The person causing the commotion outside the door was naturally Richard. With his four units, including his own, Richard could only travel more than a hundred kilometers at a time. He had to stop and recover for an hour or two every time he used it twice. However, in
When he recovered, Richard could summon the Flying Dragon King and lead a few of his men to cover a distance of one or two hundred kilometers. The main reason was that the Ultimate Hydra, which could only move on the ground, slowed down the overall speed.
Natalie and Red Dragon are fine. They are both high in the sky anyway. The Ultimate Hydra speeding on the ground really scared a lot of people. Anyone who sees this monster more than ten meters high will tremble. Fortunately,
The Ultimate Hydra was just passing by and showed no intention to attack. It is estimated that the nobles who saw the Ultimate Hydra had already reported the information layer by layer.
After a while, the information will be placed on Ren's desk. It's fine in the wild. After all, he is always on the road, and he teleports more than two hundred kilometers from time to time. He doesn't meet many people, but after all, nine
When the Hydra appeared in Percy City, riots inevitably broke out. Even when Parley walked out, his heart twitched when he saw the Ultimate Hydra, even if he guessed that it was Richard's helper.
, it was inevitable that they would be a little frightened. Several knights behind Parley even pulled out their swords and stared nervously at the monster more than ten meters high outside the door.
Fortunately, Richard finally stood in front of the mansion with a tall woman, confirming Paley's guess and giving him a little peace of mind.
"My dear brother-in-law, you are finally here. Where did you get this big guy?"
In addition to doubts in Pare's tone, there was also a hint of envy. The Ultimate Hydra was not an easy existence to deal with at first glance. It was a bit ugly, but it was definitely capable of fighting. At least not the few great knights behind him.
Can be dealt with.
Faced with Parley's question, Richard could only deal with it with a haha, and then directly moved the topic to other places.
"How is the situation now?"
When Parley saw that Richard was unwilling to talk, he wisely stopped insisting and quickly changed the topic to business.
"Too bad, the Sea Tribe is no longer satisfied with just attacking ships and harassing ports. They have captured several ports and are continuing to attack inland. Their purpose is probably to turn dozens of miles of sea coast into
No man’s land.”
"How did they do it?"
Richard was a little puzzled after hearing this. The advantage of the Sea Clan is always at sea and on land. In fact, it is not the opponent of human soldiers. A soldier who has received basic training and is fully equipped can easily defeat three or five Sea Clan soldiers.
It's just a matter of wandering around the sea, attacking fleets, and harassing ports. If you go more than ten miles inland, shouldn't you be caught and beaten by the southern army? Could it be that the human army in the south has degenerated to this level?
?
"Let's talk after we go in. This time the Sea Tribe's attack is a bit unusual."
Richard remained doubtful and walked into the meeting hall with Natalie and Parley.
"Your Highness Parley."
As soon as he entered the door, Richard saw a table of nobles with similar temperaments to the twelve families in the river valley. These people could be distinguished at a glance from the military nobles in the North and Longxing Pass, although in the early days everyone was
He started his career through military service, but these nobles in the south have been passed down relatively early, and the business atmosphere in the south is strong. Although the people sitting here are all masters above the knight level, they do lack a little bit of iron-blooded spirit.
The only difference between them and the river valley is that the kingdom's control over the south is quite strong, and they cannot get involved with administrative officials and regular legions. They mainly maintain the family's huge expenses through trade. At most, they evade taxes, and not even
As for daring to reach out to the army.
So this time when the Sea Tribe was raging, their performance was much more positive than when the people in the river valley faced the ogres. After all, their vital interests had been harmed.
"This is Richard, the youngest marquis with military merit in the kingdom. I believe everyone is familiar with it. He is also the reinforcement I invited this time."
Parley's control over Percy seemed pretty good. Although the big nobles in Percy City had some complaints behind his back, when he walked in, these people still behaved quite honestly.
"Sir Richard, you are indeed the number one master in the kingdom. He looks very brave."
"It turns out that His Highness Parley invited Lord Richard, so we can rest assured."
Richard is no different now than before. When he first tried to extort money in the river valley, he had to hold Thor's banner. Now he is the banner himself. After Parley introduced Richard's identity, the high-ranking nobles of Percy City
They all behaved very politely.
Of course, although these people have a strong business temperament, they are definitely not stupid. Just the huge red dragon from the sky is enough for them to show enough respect.
"This is the Marquis of Varaya, and this is the Count of Ascota..."
Following Parley's introduction, Richard nodded one by one as a greeting, and then took his seat and got down to business.
"This time we have assembled five legions, 100,000 elite garrison troops, more than 200 knight-level masters, ten great knight-level masters, and nearly a thousand ships, including more than 200 large warships and a dragon boat
.”
The dragon boat here is not the dragon boat used in festivals as we normally know, but a large sea-going boat nearly two hundred meters long and seventy meters wide. It can carry up to a thousand people and can be used by the dragon after special treatment.
perch.
