As many people expected, after Regent Obsidian's "marriage proposal" was rejected, he was furious. He listed a series of crimes such as the Dark Moon colluding with the Shadow Empire and attacking the Blue Lava Estate. He called on the estates of the Fallen Angel Empire to crusade against the rebels. Those who made contributions would be conferred the title of nobility.
However, everyone knew that no estate in the empire was the opponent of the Dark Moon. Even the Red Spirit Estate and the Blue Lava Estate suffered a crushing defeat when they joined forces. Among the 4 major estates, only the White Feather Estate still retained its strength.
Not to mention that the White Feather Estate and the Dark Moon seemed to have some kind of agreement, there was no possibility of winning just by comparing the combat power of the 2 sides.
If all the remaining estates united and went all out, even if the Dark Moon could win, they would pay a heavy price. However, this situation was impossible to happen. No one was willing to be the cannon fodder. Especially because of the problem of fundraising funds, many estates were now living a tight life. How could they withstand the loss of war?
Despite the temptation of the title of nobility, one must have this ability and this life to obtain it.
Obsidian's call had not yet been echoed by the various estates in the empire. The Dark Moon had immediately refuted and condemned the "crimes" listed by Obsidian. They sent countless "leaflets" to the capital and various estates, so that everyone in the empire knew about it.
The Shadow Empire itself and the Fallen Angel Empire were allies. On this basis, the Dark Moon formed a sister city with the Bloody Vine Flower Estate of the Shadow Empire based on the principle of friendship and mutual benefit. Moreover, none of the treaties signed by the 2 parties publicly betrayed the interests of the empire. The so-called collusion was purely nonsense without any evidence.
As for attacking the Blue Lava Estate, it was even more confusing. It was precisely because Obsidian defaulted on the fundraising funds that the Blue Lava Estate was in chaos, so the Dark Moon went to help regardless of the past for the stability of the empire. They helped the Blue Lava Estate quell the rebellion, supported the new lord to take the throne, and assisted the Blue Lava Estate to develop land and stabilize the economy. The people of the Blue Lava Estate were living a stable life now, and the economy was growing day by day. This was the best explanation.
After refuting the "crimes" listed by the capital one by one, the Dark Moon did not shy away from listing the various crimes of Regent Obsidian.
1. Ungrateful. He plotted to usurp the throne passed to Crown Prince Grimm by his brother, the Lord of Midnight Sun. He appointed himself as the regent, imprisoned and suppressed the royal family of Midnight Sun. The ridiculous thing was that he still had not been recognized by the Sword of Fallen Angel. It could be seen that even the royal artifact denied this usurper.
Secondly, they were greedy by nature. They did not hesitate to use despicable means to scam the wealth of various territories and families. Until now, they still owed most of the funds they had raised, causing the various lords to live in poverty and their subjects to suffer.
Third, shameless, openly forcing his nephew's daughter to be his wife, shaming the entire Lucifer Royal Family.
4. He eliminated dissidents, secretly killed members of the Clan of the Family of the Sword, and caused by.
These charges were not like the vague gimmicks listed by the capital. Each of them hit Obsidian's weak points. Just the 1st and 2nd charges made him unable to refute.
The Sword of Fallen Angel was Obsidian's worry for many years, and it was also the biggest obstacle preventing him from officially becoming an emperor. The fundraising money was the source of his current dilemma. Except for the 3rd point, the following crimes were almost none related to the Dark Moon alone, but all of them were true. It was enough to arouse the indignation of all the estates and families of the empire.
Many elder families began to question some famous old cases related to their own interests. Before taking action against the Dark Moon, the capital's voice had already begun to be uncoordinated.
In fact, there was no empire without filth and darkness in the upper echelons of the empire. It was not uncommon for people to be silenced in order to consolidate their rule. However, it was one thing to be kept in the dark, but it was another to expose it to the public. This was due to the fact that Isabella had previously controlled the capital's secret intelligence department. She had a lot of unknown inside information. Now, all of them were revealed, which caught Obsidian off guard.
The southern estate represented by the Blue Lava Estate stood up first and expressed its firm support for the Dark Moon. The real power holder of the Blue Lava Estate, Sumen, was supported by the Dark Moon. As for the little kid lord, putting aside the imposter, he was simply a puppet.
The "opposition" led by General George took the opportunity to strongly criticize Obsidian's behavior. However, at this time, Sicali, the lord of the White Feather Estate where the Warlock Fortress was located, had a conflict with General George. Obviously, Sicali did not respond to the capital's crusade on the surface, but he restrained Jía's biggest supporter, General George, with actual actions. The capital sent a large number of troops to the White Feather Estate to prevent changes. At present, the Bloody Empire was still harassing at the border. George was surrounded by enemies, so he could not lead the army south, but the White Feather Estate did not dare to advance rashly. The 2 sides were in a stalemate for a while.
The verbal battle was just for a good reason. After Obsidian was completely defeated in this regard, he finally revealed his true fangs. In the name of the empire's regent, he announced that he would personally attack the Dark Moon. He ordered the estates to send troops to form a coalition army to wipe out the rebels in one fell swoop.
This kind of order was different from the previous call. If he refused to send troops, he would be regarded as a rebel who colluded with the Dark Moon.
