Synthesis Wizard.

Chapter 77 Rebellion
After more than a year of construction and improvement, the base is now basically on track.

Sunan doesn't have to deal with most of the chores, as the clay golem and three apprentices will take care of them.

Apart from occasionally paying attention to the situation in the magic garden, he focused more on meditation, making magic weapons and brewing potions.

Mental strength and skill proficiency are increasing steadily.

He thought this situation would continue until he was promoted to a third-level wizard apprentice, but what happened next disrupted Sunan's peaceful life.

Starlight Calendar Year 1251, the month of flowing fire.

The principality's reinforcements stationed in Ranshuang Province were besieged by infected people who suddenly appeared from multiple directions during the process of destroying Yinling City. They suffered heavy losses and only one in ten survived.

The disaster in Ranshuang Province was completely devastating, and the army of infected people quickly spread to neighboring provinces.

The borders of Hongye Province, Baita Province and Hulan Province have been attacked by the infected army one after another and are in danger.

The three marquises quickly mobilized heavy troops to station at the border to resist the invasion of the infected.

For a time, the entire southwest of the principality was filled with the smoke of war.

Chamber.

After reading the battle report in his hand, Su Nan frowned slightly.

"The disaster spread too quickly, and the military's several attempts to suppress it all failed unusually."

"You think so too." Key handed over a letter, "This is a letter from President Mu Zhuo, take a look."

Su Nan took the envelope, opened it and narrowed his eyes slightly.

The content of the letter was very concise. The gist of it was that Mu Zhuo sent his guard, the beastman Ota, to Ranshuang Province to investigate the outbreak of beast disease.

When he got there, Ota found that the place where his fellow tribesmen lived was already deserted and all the tribesmen disappeared.

He followed the traces and investigated, but accidentally discovered a group of mysterious people controlling the beast infection patients behind the scenes.

Just as he was about to get closer to investigate, he was discovered by the other party. After a fierce battle, he successfully escaped at the cost of serious injuries.

After that, Ota didn't dare to stay in Ranshuang Province any longer and fled back to Jinghua Principality overnight.

After learning what happened from Ota, Mu Zhuo immediately realized how complicated the matter was and decisively terminated the investigation.

As a gesture of goodwill to the Shining Territory, he subsequently wrote this letter to inform Keyi and Sunan of the intelligence.

"That is to say, this outbreak of beast transformation was indeed driven by someone behind the scenes."

Su Nan put down the envelope and looked thoughtful.

"But what is the purpose of the mastermind behind this?"

"Could it be other countries that did this?" Key said.

The Starlight Continent is not peaceful. Every year, wars break out between countries over territorial resources.

For example, the Cangjin Empire, which borders the Principality of Stars, has always been eyeing the Principality of Stars.

If the Cangjin Empire had not just ended the war and needed to recuperate, it might have launched a large-scale attack on the Principality of Fanxing long ago.

Su Nan thought about it and shook his head: "It's unlikely."

"To be able to cause a disaster that affects several provinces, the mastermind behind this must have deep roots in the Principality. Other countries do not have this power."

Key thought so too.

If other countries had the strength, there would be better ways to conquer the Principality of Stars. There would be no need to adopt such a method with huge side effects.

Even if they succeed in taking over the Principality of Stars by doing this, all they'll end up with is a mess.

"But if that's not the case, then who is behind this?" Key asked puzzledly.

Su Nan said calmly, "No matter who it is, the mastermind behind this must be planning something big, and the commotion will be huge. Now that the disaster has spread to this extent, it's almost time for the other party to jump out."

As if to confirm Sunan's words, Keyi's secretary suddenly hurried into the meeting room. "My Lord, there is new information from Jinyan City."

When he heard that it was about Jinyan City, Key's expression suddenly became serious. He quickly took the parchment from the clerk, opened it and read it carefully.

After reading the above content, Key's face had become extremely solemn.

He looked up at Su Nan and said in a serious tone: "Marquis Jin Yan has betrayed us!"

Su Nan was slightly startled.

"Just this morning, Marquis Jinyan announced that Jinyan Province would be independent from the Principality of Stars!"

"Earl Storm, Earl Winterfrost, Viscount Black Swan, Viscount Quetzalcoatl and others have responded one after another. Now they have raised the banner of rebellion and formed a coalition army!"

Su Nan's expression changed, and he understood: "So that's how it is. It seems that the mastermind behind this beast transformation incident is most likely Marquis Jin Yan."

By this time, Key had figured it out.

It seemed very unwise for Marquis Jinyan to launch a rebellion and use the power of one province to fight against the other six provinces of the principality.

But the timing he chose was just right.

Right now, the Ranshuang Province is almost in ruins, and the army has long been crippled, so there is no need to worry.

The Red Leaf Province, White Tower Province and Lake Lan Province were facing an invasion by a large army of infected people. They were overwhelmed and had no time to deal with Marquis Jin Yan.

The remaining Soman Province and Zizhu Province are safe for the time being.

However, the combined strength of these two provinces ranks last in the entire principality, and their combined strength is not as strong as that of the Jinyan Province.

Even if they don't deal with Marquis Jinyan, Marquis Jinyan will probably attack them.

In other words, his initial target was most likely these two provinces.

While the disaster was spreading, he swallowed up Soman Province and Zizhu Province to expand his strength, and then planned to take over other provinces.

Of course, it is also possible that Marquis Jinyan just happened to be involved in the disaster and was not the mastermind behind it.

However, considering that Marquis Jinyan had been planning to control the power of the entire Jinyan Province many years ago, it is unlikely that he had no expectation of the current situation.

"We need to prepare early." Key said in a deep voice.

Su Nan also nodded solemnly.

Before launching a foreign war, the first thing Marquis Jinyan had to do was to eliminate the troublemakers within the province.

After years of secret development, there are now very few noble lords in Jinyan Province who disobey Marquis Jinyan.

Coincidentally, Flashcollar was one of them, and the one who danced the most happily.

It can be predicted that Marquis Jinyan will definitely be the first to send troops to attack the Shining Territory.

Considering the worst-case scenario, the next thing Shining Territory will face is likely to be the coalition of nobles from most of the Golden Rock Province.

The situation is very serious!

However, neither Keyi nor Sunan showed any signs of panic.

The two of them knew long ago that sooner or later, the Shining Territory would have to confront Marquis Jinyan.

The reason why I am trying so hard to accumulate strength is to prepare for this moment.

Therefore, when it really happened, the two of them had a strange feeling of relief that it had finally come.

"Winter is still more than three months away. Marquis Jinyan will definitely want to end the war before the snow blocks the roads. I estimate that he will send a large army to attack us soon."

"We must prepare for war immediately."

(End of this chapter)