Me and countless me.

Chapter 607 Sweeping Across the Six Kingdoms

Just as Li Ke was sorting out his gains and manifesting many soldiers from the game to manage his city as Uther and others' deputies, the kingdoms of Westeros descended into chaos.

The North was the first to descend into chaos.

News of Ed's murder by Cersei quickly reached the North, and the North's heirs immediately raised the banner of rebellion. This was because the people of the North had always been isolated, and the distribution of benefits often did not take their opinions into account. They also did not receive much of the spoils from overthrowing the Targaryen dynasty.

So while the heir to the North only wanted an explanation, the various lords of the North, large and small, completely disagreed.

Then there's Renly, who fled back with his troops. Upon hearing that his brother Robert had been brought back by the Seven and died at the hands of the traitor Ed, and that Joffrey had become the so-called chosen god-king of the Seven, he was the first to express disbelief. He stated that there must be more to his brother's death than meets the eye, and that he had to find out everything.

The interest groups that Robert had cultivated during his lifetime also rallied around him. The armies and forces that were meant to guard against the Lannisters, and those who hoped Renly would become king, stood together and began their rebellion against King's Landing.

The Lannisters naturally responded immediately, bringing a large number of neutrals, those who owed money to the Lannisters, and members of the Lannister family's power to join the battle. After all, they knew all too well what Cersei and her brother had done.

Meanwhile, the neutral forces are waiting for a better price to go, or taking advantage of the chaos to start a war in order to gain a higher bargaining chip.

In short,

Chaos reigned, and nobody cared about Li Ke, the person primarily responsible for defeating the Westeros coalition and even killing Robert and Ed.

There was no unity, no consideration for the future; all they thought about was what they should get now. Not a single person stood up and said they should deal with Li Ke first!
not a single one!

This level of stupidity made Li Ke unable to help but curse as soon as he saw the intelligence report.

"A bunch of idiots! Are their brains full of maggots? Especially Cersei, is her brain full of shit?! And Robb, what does he take marriage alliances and political promises for? A joke?"

After cursing, Li Ke couldn't help but laugh, because he was truly speechless. He wouldn't even mention that idiot Cersei, but he felt that the son of the lord of the North was the most outrageous: because after defeating Cersei's army once, this new lord of the North turned against his ally in his territory, which was practically Westeros's Shanhaiguan Pass.

The reason for the falling out was simple: his way of gaining the other party's support was to arrange a marriage between them, marrying their daughter as his principal wife, which meant giving her the position of future queen. It can be said that he made a very serious and correct political promise.

Then, after another great victory, this guy felt that the situation was settled, refused the marriage alliance with his ally, and instead wanted to make a nurse from a minor noble family who took care of him his queen, and to arrange a marriage between his relative who had no right to the inheritance and the other family.

This was outrageous enough in itself, but what was even more outrageous was that he said it in front of everyone! And not only was his main army not with him at this moment, but he also only had a few thousand men staying in the main camp of that ally who had suffered no losses!

The reason is simple: he and that nurse were truly in love.

However, Li Ke didn't know if this guy named Robb and this little nurse were truly in love, but Li Ke knew that this guy definitely wouldn't live long. After all, this wasn't a Disney princess universe, and true love wasn't invincible.

"These people's political acumen is truly astounding. Although the conspiracies and schemes in the original story were already childish enough, I didn't expect them to remain so childish even with a formidable enemy like me present. Are they really going to just leave me hanging here if I don't attack now?"

Looking at the intelligence gathered by Tyrande and the others, Li Ke couldn't help but complain. But it was understandable, since each lord was a local emperor in his own territory, and the duties and abilities of a king were actually similar to those of the Zhou emperor in the Zhou Dynasty.

While a minor lord might obey a major lord, it's not because the latter holds a higher position, but simply because the former is stronger.

Of course, this excludes those who are directly granted noble status. After all, in this circle, if you don't listen to your patron, you'll be ostracized.

Therefore, the title of "king" is really overused in the Western world, to the point that anyone can get involved. As a result, infighting and resistance to unification are quite normal. After all, in reality, the difference between a king and a lord is just that the other is stronger and can get everyone to sit down and talk.

Therefore, once the leader is gone and the leader's family is no longer powerful, the entire empire will collapse instantly. When the empire collapses, everyone will naturally have to find ways to deal with each other in order to determine the new strongest person.

