Translator: Mr Voltaire Editor: Modlawls123 Loriste began to design the homemade grenades. It was very simple. All he had to do was pour out the gunpowder from the packets, divide them into three or four portions, and place them in the small clay pots he had gathered. Then, he inserted the ignition cord, and a simple homemade grenade was completed. Although the explosives were powerful, they were a little too large. Each person only needed to carry two or three of them. This was not a problem of weight. It was just that they were a hindrance to their movements. If a rocket were to be launched during battle, the explosives would become a suicide bag, and Loriste and the others would become a joke.
After experimenting with a few homemade grenades, they were not powerful, but they were enough to satisfy Loriste's needs. The only thing they had to pay attention to was that they had to throw the ignition cord out immediately after burning a third of its length to ensure their own safety. On the other hand, Aire's eyes lit up when he saw these homemade grenades. He hoped that these homemade grenades could be equipped by the royal guards. Regardless of whether it was a siege or a defensive battle, the soldiers would have another powerful weapon in their hands.
Loriste helplessly told him that the gunpowder produced by the family's territory was not enough to satisfy such a requirement. It was already difficult enough to guarantee the gunpowder needs of the North Sea Fleet and the three artillery battalions. They did not have any extra gunpowder to make homemade grenades to equip the family's army. This dispelled Aire's fantasies of the royal guards using homemade grenades to slaughter on the battlefield.
Redi said, "Your Highness, since we have these small clay pots, leave the ambush on Mount Lindsey to me. You don't have to take the risk."
Loriste shook his head, "The ambush on Mount Lindsey is not to blow people up with these homemade grenades. That is just a harassment operation. Our goal is to destroy the long-range weapons in the city and ensure that the artillery battalions can smoothly pass through the small stone hill in front of the side wall. Then, we will reach the gates of Mount Lindsey and occupy the castle at the gates. If you go alone, you will likely be entangled by the great swordsmen in the city and fall into a bitter battle. In the end, it will only become a harassment battle. If I go, I believe that not many Great Swordsmen will appear in front of me. Only then will we have time to destroy those long-range weapons. "
Laurist was right. In fact, he brought Redi, Aire, and six other strong and agile family knights with twenty or so small pots on their backs and climbed up the cliff at the back of Mount Lindsey under the cover of the night. As expected, none of the Grandmaster Swordsmen or Gold-ranked Knights dared to engage in close combat after realizing that it was a new Sword Saint leading the ambush. The only resistance they could offer was to order the guards to hold them back and use their longbows or ballistae to fire a wide area without distinguishing between friend and foe, intending to force them off the wall.
However, Loriste had activated the Blood Kill Domain. Whether it was the arrows from the longbows or the concentrated fire from the ballistae, they were all easily blocked. Instead, the soldiers charging up suffered heavy casualties. After a few times, not a single soldier was willing to charge up and die. Even when the commander pointed his sword at them, they were unable to initiate the charge. Laurist's ambush team killed their way from this side of the wall to the side wall facing the main road. They immediately destroyed the two hundred ballistae on both sides of the wall.
Next was the performance of the grenadiers. Redi, Aire, and the six knights lit the small pots on the wall and threw them everywhere. The soldiers gathered at the bottom of the wall cried and screamed for their parents when they were blasted by the homemade grenades. Although these homemade grenades made from small clay jars were not powerful enough to kill a large group of people with a single explosion, injuring a dozen or so was not a problem. The screams and cries of the wounded garrison soldiers could be heard everywhere. The entire mountain city was in chaos.
When Laurist and his men descended the wall to attack the catapults in the city, the sound of cannons roaring could be heard from the main gate of Mount Lindsay City. The garrison of Lindsay Mountain City probably understood that the situation was hopeless. They opened the other two gates to the east and dispersed. Not long after, there were only wailing wounded soldiers left in the mountain city. There were also a few places that were suspected to be warehouses on fire. They were probably set on fire by the retreating garrison.
Mount Lindsay City, which was considered a natural stronghold by the Trade Alliance, fell into the hands of the armed forces of the Norton Family. Laurist busied himself for an entire night. He left the aftermath of the battle to Schwald and found a random house to sleep in. Although he was a Sword Saint, he was exhausted after activating the Blood Kill Domain. After all, a Sword Saint was still a human, not the Hulk or Superman. Activating the Blood Kill Domain on the city wall to block all the incoming arrows and crossbow bolts was a huge burden on Laurist, especially after using up the duration of the Blood Kill Domain. Laurist felt especially tired and fatigued.
At times, Laurist suspected that the Sword Saint's Domain had something to do with the mind. Just like when he activated the Blood Kill Domain on the city wall, no matter if it was the densely packed arrows or the ferocious crossbow bolts, as long as they were within the range of the Blood Kill Domain, he would be able to see them clearly. No matter if it was their trajectory or target, Laurist could sense them clearly. This allowed Laurist to easily deflect or block the attack with his sword. That was how Laurist and the others were able to remain unscathed. That was why Laurist felt so tired after using up the duration of the Blood Kill Domain.
