Prince Gasson's angry glare made the guards dare not neglect it. He just whispered in Gasson's ear:
"But, Your Majesty, Kagad, Kagad has been breached! The demons took less than two hours to breach Kagad Town, and now the portal anchor has completely disappeared. The survivors claim that the demons who escaped from the Monster Forest may have already occupied Kagad Town. What should we do?"
Facing the guards' nervous gaze, Prince Gasson was stunned for a long time before he shouted loudly in a shocked tone:
"What?! Kagad was breached by the demons?!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the nobles looked at each other, the little queen suddenly remembered something, hope flashed in her eyes, the former president of the court seemed to be thinking about something, and finally his face suddenly changed, and he was helpless.
At the same time, the survivors of Kagad knelt on the ground and cried, begging the Prince and the Queen to send troops to save their families.
But when Prince Gasson calmed down and asked about the situation on the scene, they were unable to answer any questions.
It just said that they saw with their own eyes countless stones falling from the sky, and that there were footsteps shaking the earth outside the city - other than that, there was nothing else.
“Hurry up and ask General Dreshuka and the diocese to send troops to support us!” Prince Gassen ignored the banquet he was hosting and shouted at the guards, “Directly communicate with the Witch of the Night and ask her to take the Imperial Knights to investigate - what are you guys standing there for? Go!”
Some guards left directly, but the next moment after they left, new guards came in.
The guards looked pale, and claimed that not long ago, divine power came from the town of Kagad.
Both the military district and the parish received the news that the town of Kagad had been breached and turned into a purgatory.
The military district has already sent troops to the town of Kagad, intending to trap and encircle the demons who were looting the spoils in the city. The parish's crusade was directly teleported to the location of a remote village of the parish not far from the town of Kagad through the powerful magic of the white-robed cardinal.
As for why they didn't teleport directly to the vicinity of Kagad Town, the reason was very simple -
In the town of Kagad, there is no trace of any believers of the Church of Light.
There is not even a trace. Even if Patriarch Peter himself were to take action, they would not be able to appear in a place where there are no believers.
But at least 70% of the population of Kagad believed in the Church of Light. How could there not be even one believer in the huge earldom? What did this mean? The nobles here knew it clearly.
In the abrupt silence, someone murmured something, and finally realized what was going on and shouted in fear:
"The Kagad Massacre, it's the Kagad Massacre—it's the Regent taking revenge on us!"
Everyone was stunned at first, and then cold sweat immediately covered their bodies. They only felt countless chills coming from the ends of their limbs, because they knew that if this was really the work of the Regent, and if it was really the Regent who "confirmed" the unjust accusation against him...
Then almost everyone in this banquet hall will not be able to escape the regent's reckoning.
Every one of them had voted for the death penalty for the Regent during the Quiet Exile incident. If the other party really took such action out of revenge...
Then everyone here will not be able to escape the final reckoning.
The nobles looked at each other in horror, and finally put down their glasses or knives and forks at the same time.
They all looked at their leader, Prince Gasson, hoping that Prince Gasson could think of a solution for them.
But what can Prince Gasson do
This is really confusing.
How come the former regent who had disappeared within the country was in a relationship with a demon
And he also led the demons to attack the town of Kagad, and even killed the priests who stayed inside, just to fulfill the charges in the Quiet Exile Incident
His face was covered with sweat and he couldn't understand what was happening.
But fortunately, the military district and the diocese acted quickly. If nothing unexpected happens, the former regent should be trapped in Kagad Town... If the other party really intends to use Kagad Town as a base for revenge, if...
Prince Gassen was sweating profusely. Just when he decided to give everyone a reassurance pill,
"Her Majesty the Queen said she wanted to rest, so I'll send her back first."
A cold voice came from the side.
Prince Gasson turned around in a daze and found that it was the former chief judge who was leading the queen. The former chief judge's green eyes were staring at him coldly, and the little queen behind her -
She was also staring at her uncle.
His eyes were filled with pleasure and joy like revenge.
"Please let her... rest early."
Gritting his teeth, Prince Gasson could only squeeze out these words.
Just as he pushed the little empress with a cut-off tongue onto the throne in order to avoid becoming a target.
Although she was just a puppet, a target, she was the queen in this situation. Garson could not break the rules in this situation.
With cold hands and feet, he watched his niece and the former president of the court leave the banquet hall.
The nobles gathered around him also stared at him blankly.