But no single lord could stand against Li Ke, nor could they stand against the other nobles who had long coveted his territory. So it's not that there weren't clever people who saw Li Ke as the greatest threat, but if those people were to prepare to deal with him, they would be dead now.

Therefore, it's normal that things are chaotic and nobody cares about it...

It's still pretty stupid, though.

However, even though it's a good thing that the enemy is stupid, Li Ke still couldn't help but curse when the enemy was this stupid!
"Soldiers willing to give their lives for them will be my money on my battlefield, and the scourge of their wars will be my people. What do these insects think of war and power? How can Westeros be managed with these people around!"

Li Ke was playing with a gold coin. Although killing enemies could earn him a lot of gold coins, even killing a militiaman or a logistics soldier could earn him ten gold coins certified by the system. That would be enough to buy a lot of slaves in today's gold coins. But with the productivity he had developed, how could the value created by one person's life only amount to such a small amount of gold coins?

Rather than letting these civilians and soldiers be wasted meaninglessly in their civil war, it's better to let them become coins in his hand.

So after thinking for a moment, Li Ke asked Alexstrasza behind him.

"Alexstrasza, do you think they would value the lives of those civilians?"

Although it was a question, Li Ke himself knew the answer very well. How could the lords of this era cherish the lives of those who were not their own people when they were at war? It was normal for them to seize villages and harm towns and villages they passed through in order to obtain military supplies.

He could accept the countless casualties caused by those people gathering their forces to attack him, but he felt he couldn't let the situation deteriorate and let more innocent people die because of these people's pointless ambitions and stupidity, especially since all of this happened on the premise that he could pass the level without taking any damage.

Alexstrasza knew this too, so she lovingly removed the silk garment from Li Ke's head, which belonged to a certain golden-haired archmage, and then intimately pressed her face against Li Ke's and spoke softly.

"Do what you want to do, my master. After all, it's always good if fewer intelligent beings disappear. And even if trouble arises later, I will help you clear it all away!"

Alexstrasza really admired Li Ke's actions and temperament in seeking a future for the weak, so she happily expressed her thoughts, but without affecting Li Ke's plans at all.

After all, Li Ke is her master.

Listening to this warm feeling and sensing the life force emanating from Alexstrasza, Li Ke looked at the world map in front of him and made a decision.

"Then let's sweep through in a month." Forget about consolidating territory and developing industries; let's wait until we've conquered the world. Anyway, the system's troops won't betray him, and no one can resist him with two dragon kings at his disposal. So he patted Daenerys, who was kneeling busily in front of his chair, and looked at her bewildered yet eager face. He wiped the stains from the corner of her mouth with a hundred-year-old Tyrande silk robe before speaking under her expectant gaze.

“My Imperial Seal… no, my Daenerys, the Dragonkin…”

At this point, Li Ke paused, somewhat embarrassed. After all, Daenerys was originally called the Mother of Dragons, but considering both the enormous thing she cradles and her actual combat power and abilities, the title of Mother of Dragons in the original story was quite inadequate and would displease Alexstrasza. Therefore, Li Ke gave her the title of Dragon-Protector.

But at this moment, things are rather awkward.

"Ahem, do you want revenge? Do you want to return to Westeros?"

Daenerys paused for a moment, then shook her head.

"No, I just want to follow you."

Although many people praised her, Daenerys was keenly aware that her value to Li Ke lay primarily in her maturity and her status as a member of the Targaryen royal family. As for returning to Westeros as Queen...

With just a glance at the two blonde beauties on the bed, the purple-skinned elf playing the piano in an unseemly manner, and the two dragons that hugged Li Ke for twelve hours every day, Daenerys knew very well that even if Li Ke's private life was extremely chaotic and he completely neglected state affairs, she had not even a one in ten thousand chance of winning him over.

However, being an excellent person, she quickly changed her approach.

"Even if I became king, I wouldn't be able to feed everyone, but you can. Your benevolence can ensure that everyone has enough to eat and a warm enough house. That's something I could never do."

Her words were very sincere, without a trace of pretense.

Upon hearing this, Alexstrasza withdrew her hand, and Tyrande withdrew her mind-reading ability, because if Daenerys harbored even the slightest thought of rebellion, the two of them would not hesitate to take action.

