Even high altitudes are not without danger. The airspace of ordinary small countries is almost undefended for the air knights of large countries, but entering the airspace of large countries at will is equivalent to provoking the country's air defense forces and air knights.
But the most dangerous thing is to accidentally enter the attack range of the mage tower. Even if the dragon encounters a well-prepared mage tower, it is easy to fall over.
A high-quality mage tower can increase the magic of the mage tenfold. It is entirely possible for a large-scale high-ring magic to become a small forbidden spell after several layers of bonuses. There are many dragons shot by the mage. The source of basic respect for the caster.
As far as I know, the capitals of all major counties in the Baier Kingdom have such air defense areas, and even the slightly stronger lords will recruit archmages to build air defense areas. Of course, they may not be guarded against foreign enemies. After all, the super empire's The financial resources of the big lords are not inferior to the treasuries of small countries, and there are not a few who can afford the sky knights.
Just like the eternal struggle between theocracy and the kingship, the kingship and the autonomy of the local lords are always in conflict.
And if the royal family is extremely weak, the local lords will often attack each other first and seize each other's territory and people. Maybe the reason they use is just "that kid in your family didn't invite me for his birthday celebration" and "your wife seduces my second brother-in-law." "Nonsense, but if the kingship loses its authority, these reasons are enough for no one to believe it.
When the king's power is weak, civil strife is inevitable, and when a lord who occupies most of the country's power wins, a new royal family should be born.
And since the newly-born royal power ascends the throne with strength, it is naturally centralized, and the royal power naturally enters a strong period, but there is no dynasty that will not fall, and it is impossible for the emperors from generation to generation, as long as they still implement the enfeoffment system and bloodline Inheritance, new replacement is only a matter of time.
Obviously, this is an unpleasant cycle, but such a social structure makes struggle and annexation never stop, and while ordinary people are threatened by war, it cannot be denied its contribution to social progress, at least it is a natural The exchange blood mechanism, the foolish or rebellious king, will eventually fall.
Considering the future development route, I have researched these political systems, but I have no plans to make a "Declaration of the Emancipation of the Serfs", or to "divide the land between the local tyrants", or even carry out in-depth social reforms other than the law. , because in the current time when the territory is vast, the productivity is backward, and the wild beasts are too strong, this system of lords being fully responsible for the people within their own range seems to be backward, but in fact it is the most suitable for the current social status quo.
"Everyone is public? Everyone should listen to the king? Since they are all from the royal family, then you should go to the royal family to protect you."
The lord's ownership and wealth possession of the territory and its people is also the driving force for him to build combat power and protect the family and the land. Isn't the initial chivalry from the most basic loyalty to the lord to protect the territory.
Nobility comes from the ordinary, and there is nothing wrong with protecting one's belongings. After a certain tone has been established throughout the era, the first half step is a genius, and the first step is a fool who will be tied to the stake and barbecued.
If a traveler really came up, he would have established a complete centralized power and county system, and replaced the lord with a rotating local official. What awaited him was definitely not a bumper harvest, but the disintegration of the entire country.
Perhaps it will take several years for a certain central government decree to reach remote areas, and it will take a few years for the orders to reach the grassroots.
The plagues, natural disasters and famines that may be caused by too many people living together are unsolvable. After thinking about it a little, you will know that doing so is equivalent to killing, and doing bad things with good intentions is like this.
Of course, if it is a small country, it is still feasible. If the technology develops to a certain level, urbanization and modernization will be gradually implemented, and medical care, communication, transportation, agriculture, and industry will rise several grades with the industrial revolution. Even if I don’t do anything, Times will also change naturally... It seems that something has been accidentally leaked, um, I admit that I personally did have a heartbeat, but it is not an overnight thing to cut off this cycle of kingship change.
Of course, there are a few exceptions, such as countries that are too small in size, religious countries where theocracy and kingship are unified, and border countries that are always under threat of invasion by foreign enemies. centuries of heritage.
Ahem, let’s ignore him for the time being in the reincarnation of history. Anyway, it’s been around so many times, and this time, I’m not going to shout out the slogans of “all men are created equal”, “all wealth belongs to everyone”, or What is the plan to establish a sickle and axe party to become the public enemy of the world, how much power is exerted, let's take a look at the present.
When the royal power of the Baier Kingdom is in a strong period, many local lords will naturally not attack each other. On the contrary, they will unite to resist the royal family's desire for centralization. Since complete centralization is a dream that cannot be realized under the existing conditions, This is a struggle destined to have no eternal victor, and the battle between the two sides will continue forever until a new royal family is born.
Now that Baier is at the peak of history, Oros can even let other lords send their eldest sons to the capital to "study", and the reorganization of other lords' private soldiers has also achieved certain results, but if you want all lords The lord is obedient, but it will take at least another hundred years, and there will be a hundred battles in the middle, and there will be no chaos inside and outside. Unless he is the undead protagonist who has opened the golden finger, he will definitely not wait.
Although today's Bayer is nominally unified, if it is divided according to strict standards, it is still a piece of feudal territory. When calculating the combat power of a country, it often refers to the affiliated army of the country's royal family and its territory, the royal knights. The regiment is also equal to the national knights, but if it is a large-scale battle, I am afraid that the private army of each lord will be added. After all, in response to the king's call, sending private troops to participate in the national war is also one of the basic obligations of the lord.
