Throne of the North.

Chapter 559: The War to Destroy a Nation

The great victory of the Southern War caused a great uproar in the empire. After all, after two or three years of war, the empire finally saw victory. How could the nobles not be excited.

The belief in light has spread, the emperor's majesty has reached a new level, the electors are calling on the nobles to go to the south according to their wishes, and Grand Duke Rodrigo excitedly describes to the world that the victory comes from the prosperity of magic.

The nobles were busy, all with their own goals and ideas, but that did not prevent the Empire from once again increasing its support for the Southern War.

Because the emperor promised that this was a war of annihilation, half of the land of the Kingdom of Carlos would belong to the nobles.

Even more crazy are those wandering nobles who go to the battlefield in the south one after another, because only on that land can they raise the flag of their own bloodline again and make the name of their bloodline clan great again.

Shouting loudly about their ties to their ancestors and light, the wandering nobles became the most active group of people in this war. They not only had to participate in the war with justification, but also needed to win over the support of nobles from all sides to have the best of both worlds. They also needed to pay a lot of wealth for economic assistance and demonstrate their family heritage.

And the war broke out on the land of the Kingdom of Carlos, so the Kingdom of Carlos had no room for maneuver in this war.

Count Olson was in the imperial capital, beside the emperor, and openly used his blood to testify to his true bloodline of Carlos, and angrily denounced the bad behavior of King Carlos, Caan Diaz.

The appearance of Count Olson was the fundamental reason why Carlos was imprisoned.

The failure of the war had already caused the nobles to doubt the Church, but the Road to Dawn had just ended not long ago, and the nobles in the southern lands still had lingering fears about the Church.

Just at this time, the old matter of the Kingdom of Carlos, the number one lackey of the Holy See, was brought up again. The nobles went to ask the Carlos royal family in a roundabout way, and then expressed their suspicion and dissatisfaction with the Dawn Holy See in this way.

Kingdom of Kalos.

In the royal palace.

The elderly Caan Diaz is in a similar condition to the old king of the Andara Kingdom. Because he is needed to stay alive to stabilize the Carlos Kingdom, the Vatican tries every means to keep him alive.

And because of its importance and geographical location, King Carlos is in much better condition than the old king of the Andara Kingdom, and is full of vigor and vitality.

He was very eager to have a child.

Have many, many children, because Caan Diaz needs to expand his family and consolidate the position of the Carlos royal family by having more children. After all, even he himself knows how he became king.

This incident was a thorn in King Carlos' heart, and he knew that this thorn could kill everything he had.

Therefore, if he wants to survive, he must have many children and then tie all the nobles in the Kingdom of Carlos to his own bloodline.

He was very envious of the bloodline of the Earl of Clayton in the empire, and for this reason he had hoped many times to marry a woman from the Clayton family.

But there is a problem here. Earl Clayton's sisters are all married, and Earl Clayton's daughter is still young. If he, as a king, dares to marry a woman of insufficient status, then wouldn't it be even more obvious that the king is not a match for the throne?

Slaves should be with slaves, nobles with nobles, and the king's women should not be of lower status.

King Carlos will not admit himself that he is not worthy of being king.

So after a long period of anxiety, this matter came to nothing.

In fact, there are also reasons from the Vatican and the Empire.

Of course, the absence of Clayton's bloodline did not affect King Carlos's expansion. There was not much else in his palace, and there were many noble women lying naked with him on a bed that was more than ten meters long and wide every night.

Almost every day when he woke up, the vigorous old king didn't know which legs his head was stuck between. When he looked up, he could see the dense forest.

He enjoyed it very much. Some time ago, he heard that there was some dragon bone powder in the north that was very effective, so he spent a lot of money to smuggle some in and found that it was indeed effective.

Fortunately, his majesty was able to regain his strength longer each night, but unfortunately, on the night when the dragon bone powder was used, news came that the war was moving south into the Kingdom of Carlos.

The panicked nobles disturbed the old king who was at a critical moment. Amid screams, the old king who established the Kingdom of Carlos understood what was more important. He killed the woman under him with great difficulty and then separated from her. Then he quickly went to the palace to discuss with the nobles.

"How is it possible? How could the Dawn Church lose? The Empire's army has already appeared on the land of the Kingdom?"

"And that Olson?!!! What the hell is he!"

The king's voice was loud, and then everyone, including the nobles and the king, fell silent.

