PS: Ahem, ahem, today is a medium chapter of 5000 words!

The Great Desert of Enoch, the Great Temple of Edas, the goddess of springs.

Relying on the prestige of Harald and the influence of the Seven Gods of Ness, and Aaron's personal prestige, a total of 45 small tribes of the Barbarian tribe came to surrender, while Harald's scattered tribes regrouped, and soon, a large army of barbarians with many horsemen immediately joined Aaron's account.

And Aaron's march into the desert this time, not to mention anything else, the supply of food and water is enough, coupled with the strong military strength shown, the ruthless slaughter along the way and the preferential treatment after surrendering, the Bedai barbarians did not hesitate anymore, and finally all of them surrendered to Aaron.

In the Great Temple, Eleanor had just scolded Robert, and Miss Priest was obviously very dissatisfied with Robert's behavior of conniving at the army's massacre of the Barbarian cavalry, and she went up with a big ear scraper, which made half of Robert's face swollen, but his cousin looked very tough, and he insisted that he was not wrong, and said that he was willing to be punished.

Aaron also gave Robert a very severe punishment, announcing that his cousin would be fined three months for his majesty's laxity.

Subsequently, Aaron announced that the Left Army had the fastest advance and the most fruitful results, and that Baron Maximian and Baron Robert of Welf as commanders each added 10,000 stone and 10,000 lion coins.

Didn't you pay back the reward for not being punished?

Eleanor gritted her teeth in anger and twisted several pimples on Aaron's waist fiercely, much to Bouille's envy.

As the event began, Aaron and Eleanor wandered through the Grand Temple of the Goddess of Spring, letting the sparkling waters sway across their faces.

Miss Priest followed behind Aaron and held hands with Aaron, "Harald is already gathering all the Bedeh cavalry...... Aaron, I find it strange that since you intend to use the power of the Bedean barbarians, why don't you accept Harold's surrender? If we had accepted Harold's surrender then, we would have been able to muster at least 20,000 horsemen now, not just 12,000, and we would have had no shortage of logistics."

Aaron couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and he pulled Miss Priest to stroll in front of the Seven Goddesses of Ness, and chuckled softly, "Guess what, dear Eleanor."

"Hmm......" Miss Pastor's golden braids dangled behind her head, her forehead in the shape of a silver moon shimmered under the light and shadow reflected in the spring water, and her bright and delicate face was both a little complaining and a little curious, with an expression of taking on the challenge: "Yes...... Is it because Harald believes in Amanata? And all of them have equal respect for the Seven Gods of Color?"

"It's just a small reason, guess." Aaron smiled and shook his head.

"Hmm...... Is it because Harald is brave and loyal?" Miss Pastor asks tentatively, Eleanor, as a Pastor of the neutral and good camp, the key words of loyalty, kindness, morality, and courage will naturally resonate with her.

"And that's just a small reason." Aaron continued to shake his head, "Harald will only show such qualities because he is so desperate, he is not willing to cooperate with the Santarim Society, and only because he is proud and does not want to bow to Cirek or Bane, that's all."

"That's ...... To show the strength of our army?" Eleanor was a little annoyed, and Miss Pastor pinched Aaron's face, and her little face puffed up slightly: "Speak quickly! Otherwise, you won't be allowed to touch me for the next three months!"

"Dear Eleanor, you have to understand one thing, the root of governing the territory is not necessarily to know the merits, politics, never care about good and evil, only about governance and chaos." Aaron folded his hands behind his back, and the smile on his face gradually faded: "Let them fight in the civil war of the Bedai barbarians, and leave some Bedai barbarians who are useful to my shogunate."

Hmm~ I don't understand.

Eleanor pouted, and Miss Pastor clasped her hands on her chest, and twisted her head to indicate that you couldn't speak more clearly?

"What's that look on your face?" Aaron glanced at Eleanor, and seeing that Eleanor didn't understand, he had to say it more clearly: "In terms of the situation, what is the difference between Harold's surrender and Harald's surrender?"

"Harold surrendered with a purposeful reservation

If we don't come, Harold will still have a good chance of winning this civil war, that is, he can still become the king of Bedai."

"Harald, on the other hand, his defeat is almost doomed, if we don't come, then there will be just a few new bones in the Great Desert of Enoch, on the contrary, we have saved him in a desperate situation, and we are willing to support him to become the king of Bedeh, how can this kindness compare to our help to Harold?"

"If he can win, I can make him lose, and if he can lose, I can let him win." Aaron said lightly: "This is politics, what I gave you is yours, I didn't give it to you, you can't rob it."

Miss Pastor's sea-blue eyes finally stopped flickering, she looked at her fiancé with a strange look, the two had known each other for twenty years, if you counted from the beginning of Aaron's awakening, she had known Aaron for eight years, but from this moment on, Eleanor felt strange.

"If there is more, it is that Harold is only about 40 years old this year, and he has many adult heirs who are not around, even if he dies in the future, his children can still set off the flames of rebellion in the desert, and Harald is nearly fifty years old, he only has the son of the white-robed Halfdan, and now the white-robed Halfdan is under our control, which dooms him to the cost of betrayal very large, as long as he realizes that his son can shine in my army and have an infinite future, Then why did Harald betray?"

