Chapter 465: Undercurrent

After Macmillan was promoted to legendary knight, King Roger's mood became a little worse.

In recent years, although the Grant Kingdom has developed smoothly and expanded a large area of land outward, it has also accumulated a lot of internal problems, and gradually formed an imbalance between inside and outside.

The two major families of Haaland and Jonathan already have enough strength to pose a threat to the Grant family.

In one kingdom, this situation arises, which is particularly troublesome to deal with, and the slightest carelessness can lead to civil war.

About twenty years ago, a civil war broke out in the Kingdom of Grant.

It was with the support of Jonathan and York that King Roger defeated the royal guards and seized the throne.

Compared with twenty years ago, the balance of strength is more obvious, and in the next battle for the throne, with the interference of the outside nobles, the Grant family is in danger of losing power.

In the last two decades, the Grant family has expanded its army by 60,000 by three legions, but the Jonathan family has also expanded by two legions, increasing its army by 40,000. The Haaland family has grown from small to large, with an army of 190,000, and the number of troops directly under it is almost comparable to that of the Grant royal family.

Because of the equipment of magic crystal cannons, magic airships, and magic energy firearms, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers led by Haaland is obviously much stronger than that of the Grant Kingdom army, and purely from the perspective of military strength, the Haaland family is obviously stronger.

In terms of high-level combat power, the Haaland family has five legends, as well as two powerful magicians Richard and Sophia, who are far ahead. The father and son of the Jonathan family have advanced one after another, and his father Neo has been promoted to the legendary third-order knight, because the dragon blood in his body is prominent, and his combat power has surpassed that of the Duke of Brenner. Son Macmillan has also been promoted to legendary knight, and the Jonathan family has a successor who can maintain the situation.

Only the Grant royal family, Duke Breener, has been dead for twenty years, and no one has been promoted to the legendary realm?

Although there are many ninth-order professionals in the Grant family, there are no legendary cards, and there are very big shortcomings after all.

After Macmillan's promotion, King Roger felt a lot of excitement and was ready to break through to the legendary realm as soon as possible?

Breaking through the Legend requires legendary-level resources, which is also very troublesome for the Grant royal family.

In the past twenty years, although the Grant Kingdom has greatly expanded its power and accumulated a large number of gold coins, it has not received many legendary opportunities.

Evans, the president of the Grant Mage Guild, exchanged the legendary Styx potion with the Harland Collar and consumed a legendary core.

After refining the legendary Styx potion, Evans' spiritual power reached forty-two points, and he ventured to break through the legend last year, but the spiritual power space collapsed and died in the meditation room.

Without Evans, the Nine-Ring Mage, the Grant family has become a little dangerous.

Without the combat power of the top level, it is difficult to hold down the position, and once there is an internal problem, the rule will be at risk of overturning.

Roger's worries are also getting more and more serious, and now the situation has forced him to be promoted to the legendary realm as soon as possible, otherwise it will become more and more troublesome as time goes by.

Even if it has been accumulated for hundreds of years, there is only one Legendary Wind Elemental Heart in the Grant Family's treasury, which can be exchanged for treasures such as the Legendary Celestial Crystal Flower.

If the breakthrough legend does not use potions, the result is quite dangerous, such as Evans, who did not use the meditation potion to promote the legend, only used the legendary Styx potion to assist in the breakthrough, and his own foundation is quite average, and the ending is of course very bad.

Almost all ninth-order professionals will not take risks easily. You don't need a legendary potion to dare to break through the realm.

Ninth-order professionals, no matter where they go, their status is relatively noble, even in the Divine Radiance Empire, they can get a good income as soon as they come up and become a high-ranking officer.

This kind of person with a noble status is actually more afraid of death than ordinary serfs and soldiers, and cherishes life more.

The Grant family released a message to the secret channel that they wanted to exchange legendary extraordinary resources, and they were immediately investigated by the Venus family hidden in the shadows.

Twenty years ago, in World War I, the Grant family relied on the Duke of Breener to deceive him, severely wounding the Venus family and killing the legendary magician Elena. However, Elena was given a page of the Book of Artifact Contracts, which she used to sign a life-sharing contract with a legendary lich with a very special soul state.

As long as the Lich's lifebox is not destroyed, Elena's soul will never dissipate, and through this Book of Contracts, Elena has almost gained immortality and an alliance with a legendary Lich.

Although the Duke of Breener's sword was very impressive, Elena was still resurrected on the body of the Venus family's girl, and after twenty years of cultivation, Yelena's strength has returned to the legendary realm.

