You and me under the world tree

But that was in the past after all.

After all, now, since King Etzel was born, he directly built the kingdom before the Iron Forest.

And in order to take all that fertile land into his pocket, he must spend a lot of experience to ensure the stability of his rule.

Moreover, Wanqu Na is different from other kingdoms that have already established order. If Etzel wants to be stable, he must put more effort into defense.

Perhaps it is precisely because of these reasons that although Hungary seems to have strong strength, its sense of presence is particularly low.

But, after all, this is just not aware of its existence.

And once they realize its existence, the Hungarian Empire is like a behemoth lingering in their hearts.

Gunter is like this, so his complexion looks a little ugly.

After all, he is not some idiot, and this aspect of things is obviously easy to understand.

"Father..."

At this moment, he opened his mouth to call out.

It looked as though he still had questions to ask.

However, before he could ask the question in his heart, Jibixi just took a sip of the fruit wine.

"Do you remember something that happened before?"

"Ok?"

"Whether that matter is big or small, it is indeed the root of the conflict between the Netherlands and Hungary."

"what……"

Under the reminder of his father, Gunter, whose vision gradually widened, suddenly realized a very important thing.

"Warcraft..."

"Yes, although in the eyes of ordinary people, the Hungarian Empire's gift of Warcraft cubs is a gesture of favor, after all, it is the name, but these ordinary people cannot touch deeper things."

After finishing the fruit wine in his hand, he shook the bottle lightly, and then took another breath.

"They don't realize how much food it costs to raise these cubs, and they don't know how difficult it is to build a Warcraft ranch, and how much chaos it will cause."

After all, at that time, for the Netherlands, taking over a large number of Warcraft cubs meant dancing on a tightrope.

"However, they eventually disposed of most of the Warcraft cubs."

"That's right, but it was because a certain warrior from the Hungarian Empire wanted to snatch the Icelandic princess Hilda, but he was directly beheaded on the spot because of his lack of strength."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Gunter couldn't help but remain silent.

He was still young after all.

Although in order to inherit the throne, he did his best to calm down his character, but the temper that young people have is not so easily wiped out.

And that's how it is now, when he mentioned things about Iceland, he couldn't help showing a touch of displeasure on his face.

"How dare these guys do this..."

"Don't let your emotions cloud your judgment."

After seeing the expression on his son's face, Jibixi instantly understood what he was thinking.

So at this moment, he made another point.

"You like that little Icelandic girl, so you subconsciously put her in the victim's position, but in fact? Do you really know the role they play?"

In the beginning, Gunter was still a little bit at a loss after being pointed out by his father.

Because he didn't know how his father thought of his sweetheart, but what Jibixi said next made him stunned.

"Role……"

"You have been a king for a while, and it has been two years in total. Although you are still immature, you should understand this matter... How outrageous are those rumors that you have not witnessed with your own eyes?"

Of course, Gunter naturally understood this.

Because the kingdom itself must stand in an invincible position—at least it is declared so, and as long as it is for one's own purpose, there is nothing wrong with talking nonsense inside.

So, in this regard, the operation of the Netherlands is worth studying.

"The water here is very deep." Watching Gunter's increasingly ugly expression, Jibixi finally said, "This matter is definitely not something that can be covered in two sentences."

"I see."

At this moment, Gunter suddenly felt a heavy pressure.

In the past, he also felt that the position of the king seemed easy, but when he thought about it carefully, it was just that the interior of the kingdom was calm, and there were never any huge waves outside.

And when the entire atrium world formed a huge vortex, involving several kingdoms centered on the Gothic Kingdom, he suddenly felt a little out of breath.

Even at this moment, his youthful mentality subconsciously felt overwhelmed.

"Then... what should we do." He whispered, "Should we withdraw our troops now?"

He turned his attention to his father for help, but at this moment, even the seasoned Jibixi couldn't give him an answer.

At this moment, the old king just shook his head.

"The reason why the Netherlands made this choice is because they need the Goths to stop the Hungarian Empire... After all, they have had friction with the Hungarians, but they can show goodwill to the Goths. As for us...that's all up to you."

my choice...

After hearing what his father said, Gunter couldn't help covering his head with his hand.

"If it doesn't work, let's test Goth's attitude first, maybe you can also look at Denmark's approach."

"Hmph... That Elf guy, he must be half-pissed off now."

After hearing his own child talking to himself, Jibixi suddenly laughed cheerfully.

"In Midgard, others are only afraid of the rise of the Netherlands and the strength of the Goths, and only Elf is dissatisfied with it."

"But he...wouldn't just have a convulsion?"

After thinking of some terrible possibility, Gunter couldn't help asking.

"Whether he will or not depends not on himself, but on us and Elmrich."

"I understand!"

Chapter 11: Denmark's weakness lies in the king

What Jibishi said was actually not groundless, because Burgundy itself occupies fertile land, so its attitude towards the outside world has always been easy-going.

Even though the Gothic prince Dietrich was extremely strong, the Kingdom of Burgundy had no intention of further confrontation.

After all, since the prince fought the Netherlands and was strongly stopped by the Valkyrie, he basically didn't fight head-on.

