Riding and Slashing

Changhe Town has been crowded recently.

There were tens of thousands of people who followed Amy to Changhe Town. These were all residents around Sarleon City, and they were basically civilians.

As for the nobles, most of them had already hid in places they thought were safer at the end of last year, such as the territory of Fieldsway, or the territory of the Bacchus Empire...

Most of them ran ahead of time, and a small number of them surrendered before the battle.

The nobles of Sarleon are adaptable creatures...

They once regarded the Filtsweans as dirty pirates, and they sneered at the centralized system of the Bacchus Empire. They once regarded the Sarleon Kingdom as the center of the entire world, and talked about chivalry all day long .

But when the war came, they quickly abandoned the 'center of the world', and also quickly despised their chivalry...

Probably, people are fickle.

Amy has changed a lot too.

It became a little gloomy, and no longer greeted the merchants with kind smiles, and no longer shouted "chivalry" with the female soldiers of Griffin Claws.

This year, she has been very busy, busier than everyone else.

She tried her best to maintain the operation of Pande Bank during this difficult year, maintained the stability of the currency structure, and allowed most of the formed troops to retain their combat effectiveness to the greatest extent.

Not in her position, it is difficult to appreciate the hardships she has paid.

The rudimentary financial system developed by Li Ang actually has many sequelae. A year ago, when Li Ang disappeared for two months and the Lion Kingdom was mired in war, Pande Bank experienced a run.

It was Amy who tried every means to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and finally supported it.

In order to maintain the credit of the bank, Amy turned herself into the most indebted person in the entire Pendor Continent—she carried out private loans everywhere as a king, and issued a lot of national debts, almost without mortgaging herself out.

In the whole country, she is the only one who understands the importance of the Pendor Bank. She even mortgaged the White Hart Castle to the Noldor elves——she transferred the White Hart Castle to Wentierf, and kept the bank in the Noldor. under the control of the elves.

This earned the Noldor the continued trust in the Pendor Bank, preserved the vitality and reserves of the Pendor Bank to the greatest extent, and also prevented the Noldor from leaving White Hart Castle.

To be honest, for a woman to transfer her own territory and huge wealth to a love rival who was once regarded as a 'threat', it requires more than intelligence and courage.

After struggling to prop up the banks through the run, came the tougher depression.

The commercial roads covering the mainland that were once opened up by the Changhe Express were completely cut off due to the continuous war.

Without the material flow brought about by prosperous business, it can only ensure that the territory can be self-sufficient, otherwise famine is likely to follow the depression.

In order to protect people's lives, Amy distributed corn seeds to all farmers in the eastern region and taught people how to sow seeds.

Many places are unwilling to accept this new crop, and Amy has no time to persuade, so she enforced the policy-the grain tax of corn is only [-]%, but wheat or soybeans must be [-]%!Tax evasion is considered treason!

As a result, Amy was called a tyrant by the nobles.

Some farmers who don't know the truth also regard Amy as an "ignorant and cruel queen"-when it comes to tax collection, the culprits are always the king and the superior nobles.

But Amy didn't argue, she didn't have time.

Tyrant or ignorant, Amy didn't care.

At least most people don't starve and the country doesn't collapse.

The whole country is indeed getting poorer because of the war, but the basic life of the people can be guaranteed, and the east and north have been fairly stable.

The rear is stable, and Godric and others who are in charge of the front can organize the defense without distraction.

So, over the course of this difficult year-plus, Sarleon Kingdom has looked like it's shaky, but it just isn't.

Amy can now understand those kings who have left infamy in history.

It's not easy for every king.

If possible, Amy really doesn't want to be this king.

too tired.

Especially a young queen, who has to face far more messes than Ulrik.

More than half a year ago, Gregory IV of Ravencrow Kingdom sent envoys to try to marry Amy—Gregory claimed that he could divorce for Amy... If Amy wanted, he could send troops to help his wife ' to fight; but if Amy doesn't like it, he'll ally with Fieldsway...

To be honest, Gregory's behavior is considered a normal diplomatic strategy in this era, but it seems a bit shameless...

But before Amy could speak, the enraged Godric hacked the envoy to death on the spot, and declared war on the Ravencrow Kingdom with blood—killing the declared war could not be reconciled, and most of them had to be beaten until one of them destroyed the country.

