Vader quickly left San Filto City and returned to the encampment of the army in Calt City without stopping. He then went straight to the largest tent in the center.
"Father, I'm back," Vader said respectfully to the Marquis of Savoy.
"Have a seat." The Marquis of Savoy nodded. After Vader sat down, he asked, "What did he say?"
"His Excellency Suhlen doesn't agree to abdicate," Vader said.
"Hmph, that's not surprising." The Marquis of Savoy sneered. He stood up from his seat and walked to the map placed in the tent. "No one will easily give up power that's at their fingertips."
"Moreover, one-third of the territory has already recognized him as the king."
"What else did he say?" The Marquis of Savoy picked up a charcoal pencil and marked on the map.
"He said that if Father wants to compete with him for the throne, we'll have to fight him. If you win, he'll choose to withdraw and give up the Kingdom of Florence. If we lose, we'll have to recognize him as the king of the Kingdom of Florence," Vader said in a low voice.
"Father, I think we should just attack directly. As long as we mobilize, I believe many nobles will follow suit. When the time comes, San Filto City won't be able to stop us. "
"Mobilize? That's easy for you to say! " The Marquis of Savoy glanced at his son and put the charcoal pencil back. "It's easy to mobilize, but what about after that? Many nobles will respond, but most of them won't put in any effort. They'll wait for us and Suhlen to fight until both sides suffer, then take advantage of the situation. "
"Don't think too highly of those nobles. What kind of people are they? They won't act until they see the hare. "The Marquis of Savoy snorted.
After circling the tent twice, the Marquis of Savoy said, "Looks like we can only use battle!" After thinking for a long time, the Marquis of Savoy nodded in agreement. He was very confident in his own strength. In his impression, although Suhlen had a record of killing a legendary orc, that orc was already seriously injured. Therefore, he felt that he should be on par with Suhlen.
What he didn't know was that different people had different physiques, and the same applied to Legends as well.
The next step was to discuss the time and place. These matters were quickly finalized. The two sides agreed to fight 30 miles northeast of Fethor City. The time was set for three days later in the morning.
After discussing the details of the battle, Suhlen began to deal with other matters. He was preparing to build a military camp in San Filto. Originally, more than half of the soldiers in San Filto had been killed or injured. Although Suhlen later took in some scattered soldiers, these soldiers were far from being elite.
Therefore, he was preparing to build a military camp and recruit new soldiers. He would also send the original soldiers to the military camp for training. Only after going through such training could these soldiers reach the standard of a qualified soldier of Beifeng Principality.
After Suhlen ascended the throne, the southern provinces had the most opposition. In fact, Suhlen's reputation was mostly spread in the northern provinces. Not many people in the south knew about it, and since a long time ago, the southern provinces had looked down on the northern provinces. The main reason was the economic disparity.
For the southern provinces, the northerners were a group of barbarians who liked to fight and kill. What's more, Suhlen's territory was in the northern wilderness, which was further north of the northern provinces. In their eyes, it was a completely barren land.
The best way to make these people admit that Suhlen was the king was to persuade them physically. Suhlen didn't plan to transfer the army of Beifeng Principality, so he could only rebuild the army in San Filto.
Compared to Beifeng City, the conditions in San Filto were much better. At least there were more than 150,000 people here. With enough manpower, the construction of the military camp was very fast. In addition to the ordinary military camp, Suhlen also built a military camp for female soldiers.
Su Lun was going to let the maids in the palace serve as the first batch of female soldiers in the military camp. There were still a lot of female soldiers in this world. The most famous one was the Amazon female warriors in the southern rainforest. Don't think that they were easy to bully just because they were women. In fact, the Amazon female warriors were very powerful. In addition to the Amazon female warriors, there were also female soldiers among the elves, especially among the drows.
Suhlen's plan to build female soldiers didn't attract much attention. Most people just thought it was the king's hobby. While the military camp was being built, Suhlen began to clean up San Filto. The first thing to be changed was the sanitation.
Suhlen was used to the cleanliness of Beifeng City. After coming to San Filto, he hated the dirty streets, so after the city settled down, Suhlen began to set up sanitation regulations to clean the streets.
There was plenty of manpower in San Filto City, and Su Lun easily recruited a large number of workers. Although they were called workers, most of them were actually poor people. More than 90% of the cities in the world had slums. These people were cheap and only needed a small amount of money to hire them.
