Become Tyrant On My Own Way
Chapter 46 – INITIAL SPLASH IN NORTH
Six months later.
Leon is still in the royal capital since he visited there to report to the king about the development of the situation in Painfinn City.
The problem of iron ore shortage in western Wallayah has been solved well thanks to the persistence of Helios and the dwarfs in renovating the iron mine in Ares County which was inaccessible about the landslide.
Not only that, the existence of the dwarves there had raised the armor and weapons levels of the western region's soldiers to an even higher level. Unfortunately, the influence of the sacred temple hindered access to the development of such weapons and armor to other regions of the kingdom besides the western region. Had it not happened, the present-day Kingdom of Meglovia would have been a stronger kingdom.
However, it was only Helios who obtained the sap from this incident by being condemned by the holy temple and the royal citizens for holding the descendants of monsters in their holy kingdom. For the sacred temple and its followers, the existence of the dwarves was nothing like the descendants of monsters.
On the other hand, Leon did not get that condemnation at all. Instead, he was praised for during his leadership in the city of Painfinn, the city increased significantly, both in terms of defense, economy, food, health, and so on. All of this was the result of the work of Helios.
“There is as good as His Highness Prince Leon in managing the region.”
“It's true. Not only the defense sector, now the City of Painfinn can be aligned with the welfare of the capital region.”
Hearing all the praise of his followers when he held an audience with the king, Leon clenched his hands firmly withstanding his annoyance. Leon was not at all happy about all the praise because more than anyone, he was the one who knew best that it was all the achievements of his brother, Helios, not himself. But thanks to his devious followers, everything was engineered so that it was as if it were all a mere Leon achievement.
In addition to reporting on the development of the City of Painfinn, Leon also gave no less important reports related to the alleged existence of a spy Vlonhard Empire in the City of Painfinn who almost took his life and Helios. This is what then makes Leon longer back to the City of Painfinn from the time he estimated.
The spy was known to be a spy of the Vlonhard Empire since it was the spy himself who opened his mouth without being asked.
The easy provision of information from a spy eventually led to the emergence of some speculations stating that it was merely an act of engineering to pit the empire and the kingdom.
But a few days later after the Kingdom of Meglovia tried to ask for a clarification directly from Emperor Vlonhard, with his own haughty mouth, the emperor admitted that everything was the truth.
Be present in the north the kingdom of Meglovia heats up and there are frequent small-scale wars with the empire. Almost most of the soldiers sent from the royal capital to Painfinn City under the command of the Crown Prince were recalled, but about ten percent were allowed to remain, including Damian who temporarily served as vice-captain of the Painfinn City defense forces.
Thanks to the imperious recognition of the emperor, finally the Kingdom of Cabalcus and the Kingdom of Ignitia who initially wary of each other despite being oppressed by the Vlonhard Empire, finally, he also joined the Meglovia Kingdom and considered the Vlonhard Empire a common enemy that must be defeated immediately.
The three kingdoms ignored the minor conflicts between each other and began to form a joint army and then tightened their respective northern borders in order to be aware of the sudden invasion of the empire.
The artifact had a kind of buff that could significantly increase the strength of the imperial soldiers as well as having a debuff to weaken the opponent's strength significantly anyway.
In addition, no government wants to act rashly. Nothing closes the possibility that after the Vlonhard Empire was wiped off the map, it was their turn to be stabbed in the back by the allies they trusted earlier.
Leon is offered by the king to help the Crown Prince deal with the unrest in the north of the kingdom. Clearly Leon's followers disapproved of this because the northern region of the kingdom was led by Duke Glenn van Rodriguez who was none other than a hardline supporter of the crown prince.
However, it is surprising that Leon also rejected the offer which is very incompatible with his love of battle. Leon simply gave an excuse that he should focus at this time on the other trust given to him in Painfinn City, other than where there had been a Crown Prince handling the situation.
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The matter regarding the spy who claimed to be from the Vlonhard Empire which based on his investigation had settled in the city of Painfinn for over 4 years has long passed.
However, similar to Leon, Helios still thought that the truth behind the incident was too easy to reveal. However, it was useless for Helios to think about it at this moment. He only increased his familiar number around the city while reminding his men to be much more careful.
Now, Helios focused more attention on his research with the Dwarves, the, especially about the development of weapons that he named as cannons made from pieces of living armor and crystal stone magic the king of undead that he had been sealed not to use.
In addition, still with the remnants of living armor in the form of pieces of armor and magic crystal stones, he said, Helios developed an advanced communication magic tool that was usually just a high-level wind magician capable of doing so called telepathy.
But with the Helios, everyone, even those who can't do magic, can communicate over long distances. Unfortunately, the Helios tool still has shortcomings where one tool cannot go to one specific communication tool in forwarding its message. When a message is delivered to one of the tools, it is automatically forwarded to all other communication tools.
After all, this tool could still be of good use to smooth the lines of communication among the soldiers. However, this tool clearly cannot be used to forward secret messages like telepathy that can reach to one specific person without the people around him also able to listen to the message.
There is still much that Helios needs to develop in his research.
Tired of struggling in the laboratory for most of the day, Helios with Yasmin and Albert took a short walk in the garden of the mansion to relieve his fatigue. There, they accidentally cross paths with an unexpected combination of Alice, Nunu and Damian.
Apparently, Alice and Damian were training Nunu to be more adept at using his spear weapon.