Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 561 Bloody Carnival

Use the lives of serfs to exhaust the strength of the defending soldiers.

Use the lives of soldiers to exhaust the strength of regular knights.

No one knows how many lives have been lost at Fort Scallo in the preceding months.

No wonder no soldiers came to the aid of the Earl's territory when the undead scourge broke out in the rear.

The Fernando wizarding family may not only be targeting the population of the count's territory, but also the serfs and soldiers of the empire!

The undead calamity that lingered only on the edge of the Earl's territory might not have been something that couldn't be directly detonated, but rather a graveyard specifically prepared for the army of the Saint Fernando Empire.

……

As Yaro sipped his tea and listened to Claire's story, a flurry of information raced through his mind.

From any perspective, stopping the war in the earl's territory would be beneficial to him.

The problem is that the Earl doesn't care at all; the only one who truly cares about Yarrow is Baron Claire.

There's really nothing I can do to help.

It's impossible for Yaro to take direct action.

Putting aside the needless slaughter of one's own kind, one cannot get over one's own conscience.

The fact that the Fernando wizarding family has paid such a high price shows that they value this war very much. If Yaro takes action, he may very well directly confront the Fernando wizarding family.

No one can guarantee what tricks a formal wizarding family has up its sleeve for hundreds of years.

……

Yaro's gaze deepened, his thoughts soaring to new heights, as if he were seeing a colossal figure enveloping the entire world.

With heaven and earth as the game board and all living beings as the pieces, a gentle touch can ignite a brutal war!

Who is his opponent?

No... at least not before, so the previous situation was all going according to his plan.

Yaro unwittingly fell into this chessboard.

However, Yaro was too large to be controlled by the game.

In the words of a past life, it means "transcending the Three Realms and not being within the Five Elements".

Although Yaro did virtually nothing, his presence was like a screw falling into a spinning machine; he didn't need to do anything to cause the entire machine to break down.

What should we do with this screw?
Either crush it, or if crushing it is too costly, then waiting for it to fall out on its own is the best option.

Yaro was definitely going to leave; he had told Bevin and the others this, and Anabe had also deduced it from another angle.

From any perspective, the Ferlando wizarding family could have reached this conclusion.

Therefore, the war is no longer a stalemate.

This game of chess is waiting for me to leave!

As the situation became clearer, even Yaro, a novice in chess, couldn't help but start to ponder.

"Can I play this game?"

Regardless of whether the Fernando wizarding family's purpose was to purge the population, forge magical artifacts, or something else entirely.

Ultimately, they want to start this war.

Yaro, on the other hand, wanted to stop the war, which was the exact opposite of their goal.

Judging from their war tactics, those being purged are mostly at the bottom, with little impact on high-end combat power... or even no impact at all.

By the time the official knights of the Saint Ferland Empire were mobilized, the war was already over.

Therefore, even if Yarrow spread his conjectures and the Fernando wizarding family's intentions, it would be useless. The mind of the power center would not waver, and those truly at the core might already know this.

Meanwhile, the friendly forces, the Earl's territory, are internally divided, and there may even be spies from the Fernando wizarding family among them.

At the same time, it was difficult for Yarrow to influence the Earl; the only 'pawn' he could use seemed to be Baron Claire.

Furthermore, Baron Claire doesn't know what kind of situation he will face upon his return.

He was dismissed from his post without any surprise.

"This game is going to be tough!"

"How can we save Claire? How can we use his power to turn this deadly situation around?"

……

"...The southern nobles have the weakest fighting spirit. Their journey is too far, and even if they conquer Scalo, they will not gain much benefit. Therefore, they mainly send old and weak serfs. The soldiers are more like shepherds who graze the serfs. Once the serfs are all defeated, they will leave the camp and gather in a small town called Zhmania."

“They are like opportunistic hyenas. While the war continues, they feast and dance in that small town, but as soon as Fort Scallo shows signs of weakness, they swarm in and tear the Earl’s territory apart.”

"As for the northern nobles, many of them are actually related to Countess Ilinda by blood, but their attacks are the fiercest, they suffer the most casualties, and their hatred runs the deepest."

"And then there's the Imperial Guard. Judging from where their banners are stationed, they must be the supervisors of the entire army..."

As an adversary, Claire had a deep understanding of the army of the San Fernando Empire, and with just a few words, she made Yarrow understand the underlying reasons.

Yaro put down his teacup, looked up and said:

"I roughly understand. The Imperial Army can be divided into four layers: serfs, soldiers, knight squires, and regular knights."

“Divided vertically into three layers, they are the Southern Faction, the Imperial Guard, and the Northern Faction.”

"Is it right?"

Cross-section and longitudinal section?
It sounds like they're cutting a cake.

But the meaning is very clear, and you can understand it as soon as you hear it.

Baron Claire paused for a moment, then humbly lowered his head.

"That's right. Wizard Yaro is very wise. He has clearly summarized my long argument in just a few words."

Profound wisdom?

Yaro smiled slightly, offered no explanation, and continued:
"Four horizontally and three vertically, that makes twelve groups. Is there a chance to instigate internal conflicts among them with this division?"

"Provoke a conflict?"

Baron Claire frowned and pondered, saying, "It's difficult because all groups are attracted by the immediate benefits. It's just that their attitudes differ because of the different amounts they put in and the different gains they can make."

"Do serfs also have interests?" Yarrow asked.

Baron Claire nodded slightly and said solemnly:

"Yes, as long as they can climb over the wall, they don't need to do anything else. As long as they can retreat alive, they can be absolved of all their previous crimes, freed from their serf status, and given a cow, a woman, and two good plots of farmland."

Where are the soldiers?

“Slaves, land, money, even the Knight's Breathing Technique, and… titles!”

Yaro took a deep breath, his voice heavy: "Are they partying?"

Claire nodded and repeated in a deep voice, "They're just partying."

This war is shifting pressure and alleviating conflicts within the San Fernando Empire, and for many at the bottom, it is the only ladder for advancement.

It's what everyone wants, and it's hard to stop.

(End of this chapter)