506. in the first place
What happened to King Ryan has nothing to do with Sean.
After he and Alexis arrived at the city closest to the royal capital, they couldn't wait to use the teleportation magic circle to leave, and they were re-elected to teleport.
The teleportation magic array is a cross-era magic array developed by the Hytham Institute based on the transformation of the ancient teleportation array, and its main function is to use the consumption of magic power to carry out real-time spatial transfer on other magic teleportation arrays that have been anchored in space. But after all, it is not the teleportation array that the ancients used divine power to support the spatial channel, this kind of teleportation array that uses magic power as consumption is actually not only very susceptible to the interference of spatial magic, but also will cause some damage to the body every time it is teleported.
Although these injuries are only minor mental and physical, they can be recovered with a little rest. But if you continue to teleport without adequate rest, then this accumulated damage will become permanent damage, and perhaps only a guy like Alexis who is already completely at a very human level can completely ignore it.
Even if he is as strong as Sean, he will be affected to a certain extent physically. However, compared to ordinary people, Sean's influence is much slighter, after all, the laws he has comprehended and come into contact with are time and space, although he is still completely unable to use the power of the laws of space, but it is more than enough to reduce the interference and damage of the teleportation magic array on himself.
In less time than it would have taken to go to the royal capital, Sean and Alexis returned to the Void City.
This large city, which is now the capital of the Void Principality, does not show much bustle. Even though it has been recuperating for more than a year, for the Void Duchy, which has experienced a series of battles such as the Dabion War, the conspiracy of the Sene nobles, the revenge of the Blood Banner, and the Bad Blood Plan of Ryan, the people of the Principality are now in a state of serious shortage. This is not something that can be recovered in a year and a half.
Although Neil and Hela have used some shady methods to attract a large number of people from other territories into the Void Duchy, with the lords of the surrounding territories beginning to set up checkpoints and implement iron-blooded methods, no one dares to venture into the Void Duchy now. However, fortunately, because of the large-scale housewarming of many tribes in the Wild Lands, to some extent, it made up for the replenishment of the Void Principality's military resources.
But that's about it.
Many cities and towns within the territory of the Void Principality. It is still deserted - not ten rooms and nine empty, but ten rooms are at least four to six empty.
The Void City, a city that can accommodate nearly 100,000 people. Even when the Principality was newly established, there were nearly 50,000 people, but now because of several successive wars, the permanent population of the entire city is less than 30,000, even if you count the floating population and the like. It is also less than 40,000. When I returned with Alexis before. Sean just felt unusually cold, but now that he saw the detailed data report, Sean's brow was completely furrowed.
"There are pros and cons." Looking at Sean's brows, Neil said lightly.
"I know." Sean nodded and said in a deep voice, "If the Imperial Plan succeeds, the territory of the Void Principality will become very tricky now, after all, it is too deep. In the event of a war, the strategic horizon will give the enemy more room to maneuver. Even if Hela and William join forces, it will be difficult to completely blockade it. ”
"So in my strategic plan, this old land is just a buffer zone for our former war." Hela took over with a nonchalant expression, and then spoke, "At present, the Imperial Plan is progressing very smoothly, the third phase is nearing the end, and the opposition of the Savage Land has basically ceased to exist. It's just that now there are many black hands that have also reached out to the wilderness, and the situation is even more complicated than the business alliance to implement the head-tailed snake plan back then. ”
"It's impossible for us to hide such a big move from others, it's just that it's far from the time to tear our faces." Neil said in a deep voice.
Many people believe that William is the most talented military commander of the Void Principality, even if it is Hela, he is only slightly better than William with a strategic layout, if it is in actual combat and even the change of the battle situation, Hela is likely to not even rank in the top 20 of the list of famous generals. But only Shaun's true core followers will know that William's achievements today are largely due to his guidance from Neil, in addition to his own natural understanding.
Perhaps, Neil is not as good as Hella in terms of strategic layout, and he is not as good as William in terms of tactical strikes. However, Neil's biggest advantage is that he has no obvious shortcomings, and with the means of dealing with government affairs, his keen sense of smell in the political situation and his sharp means in diplomacy, Neil is far superior to anyone in terms of strategic and tactical thinking, at least in this regard, his views and judgments are definitely the level of ten generals.
So in the face of Neil's direct to the core, Sean and Hela were not surprised or surprised.
