Reborn Dragon Vein Warlock, Genius Beauty Mage

On this continent, the relationship between nobles and kings in various countries is like the relationship between large and small shareholders of a company. The king is the chairman because he holds the largest share, but if other shareholders do not violate the system, he has no power to order them to do anything.

The nobles have the obligation to send troops to obey the king's dispatch and protect the country. If they do not want to send troops, they have to pay the "shield tax" every year. The fee for a field baron is one thousand gold coins, the field viscount is two thousand gold coins, the honorary baron is one hundred gold coins, and the honorary viscount is two hundred gold coins. And so on.

This "shield tax" can be money or items of equivalent value. Nobles are willing to pay the "shield tax" because it saves trouble. They have to be responsible for the logistics themselves when sending troops. Some nobles far away from the border are very inappropriate. The king is also willing to collect a "shield tax", which is equivalent to using other people's money to support his own soldiers. Otherwise, how could King Louis of the Kingdom of France afford to support the three major knights.

But since your king has taken the money, he must fulfill his obligations and protect the security of the country.

The Royal Army is not just the three major knights, but also ordinary infantry regiments. The backbone is the standing army, and militiamen are added during wars, so the combat effectiveness is guaranteed.

But even so, King Louis still wrote a letter to Christine, which shows that the demon army is very strong, at least relying on the alliance of the royal army and the nobles of the Loire County is not very safe.

It is very likely that there are several master-level demons, and the kingdom does not have enough master-level demons. The king wants to use the high-end combat power of the Stewart leader.

You must know that in the decisive battle in Astilero City in the Kingdom of Iberia, more than ten masters on the human side were killed, but the legendary demon Benjamin ran away with more than 20 masters, and he was still among the masters. Those with higher levels.

Now that the Kingdom of Iberia has been ravaged, there is little oil and water, and the demons have focused their main attack on the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Apennines. Humanity's high-end combat power to resist the demons crossing the sea is stretched thin, and they really can't spare it.

But the demon attacked the Loire County. The local nobles organized a coalition to protect their territory. What does this matter have to do with my Brittany County. It's a favor for me to respond to the call, and it's my duty to ignore you. Of course, even if you refuse, you have to be tactful. After all, the king also wants to save face.

As for the fact that Brittany County is adjacent to the Loire County, and whether the demonic army will turn around and attack them, Christine thinks not.

"Burning Hands" can successfully summon demons through blood sacrifice, and then attack the Baron of Le Mans, which is a bug and a sneak attack. Now that the human side has reacted and is already evacuating the people, the demon army can only capture some scattered humans for tooth sacrifice, but it is no longer possible to organize a large-scale blood sacrifice. This means that the overall strength of this demon army will not change significantly.

The various countries and churches of mankind have publicized the decisive battle in Astillero City to boost their own morale. Although the human side killed more than a thousand knights and legal professionals, they killed nearly 140 master-level demons. This result can be regarded as brilliant no matter how you say it.

As one of the top three important figures with meritorious deeds, Christine's deeds have naturally been widely sung. Going to the battlefield in person as a marquis and achieving extremely impressive results was something that made the entire aristocracy feel proud. They also secretly gave a lot of support to the propaganda work.

So it's impossible for "The Burning Hand" to be unclear about Christine's role in the showdown. Since the Marquis of Stewart can ask the "Teutonic Knights" to take action once, who can guarantee that there will not be a second time? Choosing Brittany as a target is not a recipe for death.

Even if the "Teutonic Knights" don't take action, the Stewart Territory has a master-level elf sword dancer who can kill twenty-level demons, and a family elder who has killed several master-level demons. The news of Christine riding a giant dragon into the battle spread throughout the continent, and there were not five or six master-level demons who could not defeat them.

This demon army is indeed powerful, but it is a far cry from the strength of the legendary demon Benjamin at the time. In this case, there are so many weak noble territories left untouched, so why pick the hardest nut to crack?

Strategically despising the enemy and tactically paying attention to the enemy, Christine must be prepared in advance to resist the devil's attack.

Even if the demon army immediately gave up attacking the Viscount of Angers and changed direction and headed towards Brittany County, it would still take half a month to travel, and there would be enough time to evacuate the people at the junction of the two counties.

It's still the old method. Only the soldiers guarding the village and the villagers who maintain the minimum requirements of the temple's faith are left in the village, and all others are withdrawn. Once the demons attack, they will immediately run away, and the village can then concentrate its forces to recover it.

The county of Brittany is a peninsula. In the past, one had to pass through the city of Rennes to enter and exit the peninsula. Later, as more local nobles were ennobled, two new roads were opened. One is north of Rennes City and needs to pass through the town of Mondo. One is south of Rennes City and needs to pass through Dominaria City.

There is no doubt about the defensive strength of Rennes City and Dominaria City, and with the mage towers, this demon army will definitely not be able to defeat them. So Christine only needs to evacuate a dozen villages between the city and the county border, which will not cause much impact.

As for Mondo Town, just send more soldiers there in advance, because it is equipped with a portable communication array, so you can contact them in time if you need anything. In fact, this road is the least likely for the devil to take. Not only is it the farthest away, but it also requires a detour from Normandy County. It is also completely opposite to the direction of the devil's current attack.

Various countries agreed to pay for Christine to buy four thousand sets of high-quality dwarf armors. Now the first batch of five hundred sets has been delivered. However, she recruited four thousand soldiers in advance, so the number of troops is extremely sufficient.

Let his intelligence organization "Tulip Thorn" send personnel to Loire County to grasp the movements of the demon army in a timely manner, and then issue the same task to the mercenary guild and thieves guild. There seems to be nothing that needs to be done next.

Then continue playing music and dancing, after all, the New Year celebration is still going on.

No matter whether nobles or civilians in the entire Brittany County, seeing the calm and composed appearance of the Marquis, no one was worried anymore, including the retreating citizens who looked unhurried.

Speaking of King Louis Capet, after receiving Christine's reply, he showed a real expression. He didn't expect that the other party would respond to the call to send troops if he wrote a letter, but many things could be discussed. For the nobles, as long as all the excuses were to obtain more benefits.