Don't underestimate the private army. Their training and equipment are the foundation of a certain lord's family inheritance. Special equipment and arms are often adapted to local conditions. There are many private troops that are stronger than the kingdom's regular army. The big nobles who are limited in the number of private soldiers will try to win by quality, and it is not without precedent that the average combat strength of a single soldier far exceeds that of the Royal Knights.
The limit on the number of private soldiers is often related to the title, but there are also ways to take advantage of the militia, militia reserve, etc. Although each individual does not seem to be many, once accumulated, the accumulated combat power of the noble private army of most countries It is only several times more than the royal family that can restrict the royal family. After all, in a sense, the royal family of the feudal kingdom of this era itself is the strongest lord in the country.
This is still a normal lord, and if it is a big lord guarding the border, the strength of his troops cannot be limited, and such a big noble can easily become a new candidate for the royal family.
And along the way, I also saw how deep the confidence of the Baier Kingdom is.
Basically, in any area, there will be an air knight to follow up, or a griffin knight, or a Pegasus knight, even a dragon knight, there is actually a caster riding a manticore, or a manticore. Squads, or three or two, Aerial Knights that ordinary small countries can't afford are the most basic configuration for the lords of Baier. I actually still see two towers looming in the clouds.
They saw that the blue dragon of the Dragon Rider was in front of them, but they didn't leave directly, they just followed silently until they left the airspace, often at the border, when a new air rider came, and the previous one just followed. Turning around and going back, this polite and distanced attitude is not only aimed at us outsiders. No one greeted the Grand Duke Longqi along the way, which is unusual in the bones.
The Dragon Knights, which only belong to the royal family in name, still have the right of free passage in various regions, but these Aerial Knights who follow silently may not be able to stop the Dragon Knights from doing what they do, but at least they show an attitude - "This place is mine, you It can come, but it must be within our surveillance range."
This is obviously a bit too much, and it is quite different from what I heard at the beginning. It seems that with the approaching of His Majesty the Emperor, these lords have new ideas.
But even if I haven't arrived in the capital, I can guess something. There are too many princes. This civil war seems inevitable. The authority of Baier will naturally be greatly reduced, and the era when the lords of Baier oppressed the royal family more than 40 years ago seems to be possible again.
As for the dragon knight's defense, perhaps it is not only a political statement, but also has some practical significance.
"Who knows if you're here to document deployments and military deployments in preparation for a possible war later."
As for us outsiders? We have not been interrogated at all. Perhaps, because of this leader, we are also regarded as a member of the Dragon Knights, and our new partner has also traveled with us smoothly.
new partner? Well, didn't I just say something casually before, and suddenly there was a tornado? In fact, it was such a coincidence that the raging storm reappeared in front of us as a familiar figure—Kamdirian, the god of wind elements.
"Your Excellency Roland, I came here specially to find you. There are some very important things I want to discuss with you in detail."
He ran away after he killed Urmdy Loken... He left in a hurry, but now he took the initiative to appear in front of me, obviously something was looking for me, and he was different from the little bugs and stupid mortals in the past, but he obviously put the The attitude is low.
These ancient existences are so realistic, if you don't show your achievements to prove that you are an equal existence, they will not look at people directly.
Of course I'm very happy to meet Kamdirian, after all, I'm looking for the god of the wind god artifact, kill him... Just ask him and maybe it will pay off.
But after looking carefully, I could only reluctantly give up a certain backup plan. After all, the other party who appeared in front of me was just an avatar. This kind of thing would explode without saying, and it would be difficult to explode any good equipment. Forget the BOSS that drops things.
But now while on the road, it is obviously not the time to chat, so I just want him to follow, but the strange thing is that he is eager to say something, so I asked casually, and he was overjoyed and directly inquired.
"Your Excellency, what I'm talking about is what you did in Oran, that blasphemous priest and anti-paladin who banished divine power..."
"What? Blaspheming priests? Anti-Paladin?"
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When the battle of Titan was being staged in the theater southwest of Baier, the naval battle of Oran also achieved amazing results.
The cooperation between the four spirit swordsmen sent by Renee and the funeral fleet achieved amazing results. The battleship group rampaged, and the sea clan that was washed away from the formation would be harvested by the four spirit swordsmen who were divided into three teams.
In fact, this set of tactics of the tactical team and the fleet was originally used to cooperate with the Northern Lights and the seven super-heavy warships in its fleet, and it is just right to take it out now.
In actual combat, the problems of team tactics have also been exposed. For example, the individual combat strength is too weak to dare to fight recklessly. Some equipment has many problems such as water leakage and electric shock due to the poor manufacturing process. Non-combat losses are in increase.
However, Renee's command was still very appropriate. With the Aurora Knights with extremely high average combat strength as cover and support, Dong Lan's victory was remarkable. Although some equipment was lost, the loss of personnel was not much.
Although the reinforcements of the sea clan arrived, they still could not stop the slow charge of the black funeral fleet. The two sides entered a meat grinder-style war of attrition, but one side blocked everything, and the sea clan lacked fighting spirit and sacrifice. Naturally Falling back.
The battle has reached this point, although the loss of the human side is not small, but it still achieves the strategic goal set at the beginning - to reach the dock area where the underwater base is located.
When they got there, the fleet started to sway and turned into a state of defense. The divers and the ocean were ready to start underwater operations. I found Roland. After all, what was shown in this war is of great significance to an ancient god of elements like him.
"Those dark elves, shot! They turned the situation around on the battlefield!"