Realm of Power

After closing the folder on the table, the fat man stood up from his seat, stretched his slightly aching limbs, and walked to a balcony outside the city lord's study.

This sudden platform is located at the top of the Vic Castle. At a glance, you can have a panoramic view of Vic Neustadt outside.

The newly completed Vic New City is about 10 kilometers long and wide. It is divided into inner and outer urban areas. One-third of the inner city area is the barracks and management area. It is separated from the outside by a thick city wall. The outer area covers , including the seaport area, commercial area, and residential area, accounting for two-thirds of Vic New City. In order to expand the population, more than ten towns of various sizes have been built around Vic New City. These areas are well settled. A large number of refugees from the north,

The six main streets are like a huge cattail leaf that unfolds outwards. It extends outwards with the castle as the center, dividing this huge area into east and west business areas. All kinds of goods are loaded from here and transported to Wiki across the sea. Asia or the landlocked Northern Territory

Vic Neustadt is beautiful at night, with lights and low noises all over the place, mixed with the melodious sound of the Salander organ, and immersed in the intoxicating gentle night breeze.

The moonlight is exceptionally bright tonight. It is also the time of the month when the moon is the fullest. There are stars in the sky, but there are no clouds at all. The cold moonlight spreads unrestrictedly around Vic Neustadt, reflecting the surrounding mountains. A faint glow.

Ever since the Northern Lords Federation spread the news that Vic City was hosting the Winter Veil Festival,

The originally cold Vic Neustadt suddenly became the hottest economic center in the north. Caravans from all directions in Salander gathered in Vic Neustadt.

The bright lights and the heavy squeaking wheels of freight carriages became a unique scenery in Vic Neustadt. At this time, it showed the ingenuity of the fat man in choosing the city site. The inner and outer city areas could not only ensure the defense of the main castle, but also Accommodate urban resources to the maximum extent,

Seeing a brightly lit villa at the east end of the inner city, Fatty suddenly felt something in his heart.

That was the place where the Wikia envoys were housed. Due to military emergencies, Statunk was sent back to the country by the fat man after the meeting to monitor the possible situation of the Lods.

The beautiful Mao Mo Naqing and Fei Dunlanya stayed temporarily as liaison officers.

For these two troublesome beauties, Fatty could only place them in the inner city of Vic. Otherwise, if they met Nilai who returned to Lhasa to prepare for the Winter Veil Festival,

That terrible headache is no less terrible than letting a fat man face a battle between a rock and a hard place.

"All women are tigers" hummed the most popular song in the 21st century. Under the guidance of four guards, the fat man left the main castle and walked through the surrounding pine forest paths to the beautiful garden.

As the residence of the special envoy of Wikiia, the defense here is very tight. There are three defense lines composed of Samor guards. Any carriage that approaches must have an oracle issued by the fat man.

"Sir," the captain in the lead saw the fat man coming and gave an order, and more than a hundred people knelt down to welcome the fat man.

The fat man smiled and shook his head: "You don't have to be like this. Don't you know that I have already given an order? You don't have to be so reserved when you see me here."

The squad leader still refused to get up and said in a trembling voice: "Sir, please let us kneel down once to show our highest respect for you. All of us are willing to do anything for you."

The fat man understood their mood very well and couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Well, since you are already kneeling, stand up now."

After the squad leader gave the order, everyone stood up straight. The two guards pushed open the door of the Chrysanthemum Garden, revealing the gentle orange light inside.

The fat man went in alone,

"Gee, sister, you are cheating"

Fitun Lanya's unique laughter came from the villa, as well as Mao Monaqing's call like jade beads. Why were they so happy?

The fat man pushed open the door of the villa and saw two attractive beauties on both sides of the big table in the hall, concentrating on the strange gadgets placed on a white jade board.

Felantonya was the first to see the fat man, and surprise immediately appeared on her pretty face, and she shouted: "Grand Duke, come and help me, Sister Naqing is so amazing."

