People in Terra, governing a weird little country

Abrana is very proud. She can elevate her status in front of everyone without hesitation and say things that sound complacent to a certain extent, but that is all to create a sufficiently powerful "leader" persona.

The Tara people are just a bunch of scattered sand. Under hundreds and thousands of years of oppression by Victoria, Tara's culture has been erased, its traditions have been forgotten, and its identity is pitifully low. It is no exaggeration to say that if you ask a Tara person whether he would rather be a Tara person or an ordinary Victorian, most of them will resolutely answer:

"Victorians, of course."

Victoria's oppression continues to this day. Among the Tara people, those who can speak Tara, write a poem or two in Tara, and know a little about Tara's past history are qualified to be called "Tara cultural researchers." It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of cultural gap, the only ones who can be a level higher than them are probably the Sarkaz.

Among the Sarkaz, those who can read, write and understand history are not highly educated, but prophets.

The only way for Tara to unite, to resist Victoria, to get rid of exploitation and oppression, and to establish its own country is to have a leader who is strong enough, wise enough, and powerful enough.

She will think for the people of Tara, make decisions for them, and move forward for them until victory or destruction.

Abranah was going to be that person.

But this approach can be used when conquering the world, but not necessarily when governing a country.

Whether people admit it or not, a country cannot be protected by a strong army alone. Isn't the army of each of the Dukes of Victoria strong enough? Why did they work together and make Victoria like this?

Whether a country is strong depends on many aspects, including its economy, culture, military and so on, which of course also includes a good diplomatic environment.

The Duke of Wellington was indeed powerful enough, so powerful that the nobles in the Duchy of Castor had a saying: "After the Four Emperors' War, Victoria only had one Grand Duke." However, the Duke of Wellington was not her ally, and she could not completely rely on the Duke of Wellington's power. They were now just a cooperative relationship.

As Tara was built from the ashes of Victoria, the real struggle had just begun.

At that time, Abrana will have to consider Ravshini.

At first, Abrana left Ravshini in the deep pool, by her side, to be her "shadow warrior" and "stand-in", through which she learned how to lead a group of people, how to kill decisively, and how to deal with strangers.

But the final result...I can only say that it is not ideal.

As her "instructor", Ahmoni did not think highly of Ravshini, saying that her choices in many areas lacked common sense and that what she needed was systematic political education, not practical experience. Shenchi did not have so many coffins for her to try and make mistakes. As for Mandra, who was Abrana's "challenge" to Ravshini...

Ugh.

It can't be said that Rafushini has completely tamed Mandra, but at least she is scolded by Mandra every other day. She is not worthy of being a human being, and her status is reduced to an Originium incinerator.

Abrana had originally planned to observe Ravshini for a while. If Ravshini still did not make any progress, she would have to consider Ahmoni's opinion and send Ravshini to a place that could provide her with "common sense education."

As for Mandela, everyone has their own dreams in life, and each one of them is wonderful. If you have no life, mine is more wonderful.

But Ernst's appearance made her change her mind.

From the first time she met Ernst in the Duke of Wellington's territory, Abrana decided to send Ravshini to him.

Kjerag was indeed a qualified novice village. There was no life-and-death intrigue like in Victoria, and the political struggle was limited to complaining to Yelagund. Abrana didn't understand how such a small place could give birth to a genetically mutated snow leopard like Ernst?

But no matter what, since Ernst appeared, it might be a special gift prepared by God for her love, Brana, and her ignorant sister who had no concept of Tara and the future.

She has always had this kind of confidence.

And if Ernst wasn't, why was there a spying Aslan beside him?

Aslan is always like this, isn't he? He comes with ill intentions, blatantly, staring at the treasure that belongs to the red dragon, drooling from his mouth, looking eager.

History will not repeat itself, but it always follows the same rhyme. In the past, it was a fight for Victoria's crown and the rich wealth of the inner circle valley. Now, it is a fight for a qualified mentor and a theft of the person that the red dragon has set his eyes on!

Abrana knew this, but she was not afraid.

She is not [Atrias], she is the blood of King Drakgael. She has never had the gene of peace and compromise.

Neither did her sister, of course.

Just like this time.

"You boldly put forward your own ideas and obtained Ernst's approval before Aslan, so that Aslan would become a vassal who agrees with your words. Well done, my dear sister."

With a smile on her face, Abrana crossed her legs and felt instantly more relaxed.

She knew about the content of the argument that took place in Prime Minister Kjerag's office from Ahmoni, and Ahmoni's source of information was the story told by Kjerag's secretary Ravshini after she got home from get off work.

According to Rafshini, the Duke of Windermere's daughter, Delphine, was also present at the time.

This can only mean one thing, that Ernst deliberately revealed this matter to her, or to the Duke of Wellington's faction, and the Duke of Windermere's faction.

"He is still so cautious and has no intention of completely leaning towards either side."