Even the Red Dragon Queen praised it.

"A smart child."

Daenerys felt herself breaking out in a sweat, because in that maternal figure, she could see absolutely no trace of the camaraderie they had shared when they had just been arguing with Li Ke.

"Well, there's no need to be so nervous. I'll have Uther and Muradin take you to Westeros, and you, in the name of my wife, will gather those who are willing to surrender. Of course, once they come here, they must abide by my rules. They must relinquish their territories, but they can occupy positions in my court and ensure the safety of their entire families. If they are unwilling..."

Li Ke smiled warmly.

“Just kill them all.”

Daenerys's body trembled violently, and her loose silver-white hair shook, making her look even more beautiful.

But she still stood up happily, wanting to kiss Li Ke's lips, but after thinking of something, she chose to kiss Li Ke's lower abdomen instead.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Whether she was excited or trembling, Daenerys didn't know, but she did know that when Jaina opened the portal with her, bringing 20,000 Slarks, 100 Azerothian knights sponsored by Li Ke, ten adult dragons, each a hundred meters long, hovering above her head, with Muradin and Uther by her side, and Kael'thas as her magical support advisor, she knew that no one in Westeros could resist her, and that she would surely create a feat surpassing all the achievements of the Targaryen ancestors!

However, she still did not intend to become queen, because that would be too foolish, but when she set foot on the land of Westeros, she couldn't help but speak with great pride.

"I'm back! Westeros!"

Against her backdrop were ten colossal dragons roaring overhead, a mighty Dothraki cavalry, and the resolute Azerothian knights, whose every step was synchronized, even the steps of their warhorses. The knights averaged two and a half meters tall, the warhorses three meters tall, and both riders and horses wore five-centimeter-thick full plate armor. They could charge and fight for a day and a night at a speed of one hundred kilometers per hour.

The nobles at her landing point had initially intended to put up some resistance, but after witnessing this scene, they exchanged glances with their trusted subordinates and, without hesitation, knelt down the moment Muradin leaped over, threw down their weapons, and surrendered.

He had witnessed how Muradin swept away Robert's Kingsguard like a moving mountain, and he knew perfectly well that his few dozen soldiers were no match for the enemy, let alone the endless stream of Dothraki behind them.

As for the ten-headed dragon that blots out the sun in the sky, that was completely outside his consideration, because he was not worthy of it.

So when Daenerys walked over, the nobleman trembled as he looked at her expressionless face. The woman who could only kneel down and be a dragon-bride in front of Li Ke was now displaying a majesty and nobility that was unimaginable to these nobles who had inherited the traditions of Westeros for thousands of years.

This left the nobleman speechless, for he had no leverage and could only lower his head. When Daenerys reached him, she used her sword to decapitate him. Looking at the sigil that had once served her family, and at his current 'loyal dog' status as Robert, Daenerys felt a profound sense of irony.

So, under the lord's terrified gaze, Daenerys spoke expressionlessly.

“You have betrayed my family and dared to oppose my husband, the great God-Emperor. This crime is enough for me to kill you and your entire family. However, the great God-Emperor is merciful... Now, hand over your land and your rights, and you and your family can leave here with your property and live in a peaceful place.”

Daenerys's words were unacceptable to any lord or nobleman, but looking at the dragon, the knights, and Muradin's refrigerator-sized hammer behind her, the young lord swallowed hard. He thought of his own formidable army of twenty-three warriors, thirty-six laborers, and three warhorses, as well as the glory, wisdom, and responsibility passed down through his family for thousands of years, his oath of loyalty to the king, and his father who had died at the hands of Li Ke's soldiers. Suddenly, he felt the confidence to confront and challenge Daenerys, and the boundless courage and honor representing the nobility.

"Very well! I surrender! I am willing to become a subject of the great Divine Emperor!"

Territory, family honor, ancestors, and the blood feud were all insignificant compared to their lives! Moreover, he couldn't imagine what kind of army could withstand the might of the Dragon Army.

So when Daenerys was about to leave, this loyal former lord suddenly spoke up.

“However, Your Highness Daenerys… I know which lords in the vicinity are dissatisfied with His Majesty the God-Emperor, and who is Robert’s bastard son…”

At this moment, the nobleman's face was full of flattery!
(End of this chapter)