Chapter three hundred and sixty seventh unexpected visitor
Even high altitudes are not without danger. The airspace of ordinary small countries is almost undefended against the air knights of big countries. But entering the airspace of big countries at will is tantamount to provoking the country's air defense forces and air knights.
But the most dangerous thing is to accidentally enter the attack range of the mage tower. Even if the dragon encounters a well-prepared mage tower, it will easily fall into trouble.
A high-quality mage tower can increase the mage's spells tenfold. It is entirely possible for a large-scale high-level magic to turn into a small forbidden spell after several layers of bonuses. There are many dragons defeated by the mage. This is what the dragons will do.
The root of maintaining a basic respect for the caster.
As far as I know, the capitals of each major county in the Bayer Kingdom have such air defense areas. Even the slightly more powerful lords will recruit military divisions to build air defense areas. Of course, they may not be defending against foreign enemies. After all, the super empire
The financial resources of the big lords are not inferior to the treasury of small countries, and there are many who can afford to raise aerial knights.
Just like the eternal struggle between divine power and royal power, royal power and the autonomy of local lords are always in conflict.
And if the royal family is extremely weak, local lords will often attack each other first and seize each other's territory and people. Maybe the reasons they use are just "that kid of yours didn't invite me to his birthday" or "your wife seduced my second brother-in-law"
” and other nonsense, but if the royal power loses its authority, these reasons that no one will believe are enough.
If the royal power is weak, civil strife is inevitable, and when a certain lord who occupies most of the country's power wins, a new royal family should be born.
Since the new royal power ascended to the throne with strength, it was naturally centralized, and the royal power naturally entered a period of strength. But there is no dynasty in the world that never fails, and it is even more impossible to have successive generations of wise kings. As long as they still implement the feudal system and bloodline
Inheritance system, new replacement is only a matter of time.
Obviously, this is an unpleasant cycle, but such a social structure allows struggle and annexation to never end, and makes ordinary people subject to the threat of war. At the same time, its contribution to social progress cannot be denied, at least this is a
Natural blood exchange mechanism. A foolish or rebellious king will eventually fall.
Considering the future development route, I have conducted research on these political systems, but I have no plans to issue a "Declaration of Emancipation of the Serfs" or "attack local tyrants to divide their fields". I do not even plan to carry out in-depth social reforms beyond the law.
, because in the current era of vast territory, backward productivity, and overly strong wild monsters, this system in which lords are fully responsible for the people within their own range may seem backward, but in fact it is the most suitable for the current social status quo.
"Everyone is equal? Everyone should listen to the king? Since they all belong to the royal family, then you should go to the royal family to protect you."
The lord's ownership and wealth possession of the territory, the people of the territory, is also the driving force for him to form a fighting force and protect his family and land. Doesn't the original spirit of chivalry come from the most basic loyalty to the lord and protecting the territory?
Nobility comes from the ordinary, and there is nothing wrong with protecting one's belongings. After the entire era has set a certain tone. If you take one half step forward, you are a genius, but if you take one step forward, you will be a fool who will be tied to the stake and grilled.
If a time-traveler really came up and established a completely centralized country with a system of prefectures and counties, and replaced the lords with rotating local officials, what awaited him would definitely not be a great harvest, but the disintegration of the entire country.
Perhaps it takes several years for a central government decree to reach remote areas, and I don’t know what will happen to the opinions of the grassroots when the orders are issued. The overloaded population caused by centralization is a problem that cannot be solved in the current era.
There is no solution to the plague, natural disasters and famine that may be caused by simply overpopulation. If you think about it for a moment, you will realize that doing so is tantamount to committing suicide. This is how good intentions and bad deeds come about.
Of course, it is still feasible to try it in a small country. If technology develops to a certain level and urbanization and modernization are gradually implemented, medical care, communications, transportation, agriculture, industry, etc. will rise several levels along with the industrial revolution. Even if I don't do anything,
Times will naturally change... It seems that something was accidentally revealed. Well, I admit that I am personally moved, but cutting off the cycle of changing kingship does not happen overnight.
