Emily's praise was sincere. In fact, even Liszt himself felt that it was great.
He was already riding eight dragons, and there was also A Qi, the Magic Shooter riding a unicorn, and Laird Truth, the new Magic Shooter who had joined them.
It was equivalent to gathering ten people who stood at the pinnacle of strength.
From the perspective of the Dragon Slaying War, it was already enough to overthrow the rule of the Eagle Kingdom in one battle. However, from the basic level, the Knight class of the Fire Kingdom was still too small. It was unable to replace the Eagle Kingdom in ruling such a large territory. Moreover, the Eagle Kingdom would not want to accept the Dragon Slaying War.
Adonis Moonlight Silver's strategy was very simple, which was to avoid battle, accumulate strength, and then frantically call for reinforcements to stop Liszt's expansion.
He had already revealed the news of the Divine Dragon to the Noble Frost Empire. Obviously, the Unsetting Light Empire and the Blue Dragon Empire had already received the news. However, the distance between the two empires was too far. It would not be easy for them to come over and snatch the invisible dragon. Or perhaps they were plotting something in secret.
This was also the thing that Liszt was most wary of. He did not dare to rashly launch the Dragon-Slaying War, fearing that the two empires would take advantage of the Dragon-Slaying War to secretly harm him.
It was hard to say whether the Phoenix Incarnation's trump card had been exposed.
Who knew what kind of unimaginable methods the empire, which had been passed down for thousands of years, had.
"Moreover, even if we defeat the Eagle Kingdom in the Battle of Dragon Slaying, we won't be able to snatch so many dragons. The Soul Brand is a huge problem." He sighed in his heart.
The Soul Imprint had a huge enhancement effect on the Dragon's Soul World. Not only did he have to face a Dragon, but he also had to face a Perfect Dragon Knight.
He had to use the Bewildering Dragon's Soul Fruit to lock the dragon's body. Only then would he be able to use it again and again and finally erase the soul imprint.
He only had two Soul Fruits of the Mysterious Dragon, and it was not cost-effective to use them on the dragons of the Eagle Kingdom. Even with the hind legs of the emerald dragon, it would definitely cost a huge price to cultivate the Soul Fruit Tree and produce new Soul Fruits of the Mysterious Dragon. He might even have to use the corpses of the dragons as nutrients to cultivate the fruit tree.
The Heart Fruit Tree on the Heart Island had been nourished by the emerald dragon Ethan to bear fruit.
In other words, one dragon could be used as nutrients to produce two to three Enigmatic Dragon's Soul Fruits. It sounded very profitable, but it was too difficult to execute something like killing a dragon and obtaining its fruit perfectly. After all, the resources needed to nurture an adult dragon were definitely astronomical.
The Noble Frost Empire had the remains of the Emerald Dragon, which could be used to cultivate the Mystifying Dragon Soul Fruit. However, the dragons of the Noble Frost Empire did not grow crazily, which showed the complexity of the restrictions.
"However, I don't know if I can try to unite with the Iron and Steel Ridge Kingdom, or even the Blast Furnace Kingdom, to divide up the Eagle Kingdom?" "The Fire Kingdom is destined to rise. I have the invisible dragon. Even the Noble Frost Empire can't assassinate me. The Iron and Steel Ridge and the Blast Furnace Fort have no means to destroy me."
Since the Fire Kingdom could not be destroyed, Steel Ridge and Furnace Castle's only choice was to passively resist or actively cooperate.
Passive resistance was no different from slowly waiting for death. With the political means of the two royal families, they should be able to recognize this.
Therefore, active cooperation was a more suitable choice. They could divide up the Eagle Kingdom and then grow together. After their strength increased, they would have more confidence to deal with the rise of the Fire Kingdom.
"In fact, no matter what choice I make, I feel that I can't stop my rise. With the growth of my strength, I will soon become a behemoth … But I can try to make the Iron and Steel Ridge and the Blast Furnace Fort believe that I only covet the mainland land of the Eagle Kingdom. After annexing a part of the Eagle Kingdom, I will be satisfied and stand on equal footing with them."
He was too lazy to think about this kind of head-hurting diplomatic strategy.
He might as well leave it to the Development Committee to worry about after he went back.