Bloodline, inheritance, these are things that the nobles will never give up. Even if Count Olson escaped from the Kingdom of Sera, no noble denied his identity as the Count, even though his child had become the new Count Olson of the Kingdom of Sera.

The nobles could understand why the king was so excited, but then again, if Count Olson was nothing, then what was King Carlos' bloodline?
King Carlos, the old king who is now extremely passionate because of the dragon bone powder, has always claimed that he is the orthodox of Carlos' bloodline, but what you are denying now is Carlos' true bloodline.

The old king also realized his mistake and coughed and said:
"Count Olson? He should become the prince of the Kingdom of Carlos. After all, I am his uncle. Why should he stand on the side of the Empire?"

"Has he abandoned the noble Kalos bloodline?"

No one knew why he went to the Empire, and the fact that he had abandoned the Carlos bloodline was something the nobles couldn't handle.

Count Olson, or the Carlos bloodline of the four great noble bloodlines of the Serra Kingdom is known to all the nobles. It is a friendship and recognition that has been passed down from ancient times to the present. On the other hand, it is your king's Carlos bloodline that has always been questioned.

As long as he was alive, no one would doubt the origin of his bloodline, but if the king died, I'm afraid...

On this road, King Carlos will never be able to defeat Count Olson.

"Father, what's important now is not to welcome back Prince Olson, but how to fight against the imperial army."

Next to the king, the crown prince Ekdal Carlos reminded him that the old king had always been worried that his death would cause a disaster in the Kingdom of Carlos, so he always brought him with him when meeting with nobles, in order to help his offspring establish his majesty and to allow him to demonstrate his abilities.

It can only be said that when it comes to raising offspring, King Carlos is a hundred times better than old King Andara. The crown prince of the Carlos Kingdom is an excellent choice in terms of moral character, etiquette and majesty.

"You are right. The most important thing now is the war with the Empire."

"Where is Pastor Malm? Where is he? The Holy See... the war is lost, doesn't the Holy Mountain have any countermeasures?"

"Father, Reverend Malm went to the northern front. A magician from the empire killed a large number of clergy, which led to the failure of the war. Reverend Malm went to fight against the enemy's magic."

"Magician...Damn it!"

The king gritted his teeth. The country that knew the empire best was undoubtedly the Kingdom of Carlos. He knew very well that the greatest development after expelling the Holy See Empire would be the power of magic.

"So now we..."

The king suddenly stopped talking halfway because it was very simple.

The war between the Empire and the Church, the Kingdom of Carlos was caught in the middle, and they seemed... unable to do anything. Whether it was the Empire or the Church, they could easily crush the Kingdom of Carlos. When the Empire's army arrived, the king didn't know how his kingdom could resist.

At this moment, someone outside suddenly interrupted the silence of the palace, but the king was not grateful at all for the other party not stopping him from speaking. Instead, he angrily ordered the soldiers to push the man out and kill him.

"The Empire's army is constantly attacking the noble territories of the Kingdom of Carlos. The defense line is about to collapse. So far, Viscount Aida, Viscount Val, Baron Harry..."

"All of their territories have fallen, but the Empire's army is still advancing."

The king had an unpleasant look on his face, and what gave him a new topic was the even more unfavorable news about the kingdom. Upon hearing this, some of the nobles' faces changed drastically, and they immediately stood up to say goodbye to the king and rushed to their own territories without stopping.

Their territory was actually not far from the imperial army.

At this moment, the king, who had no other options without strength, finally panicked.

"Quick, go and get Archbishop Sarah!"

Pastor Malm is the court priest of the Kingdom of Carlos, but it is different here from the Kingdom of Andara. The priest does not hold power like Pastor Soto. Archbishop Sarah is the highest person in charge of the Dawn Church here.

"My noble majesty."

Archbishop Sarah seemed to have been waiting for a long time and soon appeared before the king.

"Your Excellency Archbishop Sarah, does the Pope have any orders? The Empire's army has appeared on the land of my kingdom, and they actually defeated the Vatican's army."

After hearing the king's words, Archbishop Sarah was also a little dissatisfied. What did the king mean?
But he didn't show it, he just said:

"Your Majesty, you can rest assured that under the glory of our Lord, the Church will never lose the war, and the Empire will pay the price for their actions."

"Please believe the Pope. The Holy Mountain will soon send troops to support us. The Empire will return empty-handed. The Dawn will gain the final victory. The glory of the Lord will burn away all the darkness of the Empire with flames."

King Carlos nodded and said:

"I certainly believe in His Holiness the Pope and the Holy Mountain, and that the Lord will look after our future."

