Chapter 314 Changes in the outside world

In Apocalypse City, after Roland had properly tidied up his appearance, he took some time to meet with Ido, from whom Roland received a gift from the old leader of the Radiant Knights.

After seeing Ido off, Roland turned his gaze to the gift box he brought.

Looking at the gift box in front of him, Roland could sense that the Crown of Domination in his right hand was about to move.

When he opened the box, it turned out to be just as Roland had expected.

This is the final fragment of the Crown of Domination.

Looking at the last piece of debris in the gift box, Roland stretched out his right hand and controlled the Crown of Domination in his hand to absorb it.

As this last fragment merged into the Crown of Domination, Roland had gathered close to 99% of the fragments.

It can be said that Roland has basically assembled the Crown of Domination, and the remaining fragments are basically impossible to find again. God knows where these fragments have drifted to.

Now, all Roland needs to do is to be promoted to a high-level transcendent, prepare some materials, and refine the Crown of Domination, and then he can refine it into the Crown of Domination in its prime.

However, the current conditions do not allow Roland to do so.

Roland put the Crown of Domination back on and looked at the empty box.

He raised his eyebrows slightly, lifted the red cloth in the empty box, and took out the note under the core.

At this time, the old leader left him a note, explaining the origin of the fragments and providing him with some information and reminders.

Although the old captain and Heiss were searching for this fragment in the beginning, they later received support from various forces in the Silver Empire, which enabled them to find the last fragment and obtain it from the force that preserved it.

This means that Roland's existence has entered the sight of various forces in the Silver Empire, and this fragment is one of the investments made by various forces in Roland.

Although being targeted by various forces is not a good thing, it is also an opportunity if the War Council needs resource investment.

The old leader said in the note that if Roland needed it, he could act as Roland's middleman and help Roland get some investment or something.

If you don't need it, just pretend you haven't seen the note.

After reading the note given by the old captain, a flame ignited on his right fingertips and burned the entire note.

Roland would not seek investment from any Silver Empire force.

Their investment is not free. Take the United Army in the South for example. Although the political chaos in the United Army is largely due to the absorption of remnants of various knight kingdoms, the various forces of the Silver Empire are also indispensable.

The War Council now has centralized power and clear structure.

Although there are factional divisions, they are mainly composed of the Roland faction cultivated by Roland during the resistance period, the Border Area faction that seamlessly transitioned from the Border Area faction of the resistance, and the Civilian faction composed of civilians who were rapidly promoted from the administrative and military systems in the War Committee.

With the common goal of fighting against and eliminating the Green Tide, the conflicts among the three factions were not great. Under Roland's guidance, they were slowly merging, and the identities of the members of the three factions were becoming increasingly blurred.

In this case, why would Roland start a factional fight within the committee just for a few resources?

It is not easy to get investment from the Silver Empire. If you take their resources, they will definitely send people to interfere with the operation of the committee. Roland definitely doesn't want that.

Instead of taking their investment, it would be better to make nature suffer a little more, increase the speed of exploitation, and exchange more food for resources. The worst that can happen is that the area of ​​dead land will be expanded a little bit.

Roland shook his head. After ordering the border soldiers to strengthen their vigilance on the border, he reconnected with the spatial anchor point arranged at the magic formation and teleported back directly.

He still needs to build the magic formation.

After returning to the magic camp, Roland did not waste any time. He changed into a set of clothes that were convenient for work, took the materials that he had prepared and processed in the camp, and walked steadily into the dangerous magic camp.

Ever since the war to recover the lost territory ended and a large number of refugees were absorbed from the Allied Forces, the War Council had completely quieted down and was developing silently.

All the personnel who were recruiting refugees and winning over extraordinary people in the United Army were also recalled.

Apart from the constant flow of trade in the border fortresses, the War Council was almost completely isolated from the outside world, and no news leaked out.

However, although there is no news from the War Council, the various forces in the outside world will not stop moving because of this reason, and the world is still turning.

South of the Council of War, the political situation in the Union Army had shifted dramatically.

As the various factions of the Allied Forces continued to fight among themselves, Eleanor, who had been ignored by the factions because she had been enjoying herself and not caring about government affairs, met her end.

Before being promoted to become a legend, Eleanor was a Knight of the Nine Rings. As a Knight of the Nine Rings, she was respected and cherished in every knight kingdom, whether she was building large-scale projects, constructing palaces, recruiting harems, or purchasing slaves.

To be honest, these were all things she had played with before, how could she really indulge in pleasure just because of these things? It was just a disguise.

Relying on an army that was secretly formed at an unknown time and the support of factions that were quietly won over, Eleanor relied on her status as the legitimate leader of the United Army and a large amount of evidence of infighting, assassinations, and even open combat among various factions to launch a major case in the United Army.

On the charge of murdering nobles, Eleanor removed a large number of nobles from their positions, and a large number of remaining royal members were also forcibly kicked out of politics by her.

Afterwards, after a large number of positions were vacant, Eleanor quickly promoted the nobles and extraordinary people who were loyal to him.

