Chapter 692 The Empire's Response(1/2)
Western Territory, Morning Star City.
In the hall of the temporary city lord's mansion.
"What did you say? The maple leaf collar has been completely recaptured by the elf?"
The Duke of Berencia looked at the officer who was reporting the news and looked shocked.
"Yes...yes, Lord Duke."
The affairs officer replied carefully.
The Duke of Berencia took a light breath, and his eyes could not hide the shock and confusion.
"One month...no, it's less than a month, right? How could they do it?"
"Dude, it is said that they have floating fortresses that can fly in the air. Several strong cities were captured in this way, and... and the gods of dusk and sunset are said to have also fallen into the hands of the goddess of life."
"The Goddess of Life takes action? The Evil God has fallen?"
The Duke of Berencia was slightly stunned.
"Yes, according to the information, all the statues worshipped by the cultists cracked themselves."
The affairs officer replied respectfully.
The Duke opened his mouth, as if he was not ready to accept the news.
It was not until he was silent for a moment that he said to himself with difficulty:
"Isn't it said that he is an evil god who is so strong that even gods will fear? Why... how could he be defeated so quickly?"
The affairs officer did not answer this question.
To be honest... this is no longer something that his existence can investigate clearly.
Of course, the Duke of Berencia did not expect the officials to answer, he just couldn't calm down his shock.
He raised his crystal glass to take a sip of wine, but found that he had not known when the wine in the glass had been finished.
However, just as he raised his head, he found that the official standing in front of him wanted to speak but stopped.
The Duke's heart was thunderous.
He glanced at the officer, his face getting worse and worse:
"What else is bad news?"
The Adam's apple rolled, but... because he was so fat that he couldn't tell his thick neck full of fat.
"Dude...Duke, Maple Leaf Corps...Maple Leaf Corps declared their independence from the empire..."
He stammered.
With a light "click", the precious crystal wine glass in Duke of Berencia's hand turned into pieces, which made Earl Mis twitch at the corners of his eyes twitch and a sensation of pain.
"You say it again? What's wrong with the maple leaf collar?"
The Duke of Berencia narrowed his eyes and looked at the officer who was reporting the news with a gloomy and dangerous expression.
The temperature in the entire hall seemed to have dropped a little because of his gloom.
The fat official wiped the sweat from his forehead and stammered:
"Dude... Duke, Sophia, the heir of the Wells family, announced that Maple Leaf Corps has been independent. Not only that, she also abolished the aristocratic title and hereditary aristocratic system of the entire Maple Leaf Corps and renamed Maple Yue Free Corps..."
As he said that, he took out another wrinkled booklet from his arms:
"This is a manuscript they used to promote..."
The Duke of Berencia snatched it over and looked at it with his eyes narrowed, but as he read it, his expression became increasingly ugly.
After reading the entire manuscript, he threw it to the ground.
"Fengyue Free-Cheng? She also wants to abolish the nobles? Is she going to be an enemy of the entire empire?! It's just a consular district!"
He was about to laugh angry.
The Holy Mannian Empire was not without free lords, but they were all alone, also known as free city.
Free markets are not under the jurisdiction of the central government or local aristocracy, but are highly autonomous, but even so, they dare not say such abolishing the aristocratic system.
"The Duke...the Duke...not only that...they have declared an alliance with the Elf Forest, but also followed the Life Church as the official church."
The affairs officer said carefully.
"Elf Forest?"
The Duke of Berencia was slightly stunned and then furious:
"These damn long ears dare to put their hands on the empire's territory! Do they want to trigger a war of faith?!"
When the legend got angry, the people in the hall felt an uncompromising sense of oppression, and even the magic lamps lit up in the hall were flashing in vaguely.
Noting the pale faces and trembling bodies of the others, the Duke of Berencia barely suppressed the anger in his heart and put away the pressure on his body.
However, he looked at the document that was thrown to the ground, and his face became increasingly ugly.
He never expected that the border lord, who defeated the imperial attacking army, was defeated so quickly!
Even if there is a battle between gods, this speed is too exaggerated.
The Elf Kingdom could last for hundreds of years after the fall of the World Tree!
And even let the Maple Leaf Corps declare independence and abolish the aristocratic system!
If this incident spreads to the imperial capital, I don’t know how many sinister villains will attack him in the parliament.
After all, the one who deals with the Maple Leaf Leader is the Borencia family!
When Duke Berencia thought of the influence of the news about the maple leaf collar, he felt his brain hurt.
Looking at the duke who was rubbing his temples, Earl Mees hesitated for a moment and said:
"Dude, the elves are always better than the evil gods controlling the territory. I think we need to deal with the matter of Maple Leaf..."
"The Count, the area around Augs City, has also been merged into the Maple Moon Freedom."
Looking at the slow expression of Earl Mees, the Duke of Berencia's affairs officer whispered.
Earl of Mees:...
His face changed and he quickly changed his words:
"Dude! You can't let the lost ground fall into the hands of the elves! What Maple Moon Collar... It must be a puppet of the elves, Maple Leaf City was once the capital of the elves! This must be a revenge of the elves!"
"Dude, we have to send troops quickly and regain the territory while the Maple Leaf Corps has not yet settled down!"
Earl Mees' expression was anxious, and Duke Berencia was speechless.
He sighed and said:
"His Earl, do you think we can win the elves that can easily destroy the Red Maple Army's elves?"
Earl Mees was speechless for a moment.
"But isn't this a declaration of war? The elves dared to stand up for the rebellion led by Maple Leaf. As you said, isn't this going to provoke a war of faith?!"
Earl Mees insisted.
The western corps is not rich, and the land near Augs City is fertile and dangerous. If it is really gone, it will be like cutting his flesh.
The Duke of Berencia did not comment, but his slightly clenched fist showed that he was in a very bad mood at this moment.
After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and said:
"Report this matter to the Parliament and ask the Parliament to make a decision."
"Duke Duke!"
"Stop talking! Your Excellency Earl, this is no longer just a problem with the maple leaf leader, but a problem with the Church of Life and the Eternal Church, the Elf Clan and our Empire! If you want to solve it, you can only rely on the pressure from the Empire and the Church to let the Elf return to the Elf Forest and guarantee that you will not participate anymore!"
Berencia stopped Count Mis from persuasion.
As he said that, he looked south again and sneered:
"Abolish the nobles? Equality and harmony? Haha... Without the powerful power of the nobles, without the rich knowledge mastered by the nobles, without the municipal bureaucrats who are loyal to the nobles, just relying on a group of ignorant civilians, I also want to rule the Maple Leaf Leader?"
"It's ridiculous!"
...
Players do not know the turmoil caused by the Maple Moon Reform in the North and Western Territory, nor do they know how much impact it had in the two human kingdoms as the news further spread to the entire Holy Mannian Empire and the Iris Kingdom in the south...
Only some players who often trade with the Human Chamber of Commerce have heard of it. It seems that Fengyue’s reform has broken the sky in the human world.
However, most people don't care too much.
Although today, players have been trained to experience and play the world of Segs as a real world, but as far as the fact is, unless some plots are about themselves, most people are too lazy to care about it.
No matter how big the storm the Fengyue Free Leader has caused in the human world, as long as humans have not openly sent out their troops, few players will pay special attention and worry.
However, the Fengyueling strengthened its defense against the north.
Of course, most of the soldiers defending at this moment are humans.
To be continued...