Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio Sigler was a valley surrounded by the Liechgner Mountain Range and the Siverink Mountain Range. However, the valley was large enough to build a province, and it faced the sea at the bottom. There was only one exit, and that was the natural moat controlled by Sith Castle. This was probably why Duke Madras had placed his family's nest there. As long as there was an army defending Sith Castle, Sigler would not fall.
Just like in the Second Prince's strategy, he encouraged the Four Great Families of the North to make a preemptive strike and destroy the province of Drymsk, but he never thought about how to conquer the province of Sidgler. It was enough to make the Grand Duke of Madras retreat into his nest. Capturing Sith Castle was just wishful thinking. Putting aside the fact that the terrain was dangerous, the most important thing was that there was only a mountain path. It was impossible to launch an attack, and sending a hundred people in waves was not an attack, but a suicide mission.
Back then, Lollister had led a convoy north and attacked Sith Castle as a merchant convoy, handing it over to the second prince's army to defend. However, when Duke Madras sent out the Seamount Army, they only managed to defend for a few days before abandoning Sith Castle. This was because Sith Castle was against the outside and not the inside. The front was a natural moat that was difficult to conquer, but the back was a smooth road that was easy to attack and hard to defend. This was also why Duke Madras, the old fox, was afraid that Sith Castle would fall into enemy hands and trap him in Sigler. Thus, he had purposely built Sith Castle like this.
In the past few years, Duke Madras had expanded Sith Castle, upgrading it from a simple checkpoint to a fortress with three castles. The troops defending the fortress had also increased from a squadron to a brigade. Even if there was a sneak attack like back then, the enemy could only take the first fortress, and the defenders could use the second and third layers of defense to deal a fatal blow to the enemy. It was also because of his confidence in Sith Castle that Duke Madras had sent his most elite Seamount Army to the frontlines in Dreimuk, so that they could deal a blow to the northern country bumpkins in spring next year and drive them into the river …
It was a pity that the Duke of Madras did not expect the enemy to come from the sea during winter and land at Silver Beach. In the current capital of Sigler, Alice City, other than the thousand guards defending the central castle, there were less than two thousand people in the inner and outer city. Most of them were militia who were forced to serve in winter.
In such a cold winter, no one took defense seriously. With Sith Castle at the outermost, how could the enemy come? If it weren't for the welcoming banquet held by the Grand Duke's Mansion these few days, the nobles of the Dukedom would occasionally give some money to the guards and patrols to pay for their drinks. Otherwise, they might not even be able to find a few guards to guard the city gate.
It would take a day to travel from Silver Beach to Alice City on foot, ten hours by carriage, and half a day on horseback. In front of Lollister was an animal skin map of the Sigler province. His finger was pointing at Adelice City, which was at the very center of the map. "Adelice City was originally Trafford City. In memory of his eldest daughter, who was born here, the Madras Family spent eight years expanding it. He named it Adelice City after his daughter, and moved the family to the Sigler province, making it the home of the Madras Family.
Alice City has three layers of walls, and in the middle is the Madras Family's central castle. The Duke Madras and his family live here. The welcoming banquet tonight will be held in the duke's residence, which is the square building behind the innermost wall on the map. This large area is the duke's residence, and it is also connected to the central castle. The area between the middle wall and the innermost wall is known as the inner district. Relatives of the Duke Madras, as well as the merchants and rich people of the duchy live here. Of course, there are also the residences that the nobles under the Duke have bought here.
Between the outer city wall and the middle city wall was the outer district of Alice City. Most of the people living in the outer district were the family members of the soldiers of the Seamount Legion, the servants who worked for the central castle, the staff of the Black Pearl Chamber of Commerce, and the farmers who farmed around Alice City. To put it bluntly, the residents of Alice City are basically related to the Madras Family in a roundabout way. The Duke Madras has been in charge of Sigler Province for nearly forty years, and has indeed made Alice City into his family's nest.
Last night, after interrogating the captured captives of the Black Pearl Merchant Guild in the fishery and saltworks, we discovered that the defenses of Alice City are very lax. If we take them by surprise, it will be easy for us to break through the two outer and middle city walls. The only difficulty lies in the central castle. While breaking through the third wall, we must also cut off the escape route from the Grand Duke's mansion to the central castle. This is to prevent the enemy from escaping into the central castle.
As Adelice is the home of the House of Madras, I hereby issue a special command. As a soldier of the Norton Family, it is shameful to bully the weak and commoners. However, in the process of taking down Alice City, if there are commoners who block the way or resist spontaneously, then I will allow you to use thunderous methods. These enemies must be dealt with decisively by killing one as a warning to the others! You don't have to care if they are garrison soldiers, old, weak, women, or children. Otherwise, if someone incites these commoners to resist our occupation, it will bring us countless troubles, and even affect our subsequent operations. Understood? "
The family knights standing around Lollister stood at attention and replied, "Understood, my lord."
