Abe the Wizard

The size of Rugauin's palace underground was unexpected by Abel, and when he entered the second floor, the same style of decoration, more artwork, was dozens of times larger than the first.

When you think about the location of Rugauin, this is the edge of the desert, and the climate is very dry and hot, and this underground building can escape the hot weather.

From this point of view, it is not difficult to understand why the Rugauin Palace is constructing a basement of such magnitude.

And Abel was shocked once again by the riches of this port city, because the riches of the earth and the wealth of the first floor were just the tip of the iceberg of the palace.

Beautiful works of art can be seen everywhere in the vast spaces of the second basement floor, and if there isn't a hell of a creature here, it's like a museum.

Abel carefully cleaned up the hell out of this place and didn't rush to use 'instant moves' to move fast, because he needed the artwork here, and everything here was considered his own.

He's going to clean up all the hell out here and take the artwork away, which will be his trophy.

Abel's life seemed to return to his previous days off, entering the dark world at night to fight, moving his artwork and fighting with the creatures of hell, and his life stabilized.

The harvest of winter wheat in the human world has arrived and this year's harvest has been postponed by almost half a month due to the poor growth of winter wheat.

The harvest of winter wheat culminated in a massive reduction in production, which reached almost 70 per cent.

Throughout the human world of the Holy Continent, all winter wheat eventually reaps only 30 per cent of the harvest of previous years, leaving many non-agricultural principalities with huge food shortages.

These principalities, of course, have their own food reserves, but such harvests, even with food reserves, cannot be supported for long periods of time.

Food reserves are generally prepared on the basis of the consumption of the food season in the Principality, which allows the Principality, in the event of natural disasters, to sustain a steady period of disaster through the reserve of food to follow the harvest of the following season.

But the situation is different: almost all of us have accepted the onset of the millennium crop production reduction cycle and the previous year's crop production has been reduced, which has consumed part of the reserves of food in many principalities.

When there was a huge gap in food, there was beginning to be some conflict within humankind.

If the strength of the Orc Empire had not diminished, such intrahuman conflicts, if any, would not have been too serious, because oppression by foreign enemies would have united the human world extraordinarily.

But the situation is that the Orc Empire has been weakened by a miracle wall battle, and Abel recently struck the Orc Empire with a heavy blow, killing six Orc high priests.

In a short period of time, the Orc Empire lost seven senior Orc sacrifices and a large number of elite fighters, which forced them to separate the human world from the Orc Empire from the Wall.

It was a glorious victory, but now it has an unexpected outcome for all.

Humanity has lost its greatest enemy, and for nearly a hundred years at least, the Orc Empire has become difficult to threaten.

But the contradictions within humankind, when the external oppression disappeared, suddenly became apparent that there were only minor conflicts that had arisen between the castles for the harvest of food.

Early in June, at the border between the Principality of Tacos and the Principality of Keene, an army of knights was moving towards the city of Dejoux in the Principality of Keene.

This is a cavalry of 200 official knights and 3,000 trainee knights. No noble family can have such a number of knights, and only the Principality can command a cavalry of this size.

The Great Knight Commander of Job is the commander of this Knights Corps, the most powerful of the three Grand Knights of the Principality of Tacos.

The Principality of Tacos is a mineral principality whose natural mineral resources make the Principality rich in iron, silver, gold and even magical stone resources.

With such abundant mineral resources, the Principality of Tacos became the richest of the seven principalities to which the Kingdom of St. Ellis belongs, and because of its wealth, the Principality is extremely powerful.

The Principality of Keene was also an extremely powerful principality, because of the establishment of chapters of the Wizards Guild in the Principality of Keene, which has a very high proportion of wizards.

But Abel's devastating blow to the Wizard Circle of the Principality of Keene has made him one of the most powerful of the seven principalities, and now the weakest.

In the absence of a crop reduction crisis, the Principality of Keene could regain its vitality and erect a magic tower again over hundreds of years, but the emergence of crop reduction made the Principality of Keene a fat mass.

Around the Principality of Keene, the four mighty principalities look down on him only in fear of the majesty of the Kingdom of St. Ellis and do not dare to do so easily.

Nor does the Principality of Tacos want to make headbirds, but the crisis of crop yield reduction has hit their Principality most directly, with food in the Principality no longer sufficient to sustain the crop maturity of the next season, and the harvest of crops in the next season remains a major question mark.