In fact, she has been following the almost default rules of the atrium world since then, and she has not gone too far when she can extract benefits.

It was in this situation that the Kingdom of Burgundy had a conflict that was similar to fighting with it. In fact, this kind of contradiction and conflict can be alleviated theoretically.

To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than paying the price, and Dietrich will never let his army go deep rashly.

Anyway, Burgundy is rich and powerful, occupying fertile land, and sometimes it can be relieved by a little blood.

But Denmark is different...

Although the border of the mainland of Denmark is located on the outermost part of the northern peninsula, it borders the Goths and the Netherlands, which have a comfortable climate and fertile land.

However, it is still the northern peninsula after all, even the outermost one is still the northern peninsula.

And what does the Northern Peninsula mean to the residents of Midgard?

Monsters are rampant and barren.

Although there are a lot of minerals, the mines over there cannot be eaten as food.

Therefore, the first means to make this kingdom survive and even live a good life is to do business.

In the past, Denmark actually lived well by relying on this method, at least under Elf's governance.

Because he once helped Legney of the Hengding clan invade the Netherlands, Legney had a good business relationship with him, and King Dietmar was not as ruthless as he was when he was young, so Elf After taking office, his little life is really good.

However, this kind of life has only passed for more than [-] years. After Elf, who has successively searched a lot of oil and water from the Netherlands, woke up, the neighbors who were still living in peace suddenly became irritable. They all have to fight.

Although for Elf, who likes to be competitive, it is an extremely shameful thing to be beaten by that young Gothic boy.

But thinking about it carefully, this kind of thing is not unbearable.

Because as far as he is concerned, something happened on the border, and he can calm the other party by taking a few steps back and bleeding a little.

As for the benefits paid, for him, it only takes a while for him to earn back from the neighboring Netherlands or other kingdoms in the northern peninsula.

Although after the rise of Dietrich and Gothic again, Elf really had this idea in his heart:

Hold on a little bit, it's over.

But before it completely subsided for two days, he discovered another crucial thing:

He discovers that his vault has exploded.

Since then, with the full rise of the Volsung family who had a grudge against him and the Goths' external strength, Denmark has lost its own treasury all at once, and is still being sucked blood by the Goths continuously.

This is tantamount to worsening the situation for Denmark, because it means that Denmark's trade routes are completely locked.

Although neither the Netherlands nor the Goths have ever rejected private trade, they have never accepted official orders.

how to say?

The problem now is that Gothic prefers to do business with the Netherlands than Denmark, and the Netherlands itself has a commercial treaty with the Kingdom of Iceland, which allows it to purchase a large amount of mithril ore at a cheaper price. .

Then, the Netherlands raised the price a little bit, and sold the ore to Goth at a price lower than the market price in the atrium world, or exchanged it for equivalent grain or other things.

And more importantly, the Netherlands has now reduced or exempted tariffs, which clearly wants to take advantage of business.

"In fact, the life of the Kingdom of Denmark is becoming more and more difficult, and I think the resentment in Elf's heart is becoming more and more serious."

In the study room of Beian City Palace, a certain guard with his arms folded spoke.

And while he was narrating calmly, a white-haired woman was casually reviewing the presented memorials.

At this moment, although the night was already deep and the moonlight outside the window looked extremely clear, the room was extremely bright because the runes on the ceiling were shining with the glow of illumination.

However, the outside is obviously unable to see this, because there is still an enchantment shrouded here.

And just after finishing reviewing the memos that were not nutritious to her, she put down the pen in her hand.

"For him, now is the best opportunity to break Denmark's predicament. After all, for him, as long as the powerful prince is knocked down from the peak, Denmark can use this name to support Egypt. Ulmrich, then you will be able to profit from the fertile Goths again."

While the words of the 'guard' echoed, Her Royal Highness didn't seem to listen at all.

She just leaned on the seat covered with soft animal skin, rubbed her temples with her hands, and then curled her hair with her fingers.

Before she knew it, her hair seemed to grow a little longer.

However, it has only been more than a month since she admitted her female identity, the most she has done is to change her hairstyle.

However, she could notice that her hair had indeed grown a little longer.

Then, just as her mind wandered, one of the guards finally seemed to notice that she was deserting.

"Hello..." A dissatisfied voice came from her ear, "Are you listening to me?"

Immediately afterwards, she raised her head and stared at the guard.

"Well, I'm listening," she replied.

At this moment, perhaps because she was used to it, she didn't move her gaze away.

Looking at his jet-black hair in stark contrast to her own and his cloudy eyes that were blue under the light, she just stretched out her hand to support her chin.

Immediately afterwards, she thought for a while, and then sighed.

"Although that's what I said, Elf is not an idiot after all. I have had a direct confrontation with him. After all, I once invaded Denmark. He is not the kind of person who will easily get on top."

"So, this is an outbreak of new and old grudges. For Elf today, what is missing now is just an opportunity. As long as he thinks he can fight, he will definitely come to the top when the new and old grudges are superimposed. ah."

"So... like?"

Without any sense of tension, Dietrich just asked.

Even at this moment, there was a quiet smile on her face.