"Now that you have made up your mind to support Harald, the seal must be sealed, and the reward must be rewarded, and the paladins of the desert once said that nothing can win the hearts of his subordinates more than a generous reward."

Aaron turned slowly, "Not only the white-robed Hafdan, but also the elite and adult heirs of these Bedai chiefs, I want to keep them all in my hands and build a new army to serve me."

Aaron's figure cast a long shadow in the Great Temple, "I will give them a condition that they cannot refuse."

Eleanor was shocked by Aaron's blueprint, and Miss Pastor was silent for a long time before she exclaimed, "Aaron, you have really grown up."

"Heh, I'm not big, how big I am, don't you know best?" Aaron's heavy topic immediately changed to a smiley face: "Or, let's measure it now?"

"You guy!" Miss Pastor patted Aaron on the back, blushing and pushing her index finger against Aaron's back, warning him that she would always be his nemesis.

Sure enough, Aaron immediately made a gesture of surrender, he pulled Eleanor into his arms, hugged Miss Priest, felt her broad heart, and asked in a low voice, "By the way, I ask you, we are about to prepare to take the Sea of the Moon and burn the lair of Shirek and Santarin to ashes, do you plan to stay here to preside, or do you want to come with me?"

"Of course I'm going with you." Eleanor's attitude was very resolute, she poked Aaron's waist: "I want to prevent you and Robert from doing bad things again, my lord has already told me, I am your watchman!"

"Okay~" Aaron picked up Eleanor by the waist and circled around the main temple three times, "You're going to spy on me for the rest of your life, dear Eleanor."

"Hmph~ It's good to know." Miss Pastor snorted, and it was a good answer.

Just behind the two of them, among the idols of the Seven Gods of Naise, the idol of Su Lun showed a faint motherly smile.

The idol of Shar tugged at the corners of his mouth.

…………

"Hehehehe~"

Three days later, at nightfall, Harald the Ruthless was officially crowned King of Bedeh at the door of the Temple of Adas, the goddess of springs, and since then has declared his submission to the throne of Archduke Aaron Salian of Green Veron, swearing allegiance to Aaron with the etiquette of a vassal.

It is worth mentioning that King Bedeh only pledged allegiance to Aaron and the Salian shogunate led by Aaron, and not to Cormier.

This may be the so-called vassals of my vassals, not my vassals.

After a period of subjugation and notification, a total of 45 small tribes before and after the Bedai barbarians came to defect and declare their submission to the Salian shogunate, including many well-known warriors, Be

King Harald also gathered many of his defeated armies and re-expanded his forces to several thousand.

And Aaron waved his hand and directly assigned the Bedai barbarians to Harald's banner.

The Heartless Man was so impressed by Aaron's generosity that he almost wept, combining the strength of the shogunate army, the will of Amanata, and Aaron's generosity, Harald thought that in the future, his life would be handed over to His Highness the Shogun.

Subsequently, Aaron trained an elite of 1,500 men from the Bedai barbarians, led by Hafdan the White, the only son of Harald the Ruthless, and the children of all the barbarian chieftains and tribal leaders as officers, and from then on came under Aaron's direct control.

Aaron gives the name, Varangian Guard,

Crates of chilled Chaos Raw Coke and Arabel Dry Red, Susar's Water was delivered to the banquet site, cattle and sheep from Green Veron were slaughtered and eaten in the desert, the druids of the Flower God Church conjured fresh vegetables on the spot, the Bedai people finally enjoyed a real gluttonous feast after the long civil war, and the Bedai people almost swallowed their tongues after eating so much, and some of the old Bedai people cried as they ate.

Color-resistant, we miss you.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Aaron suddenly said to Harald the Heartless, "Don't you want revenge, King of Bedeh?"

"Revenge? What does Your Highness mean?" Harald did not understand.

"Harold has received funding from the Santalim Society." Aaron was holding a bottle of Chaos Raw Coke, and the black liquid burst into bubbles, "Don't you want to take revenge on the Santarim Society?"

"Your Highness is willing to send troops to the Sea of Moon?!" Harald understood, and King Bedeh immediately stood up.

Originating from Fort Santil, a city in the northwestern part of the Lunar Sea, the Santarim Order is a secret military organization supported by Bane.

Their influence spread throughout the northern part of the continent, and their influence in commerce and trade was important in many regions and cities.

And the reason why they were able to maintain such a position is largely because they control the black road.

The Black Road is located in the middle of the Enoch Desert, and there are very few desert oases along the way through the Great Desert.

Through the black route, the Santarim Society can transport all kinds of goods from the east of the mainland to the major cities along the Jianwan coast in the west or sell goods from Jianwan to the east more quickly than all its commercial competitors.

This naturally has a fundamental conflict of interest between the Beidai barbarians and the Beidai barbarians, because the Beidai barbarians also rely on the issuance of passes to a large extent to survive, and the hatred between the two sides is higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea, and no matter who meets someone in the desert, no one has to talk nonsense, often a glance meets, and they will fight directly.