In this case, the Principality of Tacos must act, so that a cavalry strong enough to kill the Principality of Keene is sent.

Because it was all knights, this regiment of over 3,000 men proceeded at an extremely fast pace, reaching the city of Dejoux in the Principality of Keene while the sun was still on its head.

“Knights, our request to buy food from the Principality of Keene was denied. The Principality of Keene would rather watch our people starve to death than sell it to us. If they don't give it to us, we take it ourselves. In front of the Principality of Keene is the city of Dejoux. I need you to fight for the Principality of Tacos and for the people of the Principality!” Job the Great Knight grows up and yells.

“Fight for the Principality of Tacos, fight for the people of the Principality!” The words of the Great Knight of Job boiled the blood of more than 3,000 knights, crying out loud.

“Honor is my life!” The Great Knight of Job drew his knight's sword from his side, and the sword flashed a golden light in the reflection of the sun, and he roared.

“Honor is my life!” The knights shouted.

Job Grand Knight took the lead, followed closely by more than 3,000 knights, and a trained knight naturally formed an arrow-shaped battlefield in the run.

The city of Dejoux, though it is the border city of the Principality of Keene, does not have many armies, because there has been no war between the Principality and the Principality for countless years, making the guards here forget that it is still a dangerous border city.

The garrison stationed here, led by Knight Horatio, has a total of 10 knights and 500 fighters. The biggest battle this garrison has ever experienced is nothing more than the annihilation of bandits.

Annelin was a scourge, but because of the long period of no fighting, he was just standing on the walls and watching, and because he was resting late last night, he was a little sluggish today.

As he lay asleep, the vibrations on the ground shocked him suddenly, and when he looked up outside the walls, the image in front of him suddenly left him feeling completely sleepy.

In the sun, a cavalry of knights, all in armor, is rushing towards the city of Dejoux, thousands of horses running, raising a flying dust behind them, making this cavalry as if it were carrying the power of heaven and earth.

“Hostile attack!” Annelin shouted back and rang the alarm bell around her, his voice shivering a little due to tension.

Knight Horatio is sitting in the dining room, gracefully tasting red wine with a tempting taste of veal and vegetable salad in front of him.

As he picked up the wine and poured it into the entrance, the alarm bell shook his hand and the wine spilled all over him, but he had no time to worry about the wine.

Continuous alarm ringing is not random, wrong alarm ringing is to be hanged, so nobody jokes about alarm rings.

“Prepare the horses!” Knight Horatio grows up screaming out of the restaurant.

He had run out of the house in plainclothes, wearing armor.

And above the walls, the alarm bell sounded to wake Captain Nigel, the guard of the city, from his nap, where he slept in the guard room above the walls, so when he woke up, he just sat up and saw the Cavalry rushing out the window towards the walls.

“Close the gate!” Captain Nigel shouted and dressed himself in panic.

When Captain Nigel rushed to the gates, more than a dozen city guards who had heard voices were closing the gates.

The gates are made of huge solid wood, up to thirty centimetres thick, covered in iron leather with nails to reinforce it.

The entire gate is very heavy, and it will take at least twenty fighters to close it together and at the earliest a few minutes to close it completely.

And listening to the tsunami-like horseshoes outside the city, whether Captain Nigel or any other warrior, has a bit of a busy feeling, and the usual familiarity with the motion of closing the gate becomes stiff at this moment.

The Great Knightsman of Job, who was moving forward with his Knightsman's regiment, saw the slow closing of the gates of Dejoux, and his heart was in a hurry.

He did not expect the city's guards to react so quickly, choosing to close the gates in the first place. Before the attack, he had learned about the city, where the guards had not fought for many years.

If the gate is closed, the knight he brings will attack the city, and the speed of the attack will be greatly affected.

The lightning battle plan developed by the Principality of Tacos will be greatly affected if such a city is to be attacked with siege gear waiting to be delivered.

Thinking about it, Job the Great Knight had a glitch, and the glitch wrapped his whole body and the horses underneath him, and he suddenly launched the Great Knight's skill 'Strike’.

His horse, like a lightning bolt, quickly disengaged from his running legions in front of them and rushed towards the gates of the city.

“Quick, quick, close it hard!” Captain Nigel shouted at the warriors who had come and shut the gates together.

The gate in front of you is two meters away, and as long as you close it, the army of knights outside will not be able to break into the city in a short time.