Among them, the second sons of various local families were promoted by Eleanor in order to appease the local families.

Relying on the tactics of using a big stick in one hand and candy in the other, Eleanor quickly cleaned up the chaotic political situation of the coalition forces and successfully took the power of the coalition forces into her own hands.

However, the composition within the United Army was too complicated. Even though Eleanor turned a blind eye to the War Committee's efforts to win over refugees and extraordinary people, she excluded all extreme revanchists from the United Army.

At the same time, they took advantage of the internal fighting among the factions to clear out a large number of factions.

However, the situation within the coalition forces remains extremely unstable.

After Eleanor took the opportunity to clean up most of the factions within the coalition army that were purely hindering the team, the remaining factions quickly began to unite, forming a local faction composed of exiled nobles from Donnar, the Eleanor faction headed by Eleanor and loyal to her, and the Silver faction that was interfered with by various forces from the Silver Empire.

Therefore, Eleanor had no choice but to compromise. She established the United Military Council and invited the three factions to jointly govern.

However, although the parliament was formed, Eleanor severely suppressed the other two factions on the charge of murdering nobles. Therefore, Eleanor's faction still occupied the dominant position in the coalition army, and Eleanor also firmly grasped the power of the coalition army.

After replacing the local rulers with a group of nobles, Eleanor's control over the coalition forces was significantly enhanced, and various taxes also increased significantly.

As for the extravagance of the coalition army, it was quickly suppressed after Eleanor physically eliminated the hedonists and took away all their wealth.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Eleanor was finally able to abandon the shackles of various factions and begin formal military expansion, and the true potential of the coalition army was successfully unleashed.

At the same time, big news also broke in Sinnar.

The first child of the current emperor of the Silver Empire and the princess of the Inter Kingdom was officially born in Ginza.

As the heir to both of the two most powerful human kingdoms in Sinar, the Silver Empire and the Kingdom of Inter, his birth has attracted the attention of countless people since the very beginning.

As the common heir of two human kingdoms, he was treated very solemnly during his embryonic period, and a lot of resources were invested in him. Therefore, on the day of his birth, visible elemental waves briefly appeared in the sky above Ginza. He perfectly inherited the talents of both parents, and even possessed talents far beyond his parents.

The Silver Emperor and the King of the Inter Kingdom were both very happy about the news.

According to the peace treaty between the Silver Empire and the Kingdom of Inter, when this child grows up, he will inherit the crown of the Silver Empire and the crown of the Kingdom of Inter, becoming the common emperor of the two countries.

While the Silver Emperor and the King of Inter were happy, there were some people who were not very happy. Whether in the Silver Empire or the Kingdom of Inter, there were people who did not want to see the Silver Empire and the Kingdom of Inter develop into a common federation.

Therefore, these dissatisfied people turned their attention to the baby who had just been born into this world.

According to the contents of the peace treaty, only the first offspring of the Silver Emperor and Princess Inte has the right of inheritance to both countries. Therefore, as long as he dies, there will be no possibility of a Commonwealth.

Therefore, in the month he was born, an assassination attempt on him shocked the entire human world of Sinnar.

In the palace of Ginza, the newborn baby was assassinated by several three-ring assassins.

In the heavily guarded palace, the assassins reached the baby's palace unhindered and killed him brutally.

Although the assassins failed to succeed and were all killed by the guards arranged by the Silver Emperor, the newborn baby was also seriously injured.

Although the assassins did not kill him, in the chaos of fighting against them, the real assassin silently injected a horrible poison into his body. Under the effect of the poison, the newborn baby fell into an almost eternal sleep.

The Silver Emperor was naturally furious at this result and ordered a thorough investigation.

But there are too many people who want to kill his child. Among the seven silver families, except for his family, the remaining six will not allow the current Silver Emperor to pass the position to his children. Even with the support of the Kingdom of Inter, they will never agree.

Moreover, in addition to these six Silver Families, there are also many people in the Silver Emperor’s own family who disagree.

According to the inheritance law of the Silver Throne, anyone from the seven Silver Families has the potential to sit on this position. If he wants to establish hereditary succession and monopoly, wouldn't that be destroying everyone's rice bowl?
He had originally agreed that he would not give birth to any children with the Int's daughter, but suddenly he gave birth to a child and wanted to make it a fait accompli. He really took everyone for fools.

Even if he reached a compromise with the Kingdom of Inter and had the support of the Kingdom of Inter, they would not compromise on this issue.

Even if the peace treaty between the Silver Empire and the Kingdom of Inter was destroyed, the worst that could happen would be another Rose War. Anyway, there would be no way to establish hereditary succession.

Moreover, except for the seven major Silver Families, most of the princes of the Silver Empire were not very supportive of this heir with Silver and Intel blood.

In addition, the nobles, army, Pantheon and civilians of the Silver Empire were also very dissatisfied with the fact that the future emperor had Inte blood.

The Rose War had been going on for twenty-five years, and countless nobles, soldiers, and civilians had died at the hands of the Kingdom of Inter. How could they possibly accept a guy with Inter blood to become their emperor?
Moreover, the Pantheon was also very dissatisfied. Although the Kingdom of Inter was once part of the Silver Empire, after it broke away, their mainstream beliefs also changed and evolved into a heretical belief that only worshipped three gods.