Godric tells Amy that if you don't get tough right away, there will be more outrageous things to come.

Godric was right, Ravencrow Kingdom never dared to launch any attack on Sarleon, not even a fart.

Moreover, King Vidis also rejected the Ravencrow Kingdom's covenant - Vidis didn't want to provoke a queen who might become a madman at any time, in case she gave up everything and desperately wanted to destroy someone, that's true It can be done.

That's why Amy acted extremely tough in the days that followed, and even seemed to be crazy-for more than half a year, all nobles who deliberately made troubles were quickly suppressed by her, basically giving no one a chance to make trouble.

Any nobleman who tried to talk to her in the throne room would also run away when she raised her musket - she became a dictator.

However, the name of this 'tyrant' is getting louder and louder.

Corresponding to the tyrant, there is also a 'butcher'.

Fawcett probably really likes Amy, although the person he really loves is his own sister...

He fully responded to what Amy did in Lion Lake City, and did it a little harder-but anyone who does things in Lion Lake City, whether they are nobles, heretics, or thugs, will definitely fall into Fawcett's hands. Impossible to survive.

Even those aristocratic manors who were unwilling to grow high-yield crops or resisted and evaded taxes would be directly arrested by Fawcett on the charge of 'suspicion and heresy', and his methods were even more brutal than the Duke of Alma back then.

Amy can now especially understand Ulrik and Duke Alma...

Therefore, Amy officially granted Lion Lake City to Fawcett, but he did not let him inherit Alma's dukedom - Fawcett himself did not want to, since he defected to Li Ang in Changhe Town, he relied on his own He was able to step up to the position of the lord of Lion Lake City step by step. He earned all of this by himself, and he no longer needs to inherit his father's inheritance.

Moreover, Fawcett believes that Li Ang triggered the thunder to destroy the demon in Lion Lake City, not himself; so he thinks that he can be the governor of Lion Lake City, but he is not enough to become a duke.

This is actually the goal that Amy set when she came to the throne-whoever regains Cliff Bay will become the Duke of Cliff Bay; whoever solves the heresy will become the Duke of Lion Lake City.

This 'butcher' who is always framing others seems to respect the rules established together in the Throne Hall more than everyone else...

Therefore, Amy awarded Fawcett the title of Earl, and he became the most active lord against the heresy and fallen, and has been providing logistical support for Sir Roland.

Although Roland thought Fawcett was too sinister, he had always disliked him.

But there is no doubt that Fawcett can perfectly make up for Sir Roland's shortcomings when fighting against heresy.

At this time, Fawcett was in Changhe Town, assisting Amy to resettle the civilians - tens of thousands of people were transferred from Sarleon City to Changhe Town. This was a huge project. Except for the defenders on the front line, most of the lords came to assist up.

"Your Majesty, my spies who stayed in Yaragal sent back a message, which was sent by carrier pigeon... But the message is very strange..."

Fawcett held a note in his hand: "He said... a person who is exactly like Lord Leon, bought two horses from him! But he is not sure if it is Lord Leon... that person has very long hair. "

"what?!!"

Amy stood up suddenly, with a strange expression on her face, she couldn't tell whether it was excitement or shock: "Where is he...?"

"If there is no accident, it should be on the way to Changhe Town... My people followed for a while, but lost it at the foot of Goddess Mountain."

Fawcett looked at Amy's expression, and asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, what are you going to do? It may be the enemy's trick... Especially the Three Prophets, they are good at..."

Amy didn't seem to hear at all, she was in a daze.

"His Majesty?"

Fawcett stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Amy's eyes.

"Fawcett...you will be a duke soon! That's Leon! That must be Leon! Come! Get your horses ready!"

Amy patted Fawcett's hand and ran out of the lord's hall, running fast.

"What if the three prophets pretended to be..."

Fawcett looked at Amy's back, frowned and sighed.

……

Outside Kewen Village.

Li Ang and Bao Daisi came to the place he was familiar with fairly smoothly.

When he got here, Li Ang was already very relaxed—his body was recovering, and the entire Kewen Village was his acquaintance.

But after entering Kewen Village, Li Ang gradually felt very uneasy.

His perception at this time can extend to a range of three miles around.