Lollister asked Schwald behind him, and then said to the family knights, "It is around five in the morning. According to the captives of the Black Pearl Merchant Guild, they must depart at seven in the morning. This way, they can reach Alice City around five in the evening and hand over the fresh seafood to the steward of the central castle. Aire, bring some men and pretend to be the cargo workers of the Black Pearl Merchant Guild. Bring those stewards back and pass through the outermost wall. "
"Yes, my lord. I will complete the mission," Aire replied.
Lollister laughed, "If we travel on foot, we may not be able to reach Alice City by today. However, we have skis, and we can reach Alice City faster than Aire's cargo carriage on the snowy plains in the winter. The only trouble was that, from Silver Beach to Adelice, they had to pass through six of the estates of the Duke of Madras. If the people in the farms discover the traces of our army, I'm afraid they will light a smoke signal to alert Alice City. So, Malek. "
"Yes, my lord. Please give your orders!" Malek stood up.
"I'll leave these six farms to you. My request is to not let them send out any news."
"Yes, my lord. Do not let these six farms send out any news," Malek said.
"Pacico …"
"My lord, please give your orders."
"Your mission is to bring a battalion of men and seal off this place. As long as we seal off the road from Alice City to Sith Castle, even if someone escapes from Alice City, they won't be able to send any news to Sith Castle. That way, it won't affect our subsequent operations. "
"Yes, my lord. I understand," Pacico said.
"Borg, I'll leave the rest to you. I'll leave the surprise attack on Alice City to you. I'm only going to deal with the level-2 Great Swordsman by the Madras Duke's side, Crizas. After attacking the Grand Duke's Mansion, you must find the Madras Duke's seal. This is crucial for us to seize Sith Castle, Fendinath City, and Kebo City. We cannot fail. "
Bofinger nodded, "My lord, don't worry. I won't let you down."
"Alright, there's still an hour before seven. Go and prepare. Once you're ready, you can set off on your own. There's no need to wait for my orders. Borg will be in charge of the attack on the Madras Duchy. Everything will be under his command. Understood? "
"Yes, my lord."
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The following operations went very smoothly. Aire led the guards who had snuck into the city and easily took control of the city gates of Alice City. The vanguard of the Monolith Army entered, and it only took them half an hour to take control of the entire outer city walls. At this moment, snowflakes began to drift down from the sky. The sky was dark, and it provided a great cover for the Monolith Army's operation to occupy the city walls.
What was amusing was that after occupying the entire outer city walls, they realized that there were very few captives. They only found out after asking, "Once it snows, the patrolling militias have basically slipped back. No one is willing to suffer the cold on the city walls."
Then, Aire used the Black Pearl Merchant Guild's carriages to transport seafood to pretend to be late, and cooperated with the Monolith Army commanded by Bofinger to occupy the middle city wall. He wanted to use the same trick again, but something almost went wrong when he attacked the third city wall. A few people hurriedly ran over from the road and cursed at the caravan that was transporting seafood from afar. They were almost late for the welcoming banquet. They asked the caravan to hurry to the backyard of the Archduke's Mansion and so on …
When they ran over, they realized that Aire and the guards weren't them, so they were stunned. One of them was quick-witted, and wanted to run back to deliver the letter. Aire had no choice but to order his men to take care of these people. Fortunately, three of them were dead, and two were captured. Not a single one escaped, and they acted in a short time, so no one noticed. They hurriedly cleaned up the scene and collected the corpses. At the same time, they interrogated the two captured captives, and found out that the person in charge of the Black Pearl Merchant Guild was anxious because the carriages transporting seafood hadn't arrived yet. He sent the five of them to guard the city gates, but they ran into each other on the way …
Leaving a carriage behind for four guards to carry the corpses and watch over the captives, Aire led the carriages directly to the backyard of the Grand Duke's Mansion. The hundred or so guards were divided into two teams. One team would attack the central castle when Bofinger led his army to attack, while the other team would head to the gate of the third city wall to receive Bofinger and Lollister's arrival.
In reality, attacking the central castle and the Grand Duke's Mansion was a piece of cake. Out of the thousand or so Madras guards, there were less than two hundred of them in their positions. Facing the endless stream of soldiers from the Monolith Army, the guards could only resist for less than ten minutes before they all laid down their weapons and surrendered.
