Chapter 52: The Dark Tide is Surging

Tieb had been looking for ways to make up for the big mistakes he had made since the defeat of his last character, and he knew that his power was too small for one person to hold back the large number of Harrrens' troops like he did last time. He needed to find another helper, and after much searching and planning, he finally found his chance.

Danton, Prince of Tieling, had recently been gathering the nobles attached to him, and his long-planned plan was only persuaded by Tieb to replace his brother William.

Harlens is not in a good situation right now and has been in a passive situation. There is an invasion of the Frost and Snow Dynasty outside, and there are hungry wolves such as Kurt, Hammer, and the Black Market inside, although the weak Kurt and Hammer are the dogs raised by the dynasty, but no one can guarantee when they will bite back. Danton had advised William to be careful of these hungry wolves, and that he should accept Danton's suggestion to cut them off and take back most of the military power.

The knights who kept them privately were also to be disbanded, and the great nobles with armies were prone to rebellion, just like the rebellion that once occurred during a certain dynasty in the south, when a powerful duke took advantage of the dynasty's lack of food and the anger of the people to launch a long-planned rebellion during a cold winter.

Unsurprisingly, the Duke succeeded, founding a new dynasty, the Missy dynasty. He was well aware of the consequences of the great nobles' power being too great, and the first thing he did after establishing a dynasty was to vigorously weaken the power of the nobles. Some noble heirs were also arranged to serve as the king's barmaids and the queen's concubines' maids in the royal palace, and their every move was monitored by the king, and the nobles did not dare to act rashly.

Under this mode of governance, the Missians ruled for hundreds of years. Danton's example did not convince the arrogant William, who claimed that Harrlens had governed the mighty kingdom in this way since it was founded, and that all the nobles were his vassals. The strength of the vassals also represents the strength of the entire dynasty, and they are just a group of hungry wolves under their seats, and life and death are in the hands of themselves as masters.

Danton Anna was angry and scolded his brother for his stupidity and arrogance, sooner or later, Harrlens would be destroyed in his hands, and in order to stabilize the foundation, he would need to replace his brother in charge of the dynasty when necessary. William didn't know Dandong's inner thoughts, and when he was crowned king, he gave Dandong the rich Tieling land.

As an important transportation hub for the north and south of Harrens, Iron King Fort is backed by towering and dangerous cliffs, and the castle on the cliff is built of solid boulders. The road up the mountain consisted of three narrow winding paths that could only accommodate two horses side by side, designed to prevent anyone from attacking the majestic Iron King Fortress on the mountain.

In addition to the three roads that lead up the mountain, iron chains hang from the gray-black moss-covered rock faces, and huge pulleys connect the fortress to one end, which is the method of transporting the necessary goods up the mountain. At the foot of the rocky hill is a plain and slightly rolling hills, crossed by paved avenues.

On the other side of the plain is a series of towering mountains, with clouds on the peaks, tall trees adorning the mountains, and a canopy of stone arrows and watchtowers, and some of the more hidden places appear dark, obscured by light and clouds.

The plain is sandwiched by two mountain ranges, like a promenade, and in fact Dandong also named this plain the Corridor Plain. He set up inns and inns at the intersection of the avenues, and many trading markets, and the residential areas were set up in this prosperous area, and the whole city was divided into two parts and distributed forward in a belt. The city of the strip forward was built by the city on the rock wall and the city on the plains and hills.

Dandong is a well-deserved king in Tieling, he took advantage of the convenient transportation to collect fees here, and fattened the entire Tieling with large tariffs, some people say that Tieling is even richer than the royal city of Carrot. In some songs, it is sung that he would rather be a beggar in Tieling than a poor nobleman in Carrot.

These words were taken as a warning to William to beware of the mighty Danton, and if he rebelled, the dynasty would surely fall into his hands. William took these as unwarranted accusations of evil, and warned that if anyone dared to speak ill of Danton and stir up their brotherhood, he would tear that man's mouth off.

Later, William made an example of the monkey and cut out the tongue and lips of a bachelor who still did not know whether he was alive or dead. At this point, the bad words about Dandong disappeared overnight.

When William enjoys the joy of fish and water with his concubines every night, he will accidentally remember that his younger brother Danton was willing to give up his beloved pet dog in order to save him, Dandong always let him this brother everywhere, except for a little conflict between the two because of the emperor's heir position, they have not had any contradictions, at least in William's memory, Danton is such a good brother.

Tib followed the guide rider up the steep path to the halfway point of the mountain, and Tib looked down, but the faint mist at the bottom of the valley obscured the view. A feeling of dizziness hit, this height is at least 100 meters, and it may be more than that. The tall steed stepped forward slowly, and even though the road had already been walked thousands, it was still necessary to be cautious.

