Chapter 1278 Brotherly Alliance, the Channel Connecting the Territories [Please Subscribe]

Today's Kingdom of Virginia is a hot potato.

A large-scale war has not yet broken out;

The trouble was already apparent.

So for Finn Lister's behavior of suddenly sending a messenger to deliver a letter.

Ragnar Lodbrok instinctively sensed something unusual.

His intuition told him that this matter was not simple.

Finn Lister, the former finance minister of the Kingdom of Virginia, is a mercenary guy.

He was an excellent businessman and financial manager, but he was definitely not a qualified ruler.

Now the Liszt family has broken with the Grace royal family.

A large-scale war may break out between the two sides at any time.

Just like the Lodbrok royal family and the Trivasin family today.

It's just that compared to the Trivasin family, which occupies one-third of the Nord Kingdom.

The actual area controlled by the List family only accounts for about one-seventh of the territory of the Kingdom of Virginia.

The territory of the Grace Royal Family is more than six times theirs.

The number of soldiers that can be mobilized also varies widely.

Although the Liszt family is rich, it is difficult to completely eliminate the gap between the two parties.

Therefore, the purpose of this letter is self-evident.

Ragnar's thoughts turned around in his mind a few times, and he could roughly guess Finn Lister's motives.

"Cough cough cough!"

Thinking of this, he immediately coughed a few times.

The conference hall that was still quarreling gradually became quiet.

All the ministers thought it was His Majesty the King who had something to say.

Unexpectedly, Ragna stood up suddenly and nodded slightly apologetically.

"Please continue the discussion."

"I'll be back later and I'm all ears."

After saying that, he left his position and walked straight out of the conference hall.

He respected these ministers and tried his best to establish a wise image.

But acting normally doesn’t come with so much discipline.

It doesn't matter if he leaves the meeting temporarily, which is destined to be lengthy.

And maybe there will be new topics soon.

Ragnar Kingdom wore a lightweight satin robe, revealing the outline of his strong chest muscles.

Not only is he not old, but he is as strong as a majestic lion.

The waiters waiting outside the conference hall quickly followed him and put a cloak embroidered with axes and hammers on him.

The reception room is not far from the conference hall.

King Ragnar met the messenger sent by Finn Lister.

That was a shrewd guy with a shrewd face, and his eyes were filled with dinar light.

He was fat and wore exquisite and luxurious clothes.

It can be seen that he should have arrived here within a week through the space teleportation array.

Because he is still somewhat unaccustomed to the relatively warm climate of the Nord Kingdom.

Frequently twisting the neck unconsciously.

Ragnar saw this scene clearly.

When the messenger saw Ragnar coming in person, he quickly raised his chest and saluted.

"Greetings from the Lister family."

"The great King of the Nords, the successor of the ax and the hammer, the hero of the Eastern Region..."

There is no mediocre person who can be sent as a messenger.

This guy looks fat and big-eared, but he is actually very eloquent.

King Ragnar's title was announced word for word.

"Guests from afar."

"No need to be polite."

Ragnar smiled kindly.

The two parties were seated separately as the guest of honor.

"I heard that His Excellency Finn Lister brought a letter?"

King Ragnar did not hesitate and asked straight to the point.

Hearing this, the fat messenger carefully opened the cowhide bag beside him.

An official letter stamped with hot lacquer was taken out.

There is also the crest of the Lister family on the cover.

Then the messenger held the letter in both hands and handed it into Ragnar's hands.

Raising his hand to take the letter, Ragnar personally unveiled the fire seal.

I poured out a few pieces of letter paper and started reading them on the spot.

After a few minutes, his eyes narrowed slightly.

The content of the letter was roughly what he expected.

Finn Lister, an old fox, first extended his sincere greetings to him.

Then get straight to the point and ask for a close brotherly alliance with the Lodbrok royal family.

The so-called brotherly alliance is considered to be a higher-level alliance among the major forces in the Endless Continent.

The alliance of brothers is united in offense and defense, advancing together and retreating together.

As compensation, the Lister family is willing to provide the Lodbrok royal family with a large amount of funds and weapons.

The number is astonishing, probably enough for the Lodbrok royal family to form another 15 million troops.

