“Red Wolf Knight, sit down. This is not your fault.”
Duke Vayne spoke coldly, her tone chilling and filled with a violent power, which made Red Wolf dare not say another word. He bowed respectfully and slowly sat down.
Red Wolf, deeply trusted by Duke Vayne, commands a thousand-strong guard, all elite troops belonging to the duchy's direct line of operations.
"It may not have been done by Constantine. We'll wait for the investigation results before making a judgment."
Duke Vayne flicked his hand, jolting everyone in the hall awake, and they all offered suggestions to the Duke.
During the sensitive period of the Winter's Bane, when forces are concentrated, the mastermind behind the desire to weaken Constantine and the three southern duchies is not only the forces supported by Middle-earth, but also the forces within the duchies that are eager to make a move.
Knights, lords, and nobles received fiefdoms from their superior lords and had strong autonomy over these fiefdoms, managing them through a system of appanage.
Because this is an extraordinary world where individual power surpasses that of a powerful force, higher-level lords possess bloodlines, resources for cultivation, and control of strategic weapons, while lower-level lords are poor in resources and have weak bloodlines. If they have military merits, they can use the resources that higher-level lords casually discard to make difficult progress upwards.
The gap between the two sides is like a chasm, but the gap is determined by their own combat strength.
Might makes right.
If a superior lord's powerful general dies in battle and loses control of the territory he has conquered, the territory will eventually collapse and be ruthlessly torn apart by the subordinate lord.
It is worth mentioning that, upon reaching higher levels, one can also recruit students through the academy.
Unfortunately, the academies of the Norse were only popular in the prosperous Middle-earth, where they had already reached an advanced level of technology, while the Northland was always technologically blocked, and was ridiculed by the people of Middle-earth as "the age of knights carrying guns and cannons".
Back then, Count Shap, who was stationed in the wilderness, dared to embezzle public funds allocated by his superiors, which was also due to his advantageous location.
The barren wasteland could yield little in a year, but in order to establish a base, gather intelligence, and fulfill the divine decree of the god of harvest, the Duchy of Bailan had no choice but to be established.
"I remember, the Giant City was the fat prize that Marquis Sirin had her eye on, wasn't it?"
Duke Vayne hesitated, lost in thought, as if something was on his mind.
In the North, a well-known saying is, "My vassal's vassal is not my vassal."
In fact, even "my vassals" are unwilling to submit to their superiors to a certain extent, and once their interests are seriously conflicted, rebellions from the bottom up become commonplace.
On the flag, a vicious wolf treads on the full moon, exuding an extraordinary ferocity.
However, after defeating the allied forces, it was discovered that the flag had been misinterpreted by the novice demon king as a husky kicking a ball.
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