But just as Captain Nigel saw hope, a light burst through the crack of the gate that was about to close, and he just screamed and felt a glimmer of light flashing through him.

His strength suddenly disappeared and he was stunned to find that his upper body had left his lower body.

The Great Knight of Job, who broke into the gates of the city, swung swiftly over the Knight's sword with a fighting temper, but for a moment, after the entire gate, there was no living life but him.

“Honor is my life!” Just as the Great Knight Job was about to turn back and push the gate open, a roar came behind him, then the Great Knight Horatio sword rushed towards him.

This is a fearless attack and a must die one, a knight without armor and a shield, with only one knight's sword in his hand, directed at a full-body armored, fully equipped, and activated the fighting knight, the end is inevitable.

Like a wave rushing on a boulder, the Great Knight of Job was just a casual blow, while the Great Knight of Horatio left the horse, falling heavily on the ground, and in the chest of the Knight of Horatio, a sword took away his breath of life.

The Great Knight Job was very attentive and did not damage the body of Knight Horatio, which was a tribute to a true knight.

After the gate was opened, more than 3,000 knights broke into the gate, and the city of Dejoux was no longer capable of fighting back. Half an hour later, the city of Dejoux, which had guarded the national gate for countless years, was completely defeated by the Principality of Keene.

Leaving 200 knights stationed in the city of Dejoux, the Great Knight Chief of Job did not stay in Dejoux, taking as many cities as he could before the news reached the other cities.

Veuf, Tonya, and the nearest cities to Dejoux, were also attacked in just two days, and when the Great Knight of Job was preparing to attack the city of Eruo, he saw a fortified fortress as news had reached him.

The footsteps of the Job Grand Knight's long offensive had to stop, and the powerful knights were also somewhat exhausted by several days of continuous offensives, who camped outside the city of Luo.

“Father, the Principality of Tacos raided the Principality of Keene and has occupied three cities of the Principality of Keene!” Above the palace of the Royal Palace of the Kingdom of St. Ellis, Grand Prince Alec is reporting the latest information to His Majesty Emperor Ambrose.

The attack by the Principality of Tacos was too fast, and every attack was carried out with lightning tactics, without prior notice, in complete violation of the Knight's Code.

And the intelligence system of the Principality of Tacos disrupted the course of the attack, and even the intelligence system of the Kingdom of St. Ellis did not receive accurate information until two days later.

“Your Majesty, the Principality of Tacos is a challenge to the Kingdom of St. Ellis and should be punished immediately and severely!” A minister said in silence.

“Your Majesty, I believe that the Principality of Tacos should also be helpless by denouncing its repentance and ceding the occupied land!” Another minister stepped forward.

“Did you take the property of the Principality of Tacos and defend it at this time!” The previous minister stared at the minister who had just spoken and said out loud.

“Can't there be a different voice in the empire? Are all ministers who have other opinions collecting money?” The challenged minister was not angry, but merely questioned.

However, he did receive a gift from the Principality of Tacos, just to excuse him over the palace, so much wealth could be gained and how he could be discouraged.

“Okay, no more fighting!” His Majesty Ambrose waved and stopped the ministers from arguing.

In fact, he understood that it was the most unacceptable thing to launch an army at a time like this, that the use of an army must be supported by a large amount of food, and that the Empire's current food reserves could no longer wage war.

The Empire's original food reserves were much larger than those of the principalities, enough for several years, but a war against the Orc Empire mobilized too many resources of the Empire, as did food.

A large number of knights move, and the food these knights and horses eat needs to be transported, as well as food consumed, and during the preparation for war, the horses must consume the most fodder to ensure the training of knights.

One could say that a war with the Orc Empire consumed nearly half of the food reserves of the three great empires.

The food reserves of the Empire are confidential and not known to the ministers present, but His Majesty Ambrose, the Emperor of the Empire, is clear.

“Send envoys to the Principality of Tekos, demanding that it comply with the Principality's norms and withdraw from the occupied territories!” His Majesty Ambrose sighed.

The apostles of the Kingdom of St. Ellis were warmly welcomed in the Principality of Tecos, but the Principality of Tecos did not immediately carry out the imperial orders, on the pretext that the army was dispersed and that the withdrawal took time to delay.

This is the bottom line for the Principality of Tacos to test the Kingdom of St. Ellis, where His Majesty Ambrose's unexpectedly weak attitude is nothing but the repeated dispatch of coordinated messengers without the strength that the Empire deserves.

