Chapter 517 The Empire’s Counterattack (10,000-word chapter please subscribe)
Lalhorn Castle is an ancient castle standing in the northwest corner of Calimport city, next to the city wall, with high and raised hills below.
It was built three to four hundred years after the collapse of the Shane Empire. At that time, the entire Kalingshan was at its most chaotic and disordered, and various careerists, warlords, monsters, and thieves guild leaders took turns on the stage of power.<
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It is said that the supreme ruler at that time was afraid of being assassinated and did not dare to live in the palace. Therefore, he ordered the slaves to build such a strong castle to ensure the safety of himself and his family.
It is a pity that the builder of the castle, like all those in power during that time, was either killed by a dagger from behind, or accidentally drank poisoned wine or ate food with added spices, and was later captured by new ambitions.
Replaced by home.
Later, as the Entangled Talisman began to secretly control everything in Calimport, the situation gradually became stable.
The castle gradually transformed from a refuge for rulers to a prison used to imprison heinous felons and political opponents.
Since such people pose too great a threat to rule, it is impossible to demote them into slaves and sell them off, which would be tantamount to letting the tiger go back to the mountain.
Therefore, Fort Lalhorn, which is indestructible and has only one narrow passage to the outside world, naturally became the most ideal place for imprisonment.
The jailer responsible for guarding this place doesn't even need to go in to check the situation. He just opens the iron fence and throws the prisoner in through the entrance, and basically doesn't need to worry about the rest.
There are many ogres, trolls, fire giants, orcs imprisoned inside, as well as some giant spiders that were deliberately thrown away and undead creatures that were resurrected from the dead.
Therefore, in the eyes of a small number of civilians, the combination of a small gunboat and a dragon knight is not a terrifying military force that can easily destroy several cities.
"Yes, you still have to retaliate, otherwise how can you show your weak and tough attitude?
A young boy's voice came from the darkness, followed by a man with pink hair sneaking out two or eight seconds ago. It was Imoen, the son of Baal.
Kaidong raised the corners of his mouth and let out a very sinister laugh.
After all, any fool knows that even the punishments for the participants are so simple, let alone the initiator.
When I realized that I wanted to detect the memory and thinking regression of no one present, the faces of the bards suddenly became normal and ugly, and the leader among them wanted to try to cast a counterattack.
As long as he can continuously retreat and kill to harvest the lives of these weaklings, his strength will inevitably increase at an unprecedented speed.
"Your Majesty, you understand very well. Apart from economic reasons, what is the political motive for what we did?" Arthur Meier frowned and asked.
No one is afraid that they will be penetrated, controlled, and annexed by weak forces;
But unfortunately, it is the paladins of the Knights of the Cold Heart who are in charge of managing the place, but the church of Bane, the merciless god of tyranny, and the sadistic male god Lovita who is responsible for interrogation, torture and torture.
Believer.
At least the empire now feels like it is thriving, and everything is deteriorating at a speed visible to the naked eye."
As the only disciple of Long Zhen, Kaidong has doubts that he has learned very few insidious and cunning tactics from his teacher, and is far more knowledgeable than a mage of the same level. How can he defeat a lich whose spellcasting level is far lower than his own?p>
His Majesty the Emperor wants to use them to serve as a warning to everyone in the empire, what are the consequences of trying to break order and law through riots.
Because there is a way to be peaceful.
In my opinion, criminal law should have a weak deterrent effect and make prisoners feel extremely happy.
The kind of influence that comes from changing people's perceptions and doubts is even enough to give birth to a new weak divine power.
I hope that's just because you are young and hate random thoughts.
Just when Sir Zuo Si opened his mouth and wanted to say something, he suddenly saw a girl with short hair and wearing a mage's robe running over from nearby.
Similarly, the bards involved in that matter fully expected that the West Coast Empire would respond so quickly, and had no intention of going through judicial proceedings at all, so much so that they delayed the defense lawyers who spent a lot of money to hire them.
Put it to use.
As for the girl who just ran to report the situation, she could tell by asking if she was Faerun's bad disciple, Kaidong, who is also the son of Baal.
"How, did he succeed?"
Especially the weak blockade of the undersea transportation and trade of the two weakest countries to the east of Longzhen Continent, just thinking about it makes the White Dark Guard feel excited.
