How can you become stronger if you don't build up bonds?

Through Nado's narration, Lin Wei gradually pieced together a series of chain reactions that stemmed from the struggle for the throne of Wallis twenty years ago.

The Broland family had been plotting for decades, using Eugene Creddy, the former eldest prince of Wallis, as a springboard to begin a series of secret plans in Wallis.

At that time, Wallis was beset by internal and external troubles. The old king was seriously ill, and the actual military and political power of the country was controlled by the two princes.

Historically, Wallis never had a struggle for the throne; the royal heirs were friendly and respectful, discussing state affairs together, a stark contrast to their neighbor, Hossman.

The same was true of Eugene and Nado in their early days; Eugene wholeheartedly assisted Nado, and Nado gave Eugene his complete trust.

However, during that particular period, Hossman repeatedly provoked and pressured the people of Lyca, using it as a starting point to break the deadlock, and the anxieties and worries of the people in the country reached an all-time high.

However, Prince Regent Nardo's response became increasingly conservative, which sparked discontent among people from all walks of life in the country.

When this nationwide discontent crossed a certain threshold, calls for "strengthening the military and launching a strong counterattack" began to resound throughout the country.

However, Nado, as the person in charge, was not swayed by public opinion.

Many years ago, he saw through the true nature of the enemy country, Hossman.

It is true that Hossman's military strength was unparalleled in the East, but their domestic conflicts were equally numerous.

In terms of natural conditions, their resources are limited, arable land is scarce, and their food and produce cannot meet the national demand.

In terms of military and political structure, they are divided into numerous factions, constantly in turmoil and internal strife, making it difficult to promote various policy changes.

At the societal level, the gap between the rich and poor in Hossman was enormous, the legal system was inadequate, and most of the lower classes lived in dire straits for years.

Therefore, calling on ordinary people to join the army and launching foreign wars became the only means for Hossmann's leadership to divert attention from sharp domestic contradictions.

Nado is not only a competent politician, but also an outstanding social economist.

His governing philosophy was very clear: Wallis had no need to defeat Hossman on the front lines. As long as he could follow his strategy and conduct a sustained and precise strategic defense against Hossman, the Hossman regime would collapse on its own in a few years.

This is a battle we absolutely cannot lose; victory will surely belong to Wallis.

Unfortunately, Nado's strategic plan was still disrupted.

The eldest prince, Eugene, became the biggest destroyer.

It's worth mentioning that Eugene is not a political idiot; he can understand all of Nado's plans.

But he could not tolerate Hossman’s increasingly rampant harassment, and he found it even harder to accept the growing panic in the country.

His argument was that there must be a counterattack, even if it was just a small victory, to boost the morale of the people and restore their confidence in the country.

At that time, Eugene happened to become acquainted with Laura Broland. With Laura's relentless efforts, the Broland family finally decided to submit to Wallis. They were willing to provide Eugene with unconditional support, allowing Eugene to launch a counterattack against Hossman without relying on the national treasury.

Eugene saw this support as an excellent opportunity, with the Broland family providing both military funding and logistical supplies.

To put Nado at ease, the Broland family proposed that all command of the war be handed over to Eugene, and that all military funds and supplies be transported to Fengdu and placed under the unified control of Wallis's national institutions.

In short, they act only as "investors" and never get involved in any actual matters.

In the end, they were even willing to place all their core members under Nado's control, just to make Nado completely believe that their allegiance was without any ulterior motives.

Without a doubt, this was a risk-free and cost-free deal, and Eugene believed that Nado would definitely agree.

He himself was also confident that he could defeat Hossmann's army on the main battlefield.

But Nadal still opposed it.

He could never trust the Broland family.

This incident marked the beginning of the rift between the two brothers.

Nado ultimately failed to stop Eugene, because Eugene bypassed him, the regent prince, and directly obtained the permission of the ailing old king.

Eugene's campaign went very smoothly, and his elite Wallis troops achieved a great victory over Hossman's army on the main battlefield.

As a prince, Eugene led from the front on the battlefield, killing countless enemies, and his personal prestige reached its peak in a short time.

During this period, Eugene once again made a request to Nado, asking him to allow him to directly deploy the Windhawk Riders into the battlefield. This time, he wanted to completely shatter the military confidence that the Hosmans had built up over a century.