After having the manpower, Suhlen began to issue laws. No one was allowed to dump garbage or feces on the streets. Violators would be fined and sentenced to one week of unpaid labor. Of course, this kind of thing couldn't just be an order. If people were not allowed to dump garbage everywhere, they had to be given a place to dump garbage. Otherwise, this order would not be beneficial to the people but harmful.
Suhlen selected some people from the slums and divided San Filto into districts. Each district would have a garbage transfer station. The residents and merchants around would need to send their garbage here. Then, these people would drive the garbage out of the city every morning. At the same time, Suhlen also sent people to start building public toilets in each district.
After these things were built, Suhlen issued a ban on dumping garbage and defecating everywhere.
The nobles in the city were puzzled as to why Suhlen wasn't in a hurry to quell the rebellion. However, under Suhlen's power, they were very well-behaved on the surface. However, under Suhlen's power, they were constantly up to no good in private.
In order to obtain information, Suhlen formed the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Now that he was the king, Suhlen naturally expanded the Embroidered Uniform Guard. However, the Embroidered Uniform Guard wasn't something that just anyone could become. Suhlen could only recruit 20 people from other places and use these 20 people to build the framework. Then, he would recruit others and quickly establish the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
With the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Suhlen would be able to know every move of the nobles in San Filto. With the Embroidered Uniform Guard collecting information, it would be very useful when Suhlen went to quell the rebellion of the nobles. There was no need to say how useful information was in a war. Scouting, eavesdropping, breaking ties, spreading rumors, acting as a spy, and so on were too many.
Time passed quickly, and three days passed in the blink of an eye. Early in the morning, Suhlen left some instructions to Phyllis and then left San Filto alone. As for the soldiers of Beifeng Duchy, they stayed behind to protect the palace and prevent the nobles from causing trouble when Suhlen wasn't around.
The pegasus was very fast, and it only took ten minutes to arrive at the location of the battle. When Suhlen arrived, he found that Marquis Savoy was already waiting there. In addition to him, there were about 500 cavalrymen waiting not far away. Suhlen took a few glances and didn't pay attention to them.
"Long time no see, Marquis Savoy," Suhlen said as he dismounted.
"Long time no see, Duke Beifeng." Savoy nodded.
After a few simple pleasantries, both sides went into the main topic.
"Marquis Savoy, we are clear about the conditions. Do you have any objections?" Suhlen asked.
"No."
"That's good. When you lose, Marquis Savoy, don't go back on your word!" Suhlen said with a smile.
"Haha, Marquis Savoy is too confident. I was worried that Marquis Savoy would go back on his word! Don't worry, I can still afford to lose. Besides, how could I lose? "Savoy said confidently.
Suhlen smiled. "In that case, let's begin."
"Okay!"
Suhlen took out his Storm War Halberd, while Savoy took out a two-handed heavy sword.
As soon as they were ready, rays of light flashed past Suhlen's body.
"Greater Haste!"
"Slow!"
"Arcane Missile x3!"
A spiritual light instantly enveloped the Marquis of Savoy's body. He felt his body sink, as if he was standing in mud. His movements were clearly much slower. Before he could react, a series of Arcane Missiles flew at him.
Savoy's expression changed slightly. He dodged while blocking. Suhlen took the opportunity to rush up and smash down with his Storm War Halberd.
The battered and exhausted Savoy didn't care about his reputation. He rolled to the side to dodge. The Storm War Halberd fiercely smashed into the ground, and then the war halberd swept across, raising a large amount of dirt into the air. The War Halberd carried a biting cold wind, and the wind blew the dirt away in all directions, covering a radius of a few meters. If one was not prepared, one's eyes would be blinded if they were not careful.
Savoy was also very experienced in battle. The moment the dirt flew up, he covered his eyes with one hand and swung his heavy two-handed sword with the other.
"Whirlwind Slash!"
Clang!
The heavy sound of metal clashing rang out as the Storm War Halberd and the two-handed heavy sword collided. Savoy's weapon was of good quality, and it wasn't damaged by the Storm War Halberd. However, as soon as they came into contact, Savoy felt an irresistible force.
Before he could adjust himself, a storm of attacks descended upon him. The Marquis of Savoy could only defend himself pathetically in the face of such an attack. He had no room to retaliate.
Clang!
A loud sound rang out, and the two-handed sword flew high into the air. In the next second, the Storm War Halberd's cold blade pressed against Savoy's chest.
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