But if you accept this benefit, you must swear an oath with your soul to conclude a covenant.

There is some mysterious and unspeakable binding force in this covenant.

Violators will be severely punished.

Moreover, the process of concluding such a covenant is very complicated.

Suppose King Ragnar agrees to Finn List's request for an alliance.

This means that when the Liszt family is attacked by the Grays royal family, the Lodbrok royal family cannot sit idly by.

Nord troops must be sent to support.

In this case, King Ragnar Lodbrok's plan to invade Avalon can only be temporarily abandoned in a short period of time.

So how to choose is a big question.

The territory of the List family is nominally adjacent to the northeastern part of the Nord Kingdom.

In fact, there is a buffer zone spanning tens of thousands of kilometers outside the border between the two countries.

The nearby Nord Battle Fortress is not enough to accommodate the gathering of tens of millions of troops.

It is also necessary to lay additional large-scale long-distance transmission channels.

The key is.

The Grace Royal Family is much more difficult to deal with than the disintegrated Kingdom of Avalon.

This made Ragnar a little confused.

As if he had read his thoughts, the messenger sitting opposite him interrupted his thoughts with a soft voice.

"Sorry for bothering you."

"Lord Finn has a message that I would like to convey to you personally."

The messenger looked at King Ragnar with sharp eyes.

The latter clapped his hands, and the attendants standing beside him immediately left the reception room.

After pondering for a while, the messenger said.

"Lord Finn said he has a way to help you defeat the traitor Trevathin in one fell swoop."

"As long as you agree to form an alliance with the Lister family."

"And the land taken from the Tres family in the future."

"A quarter will permanently belong to the Kingdom of Nord."

The messenger lowered his voice and said.

Such additional conditions immediately made King Ragnar unable to sit still.

After just a little thought, he made a decision.

Let's put aside the invasion of Avalon's border.

This plan was originally to attack the Trivasin family from the side.

The second is to expand territory.

Now that Finn List has promised better terms.

King Ragnar naturally has no reason to refuse!

As for whether Finn was lying, King Ragnar wasn't worried.

He won't take action until he sees the benefits.

However, he was somewhat curious as to what method Finn List could use to destroy the Trevaxin family.

It doesn't sound like a means of war.

Regarding this, the Ragnar Kingdom was somewhat curious.

"Go back and send a message to Lord Finn."

"The Lodbrok royal family is willing to form a brotherly alliance with the Liszt family."

"Only if he can keep those promises."

Hearing Ragnar's answer, the fat messenger's face broke into laughter.

"I'm glad you're allied with the Lister family."

"Lord Finn actually knew you would agree, and he asked me to tell you."

"Half a month later, we will meet at the Savage Castle outside the Tels Snow Forest on the border between the two places."

"That's the territory of the highland barbarians."

"But Liszt has a good relationship with that tribe."

"As long as you reveal the ax and hammer emblem, you will be able to pass unimpeded."

King Ragnar nodded slightly.

Then the messenger bowed and resigned.

After he left, Ragnar narrowed his eyes again.

Finn Lister is indeed a smart guy.

Before he sent the envoy, he knew that Ragnar would not be able to refuse his offer.

So the meeting place for both parties was prepared in advance.

"Cunning guy."

King Ragnar was worried.

A businessman never makes a losing deal.

No matter how you look at this alliance, the Lodbrok royal family takes advantage.

But is this really the case?

Ragnar had reservations about this.

But no matter what, facing such a price, he had no reason to refuse.

Take one step at a time, and then see what Finn's plan is.

As for the invasion plan of the Kingdom of Avalon, it is only temporarily put on hold.

While maintaining the offensive against the Trevasin family, they must also invade Avalon, and must allocate troops to support the Lister family. This will leave the royal family empty.

He sat quietly in the living room for a long time.

He suddenly stood up, returned to the meeting room, and planned to withdraw the issue of the conquest of Avalon.

The alliance with the List family cannot be fully disclosed for the time being.

There is no guarantee that among his ministers there are spies from the north.

Although this possibility is very low, it cannot be ruled out directly.

He planned to meet with Finn in person before making a final decision.

After knowing what he was doing, King Ragnar returned to his previous energetic, wise and mighty state.