Abrana licked her lips, which was what she expected.

As early as when the Duke of Wellington made conditions to Ernst, she asked Ahmonie to represent her and extend her olive branch to Ernst, but Ernst refused at that time.

Abrana originally thought that she had accepted the Duke of Windermere's benefits and became his person, but later, when she and Enthiotis attended the Duke of Castor's family dinner, as well as her subsequent interactions with the Duke of Castor, it was proved that he was not a pawn of any party, and he was really trying equal diplomacy.

Moreover, he actually succeeded.

The Duke of Caister, the Duke of Windermere, and even the current Duke of Wellington all regarded him, or were gradually treating him as an equal leader. Of course, Yelagund was the guarantee of the rear force, but no one could deny Ernst's maneuvers in the front.

What a talent.

Including what he did this time.

It is naturally inappropriate to directly tell other representatives about the information, but it is different if the information is "accidentally leaked".

Although it is not a big deal, the Duke of Caster's plot will probably not be hidden for too long, but it is also a kind of attitude.

"Breath of Kings... Interesting."

Abrana doesn't care about Victoria's national sword. The Duke of Caister sees it as the key to turning the tide of the war, but Abrana is not so optimistic.

In other words, if that thing could really help Victoria quickly get rid of the Sarkaz, then she should be pessimistic.

After all, the Sarkaz must be eliminated at any time, but when eliminating the Sarkaz, the key is to eliminate 70% and leave 30%. Eliminating the Sarkaz is a small matter, but consuming the strength of Victoria's official army is a big matter!

After the Duke of Wellington learns of this, he should respond at the Duke's Conference.

For example, emphasize the urgency of the war, once again demand the unification of the command of the coalition forces, and attack it before the other Grand Dukes of Victoria can react.

At the very least, it would hinder the Duke of Caster's plan.

This is too easy. All you have to do is tell the meaning of the King's Sword, where it came from, and who gave it to the Duke of Caster.

As long as the other grand dukes are not stupid and think about the ins and outs of the matter, they will naturally oppose it.

As long as they did not suffer a loss that was truly devastating, they would not really be united, but when they suffered a loss that was shocking enough to unite, the Duke of Wellington and her plan would be accomplished.

There is no reason to lose in an open conspiracy.

What Abrana really cares about is Vina who is staying with Ernst, and the "Victoria's guardian beast" beside Vina.

Ravshini did a good job this time, but Vina should not be underestimated. And the mysterious creature named [Gawain] is even more frightening.

Abrana defied everything strategically, but tactically, she never questioned Victoria's strength.

Weakening the Grand Duke is indeed necessary for Tara, but this may also cause a problem - after the Grand Duke is weakened, it is not just Tara who benefits.

What if one of the Grand Dukes was so angry at the Duke of Wellington that he wanted to take revenge on Wellington and Tara, so he chose to support Vina? At that time, would there still be a force that could check and balance each other among the Dukes? Would the division in Victoria end? And could Tara face a "complete" Victorian Empire without the underdeveloped Tara region?

This is the really tricky issue.

But unfortunately, this matter is indeed not something she can calculate from a global perspective now.

Tara has not yet become independent, the war with the Sarkaz is still shrouded in mystery, Duke Caister's Breath of Kings plan is still unclear, and Abrana is not sure how powerful the sword that could change the situation is.

If Duke Kaster could cast a spell of the forbidden spell level of the Witch King with just the sword, then there would be no need for anyone to fight. What's the point of fighting? Someone is cheating!

Any calculation has its limits, and absolute power is enough to crush everything. Abrana certainly understands this.

She let out a long sigh and picked up the pen. Since the overall situation was still thick and difficult to understand, she decided to try to intervene from some key points that could be touched.

If there is anyone who can influence Vina's decision, then at present, there is only one person - Ernst Shivaash.

So, the letter paper recorded Abrana's thoughts at the moment:

"Rafushini, please tell Ernst about the concept of Tara's independence, our justice, the oppression we have suffered, our desires, etc."

"Be nice to him, you know what I mean, let him feel the heat of the red dragon! Don't let Aslan, who covets the treasure, take advantage of you!"

"Finally, study hard and make progress every day. I'm waiting for the day when you come back."

By that time, all of Tara will be calling your name.

You will know that you are not my lifelong substitute.

We sisters have always been each other's light and shadow.

Chapter 524: Shapeshifter: Assassination? We won't go!

Victoria, Londinium, Iron Palace.

The Blood Lord and the Shapeshifter are waiting for Tracys.

Blood Demon Lord Dukare is the blood demon among blood demons, the Sarkaz among Sarkaz. The power of Originium that is so powerful that it shaped the entire Terra has not changed him at all. Even though he looks like a human now, and may look very similar to some people, he doesn't speak a single human word, and doesn't do any anthropomorphic behavior.

Tresis asked him to be responsible for contacting the city defense forces and the surrendered nobles in Londinium. It is hard to say what his intention was, but it is likely that he did not intend to let those people survive.