Mao Mo Naqing, who had her back turned to the fat man, heard Fei Dunlanya's shout, her delicate body trembled suddenly, her ears immediately turned red, she stood up, turned around, lowered her head and said: The Grand Duke is well. "

Fitunlan Ya smiled sweetly and said: "Don't be so afraid of him. Even though he looks fierce on the surface, he is actually very easy-going. I'm afraid I won't remember what happened at the meeting."

The fat man was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Thinking of the embarrassment he was in at the meeting, he couldn't help but feel itchy with hatred, but he couldn't do anything to this little woman.

If Mao Monaqing expresses his love so cleverly, then even a blind man can see what this little Kujit woman is thinking.

The fat man walked to the table. I saw the chessboard on the table with animal-shaped chess pieces made of white jade and jade, such as horses, cows, dogs, and deer. The carvings were extremely exquisite. She couldn't help but ask Mao Mo Naqing: "How do you know how to play this Kugit chess game?"

Mao Mo Naqing smiled sweetly and said: "Sir, please don't forget that our Mao Mo family has close ties with the Kugit people. Na Qing has been able to use this animal flag since she was a child."

"And he's still a master. Even a pure Kugit like me is no match." Fitunlanya next to her raised her pretty face, grinned, and made a hateful yet cute face at the fat man, saying: "Grand Duke, you, the most famous general in the continent, don't dare to accept the challenge of a little girl, right? Come help me and defeat this hateful guy."

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could the Grand Duke be interested in playing animal chess while grazing on the grassland?" Mao Monaqing raised her jade face with Kasumaki's cheeks lowered and asked softly: "I wonder if it disturbed the Grand Duke's rest?" Time? "The beauty's love for the fat man really made the fat man feel favored but also had a headache.

Fitunlanya pursed her rosy and attractive little mouth and said reluctantly: "Good sister, let's do what we did just now."

Mao Monaqing said with a serious face: "How can that be done? Didn't I explain earlier that this is a war chess game, just like on the battlefield, there is no chance to fight back."

"Yes, there is only one possibility for fate, either one way or another; there will never be a chance to look back." A wave of fear passed through the fat man's heart.

After hesitating for a while, the fat man reached out and picked up the chess piece that caused Fetonlanya's defeat, put it back in its original position and said

"In reality, we have no ability to control our fate. If we can't deceive ourselves in the game and try to transcend fate, it would be so boring."

Mao Monaqing's body trembled slightly. After giving Fatty a meaningful look, she lowered her head and whispered softly, "It would be a better world if there were no wars. Then we wouldn't have to worry about losing our loved ones, property, or facing oppression from the powerful, and we would be able to live in peace and happiness forever." live on”

After saying these pun-intended words, Mao Monaqing turned pale and lowered her head. Being able to say these words to Fatty, the murderous devil, is enough to prove her courage.

"Is there no war?" The fat man's expression was dark. Regarding this beauty's beautiful thoughts, he could only sigh and said, "Wherever there are people, there will be interests, and where there are interests, there will be wars. If we don't want our interests to be arbitrarily used by others, seize, then the only thing we can do is to take up weapons and fight for ourselves

The fat man paused and said with a serious face, "What is war? The sharp weapon of the country is unsheathed, blood flows all over the fields, and corpses fill the city. Regardless of victory or defeat, it is a kind of harm to the people of Wikiia, but have you ever thought about it? If Wikiya had laid down its weapons, Wikiya would have long been reduced to a province of another country.

"Using war to stop wars is the only thing I can do in this troubled world. As long as I can minimize the pain of the people of Vecia, I will never regret it even if I bear the blame of the Demon King for this."

Mao Monaqing's body trembled slightly and she looked at the fat man with clear eyes. For her, a pacifist, those words just now were like a morning bell and a drum, penetrating into the depths of her soul.

Wherever there are people, there are interests, and where there are interests, there is war.