Of course, there are a few exceptions, such as countries with too small territory, religious countries with unified theocracy and royal power, and border countries that are always under threat of invasion by foreign enemies. For their own reasons, their political regimes are relatively stable, and they have thousands of countries.
A heritage of more than a hundred years.
Ahem, let’s ignore the reincarnation of history for the time being. Anyway, it has happened so many times. This time, I have no intention of shouting the slogans “all people are created equal” and “all wealth belongs to everyone”, or
Is it the plan to form a sickle-axe party and become the public enemy of the whole world? Let's take a look at the present moment first as to how much force it will exert.
When the Bayer Kingdom's royal power is now at its peak, many local lords will naturally not attack each other. On the contrary, they will unite to resist the royal family's desire for centralization. Since complete centralization is a dream that cannot be realized under the current conditions,
This is a fight destined to have no permanent winner, and the fight between the two sides will continue forever until a new royal family is born.
Today, Bayer is at its historical peak. Oros can even ask other lords to send their eldest sons to the royal capital to "study", and has achieved certain results in the reorganization of other lords' private armies. But if he wants all
The lord is obedient, but it will take at least a hundred more years, and he will have to fight a hundred battles without any internal or external chaos. Unless he is an undead protagonist with a golden finger, he will definitely not be able to wait.
Although today's Bayer is unified in name, if it is divided according to strict standards, it is still a piece of enfeoffed territory. When calculating the combat power of a country, it often refers to the country's royal family and the affiliated army of the territory, the Royal Knights.
The regiment is also equivalent to the national knights, but if it is a large-scale battle, I am afraid that the private armies of each lord will also be added. After all, responding to the king's call and sending private armies to participate in national wars is also one of the basic obligations of the lords.
Don't underestimate private armies. Their training and equipment are the foundation of a certain lord's family inheritance. Special equipment and arms are often adapted to local conditions. There are many private armies that are stronger than the kingdom's regular army, often due to the royal family's restrictions on lords.
The great nobles who are limited in the number of private soldiers will try to win with quality, and it is not unprecedented for the average individual combat power to far exceed that of the Royal Knights.
The limit on the number of private soldiers is often related to the title, but there are also ways to exploit loopholes such as militia and militia reserve. Although each individual may not seem to be many, once accumulated, the accumulated combat power of the noble private armies in most countries
Only when the royal family is several times more powerful can it restrict the royal family. After all, in a sense, the royal family of the feudal kingdom in this era is the most powerful lord in the country.
This is still a normal lord, and if he is a big lord guarding the border, his troops cannot be restricted. Such a big noble can easily become a candidate for the new royal family.
And along the way, I finally got to see how powerful the Bayer Kingdom is.
Basically, in any area, there will be an empty knight taking the initiative to follow, either a griffon knight, a Pegasus knight, even a dragon knight, and there is actually a spellcaster riding a manticore, or a
A small team, or three or two. Sky Knights, which ordinary small countries cannot afford, are the most basic configuration of Bayer's lords. I actually saw two towers looming in the clouds.
They saw that the blue dragon in front of them was the Grand Duke's Blue Dragon, but they did not leave directly. They just followed silently until they left the airspace, often at the border, when a new Aerial Cavalry arrived, and the previous Aerial Cavalry
I turned around and went back, but this polite and distant attitude was not just for outsiders like us. No one greeted the Grand Duke Dragon Rider along the way. This was very unusual from the bottom of my heart.
The Dragon Knights, who nominally only belong to the royal family, still have the right of free passage in various areas, but these silently following Sky Knights may not be able to stop the Dragon Knights from doing anything, but at least they express an attitude - "This place is mine.
You can come, but you must be within our surveillance range."
