Rhodes has a great deal of regard for the Blackblade Guards, even more so than his Mercenary Guild. Although the current foundation of Rhodes' power is still the mercenaries of the guild, it is the cavalry troops that really want to play an important role on the battlefield, and it is the cavalry that has attracted much attention. Not only that, but for Rod, the cavalry unit was also a very important part of his tactics. Of course, he would not have imagined that these sixty or so cavalry would fight against the overwhelming undead army, but as long as John and these cavalry were there, he could train more cavalry well. That's what Rhodes needs, in any case, John is also a regular soldier, and most of the mercenaries are wild, maybe they will work together with each other, but it is almost impossible to make those mercenaries and soldiers dare not obey and have the courage to face danger and sacrifice their lives. This is determined by the values and identities of both parties, and no matter how good Rhodes is, he can't change that.

After the official establishment of the Black Blade Guard, Rhodes finally had his first private army as a nominal nobleman, although they were still very weak at the moment, but Rhodes was sure that they would become his right-hand men and subordinates in the future. Not only that, but Rhodes authorized John to expand his army by selecting among the young and middle-aged laborers and mercenaries of the Land of Atonement. Of course, Rod also knows that the Tao of Rice must be eaten in one bite, and the road must be walked step by step. Therefore, he initially allowed John to recruit a maximum of 300 cavalry, and when they passed the test and were able to reach the level of regular cavalry, he would expand the recruitment again.

From this point of view, in fact, the rumors and opinions of the outside world that Rhodes's guild will become the number one mercenary guild in the Duchy of Moon are not very exaggerated. Because no matter how the other mercenary guilds develop, they have limited powers. But Rhodes is different, he is both the president of the mercenary guild and the status of a nobleman, although when he is on a mission. Rhodes' nobility helped little. But once there is any conflict, Rhodes can freely mobilize more manpower than other guilds or groups. And his dual identity can also be said to be the best cover, if Rod's guild and other mercenary guilds have any conflict, Rod can wave his hand, and then hundreds of cavalry will stand there, whether it is the number or the momentum. None of them can compare to those mercenary guilds. If you accuse him of breaking the mercenary rules, the other party can bite back and say that you insulted his dignity as a nobleman, and that he is now "discussing" with you as a nobleman rather than the mercenary president.........

In fact, many mercenaries have noticed the loopholes in this rule, and it has also been discussed within the mercenary association. After all, there has never been a precedent for the president of the Mercenary Guild to be a nobleman of a country at the same time and have a knighthood. Because most of the mercenaries are from the grassroots, they may cooperate and ally with the power class, but most of them will not choose to submit to the ruling class. But Rod's special identity also made the Mercenary Association quite helpless and embarrassed, so in the end, for Rod's matter. I can only stop it. In any case, they can't restrict Rhodes because of his special status. Not to mention that this will definitely cause Rhodes's dissatisfaction, I'm afraid that even within the mercenaries there will be some turmoil. At the end of the day, the mercenary association was not a human being inside and out, and after offending Rhodes, he was not able to appease his mercenaries, so he simply pretended to be amnesia, as if this had never happened, anyway, so far. Rhodes' men are still within acceptable ranges, and he doesn't plan to expand on a large scale, if that were the case, the Mercenary Guild would be happy to be ostriches, stuffing his head in the sand and not being able to see what he could do.

Rhodes was immersed in his guild and fortress building. But the rest of the country was not idle, and the civil war between the north and the south continued in the Duchy of Moon, and at the beginning, Karenster, who had received reinforcements, began to put on a stubborn posture against the royal party. Soon, however, the fire planted by Rhodes began to manifest itself under heavy pressure, and Karenster's rations began to dwindle, and the supplies transported from the rear were simply not enough to consume 70,000 men. Although the commander had reduced the number of rations several times, it still did not help, after all, there were too many people.

The front line is tight, and the rear is just as chaotic. In various parts of the South, food prices began to rise sharply, and many large chambers of commerce began to hoard goods in order to ensure their own supply first, which also caused food prices to rise again and again, and even then the supply exceeded demand. In the big cities, the citizens are complaining. In those villages and towns, people are increasingly dissatisfied because they can't buy enough food to support their lives. Not only that, but even within the Southern Council, at the moment there is a headache for the problem at hand, originally the main components of the Southern Council are the big chambers of commerce and rich businessmen and aristocrats in the South. The Chamber of Commerce has the means and ability to hoard food, but the nobles do not have the ability. Therefore, above the Southern Council, many nobles demanded that the Chamber of Commerce open its warehouses and buy and sell grain. The Chamber of Commerce naturally directly rejected this, and their reason was that trade was free, and we had the final say on how much we wanted to sell and how we wanted to sell, and no one was allowed to interfere and interfere without authorization. But the aristocrats obviously won't listen to the opinions of these black-hearted businessmen, and the more conservative ones are just scolding. The more radical ones even began to gather private soldiers to storm the Chamber of Commerce and openly steal grain.

