History of the Greatest Territory Design - Episode 103
103fury. The one who carries magentano (1)
“What does it mean that the eastern border area will be engulfed in fire?.”
The king gave a frowning look..
It probably just sounds absurd..
But now is not the time to discuss such things..
Lloyd boldly threw the fishing rod..
“It's true, Your Majesty..”
“It's true?”
“That's right.”
“Then let me ask you something. As far as Jim knows, the East is currently calm. No urgent news was sent, and no war broke out. But you are constantly informing me of the danger in the East. How should I accept this?.”
“Please accept this as a mantra for the disaster that will soon unfold..”
“Mantra? A disaster that will happen soon?”
“That's right.”
The King took the bait..
A fishhook pierced the roof of my mouth..
Now is the time to pull the fishing rod..
“I, Lloyd Frontera, dare to tell you, that within the next month, the entire eastern province of Cremona will be reduced to ashes. Houses will burn, people will bleed to death, and all farmlands will be devastated..”
“The entire province of Cremona? within a month?”
“So it is, Your Majesty..”
Lloyd bowed his head..
Of course, what you just said may be true..
maybe not.
There is a possibility that only the Barony of Frontera will be affected by the devastation, and the rest of Cremona will be unharmed..
But now is the time to exaggerate the incident as much as possible and make it known seriously..
Even so, it was necessary to draw the king's attention..
I had to get some support..
Did that attempt really work?.
“Hmm, that can't be.”
The king's attitude was much more serious than before..
I no longer tilted my head or frowned..
Instead, he said with a straight face.
“Have you ever had a terrible dream? Oh, please know first that this is not meant to insult you..”
“I know, Your Majesty..”
“good. But why do you say such absurd things??”
“I don't think it's absurd.”
“why? Cremona in the east is calm today as well.”
“It won't be in a month.”
“Hmm, a month later. Perhaps they are wary of the sultanate across the eastern mountains and wastelands??”
sultanate?
Lloyd perked up his ears..
King Alicia continued:.
“okay. Recently, the Sultanate has carried out large-scale military activities on its western border, that is, the border area facing us. Jim did care about that too. However, there has not yet been any sign of it being a threat to us..”
“Are they preparing for an invasion??”
“no.”
The king spoke sharply.
she continued.
“As a result of intelligence, their military activities were conducted only within the border. It must have been a typical large-scale training exercise. Even if they actually attempted an invasion, the movement and stockpiling of enormous supplies to be used for a large-scale expedition would first be detected by spies. But no such air current was detected. also-”
She looked down at Lloyd..
“There are two geographical barriers between the eastern sultanate and our border. You probably know it too, right? A vast wasteland infested with giant monsters, and the eastern mountain ranges so tall and rugged that it would be difficult to move troops around. So it is absurd to say that the Sultanate is attacking us through the east. Wouldn't it be better in the northern part of the country where the border is directly adjacent?.”
I said it with a quiet confidence..
And King Alicia thought.
‘Lloyd Frontera. You got it wrong this time.’
In reality, Lloyd just bows his head..
He seemed unable to question or refute anything..
But still, King Alicia gave him a happy look..
‘It must have been a mistake made with youthful energy..’
He was someone who showed quite a bit of wit and hidden abilities..
He was also the most coveted talent at the moment..
but that young.
I was full of blood.
Because of that kind of blood, he must have been motivated..
He must have heard unclear information somewhere, overinterpreted it, and came running to him..
‘Is it a little comforting?.’
It was a mistake made out of loyalty, blood, and motivation..
In times like these, we need to embrace and embrace mistakes..
Rather than crushing motivation, we should provide a way for it to flow in a better direction..
That is the true inclusiveness and leadership that a ruler must show..
“Lloyd Frontera, raise your head.”
Lloyd slowly raises his head..
But those eyes were a little strange..
The pupils were shaking.
I was engrossed in deep thoughts and calculations..
In reality, Lloyd's mind was extremely busy..
From now on, I'm researching excuses to make to the king.?
Or to try a second fishing?
It wasn't.
Some information I just heard from the King.
This was because I had already realized the cause of the coming catastrophe..
