What would happen to the Black Rose of Roman Tuo in the future?
This question stumped Brando, and the first thought that came to his mind was, "Kill this woman and get rid of all future troubles. From now on, Madara will no longer have the Mercury Staff, and it will not appear again for at least a thousand years. The undead will once again become scattered sand, and finally be dismembered and disappear from this world."
As an Erouine citizen, a player of Erouine in his previous life, and even if he was just a living creature, it was not strange for him to have such thoughts.
No one liked the undead, and the druids thought that they were monsters that twisted nature and should not exist in this world. Fanzin's Holy Church publicly declared that they were enemies of the undead, and categorized them as cultists. Although the Wind Elves and Cruz people of Saint-ausol were milder, they had been fighting with Madara for years on the border.
For most of the lower class citizens of the country who had to deal with the undead, the undead were enemies, or even enemies. In the years of war, there was an irreconcilable hatred between both sides. Just like Brando and Freya, the blood and fire of Bucce's escape, for those who had experienced it, how could they forget it?
That was the road paved with the blood of their loved ones. The heart-wrenching cries of Bucce and Fortress Riedon, the separation of life and death, how could they forget it so easily?
But Brando knew that he could not do it.
Madara was a huge country, and although Incirsta called it an empire, in reality, at least in this era, it could not be considered a true centralized empire. It had a supreme ruler, and in the past ten years of hard work, this supreme ruler with the Mercury Staff had indeed made most of the nobles in the country submit to him, and the will of the emperor could already cover the core area of the empire.
However, an outdated system could not be completely changed in a short ten years. Madara's political, economic, and power structure had not walked out of the shadows of the past. His Majesty had only completed the forced unification of the military, and used benefits to make the Dark Lords reach an agreement with him. This kind of power was born from the Mercury Staff, but it could also be destroyed by the Mercury Staff. The rise and fall of the entire Empire was in the hands of a single person, and not a complete system that could be passed down from generation to generation.
This was the biggest difference between it and the Dead Moon Empire in the next few decades or even a century.
If he destroyed this huge undead army here, took the Mercury Staff, and killed all the undead lords here, then what would the result be? The Undead Empire's strength, and Madara would be without a leader? The Kingdom of Darkness would fall into internal strife, and the undead would completely collapse, and disappear from this world?
It was not impossible.
However, it was more likely that the undead who had lost control would be forced by the attacks of the Crystal Cluster, and rush into Erouine, Antoburo, Saint-ausol, and Cruz. After losing a unified command, the undead would not be able to organize such a force to resist the Crystal Cluster. In the face of a choice between life and death, would the selfish and greedy undead lords stay and fight bravely, or would they migrate east to invade the human territory?
Brando could think of the right answer even if he used his knees to think.
The bigger problem was that when the undead lords fought their own battles, the Cruz people and the wind elves of Saint-ausol had become as hard as the Crystal Cluster to them. Then, the best choice for the undead to migrate east would be the small countries like Erouine and Antoburo.
In this way, the disaster of Erouine would not be reduced, but become worse. Would the Cruz people and the wind elves lend a helping hand? Perhaps, but they would only use Erouine as a buffer zone between them and Madara. They would not sincerely help Erouine to defeat the undead.
In history, they had made such a choice.
Not to mention that behind the undead, there were thousands of Crystal Cluster troops.
Brando did not want Erouine to become the shield of a large country, nor did he want the people of Erouine to be sacrificed meaninglessly. If he did not want to see the tragedy of Bucce repeated, he had to carefully consider how to deal with the captives at present.
In his original plan, he hoped to show the power he had in his hands in front of Her Majesty, and the determination of the people of Erouine to resist. He did not need to be too strong. He only needed to let the undead of Madara know that invading Erouine was not worth the effort.
After all, Erouine was only a small country. It may be a little special, and its geographical location was very important. But if the undead had to suffer losses equivalent to when they invaded Cruz or even Saint-ausol to conquer Ampere Seale, then he believed that the 'wise' Her Majesty would definitely reconsider her decision.