But the Giant Wind Eagle is Nado's bottom line, and also the bottom line of the entire Wallis regime.

Nado once again firmly rejected the idea.

Even though Eugene once again obtained permission from the dying old king, he was still unable to take any Windhawk Knights from the capital.

Because all the Windhawk Knights only obey Nado's orders.

This incident marked the first time Eugene and Nado had a falling out, and it also led Eugene to openly discuss the "struggle for the throne" for the first time in a fit of anger.

"You've always been wary of me, wary of me taking the throne you've designated, haven't you?"

"When did you become like this?"

"Go ahead and attack me if you dare. If you're ruthless enough to send an assassin to me, I'll gladly face death without resistance!"

After uttering these final harsh words, Eugene turned and left.

At the same time, Wallis's military counter-offensive came to a complete halt.

In the following year, Wallis experienced a series of major domestic events.

When the old king died, Nado ascended the throne, while Eugene inherited the title of Duke.

Eugene refused to attend Nadal's coronation ceremony.

Soon after, Eugene and Laura officially married. At the celebration, Eugene greeted Nado with a cold shoulder.

Nado tried hard to mend the relationship between the brothers. He knew very well that Eugene's last words were just "out of anger," and he believed that Eugene would understand his good intentions sooner or later.

Soon after, the annual Great Wind Eagle Alliance Day arrived.

Most of the knights qualified to enter the Giant Wind Eagle's habitat this time are veterans of the last foreign war.

One of the meritorious individuals has a rather special identity; he is Raishu, Raishu's younger brother, a genius knight skilled in both magic and martial arts.

It is worth mentioning that the Broland family did not tie their own hands because of the breakdown in the relationship between Eugene and Nado.

On the contrary, they have been active in various areas of Wallis.

They actively cooperated with Nado's various livelihood policies and made a considerable contribution to Wallis's economic prosperity.

Rechts Brolan, the patriarch of the Brolan family and Laura's father, met with King Nado many times and offered him a great deal of advice on governing the country.

During a conversation, Rehetz and Nado talked about the Giant Wind Eagle, and Rehetz made no attempt to hide his interest in it.

He mentioned that all the direct descendants of Brolan possessed exceptional spellcasting aptitude, and their forte was beast taming magic. The Brolan family originally started out in the beast taming and transportation industry.

Rehetz stated frankly that a large part of the reason they submitted to Wallis was because of the magical species, the Giant Wind Eagle.

At the same time, they were also very clear about the significance of the Giant Wind Eagle to Wallis, and knew that enslaving and controlling the Giant Wind Eagle was an absolute taboo.

He proposed an idea: his Broland family wanted to study in depth the patterns by which the Giant Wind Eagle recognized humans, without going against the Giant Wind Eagle's own will.

Once this research yields results, it will allow for targeted training of knights, thereby significantly expanding the scale of the Windhawk Knights and achieving a perfect outcome that benefits all parties without any drawbacks.

After listening carefully to all of Reichertz's theories, Nado rejected them.

Rehetz was alarmed by Nardo's decisiveness, and to avoid suspicion, he took the initiative to ask Nardo to disqualify Lesson Broland from the agreement.

Nado did not agree to this request. Leishu's achievements in the war were obvious to all, and he had no reason to deprive Leishu of his right to contact the Giant Wind Eagle.

More importantly, Nado didn't want to create another rift with Eugene.

All of the Broland family's motives were out in the open, and even though Nado remained wary of them, he didn't think anything unexpected would happen on this day of signing the agreement.

But this time, Nado was wrong.

That's completely wrong.

No Windhawk Knights were born on this day of alliance.

While such examples are rare in history, they do exist.

The knights who went there were generally disappointed, and nothing else particularly noteworthy happened.

But just a week after the signing ceremony, an unexpected incident occurred.

A number of Brolan's loyal followers, led by Reichs Brolan, were found dead on a warship in the southeastern waters of Wallis!

They had no external injuries, as if their souls had been taken away silently.

Once this was exposed, all members of the Broland family and their affiliated forces were instantly thrown into panic, and they scrambled to flee Wallis at all costs.