‘crazy. This was it.’
Large-scale military exercises in the eastern sultanates.
A wasteland full of monsters.
The moment I heard those two pieces of information, something from the novel Iron Blood Knight came to mind..
‘Monster Dominoes. Early Strategic Conservation Doctrine.’
It was a new military doctrine to be introduced by the Eastern Sultanate..
when?
2a year and a half later.
where?
This is a strategy that will be introduced by invading Magentano's border through the north..
But that time has come earlier..
Even the place has changed.
right now.
To the East, not the North.
‘why? why?’
I was curious about the Sultanate's intentions..
The reason for the change in time and location was also full of questions..
But no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn't figure it out..
However, now I thought I should inform the king of this..
“Your Majesty, I have something to tell you again..”
“Hmm, does that mean you still won’t back down on that claim?.”
The king's perplexed expression.
The look in your eyes as if the story was already over.
but no.
It's not over.
It's just the beginning.
Lloyd said, thinking so..
“The large-scale military exercises of that sultanate that you just mentioned will cause a bloody storm in our eastern region of Cremona..”
“……what?”
“It's true, Your Majesty..”
“Hmm, it's true. How can you speak so neatly? Is it possible that the sultanate's military exercises within its borders are causing a bloody storm in our eastern side across the wasteland? Jim, I don't understand..”
“That will be enough. This is because it is still an unfamiliar and new military doctrine and strategy..”
“tell me in detail.”
The king's expression hardened..
Lloyd moistened his lips..
“This is a kind of butterfly effect..”
“butterfly effect?”
“That's right. This is a metaphor for the phenomenon of a butterfly flapping its wings on this side and a typhoon blowing across the ocean through numerous causal chains..”
“That's an interesting idea. But something like that will happen between the sultanate over there and our east.?”
“yes. That is so, Your Majesty. There will be a large-scale attack by monsters, not a typhoon..”
“monster?”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
“Details.”
“As you are well aware, Your Majesty, there are numerous monster colonies living in their own territories in the eastern wasteland..”
“yes.”
“The sultanate will take advantage of that. They stimulate and subdue monster colonies that border their borders. It will put pressure on them to move their habitat westward..”
“if?”
“No matter how huge and powerful a monster is, it cannot withstand the power of an army. Eventually, they will move their habitat. That's where Monster Domino's begins.”
“dominoes?”
“That's right. A monster that moves its habitat west for the first time. Because of that monster, other monsters in the west will have their habitat threatened..”
“Just as a domino block falls and knocks over the next block, does this mean that a monster that has been forced to move its habitat will disturb other monsters' habitat areas and cause them to move, and this phenomenon will continue to occur towards the west where we are??”
“That is so, Your Majesty. In this way, the Sultanate will continue its military operations in the wasteland and continue to pressure the monsters, and the aftermath will hit our eastern region of Cremona..”
As if it happened in the late history of Rome on Earth..
Germanic people who fled west after being chased by the Huns.
Just as the borders of the Roman Empire were devastated by the great migration of the Germanic tribes,.
Something similar will happen to the east of here..
“Hmm.”
King Alicia's eyes were lost in thought..
she asked.
“If they do so, their benefit will be?”
“Initial power conservation comes.”
I answered without hesitation.
“While our border is being devastated by the monster domino effect, they are able to preserve their strength without fighting a single battle. And you will be able to see the liver here..”
“Check your liver?”
“That is so, Your Majesty. If we can't properly block the monsters that are flocking in like dominoes, they will bare their fangs and attempt an invasion..”
“If we successfully block the monsters,?”
“At that time, all you have to do is defeat the military..”
“Hmm… … I guess so. There's no way we can argue. In any case, they wouldn't have invaded us at that point..”
“That's where it comes, Your Majesty. Even if we point out that fact, they will only show the usual expressions of regret, and may even react with a hostile attitude, accusing us of being involved in their country's military training..”
“Does this mean that they will protest by citing interference in internal affairs?.”
“So it is, Your Majesty..”
“…….”
Alicia was silent..
What I just heard from Lloyd.
When I thought about it, it made sense..
