Chapter 277 Return to the Empire

The war situation on Feng Willow's side is progressing very smoothly. The Finn Empire has only one fleet on the New World side. The original governors of each city are all strong men of Sequence 6. In addition, there are many Sequencers in the local security bureaus. They are also a powerful force when united.

At least when dealing with those indigenous tribes, this force is enough. But in the last war, dozens of governors were killed by the things that crawled out of the tomb of the gods.

In particular, the senior officials of the fleet were also killed by Feng Willow, which led to the weakness of the Sequencers of the Finn Empire on the New World side.

And the cult activities on the Finn Empire side are serious, and it is temporarily unable to transfer too much power to the New World side.

As a result, the strength of the Finn Empire on the New World side plummeted, and there was no strong man who could support it.

Facing Feng Willow's attack, the Finn Empire had no power to fight back. The generals led by Taris divided their troops into three groups and went south to capture the city.

Taris, Medusa, and Braque, Taris led 500 silver armored corpses, Medusa led 3,000 skeleton musketeers. Braque led the security team recruited by the territory.

The members of the security team are all recruited sequencers, and can be called a sequencer force, but the number is not large. Each city has a group of backbones, and then cooperates with a large number of city guards. His team is also the largest team, with 30,000 people.

However, these 30,000 people are ordinary musketeers, with only a few hundred sequencers. In terms of combat effectiveness, the combat effectiveness of these 30,000 people is actually the lowest among the three forces.

"Professor, is our goal this time to completely seize the cities on the New World?" Sai Ya asked Feng Willow.

"The New World is too large. The cities built by the four empires here are only some places along the coast. More places are still occupied by those indigenous tribes.

To develop such a large land, it takes enough population and time. In fact, I don't really want to occupy the coastal cities." Feng Willow said.

"Why? Whether it's the New World or the four empires, it seems that coastal cities are easier to develop. The economy is more developed and can attract more people." Saiya said puzzled.

"That's because the demon tide has risen again, and the sea is no longer safe. You know from the Pirate Alliance that the death rate of pirates after going out to sea has become very high.

And those caravans are not much better. If it weren't for the huge profits in sea trade, no one would have done this business long ago.

There are more and more monsters in the sea, not only fishmen, but also Nagas and sirens. There are also many powerful sea monsters.

Now, only the pirates and caravans sailing on the sea are being attacked, but it won't be long before those monsters in the sea will start attacking the seaport.

So my idea is to snatch ten more inland, underdeveloped cities from the Finn Empire. Leave those prosperous seaport cities on the coast to the Finn Empire." Feng Willow said.

After the four empires discovered the New World, all the cities they built were coastal ports, and a few inland cities with mineral veins.

They came to conquer and plunder, not to help the natives build. Although the New World is vast, the four empires have only developed a few cities in the coastal areas of the New World.

The main purpose of these cities is to collect resources from the New World. Through trade, they let the indigenous tribes occupying the inland capture slaves and mine for them, help them collect various extraordinary materials, and exchange gold from the indigenous tribes through low-priced industrial products.

From the fact that Feng Willow needs to redevelop fertile land after occupying those cities, it can be seen that these cities are all resource-based cities.

They have been building cities in the New World for so long, and they haven't even developed farmland. Only the minimum urban supply is maintained.

There was almost no resistance. Feng Willow took ten cities and stopped.

"Professor, the empire sent a message saying that the country is difficult and you need to go back to preside over the overall situation." Sai Ya reported to Feng Willow.

"The empire is well-informed. As soon as the war stopped here, the news came over there." Feng Willow said with a smile.

"There is almost no resistance from the Finn Empire, as if they have given up on the New World. It seems that the Finn Empire is having a hard time. From the current relationship between the four empires, we can see how strong the cult's counterattack is.

The closer the relationship between the four empires, the stronger the enemy is.

Even the Finn Empire has no power to support the New World, so it is understandable that the Empire asks for help." Taris said.

"Hey, it's time to go back. The Empire treats me well, and there are territories over there." Feng Willow said.

"The territory here has just been taken, and there are so many things to do. Who do you think is better to be in charge of the territory here?" Saiya asked.

"Let's leave the government affairs to Brak! The army also has Medusa, and the Temple of Friendship has transferred Dima over, so there is no need to worry about the New World." Feng Willow said.

"Willow, since the Empire has asked for help, it means that the situation is already very dangerous. How many troops should we bring back?" Taris asked.

"Take the Knights of the Crusade back. They will be useless if their strength is too small. The Knights of the Crusade will return by ship, and I will take you and Saiyan back to the empire first." Feng Willow thought for a while and said.

In the past few years, due to sufficient resources, the strength of Saiyan and Taris has been greatly improved. Taris has stepped into the fifth sequence and become a champion knight.

Saiyan's strength has improved faster. For the pagan sequence, the most important thing is faith. As long as the faith is sufficient, the rest are all about resources.

Saiyan's strength has also caught up with Taris and become a powerful man of the fifth sequence. The fifth sequence of the pagan is the ocean messenger.

The pagan sequence is very peculiar. The difference from other sequences is that believing in different gods will take different paths. The pagans under Feng Willow all believe in the Sea-Dividing Demon God, so naturally they get the path of the Sea-Dividing Demon God.

At the low level, it is somewhat similar to Feng Willow's left-handed sequence, but the higher it goes, the greater the difference. The ability of the ocean messenger is to get close to marine life and have a certain control over low-intelligence marine life. It can also enhance the favorability of highly intelligent marine life.

The three of them didn't need to pack anything, as everything was in the space equipment. Riding on Moril, they returned to the Anerfa Empire.