As the family's designated heir, Laura was unable to withstand the blow and fell seriously ill. Eugene, after urgently dealing with matters related to the Broland family, rushed to the palace to find Nado and ask him for an explanation.

However, Nado not only did not see him, but he also did not appear anywhere in Fengdu for the next three days.

Apart from that, Eugene couldn't get any information.

On the fourth day, Nado finally showed up, looking utterly exhausted, his eyes filled with endless worry and lingering fear.

……

"So, what exactly happened that day?" Lin Wei asked intently.

Nado sighed deeply:

"I underestimated the courage and resources of the Brolan clan. The true innate magic of the Brolan clan is not beast taming magic, but spatial teleportation magic, which is extremely rare nowadays."

Their so-called allegiance to Wallis was merely a carefully crafted disguise, their interest in the Giant Wind Eagle was also a rhetoric, and their strategy of feigning retreat was a pre-planned rhetoric. All their arrangements were simply to allow Rashu Brolan to approach the Fairy Peninsula smoothly without arousing anyone's suspicion.

Using the contract with the giant wind eagle as a cover, Raixiu, the greatest genius in the history of the Brolan race, successfully set up a spatial anchor at the entrance to the Fairy Peninsula.

Over the next week, they pooled the strength of their entire clan and successfully opened a spatial teleportation tunnel that led directly to the entrance of the Fairy Peninsula.

However, during the process of opening the tunnel, they were already cursed by the fairies, and the curse eventually broke out and killed them.

This is the truth I learned from the Fairy Peninsula.

what?

Why did the fairies act so quickly and ruthlessly?

Lin Wei thought that Brolan's people and fairies had started fighting each other, but it turned out that they were all wiped out in the time it took to dig a tunnel.

Lin Wei felt he might need to reconsider whether or not he should go to Fairy Peninsula.

He really wanted to go, thinking that with Nado's connection, he could at least chat with the fairies there.

If we could explore their bond later, it would be even better to exchange protection for trust.

Who would have thought they had such a fiery temper, and that their usual attack method was cursing—something invisible and intangible?

This is really a bit scary.

"Uncle, you didn't seem to mention what happened to Leixiu. He wasn't involved in building the space tunnel?" Lin Wei discovered a blind spot.

"I believe he must have escaped the curse in time, and his whereabouts have been unknown ever since."

However, based on the intelligence I have gathered about the Broland family overseas, he should still be alive and secretly leading the Broland clan.

If I'm not mistaken, possessing spatial magic talent is an ironclad rule inherited by the Brolan clan, and Laila has always been a tool in their hands.

Lin Wei nodded in agreement.

"Didn't the Fairy Peninsula hold a grudge against you for this?"

"They took a part of my life force as punishment."

"vitality?!"

Nado seemed to be talking about something trivial, but Lin Wei wasn't that oblivious.

"That's roughly equivalent to a lifespan of about ten years."

Lin Wei's eyes widened.

The king's ten years of life were just taken away so easily? What a joke.

Nado noticed Lin Wei's shock and disbelief, and he smiled slightly to comfort him:

"As a natural mage, my lifespan is naturally longer than that of ordinary people. Without their guidance, I would not be able to fully understand the way of nature. This can be considered a return to its original state."

Nado's carefree and insightful nature was beyond Lin Wei's imagination.

Lin Wei could guess what happened next without Nado telling him.

In Eugene's eyes, the deaths of Rechts and others were inextricably linked to Nado.

Nado was unable to tell Eugene any truth about the fairies.

He could only silently bear the blame.

At the same time, Laura developed severe paranoia, and under her influence, even Eugene began to fear his ruthless younger brother.

To protect himself and his family, Eugene chose to numb himself through self-indulgence, while also trying to diminish the public's expectations of him.

He began frequenting brothels and slave markets until he met Lin Wei's mother, which freed him from this decadent lifestyle.

Laura initially thought Eugene's absurd actions were just an act for Nado's benefit, until she discovered that Eugene had truly fallen in love with the maid and intended to seriously raise their child. At that point, her mental state completely collapsed.

The pain of losing her family and the pain of her husband's betrayal, combined with years of paranoia, caused her mental world to collapse.

Everyone was a victim; there were no winners in this series of events twenty years ago.

However, the "chosen ones" changed everything.