The actions of the Principality of Tacos and the attitude of the Kingdom of St. Ellis are like igniting a barrel of oil, and the Principality of Ralvey, the Principality of Laca and the Principality of Corolle sent their troops for a short period of time while the Principality of Tacos peeled off from the Kingdom of St. Ellis.

It is a feast, a feast that divides the Principality of Guangdong. If the Principality of Tacos alone invades, the Principality of Tacos can resist for a while without sending the power of a wizard.

But when the four principalities attacked simultaneously, the already weak military forces of the Principality of Keene could not support the quadrilateral battle. In a few days, the Principality of Keene had left only the capital, Billy City, which had become a lonely city.

Within the royal palace of the Principality of Keene, King Kenneth looked in shadow at the map in front of him, which was a vast area of the Principality of Keene and has now become the land of the other Principality.

After countless years of heirlooming the Principality, only the capital city of Billy remained in his hands.

But he knew that there was still a glimmer of hope that the Kingdom of St. Ellis had been mediating, that he needed to give the Empire enough time, and that the Guild of Wizards might intervene and that the Principality of Keene would survive.

All of this presupposes that the Principality of Keene can protect Billy City.

At this time in Billy City, the aristocracy who fled the lost lands brought in a large number of knights and warriors. War aristocracy such as this would not have done anything to escape, because war, although it had an impact on the aristocracy, would normally have little effect on the aristocracy, regardless of which side won.

But this time, unlike the four principalities, what they need is food, and they don't need local nobility.

Historically, there has never been a war, like this one, in which the resources of all occupied lands have been looted, nobles have been driven away, urban dwellers have likewise been driven away, and all those who are able to consume food have been driven away.

Only the remaining farmers who could grow food stayed because so much more than the city was full of nobility, so many knights and warriors could be seen everywhere and so many evicted residents could not be loaded than the city.

Outside Billy City, many residents driven from other cities have helplessly set up temporary shacks, but the weather is hot now, as long as the sun is covered.

But the food problem is getting worse, and everything that can be eaten is eaten by the hungry, and no edible resources can be seen within a few miles of Billy City.

The atmosphere is somewhat repressed in the palace of the Kingdom of St. Ellis.

“Father, march or else the dignity of our empire will be completely lost!” Grand Prince Alec spoke to His Majesty Ambrose in a voice of prayer.

His Majesty, Alec the Great, swept a glance, and he wondered why, if this were to continue, the entire empire would be separated.

As long as the Principality of Keene disappears, it represents a loss of control over the kingdom of St. Ellis, which will be a great blow and a great loss of strength for the Kingdom of St. Ellis.

Once a State loses control, it is feared that the war between the States will continue and eventually develop into a great war.

And the Kingdom of St. Ellis is not without enemies, be it the Kingdom of St. Pould or the Kingdom of St. Alvo, and once the strength of the Kingdom of St. Ellis is greatly compromised, the two empires will relentlessly attack them.

The only problem now is food, and with enough food, troops can be sent to suppress the four principalities and withdraw them.

None of the ministers in the palace had spoken at that time, and the mediation during that time had kept them informed that the Empire could no longer afford a war.

In the past, whatever tendency there was, in such a harsh form, there were no other ideas, and all ministers knew that if the matter could not be dealt with properly, the Principality of St. Ellis would be in great trouble.

“Alec, do I recall you saying that the Principality of Kameh has a very adequate food supply?” His Majesty Ambrose turned to the Great Prince Alec and asked.

“Yes, Father, the information returned by the Intelligence Service that all grain stores in the Principality of Kamei have been supplied directly by the Principality of Kamei and that, despite the limited requirements placed on purchasers, the food supply has been very adequate and the information response from several major grain stores in the Principality of Kamei has shown that the stock of grain stores is not less than in previous years!” Big Prince Alec bowed down and replied.

“Is it feasible to buy a shipment of food from the Principality of Kameh?” His Majesty Ambrose asked with some uncertainty.

As Emperor of the Empire, His Majesty Ambrose, though endowed with superior powers, did not have much of a solution for the Duchy of Kameh, but only through consultation.

Because he knows more than anyone the role of Abel in the Great War with the Orc Empire, in which only Abel alone killed an elite Orc warrior to reach a terrible number.

That massive amount of warfare has so far come as a surprise to him, and a strong man like this can never use his power to suppress it.

