episode_0077

I set a trap and waited. If I make my lord punish me, someone will definitely try to instigate me and provoke me.

That’s because the original history without me was also like that.

In the original story, Leona dies in a mutiny by her subordinates.

The name of the subordinate who killed Leona was Adelheit von Ignati. She raises an army by surprise in the capital, kills Leona, and takes control of Koudragan Castle.

However, he was defeated by Onora, who returned immediately from the Carter area, and died.

This is the original story, but there are questions about this story.

Why did Adelheit start a rebellion that was sure to fail? Didn’t you know that even if you succeed in killing Leona, the world will not be yours?

That smart Adelheit?

Here I developed a hypothesis.

It’s just a hypothesis with no evidence or anything.

Could it be that Adelheit was deceived?

Could it be that someone told Adelheit to start a rebellion, that he would help him, and that he betrayed him after the rebellion ended?

And that question was resolved today.

‘Oh Nora, you were the culprit… !”

My lord took my territory and a rift arose between us. It didn’t actually happen, but it would have looked that way.

And there was someone who took advantage of that moment and bit into the crack. It was Onora.

My way out was blocked. Even the land you own can be taken away. He scared me with these words and caused my relationship with my lord to deteriorate.

Why did Onora induce it that way?

The reason is simple. It’s because they want me to start a rebellion.

In the original story, Adelheit rebels, but is defeated and killed by Onora, who returns the fastest, as if he had been waiting.

From then on, I thought it was suspicious, but the incident just happened made me feel even stronger.

Onora is trying to get me to rebel. If I kill Leona, then to kill me.

‘Maybe I’m thinking too much.’

When heartache and heartache overlap, you become suspicious even if you don’t like it.

In the original history, it was very suspicious that only Onora benefited, but today’s incident makes it even more suspicious.

Onora must be the culprit. maybe.

‘But you can’t be punished based on just a grudge.’

It seems clear to me that Onora is the culprit.

But in my opinion, you can’t kill someone just because you’re certain.

We must wait until more concrete evidence emerges.

Have the heart of a fisherman.

“I didn’t do anything wrong, but my path to success is blocked! Does that make sense!”

“Isn’t that what politics is like? Lord Myer understand.”

“I worked hard for the Krusenstein family, but how… !”

hit the ground Onora patted my back. I felt like I was going to get nauseous, but I held back as much as I could.

“Oh Nora, what should I do?”

“Hmm… okay. How about I go to the armed faction’s rally starting tomorrow?”

“Are you Nora Oh?”

“If I go under Mr. Clemens and add to the strength of the armed faction, the scales will become equal again. If you combine the remaining territory of Master Clemens and my territory, it will exceed Sir Mayer’s territory. Then Sir Myer will also be able to receive territory again. I’m sure you’ll be okay, right? Sir Balboa.”

In response to Onora’s question, Clemens de Balboa nodded his head in confusion. The faction’s strength had already weakened, so there was no harm in bringing in new blood.

‘This bastard…’ ‘

Meanwhile, I was dumbfounded.

‘You’re talking patronizingly while only looking at yourself.’

If Onora joins the armed faction, it’s good because she has a faction that protects her. They are even trying to buy my favor by speaking kindly to me. One small point was that he was doing well.

“Thank you. Sir Onora! Thanks to you, I survived!”

What’s more annoying is that I have to act like I’m grateful.

“I rose to prominence after receiving a recommendation from Lord Mayer. How could I pretend not to notice Lord Myer’s crisis? Next time, if you have any difficulties, just call me!”

It was absurd to see this guy talking as if he helped me because he benefited the most, but I tried my best to keep my expression on and didn’t show it.

“I will not forget this favor!”

“Haha! I just repaid the favor!”

Onora and I held hands, and I couldn’t help but feel dirty that day.

—–

The next day, Ohno-ra visibly joins the old forces. In other words, he began hanging out with the militants of the armed faction led by Clemens.

He joined the armed faction under the pretext of helping me.

A sudden rise to success. There was a faction that arose overnight. Onora was no longer rough. He began to attract numerous military officers under his wing.

‘That shameless guy is good at one thing.’

Although she looked like a rat, Onora’s sense of human relationships was innate. It was a lineage that someone with a personality like Lucille or I could not imitate.