No one expected that Fatty Samour, who was known as a war madman and murderer by the outside world, would actually say such profound philosophical words. The loneliness and helplessness in his tone undoubtedly revealed that this ruler of Wikiya Compassion and desolation for one's own people

"The Grand Duke is right, Na Qing is too reckless," Mao Mo Na Qing said with a serious look on her face and her body bowed in admiration.

"Woo!" A crisp bird call suddenly came from the roof of the villa, which seemed particularly harsh in the quiet night.

"It's my Kugit's Green Eagle"

Fitunlanya's face changed slightly, and she let out a low cry. He didn't even care about the argument just now. He jumped up from the table with a little jump. Soon, he hurried down from the second floor.

"No, something big has happened." Fitunlanya looked pale, holding a small and exquisite yellow short copper tube in one hand, and a thin yellow cloth in the other hand.

"What happened?" The fat man rushed to greet him.

He once heard Fitunlanya say that the green eagle is the highest-level messenger bird of the Kugit people. It can fly thousands of miles in a day. At this speed, it can reach the warm and beautiful Saran from the Kugit grassland in the far north. De Ye is only a 23-day journey away. It is good to eat and drink on weekdays. It can only be used once in a lifetime. After using it, Qing Ying will die of exhaustion. It is conceivable that Duo Weiyan uses such a precious disposable resource. This matter must be big and extremely urgent

"The holy city of Turga collapsed..."

Fitunlanya's eyes were reddish, and her voice was trembling as she handed the roll of yellow cloth to the fat man. "My brother said that due to the continuous heavy rain since the beginning of winter, the entire Turga grassland has become a muddy swamp.

In order to reduce the losses caused by cold rain in winter to livestock, the Turga royal court allowed tribes grazing outside to move closer to the holy city of Turga. This is also the method that has been adopted in previous years. This is why the holy city of Turga became Kuji A sacred place in the hearts of special people"

Fitunlanya suddenly paused, glanced at the fat man strangely, and then said, "But this year, because of the loss of one-third of the western grassland, many tribes grazing outside had to gather in Turga The grassland has caused the capacity of the holy city of Turga to be overwhelmed.

Starting from the beginning of this month, starting from the outer lake, the outer city wall collapsed continuously. Not only did countless tribesmen lose their shelter, but thousands of people were crushed under the rubble alone. The losses were horrific.

But no one expected that just three days ago, the trend of collapse would spread to Yunzhong City where the Royal Court was located. Now not only the Royal Court, but also the other Kugit people in Turga are panicking. Few people say that this year’s weird long freezing rain and the collapse of the holy city of Turga were all caused by the anger of the Changshengtian.”

"Oh, what does your brother think? As the eyes closest to the Turga area, I believe he is the person with the most say." The fat man frowned and twisted his eyebrows into a "Sichuan" character. He did not expect that he would encounter Such news,

The Kugit people are an extremely brave and warlike nation. Because of the cruel living conditions, they often resort to foreign wars to overcome the difficulties whenever they encounter a calamity year.

If what the newspaper said is true, then the north this year will be more than just bloody. A nation that is forced to the brink of life and death, no one can tell what crazy moves it will make. Now it is difficult to hold on. The exit of Aichemor is Wikiya. What do you think? This time the city gate of Kugit is on fire, Wikiya is in danger of being affected.

"Brother believes that now is the best time for us to counterattack Turga. Turga is now in chaos and all tribes are fighting for a place to avoid disaster. As long as the Grand Duke is willing to provide sufficient resources and Food, our Duowei Ministry is willing to serve as a vanguard to open the door to Turga for you, so that the falcon flag of the Grand Duke can be planted on the top of the holy city of Turga."

Fitunlanya's voice paused, and her face that should have been happy was instead full of sorrow. She looked at the fat man and said, "However, I think it is a very unwise act to send troops to Turga now. The Duowei Department will definitely do it." Because of this reckless move, I paid a heavy price."

"Oh, why do you think so?" The fat man raised his head, and his eyes flashed with surprise at Feitonlanya's words. "Didn't Duoweibu always want to return to Turga? Now that you have such a golden opportunity, you Why do you think of retreating instead?"