If the Sultanate is really planning such a thing, there is a possibility that the eastern part of the country will suffer a significant blow..
That's why she had doubts.
“But where did you get this information?.”
King Alicia's eyes became stern..
“What you just said is certainly logical enough. But that's why I'm curious about Jim. How on earth did you obtain information that even our spies could not tell us?.”
I was really curious.
On the other hand, I also had doubts.
Even if those words were all true,.
It was information that even spies dispatched by the Magentano royal family could not find out..
Lloyd Frontera comes to him and calmly says it and raises a mantra..
There was no doubt.
But Lloyd's expression was still calm when he was asked that question..
No, he answered calmly with an even more incomprehensible look in his eyes..
“My friends in the Eastern Wasteland told me about it..”
“Friends of the Wasteland? no way?”
“You guessed it right..”
“Oak. It's called the Steel Sand Tribe..”
“So it is, Your Majesty..”
Of course it's a blatant lie.
I've never heard anything like that from the Steel Sand Tribe..
However, if you say, 'I know this because I've read all the articles in the novel Iron Blood,' it's obvious that you'll be treated like a crazy person..
That's why I lied even more calmly..
“I am sure Your Majesty is well aware of this. We, the Barony of Frontera and the Steel Sand Tribe, formed a blood alliance and have continued to interact frequently ever since. Those exchanges also included news from across the wasteland..”
“Hmm, the Orcs have learned of the Sultanate's new strategic doctrine and have informed you, their blood ally.?”
“That's right.”
“The evidence that the new strategy will be implemented within a month is?”
“I have a feeling.”
“persimmon?”
“That's right.”
Lloyd looked up..
I looked straight into the king's eyes..
There was confidence in those eyes..
“There has been an unfortunate attempt to assassinate His Majesty the King recently. Because of this, the royal capital fell into temporary chaos, and some lords in each region may have had the slightest doubt about Your Majesty's authority..”
“……Therefore, the Sultanate will not miss this chaotic political situation.?”
“That's right, Your Majesty..”
Lloyd bowed his head deeply..
“Our old enemy is coming. They must have planted spies in our royal family. There is no way you wouldn't know about this unfortunate incident that occurred this time..”
“Hmm. So please believe what you say?”
“So it is, Your Majesty..”
“But there is only speculation that something like that will happen, and there is no physical evidence. Are you really asking us to move the military to respond based on mere speculation?.”
“You have to believe it, Your Majesty..”
“What if you trust me? what will you do for me.”
“This time, I will inform the world that all the threats that are coming this time are only for you to see through and prepare for..”
“I will pass all the credit for this incident on to Jim.?”
“That's right.”
“If what you expect doesn't happen?”
“Please scold me harshly..”
“under.”
Alicia laughed as if it was absurd..
But her eyes weren't smiling.
Information provided by Lloyd and its flaws.
The Benefits and Losses of Following Lloyd's Mantra.
All of them were carefully calculated and reviewed..
Meanwhile, Lloyd waited with his head down..
Now all the bait has been spread out..
It was a sweet bait that would be difficult for the king to refuse..
‘At least the King has nothing to lose by following my mantra..’
King assassination attempt case.
It has the effect of bringing a breath of fresh air to the chaotic political situation caused by the incident. Not only can it immediately resolve confusion and agitation, but it can also arouse public opinion and attention from home and abroad to the eastern region..
From the king's point of view, it is completely a flower viewing party..
‘And I definitely need it too.’
The territory must be saved.
A physical crisis that is likely to come after the financial crisis..
You must protect your honey pot from that crisis..
To do this, the king's support is essential..
myself and haviel.
Rather than running to the barony with just two people waving their eyebrows, it would be much more effective to run with hundreds or thousands of soldiers supported by the king..
That's why.
There was no hasty rush to return to the Barony..
Before I was in a hurry, the King came to visit me first..
Bold negotiation table opened.
‘Come on, say yes. King. sister. please!’
Lloyd waited for the king's decision..
I smacked my lips and prayed earnestly..
Then there was a moment.
Ding dong.
[Your desire awakens a certain admiration it holds.]
[Tribute begins to exert a powerful influence on King Alicia..]
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