There were absolutely no prisoners after the battle, and no one would leave any of them alive.

In the hundred years since the Santarin Society opened up the Black Road, the Santarin Caravan that died under the Bedai Barbarians and the Bedai Barbarians who died under the Santarin Society can go around the Black Road twice.

"Of course!" Aaron smiled, and he shook Harald's hand, "Let's burn Santarim and his Santil Fort to ashes!"

"I can't ask for it!"

…………

Sea of the Moon, Santil Fort.

The most powerful city in the Moonsea region, it is also the main base of operations of the Santarin Society.

Santil Fort is one of the youngest cities in the kingdom, and was a small trading hub just like Baldur's Gate until 640 years ago.

In the year 747 of the valley calendar, under the joint construction of twelve Zambian merchants, the Santil Fort was built, but as soon as the castle was built, one merchant could not wait to move into the castle and proclaimed himself the lord of the burst, and then the other merchants were not to be outdone, and moved into the city one after another, proclaimed themselves the lord of the city, began to collect taxes, make laws and establish private armies to carry out orders on their behalf, the ruling class of the Santil Fort began to appear, and the city soon began to flourish due to its location in the middle of the Moon Sea.

However, the castle soon ran into an old problem, which was that nearby monsters always interfered with trade and the safety of the city, so the twelve city lords found one named "Santil".

The mage, the mage granted the lords' request to expel the monsters, but he asked for a seat on the city council with the same status as the lords, and the merchant lords agreed.

However, on the day of Santil's arrival in the city, six of the twelve lords died suddenly, and in their place, five mages and a priest took over the merchant lords' seats, while the remaining merchant lords realized the problem, and a conflict broke out between the merchant and mage factions, which ended with the leader of the merchant lords and the mages representing Santil, and both sides suffered heavy losses in the conflict, so that they finally decided to truce the war, blaming the death of the mage of Santil on the "foreign assassins of the south", He is portrayed as a hero of the city.

From this the city was named "Santil Fort".

Since then, Fort Santil has gradually expanded its influence in the Sea of the Moon and has become the dominant power in the region.

In 1250 A.D., he was ordered by his father, Lord Halshaan, to venture out of Castirburg with Chase the son of another lord of Karto, in order to prove himself worthy of becoming the next lord of Santil, but shortly after they left, Halshaan and Karto died in an accident at the same time, and Bane's priest took the opportunity to steal the liege.

Vowed to reclaim all that belonged to him, Mansu returned to Santil Fort in 1260 A.D., and regained his presidency with the support of a Bane priest, Fuzor Cheebry, who in turn supported Fuzor as the head of the Bane Church as Chief Lord, the same year that the Santarim Order was founded, which still exists today.

A hundred years later, the fall of Bane and the rise of Ciric forced Mansu to turn to Ciric's arms.

But Ciric is too capable, and if Bane is a cruel ruler with clear rewards and punishments, then Shirek is a schizophrenic who is all about his preferences and cruelty, and Santilburg has been tormented by the dark and the people in chaos during this decade.

Fu Zor couldn't stand Cyril's capriciousness and lack of contract spirit, and instead threw himself into the arms of Sam, the son of Bane, but Mansu couldn't, because he was not only the lord of the Santarin Society, but also the chief lord of Santil Castle!

Recently, Ciric proposed a new plan to Mansu.

Ciric wants to organize an army composed of frost giants and white dragons, first under the city of Santyrburg, fiercely intimidate the inhabitants of the city, let them know the fate of not believing in Shirek, and then merge with the army of Santilburg, and in one fell swoop, go south to attack the Valley of Shadows in the valley, and send the electors of magic, Ilminster, Storm Silver Hand, and Valley of Shadows to the sky together.

Mansu was intrigued by the plan, and he had been planning how to proceed lately.

But at this moment, there were agents from the Santalin Society outside, who arrived quickly.

"Your Excellency, your subordinates are not doing well, please punish them!"

Mansu's face changed, and he immediately recognized the other party as a secret agent of the Great Desert Branch: "Why are you so alarmed?"

"Aaron, Aaron Salian conquered the Great Desert in just two months, the Bedai barbarians have submitted, and the new Bedai king, Harald the Ruthless, has sworn allegiance to the Salian shogunate!"

The agent said bitterly, "Moreover, in the name of revenge, King Harald of Bedeh invited Cormier to send troops and marched towards the Sea of Moon!"

Mansu was furious when he heard this: "Is this true?!"

"It's true!"

Wow! The chief lord of Santil Fort, the lord of the Santarin Society, and the legendary archmage Mansu's face turned red, thinking that I haven't cleaned you up yet, and you actually sent it to the door yourself?

Well, that's good!

Report this matter to the Lord of the Dark Sun immediately! The King of the Three Crowns of Ciric, the first god of God and God will make you understand what cruelty is!

The Sea of the Moon will be the place where your Aaron Salian will die!