"It's not that you're shrinking, it's that the timing is wrong." Fitunlanya did not shy away from the fat man's knife-like gaze, "You don't understand Turga's status in the hearts of our Kugit people."

That is a holy city, a place that cannot be desecrated by outsiders. If it were in other areas, faced with the enemy's army pressing down on the border, we would choose to retreat or avoid it if we were unable to resist.

But the holy city of Turga will not. It is the last place of refuge in the hearts of all Kugit people and the home of the souls of our Kugit ancestors. No matter how strong the enemy is, we will never retreat."

"Brother's unauthorized attack will only make Wikiya a target for the Turga people to vent their anger." Fitunlanya looked seriously, and looked at the fat man proudly and said, "Let the war that could have been avoided burn on the border of Wikiya again." The Grand Duke doesn’t want to see it either, right?”

"Haha, of course I know the position of Turga in the hearts of you Kujit people. I was in your holy city of Turga three months ago." The ice on the fat man's face turned into a warm smile, and he was dumbfounded. Feitun Lanya smiled meaningfully

"I even participated in your July Tenth Festival and saw with my own eyes the towering monument that stood on top of the temple and was engraved with your Kugit prophecy. More importantly, I also saw an impossible existence. Man, as long as she is here, I will not be stupid enough to hit Turga."

"You participated in the July Festival? This is absolutely impossible..." Fetonlanya's face turned slightly red. As a Kugit, of course she knew the meaning of the July Festival. She looked at the fat man in shock. Said boldly

"That was when the fierce battle between us and the Redians was at its most tense. Turga City was completely blocked. Even I couldn't cross the blockade and could only stay in Dugan in the north. How could you possibly meet someone there? , can actually make you so afraid?"

"Haha, you don't know too much. A real master has already decided a lot of things invisibly." The fat man smiled bitterly. He couldn't help but think of a graceful and mature woman in his mind. There was a trace of pain in his eyes, and he said in a solemn voice.

"If I told you that I would burn Mount Rudato, drive 60,000 left-guard cavalry to death, send 100,000 northern troops to Ruide, detour through the western grasslands, and finally fight me in the snow-capped mountains of the west in Vecchia, even you would Brother, he led the army to attack Aichemore and drove the Ruidian people into a desperate situation. All of this is a trap designed by that person a long time ago. Don’t you believe it even more?"

Dunlanya looked horrified and incomprehensible. Of course she knew about these major events that had changed the entire northern war situation, but she never expected that it would be the handiwork of a certain person. Such a hand could be called God's move in the course of history. hand

If someone else had said it, Fitunlanya might have scorned it, but what she told herself now was the Vekia Falcon, the continent's number one general who had just ascended the throne of northern hegemony, and a witness to that series of bloody and cruel war events. The authenticity of this matter is basically certain

"The Grand Duke is talking about Her Majesty Queen Aichemore," Mao Monaqing said with a solemn expression. "If I were not a witness to that experience, it would be hard for me to imagine that there is such a terrible person in the world." Against such a person, even the most basic confidence is gone. With her here, who dares to attack Turga?"

"Let your brother decide for himself whether to fight or not to fight the Duowei Department. I once promised him not to interfere in the internal affairs of the Duowei Department."

The fat man looked out the window and said with a solemn expression, "I will order Salon's Northern Army to strengthen surveillance in the direction of Turga. If necessary, I will let go of the Aichemore Pass and let the Duowei tribe enter the border to take refuge." The Tulga disaster should not affect me, Wikiya."

"Actually, this incident does not necessarily require a military confrontation," said Mao Mona Qing Ning next to her. "Tulga's revenge must be avenged, but not now. The collapse of the Holy City will definitely seriously weaken the royal court." appeal

Instead of facing each other directly with inferior troops,

Why not take this opportunity to win over the marginal tribes, take the opportunity to strengthen their own strength, accumulate power, and plan for the opportunity of a decisive battle in the future.