Chapter 319 Development
Cave spiders are just a group of ordinary creatures after all. Even though they have been entrenched in this dwarf territory for who knows how many years, they did not notice the sneaking of Mino and others.

Moreover, although they all occupied this dwarf territory, these cave spiders also had territorial divisions among themselves and were not particularly harmonious with each other. Mino encountered several infighting incidents among the cave spiders along the way.

This kind of fighting is no different from the fighting outside. It is a life-and-death struggle, and all losers will become food for the final winner.

Therefore, the corpses of cave spiders are very common here. When Mino sneaks through the ruins, he often sees some scattered parts of cave spider corpses.

So, after realizing this, Mino and his crew became much bolder when they occasionally encountered cave spiders blocking their way. They would just kill them directly, knowing that there would be kind cave spiders to help deal with them anyway.

It was not difficult to lurk in front of a group of ordinary creatures. Mino and his group easily reached the center of the second floor of the dwarf territory.

Looking at the tall building in front of him that was somewhat broken, Mino walked to the broken stone tablet next to the building.

He looked thoughtfully at the blurry stone tablet in front of him and slowly injected some magic power.

As magic power poured in, traces of several dwarven runes slowly emerged on the stone tablet, and then some dwarven words appeared in front of the runes.

This appears to be an article about the legitimacy of dwarven clans during the Dwarven Civil War.

However, the text was discontinuous and Mino could hardly understand it, so he could only guess.

The article appears to have been written by a dwarven clan called Redstone, and its general content emphasizes their rule over this dwarven territory and the legitimacy of the kingdom of many clans.

According to the content of the Redstone Clan, the name of the dwarf territory under Mino's feet seems to be: Gem Land.

Gem Land? What dwarven territory is this?

Mino frowned. He had never heard of the dwarf territory of the Gem Land. Thinking back to the intelligence about the dwarf territory sent to them by their superiors, Mino could not find any relevant information.

As for the Redstone Clan, Mino had never heard of it. Perhaps it was a dwarf clan that was wiped out in a bloody civil war?
Mino shook his head and recorded all the information in front of him.

After recording all the information, Mino stopped inputting magic power and quickly left the spot.

After all, in a pitch-black environment, a sudden burst of light is still very conspicuous.

After Mino left, a cave spider attracted by the light crawled over.

After the three-ringed dreamweaver spider was crushed to death by the committee members, the exploration of the Dragon's Ridge Passage returned to its previous smooth progress.

After Calvin and other resurrected explorers returned from the Fountain of Life, the exploration of the Gem Land was back on track.

The cave spiders in the Gem Land were carefully cleared out in batches, and piece by piece, the dwarven ruins were excavated and explored. From these relatively safe ruins, various valuable materials were excavated, as well as a large amount of dwarf-related information and intelligence.

Some maps about the Dragon Back Mountains found in it greatly facilitated the explorers' exploration.

The mines marked on the map were discovered, explored and developed by explorers, and the mountains of various material resources inside were all moved away.

At the same time, the explorers successfully found the underground passage leading to the gem land, and several well-preserved warehouses were discovered and opened.

As the explorers explored and developed the gem land, large amounts of resources began to flow into the War Council in batches, alleviating the War Council's resource pressure to a great extent.

With the support of a large amount of resources, the War Council was also busy preparing for future operations.

The Southern Allied Forces were unified under Eleanor's wrist, and the scattered troops were all united under Eleanor's banner. An army said to have a million men began to assemble under her command.

Whether it was the royal nobles of the former Kingdom of Knights of Donnar, or the extraordinary people who came from Xinar and had the support of the Silver Empire, they were unable to resist Eleanor's orders. At her request, a large number of extraordinary people were mobilized.

At the same time, under Eleanor's order, large amounts of food and supplies began to be moved to the front line.

After Eleanor truly controlled the authority of the entire coalition army, she was finally able to mobilize the entire coalition army to launch a counterattack against the Green Tide.

With the movement of extraordinary people, troops and supplies, everyone who pays attention to the situation here knows that a major battle between the United Army and the Green Tide is about to break out on the United Army’s front line.

Meanwhile, in Sinnar, the political struggle within the Silver Empire became increasingly intense, and eventually led to a falling out between the two sides.

There have been endless assassination attempts against the offspring of the current Silver Emperor. Although most of them have failed, the few that have succeeded have completely destroyed the offspring.

During each successful assassination, various toxins entered his body.

He lost all consciousness and fell into an almost permanent hibernation. His talents, which were accumulated with countless extraordinary resources, were completely destroyed by toxins, and he almost lost all his physical talents.

His soul was attacked, and the spiritual poison penetrated his fragile soul protective membrane, leaving permanent damage to his soul, and the concept of his hands was also erased.

His physical hands still existed, but they would never have any connection with him again. Therefore, although they were still there, they were actually no different from not having them.

In addition, because the Silver Emperor forced himself to hold the child, even though he was crippled to his current state, he still did not give up and tried to contact the Tower of Truth to seek a way to save the child.