“The Principality of Kamei has always been an important source of food, and when Abbot became king, even though there was a massive reduction in production last year, the Principality of Kamei has not reduced the amount of food that should be handed over to the Empire, let alone replaced it with gold coins or other goods, as other principalities have done, so it is not bad to come to the Principality of Kamei.” Grand Prince Alec analyzed.

Prince Alec has the intelligence system of the Kingdom of St. Ellis, and his analysis is most convincing.

“Alec, take my place in the Duchy of Kamei in order to buy a batch of food, you can tell Master Abel the truth!” His Majesty Ambrose silently commanded.

“Father, I'm leaving now!” Prince Alec, aware of the urgency of time, bowed out of the hall.

In Ganba City, Duchy of Carmichael, Abel met Alec, the great prince, amidst the palace deviation, a private meeting, so there was no one here but the Berbich Butler.

“Master Abel, you must know the battle of the Principality of Keene.” Grand Prince Alec asked directly.

“Yes, I've heard!” Abel nodded.

With the longer he has mastered the Principality of Kamai, the intelligence system, supported by a large amount of gold coins, has developed considerably, especially as the stable and prosperous Principality of Kamai aspires to all, a focus that enables the intelligence system to develop better.

The relationship between the Principality of Keene and Abel is not good. Due to Abel, the system of wizards in the Principality of Keene has been largely dismantled, which is also an important reason why the four Principals dared to attack the Principality of Keene.

Without the protection of a wizard, the Principality of Keene is like a child walking the streets with gold coins.

“Master Abel, the Principality of Keene cannot fall. If it falls, it will disrupt the norms between the entire Principality, plunging the human world into chaos, and war will continue!” Big Prince Alec sighed.

“My lord Alex, I am only a king of the Principality, and I cannot stop the war between the five Principals with my own strength. What you say is too far from my ability, the Empire is the Principality's monarchy, and upholding the Principality's norms is the duty of the Empire!” Abel shook his head and said to Alec, the great prince.

Each year, however, the Patriarchate receives a certain amount of resources from the Patriarchate, a share of which is related to the national power of the Patriarchate, such as the Principality of Kamae, which annually submits a certain amount of food for the protection of the Patriarchate.

And now the protected Principality of Keene has been invaded by four other principalities, which is the duty of the Principality of St. Ellis.

“Master Abel, the Kingdom of Saint Ellis has consumed too much food for the last Great War of the Orc Empire, and the rest of it is no longer enough to sustain another war!” Big Prince Alec said helplessly.

To suppress the four principalities, the Kingdom of St. Ellis would have to send an army strong enough to deter the four principalities, so that the size of the army, when mobilized, would necessarily consume a great deal of food.

“Your Highness, what does the Empire want?” Abel asked directly.

“Master Abel, the Empire can buy you a batch of food at the market price, please help the Empire, the Empire will give you enough in return!” Grand Prince Alec pleaded.

The purchase of food at market prices, which is not the market price of the Principality of Kamai, but the current market price of the Holy Land, where food prices have remained low, ensures that almost all citizens are free from hunger.

Nor did Abel want a turmoil in the human world, and it was in his interest to have an empire with which he had good relations. As for food, to be honest, there was simply no reason to sell it out.

Because food, although plentiful, is sufficient to supply only two or three principalities, this quantity, once sold to the outside world, is likely to give rise to undue scrutiny.

He was not afraid of war, but the trouble that could be reduced was minimized, and the Duchy of Kameh was still too weak to grow and grow.

“Yes, Your Highness, you give me a specific amount, and I'll have the Minister prepare it for you!” Abel nodded and responded.

“Master Abel, your help has earned the friendship of the Empire!” Big Prince Alec said excitedly.

In the capital of the Principality of Keene, Billy, knights, fighters and a few strong ordinary civilians have been placed on the walls, and countless pieces of fencing material have been sent to the walls, under the pressure of plundered wealth and extermination and under the threat of survival, unprecedented solidarity among the nobles of Billy City.

Outside the walls, the armies of the four Grand Duchies have arrived and their goal is the final wealth of the Principality of Keene, whose entire wealth has been concentrated in Billy City as a result of their expulsion.

At a time when a war was inevitable, a super-knight regiment of 20,000 knights from the Kingdom of St. Ellis left the empire and came towards the Principality of Keene.

The actions of the Kingdom of St. Ellis surprised the four principalities, knowing that their intelligence systems had confirmed that the Empire would not send troops to repress them.