The Blood Demon Lord also completed this task very well, using his human body to compete with the completely uncontaminated Tikaz. In short, he tried his best to reduce the burden of food supply in the city of Londinium.

He is now complaining to the shapeshifter:

"The local Victorians are so rude. I told them how I fought my way from the east to the west of Kazdel and took off the head of a great noble of Leithania without blinking an eye, but they asked me if I was tired of watching!"

The shapeshifters had blank expressions on their faces, and were obviously not very interested in this topic, but they still cooperated with Dukare's narration like qualified actors:

"Then what?"

"I washed my eyes with their blood."

Dukalei took out a mirror from his bosom, looked at himself, and curled his lips in disgust:

“It turns out that you shouldn’t wash your face with dirty water.”

The Shapeshifters were silent for a moment, then continued:

"We mean, are your eyes really dry?"

The Blood Demon Lord was slightly startled, looked at the group of shapeshifters, and smacked his lips speechlessly.

"Shaper, the fact that you asked this question made me wonder if there was a lot of impurities in your blood."

"What do you mean?" The shapeshifter group frowned slightly.

The Blood Demon Lord turned his head away and suppressed the smile on his face.

Telling a blood demon that there are impurities in your blood is like telling an ordinary person that you have a pig brain.

It doesn't matter if the shapeshifters don't understand, as long as they find it interesting. This will also avoid causing some conflicts.

He will need the help of the shapeshifter cluster later.

Tresis' figure soon appeared in the hall, walked up the steps in a dignified manner, sat down on the throne, glanced at the blood demon and the shapeshifter, and asked in confusion:

"What does Lord Blood Demon want from me?"

He should be at the ceremony site in the suburbs of Londinium, helping the Absolution Master prepare those hard-to-get "high-tech equipment", but he suddenly received a message from Dukare and had to rush back.

Dukalei claimed that he had something very important to discuss with the Military Committee. This was actually a good thing. After all, the Lord of the Royal Court had always listened to the Military Committee's orders but not its announcements. Now that he was willing to take the initiative to discuss with him and other members of the Military Committee, this was also a kind of progress.

Although Tracy always felt that this would not be a good thing.

The Blood Demon Lord wasted no time. Seeing Tracys coming, he quickly put away the smile on his face and put forward his ideas directly:

"We can't get into a stalemate with Victoria. We can't afford it."

Tracy nodded.

There was no need for Ducare to waste his words, he certainly knew this.

The Sarkaz of Londinium are limited, while the Victoria Duke's coalition has unlimited filler babies. Once it is dragged into a war of attrition, the masters of the Sarkaz will be reduced one by one, but on the Duke's coalition side, even if they lose ten high-speed warships, they can still replace them with ten, twenty, or even a hundred!

It is true that they could stay in the city and not leave. Londinium's strong city and powerful artillery were enough to stop many people with ulterior motives, and the city itself had a certain degree of self-sufficiency, but the prerequisite was that the Military Committee really "ruled" Londinium.

The Sarkaz only occupied Londinium and controlled the city defense army, but this did not mean that they really ruled the city. Londinium was huge, and it was one of the largest super mobile cities on Terra. With the little things that Tresis brought, it was simply a fantasy to completely rule the city.

Originally, the scavenger army entered the city through the wreckage of the [Time Sequence] beast, which would provide them with sufficient reserve troops and catch Victoria's Duke's coalition forces off guard, but now, this plan has failed.

[Time]'s strike had no effect so far. The beast's consciousness had already left. Tracys had already transferred Ursula away, leaving only a small number of royal soldiers to guard the beast's skeleton - he did not intend to continue wasting precious manpower on this beast that could no longer move.

The shortage of troops will make it difficult to maintain a high-pressure ruling environment in the city, and the cost of occupation will gradually increase. The Londinium Self-Defense Army, which has become increasingly active recently, is a typical case.

What's more troublesome is that a long stalemate will lead to a decline in the Sarkaz's enthusiasm for war. The Sarkaz are easy to fool, but also difficult to fool. Teresis injected them with a shot of adrenaline by occupying Londinium, making them feel that this battle is promising and that it is possible to win big with a small effort. He also killed Teresia and cut off the retreat route of the Tower of Babel, which made them follow him.

But most of the Sarkaz are veterans who have fought in wars and worked as mercenaries. Once the situation changes, they will be able to react quickly. At that time, Tracy will have to face the Sarkaz army's inherent disadvantages such as "internal chaos", "fierce struggle", "mob", etc.

The nobles of Victoria could not afford to waste time, but the Sarkaz could not afford to waste time even more. Duke Caister realized this and clearly proposed the plan of "siege the city and attack the reinforcements".

But Tracys, one of the six heroes of the Sarkaz, understood all of this and did not need Dukare, who was not even one of the six heroes, to teach him.