In addition to this, the displaced refugees on the Grosso plain have finally exploded, and with the rise in food prices, these homeless refugees are finally beginning to face a crisis of not having enough to eat. And people always have to survive, and at this point, they can no longer endure the delay and waiting of the Southern Parliament, and begin to "self-reliant". Quite a few refugees began to steal, rob, and use all means of their means to get food and money. In particular, the wealthy who live in the big cities have been targeted, because in the eyes of many refugees, they are in this situation because they are insensitive and blind to their suffering and suffering. Because of this, these refugees are even more ruthless when they attack the rich.

By this time, the whole South had completely lost its former peace and tranquility. The wonderful scene of singing and dancing in the past no longer exists. The once bustling streets have become deserted. There is garbage everywhere, sewage is flowing sideways, and in the dark alleys, you can see many people in shabby clothes who look like crazy people. The naked corpses of the stripped were casually laid in the ravines on both sides of the street, and the taverns and shops were long closed. Residents are closed. Stay at home trembling. The Chamber of Commerce is also like a great enemy, and the outside of the major chambers of commerce that used to be full of traffic is now full of heavily armed guards, they are holding their weapons tightly, and they are always on the lookout for the surprise attacks that the aristocratic private soldiers are likely to launch. The aristocracy had ceased to hold those joyous balls, and each family had closed its doors and forbade its ladies from going out, lest they become targets and instruments of anger for the mob.

People began to become frightened, crazy and trembling. They never imagined that things would turn out to be where they are now. When they had just gained their independence from the Duchy of Moon, everyone felt that the sky above them was bluer than ever, and the air they breathed was freer than ever. They can decide their own future, rather than letting an invisible hand dictate their fate at will. And at the beginning, they did feel this, at that time, the entire southern region was free, and everyone seemed to have a different mental outlook. They organized themselves to maintain order. As much as possible, new institutions of power were restored and established, and the people spoke and participated, and those parliamentarians listened to their ideas and assured them that their views would be taken into account. This makes these people feel unprecedented satisfaction and expectation, and they look forward to a better tomorrow. A future that no longer succumbs to tyranny, like the Radiant Dragon Country, where the people themselves are in charge, and everyone works together to build a better future and homeland, and decide the fate of the country together.

But now. The beautiful soap bubble finally burst.

For the people of the South, everything that happened at that time, the victory, the flowers, the cheers, the hopes, was like a deep dream, but the dream always came to an end one day, and when they opened their eyes and woke up from the intoxicated dream, what they saw was a dark and desperate darkness like a tomb, and a widespread, repressed fear that could hardly be breathed.

I woke up from a dream.

Faced with such a situation, there is nothing the Southern Parliament can do because they have begun to split internally. The Chamber of Commerce was reluctant to agree to the nobles' demands, and after the nobles gathered private troops to attack the Chamber of Commerce, the two sides were completely opposed. And some weak nobles saw the opportunity and tried to escape. They abandoned the council and set out on a ship bound for the Radiant Dragon Nation with all their possessions. The number of people participating in the parliament is decreasing day by day, and although several of the core figures are very aware that if this continues, it will only lead to catastrophe, but they are powerless......... Until now, the situation has developed and changed so quickly that it has completely exceeded their expectations.

Although the Southern Council sent people to the Council of Light several times to ask for assistance, and even at the end of the day, they were about to slap the table and stare at it, but the Council of Light was still a picture of the old gods, and they did send an envoy to the Golden City, but the problem was that Lydia was not in the Golden City, but went to see the natural scenery of the frozen lake, not only that, but I heard that the Grand Duke who likes to enjoy by nature also plans to visit the Cranmer area and experience the customs there............... As long as you are not a fool, you know that this Grand Duke is now delaying the meeting with the emissary of the Council of Light.

Of course, this has set off another round of storm in the country of the Radiant Dragon, and many people accuse Lydia of being like a poisonous scorpion and indulging in luxury, her own country has reached such a time of crisis, she is still in the mood to run out of the mountains and rivers, it is simply unreasonable!