In the past twenty years, although the Venus family has been hidden in the dark, they have been very lucky, they got a legendary magic core and refined it into a true nuclear potion, Charlemagne relied on the true nuclear medicine to become a legend, and Viscount Anthony went further in his career level and became a ninth-order knight, except for Baron Harden, who is now over ninety years old and is already dying.

After twenty years of accumulation, the power of the Venus family has gradually recovered.

Viscount Gauss in the province of Seldorf, where the main members of the Venus family gathered.

The core of the Venus family, in addition to Elena and Charlemagne, Anthony, Harden and other old people, there are also two middle-aged people who entered the room, both of whom are rising stars of the Venus family.

Of course, in addition to the above six people, the Venus family also has a lot of people in other regions, and there are a total of fourteen high-level professionals in this family. Yelena has three high-level magicians under her command, who can be regarded as her assistants. It's just that the rest of the people are not nearby, so there are only six people who make decisions.

Among the six people present, except for the four Yelena, the remaining two are all newcomers trained by the Venus family in the last twenty years.

One of them is the eighth-order warrior Edwin, who has been developing in the border army through the secret help of the Venus family, and then transferred to the Royal Guards Legion and became the senior legion of the legion. Then he married the young lady of the Viscount Gauss's mansion, designed to kill the previous Viscount Gauss, and after a brutal infighting, became the hereditary viscount of the province of Seldorf.

The other, Belt, was the highest commander of the provincial garrison of Seldorf.

The province of Seldorf covers an area of more than 10,000 square kilometers, because of its proximity to Nolan, there are not many hereditary nobles in this province, only one viscount and three barons, and the aristocratic power is not very strong.

The Venus family has a legendary magician, although hidden in the shadows, the background is also very deep, relying on various means to infiltrate, in just twenty years, through various means, relying on Edwin and Belt, in fact, has secretly controlled the province of Seldorf.

Compared with the Gascoigne Province controlled by the Venus family back then, the strength of the Seldov Province is far from enough, this province has only 6,000 garrisons, and it is still a second-line garrison legion, and its combat effectiveness is far inferior to the wild lion army infiltrated by the Venus family back then.

The private army controlled by Viscount Gauss is also incomparable to the private army under Harden and Anthony.

The only advantage of this province is that it is very close to Nolan and is very well-informed, which is convenient for infiltrating Nolan.

Relying on the operation of the dark under the lamp, the Venus family actually spent twenty years peacefully under the nose of the Grant royal family.

"According to the information we have, Roger is already a little anxious, it is obvious that the Grant family wants to exchange the Legendary Wind Elemental Heart for a Celestial Crystal Flower and impact the Legendary Realm as soon as possible."

Twenty years ago, although Harden saved his life, none of his sons were spared, and only two illegitimate sons who were hidden in the dark saved their lives.

Baron Harden looked at the news from Nolan, and his voice was very old. If they meet again, Richard probably won't recognize the old baron anymore.

"Now Jonathan, Haaland's two nobles, has put too much pressure on the Grant family. Hundreds of years ago, our Venus Kingdom was also in this situation, and finally the Grant family successfully turned around.

Now the Grant family can no longer suppress the two families of Haaland and Jonathan, so Roger's strategy is to support the two families to develop outward, let them go out independently, and bring a new crown.

A few years ago, he supported the Jonathan family and regained the power of Starnik, but now that the Jonathan family has left the Grant Kingdom, this strategy has been half successful.

By the time Duke Richard put on the crown, the internal structure of the Kingdom of Grant was healthier.

This is undoubtedly a good strategy, if we had chosen this strategy back then, giving up suppressing the Grant family, but supporting the Grant family's expansion to the south, maybe the situation would have been different, and the people of the Venus family would not have needed to hide in Tibet for hundreds of years. ”

Bert took a few words, he was a seventh-order warrior, his qualifications were far inferior to those of several elders, and his words were not very polite, and from their conversations, he knew that the internal atmosphere of the Venus family was relatively enlightened and quite direct.

As soon as Belt's words fell, Anthony immediately defended himself and argued with Bert.

"The situation at that time was different from now, the Delong Kingdom had not yet decayed, there was no opportunity to expand to the south, and we focused on the development of the Eagle Mountains in the northern region, and it was impossible for us to give it to the Grant family, so we could only choose to suppress the Grant family."

Seeing that neither of them could convince the other, Charlemagne knocked on the table and quieted them down.

