Throne of the North.

Chapter 562: The Same Victory Market, the War to Destroy a Nation
In the forbidden zone of life, even the three extraordinary legions of the Holy See suffered terrible effects. The Knights Templar were suddenly defeated by the Flame Dragon Knights.

The magical energy on the battlefield became more and more brilliant and boiling. The tremendous magic gave all the soldiers the power of wizards. The faces of the hundreds of magicians around Brutus were all pale. They were too exhausted, but the fact that they could change a war involving millions of people with the power of just a few hundred people had already made the nobles look at them in particularly strange ways.

"A team of 420 wizards, at least magicians, can kill hundreds of thousands of people?"

The nobles murmured, somewhat shocked, but also excited. If they had an army like this, wouldn't it be...

"Don't even think about it. No one can do it except the Empire."

The noble next to him stopped the noble from thinking wildly and said:

"More than 90% of magicians remain at the level of mage apprentices. It is even more difficult to become a magician and then a magician."

"There are more than 400 magicians in the Mage Corps. Even the Highland Mage Corps does not have this many. How many magicians do you think there can be among one million civilians?"

"How many people are needed to have these 400 people?"

"Comparatively speaking... hundreds of thousands of slave troops are cheaper than more than four hundred magicians."

"What's more, for this victory, magicians are only the bottom layer. The great magicians, wizards, great wizards with magic towers, and legends are the key and backbone."

The great noble's words directly crushed the hearts of the smaller nobles who could only dream of it. Their territories could not even be legendary, and it was rare for them to have a magician or a great magician.

The Empire, and only the power of the Empire, can gather so many magicians to participate in the war.

unless……

Many nobles were moved at this moment, including the great nobles who had tacitly agreed not to stop Grand Duke Rodrigo, and they could not help but look at the magician team.

If the Magicians Association is really established, will they also have the opportunity to command hundreds of magicians to go to war?
Now these nobles are not thinking about how to stop Rodrigo, but how to gain more power from the Magicians Association.

It is impossible for Grand Duke Rodrigo to monopolize the Magicians' Association. No matter what, he cannot have it all to himself.

The nobles' minds were already wandering to the skies, and the war was a one-sided victory, with the Imperial army pursuing the retreating Vatican army.

In the sky, the battle between Earl Clayton and the commander of the Templar Legion was also forced to stop. The power of the Life Forbidden Zone affected the legends, but it was not enough to form an overwhelming advantage. The key lies in the army on the ground. The Templar Legion is being defeated, and they are still attacking without the orders of the commander. If this continues, there will inevitably be heavy losses.

On the other hand, the other two extraordinary legions, although bathed in the power of purification, had lost all desire to fight and were at the forefront of the retreat.

The glow bloomed for the second time, and the bodies of the Knights of the Templar Legion gradually recovered their strength. The forbidden zone of life was not as terrible as imagined. As long as they could get through the initial moment of weakness, the Holy See would have various divine magics to dispel and purify it.

They were good at this kind of thing, but the Templars were unable to turn the tide of the battle, and Kialtier had to order a retreat.

In the royal city, the king and the nobles were naturally watching all this, their faces turned pale, and the life forbidden zone also enveloped the royal city, but it could not last long on them. At this moment, seeing the hundreds of thousands of troops being defeated, the king could not help but curse.

"How can these damn guys retreat? Attack, attack, for the majesty of the morning light, for the glory of the Lord!"

King Caan Diaz was angry, but the heir beside him was terrified and quietly pulled the king's sleeve.

"Father, we, we have to leave here quickly."

The king immediately turned around with an angry look.

"Why? This is my royal city! It's the capital of the Kingdom of Carlos. The Empire can't break in."

The king was extremely angry that the successor he had worked so hard to train was actually retreating.

Facing the rebuke from his king father, Ekdal had no time to be afraid. Instead, he pointed with his body trembling with fear at the hundreds of thousands of defeated troops outside the royal city and the imperial army that was frantically chasing them from behind.