After receiving the news from the Tower of Truth, the top leaders of the Silver Empire were furious.

Under the collective exclusion of the Silver Empire's top leaders, the Silver Emperor's power quickly slipped away, and his loyal subordinates either died one by one for various reasons or chose to betray him.

He was completely sidelined and became a lonely man.

At this point, he actually still has a chance.

Either he kills his child with his own hands and cancels the agreement with King Inter, then he will still be the almighty Silver Emperor.

Either he stepped down from the position of Silver Emperor. In this case, he would not be the emperor and would not be able to fulfill his agreement with King Inter. In this way, he could also save his child's life.

However, the Silver Emperor made the third choice, which was also the stupidest choice.

He mobilized his private army into Ginza and openly broke off relations with the top brass of the Silver Empire.

He wants the throne, and he also wants the child.

Even if it means making the world his enemy, he must implement his ideas thoroughly. He must make the throne of the Silver Empire hereditary.

His outrageous behavior not only angered the top leaders of the Silver Empire, but also made other forces in the Silver Empire who remained neutral and watched the show unable to sit still.

Sending private troops to Ginza? What do you want to do?
Even during Littorio's reign, he didn't do this. What gives you the right to do this?

Although the reason why Littorio never dispatched private troops into Ginza was that all the military forces in Ginza were loyal to Littorio, if he wanted to kill someone, he didn't need to waste time dispatching troops from outside.

The Silver Emperor thought he could force the top leaders to surrender through force, but the fact was, he couldn't.

He couldn't even convince his own Silver Family, let alone the private armies trained by the family.

You know, these private armies of his were all raised by his family.

Although nominally these private armies all belong to the Silver Emperor, under normal circumstances, the family will not interfere in the affairs of this private army, and the Silver Emperor can promote whoever he wants.

However, non-interference does not mean that the family has no control over this private army. Compared with his orders, the family's orders are more useful.

However, because the six major silver families restrained each other, the Silver Emperor thought that he had a high level of control over his private army.

However, once other Silver Families do not interfere, then the family can mobilize this private army that nominally belongs to the Silver Emperor at any time.

The result was: with one order from the family, the private army betrayed the Silver Emperor on the spot and decisively withdrew from Ginza. Moreover, they also purged all of the Silver Emperor's confidants in the private army.

Although the cronies promoted by the Silver Emperor tried to resist the family orders, it was basically useless.

After all, the soldiers of this private army were mostly of noble origin, so how could they help the Silver Emperor fight against his own family? After the private army withdrew, the angry forces in Ginza completely cut off the Silver Emperor's contact with the outside world.

The Silver Emperor completely lost his ability to resist, and the top leaders finally reached a consensus that they could no longer be lenient.

Then, something shocking happened overnight.

The next day, the six major silver families publicly deprived the prince of his silver bloodline in front of the nobles, the Pope of the Pantheon, and the people of Ginza, expelled him from the silver family, and tore up the peace treaty with the Kingdom of Inter.

This is even worse than Sophia's situation. Although she is not very popular because of her mother, she is still recognized by the Silver Family. Moreover, the Silver Family does not specifically target her.

Otherwise, Hess, a mid-level spellcaster, would not be able to protect her, and Sophia would have died long ago.

As for the various rumors that Sophia spread when she was in the Tower of Truth, those were not the work of the Silver Family. The Silver Family did not like to play that kind of game.

In fact, the reason why Sophia was able to keep her talent and life was because she was a recognized member of the Silver Family, and no one really dared to do anything to her.

Although the Silver Emperor did not attend the verdict, his representative was present and acknowledged the outcome on his behalf.

Not long after, the married Princess Inte became ill and died due to excessive worry about the chaos in the Kingdom of Inte. As for the prince, having lost his bloodline and talent, he disappeared quietly from everyone's sight.

The political struggle within the Silver Empire ended because the Silver Emperor, who had come to power through compromise during the Rose War, was unable to resist the common will of the entire Silver Empire and failed in this political struggle without any resistance.

In the Kingdom of Inter, the uprising of the Grape Lords Alliance was also unstoppable.

Although the Grape Lords did suffer heavy losses in the Rose War due to King Inter's conspiracy, after experiencing the tempering of war, the Grape Lords also accumulated rich war experience, and the extraordinary people and soldiers under their command are all elites who have been tempered by war.

However, because of King Inter's policy of avoiding war, most of his troops have never experienced war. Moreover, due to nepotism, there is a serious problem of ghost soldiers in the army that rarely goes to the battlefield. Most of the extraordinary people and soldiers under his command are old soldiers or militiamen who have never seen blood.

On paper, King Inter can be said to have all the advantages. He owns the richest territory in the entire kingdom, the most extraordinary people, the largest army, and he also has legitimacy.

If we only look at the strength on paper, King Inter is sure to win.

However, the reality is that King Inter was beaten badly by the Alliance of Grape Lords.