The loose stones on the road rolled down the cliff, and it took a few moments before there was a faint muffled sound, and Tib wiped the sweat from his head to calm the tension a little. The knight who led the way told Tib not to be nervous, and the horses under his crotch walked steadily, except for a few people who accidentally fell off the cliff when they began to build the mountain road, there had never been an incident of falling off the cliff for many years, of course, he added a sentence after him: except for the enemy.

Then he asked Tib to take a closer look at the valley, and Tib looked down in confusion, and he was slightly surprised by the vague but general sight of the valley beneath the valley. According to the knight's words, those bones were most likely human bones. With so many human bones piled up in such a huge valley in a short period of time of decades or even less, one can imagine how powerful Danton is, and perhaps as some people say, if he starts a rebellion, the dynasty will fall into his hands.

"There are a lot of flesh-eating beasts down there, and there is almost no chance of survival if you fall into them, unless you can single-handedly defeat a thousand two-toothed beasts, a ferocious beast with a large body and two long fangs that can easily tear a person apart. Maybe you Southern Fire Demons don't know how powerful this creature is, but if I tell you that an adult two-toothed beast can easily kill a third-level knight, and their skin is magically protected, you know how powerful they are. The Guiding Knight smiled and explained to Tib.

Tieb thought to himself: This thing is terrifying, and I don't want to be a stuff for these guys.

A brown-furried, low-throated two-toothed beast emerges from the mist, looking for food. Then the valley began to grow lively, and the roars echoed each other.

When he came to the Iron King Fortress on the mountain, Prince Danton personally came out to greet Tibu, followed by five white-robed knights. Danton impressed Tibu, and Danton's aura was even stronger than he had imagined. Dandong is rumored to be a man with muscles and black hair and sharp eyes like knives. But when I saw him today, Tib's impression of him changed completely, Danton had a well-proportioned figure, a handsome face, and a smooth face, not a bearded image at all, but his aura was more intimidating than a beard.

Danton happily addressed Tib as a guest from afar, took him to the palatial Iron King's fort for dinner, and then led him around the rock face. Fertile fields, prosperous urban areas, colorful gardens, and endless caravans all show the strength of Dandong.

Tib finally put his mind at ease, he really found the right person this time. That night, Tibu talked with Dandong for a long night, after which the territory of Tiewangling began to be active.

Nefrith was in serious trouble when he returned to the Magical Society, and he was accused of being a Fallen, researching and using the Dark Summoning Technique without permission, and seriously violating the Holy Treaty. This reached the ears of the Church of the Holy Spirit and the Holy See of the Holy Sword, and the two Holy Sees immediately dispatched enforcers to arrest Neroth, but they were organized by Master Yorick.

He said that Neros was a member of the Magic Association, and that the responsibility should be made by the Magic Headquarters of the Epic Continent. At first, the two churches thought that Yorick was trying to shield his students and strongly disagreed with his arguments. Yorick insisted that Neroth should be left behind, and said that if they had to take him with him, the Magical Guild would be willing to go to war with them.

In the end, the two churches had to take a step back and agree to have Neroth tried by the headquarters of the Magic Association, but they also had a condition, in order to ensure that the Magic Association would not shield their own people, they asked to send two law enforcement officers to each of the Magic Association to follow up on the case.

The most wronged person was Neroth, who had just returned to the Magic Guild and was caught in the association's confinement cell, and before he could figure out what was going on, he was accused of abusing the dark magic summoning spell, and the dark creature summoned was a sub-bloodline bloodthirsty bat, which was discovered and taken down by patrolling law enforcement mages as soon as it flew over the Guild.

The mage, Arcanist, who had always hated dark magic, quickly investigated the situation within the academy, and the entire academy became agitated over the matter. Talos came forward to report Kane, saying that he had seen a rotten skull in his room, which he guessed was a dark magic item.

He asked the law enforcement mage to search Nerich's room, and sure enough, as he said, the law enforcement mage found the rotten skull in the room, and the mage in charge of the identification concluded that the skull was indeed the skull of a dark creature. Neroth became a criminal, and they searched for him all over the city of Caro, and when his griffon was caught by the Wizarding Guild and brought back to the confinement chamber by the Magi Legion.

During this time, he had contact with other people except for meeting the law enforcement mage, and he asked the law enforcement mage why he had arrested him, and the other party just replied coldly: You know best what you did, why bother asking?

Neros was confused, and was inexplicably locked up as a criminal, feeling even more depressed and irritable.