"The royal city cannot be defended."

"Impossible. There is the magic of the Dawn here. Even if the Empire sends an army ten times larger, it will not be able to break through the defense of the Dawn magic."

King Carlos was certainly confident. As the front line of the confrontation between the Holy See and the Empire, how could the Kingdom of Carlos be without means? This royal city had been built by the Holy See for hundreds of years. Not only was the city strong, but the magic of the Dawn was also bestowed on every wall.

"The Empire is going to deprive you of your throne and let that fake Olson inherit the Kingdom of Carlos. If you are caught..."

The crown prince's worries were indeed not unreasonable, and the nobles around him could not help but nodded and persuade him. Unexpectedly, King Carlos became even more angry and gloomy after seeing this scene, and was determined to stay.

He stared at these nobles and his own offspring.

"Are you all questioning my bloodline?! Don't you all recognize my legitimate identity as the King of Carlos? Do you all understand that Olson is more qualified to be the King of Carlos than I am? You damned people..."

The roar of anger in his heart would certainly not erupt recklessly. The king breathed rapidly and said through gritted teeth:

"I will not leave. This is my royal city, the most noble place in the Kingdom of Carlos. It will not be conquered, and the Dawn Church will not allow it to be conquered. They will defend this place to the death."

The king's belief at this moment was extremely firm, and the persuasion of the crown prince and the nobles was of no avail. In their sight, hundreds of thousands of troops representing the Church of Dawn began to retreat into the royal city.

Seeing this scene, the pursuing imperial army gradually stopped.

Commander [Rock] finally became excited when he saw this scene.

He was named Rock not only because of the legendary gift, but also because of his own fighting style. He was sent to the Wing Canyon because the emperor was aware of his ability to defend the city.

It’s just that the Wing Canyon is very quiet. This legendary knight has thought many times about the circumstances under which he would fail if the enemy attacked the Wing Canyon.

He listed many possibilities, the first of which was the arrival of divine power.

The second type is the huge number of legends.

The third type is the extraordinary legion that is beyond imagination.

But these three possibilities are not very likely. It exists but it is not an ordinary war. Apart from this, there is only one possibility.

That would mean losing all your supplies.

The Flying Wing Canyon is easy to defend but difficult to attack. As long as the only passage is occupied, no one can stop it. The Violent Elephant Corps and the Flying Dragon Corps have the most powerful military units on land and in the air, so even the attack of the Extraordinary Corps can be stopped.

The only problem lies here, that is, no matter whether it is a violent elephant or a flying dragon, they are beyond the scope of ordinary magical beasts. The violent elephant is full of desire for tyranny and destruction, and their huge bodies require a lot of energy. The same is true for flying dragons. They are called dragons, and they are at the top of the food chain, and they need to eat a lot of meat.

Krall felt that the only chance he had of losing was if the Empire stopped providing supplies, causing the elephants to go berserk and the dragons to lose their minds.

When he understood this, he also understood another thing.

How to attack and effectively gain victory against a tortoise-shell military unit.

For example, in the capital of the Kingdom of Carlos in front of them, when the snow-white square barrier rose up, no noble in the empire had the desire to attack. No matter how powerful they were, they could not defeat the divine power from the Lord of Dawn.

"Surround it and don't allow a bird to fly out."

With such a huge war atmosphere, how could ordinary birds appear here? So even if birds were flying around, there would be problems.

Klar gave the order, and after thinking about it, the nobles understood his idea and smiled.

"With hundreds of thousands of soldiers and so many extraordinary people, how long can the food stored in Carlos Royal City sustain them?"

"Before the Holy See can react, quickly build a defense line."

The wisdom of the great nobles actually represents the top wisdom of this world, because they have an ancient heritage and history, receive the world's best educational resources, and have vision and cognition that exceeds that of all ordinary people.

