Through this war, many shortcomings in the kingdom's military system were discovered.
Although the new generation of noble knights received a good education, they had not experienced real war and were more like fools who could only talk about tactics on paper when it came to tactical arrangements.
In addition, although the Knight School taught courses such as battlefield science and elementary command, this knowledge was more limited to small-scale deployment of troops and lacked consideration of the overall strategic situation of the kingdom.
This often makes it difficult for students to make wise decisions, let alone develop effective strategic plans, when faced with large-scale wars.
But Alvis was also helpless. The construction of the Knight School alone had already shaken the pie of most nobles.
If the knowledge of advanced command science is spread further, I am afraid that nobles from all over the country will disobey my orders.
Although the Magic Dragon Knight is powerful, the Emerald Kingdom is by no means a one-man show.
Especially outside, there are pairs of hungry wolves staring at the Emerald Kingdom, and they always want to bite off a piece of meat from the Emerald Kingdom.
Whether it is the Mountain Copper Kingdom or the Blazing Steel Kingdom, they all want to become more powerful by stepping on the corpse of the Emerald Kingdom.
Alvis could have killed all the nobles and promoted a new group of nobles, but as long as the class interests changed, they would stand against Alvis.
In the end, all the efforts will be in vain, and the overall strength of the kingdom will be reduced. It's really a huge loss.
Most of the land divided this time is Liam Gray Iron's territory, and a small part is Phoenix Senlu's territory.
Alvis planned to carve out an earldom from the territory separated from Edwin and give it to Liam as compensation.
Forget about Phoenix's words. The territory he lost was not large, so Alvis did not intend to compensate him.
In fact, this is also related to Alvis's later plans. Currently, the territory controlled by the Emerald Royal Family occupies about one-third of the entire kingdom, namely the eastern and central regions of the kingdom.
Alvis planned to make the territory separated from Edwin directly under the jurisdiction of the royal family, so as to expand the royal family's income and influence.
He glanced at Edwin, who was still feeling distressed, and felt that the punishment for him seemed too light.
"From today on, all resources produced by the bronze dragons must be transported to the Jade Valley and Saint Gold Castle. Not a single bit of bronze ore is allowed to remain in their original habitat."
"This... this is too harsh, Your Majesty."
Edwin could accept any other punishment, but this one was worse than killing him.
In this way, wouldn't he and the bronze dragon become a production tool specifically for producing bronze for the royal family?
Where is the dignity of a dragon knight?
But when he looked at Alvis's majestic gaze, he could only suppress his resentment in his heart.
"Yes, sir..."
Edwin had no choice but to agree to this condition in humiliation.
Seeing that Edwin was so sensible, Alvis nodded with satisfaction.
If the kingdom itself did not have many dragon knights and needed to intimidate neighboring countries, Alvis would have turned Edwin's dragon breath into magic factors and fed them back to the earth.
After dealing with Edwin, Alvis rode the Emerald Dragon and landed on the open space outside the Emerald Valley.
"Brother Wang!"
After seeing her brother land, Veronica quickly let Vivian land.
As Vivian landed next to the Emerald Dragon, Veronica jumped directly off Vivian's back.
"Brother Wang, are you not hurt?"
Compared to the so-called punishment or loss, Veronica is more concerned about the specific situation of her brother.
"I'm fine, are you okay?"
Veronica shook her head. In the entire Battle of Emerald Valley, she only fought one battle with the Silver Dragon Knight Amelia Silverhand. Even though Vivian was not yet fully mature, she was not someone that an ordinary silver dragon could easily defeat.
Seeing that his little sister was fine, Alves finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He pretended to be calm on the surface, but in fact he was secretly glad in his heart.
The original Emerald Light royal family could be considered to have a prosperous offspring. Not counting the side branches and only counting the main line, Alvis' generation actually had a total of four offspring: two boys and two girls.
As the eldest son in the family, Alvis shoulders the heavy responsibility of the family.
However, fate played a cruel joke on them - the second and third sons were unfortunately killed in the previous kingdom coup.
This bloody coup plunged the entire royal family into great grief and made Alvis feel immense self-blame and pain.
Today, only he and his younger sister are left in the Emerald Light royal family, shouldering the heavy responsibility of reviving their family and country.
Alves turned his gaze to Veronica, with a hint of blame in his eyes.
He said in a serious tone:
"You came just because Edwin wrote to you? You believe everything he says? Why didn't you send someone to ask me instead of just bringing people here?"
His voice was full of helplessness and dissatisfaction, as if he was accusing Veronica of her reckless behavior.
However, facing her brother's questioning, Veronica did not show the slightest guilt or regret.
She raised her chin and turned her head away, pretending she heard nothing.
Her behavior made Alvis feel helpless and amused.
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Now that it's happened, let's not argue about it anymore."
Alves finally chose to compromise. He was simply worried about Veronica's personal safety. After all, he and his younger sister were the only two direct descendants left in the family.
Veronica then turned her head back and nodded in agreement.
“You…”
Alves looked at his sister in front of him, his heart filled with pampering and trust.
She has always been the apple of the family's eye and has been well cared for.
However, as she grew older, she began to show some worrying traits.
Veronica is too soft-hearted and kind, qualities that make her seem out of place in the political arena.
To be a qualified ruler, one needs to possess qualities such as decisiveness, tenacity, iron-bloodedness and ruthlessness.
Veronica, on the other hand, is just the opposite. She always cherishes her followers, sympathizes with the common people, and is easily swayed by her emotions.
In Alvis's eyes, this is not the quality a ruler should have.
Despite this, Alvis did not blame or feel disappointed with her.
Instead, he chose to support her dream of establishing her own Grand Duchy.
This is pure doting.
"Oh, right..."
Alves frowned slightly, as if he suddenly remembered something, and asked Veronica:
"Have you found your ideal partner? Don't forget what you promised me."
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