Rebels......

Annan vaguely remembered that there seemed to be such a thing.

A spell that can replace the necessity of the Winter Clan...... This is indeed very fatal.

Even if this spell was later destroyed, the concept of "the Winter Clan is not entirely necessary" has already taken root in people's hearts.

Grand Duke Ivan said slowly:

"By the time we realized that Vladimir might have betrayed Winter, he had already manipulated the memories of a third of the military frostbeasts, changing the supreme authority from me to 'he'.

"Fortunately, it was discovered in time, and Bella turned herself in and claimed to be guilty of meritorious service...... We will use her information to purge the inside of the Winter Hand.

"A total of thirty-one betrayers were found, seventeen of whom have fled. Although the number is not large, they have quietly stolen a lot of materials with the authority of the Winter Hand. ”

In other words, they have been planning for a long time.

Under his father's introduction, Annan slowly sorted out what happened six years ago:

At that time, after the Rotten Man collected the bet, it is unknown what price Vladimir paid, or if he had already colluded with the Rotten Husband - he escaped from the Duchy of Winter with the power of the Rotten Husband and sneaked underground.

And the Duchy of Winter immediately took control of all the students of Vladimir.

But even so, in the end, there are still fish that slip through the net......

That is Vladimir's disciple Thoronik, who did not pass the wolf's kiss ritual and has long since left the Frost Province.

Annan still remembers the name.

In the nightmare of the wolf's kiss, he had seen this man......

Thoronik was a shy young man with light brown hair, very white skin, and freckles on his face. The cheeks are very thin, and even the cheeks are directly sunken inward.

His parents were both murderers, so no one wanted to teach him swordsmanship. In the end, Vladimir picked him up, raised him and led him to the path of transcendence.

"—The teacher is my benefactor! For the sake of the teacher, I don't even want to die! ”

Thoronik's sonorous and fervent words still seem to remain in Annan's ears.

"Thoronik, relying on the authority of Vladimir and the defecting Winter Hands, organized a rebel army called the 'Icebreaker Army'.

They claimed...... We Winters have no human feelings, so we are not convincing because of our strict laws, our lack of affection, our always sacrificing others but never sacrificing ourselves.

"—Since the fundamental reason why the Winter Clan is the Grand Duke, the reason is that the Blood of Winter can control the Frost Beast freely, and the Frost Beast is a military force that is difficult to resist. So as long as other means are used to control the frost beasts, the person who becomes the Grand Duke does not have to be the Winter Clan. ”

Ivan said this and sneered: "It's still too long for winter."

"The younger generation, who were born and grew up in winter, have forgotten their old grandmothers."

"And after that?"

"After that, they made a lot of promises at the local level, and they got the support of some local nobles."

But it just so happens that Ivan Rindon is the most recognized and powerful Grand Duke in the last two hundred years. His charisma made the majority of the population reluctant to participate in the rebellion.

Sacrificial is real.

Therefore, there were not many open opponents of the rebels.

"More people are waiting. They hope that by using the rebels, we can 'sacrifice less and less'. ”

Everyone wants to be not a victim.

Reasonable.

And then there was a three-year rebellion.

Able to control the Frostbeast's spells, allowing the Icebreakers to recruit soldiers outside of the barrier at a near-cost cost...... It is also possible to artificially create frostbeasts by collecting large numbers of young beasts from the Underworld and releasing them into a blizzard.

The attack of the frostbeast cluster is impossible to resist by ordinary soldiers, except for the first legion trained with the frostbeasts.

Although the rebels are not very numerous, they only attack towns that do not support them from a distance, mainly to annihilate the troops that come to their aid. Real rebels almost never move, so they are also very difficult to deal with.

Only the Winters, the Hands of Winter, the Grandmother's Clergy, and the First Legion with the Frostbeast mount can effectively fight the Frostbeast.

"In the beginning, they were very successful...... As they attack more towns, and because they can't wait for reinforcements, or because they can't resist the frostbeasts, the number of people who are dissatisfied with us is growing. ”

Grand Duke Ivan said slowly: "At this time, your brother, 'Iron Blooded' Dmitry...... At Bella's suggestion, a plan was proposed.

"After all, the icebreaker army is a frost beast with many frost beasts and few people. They have brainlessly hoarded the number of frostbeasts, but our frostbeasts have soldiers of the First Legion and criminals to feed, but they don't have enough people.

"Then the number of sorties by the army can be further reduced. Then more and more frost beasts are gradually becoming out of control because they have not killed soldiers and lack food...... The tide turned as soon as the hungry frostbeasts finally slaughtered the first town for food.

"Almost immediately, the Icebreakers lost the support of all the fringe towns and local nobles - controlled frostbeasts are just weapons, but out-of-control frostbeasts are natural disasters. Natural disasters can only be managed by the power of the principality...... From this point of view, Bella's plan was immediate.

"But a large number of hungry frost beasts could not be controlled, and the greedy predation caused more frost beasts to lose their food sources and go crazy, and finally formed a natural disaster called 'Frostbite Disaster' like an avalanche."

The Scourge overshadowed the rebellion.

At this time, Bella, who had made up for it, revealed a special power - werewolves would not be attacked by frostbeasts in the first place, so werewolves were very efficient in hunting mad frostbeasts...... As long as there are ordinary people as bait, the Mad Frostmon will turn a blind eye to the werewolf's attacks.

As a result, the Hand of Winter has attempted to recruit a group of werewolves and train them to become "Windrangers", which they will use to travel to various places to kill and eliminate the redundant Mad Frostbeasts.

- The effect is actually good.

Therefore, in order to fight the plague of frostbite, the Duchy of Winter absorbed more werewolves into the army and the hand of winter. At this time, the icebreaker army has been gradually forgotten...... They can only control ordinary frostbeasts, and at this time, the newly born frostbeasts will quickly go crazy.

Finally, there is Maria Winter, who has successfully inherited the power of the Storm Daughter.

She uses the power of the Tower of Storm to detect the entire realm of Winter, and uses the power of the Great Barrier to kill the Frostbeast on a large scale. Finally, the natural disaster was finally ended.

And by the way, the icebreaker army was found and the counterinsurgency was completed.

"However, Thoronik, as the leader, is gone.

"After Maria increased her detection and surveillance, although she did not find Soronik, she was unexpectedly discovered...... Bella, as well as some of the werewolves who have been recruited into the hands of Winter, are still secretly passing on the news to the outside.

"The person who received the news this time is no longer Vladimir, who fled the Duchy of Winter and entered the underworld.

"It's a careerist named [Professor Wolf] Frederick."

In other words, she betrayed the Duchy of Winter for the second time.

If nothing else...... The strategy she offered back then was the strategy given by "Professor Wolf" to improve the status of werewolves.

In other words, the destruction was at least five times more than the frostbite of the icebreakers, and perhaps it was also their conspiracy.

“…… This is the cause of the Second Great Purge, in which all werewolves were removed from the Winter Hand and secretly executed. ”

After Ivan finished speaking, he looked at Annan and said calmly: "Bella has been on the run for several years, and was found and killed by Maria two months ago.

"But Annan, you have to know...... And that's not the end of it. ”

Vladimir who has gone underground, Thoronik, who has disappeared inexplicably, and the wolf professor who doesn't know what to do......

Annan nodded slowly.

"I see."

Is that why Dmitry has completely lost trust in her, and even in werewolves......

- I see.