As soon as the order of Obsidian's personal expedition was announced, Josh, who had been keeping a low profile and recuperating in the Red Spirit Estate, was the first to respond. He expressed his willingness to follow the regent to crusade against the Dark Moon. Immediately afterward, each estate expressed their determination to send troops, even the smallest estate was no exception. As for whether they sent elites, it depended on their own calculations.
The assembly of the army was not so simple. Obsidian also considered the Shadow Empire behind the Dark Moon, so he sent an envoy to declare that the cause of this incident was an attempted marriage proposal, which was a family matter of the Lucifer Royal Family. He requested the Shadow Empire to abide by the 2 empires alliance agreement and not interfere in the internal affairs of the Fallen Angel Empire. After some negotiations, a preliminary consensus was reached. As for how many benefits were given and how much price was paid, only the upper echelons of the Shadow Empire and Obsidian himself knew.
In fact, the Shadow Empire did not sign an agreement with the Dark Moon for mutual assistance in war. Obsidian was purely sending himself to be slaughtered, so Catherine the Great would naturally not be courteous.
After getting the promise of the Shadow Empire, Obsidian was relieved. He listened to the advice of the Red Spirit Lord, Josh, and used various means to suppress some of the elder families who were restless because of the "crimes" listed by the Dark Moon in order to prevent trouble in the rear during the expedition.
Although these actions won the Dark Moon valuable preparation time, it still caused considerable panic. A large number of foreign merchants evacuated, and many residents relocated. This time, it was not like the war of lords. An empire used the power of the whole country to deal with an estate. It was almost a war without suspense. Moreover, the capital also reached an agreement with the Shadow Empire "behind" the Dark Moon.
The turbulent situation was also expected by the Dark Moon's upper echelons. Now that things had come to this point, there would be a war anyway, so the people who stayed basically held a certain belief.
General Crawford, the Bloody Vine Flower Estate Lord, an ally of the Dark Moon, urgently sent a secret messenger to the Dark Moon to explain the decision of the upper echelons of the Shadow Empire not to interfere in the Dark Moon's dispute. However, Crawford remembered Jía's personal friendship and the life-saving grace of his only son, Monroe, so he specially sent a group of elite goblin warriors to the Dark Moon to support.
The combat power of the goblins was extremely low. Those who could be called warriors or even elite warriors were definitely not ordinary goblins. In addition to manual talents such as manufacturing and assembly, their most prominent talent was controlling machinery. For example, the same magic crystal cannon, if it was controlled by an elite goblin warrior, the accuracy and power would be increased by at least 30%. This 30% was already quite amazing for heavy magic weapons with great lethality.
This was exactly the precious "resource" that the Dark Moon lacked. Just like the 1,000-man magician team, Crawford's timely help was certainly due to his personal friendship, but the bigger reason was that his only son, Monroe, insisted on staying in the Dark Moon Army.
Monroe, who was currently "wanted" by the Shadow Empire, changed his name and officially joined the Dark Moon's Flame Legion as the commander of the magician team.
The recovered intermediate stage of the Demon Emperor, Feyman, accompanied him to protect him. Fini was hired as the female officer of the Dark Moon palace, and she learned mechanics from Master Xingxing. The young couple finally got married, so they were grateful to Jía.
The arrival of the elite goblin warriors. The first thing that Chen Rui thought of was not the magic crystal cannon, but the production of the goldmen. The original production of the goldmen was already in progress, but after the capital proposal incident, the demand for the goldmen during the upcoming war had skyrocketed. The speed seemed unsatisfactory. With this batch of goblin warriors, the production speed would be greatly accelerated.
This time, the head-on confrontation with the capital would be a huge test. It was related to the future fate of the Dark Moon and even Chen Rui, so he must calculate every force that could be used. Due to the need to use Fertile Yuan Soil to upgrade, the earth elementals' Earth Realm was currently closed and could not provide help. Moreover, the principle of the elementals was not to intervene in the ordinary disputes of the Demon Realm.
Guradam of Town Yankou used the undead of the ancient battlefield to restore his power and create a large number of troops. Later, he swallowed the 100,000 Blue Lava Army. Coupled with the weapons and equipment provided by Chen Rui, it was definitely a very terrifying combat power. It was rare that this force was still unknown.
The 3 legions, Red Blood, Flame Light, and Moon Shadow were the strongest main forces of the Dark Moon on the surface. Among them, the medusas and wyverns had been exposed. The magician team and elite goblin warriors funded by the Bloody Vine Flower Estate were still hidden in the dark. On the surface, the Dark Moon only had a small magician team of less than 100 people.
The taurens were the main force of equipment manufacturing. At the same time, they were also a powerful combat team, but Chen Rui did not intend to use them until the last moment.
The Dark Moon's military system reform began as early as after the war of lords. There was an existence similar to a "political commissar" in all large and small groups to maintain the army's absolute loyalty and obedience to Jía. It played a key role in the stability of the morale of the army.
The devil fruits hoarded in the Super System's galaxy garden had been emptied, and the aura value was only left with 4 digits due to the exchange and use. After screening and elimination, the individuals or elite troops that needed to be strengthened had been strengthened. They would face the upcoming huge test in the strongest state.
After a period of time, the chaos of the Dark Moon had gradually calmed down. Most of the people left were the Dark Moon people who were born and raised there. They were unwilling to escape from their homeland. People were looking forward to the word repeatedly emphasized in Jía's speech: "Miracle".
Now that they had withstood the huge pressure, it depended on whether they could really create a miracle.
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