The sea is vast, and if you want to expedition to the sea clan, the dragon cannot fly in the sky all the time. Even if the dragon has good physical strength, it is not tireless. There must be a place to rest. The role of the dragon ship is somewhat similar to today's aircraft carrier.
The southern sea trade of the Golden Dragon Kingdom is developed, and the technology of shipbuilding has always been good. It has almost reached the peak level of the sailing age, and it is also a bit of black technology. In order to target the sea tribe, the warships are also covered with iron sheets and hung with barbs to prevent the sea tribe from destroying them.
and climbing.
"How effective is the army?"
This is the focus of Richard's attention. The regular regiments of the kingdom are now either stationed in the main cities in the south, or have been transferred to the north. Moreover, as the lord of Percy City and the fourth prince, Pare cannot mobilize the three major regiments in the south.
There are only private soldiers and local garrison troops. Although on paper there are a large number of garrison regiments in various places, Richard knows very well what kind of urinary behavior most of these regiments have. It is okay to maintain law and order and bully the civilians, but if he really wants to go to war,
In a naval battle involving a thousand-mile voyage, an ordinary garrison would definitely not be reliable.
Richard is not worried about his own safety. With the strength around him and a teleportation skill, he can't beat him but can also outrun him. He is afraid that this guy Parley is a good businessman but doesn't know how to fight. In the end, not only will he get hurt,
He went there, and also brought in a group of southern nobles, which caused the situation in the southern part of the kingdom to collapse, which was also quite unfavorable to Richard.
Parley knew exactly what Richard was worried about and immediately answered:
"They are all elites. At least they will not lose to the regular army of the Southern Corps. In addition, there are more than 40 nobles who will participate in this operation."
The elite of the five legions, Parley has managed quite a situation in the south. It is a rule that princes cannot get involved in the kingdom's standing legions, so controlling some local garrison legions and some irregular militia groups is a common method used by these princes.
, even though the eldest prince stayed in the royal capital for a long time, he mainly controlled some of the city guards and some passable local garrison forces on the central plains. His influence on the imperial army was very low, and the total was probably not much.
Just twenty to thirty thousand people.
Being able to directly mobilize five legions like Parley was beyond Richard's expectations. As expected, his ability was beyond imagination.
"This time our Varaya family will fully support Prince Parley's actions. In addition to the thousand elites promised before, the Varaya family will send another warship and two thousand private soldiers. I will lead five great knights.
The retainers of the rank join the battle."
"this…"
As soon as the Marquis of Varaya said this, the remaining nobles looked at each other. The marquis in the south could not compare with the semi-princely marquises of the Lanster family. In terms of the number of strong men, the Varaya family was not as good as the Lanster family.
There is little difference between the St. family, but the Waraya family in the south does not need to raise as many troops as the Lanster family. If you add two thousand more, you will basically spend all your money, not to mention the logistics supplies.
You need to prepare your own.
In the eyes of other nobles, this kind of behavior is a blatant price increase, and in the past, the Wallaya family did not deal well with Parley. Before Parley came, the most powerful noble in the city of Posy was the Marquis of Wallaya, and all previous city lords also wanted to do so.
Give him some face, but when he arrived in Posey City, Parley wanted to seize the power of Li Shu. Although Parley controlled the scale very cleverly, it was inevitable that it would hurt the interests of the Walaya family a little. This time Walaya did not
Even if he was trying to tear things down, he knew the basics, but he didn't expect the support to be so strong. He was just a little bit out of character.
"Okay! If the Sea Clan is in chaos, the interests of our entire Posi City, and even the entire south, will be harmed. Everyone should be like the Marquis of Walaya, and we can't just rely on a few companies to contribute."
Marquis Varaya's sudden statement was an unexpected surprise. Parley, who was unprepared, could only sigh that Richard was indeed his savior, and then passed the words to the nobles at the table.
Seeing that the two leaders in West City had reached an agreement, others also knew that it would be unreasonable not to increase their efforts, and they all promised to increase the initial troop dispatch and material support.
In the end, in addition to the 100,000 people that Pare had initially prepared, there were more than 20,000 noble private soldiers and more than 200 knight-level masters.
"Let's talk about the battle plan. The nearest large-scale clam farm of the Sea Clan to us is probably more than a thousand nautical miles south of the port. Our fleet has already assembled in Nieder Port. I request that all the troops participating in the war will arrive from Nieder Port within a week.
Get on the ship and set off from Degang."
"Then what should the Sea Clan do if they continue to march inland?"
"As soon as we set off from Nidport, the Sea Tribe will no longer care about attacking. They will definitely come back to besiege us instead of marching inland."
Pa Lei's words were just a bet that the Sea Clan did not dare to change families. After all, Bengchang was the lifeblood of the Sea Clan. He dared to bet, but the Sea Clan did not dare to gamble.
"Although Sir Richard is leading the dragon to participate in the battle this time, the Sea Clan is a little unusual this time."
"Yes, the Sea Clan has never been so difficult to deal with in the past."
"Those sea priests who usually act like gods and ghosts now seem to have the ability to cast spells. Damn it."
