"The situation is not good."
Loran Hill was in the room looking at the recent reports from various places when a loud shouting sounded outside.
Not long after, a noisy discussion was heard in the administrative building, and Loran Hill also roughly understood what had happened from those few words.
"Did the fortress on the border of the empire fall so quickly?" She had thought that the empire could hold on for a long time thanks to its strong foundation, but she didn't expect everything to happen so quickly.
Soon, an emergency meeting was held within the Fairywood organization, and several high-ranking members currently at the headquarters attended the meeting.
"According to information received from the central empire, the Western Alliance used numerous rare and powerful weapons, launching an extremely fierce attack on the city. Furthermore, after defeating the Imperial Family's few Dragon Knights, the Griffin Knights stormed the city's garrison like a force unto themselves."
Lu Bin held the letter he had just received and read the data one by one.
"Considering the current situation, the coalition forces in the western border are still increasing. Currently, the main force is approximately 850,000, and there are around 600,000 temporary conscripts. Most of them are young and strong, with strong combat effectiveness."
"The griffins of the western region are indeed powerful."
Gu Huas shook his head and sighed. When he was a mercenary, he had heard that the lords in the Western Territory were not easy to mess with. The local atmosphere was martial, and the more common the situation was, the stronger the customs and atmosphere were. On the contrary, the upper class had assimilated a lot with the great nobles of the empire over the years and became more elegant.
"It's said that in the past, when a noble's children reached adulthood, their fathers would take them into the forest. Only after they had killed a magical beast alone would they be allowed out. They would also smear the beast's blood on their cheeks to demonstrate their bravery and strength."
"And those knights who ride griffins are even more extraordinary. They usually have to defeat a griffin in single combat without weapons in order to gain its recognition and become a glorious and powerful Griffin Knight."
“The strong are worthy of respect, admiration, and privilege.”
"After the Aimank brothers staged a coup and killed Ansel, the Griffin family decisively abandoned the remaining twin, Ansroy, because the weak were unworthy of being an ally and son-in-law of the Griffins. This, in fact, led to Ansroy's murder."
"You know, the current emperor is Ansroy's child. Although he grew up among the common people and has never even seen his father, if this matter is really investigated, it will be a hatred that is difficult to dispel."
"Among the four great dukes, apart from the Red Dragon Duke, the Griffin Duke and the Amank brothers have always been close. This time, the new emperor's reforms have probably touched a sore spot for the old Griffin, and he's taking advantage of the opportunity to explode."
"However, what's strange is that, although there are some conflicts between the Duke of Griffin and the current Emperor, these have far from reached the point of rebellion. This is truly puzzling."
Several people were analyzing the situation with each other, but only Loran Hill was thinking quietly and didn't say anything.
She thought of the Holy Stone Witch who had fought with her briefly, the imitation of Huasilin. If she was the one instigating all this, then a lot of things would make sense.
Why did the always loyal Duke of Raven and the North turn to the Griffin family this time? Why would the Duke of Griffin take such a huge risk to start a war when the conflict had not yet reached a serious level?
The witch, carved from holy white stone, resembles Huasilin, the former Saint of the West and High Priestess of the Order of Angels. During the resistance against the calamity of Chaos, she blessed the hero of the West, Oslin. This made him fearless of swords, as steadfast as a rock, victorious in battle. Ultimately, he defended the city walls nestled in the mountains, becoming a hero unrivaled in the West, a figure admired and admired by countless.
After the disaster, Imitation Huasilin gradually disappeared from everyone's sight, while Oslin passed down his bloodline, and his descendants established a kingdom in the mountains.
They tamed the griffin, used it as their ally and emblem, and gradually conquered the West to become a powerful country. In the next hundred years, they competed with the Verdant Kingdom for supremacy until the Sages mediated and the country in the mountains of the West was integrated into Verdant and became a part of it.
There is no doubt that even now, a thousand years later, Imitation Huasilin still has a strong influence on the Griffin family. If she is dissatisfied with the rule of the new emperor, the possibility of launching a rebellion will be very high. On that day, she appeared at the same time as the witch of the Wise-Eyed Crow. Their relationship is probably old acquaintance. It is reasonable for the Griffins and Ravens to unite this time.
It seems that the witches in the Green Empire are not united.
Loran Hill rubbed his forehead and sighed in his heart.
Needless to say, the twin witches must have a strong connection to the forest elves, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to act as a matchmaker and guarantee marriages back then. Kornos, the immortal frost-green witch, is a legend among the folk of the East, and presumably has some lingering connections there as well.
The Witch of the Crow of Wisdom was the guide for the remnants of the Mercury Dynasty who left the Island of Eternal Darkness and headed for the Western Continent. After Hades, the Witch of the Underworld, expressed her unwillingness to leave the Island of Eternal Darkness, she gradually became the leader of the remnants of the Mercury Dynasty.
The other witches include the Witch of the Beast of Violence, Ibel, who is from a small country in the south, and the Witch of Dancing with Weapons, Gabriella, whose origin is unknown. She traveled around the continent in her early years and, together with two other heroes, conquered the 'King of Violence' in the center of the continent, which is now Emenas.
In that era, there was a country entrenched in the center of the giant canyon that crossed the Sighing Mountains. Its king ordered craftsmen to build a huge bridge across the Blue Stream River and inserted countless vertical iron fences under the bridge to prevent ships from passing through at will.
With the help of this huge bridge, the king collected huge customs fees and engaged in slave trade. He imprisoned countless people who were dissatisfied and resisted him in the water prison of the fortress along the river, so he was named "King of Baozha".
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