Empire, but wore the traditional barbarian animal skin coat and a bear-faced helmet embedded with the duke's crown. On the walls of the hall hung the flags of the barbarian tribes, and the barbarian tribal leaders sat under the banners representing their own clans.

In the middle of the hall there was a large pot of meat boiling, and the guards served it in large bowls and placed it in the hands of the barbarian leaders.

The duke and the barbarian leaders took the meat with their hands and ate it in large gulps.

The whole hall is filled with a savage, bold atmosphere.

But the human aristocracy in the corner is a little out of place here.

Baron Sergei was carrying a large bowl of meat, and instead of eating, he looked at the barbarians with a different look.

In the past, the ducal castle and the meetings were held with the characteristics of barbarians, but they still adhered to the institutions and etiquette established by the empire.

But since the economy of the Tedgar Hills was getting better and better, the Duke of Celts began to remove the things that were characteristic of the empire and fill them with those of the barbarians. In addition to the appearance of the current Duke's Castle, it is still in the style of a human castle, and the inside is all barbarians.

Humans are alien to this place, as if they were just a bunch of outsiders.

Duke Celtic finished the bowl full of meat, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and then said to his generals: "According to the information provided by the Glittering People, the withdrawal of the Royal First Wizard Legion is very fast. They gave up most of their baggage, leaving it to the army that took over them.

The Imperial Army that succeeded the Triumphant Fortress has been identified as the Angry Waves City Armored Assault Division, with a size of about 20,000 men.

And our barbarian legion has 350,000 excellent warriors, and has an absolute advantage in strength. ”

Hearing that the opponent of this attack was only 20,000 men, the barbarian generals burst out laughing. The disparity in the strength of the two sides is too great, not to mention that the barbarian legion has now completed the modernization and reorganization, even the previous barbarian legion can use the crowd to overwhelm the opponent's meager force.

While the barbarians were very optimistic about the war and were debating which way to attack the city of St. Lun, a discordant voice rang out.

Baron Sergei under the banner of the blue wolf shouted: "Nobles and chiefs, and the honorable duke! I would like to remind you that the Armored Assault Division of Angry Waves is an army formed by the Empire's first assistant Meteorite, and it has performed very well in the war against the Atlantic Union in the Northern Battlefield.

Now that the Imperial Army is gradually undergoing demonization, the Angry Waves City Armored Assault Division must be equipped with the most advanced magic weapons in the Empire, and we can't take the Meteorite army lightly. ”

A barbarian leader sitting near the Duke of Celtic said disdainfully to Baron Sergei: "We all admit that Meteor is a very good politician, but the methods of politicians do not work on the battlefield. The Glittering Man said...... The magic guidance of the army is the general trend of future warfare, but now the magic guidance technology has just emerged, and there are still many imperfections.

Weapons on the battlefield need practicality, not fancy glass bottles.

Magical weapons can give the Mighty Waves Panzer Commando an advantage in a certain battle, but it won't have much of an impact on the outcome of the battle. No matter how strong the Magic Titan is, it will be shattered by the heroic barbarian warriors. ”

The Duke of Celtic recognized the words of his trusted general, and he said to Baron Sergei: "The war will be left to the generals who really understand war, and the human nobles will do what you are good at." The logistical supply of the Barbarian Legion will be left to you, and you will come up with a bounty to motivate the Barbarian warriors. ”

"Yes, Lord Duke." Baron Sergei obeyed the order.

The development of industry in the Tedgar Hills and the rapid prosperity of humans by taking advantage of their race have further widened the gap between humans and barbarians.

In order to suppress the strength and influence of the human race, the Duke of Celtic almost overwhelmingly favored the side of the barbarians. Instead of implementing the promised military establishment, the promised military establishment has changed the law and imposed heavy taxes on human merchants.

The duke's vigilance and suspicion increased the barbarians' growing hatred of humans, and this sense of alienation and crisis made humans who were no longer afraid of barbarians have more ideas.

Baron Sergei knew that he would not be accepted into the Celtic duke by saying anything.

The barbarian generals, who thought that victory in the war of the Empire was within reach, looked at the eyes of the human nobles like they looked at the rotten meat in a pot.

Duke Celtic was not a broad-hearted leader, and in the past, humans were weak, and he could show a friendly gesture to give some privileges and benefits to human nobles. Right now...... He had come to see humanity as a threat, and the first thing he did after his victory was probably to slash his knife at the human merchants who had done great things for him.

Baron Sergei no longer argues and no longer expresses his opinion.

He listened carefully to the barbarians talking about how to get off to a good start, to listen to them vent their grievances about being suppressed by the Imperial army for several years, and to listen to them vow to restore the glory of the barbarian legions.

Soon, every word spoken at the war mobilization meeting of the Duke's Castle was sent to the Triumphal Fortress as soon as possible.

into Luke's hands.

The plot he had laid down in the Tedgar Hills proved to be so successful that even if the Duke of Celts could see it, he had no way to break the game, unless his balancing act could reconcile the increasingly intensifying contradictions between barbarians and humans.

Obviously, the Duke of Celtic did not have this ability, and he did not even realize that he was already in a dead situation.

With important information in hand, Luke immediately convened a military meeting to discuss how to defend against the barbarian army's influx. (End of chapter)