No one would have thought that after the assassination of Duke Fay Aonan, the city of Vaegirs would suddenly launch an attack on the neighboring city of Kohor. Unprepared, Kohor was caught off guard. Coupled with the great disparity in power between the two sides, the outcome of the war was very clear from the beginning.
As Marquis Jole expected, in just one day, the bear flag of the Loen family was raised on the city wall of Kohor.
Soon, the news spread to the Northern Court.
"He actually dares to declare war on other cities."
After listening to all the reports, Hogg was the first to speak, "Vaegirs and Kohor are both members of the Trade Federation. If the two sides start a war, Tashanmu will definitely not ignore it."
"Is his name Jole Loen?" Caesar nodded in appreciation. "He's very smart."
Marquis Jole, the current patriarch of the Loen family, the true ruler of the city of Vaegirs. The powerful intelligence system of the Northlands had successfully collected a lot of unknown information about this guy. It could be said that they knew him like the back of their hand.
Hearing the Black Dragon Emperor's praise, Hogg thought for a moment and quickly understood. "After Fay Aonan's death, he realized that he had no way out, so he decided to find another backer. Using Kohor as a sign of allegiance, he expressed his attitude to Kohor's mortal enemy — us."
"This is a gamble of life and death. Although the military power of Vaegirs is ranked among the top among the trading cities, once Tashanmu mobilizes for war, Vaegirs will fall without any reinforcements." The Jackalan chief concluded and then asked the Northern Emperor, "Should we speak up for them?"
In the eyes of Jole Loen, this was a dead end, but in the eyes of the Northlands, it was a problem that could be solved with a notice or a letter. Under the current situation of maintaining peace on the surface, the trading cities had to maintain maximum restraint. As long as the Blackwing Empire, one of the two hegemonic powers, was willing to speak up for Vaegirs, it would be difficult for Tashanmu to resist the pressure to impose sanctions on Vaegirs.
"No." Unexpectedly, Caesar shook his head.
"You mean to give up on Vaegirs?" Hogg asked.
"That's not what I meant."
Black Dragon continued to shake his head, "Joseph Luhn, he is the same type of person as Roy Brando, a lone wolf full of ambition waiting for an opportunity to strike. He is very smart and a good chess piece, but unfortunately, he has yet to realize that he is a chess piece.
Since that's the case, let him feel it. Let him know how much weight Virgil has on Airadia's chessboard. "
Hogg understood what Caesar meant. The Blackwing Empire did not say a word about the affairs of the trading city-states for the time being. They were waiting for Tashanmur to launch a war to punish Vegia. They were waiting for Joseph Ron to find it difficult to continue before intervening.
"What happens after that?" Hogg wanted to know Caesar's next decision so that he could prepare for the next action in advance.
"Putting aside the indecisive and disgusting Prin and Maen, Nisdu and Olse have already signed an alliance agreement with us. Together with Vaegirs and Kohor, it can be said that more than half of the trading city-states are living under the Blackwing Empire," Caesar said, "The next step is, of course, to completely incorporate the trading city-states into our pockets."
The legendary Gnoll nodded, pondered for a moment, and said, "But the Empire on which the sun never sets should not ignore this."
"Of course not."
Caesar let out two sneers, "I guess after the north assists Vaegirs, they will soon make a move. I have to say, that human disrupted my plan and brought the war forward, but this is a good opportunity."
… …
The sky was dyed golden. Garcia Whisperwind put her hands on the ornately carved railing outside the window and stared at the gradually dispersing light. The dawn was right in front of her, creeping through the forest and fields, turning the earth from dark to indigo and then to green under her feet. Long snake-like water snaked out from the ridge of the mountain, and the waterfall outside the castle surged with white mist. Garcia could vaguely feel the water splashing on her face.
"What else is there?" she asked.
"Tashanmur of the trading city-state is gathering troops."
Behind her, her maid replied, "Tashanmur once sent a messenger to Vaegirs and asked the rebel leader, Joseph Rune, to go to Pudasius to be punished, but Joseph Rune did not respond and sent someone to cut off the messenger's ears. So Tashanmur declared war and wanted to use the blood of Rune's white bear to water the land."
Garcia looked away and stopped watching the sunrise. No matter how beautiful the morning sun was, it could not lift her mood. She did not know how to feel when she heard that the queen of the Blackwing Empire had already given birth to a son for the emperor.
"What about the Blackwing Empire?" she asked absent-mindedly. "Is Vaegirs' judgment supported by it?"
"I'm not sure. According to our observations, the Blackwing Empire has not made any unusual moves."
The long-eared female elf realized that the queen did not seem to be too concerned about political affairs recently, but she did not say much. "But the Wolfheart Kingdom of the Fox and Wolf Kingdom is mobilizing troops. Also, some countries in the Ayrsala region seem to have military operations."
"The Wolfheart Kingdom, Ayrsala, these countries are acting according to the will of that guy. Without his orders, they will not act on their own.
There must be something we don't know. "
Garcia tucked her silver hair behind her ear and said uneasily, "Airadia is going to war, a large-scale, bloody war."
The door of the room was knocked, and the maid heard it and asked. She left for a while and then returned.
"Your Highness, there is one more thing."
The maid said, "We just received news that Queen Luna of the Blackwing Empire went home yesterday to visit her relatives and has now entered the territory of the Elven Duchy."
"Now?" Garcia turned her head. "You should know this news in advance."
Garcia called the maid in the palace and changed her clothes while thinking about how to face Luna. She thought that if she could talk to Luna and persuade Caesar before the war began, she might be able to change the Black Dragon Emperor's mind. But as she thought about it, Garcia's thoughts would always stray. Luna's identity as the queen, the daughter of Odín Tangerine …
She had not seen that guy for a long, long time.
The location of the meeting with the Blackwing Queen was a small garden. The garden was in the shape of a circle, with a white tower surrounding it. Blue flowers were planted on the soil and grass. Initially, the blacksmith had wanted to plant Yanan flowers, but Jacia had rejected it. She did not want her garden to be filled with Yanan flowers like the one in front of the Blackwing Palace. That was prepared for Luna.
Luna saw Garcia from afar and immediately got up, flapping her little wings and flying over. She hugged her passionately and even left a light kiss on her cheek. "Oh, Your Highness Garcia, I haven't been home for a long time. I didn't expect this place to have changed so much. I almost got lost in the oak forest."
"How could that be?"
Garcia replied with a gentle smile, feeling warm in her heart. Thank goodness, thank goodness Luna was still that cute, lively, and shy girl. She did not have the arrogant and noble appearance of the Empire's queen.
"Little Odín, come over and say hello to Your Highness Garcia." The next moment, Luna turned around and waved behind her.
A strange-looking baby dragon poked its head out from the cover of flowers and plants. It flapped its butterfly-like wings and tilted its head to look at the Queen of the Elven Dukedom.
At this moment, Garcia's heart seemed to be gripped by a hand. She could not move at all. Almost at the same time that Odín Tangerine was born, the news spread like snowflakes to all parts of Airadia. The Elven Dukedom naturally knew about this big event in the North. Luna's parents had even invited her to visit the Blackwing Empire, but Garcia rejected them. She subconsciously avoided this matter and did not watch any information or videos about the Fairy Dragon.
Speaking of which, this was the first time Garcia met Caesar and Luna's daughter.
Her beautiful and fair face was slightly flushed.
After a while, Odín flapped his wings and flew over. He transformed into his little fairy form midway and hugged Garcia. "Oh, little mommy, you're so beautiful."