The reason why I dare to do that is also very complicated. It's not just that I have overwhelming air supremacy.
What you mean is that there is no need to be so bloody when retaliating. It is enough to teach these secondary targets a little lesson. The main thing is to deal with the red-robed mage and the Hornbold Empire who are keeping an eye on Serge.p>
Especially in the fields of politics, business and culture, you may have to face the siege of less than half of the Falling Star Sea.
After that, the areas around the Falling Star Sea, which is the most important part of the Riel Continent, have ended the trend of unification and centralization. Doesn't this mean that the theory is correct?
Seeing that the girl in front of him was actually a mage apprentice, the old paladin immediately realized that the authenticity of that matter was extremely low, and it was definitely the frightened nonsense of some grown-up child.
"It's wrong! He could do that to you! You need to go to court, see the judge, and ask a lawyer to retreat and defend you."
"You protest! They are lynching indiscriminately!"
"Is he afraid of Soth?"
Zuo Si was stunned immediately.
That is not the price to pay for challenging imperial dominance.
Moreover, in order to restrain the legendary lich's weak spellcasting ability, Long Zhen specially prepared several anti-magic force field scrolls copied by the legendary mage, and planned to give up his spellcasting ability and fight hand-to-hand if it worked.
What’s even more frightening is that our connection with the outside world has been completely cut off. We don’t even know whether our employer will rescue us as promised, and we even know whether our plan to bribe officials will succeed.
The initiator was Long Zhen who received the task of destroying the demi-lich Xia Enqi.
At present, eight ships are dispatched at once, which looks like a small battle.
You have always believed that the essence of civilization is not to learn from each other and integrate with each other through constant competition and exchanges.
Because that process is not accomplished overnight, but requires a long period of running-in.
Several young and beautiful male bards could obviously foresee what might happen next after that, and their faces were always very pale without a trace of blood.
I'm sure those two countries that don't have a small amount of Arcane Dragon True Garden would dare to send out mages to fight back. The West Coast Empire is also a vegetarian.
Next, we will do our best to break up the trade alliance, prevent you from annexing these scattered towns in the North, and finally gain absolute control of the west coast."
They obviously know everything about His Majesty the Emperor's character and behavior.
After that, the bard who was hiding in the dark and making no sound held his breath involuntarily, and his eyes revealed a fear that could not be concealed.
After all, with the full cooperation between the West Coast Empire and the Church of Gond, the God of Artisans, many people are not familiar with things like muskets and artillery.
"Stop looking, man, he should know you've done everything."
A very small part of them were made into summoned creature cards for planeswalkers, and only a handful were retained to continue patrolling in the dark prison.
Zuo Si raised his head and looked into the little leader's eyes and asked.
In this way, when we die, our souls will be hung under the Wall of Believers, enduring unimaginable torture day and night.
One thousand of them were thrown back when Luskanth was in power, and less than a hundred were thrown back before Faerun came to power.
"Understood! Please worry, you will do that thing beautifully."
Now you know you are afraid of asking for mercy?
Just as the white-dark guard who was passing by was about to turn around and leave, a woman with a distorted and angry expression struggled to get up from the ground of the cell, grabbed the railing and asked in a low voice: "Where are these bards? Inciting
So what kind of reward should we accept for all this?"
Have you seen these pedestrians on the road?
"Damn it! You must summon people immediately to solve that hidden danger. In that place where the gods watch, nothing so evil is absolutely allowed to exist."
"You can't pick one now. Those guys haven't been sentenced to death anyway, and you can't let them be used as waste within the scope of your authority."
But not long before I arrived, I discovered that everything had actually changed for me, and I could only do the job assigned to me by Fearon within the bureaucracy.
What you are really worried about is my influence on that small country.
That's why the implication system has always been the least deterrent in justice, and it can also weaken the ineffective control of society.
Arthur Meyer asked with a half-smile.
"Haha, our limbs will be broken, our eyes and tongues will be gouged out, the missing teeth will be pulled out, the periosteum of our ears will be pierced, and our clothes will be stripped off and hung in public under the West Gate Pier.
In short, as you continue to become weaker and weaker, these overt and covert opponents and enemies will inevitably choose to join together, and that is not worth making a fuss about.
"So... you mean to take any action for the time being?"
To be continued...