This is obviously a bit too much, and is quite different from what I heard at the beginning. It seems that as the end of His Majesty the Emperor is approaching, these lords have new ideas.
But even if I haven't arrived at the royal capital, I can guess something. There are simply too many princes. This civil war seems inevitable, but once it starts, no matter who is the winner on the throne in the end, the royal power
The authority of Baier will naturally be greatly reduced. The era of Bayer's lords oppressing the royal family more than forty years ago seems to be possible again.
The defense against dragon knights may not only be a political statement, but also have some practical significance.
"Who knows if you are here to record deployment and military deployments to prepare for possible wars that may occur later."
As for us outsiders? We were not interrogated at all. Perhaps, because of this guide, we were also regarded as members of the Dragon Knights, and our new partners also traveled with us smoothly.
New partner? Well, didn’t I just casually say that there was a tornado suddenly? In fact, it was such a coincidence that the violent storm reappeared in front of us and transformed into a familiar figure - the wind element
God Kamdilian.
"Sir Roland, I came here to see you. There are some very important things I want to discuss with you in detail."
After killing Umdiroken, he ran away... He left in a hurry, but now he took the initiative to appear in front of me. He obviously had something to ask me for, and he was different from the little bugs and stupid mortals in the past, but he obviously
Keep your posture very low.
These ancient existences are so realistic. If you don't show your achievements to prove that you are an equal existence, they will not look at you.
Of course I am very happy to see Kamdilian. After all, I am now looking for the god of the wind element and killing him... maybe I will gain something if I ask him.
But looking at it carefully, I had no choice but to give up a certain backup plan. After all, the opponent who appeared in front of me was just an avatar. This kind of thing would self-destruct at every turn, and it was difficult to explode any good equipment. It was difficult to fight and not easy to use.
Let’s forget about the bosses that drop things.
But now we are in a hurry and it is obviously not the time to chat, so I just asked him to follow me. But strangely, he wanted to say something urgently, so I asked casually, and he was overjoyed and said directly Asked.
"Sir, what I am talking about is what you did in Oran, that blasphemous priest and anti-paladin who expelled divine power..."
"What? Blaspheming the priest? Anti-paladin?"
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While the Battle of Titan was taking place in the battle zone southwest of Bair, the naval battle battlefield in Oran also achieved amazing results.
The cooperation between the Four Spirit Swordsmen sent by Renee and the funeral fleet achieved astonishing results. The battleship group ran rampant, and the sea clan that was scattered from the formation would be divided into three teams of Four Spirit Swordsmen. The results were remarkable.
In fact, this set of team and fleet coordination tactics was originally designed to coordinate with the Northern Lights and the seven super-heavy warships in its fleet, and it is just right to bring it out now.
In actual combat, problems with team tactics have also been exposed. For example, individual combat capabilities are too weak to dare to fight head-on. Some equipment has suffered from water leakage and electric shock due to substandard manufacturing processes. Non-combat losses include increase.
However, Renee's command was still very appropriate. With the Aurora Knights, who had extremely high average combat power, as cover and support, Dong Lan's results were remarkable. Although some equipment was lost, the personnel losses were not much.
Although the reinforcements of the Sea Clan arrived, they still could not stop the slow charge of the black funeral fleet. The two sides entered a meat grinder-style war of attrition, but one side blocked everything. The Sea Clan, who lacked fighting spirit and spirit of sacrifice, naturally Defeated steadily.
When the war reached this point, although the losses on the human side were not small, the strategic goal set at the beginning was still achieved - reaching the dock area where the underwater base was located.
And when they got there, the fleet began to turn sideways and entered a defensive state. The divers and the ocean were ready to start underwater operations. However, an accident completely reversed the situation on the entire battlefield, and also caused Kamdilian to travel thousands of miles away. After finding Roland, what was revealed in this war was of great significance to an ancient elemental god like him.
"Those dark elves took action! They reversed the situation on the entire battlefield!" (To be continued)