"Ugh … …" Krizus, who was dressed like a fifty year old playboy, was a level 2 swordsman. He brandished his extraordinarily gorgeous sword that looked more like a ceremonial sword. However, he was only able to parry six or seven moves from Lollister before the sword pierced through his chest. He kicked his legs in dissatisfaction and died.
This had happened in the hall where the Grand Duke's Mansion was hosting a welcoming banquet. In front of the Grand Duke Madras, dozens of nobles, and countless well-dressed ladies and young ladies, Lollister had killed the level-2 swordsman who had jumped out. This bloody scene had caused more than a dozen delicate ladies and young ladies to scream and faint.
Lollister touched his nose awkwardly, and then heard the Grand Duke's voice, "Who are you?"
"Norton Lollister, Grand Duke of the North, Norton Family," Lollister replied.
"Grand Duke of the North? I don't remember the Norton Family having this title, "the Grand Duke Madras said doubtfully.
"That's right. I just received the promotion decree from the second prince, His Majesty Ogseiro. His Majesty has conferred the title of Duke to me."
"I see … Ogseiro is still alive. He's in the North. The people from the Trade Alliance even said that he's dead … How are you going to deal with me? "
"Hehe, Your Highness, it's not up to me to decide how to deal with you. I'll send your entire family to His Majesty. Whether they live or die will depend on His Majesty's decision, "Lollister said.
The Grand Duke Madras slumped into his seat like a deflated balloon. He laughed bitterly, "Haha, I already know what will happen to me. But I have a question. How did you get here? Did the garrison of Sith Castle betray me? "
"Your Highness, I don't know if the garrison of Sith Castle has betrayed you, because we came from the sea," Lollister replied.
Just like that, Alice City fell into the hands of the Monolith Army. At this moment, the 100,000 citizens in the city had yet to realize that they had a new master. Boddinger would naturally take care of the aftermath. Lollister unceremoniously occupied the Grand Duke Madras's bedroom on the top floor of the central castle. He opened a bottle of fine wine and drank by himself. He admired the snowflakes fluttering outside the window and looked down at the snow-covered city.
Then, an embarrassing incident occurred. The loyal Boddinger was worried that his lord would be unable to sleep, so he chose two beautiful women from the captured noblewomen to serve him in bed. To the captured noblewomen, this was something that could not be helped. It was a common rule among nobles. They might have been able to avoid punishment by currying favor with the victor. But they did not expect that the one they had to serve was Lollister. When Lollister killed Master Krysas in front of everyone, the two beauties fainted.
Thus, when they saw Lollister, the two beauties panicked. One fainted again, while the other lost control of her bowels. This made Lollister lose face, and he flew into a rage out of humiliation. He asked Shiwald to get someone to drag the two beauties out. In the end, it was another misunderstanding. The beauty who lost control of her bowels thought that Lollister was going to kill them and fainted, while the beauty who had just woken up hugged Lollister's thigh and begged for mercy …
The New Year's Eve was messed up for most of the night. Shiwald was also tired. He had to monitor the maids cleaning the floor, and he brought a large bathtub for Lollister. He only left after boiling the water. In the end, Lollister decided to personally punish the two beauties. In the second half of the night, he heard the two beauties begging, "No, it hurts, it hurts, don't do it." They only quieted down in the morning.
It was not until the afternoon of the first day of the new year that Lollister appeared in front of everyone. With a dark expression, he said to Boddfinger, "Just this once."
However, the two beauties were left by Lollister's side, and their families were pardoned because of this.
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In the first month of the 1777 calendar of the Galinthia Continent, the Norton Family's Monolith Army landed at Silver Beach and launched a surprise attack on the Madras Duchy's Sydgrad Province. They occupied the capital, Edris City, and captured the Madras Duchy and dozens of nobles. Following that, the commander of the Monolith Army, the Gold Knight Boddfinger, used the seal of the Madras Duchy to launch a surprise attack on Sith Castle and Vanades City. On the 23rd of January, Kebo City also fell into the hands of the Monolith Army. From that day onwards, the Madras Duchy became history.
On the 17th of February, a riot broke out in the occupied Edris City. Nearly a hundred thousand residents took to the streets to protest against the Norton Family's sneak attack. They demanded that the Norton Family get out and return the Madras Duchy to them. At that time, the Monolith Army stationed in Edris City only had ten thousand people. The Gold Knight Malek, who was in charge of the city's defense, ordered them to suppress the riot and start a massacre. That day, around thirty thousand residents of Edris City were killed. Blood flowed like a river, and forty thousand people were captured. Malek, who gave the order to massacre with a heart of stone and an expressionless face, became known as the "Iron Mask".
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