As long as Her Majesty could give up on invading Erouine in the Second War of the Black Rose, and fight for two to thirty years of development for Tónigel (the time between the Second War of the Black Rose and the War of Seifer), then when the undead expanded for the second time, Erouine would have enough strategic depth and military strength to fight Madara. At least, it would not be difficult to resist Madara's army.
Although the master of the mercury staff had been known for his insight in history, Brando believed that with the advantage of the lack of information he had, the chances of successfully persuading Her Majesty were quite high. After all, no one would have thought that a small country like Erouine would have such terrifying potential.
It was too small, to the point that even if everyone in the kingdom was united as one, it was meaningless in front of a giant like Madara.
After that, as long as he still existed, Brando believed that Erouine's development with the support of the Black Forest would be faster and faster. When the next generation of fire was born (Brando still did not know that it had already been born in his territory), the Black Forest would be a smooth road for Erouine. As long as they had that fertile land, the strength and population of the kingdom would expand along with the expansion of the territory. Before it stagnated, there was almost no limit.
And in his lifetime, the kingdom and the huge Undead Moon Empire would be able to attack and defend each other. As long as he had enough power, Brando had plenty of ways to dismember and divide Madara.
Although the Roman Black Rose's territory was vast, it was not without weaknesses. As an old rival of the Roman Black Rose for decades, he knew very well what kind of dirty tricks it had. It was just that these weaknesses were still out of reach for the weak Erouine.
In the next half a century, there would be the confrontation between the slate war and the dusk. At that time, the order of the world would be completely changed, and if Erouine could seize this opportunity, he could definitely become a real powerhouse. At that time, he would also have the confidence to lead the final war against the dusk with his experience of fighting against the dusk tribe in his previous life.
Brando had a clear desire in his heart, as if this was the goal he had to achieve in this world in this life. Perhaps this was the promise that Lady Martha had given him.
But he never thought that although he did show such strength, it seemed to be a little too much. With the help of Échis' daughters who appeared out of nowhere at the end, he actually defeated the undead army head-on.
Now, things had gotten a little out of hand.
At present, he had the supreme of Madara in his hands, and even the Mercury Staff in his hands. In addition, he had nearly one-third of Madara's military power.
But he was somewhat stunned to find that his situation had become worse.
What could he do? Completely destroying this undead army seemed to be somewhat impossible, unless he was willing to push Erouine into the fire pit.
Then, should he just let these undead go?
Not to mention whether Brando was willing to do so, he knew that it was meaningless. He had played too big this time. He had captured Her Majesty the Queen of Madara, and also defeated the undead's Black Knight Legion. He had killed countless dark nobles, and the undead had suffered heavy losses. Although it was the other side who made the first move, in any case, there was already an irreconcilable enmity between the two sides.
If he let these undead go, they would not thank him in the slightest. After all, they were not human nobles. The key was that they had to maintain the dignity and supreme position of the Mercury Staff, so it was impossible for them to admit defeat.
Unless he killed them.
This way, he would fall into an endless cycle.
So when Her Majesty the Queen coldly threw out this question, Brando suddenly fell silent.
He had never been a quick-witted person, nor did he have any outstanding political talent. The original crappy plan was in fact the result of him thinking for a long time, and it was a little funny because the plan was originally based on a fantasy. After the fall of the Kingdom of Erouine, some players often wondered on the forums how they could save Erouine out of depression. Although Brando looked down on these people who said that they were invincible, he remembered their discussions in his heart.
After all, it was also his biggest regret in his heart.
Of course, he had never been a blindly optimistic person. It was not that Brando did not think about what would happen if the plan failed. He had discussed this topic with Amandina, Her Majesty the Princess, and even Allium Japonicum several times. Amandina and the others had also helped him to perfect this plan more than once.
This plan, from the beginning, was a vague idea in his heart. It gradually became a detailed plan with dozens of records and countless people in Valhalla preparing and working hard for it. Naturally, it could not be done by him alone. In fact, Brando did not have the ability to do so.
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