Laurist slept all the way until the afternoon of the second day. When he woke up, he felt unusually energetic. He tried to activate the Blood Kill Domain and found that it had expanded by another two meters. Could it be that using up the duration of the Blood Kill Domain and making himself tired could increase the range and duration of the Blood Kill Domain? It was a pity that he did not have a deep understanding of the Storm Sword Saint previously. Although he understood some basic knowledge of the Domain, he did not have a deeper understanding of it. It was impossible for him to understand these things from the Storm Sword Saint. Even though they had made peace, they were not close friends. Perhaps when he returned to the Storm Sword Saint's territory, he could do some experiments to come to a conclusion.
Malek's arrival interrupted Laurist's thoughts. He had come to report on the spoils of conquering Mount Lindsay City. Although the soldiers who had escaped had set the city on fire when they retreated, the fire was quickly extinguished by the Norton Family soldiers who had entered the city. They had only lost a few granaries and a warehouse for military supplies. Now that the various armies of the Allied Army had arrived at Mount Lindsay City, Malek came to ask if they should continue the attack according to plan.
Laurist waved his hand. "Since this battle has been entrusted to you, you don't have to worry about whether I am present or not. Just give the orders. I trust your decision."
Thus, Malek changed his original plan. The Flying Tiger Legion and the White Lion Legion were led by Redi to conquer Seruniga Province. This was because Malek had received news from the wounded soldiers that the Commerce Alliance had formed two new armies to be the main force of the newly formed Commerce Alliance. The battle report said that they would be coming to support soon, and that they would definitely pass through Seruniga Province.
Malek hoped that the Flying Tiger Legion and the White Lion Legion would be able to intercept and defeat the two newly formed armies of the Commerce Alliance in Seruniga Province. This would completely crush the bravery of the Commerce Alliance and the Norton Family's armed forces. As long as the Commerce Alliance became a coward, the Norton Family's armed forces could use their cannons to blast open the turtle shells one by one, reducing their own casualties.
The Royal Guards and the Freedom Alliance's armed forces continued to attack Feldunba Province, striving to occupy the entire territory of the Mayflower Merchant Guild as soon as possible. As for the remaining provinces of Tenarig and Kasiloda, they could completely occupy Feldunba and Seruniga before marching in. This was much more reliable than the original plan of attacking Seruniga and Tenarig provinces in three directions.
Three days later, Malek appeared in front of Laurist with a solemn expression, holding a battle report. This was a battle report that he had just received from the Royal Guards. According to the battle report, they found that the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce had completely evacuated from the Feldunba Province and abandoned their territory. They took everything they could and the people who were willing to follow them. Now, many of the towns and villages were empty. Other than some old people, women, and children who were unwilling to leave their homes, the entire territory of the Merchant Guild could be said to be empty. The Royal Guards' attack was like an armed parade, and they did not encounter any enemies at all.
The Mayflower Merchant Guild ran away? Laurist was a little shocked. He did not expect the Mayflower Merchant Guild to be so efficient and decisive. In just a few days, they had made the decision to abandon the Merchant Guild's territory and withdraw completely. They also had the ability to mobilize the majority of the citizens to withdraw with them. After a brief discussion with Malek, Laurist made a wrong decision. He ordered Ell to immediately lead the Royal Guards to attack Tenarig Province and stop the retreat of the Mayflower Merchant Guild.
From the map, the territory of these four provinces was like a diamond. After occupying Feldunba Province, Seruniga and Tenarig Province were to the north, and Kasiloda Province was to the south. Laurist naturally thought that the Mayflower Merchant Guild's goal of retreat was to return to the Commerce Alliance's territory through Tenarig Province. This was because the north was the former Telimbo Kingdom's territory, which was now the Twin-Headed Dragon Merchant Guild's territory. It was the heart of the Commerce Alliance.
Laurist thought that the Mayflower Merchant Guild would definitely return to the Commerce Alliance's territory and join forces with the other Merchant Guilds. What was there in the south? Although there were more than ten provinces with large territories, most of them had been ruined by the Commerce Alliance. If the Mayflower Merchant Guild went to Nanfang Province, they must be sick in the head. This was because they had to face the traitor Chikder Merchant Guild, who was about to leave the Commerce Alliance. There were also the central and southern kingdoms that were eyeing the Commerce Alliance's southern provinces. It could be said that the Mayflower Merchant Guild would be surrounded by enemies on all sides if they went to the south. There were constant rebellions in their territory, and anyone with a brain would not make such a suicidal decision.