No matter how rich the territory is, it cannot stand the oppression of the king who keeps raising taxes and collecting a tax several times in a row. When the League of Grape Lords announced an uprising, the territory of King Inter responded, and there was an endless stream of rebels who jointly rose up to resist the tyranny.

It was useless for the extraordinary people who only knew how to please the king and had no real strength to have a large number of them. They were outnumbered and suppressed by the extraordinary people from the Grape Lord Alliance. They couldn't even beat the militia who dared to fight.

The huge army is even more ridiculous. It would be fine if it didn't move, but once it moved, everyone was shocked. More than half of the staff were just collecting empty salaries.

As for the so-called orthodoxy, no matter how orthodox it is, it is useless. Under his oppression, people can't survive. Who the hell cares about some bullshit orthodoxy?

Therefore, when the Alliance of Grape Lords rose up in rebellion, they not only encountered no resistance, but wherever they went, the people took the initiative to open the city gates, welcomed them wholeheartedly, and enthusiastically joined the ranks of those resisting tyranny.

In fact, the main reason why the Grape Lords Alliance has not yet defeated the Kingdom of Inter is that there are too many people who have surrendered, and they have been exploited to the point where they can no longer survive.

Therefore, the Grape Lords Alliance has to take over the city, appease the people, open warehouses to provide food relief, etc.

Moreover, King Inter has no moral principles. Even if he fails to suppress the rebellious city, he will burn down the granaries and artificially create refugees to delay the advancement of the Grape Lords Alliance.

Although the lords of the Grape Lords Alliance were all feudal nobles, after the trials of the Rose War, they were basically replaced by spellcaster lords.

It’s not that the spellcasters want to be the lord. After all, as spellcasters, if they had this idea, they would have become the lord long ago.

The main reason is that all the ordinary noble lords in the family have died, and the remaining ones are not very capable.

Faced with difficulties both inside and outside the family, these spellcasters had no choice but to give up their current spell research, stand up and shoulder the responsibility of the family.

Compared with the anthropomorphic rule of ordinary noble lords, the spellcaster lords still have some patriotism.

Otherwise, they would not have gritted their teeth and paid the money when King Inter asked for money for reconstruction after the end of the Rose War, instead of complaining and crying poor.

Therefore, after careful consideration, they basically gritted their teeth and took in the refugees expelled by King Inter.

After all, after the devastation of the Rose War and the oppression of King Inter, the domestic population has already decreased a lot. If it drops further, the Kingdom of Inter will really be left with no one.

Therefore, the war has not ended yet because of the countless refugees who have been used to delay time.

However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Grape Lord Alliance is bound to win.

The only place that has not changed much is the North. The Orc King in the North is still strong and tenacious. Although he is getting weaker and weaker, he is still hanging on and has not died yet.

Therefore, the struggle among the three factions has not yet been completely ignited.

December 1449, 12.

While the outside world was in turmoil, the magic formation that Roland was personally responsible for finally completed the final arrangement.

War Council, inside the spell formation.

Roland constructed the last spell model of the spell formation and integrated it into the spell formation. As this last spell model was integrated into the spell formation, countless spell models, various runes, spell props, and strange machines in the spell formation were also connected to each other.

Countless elements visible to the naked eye were flowing everywhere in the magic formation, and a sea composed of countless elements formed in front of Roland's eyes.

As the elements flowed, Roland felt more and more threatened by the magic formation.

With a terrifying sense of danger filling his entire body, even though Roland had built the magic formation in front of him himself and had the control firmly in his hands, he still felt afraid.

Roland didn't dare to move and watched the flow of elements silently.

After an unknown amount of time, all the elements suddenly disappeared in front of Roland, and the sense of danger that he felt like a thorn in his back also quickly disappeared completely.

The magic formation filled with countless dangers disappeared in front of Roland, revealing the original appearance of this high ground.

After the spell formation disappeared, the spellcasters and machinists responsible for assisting outside the spell formation also looked at Roland.

In response to their gaze, Roland smiled, opened his mouth, and spoke silently.

Successful.

Seeing Roland's lip movements, the people outside the magic formation jumped for joy. However, they suppressed their inner excitement and quickly packed up their things while cheering quietly.

Relying on his control over the magic formation, Roland turned left and right, and it took him more than ten minutes to walk out of the hidden magic formation.

Afterwards, Roland led everyone to set up a circle of warning and defense arrays around the magic formation.

Finally, Roland asked Alfonso to lead the team himself and take his death knights to guard the area to prevent anyone from sneaking in and accidentally triggering the spell formation.

Although the spell formation being triggered is not a big problem, unless a legend comes, even a high-level extraordinary person will not be able to do anything about the spell formation.

Roland was mainly worried that some little idiot would come over and accidentally trigger the spell formation, and then be killed by the aftermath of the spell formation.

Moreover, even though it was accidentally triggered, Roland could just come over and hide it again, but the supplies needed to hide again were not a small amount.

If something is broken, even more resources may be needed.

The War Committee is very poor now and cannot afford to waste.

　Work hard every day
　　
　
(End of this chapter)