Shadow King Chronicles: Building a Kingdom From Behind the Scenes
Two Countries in Chaos
Refugees began arriving to the Starfall region in the east. They want to save themselves from war. Most of them are parents, women, and children. Young men have mostly been targeted for conscription and advanced to the front lines.
Apart from the war, they had other reasons to flee. They had heard the news of the massacres taking place in some areas that their master had committed to his servants. That's why so many people run. It does not rule out the possibility that they will also be the next target.
Actually, the landlords had prevented them from escaping. Even some knights were sent to block the road connecting between Venz and Versailles. But they were all instantly repulsed by the troops from Starfall who were guarding there.
Basically, that big road is an asset belonging to Strarfall. All forms of attack to that place were a form of declaration of war to Versailles. That was why ever since their knights were repulsed, no one else wanted to look for trouble with Starfall.
While the fighting between the two sides grew fiercer and more protracted, Versailles further cemented its foundation. They started exploring the mines that were there. Mineral sources such as magic crystals, steel, Mithril, and iron have been discovered and are ready to be exploited.
In addition, Versailles also obtained many reserves of resources from the empire that were imported through the hands of the La-Sa Guild. With those resources, in addition to building up the economy in his territory, he would also strengthen the Starfall military.
That's the development plan that Issac is planning. Supported by an ever-growing economy, advanced science, and a strong military, it would bring its territory into a very prosperous place. Although, He had no ambition to unite the continent under his feet.
The Lantos Continent was too vast and the geographical conditions of this continent were mostly made up of mountains, forests, and mountains, and the rivers that separate and isolate each other make it difficult to unite the entire continent under one regime of power.
But Issac was sure. One day, he will be involved in this civil war. Sure oes. It was precisely because of that that he announced his neutrality now. Issac is a crow. When both sides kill each other and they all die, he will come and eat the carcasses. It doesn't matter if he is considered a coward.
From the beginning Issac was not a Knight, a samurai, or anything like that. He did not hold such a principle of honor. After all, he obviously would not have fought if it turned out that the war was a war that could not be won by him.
It makes people excited. They were shocked and disappointed. During this time, it was Chris who always helped them when the empire was repeatedly hit by crises and natural disasters.
Meanwhile, the prince of Fritz supported by the nobles of the Manstein Faction and the three other princes who had forged secret deals with some of the Moskov aristocratic elites began to move.
They requested a direct audience with the emperor, not as a son who spoke to the father, but as a prince whose ambition was to occupy the next throne.
Meanwhile the war in the northeast region is getting fiercer. More and more noble troops were sent there, including troops serving the emperor. It makes security in the country weakened and many cases of crime occur everywhere. Especially bandits and pirates in the sea are increasingly rife.
The nobles also ended up placing high taxes on their residents or merchants who entered their area. It made the nobles gradually lose the reserve supply for food and the others because the merchants were reluctant to enter their territory.
In the end the two great entities in the Lantos Continent were at the very end of its destruction. Civil war had already erupted in the kingdom and war in the empire was about to follow. Whether who wins or loses, it is not very useful for Issac. Because in the end, it is the one who takes the most advantage.
Secretly, he helped the other party to win. Supplying supplies, horses, and groceries or even lending a lot of money. That's how he fights.
He did not want to be involved in direct confrontation. But even in this war, the victors become charcoal and the losers become ashes. As previously explained, he will exploit those who win and take advantage of it as much as possible from there.