Therefore, Laurist thought that the Mayflower Merchant Guild's retreat route would be to Tenarig Province. Seruniga Province had already been attacked by the Flying Tiger Legion and the White Lion Legion. The Mayflower Merchant Guild would not walk right into the trap. Therefore, the retreat route back to the Northern Commerce Alliance's territory could only be Tenarig Province. Only then did he give the order for the Imperial Guard Legion to attack Tenerig Province and intercept the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce's evacuating troops. As expected, the Mayflower Chamber of Commerce's evacuating troops left Kasiloda Province smoothly and reached the southern provinces. When the Norton Family's armed forces finally occupied Kasiloda Province, they received the news that it was too late to catch up.
After another five days, the Flying Tiger Legion sent a report of victory through a messenger eagle. The Flying Tiger Legion and the White Lion Legion had used ambush and pursuit tactics to annihilate and defeat the two newly formed armies of the Commerce Alliance. They had completely chased the enemy out of Seruniga Province. It could be said that Seruniga Province had also fallen into the hands of the Norton Family's armed forces …
In the next two months, the Norton Family's armed forces swept through the four provinces and conquered the territories of the nobles conferred by the Commerce Alliance one by one. The only regret was that they had left the Mayflower Merchant Guild. At this time, Laurist had already received news that the Mayflower Merchant Guild had retreated to the southern provinces. However, just as the chairman of the Mayflower Merchant Guild, Duke Nicholas, had predicted, the Norton Family's armed forces could not reach the southern provinces and could not divert any troops to chase after the Mayflower Merchant Guild. Thus, the Mayflower Merchant Guild was lucky enough to escape.
The Commerce Alliance might have thought that the Norton Family's armed forces would pillage the four provinces like they did in the Mana Hill Plain. Therefore, they swallowed the humiliation and hid in the Commerce Alliance's territory. They built fortifications, dug trenches to block off road traffic, and piled up sandbags to prevent artillery bombardment. At the same time, they recruited people to expand the garrison forces and were ready to defend against any attack. They also spread propaganda in the Commerce Alliance's territory about resisting the invasion of the Norton Family's armed forces, Wolves of Ambition, and were ready to give the invaders a head-on blow …
The Commerce Alliance did not expect the Norton Family to act so quickly. They had just conquered the four provinces in September, and on the first of October, they announced the restoration of the Grand Duchy of Zikedo, the Kingdom of Mokby, the Grand Duchy of Kabi, and the Grand Duchy of Samaria. Their territories included the four newly conquered provinces and the five provinces around the Mana Hill Plain. On the same day, the remaining sixteen kingdoms and grand duchies in the central and southern part of the continent announced an alliance and mutual aid agreement with the four newly restored kingdoms and the Freedom Alliance. They signed the Galinthea Continent's 21 Central and Southern Countries Agreement. At the same time, they announced that they would send troops into the four countries to defend against possible future invasions …
The Commerce Alliance felt as if they had been hit in the head. The enemies were the Norton Family's armed forces, the Freedom Alliance, and the Andenac Kingdom. How did they suddenly become the sixteen kingdoms in the central and southern part of the continent? As the Southern and Southern Kingdoms' allied forces entered the four kingdoms, the Norton Family's armed forces, the Freedom Alliance's armed forces, and the White Lion Legion began to withdraw with rich spoils of war. The Commerce Alliance had yet to recover from the fact that their enemy had become the Southern and Southern Kingdoms' allied forces. In November, two pieces of news from the southern part of the continent made Duke Combert vomit blood on the spot.
On the first of October, the Chikder Merchant Guild announced that they were breaking away from the Commerce Alliance to become the Chikder Kingdom. At the same time, they sent out two armed forces to occupy the five provinces that originally belonged to the Commerce Alliance. On the tenth of October, the Mayflower Merchant Guild, which had retreated to the southern provinces, also announced that they were breaking away from the Commerce Alliance to become the Mayflower Kingdom. They swallowed the remaining seven provinces of the Commerce Alliance in one gulp. At the same time, the Storm Sword Sage, who had already broken away from the Commerce Alliance, accepted an unknown amount of tribute from the Mayflower Merchant Guild. He announced that he would protect the Mayflower Kingdom, and in one fell swoop, the other kingdoms in the central and southern part of the continent that had been eyeing and annexing the seven provinces that the Mayflower Merchant Guild had occupied. This allowed the Mayflower Merchant Guild to gain a foothold in the southern part of the continent.
After announcing that they were breaking away from the Commerce Alliance and establishing an independent kingdom, the Mayflower Merchant Guild announced that they had reached an alliance agreement with the Chikder Kingdom to help each other fight against any invaders against the two kingdoms. At the same time, they also announced that they would send special envoys to the Freedom Alliance and the various countries in the central and southern part of the continent to reach an armistice and peace agreement with their former enemies. The ruling officer of the Freedom Alliance, Ledos, publicly announced that he would welcome the special envoys of the Mayflower Kingdom to Morent City for peace talks …
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