Even if the Silver Emperor guaranteed that his offspring would be believers of the Pantheon, the majority of people within the Pantheon would still be dissatisfied.

At the beginning, the Pantheon reluctantly agreed to the marriage between the Silver Emperor and the heretic Princess Inter, and the Silver Emperor also promised them that he would not give birth to any offspring. In the end, this promise was broken.

The current Silver Emperor's bad behavior has completely consumed his own credit. No matter what promises he makes now, most people will only look at him with suspicion.

Therefore, when the entire Silver Empire wanted the newborn to die, the Silver Emperor's rage was basically useless.

How can you possibly find out anything by investigating yourself?

With the interference of various forces, almost no one will really investigate the issue of assassination.

Even if the Silver Emperor sent out his own confidants, it would be the same. As long as he dared to send them out, it would be fine if they knew what to do and played badly. But if he really dared to investigate further, his confidant would quickly die in the stinking ditch, and even his family would be wiped out.

Even if the Silver Emperor vouched for his confidants and promised to protect his family, it would be useless. At most, the silencing would be delayed for a few days, but the one who deserves to die will still die.

Even as a threat, the Silver Emperor watched helplessly as the people he promised to protect died tragically in front of him, while the people around him were indifferent and watched it all coldly.

After failing to protect even his own people, the Silver Emperor's trusted forces quickly collapsed, leaving only a few loyal subordinates.

Compared to the relatively restrained court intrigues of the Silver Empire, the Inter Kingdom is not so mild.

Except for a few unlucky people, basically not many people died in the Silver Empire. However, the Kingdom of Inter launched a rebellion that was destined to be extremely bloody.

The lords from all over the Kingdom of Inter were full of complaints about the Rose War. Originally, they did not support the Kingdom of Inter declaring war on the Silver Empire, but after the Kingdom of Inter made up its mind, no matter how dissatisfied they were, they fulfilled their feudal obligations and followed the army into battle.

During the twenty-five years of war, the lords of various places made great sacrifices, including manpower and money. I don't know how much war tax they paid, and how many nobles died in the war.

The once prosperous wine trade was completely destroyed in the war. The lords of various places were severely injured and suffered countless losses. It can be said that the Rose War lasted for 25 years with the help of lords from all over the country.

As a result, after fighting for so long, the peace treaty between the Kingdom of Inter and the Silver Empire was just a hollow victory.

Not only was it an empty victory, the Kingdom of Inter also used the empty treasury as an excuse to not give them the rewards they deserved, not even any honorary rewards.

That's fine, at least there's peace, right? After all, the clan hasn't been exterminated, and the territory is still there. At most, I can stay in the territory and farm for a dozen years, and I'll be able to catch my breath.

As a result, King Inte continued to impose taxes on them under the pretext of rebuilding the kingdom.

Okay, they admitted that the damage caused by the war was indeed serious, and rebuilding the kingdom was indeed their obligation, so they gritted their teeth and paid the tax.

The result? Over the past few years, the reconstruction of the kingdom has been slow, and the taxes collected have been getting higher and higher.

Therefore, when the news of the birth of the Silver Emperor and the Inte Emperor's female heir reached their ears, these lords completely collapsed.

TMD, I told you not to fight, but you insisted on fighting. Once the fight started, we sold our blood to support you. But halfway through the fight, you suddenly ended up in peace. Not only did we not get any reward for the peace, but they even continued to collect taxes.

If the taxes were really used for reconstruction, we would have tolerated it, but you ended up using them to feed your own offspring, right?
What? Your family is human, but ours is not? In order to pay taxes, we don't even have enough resources to raise our own newborns.

This practice of constantly exploiting local lords just to allow his family members to ascend the throne of the Silver Empire completely broke the defenses of local lords of the Kingdom of Inter.

It is true that they are the lords of the Kingdom of Inter, but don't forget that this country does not belong to the royal family alone. They also have a share, and the royal family is only the largest shareholder.

Therefore, when King Inter spoke in support of the Silver Emperor and fantasized about his family holding both the throne of the Silver Empire and the throne of the Kingdom of Inter, lords from all over the Kingdom of Inter had already contacted each other and decided to rise up against the tyranny.

So, when the Silver Emperor was furious about the assassination, King Inter had no time to speak out in support, because the ultimatums from the lords of the Kingdom of Inter had already been delivered to him.

Compromise or go to war.

Modify the vassal contract, give up the unscrupulous exploitation of the lords, or come and see who has the more powerful military force.

Will the Kingdom of Inter suppress them and replace them with a new group of lords, or will they overthrow his tyranny and replace him with a new king?

Naturally, King Inter would not compromise on this.

In other words, he had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. The Rose War had almost drained the blood of lords from all over the place, but he took advantage of the war to retain some of his strength.

Now, it is time to clear out these lords and bring the entire Kingdom of Inter under your wise rule.

(End of this chapter)