As soon as this was mentioned, the nobles below looked a little sad, and the anger they had just raised was relieved a lot. After all, they had suffered a lot from the Sea Tribe priests recently.
"Spellcasting ability?"
Richard heard this word and uttered a question.
"Yes, although the Sea Tribe used to have the habit of bringing priests with the army, in the past those priests were just pretending to be gods and ghosts. Recently, I don't know what happened, but they actually have the ability to cause tides and cast water arrows. Previously, the Sea Tribe was sieging
At a noble's castle, there were priests who used high-level magic like Water Dragon Technique."
The age of magic is not far away from now, or not very close. After all, there were still court mages who could barely cast spells five hundred years ago. After Pare deliberately learned about it, he was still able to find relevant information and recognize the magic spells used by the priests of the sea tribe.
Magical.
"How powerful is it?"
"Although it is not as powerful as recorded, the Water Dragon Technique is already worth a full blow from the Great Knight."
"The spellcasting ability of the sea priests is quite bizarre, as if it happened overnight. When the dragon knights first left, they would attack the fleet at most, and they were far less aggressive than they are now."
Richard probably understood why the situation in the south collapsed so quickly. The Dragon Knight left and the strength of the Sea Tribe increased. The strength of both sides suddenly increased and decreased. It's no wonder that the old silver coin of Parley was so worried.
"Approximately when did the Sea Tribe begin to have the ability to cast spells?"
Richard suddenly thought of something and asked Paley next to him.
"About a week ago, any questions?"
Parley was a little confused as to why Richard suddenly asked about this.
"It's nothing, I just want to know about it."
Richard said his words calmly on his face, but he was not at all calm in his heart.
Wait, wasn't it the time I placed the artifact a week ago? Although he's not sure yet, Richard has a strong intuition in his heart that the Sea Clan's sudden ability to cast spells is definitely related to Liz's protection.
Marder, I have been working for a long time. It is not me who has benefited the most from Liz's protection, but the Sea Clan. Perhaps Liz's protection has triggered the activity of the water element in a large area. Sea Clan Priests are similar to blood inheritance.
The caster recovers his spellcasting ability very quickly, while humans are knowledge inheritance types. Although their potential is stronger than that of the sea people, their initial recovery will definitely be much slower.
However, it seems from the current situation that although the Sea Clan has gained a certain amount of spell-casting ability, it is still within a controllable range. At least Parley still dares to prepare a counterattack and still has the power to fight back. The Sea Clan's spell-casting ability is not strong.
"Ahem, this time in addition to the giant dragon, I also brought a hydra that I conquered. It's the big guy outside. Its strength is no worse than the giant dragon, and it has the ability to fight in the water, and this Natalie.
Ms. Si is as strong as me and is a Sky Knight level expert."
The sky is also the sky for ten minutes, and Richard silently recited it to himself again. At this time, there was no need to hide any strength anymore, but to show more strength and cheer up everyone.
Sure enough, not only the nobles present, but also Parley's eyes lit up, and he had a greater grasp of the original battle plan.
"Okay, everyone, go down and prepare. This battle must inflict pain on the Sea Tribe and maintain stability in the southern part of the kingdom."
After saying this, Pare, Marquis Varaya, and Richard looked at each other in the room. The others may have thought that they had hurt the Sea Clan, and after returning to their previous state, they could continue to make money normally.
, Parley and the other three people know more, and there is more meaning in this sentence...
…
To the south, in a seawater several hundred meters away, thousands of strong and well-equipped patrol guards were surrounded in a circle, seemingly protecting some important person.
"Your Majesty the High Priest, I don't think it makes much sense for us to do this. The land is not suitable for our survival. This is just a meaningless consumption of the lives of the people."
"Your Majesty, how can you have such an idea? Our warriors are winning steadily, and yet you are starting to think about peace talks?"
"Then how long will this meaningless war last?"
"Fight until no human being dares to set foot on Poseidon's territory."
"They don't dare to come now."
"No, their lessons are not profound enough."
"Order General Atam to cooperate with the priests tomorrow to capture the target city."
"you…"
"Your Majesty, you should have the aura of a king, instead of always being a peace lover here."
"Let's go."
After crossing the sea king to give the order, the high priest of the sea tribe left with a group of sea patrol guards, leaving only the sea king wearing the crown. The remaining sea patrol guards around looked at each other and saw this kind of god up close.
After the fighting scene, these guards were a little at a loss.
And Neptune, who stayed where he was, looked so gloomy that he was about to drip...
He didn't know that the real purpose of the high priest was not to be a human being, but to gain greater prestige through war, thereby completely suppressing the power of the Sea King.
The Sea Tribe has always had a dual leadership system. Each generation has a Sea King and a High Priest. The Sea King's status is slightly higher than that of the High Priest. However, since the priests regained their ability to cast spells, the status of the High Priest has risen instantly. In a short period of time,
It is already firmly above the Neptune line.
In this regard, Neptune has nothing to do, but the high priest is still not satisfied. This approach is to continuously attack Neptune's prestige and completely empty Neptune's appearance...