…
In the autumn of 156 of the Sapphire Calendar, the war for expansion began in October. The two rich coastlines of the Lush Corridor and the Gulf of Aden were plundered successively, and ended at the end of December.
The Knight who broke through the enemy lines returned to their territories, embraced their wives and children, and also brought back countless spoils of war.
This time, there were tens of thousands of Earth Knight, hundreds of thousands of Trainee Knight, and hundreds of thousands of serfs who were forced to migrate to the Fire Kingdom. There were also a large number of aristocratic lords among them. However, the majority of these aristocratic lords had directly surrendered and were not treated as captives.
Liszt was too embarrassed to forcibly take away their wealth.
There were very few captives who were truly captured, and even fewer captives who were willing to pay ransom in exchange for freedom — because there was no point in going back. The entire Lush Corridor and the Gulf of Aden were already empty. The population, resources, sprites, and so on were all packed up and taken away.
The Fire Dragon Freighter and Iron Dragon Warship were like public buses, going back and forth to the Spirit Island and the coastline.
When the Eagle Royal Family received the information sent back by the rats, Liszt did not know what Adonis was thinking, but he was definitely very happy. As the last fleet left the coastline of the continent, he also immediately left and returned to Flame Island, where he silently counted the harvest of this time's war for expansion.
Compared to last year's hasty development order, this year's preparations were more adequate and the scale was also larger. As a result, the population and resource harvest were more than four times that of last year.
Unfortunately, there were too many greater aristocrats who had surrendered, and Liszt did not get many sprites to replenish himself.
With only a few lesser sprites and a batch of sprite worms, the harvest was not as great as that of the sprites born on Flame Island.
"Father, the Knight who joined this time's development order must be carefully arranged and strictly supervised. Many of them used to secretly run mercenary groups, doing shady business. I do not want them to come to the Fire Kingdom and bring this kind of atmosphere with them. "
"Rest assured, I will carefully manage these Knight."
"Any aristocrat who violates the law, no matter how high their rank is, must be dealt with severely … Punishing them without warning is somewhat not benevolent enough. Father, it would be better for you to draft the 'Fire Kingdom's Knight Management Code' in my name, stipulating which behaviors are to be encouraged and which behaviors must be prohibited."
"Recently, the development committee has been compiling the laws of the future Fire Kingdom. The main body has already been completed, and we can just casually extract some regulations from it to compile the 'Fire Kingdom's Knight Management Code'." Leewilliam explained. His biggest task as the development committee member was to prepare for the establishment of a country.
A country, especially a kingdom.
Once established, all aspects of laws and regulations, social system, production and construction, diplomatic strategy, internal framework, and the enfeoffment of Knight had to be perfected as soon as possible. Otherwise, the country would sooner or later fall into chaos. In fact, if not for Liszt's formidable deterrence, the Fire Kingdom would have long since descended into chaos.
The composition of the population was too unbalanced.
Currently, the Moon Killer was the largest group of people, but most of them belonged to the lowest class. At first, they might be happy because they could leave the forest and live a full life, but over time, they would see that other people were living better lives, and it was inevitable that their mentality would explode. Fortunately, the ancient wizards among the Moon Killer had been properly settled, and the resentment of the serfs at the bottom was not a big problem.
The second largest group of people were the Eaglemen, who had migrated in batches. Some were captives who had surrendered, while others were serfs who had been sold. Language, culture, and customs made it inevitable for the Eaglemen to group together for warmth. This was a very big barrier. Even if the Eaglemen were forcibly dispersed and placed in different cities, they would still form cliques.
Then there were the senators known as the Flame Men, who were the most loyal to Liszt, but their numbers were too small.
In short.
The Fire Kingdom was like a plate of loose sand that had been forcibly squeezed together by Liszt. With his powerful strength, he used the strict hierarchy of nobles, commoners, and serfs under the Knight system to maintain it.
It would take a long time to completely stabilize it before everyone could be converted into Fire Kingdom's subjects.
Liszt was not worried about this. As long as he existed, the Fire Kingdom would not fall into chaos.
He now had a new expectation: "It's almost New Year's Day, the Red and White Rose family's emissary group should be arriving soon. I wonder what gifts my old friend has sent this year."
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