In the three processes of contact, understanding, and cognition, slaves and commoners only have the qualifications for contact, small nobles only have the possibility of understanding, and only great nobles can recognize a thing through channels at the world level. Passed down from generation to generation, the gap between great nobles and small nobles is very large.

They besieged the city, and the best solution for the Kingdom of Carlos was to launch an attack in the shortest possible time before the Empire built a defensive line, denying the Empire a chance to build a defensive line, thus allowing both sides on the battlefield to have a fair fighting environment.

Once the defense line is formed...

Just like the indestructible Carlos City in front of them, which makes people have no desire to attack, such a defense is invincible.

Can the Vatican react?

The commander of the Templars, Kialtiel, has been fighting in the abyss for many years. He is very powerful, and even under the influence of the life forbidden zone, he led the Templars to retreat safely with his terrifying strength.

But he had no wisdom for war.

As for others, the decision-making power of the Holy See lies in the hands of the bishops and archbishops, and it is impossible for these people to come up with a decision in a short period of time.

The nobles of the Kingdom of Carlos? They were already scared. The defeat of the Church was unexpected. The forbidden zone of life enveloped the royal city and made them feel the threat of death. The royal city was in great chaos. They had no mind to think about war, nor did they have the power to control the armies of the Church of Dawn and the countless nobles of the southern lands.

Hundreds of thousands of troops entered the royal city. Haha... the troubles here almost caused the nobles to quarrel with the Vatican.

Therefore, on the first day, the second day, and the third day, the empire had built a series of fortresses around the royal city and besieged it from four directions.

At first, the nobles and clergy in the royal city did not feel anything. They had just recovered from the failure of the war and the shock brought by the magician in the past few days.

Gradually, they still didn't notice anything, because the empire kept sending nobles into the royal city to persuade King Carlos to surrender. The conditions could be discussed, but there was no compromise on the fact that King Carlos must be Count Olson.

This inability to compromise will naturally make the negotiations fruitless.

The chaos in the royal city began when the magic in the Life Forbidden Zone erupted, but what really attracted attention was the chaos among the soldiers in the army.

There was no way around it. No matter how much the nobles looked down on slave soldiers and treated them like beasts of burden, their treatment and attitude towards the soldiers were hundreds of times better during wartime, and they had to care about the soldiers' needs.

Then the nobles discovered that there was a problem with the distribution of food.

Food supplies have always been under the command of the Dawn Church, dispatched from various places in the southern lands, and allocated by the nobles of the Kingdom of Carlos.

The first groups to which food is supplied are naturally the personnel of the Dawn Church who cannot go hungry. The second groups to be supplied are, of course, the army of the Kingdom of Carlos itself. After that, it depends on how close the relationship with the Kingdom of Carlos is. The farther away, the less food will be supplied.

Normally it’s not a big deal since there’s plenty of food anyway, but it’s a big problem now.

The royal city was not big. Before the soldiers entered, there were only about 80,000 to 90,000 people, and including the illegal households, there were only about 120,000 to 130,000 people. There was more than enough food, but with the influx of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, the population and food pressures became obvious.

The soldiers occupied the houses and many bad incidents broke out. The royal city was besieged and food could not be transported in. The nobles of the Kingdom of Carlos were unable to provide rescue. They were no match for the imperial army, and the Vatican's extraordinary legions were defeated.

When the soldiers started to go hungry, they would naturally make trouble. The coming of war was the only time they had the courage to say no to the nobles.

Moreover, many troops came from far away. They were not soldiers of the nobles of the Kingdom of Carlos, but represented the dignity of other kingdoms.

The chaos overwhelmed the nobles, and they finally gathered before the king.

Just in front of the king, there was a noble from the empire who tried to persuade him to surrender again.

"Dear Mr. Caan Diaz, Emperor Flor sends you a sincere invitation. If you are willing to surrender and pay for all the war losses of the empire, then..."

Before he could finish his words, the king had already smashed the silver cup in his hand. This scene made the noble who was trying to persuade him to surrender, even though he was just a baron, couldn't help but look gloomy.