And that was also the reason why the world once fell into Onora’s hands.

Oh No-ra grew in power smoothly, and I had no choice but to watch her like that.

‘It has become a nuisance.’

It’s not enough to just take control of the world. If you think about the next thing, the person who is shooting internally must be hunted down and eliminated.

Even after I return, Leona and Lucille will have to live here.

—–

Loser of the West. carter. Loser of the East. Albrecht. Loser of the central region. Krusenstein.

The current situation was like the Three Kingdoms of three powers.

But the Krusenstein family had something that neither Carter nor Albrecht did. That is why Krusenstein was called the loser of the world.

So what is so special about Krusenstein?

The answer was very simple.

‘money.’

Krusenstein, unlike Albrecht or Carter, has a lot of money. It’s a very simple answer, but it is the correct answer.

Krusenstein, who collects enormous taxes based on the central region’s overwhelming grain production and commercial power, has so much money that even Carter and Albrecht combined can’t match them.

This, of course, was the power of Leona von Krusenstein, a genius in internal affairs.

Well, there might be a little bit of my strength and Felix’s strength as well.

So Leona. We decided to fight with money, not with military.

It was decided to regain the castles of Savoy and Münden in the northeast, which had been taken away not long ago.

It was not difficult to reclaim Savoy Castle. In the first place, Albrecht did not have the troops to reach Savoy Castle, and Savoy Castle was deep in friendly territory, so Albrecht gave up.

But Munden Castle was different. Münden Castle, once a wealthy territory in the central region, had a large amount of production and was a territory that was difficult for Albrecht to give up.

Leona von Krusenstein aimed at just that. Once again, they raised 100,000 soldiers and charged into Münden Castle.

Krusenstein had many cannons. This is because a commercial city named Hexia was supplying cannons and guns to Kruzenstein.

Therefore, the siege was not difficult. Therefore, Albrecht had no choice but to lead the Upsing soldiers out. It was 80,000 bottles.

At this time, Albrecht took out a huge amount of debt to mobilize 80,000 soldiers. This was for merchants.

Albrecht’s idea was simple. With these 80,000, defeat 100,000 of the enemy and repay the debt with the loot generated therefrom. It was a typical ‘just pay it back’ mentality.

And Leona [did not fight] towards Albrecht who came out like that.

Leona built an earthen castle 15 kilometers away from Münden Castle and built a temporary fortress there, never taking a single step outside the temporary fortress.

15 kilometers was an ambiguous distance. A distance that can be covered in less than half a day if you put your mind to it. Therefore, Albrecht could neither advance nor defeat the soldier.

If they advanced, they would have to engage in a siege against the enemy holding on to the fortress, and if they retreated, Münden Castle would be taken over.

“You damn bastard! Even so, it’s just a matter of depleting each other’s treasures!”

Albrecht criticized Leona, saying that she didn’t raise soldiers and fight for them unnecessarily, and that it was a loss for both sides as both sides ran out of stores, but there was a fact that Albrecht was overlooking.

The fact was that Leona had a lot of money that was rotting away through various businesses and economic reforms, and Albrecht was in debt.

Leona built an earthen mound 15 kilometers away from Münden Castle and literally just held on. Albrecht soon collapsed on his own.

“Our friend… Retreat.”

“Your Majesty! Our army still has 80,000 soldiers left!”

“There is no food… ”

Yes. On the battlefield, food was as important as a soldier.

Accordingly, Albrecht withdrew from Münden Castle.

Leona was able to restore the Krusenstein family’s original territory without shedding a single drop of blood.

Leona pushed further in the same way.

The distance from Koudragan Castle, the food warehouse of Krusenstein’s army, to Münden Castle was quite far, so Krusenstein’s food consumption was much more extreme than Albrecht’s, but it did not matter.

This is because the friendly forces had enough troops to withstand extreme food consumption, and the enemy troops were so devastated that they could not withstand even the small consumption of troops.

Leona’s leadership level is 94.

But war was not fought through leadership alone.

If everyone was good at fighting and won, shouldn’t Lü Bu have been able to unify the world in the Three Kingdoms?

There was something else that was really important.

‘Honor and pride!’

No, it was money.

Our friend had a lot of money.