After a moment's pause, Neil continued: "On the side of the Millennium Covenant, there is no need to worry now, the civil strife has consumed a lot of their energy, and they really don't have the energy to free up their hands to stop it. According to William, the rebel party within the Millennium Covenant Empire is completely desperate to decide the winner, but it is a pity...... They are doomed. ”
"Oh?" Sean was stunned for a moment, "What do you say?" ”
"Willian had a brilliant victory." Neil handed the letter from William to Sean, and then explained briefly, "All the materials raised by the rebel party of the Millennium Covenant Empire have been captured by William. But...... At present, he has no way to return, and several targets of the Zoandon family who are vying for the successor of Hashas, as well as supporters from the rebel party, are fighting with William. ”
"William can't be dragged out just because he got into a fight with them, right?" Sean frowned, "What the hell is he doing again?" ”
"Cecilia hasn't been in touch with William yet." After a moment's hesitation, Hela and Neil looked at each other before Hela spoke, "The exact reason is not clear, though. But...... Sigh over the forest......"
"Forest of Sighs!?" Sean's face changed slightly.
No one knows better than him what kind of place the Forest of Sighs is.
This forest was the edge of this chaotic and dark land before the Black Soil Land was purified. It is a clear watershed boundary. In the eastern part of the thousand-year-old Covenant Empire, it has always been known as the "death dividing line". When the Black Soil Land is purified and Utopia is revealed, this Forest of Sighs will become a buffer zone of war for the Holy Utopia, and it will not be easy to launch an invasion of Utopia without carving a path in the forest.
But now, Utopia is not yet alive, and the Forest of Sighs is a dangerous area.
Sean had always sensed that Cecilia seemed to be in trouble. This is not his delusion, but a kind of mental connection after he became the son of the world. This can be regarded as a kind of benefit given to him by the will of the world. It's just that he didn't know what this feeling was at first, and it wasn't until he was reminded by Kibril on the floating island that he finally realized it. It is precisely because of this that Sean is in a hurry to return to the Void Duchy. Prepare to go to the Millennium Covenant.
Compulsion to calm down directly. Sean opened his mouth and said, "Cecilia's side, I'll go with Alexis." With Kokire and Rena by her side, Cecilia shouldn't be in much danger. ”
Sean thought about it, as long as it didn't alarm the death tide of the Forest of Sighs, Kokire and Rena would be enough to run rampant throughout the Forest of Sighs.
"In that case, I'll send a message to William later, so that he doesn't have to worry." Neil nodded, then continued. "The Millennium Covenant Empire doesn't need to pay attention to it, when they stabilize. Our side can already call itself an empire. However, what needs to be worried about at present is the side of the fascist kingdom, which has been moving continuously recently, and the conflict with the border with Ryan has become more and more intense, and even the old party of Dabiang on the side of the Broken Dragon Mountain Range has faint signs of a comeback. ”
"The Third Garrison?" Sean frowned.
When the Kingdom of Dabion fell, the Third Garrison was unable to participate in the Great Patriotic War of the Kingdom of Dabion because of Andrew's intervention, which caused a wave of orcs to invade. Because of this, the military power of the Dabion Kingdom was only less than half, otherwise even with Sean's conspiracy and Andrew's intervention, Ryan would not have thought of annexing Dabiang so easily.
This orc force, which often invaded through the Valley of the Broken Dragon, was actually made up of prisoners exiled from the tribes of the Savage Lands.
To put it simply, the Broken Dragon Mountain Range is equivalent to a prison in the wilderness.
In the past, the Broken Dragon Mountain Range was naturally guarded, ensuring that these prisoners could only live a hard life in the Broken Dragon Mountain Range, and would never be able to return to the wild land. For this reason, they can only seek to cross the Broken Dragon Valley in the Broken Dragon Mountain Range, trying to find a new way to survive.
However, as the major tribes of the Wild Land were absorbed by Sean, the blockade of the Broken Dragon Mountain Range became thinner and thinner, so that in the past two months, all the troops of the tribes of the Wild Land stationed in the Broken Dragon Mountain Range have withdrawn. In this way, those ferocious criminals who were driven to the Broken Dragon Mountain Range would have a new way out, and if there was a way to live, they would naturally not go to the trouble of the third garrison.
In this way, the third garrison was freed up.
After thinking about this, Sean sighed softly: "Ignore them, let's continue with our plan." But...... If there is a request for help from Hopson's side, we will do what we can to help if we can, after all, the treaty of the Seven Alliance has not been dissolved. ”
Regarding Sean's statement, Hela pursed her lips noncommittally, her eyes obviously a little disdainful.
"As for the fascist kingdom's side, after I finish dealing with Cecilia's side, I'll free up my hands to deal with them again." Sean ignored Hela, and then said coldly, "They thought our Blood Banner revenge was over, huh...... When the time comes, surprise the Wiles. So in this case, there are basically no obstacles to our imperial plans? ”
"Actually, there are." Neil sighed softly, then slid a piece of information in front of Sean.
Taking the bag containing the information, Sean opened it, then glanced at it and frowned.