As a fellow noble, he was no longer afforded basic etiquette and respect, which was a great insult to the baron.

"Your Majesty, have you been blinded by anger? Or do you feel that as a distinguished noble, you no longer need to be humble?"

"The Empire will definitely win the war. You have no choice but to surrender. As for the clergy of the Church of the Dawn, light is the future, and the dawn has already gone."

After the baron finished speaking, he snorted coldly, and without even bowing to King Carlos, he left the royal city directly.

……

"Lord Clayton, if it weren't for your child in the North, we might all be worried about the losses caused by the siege, but Baron Ryan gave us a perfect answer. This victory is destined to belong to the Empire."

The nobles of the empire could be said to be much more relaxed, talking and laughing together. They all knew about the war victories from the Andara Kingdom and the Gerald noble territory. The victory of food was eye-opening. The key was to learn from past mistakes and be a mentor for the future. Faced with the same predicament, they could not think of any way that the Carlos Kingdom could turn defeat into victory.

"The Empire will occupy the Kingdom of Kalos, and His Majesty the Emperor's orders will reach even further afield."

"Praise the light."

"Praise Emperor Flor."

The Royal City of Carlos was still holding on, because they finally could not launch a reverse charge outside the city. They would be beaten back every time, even when the Templar Legion attacked. After all, their opponent was the Empire's equally strong Extraordinary Legion.

Such a war allowed the royal city to miraculously survive. The nobles were puzzled, but later they gradually understood the reason.

"When their soldiers go out of the city to fight us, many people will die each time. The dead will not waste food..."

Every time an army ran out of food, they would be sent out to break out and fight with the imperial army. Soldiers without food could only gamble their lives. If it were a world without the extraordinary, they might be able to succeed, but there were no ifs. In this extraordinary world, no matter how weak a knight was, he could kill a starving slave.

By reducing the population and alleviating the food crisis, Carlos City persisted in this way, and then they waited for rescue from the Dawn Church.

There is no need to guess, there must be a large army gathered in the southern land and rushing towards the Kingdom of Carlos to support the royal city. Even in the Holy Mountain of Dawn, there are extraordinary legions gathering and setting off.

The royal city was waiting for rescue from the Holy See, and was using this method to survive the food crisis, but the nobles of the empire could not wait any longer.

"The Feast of Grace is coming soon."

The emperor's order is that before the Day of Divine Grace, Count Olson needs to become the true king of Carlos on that day, and be crowned with the authority of orthodoxy and bloodline in the name of the gods. At the same time, he must also deepen the influence of the Imperial Church of Light, so that the whole world can see that light and dawn are equal beliefs, and serve the great sun above their heads.

Therefore, this step is crucial. The interests of the nobles and the interests of the empire are in the same direction. The pressure from the rear and their unwillingness to see the previous results force the nobles to resolve the war as soon as possible.

"Before the reinforcements from the Holy See arrive, occupy the Royal City of Carlos and make the Kingdom of Carlos surrender to the Empire."

Under the will of the Emperor Elector, a large number of troops were dispatched to the south of the royal city, that is, the land of the Kingdom of Carlos that had not yet been occupied by the imperial army.

They began to frantically attack the noble territories in that land, using the surrender of the nobles to force the surrender of the king in the royal city.

What's more... there are many nobles in the royal city, and their territories are all on the battlefield that is now being attacked by the imperial army.

At this moment, the nobles panicked.

The soldiers were panicking because they had no chance of winning the war, no food to eat, and were in a foreign country.

The nobles were in a panic because their territories were being attacked by the imperial army and everything they had was within their territories.

When the soldiers and nobles panic and their inner thoughts begin to go against the king's, even the king will become a lonely man.

Then on a special day, the divine defense barrier of Carlos City suddenly disappeared.

"attack!!!"

Boom! ! !
The empire's army launched its final attack on the kingdom's capital.

(End of this chapter)