They returned to their territory first. The territory was one of the few peaceful places in the empire because the cultists did not choose to make trouble in their territory.

Other places in the empire, even in the rear areas without war, often encountered attacks by cultists. In addition, some places have been caught in war. Many people ran to Feng Weiluo's territory.

Fortunately, Feng Weiluo's territory has been vigorously developing agriculture and animal husbandry over the years, and has developed a large amount of farmland, which can support the large influx of population.

Now Feng Weiluo's territory of a county has a population of five million, which is more than the population of Feng Weiluo's thirty cities in the New World.

Unfortunately, there are at least six religions preaching in the territory here, all of which are powerful temples that have been allowed to preach by the empire.

Although Feng Willow was a lord, he could not expel these temples. After all, this was still the territory of the Empire, and he could not make various laws as he pleased like in the New World.

Although the lords of the Empire could also make some laws, they could only do so within the framework of the Empire's laws and could not violate the laws of the Empire. They were not as free as in the New World.

Moreover, many officials in the territory were nobles sent by the Empire as officials, and it was not the lord's one-man show.

After Feng Willow returned to the territory, he went to see his parents first. There was no shortage of resources in recent years, and his father Roland's strength had also broken through to Sequence 7. But that was it. Resources were indispensable for the Sequencer's path, but qualifications and hard work were also indispensable.

Roland was not a genius. If it weren't for the resurgence of the magic tide in recent years, he would not even be able to reach Sequence 7.

Feng Willow had just returned to the territory for one day when the envoy of Light VI arrived on a griffin.

"Meet Grand Duke Willow. By order of the Emperor of the Empire, I invite you to enter the capital as soon as possible, it is extremely urgent. This is the secret letter that His Majesty asked me to give you." The messenger said very tiredly.

Although magic can be used for communication and telegraph, Light VI still specially asked the messenger to bring a letter for help.

Feng Willow opened it and saw that it was indeed a letter from Light VI, which told Feng Willow in detail about the current situation.

The Empire has fallen into a disadvantage in all aspects, and the Empire's most powerful Griffin Knights have been nearly half destroyed, and now only 5,000 Griffin Knights are left. There is also a newly formed 2,000-man priest group.

The underground passage leading to the dark area can no longer be defended. There are three underground passages in the Empire, two of which are retreating step by step, and one is defending it, which is the underground passage next to the capital.

However, as the other two underground passages were broken, the enemy was able to mobilize more forces and continuously reinforce the underground passage outside the capital.

The Empire relied on powerful artillery forces to barely defend the outside of the underground passage.

The artillery technology was reinforced by the Finn Empire. Although the situation of the Finn Empire was not good, the four empires now cooperated sincerely and supported each other. The Finn Empire also shared their steam cannon technology.

After reading the letter from Light VI, Feng Willow now has a certain understanding of the situation of the empire. Except for the underground passage in the capital, the Griffin Knights fought hard to defend for the safety of the capital. The other two remote underground passages have broken through the blockade, and those believers are attacking the city.

Nearly a quarter of the country has fallen, and the war is now approaching his territory.

Feng Willow handed the secret letter in his hand to Taris next to him. As the commander of the army, she must know the situation she will face.

Taris looked at the secret letter from the emperor in her hand and frowned. Why is this so? In her impression, the powerful and invincible Griffin Knights have her teachers and classmates in it, but now, the Griffin Knights have suffered nearly half of their casualties.

In war, the first people to die and the most people to die are often recruits. And how many of her classmates are left now?

"The situation is critical. It seems that we need to rush to the capital as soon as possible." Feng Willow looked at Sai Ya and said.

"Okay!" Taris said firmly. She also missed her classmates and comrades. The friendship they fought together on the battlefield did not fade because of her retirement and marriage, but became stronger.

"Professor, I think we shouldn't go to the capital empty-handed. The empire has been through a long war, and there are cultists in the rear. There is a shortage of food everywhere.

Our territory has not been attacked by cultists. It is the county with the best agricultural and animal husbandry, and we have been hoarding food for a long time.

Now is the time when the empire is in danger. I think we should take a batch of food to the capital." Saiya stood next to Taris and had already read the contents of the letter.

"Yes, Sister Saiya is right. We should indeed take a batch of food. The war has reached this point, and the food on the front must be insufficient." Taris also reacted quickly.

When everyone was fighting for the country, and the Grand Duke Feng Willow was developing his own territory in the New World, even if Light VI didn't say it, those other nobles would definitely have opinions about Feng Willow.

And now transporting a large amount of food to the capital and the front line is called sending charcoal in the snow.

Not to mention that Feng Willow had no shortage of food. In recent years, Feng Willow controlled the secret art of calling the wind and rain, which made the territory of their New World have good weather and good harvest every year. There was too much food to eat.

Although Feng Willow did not bring it back deliberately, he habitually stored a large amount of food in his copper book space.

Anyway, the copper book space is large enough, and it is safer than putting it in the granary, so there is no need to worry that the food will go bad after being stored for a long time.

On the contrary, there is not much food in the territory of Nanan County. With the influx of population and the levy of the empire, even if Nanan County had stored food for several years in advance, there was not much left.

After the discussion, Feng Willow took Sai Ya and Taris to the capital. Because the messenger urged them urgently, it was already midnight when they arrived at the capital.

Because the war took place not far from the capital, a curfew was implemented early. However, the people on the top of the city saw Moril's figure.

Suddenly he shouted loudly: "Grand Duke Willow is back. Open the city gate quickly." (End of this chapter)