But in such a large range, he didn't perceive any creatures!
In other words, within three miles of the surrounding area, not only was there no living person, but even larger animals!
Li Ang, who originally planned to return to Changhe Town in one go, had no choice but to go into Kewen Village to find out what happened.

Kewen Village, once regarded as a treasure land of geomantic omen, is now completely deserted, not even livestock such as chickens and ducks!

But the countess' winery is still there, and so are the houses in the village.

Just nothing alive.

"What's going on... have you all run away? Logically speaking, there shouldn't be a war here?"

Li Ang frowned and looked around.

"Your Excellency Li Ang, there are many corpses here..."

Bodaisi shouted in the Countess' winery.

A large number of corpses were piled up in the wine cellar.

Most of those corpses were Li Ang's acquaintances.

It was the countess and the kind old nobles of Kerwin.

Li Ang reached out and touched the blood on the ground.

The blood hadn't dried yet, and there were no plaques on the skin of the corpse.

"They... died probably a day ago."

Li Ang frowned.

A day ago...in a place like Kerwin?
The communication between Changhe Town and Kewen should have been frequent all the time, and these few days are when Amy will move everything in Sarleon City to Changhe Town, and there will definitely be many people coming and going.

Who is so powerful and dares to go to Kewen Village to commit crimes at this time?
And this way of massacring a village...

"Bodais, look around and see if there are any corpses of young women and children."

Li Ang's eyes became gloomy, and he felt that he had made an unforgivable mistake.

After searching around, Bodaisi came back shaking her head: "No... have the young women and children... been taken away?"

"No...they were murdered. The skin of girls and young children may have been used on the eternal three prophets..."

Li Ang gritted his teeth and said.

Baodaisi understood, she sighed silently, got on the horse, and planned to leave here.

But as soon as the two reached the entrance of the village, Li Ang stopped his horse suddenly.

"Wait... Bao Daisy, there are troops outside... no, there are troops everywhere! There are large troops coming!"

Li Ang opened his eyes suddenly: "Go west! Come with me!"

……

Not long after, two terrifying armies poured in from the north and south roads and gathered in Kewen Village.

This is the army of the three prophets!

All Doom Introducers and Prophet Followers...

It is similar to the structure of the Three Prophets who once appeared in Changhe Town. They are all beautiful women and their followers.

But there were no Bloodsworn Witches, and the team was much larger than before.

However, at this time there were only two leaders.

From the north came a little girl;

Coming from the south is a woman who is more than 1.8 meters tall and is unbelievably beautiful.

"Midiya, are you sure that Queen Amy will come here?"

The little girl was riding a beautiful thoroughbred horse, and asked the tall woman expressionlessly.

"She will definitely come...Hahaha, who told her to give up Sarleon City? If she moves to Changhe Town, there will be no magic tower to protect her... I don't know if Anna has successfully destroyed Sarleon City's forbidden city. Magic Tower……"

Midia now looks like a doom attractor: "Cersi, I said a long time ago that I must have a chance to get Amy's body! It is easy to become the king of the Sarleon Realm, and there is no need to create so many Fallen!"

"I don't want to create so many fallen ones, it's all to deal with Roland... Roland is also likely to be in Changhe Town, you have to be careful, he is not easy to deal with..."

Circe, who looked like a little girl, rode on the horse and looked around: "Why do I feel that there are other people in this village?"

"It's impossible for there to be any more people... I've cleaned up this village, there's not even a dog. Let our people pretend to be 'villagers' here, and then go to Changhe Town to report the crime. That Queen Amy will definitely be lured came over..."

Midia pointed to the Countess' manor: "Many nobles in this village are Amy's friends, and Amy will definitely come after knowing their deaths..."

The two prophets entered the countess' manor together.

Soon after, a large-scale funeral was held in Kewen Village.

And Li Ang, in the forest to the west, looked at Kewen Village from afar.

"The Three Prophets... They probably want to deal with Amy... I have to go to Changhe Town immediately."

Li Ang said in a low voice.

"But we may not be able to get out now, there are too many of them..."

Bao Daisi felt that the situation was very bad.

"Then go around the other way..."

Li Ang turned his head, looked at the Goddess Mountain behind him, and ran towards a hidden valley with Bao Daisi.