After Su Yue confirmed the advisors for the Fourth-Level Council.
His territory buff instantly added 3 points to his legendary status. Refugee attraction increased by 20%, territory stability by 10! Dragon Slayer Leader gained 45% increased damage against dragons, plus the "Soldier King" Imperial unit's attack increased by 35%.
This caused Su Yue's desire and need to recruit imperial soldiers to surge.
"Recruit me Tier 3 Imperial units."
Lord's Log: "The player recruited 12 Tier 4 Imperial Halberd Knights through a Tier 4 Imperial Barracks!"
"Players can recruit 22 Tier 3 Imperial Swordsmen through Tier 4 Imperial Barracks!"
“Recruit 36 Tier 2 Imperial Spearmen.”
Su Yue didn't say a word.
He directly instructed the 22 Tier 3 Imperial Swordsmen to begin sparring!
"The attack power has indeed increased!"
Su Yue himself had a strength boost of 40 points. With a single sword strike, the third-tier Imperial swordsman unleashed two consecutive attacks (10% double attack), and the scarecrow in the Imperial camp was instantly torn to pieces!
"Isn't this an attack from a Tier 4 unit, or even close to a Tier 5 unit? Holy crap!"
Su Yue was dumbfounded.
The main reason was that his talent "Double Attack" triggered the critical strike effect, resulting in two consecutive attacks. In addition, the terrifying buff of "Soldier King," which is close to the A-level talent of Turin World players, resulted in a total buff of 35% for Imperial soldiers!
This isn't just a single enhancement.
Rather, it refers to all units across the entire Empire.
"Damn it, so that means catapults are included too? This talent is too monstrous. Is this the attribute of Emperor Frederick II?" Su Yue was about to burst out laughing. With the support of all Imperial-type units... it seems that his future military leadership will have to lean towards the Imperial-type units as the core force.
"Xiao Yi, come here!"
"Bah!"
As if understanding his words, the seventh-tier Soth Griffin, now capable of understanding the language of the evil gods, descended from the sky… What terrified Su Yue was that even the Soth Griffin's attack power had increased. After all, griffins were a special unit cultivated by the empire, so under these circumstances, it was impossible for Su Yue not to be happy.
People are in high spirits when they have good news.
The addition of Emperor Huntington Frederick, the "Restorer," inexplicably made Su Yue start to imagine the possibility of special NPCs like the future Tsar and Elizabeth joining the party. However, there was one negative drawback that Su Yue needed to be aware of.
"Potential for conflict with the Papacy +30% (Negative Attribute)..."
"This thing might end up like Bartogar, with its power overthrown by the Papacy."
At this moment, a secret message was delivered by Innsmouth scout Ragner:
"Take a look."
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"Your Excellency, Lord of Canaan, and Baron Su Yue of the Empire, I am Count Joanna Rivers. The Eastern Expedition is currently raging in the territory of Kafulwit, and my father was killed by the shepherds and the rebellious commoners of that group of 'lowly people'."
The textile workers of Bruge rebelled en masse, refusing tithes and other taxes, and took up arms against the church and secular landowners.
Civil war has broken out, and the situation is becoming increasingly chaotic.
The Free Mercenary Group and Zacrera's Legion also launched an uprising.
The despicable people and poor men of the Eastern Crusade viewed the Papacy, the rulers and nobles of the Bathocan Empire as heretics, hypocrites, and blasphemers, and denounced the Bathocan Empire and His Majesty Henry VII as the greatest heretic. This fills me with utmost anger!
"They plundered property, attacked parishes, and invaded noble territories, now the settlements of nobles and landowners... They even perpetrated the infanticide tragedy, claiming it was a conspiracy by the Papacy."
Poisonous clouds and the flames of war are spreading. The civil war shepherds have installed a new false pope, Innocent IV, while the various guilds are secretly sabotaging them!
Your esteemed Canaanite lord, your war potential and abilities are deeply etched in Joanna's memory.
I hope you can help me quell this rebellion.
At that time I will grant you divine authority, as well as the status of a viscount in the secular world, and even dedicate myself to you.
— Signed: Yours, Joanna.
"..."
A long letter of 10,000 words, including a battle map, contains a huge amount of information.
Su Yue looked bewildered as he stared at the densely packed red attack signals on the battle map.
And they were all ordinary people.
Like the Taiping Rebellion and the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it spread throughout various parts of the Batho Empire...
"This is insane!"
"The Eastern Expedition? Rebels, treacherous mercenary groups, attacks on parishes, imperial civil war?!"
Su Yue was dumbfounded.
"Is it that exciting?"
"..."
He hadn't heard much about this incident in his previous life because the world of Turin was simply too vast. However, from the description in the letter, Su Yue could imagine just how terrifying and outrageous the chaos was there.