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The sky over the snowfield gradually lights up.

Zong Shen just hugged the girls and slept in the forest all night.

The bonfire with added fire magic gem powder burned all night long.

The surrounding land became dry and warm.

The cold seemed to be kept out.

This place is isolated from the world.

In the morning, another delicious mushroom soup.

This time Zong Shen added some slightly toxic bacteria.

These poisonous fungi actually taste better than ordinary fungi.

The stewed soup will also be more delicious.

As for the toxins they carry, everyone's body is almost completely immune to them.

The few hallucinogenic effects that took effect made Zong Shen and the girls feel ecstatic.

This feeling is still very wonderful.

It’s just that ordinary people can’t bear it.

Because for them, it can only have a weak hallucinogenic effect.

For others, it may be that they have eaten a deadly toxin that makes them lie down.

This statement is no exaggeration.

The wonderful snow forest picnic continued until the next morning.

Until the sun rises high and radiates light and heat to the earth.

Zong Shen then left with the girls.

More than ten hours passed.

Logically speaking, the Calamity Raven Church’s divine sacrifice prayer process should be halfway through.

Wait until Jackdaw Valley and the territory have long-distance transmission channels.

Zong Shen can prepare for the bloodletting.

Without wasting any time, he summoned Hamis, the dark nightmare of hell who had been wandering more than ten kilometers away all night.

Then he put the girls into his big pocket.

Just like this, he rode Hamis back toward Jackdaw Valley.

Release the girls after arriving in the valley.

When he returned to Jackdaw Valley, it was just as he had expected.

The divine sacrifice has already reached the prayer stage.

Hundreds of church elders, including Mai Raven and another red-robed bishop, were present.

They chanted and prayed devoutly.

The shiny pattern of an altar appeared on the ground.

Faintly echoing the void.

Zong Shen looked at it for a while and then left.

Go to review the resettlement situation of the immigrants from the giant city of Lentax.

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Five hours later.

The divine sacrifice has come to an end.

The altar made of glittering lines shone brightly.

Invisible forces swarmed in.

The long-distance transmission channel with a diameter of several kilometers appeared in the sky again.

It is still like an inverted mirror, appearing in the air out of thin air.

The scene that emerged on the other side of the passage was already the outskirts of Zong Shen's territory.

That was the destination of the teleportation channel that he specially selected.

It is still dozens of kilometers away from the real urban area.

Through the swaying mirror in the air, you can vaguely see the outline of the building in the distance.

He had a profound intention in arranging this.

The current territory is still in a state of rapid expansion.

If it is arranged in an urban area, it means that it is impossible to build a building within a radius of several kilometers.

In the suburbs, there is no such problem.

It won't be long before the city expands there.

At that time, a special entrance can be built there.

And now Zong Shen's territory is extremely large.

It has a radius of one or two hundred kilometers.

For the first time, the judgment of his area was revoked.

Several nearby areas were also affected.

Because he almost occupied an entire area by himself.

So his [Regional Channel] was merged with several surrounding areas.

This shows how fast he is expanding.

And in the future, it is estimated that the lords in the surrounding areas will also have to move.

Territory expansion was almost unstoppable.

With the development up to now, those lords did not dare to go against Zong Shen.

When encountering territorial conflicts, they all obediently chose to use the [Legion] relocation privilege to move their territories far away.

Except where he, the giant, is.

There are still many open spaces in other areas.

In fact, after [Legion] opened up every migration privilege.

There are many lords who have moved.

Today's location is completely different from blocking.

Zong Shen didn't care about this situation.

The lords who stay within a few hundred kilometers of him are basically members of the [Legion of Guides].

Just like the planet guarding the sun.

His territory is the star, always radiating influence to the surroundings.

Under such circumstances, the planned land use of the territory appears extremely arrogant.

Let alone a place dozens of kilometers away from the city.

It doesn't matter if it's located a hundred kilometers away.

He is already the well-deserved overlord of that territory.

I saw that the long-distance transmission channel was reopened.

Zong Shen couldn't help but feel in a good mood.

It will become much easier to explore the North in the future.

It is also more convenient to go to Svadia and Nord!

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