Archbishop Sarah's main role... was to appease the king, and then he left without saying anything else.

Archbishop Sarah rubbed his face as he left the palace, and became visibly panicked.

"Damn it, how could we lose? How could we lose? The Empire's army has already fought so far, they won't be here soon, right?"

"Should I hurry back to the Holy Mountain? Yes, it's winter now and the Festival of Grace is coming soon. As the Archbishop, I should return to the Holy Mountain in advance to prepare to report to His Majesty on the worry-free results of the Kingdom of Carlos this year. I can't stay here."

"Damn it, Holy Mountain, please don't give me orders at this time."

The king was extremely nervous, and the archbishop fled overnight, saying that he was going to the Holy Mountain to ask for more reinforcements.

Once we win the war for the first time, everything else will be easy.

The empire's army conquered the kingdom's land with great force, killing those Vatican troops who had no time to escape. As they continued to advance, large numbers of slaves were captured and large numbers of soldiers were killed.

The nobles of the empire were crazy. What they wanted was a war to annihilate the country and kill those who resisted this land, especially the wandering nobles. They secretly killed the original owners of the land to avoid future disputes over land ownership.

The wandering nobles undoubtedly did this under the noses of the great nobles, but the great nobles of the empire turned a blind eye. They also needed the wandering nobles to help do these things because they also needed more fiefs to give to their own bloodlines and heirs.

"What can they use to resist!"

There were organized resistance in the Kingdom of Carlos. The Vatican had a large number of clergy, the court priest was powerful enough, and the kingdom's nobles had a large number of troops. But all this was meaningless. The Empire's army was already pursuing a victory, and their desire for victory was even stronger, so they were constantly advancing into the kingdom's land.

The Kingdom of Carlos is not big. All of it combined is probably only the size of three provinces of the empire. With the crazy advance of the army and the panic brought about by the killing, the royal city of the Kingdom of Carlos is actually within reach.

At this time, the nobles of the empire finally suspended their attack. They occupied a large amount of land, and secretly the nobles had begun to divide it up. They still had to give face to the king, and what followed was a literary and political fight between the two sides.

The only fig leaf left on King Carlos's face is an Acropolis blocking the north of the royal city. It was built decades ago to show off the Carlos Kingdom's victory over the Empire. Of course, it is still strong. Its only disadvantage is that it can't accommodate many soldiers.

The nobles of the Kingdom of Carlos began to denounce the tyranny of the Empire, while the nobles of the Empire began to make a breakthrough based on the bloodline of Count Olson and King Carlos. The nobles of both sides conducted fierce discussions and arguments, focusing on attacking the weakest part of each other's ancient historical heritage. In the end, the nobles of both sides became angry, and a disagreement led to a life-and-death duel between the knights outside the Acropolis.

This is an old tradition. The nobles must fight to an intense level before they can start a war. Especially in this war, there is a high probability that the Empire will capture the royal city of the Kingdom of Carlos.

The king would never allow it.

Because the majesty he brought with him as the King of Carlos would most likely be lost with the fall of the royal city. If he was reasonable, it would be fine, but if he was unreasonable, all his majesty would be gone and the nobles would question their own bloodline.

At that time, even the Holy See would consider stopping extending his life and letting his child become the new king.

Caan Diaz didn't want such an outcome, so naturally he madly criticized the nobles of the empire at the nobles' political table.

"Are you controversial? A hundred years ago, the North appeared. How many nobles in the northern lands were shamelessly blocked from going south by your empire? How many people died in the North? How many people were plundered of their wealth by you?!"

The king himself came down, and there were not many people who could talk to him. Of course, the ancient nobles would continue to fight for the king's bloodline.

"King Carlos?! Do you still remember your real last name? The original Archduke Diaz held on to the land that belonged to Diaz from the orcs, but what about you? You actually forgot your bloodline last name!"

What the nobles cared about most was the glory of their own surnames. The king was furious, but he could not refute.

"I am King Carlos, of Carlos blood!"

"You are shameless and despicable, a thief and a blood vile."

"You are so slanderous!"

When the two sides were in a stalemate, the army of the Dawn Church regrouped in the Royal City of Carlos ahead of the kingdom.

At this moment, the king felt much more at ease. He was the number one lackey of the Vatican, so of course he was happy about the arrival of the Vatican’s army.

However, the king still greeted him with some trepidation.

"Sir Knight Kialtier, it turns out that you are here?"

(End of this chapter)