"They've even produced a false pope, haha, it seems even the Holy See is finding it a bit overwhelming. This is definitely a civil war and conflict, plus a challenge from heretics to the orthodox church..."
Ragnar asked, "Sir, what should we do?"
Su Yue naturally wouldn't miss this opportunity for internal strife, and said, "Send more Innsmouth scouts to Lord Joanna's side to help her welcome Joanna back to the 'Count of Kaflwitt'."
Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, Baron.
The viscountship was still very attractive to Su Yue. And he needed to cultivate a good relationship with this new superior. Su Yue's expectations for the future grew stronger; the empire was in such chaos, with so many rebel forces erupting into civil war.
Could I take advantage of the chaos and gain more credit for my own victory?
To acquire more troops.
To gain greater power? To control more catapults.
Su Yue had been observing the development of the material plane all along, and if he were to lead Europa to its downfall, there was a high probability that it would provoke a conflict with Heaven. Moreover, the Church was certainly preoccupied with its own problems at the moment... He planned to ask Cardinal Schwarz for his opinion.
"Xiuer, what are your construction plans for today?"
Su Yue looked at Jin Xiuer.
With two more god-level NPCs now in his territory, Su Yue felt extremely gratified... Only when the foundation of his territory was solid enough and its development was strong enough could Su Yue be qualified to stir up trouble in the outside world... and participate in the plan and movement of this Crusade.
This was clearly the Crusades of history, which had broken out in the territory of the Earl of "Kavrwitt"; no, Su Yue judged that this was by no means just an ordinary rebellion.
Even the false pope Innocent IV was brought out as a heretic.
At least the Vatican can no longer sit idly by.
Moreover, their burning, killing, and looting, their disdain for the money and wealth possessed by the Papacy, and their resentment towards the salaried clergy, meant that this rebellion and crusade would inevitably lead to drastic changes within the Holy See.
Jin Xiuer smiled and said, "Today's construction plan is to build the Empire's Heavy Artillery Academy."
"What is that?"
"Heavy Artillery Academy, huh?"
Jin Xiuer smiled and said, "It should be almost finished under my command. This should be an extremely strong engineering force and military unit in the secular world. We will also arrange for artillery shell production plants and various arsenals afterward."
Lord's Log: "Your territory has completed the construction of a Tier 4 Armory. Due to the god-level architect Jin Xiuer, the building level has increased by 1, and you have obtained a Tier 5 Armory!"
"Your territory has completed the construction of a Tier 4 Heavy Artillery Academy. Due to the divine architect Jin Xiuer, the building level has increased by 1, and you have obtained a Tier 5 Heavy Artillery Academy!"
"Your territory has completed the construction of a Tier 4 Steam Research Institute. Due to the divine architect Jin Xiuer, the building level has increased by 1, and you have obtained a Tier 5 Steam Research Institute!"
"Holy crap!!"
"Can the Heavy Artillery Academy recruit artillerymen?"
Kim Soo-ah said, "To be precise, they are the Imperial Steamship Artillery."
"A research institution?!"
Su Yue was stunned.
He had said before that the world rules and laws of the Turin world were completely different from those of his previous life on Earth. Things like hand-made gunpowder grenades were basically impossible, just like in "The Three-Body Problem," where physics had completely mutated and disappeared.
Now, the core technologies of the major lords are the true source of their power. The scientists of the Blue Star civilization have been hit with a brick wall, suffering heavy losses and forced to learn new knowledge from scratch, as if they have returned to the primitive society. Everything has changed.
But at this moment.
Research institutions have appeared within Su Yue's territory?
Steam Research Institute?
"What about personnel?" Su Yue asked curiously. "Currently, we need to produce steel to build cannons, right? Where is the production line?"
Jin Xiuer laughed, "The steel mining department and production line are under construction. Oh dear, I'm so busy! The territory is lacking so many things: agriculture, ranches, iron ore chains, gold mining, copper mining, and we also need to expand the residential area for refugees... I'm so busy..."
She looked at Su Yue pitifully.
"Ha ha."
"So cute."
Su Yue watched Jin Xiuer act coquettishly.
"I want a kiss from my lord."
Su Yue was overjoyed. With such great profits, all thanks to Jin Xiuer, how could he not have feelings for her?
Moreover, she grew taller and taller after advancing to the fifth rank.
"Clatter."
"Ahhh, I'm so happy!! I'm so happy!"
Kim Soo-ah ran away, her face flushed.
Su Yue walked out of the parliament. At this moment, Huntington Frederick II, the god-like resurrected emperor, said to Su Yue: "Let us wage a war that will be known throughout the world, my beloved lord."
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