…
At the same time, in the capital of the Elf Kingdom, in the Elf Palace of Fingal in the Sky Garden.
Finn of the elf also received news from Kagad and the bad news from the Roman Empire.
It was midnight, but Finn had no intention of resting.
She called her trusted confidant Qinna and asked her to verify the authenticity of the information, and emphasized that she should "pay attention to one detail."
"Finn, I can't understand..."
"Yes, my lovely servant, you cannot understand how excited I am at this moment... Do you know what this means? This means that the Regent King has completely given up the possibility of returning to the Roman Empire.
He chose to travel around the world, and the Elf Kingdom, which had border frictions with the Roman Empire, would be his next destination. "
Fen's smile left Qinna stunned for a long time.
After a moment, Qinna looked directly into Fen's green eyes and shook her head, "Yes, I understand your excitement - but why do you want us to confirm... whether there are any signs of "divine power being converted" at the scene?"
The gods of religious beliefs possess their own great powers, and they are collectively referred to as "divine powers."
Priests use "divine power" to perform magic. The amount of divine power they can borrow depends on how powerful the god they believe in is.
The divine power between different gods cannot be shared, so Qinna cannot understand what "divine power being converted" means.
Facing the doubts of his loyal servant, Finn just smiled and shook his head: "My lovely servant... do you know a prophecy?"
"A... prophecy?"
"Yes, a prophecy." Taking the loyal servant's emotions into consideration, the voice used all its strength and finally explained it to her in a poetic way.
The smile on Finn's face slowly disappeared, replaced by a serious expression that Qinna had not seen in the past few hundred years.
"One... one of the prophecies spoken by the last emperor of the Bayerzans Empire before it sank into the ground along with almost all of its cities, before perishing together with the core of the demonic disaster."
"Fin... doesn't this mean?!"
She stated...
A thousand years later, the last purple princess will take back the power of light from the false god's believers, awaken the remnants of the empire with a pillar of light that reaches the sky, and let the dusty empire see the light of day again.
Chapter 1: New Weapons of Ishgard
April 1, 1404 in the World Calendar.
In the coastal area of Isgard, the president's daughter, who had transformed into a tall woman, was personally inspecting the application of new weapons in actual combat.
This is a battle to eliminate pirate hideouts.
Not everyone in Isgard wants the country to continue to develop as a democracy.
There are very few royalists who hope that Isgard can return to the feudal centralized politics of a hundred years ago, allowing them to become emperors and nobles and enslave the people.
This is a rebellious thought that the President's wife and the parliament cannot tolerate. Knowing that they have no place in the now democratic Isgard, these royalists have become pirates who plague the coastal areas of Isgard. While threatening Isgard's maritime trade routes, they have also become the best weapon of the Isgard government.
These pirates were left behind on purpose.
After all, Ishgard's weapons not only have to face the threat of resisting monsters, but also have to have the actual combat capability to kill humans.
Monsters can be found everywhere, but human enemies are rare in the unified territory of Ishgard.
That's why - to test new weapons in real combat means that a pirate hideout that has been "herded" well has to be completely wiped out...
This is a painful thing for the President's daughter.
I hope these weapons can play their due role.
At her nod, the accompanying general waved his hand, signaling the wizard to release the "Eye of the Sky" magic.
Ishgard's magic power was not abundant. If junior mages from other places could simply cast a fireball spell, then Ishgard's senior mages could only cast two fireballs with all their strength.
The lack of magic power has caused mages to become "auxiliaries" rather than the vital "main force" in Ishgard's military and civilian systems.
They may never go to the front battlefield to release strategic magic that determines the outcome of the battle, but they can convert magic power into various forms to gain advantages for their side.
Take the "Eye of the Sky" magic on the battlefield for example. The wizard creates a magical eye from high in the sky that overlooks the ground. The generals and staff in the rear can use the magical creation called "Tactical Sand Table" to obtain a clear ground topographic map in a cloudless and light-free environment, and use this as a basis to order the various troops to cooperate with each other.
Hundreds of years ago, this was a "privilege" that could only be enjoyed by those who had to have geographical advantages in the mountains.
But now, it has become a necessity for every army in Isgard. The president is proud of this and is full of confidence in the upcoming war with the Roman Empire.
"Testing the results of the new rifle."
She turned around and spoke to the general, who nodded. He first ordered the crossbowmen carrying large shields to advance, and then he ordered the testers holding the new rifles to follow a hundred meters behind the crossbowmen.