But blame is blame, they can't do anything about Lydia, not to mention, Lydia's reputation has not been good in the country of light for a day or two, anyway, she has long been used to being called a tyrant, an executioner, a poisonous woman, she naturally doesn't care how the people of the country of light are indignantly insulting and accusing her——— no matter what they do, even if her lungs are blown up and her mouth is broken, Lydia still should eat, play, sleep, The position of the Archangel and the Lord of the Duchy of Moon is still as stable as Mount Tai and will not waver in the slightest.

Perhaps this is what makes the people of the Radiant Dragon Kingdom hate and anger the most.

While Lydia is uncertain and that the Royal's army is still a good thing for the reformers, that's not what the reformers want. What they most hope for is for the Council of Light to intervene and then sign a formal truce with Lydia under the leadership of the Council of Light, as well as the recognition of an independent treaty. So. Lydia would not be able to break the contract, and they would be able to officially gain a recognized status.

But now, Lydia's whereabouts are unknown, and although the royal army is still moving, the fact that no formal armistice has been signed means that there is still a danger of war between the two sides at any time. Even now, the envoy of the Council of Light is in the Golden City. But Lydia never showed up, and even if the time came, even if they did start fighting, they would have no place to reason.

The southern harbor has always been the most important commercial and trade center in the Dragon Soul Continent, and the flow of information is naturally very fast, and now, this once prosperous place has actually become like hell and is sliding towards the infinite abyss, which naturally attracts the attention of many countries and powerful forces in the Dragon Soul Continent.

But. They didn't notice that on the other side of the Dragon Soul Continent, shrouded in infinite darkness, a revolution was quietly appearing.

Beneath the dark night sky, a bright red full moon hovers in the sky, reflecting the lonely towers above the wilderness. The man, wrapped in a black cloak, stared intently at the desolate landscape before him until a ghostly figure emerged from behind him. Gradually transformed into human form.

"Hello, Lord Duke."

"You're three seconds behind usual."

Hear the shadow's answer. The man turned around, and on the surface, he was only in his early thirties, and his handsome face was full of the masculine and charming beauty peculiar to men, but his pale complexion and bright red eyes completely betrayed his identity——— he was a vampire. And in the face of men's rebuke. The shadow just smiled.

"I'm sorry, Lord Duke, for some minor delay, and now there is a little commotion in our eastern neighbor. So I unconsciously inquired a little more about it. ”

"Hmph."

Hearing the black shadow's answer, the man snorted coldly, raised his head arrogantly, and looked at the sky.

"The lowly human beings are so ignorant of life and death, and their lowly lives are so fragile and short, that these pigs in captivity have completely forgotten their responsibilities and obligations. Now that they are in such a situation, they are entirely to blame and do not deserve sympathy. As a domestic animal, it is ridiculous to want to disobey the owner. ”

Saying this, the man stretched out his hand, and he didn't know how he moved, but in an instant, a glass of bright red wine appeared in his palm.

"What's the situation over there?"

"There is no change, my lord, the four demon generals have not received the order to transfer, but His Majesty has been very interested in our neighbors recently, I don't know if it is because of this little entertainment, or because of ............ It's not something I can interject in, though, sir. “

"Just because the four demon generals don't make a move now doesn't mean they won't make a move in the future. Don't underestimate His Majesty's talent and ability, he is the most outstanding existence among the dragon souls of all generations, even compared to the pair of twins, not to mention the dragon of light who has been deposed of its minions......... Hmph, it seems that this time, the rivalry and grievances between our Night Dragon Kingdom and the Light Dragon Kingdom have also come to make a decision. “

Saying this, the man picked up the wine glass in his hand and took a sip of the wine in the glass.

"We can't just watch from here, though, Dee, and you should know that Your Majesty hates unmotivated subordinates the most. Now that our neighbors to the east are in trouble, I think it's time to surprise them a little. By the way, I heard............... Not so long ago, it seemed that Nefarian's favorite subordinate died over there? It's a lot of fun, but the dignity of our Night Dragon Nation is not to be tarnished, Di, you should know what to do. ”

"Of course, sir."

Hearing this, Dee looked up, and the vampire's smiling face revealed a hideous, cruel, and excited smile.

"In fact, I already have a goal. My lord, I think you must have heard about what happened in the Soragon Mountains. ”

"Soragon Mountains? I've heard some rumors............ But that's just rumor, isn't it? So? Do you have any ideas? ”

Hearing Di's answer, the man raised his eyebrows, then turned around. Seeing his movements, Di bowed his head deeply again.

"To tell you the truth, my lord, there is a very interesting existence in the Land of Atonement, on the border between the Principality of Moon and our country............ I thought maybe he could help us. (To be continued.) )