Charlemagne has been promoted to legend, and is already a veritable number two in the Venus family, although he did not speak, Anthony and Bert no longer spoke.

There was silence for a moment, and Elena broke the silence and said, "Duke Maca hunted a legendary earth grizzly bear five years ago, and I think I can send this news to the Grant family." ”

After Yelena finished speaking, Viscount Gauss's face changed, and he plucked up the courage to persuade: "Roger has accumulated more than twenty years in the ninth order stage and has a very strong foundation, once he is promoted to a legend, it will be even more difficult for us to restore the kingdom. Dear Lady Elena, would you like to think about it for a moment. ”

"You don't understand, the Earth Giant Bear is an earth-attribute demonic beast, and the energy contained in the demon core in its body does not match Roger's physical body, besides, Roger has stayed in the ninth order for too long, and has lived in a rich and superior environment for twenty years, without the will to struggle in despair, it is basically impossible to advance to the legendary realm."

Before Elena could speak, Charlemagne explained.

The people of the Venus family not only have strong endurance, but are also very good at engaging in intrigues and tricks, and it was they who used a poisoned water of life to calculate the Duke of Breener, so that this powerful legendary third-order knight lived more than ten years less.

Of course, Brenner is also a cunning man, using the strategy of deceitful death, severely injuring Yelena and buying the Grant family twenty years.

After Charlemagne finished speaking, Baron Harden said: "If our family wants to develop, we can only win in chaos. If you want to plunge the kingdom of Grant into chaos, you must fight a brutal civil war.

Now King Roger has four adult sons, and although he has chosen an heir, as long as he dies, the heir will not be able to suppress the situation. Each of the four sons has supporters, and a brutal civil war is bound to be fought.

With the help of this civil war, we will be able to quickly climb up, accumulate the strength of the family, and further plan to restore the country.

Now we have not only the Grant royal family, but also the Haaland family, which is relatively more difficult to deal with, with smaller flaws, and we hardly know what to do? ”

As soon as Harden finished speaking, Viscount Gauss then asked, "I heard that your old man has met with Duke Richard?" ”

In the past twenty years, Richard has become a legend of the Grant Kingdom, such an amazing figure, few people in the last thousand years can compare with it. Even the younger generation of the Venus family, such as Gauss and Bert, were a little shocked by the achievements of this peer, and they were afraid to fight against Richard.

With a trace of memory in his eyes, Harden said slowly: "Twenty-seven years ago, the Richard Department was assigned to me to fight. Although I attached great importance to him at that time, I never expected that this person would be so amazing, and in less than thirty years, he developed a powerful Duke of Harland and established a powerful Harland family. ”

Anthony waved his hand, turning the conversation back to the right path. "Now that the Harland family is married to the Grant royal family, and Philip is married to Vivian, once civil strife breaks out in the Grant royal family, the Harland family will inevitably support Vivian's brother, the fourth prince Albert. And Duke Jonathan, I'm afraid he will support the third prince Lester. The Duke of Duran will definitely support the second prince Nelson, and the fourth marquis of the east will support the eldest prince Ferdinand.

As long as the struggle for the throne begins violently, it will inevitably end with war and bloodshed. Judging from the supporters of the four princes, the Haaland family is the strongest, and the only thing we can't be sure of now is how much resources Duke Richard will invest? ”

Harden rubbed his fingers against the intelligence report on the table: "According to our analysis of open intelligence, Duke Richard is a very bold person, and although his combat style is cautious, he is very adventurous.

In addition, from experience, Duke Richard was clearly belligerent. In the past thirty years, he has taken the initiative to participate in every war in the Kingdom of Grant. Once there is an opportunity, Richard will never let it go, and will definitely invest a lot of resources. ”

"In that case, we will side with the victors and support the fourth prince Albert." Charlemagne thought for a moment and made a decisive decision.

Because of Macmillan's successful promotion, Roger's Kingdom could no longer suppress the restlessness in his heart and decided to take the risk of breaking through the legendary bottleneck.

Soon the news that Duke Kama had a legendary magic core in his hand reached King Roger's ears, and King Roger immediately sent an envoy to prepare to exchange this magic core into his own hands and refine it into a legendary eunuclear potion to break through the bottleneck. The Venus family, hidden in the shadows, is also slowly moving, and has begun to carefully lay out and contact Prince Albert.

Richard is still in the Red Moon plane, and there is already an undercurrent surging inside the Grant Kingdom.

(End of chapter)