There is very little content on the stationery, just a few short sentences. No matter how closely you look at it, it doesn't take ten seconds, but Sean just watched it for ten minutes. Then he raised his head to look at Neil and said in a deep voice, "Already infiltrated?" ”
Neil nodded slightly before replying, "Although the situation in the Savage Lands is basically under our control at the moment, these people are still trying to find opportunities. And there are signs that they are not content to cause trouble in the wilderness, and they have tried to cross the Gap Rift, but several attempts have been unsuccessful. ”
"The Imperial Plan is going to let it go for now. We'll wait until Alexis and I bring Cecilia and the others back. Sean thought for a moment, then said, "Don't give these guys any chances. Otherwise, if those people intervene, even if there is an excuse created for us by His Highness Adams, we will be in a passive position. …… This is not the outcome we wanted. ”
"But the blatant assassination of the Grand Duke of the Void can be put to good use." Hela, who had been quiet and didn't speak again. At this time, he suddenly laughed. His eyes were surprisingly bright, "If all goes well, Ryan will have to take care of himself." …… I'm going to talk to Diana about it. Speaking of this, Hela suddenly seemed to remember something, and suddenly said: "You asked me to pay attention to the movements of the Peace Council in the principality, and there is already news. …… The people secretly sent to our principality by the Peace Council have all been evacuated, and it looks like you have offended them severely. ”
"It's good to evacuate, if they stay on top. That's the trouble. Sean said lightly, "But I'm more concerned." It's Christina. ”
"I didn't buy any news of her through the underground intelligence organization, as if she had disappeared from this world."
"That's why I'm worried."
The thought of Christina, who was like a fanatic, gave Sean a headache. That woman is the most buggy existence Sean has ever seen, if it weren't for the fact that Rena already has an angel outfit. Michael's words, purely in terms of achievement and strength growth, Rena will not be Christina's opponent. But even so, when he thought of Christina, Sean's heart was a little uneasy, he knew that this was a sense of the will of the world, just like his induction of Cecilia, which was also the reason why Sean asked Hela to inquire about Christina's whereabouts.
It would be great if you could get a grasp of Christina's actual traces.
But now that even the Vision, the Thieves' Guild, the League of Assassins, and the Insistence have been unable to detect Christina's traces, which is worth pondering. Of course, Sean believes that Deaththorn, as an old opponent of the Peace Council, will definitely be able to find out, but now the relationship between Sean and Deaththorn is in an absolute opposite state, and Deaththorn will not provide Sean with any information and clues, and even if it will, it will be absolutely wrong information, so Sean is not interested in himself.
The current Void Principality is like a huge whirlpool, attracting the attention of all the forces in the entire Southern Continent.
I have to say that Hela, Neil, William, and Cecilia chose to carry out the Void Empire's plan at this time, because this is the time when the Millennium Covenant Empire is at its most declining, and this internal friction caused by the rebellion will definitely not be able to recover in the next ten years. In addition, the Kingdom of Ryan is now also caught in a cycle of self-care, and the Void Duchy is breaking away from the Kingdom of Ryan at this time, just as the Kingdom of Ryan used Enkos to block the way and annex Dabion to regain its status as a kingdom.
No matter who it is, it will be difficult to find trouble with the Void Duchy, or the future Void Empire, at this time.
Just because they can't get into trouble doesn't mean they don't mean to create chaos or fish in troubled waters.
Especially now, because of Laice's matter, Sean has dispersed all the high-end combat power within the principality, which makes the Void Principality a little weak at present. If the Void Empire is destroyed at the most critical time at this time, or even the purpose and news of the imminent establishment of the empire are exposed, then it will definitely cause more unnecessary trouble.
This is also the real reason why Sean immediately called off the Void Empire's plan.
After all, even if you want to proclaim yourself an empire, you need to pick a good time to minimize all the risks. Otherwise, if you fight hard with other people, or with other forces and organizations, even if you can really become an empire afterwards, it will enter a long period of weakness, which is not the result that Sean wants.
In particular, many foreign forces are now like sharks that have smelled blood, and they have begun to gather in the wilderness.
At the very least, after Sean has eliminated all these bad factors, he can continue to carry out the Void Empire plan without worry, otherwise he would rather let it go. Of course, he can't put this time on for too long, at least before the Lane Kingdom really chooses an heir - if it weren't for the fact that Adams intercepted him, Sean would have chosen to leave the Lane Kingdom after the Lane Kingdom decides on the next heir.
As far as the current results are concerned, Sean probably has about half a year to make relevant preparations.
After explaining the matter to Hela and Neil, Sean and Alexis rested in the Lord's Mansion for a night, and then the next day they went directly into the wilderness through the teleportation magic array, heading towards the territory of the Thousand-Year Covenant Empire. (To be continued......)
PS: I've been entangled in personal matters these days.,I'm sorry for not being more sorry yesterday.,I owe a chapter.,Find a chance to make it up this month.。