Through the Eye in the Sky, they could clearly see the entire process of the pirates hastily closing the city gates and preparing to escape by ship.
However, the experimental new steam ironclad warships on the sea of Isgard had surrounded all the sea outlets. The pirate ships that had just sailed out of the harbor were sunk by artillery fire within two minutes. Countless pirates struggled in the sea, and finally, with the help of their companions and the deliberate "omissions" of the ironclad warships, they escaped back to their hiding place.
The experimental steam battleship was also a new product that was launched a month ago. Compared with the old wooden ironclad warship, the new ironclad warship not only has more horsepower and faster speed, but more importantly, it has firepower that is ahead of its time.
The old wooden-hulled ironclad ships only had crossbows and simple cannons on the attack platforms on the sides of the ships. Although they seemed numerous, they were actually unable to quickly sink wooden warships due to their small caliber and insufficient power.
The new steam warship was named "Shi Zui". This was a great man in Isgard who established basic education and advanced education for the people. Although he was dead, everyone remembered him and placed his statue in the Hall of Fame in Isgard for future generations to admire.
As great as the name "Shi Zui" is, the firepower of the new battleship is also extremely great—
The 10 advanced 150mm experimental cannons can destroy all old ships within the effective range, and its armor belt is also immune to the achievements of small-caliber artillery and ballista. It can be said that it is a symbol of the invincible maritime power of Isgard!
As long as we wait for the remaining four improved "Schmidt" class ironclad ships to be launched into mass production next year, the conquest of the Roman Empire's coast will be just around the corner.
But this is only along the coast.
The President's daughter needs the rich inland of the Roman Empire, their wheat and minerals, and their rich geographical resources - the coastal areas alone cannot satisfy Ishgard's ever-expanding appetite.
So, how would the new rifle perform under the tremendous pressure of pushing inland
The president's daughter squinted her eyes and used her vampire's exceptional eyesight to observe the experimenters who were jogging along.
The general gave orders on the sand table. He ordered the crossbowmen to enter the pirates' shooting range, and after asking the experimenters to find shelters at intervals of 100 meters and determine their own shooting positions, he gave the order to attack.
The crossbowmen of Isgard advanced against the enemy's arrows. They raised their crossbows high, aimed at the pirates' hiding place, and threw a round of arrows, then immediately turned around and used the large shield behind them to cover themselves and reload the crossbows.
The pirates also had wooden shields and stone brick bunkers, and the two sides fought back and forth, and there were not many casualties in the turn-based battle. In this case, the pirate commander even rushed up to the wall to personally boost morale.
He was surrounded by solid cover erected by shield bearers, and the resistance of the shields was too great for bows and crossbows. Unless a ballista was used, few projectile weapons could penetrate the shields' cover.
The commander probably rushed to the city wall because he saw that Ishgard did not send out ballistae or ballista troops. But he definitely did not know that Ishgard had a new weapon with extremely strong penetrating power...
The general estimated the distance. The crossbowman gave the example that the pirates' defensive wall was about 150 meters away, which was the best range.
The experimenters were more than 260 meters away from the city wall, but considering the accuracy of the new rifles, this should indeed be the optimal range.
He ordered the experimenters to fire a salvo at the enemy commander who was showing off his power on the city wall.
Accompanied by a loud bang that merged into one, the Eye in the Sky saw that the enemy commander who was protected by layers of shields was directly shot through by countless bullets along with several layers of wooden shields.
"I want these new rifles in every army under my name, now, Miss President."
The General turned and looked at the President's daughter.
His eyes were filled with enthusiasm for the new weapons.
…
The pirate hideout was quickly breached, and both new weapons demonstrated their worth.
Now, the president's daughter is sitting in a conference room in a city close to the battle site, and in front of her are the closest staff members.
The president's daughter briefly explained the effects of the new weapons to her staff, and then she proposed that all military factories stop producing old crossbows and turn to producing bullets for the new rifles during this period.
Although they still had to make the new rifles one by one by hand, at least they could now make as many bullets as they could.
But in this case, the reform of Ishgard's future army is inevitable.
"These weapons have turned most armor and shields into worthless burdens. Ms. President, I hope that all shields will be eliminated from the total number of equipment for the new army, and that our warriors will be provided with more lightweight leather armor instead."
"Leather armor?"
"Yes. Because at present, neither plate armor nor chain mail can resist direct fire from the new rifles at the optimal range.