Chapter 115 The War Begins

Although King Siat tried to imitate the most powerful Loen Empire, formed a national standing army throughout the country, and gradually established the concept of a nation-state, he had no way to take back the land and military forces of many nobles.

The local noble forces in various provinces are still extremely huge. They even usurped the fruits of reform and directly controlled the power of the standing army, and still existed as local warlords in the form of families.

The military force in Siat is particularly strong, and the noble families that occupy the most land are the eight noble families including the royal family.

Most of the land in the entire Siat Kingdom has actually been directly or indirectly controlled by their eight noble families.

In fact, the four eastern countries including Siat, Rhea, Valer, and Kania were jointly established by ten large families expelled from the center of the continent by the Loen people.

The eight noble families of Siat, plus the other two noble families in other eastern countries, have been constantly waging wars and often intermarrying for hundreds of years, and have always stood in high positions and ruled many small nobles.

They are collectively known as the "Ten Pillars" of the East of Oden Continent.

Even the royal families of the four eastern countries are actually the strongest ones among the ten pillar families.

Because of the repeated sabotage actions of the Sea God Cult in the East Coast Province, the Storm Church and the Siat Royal Family finally reached the point where they could no longer tolerate it.

They made up their minds to completely wipe out the Sea God Cult lurking in the White Sea area.

However, although the Sea God Cult is not a powerful force on land, it is extremely difficult to carry out a sea war to wipe them out. Siat must gather the strength of the whole country to prepare fully.

A year passed quickly.

The war jointly organized and prepared by the Storm Church and the Governor of the East Coast finally began. Not only did the Siat Kingdom Army under the Governor fall, but the private armed forces of nobles from all over the country were also forcibly recruited as the main force.

The Governor of the East Coast, Earl Hoven, is the head of the Hoven family in Siat among the "Ten Pillars".

The Hoven family, also known as the "Broken Giant Family", has the strongest bloodline power among the several bloodlines it has, the "Demi-God Bloodline·Broken Giant".

Among the four eastern countries, the most powerful branch of the Hoven family is in Carnia in the north. That branch of the Hoven family successfully swept away all obstacles in Carnia and became the royal family of Carnia decades ago.

Earl Hoven, the most powerful man on the east coast, secretly supports the Eagle family, making them compete with the Lion family. People all know one thing, that behind the Lion family there must be the support of the "Ten Pillars" family, but few people know which one it is.

Nasir Town.

In the reception room of Fisher Manor, Byrne talked respectfully with an important member of the Lion family.

He was in his thirties, of medium build, wearing a black Siat military uniform, without a beard, and his eyes were always serious.

"Let's talk about this, I should go."

Abel Rhine put down the black tea in his hand and shook his head.

He is the most outstanding of Viscount Best's many cousins, a lieutenant colonel of the Siat Kingdom Army, and a powerful bloodline knight who has successfully reached the upper level of qualitative change.

Byrne smiled and said respectfully:

"Regarding the supply of medicines and food, the Fisher family is willing to cooperate with the military. By the way, I brought some gifts to you and the Viscount. I hope you, Lieutenant Colonel Abel, can accept them."

Although the war has begun, the Fisher family did not go to the battlefield.

Because their family has a food processing plant and a pharmaceutical factory, plus the relationship with the Lion family, it is natural for them to be responsible for a small part of the logistics of the war.

Although the Kingdom Army of Siat is nominally controlled by Count Hoven, who is at odds with the Lion Family, in fact, he is not the one who can control everything in the army.

There are two specific important reasons. The first reason is that the Hoven family in Siat is already struggling.

Count Hoven, the only one who inherited and activated the "Broken Giant" bloodline, was once thought to have monarch-level strength.

Until a year ago, the true level of Count Hoven was accidentally exposed. It turned out that the powerful monarch momentum was actually just a disguise through his bloodline characteristics.

The real strength of Earl Hoven is only the "transformation period" at the top of the second level. Although it is only one step away from the monarch level, among ten people who reach the "transformation period", not one can truly become a monarch-level strongman.

According to the rules of Siat, if there is no monarch-level extraordinary person in the family for more than 50 years, the corresponding noble title will be taken back by the royal family.

The last strong man who reached the monarch level in Siat's Hoven family was Earl Hoven's grandfather, who has been dead for 25 years.

That is to say, if Earl Hoven cannot successfully break through to the monarch level in the next 25 years, his earl title will be taken back, and the power and status of the entire family will collapse.

The second important reason is that in the past year, Byrne has learned about the real backer of the Lion Family.

It turns out that Viscount Best is actually the spokesperson of the Roman Family in the East Coast Province.

After going around in circles, it turns out that the Fisher Family is still a vassal of the Roman Family's vassal.

But then again, the Romans themselves were barely aware of Fischer's existence, confirming a famous saying about vassal relationships.

The power of the "Night Family" Roman Family is extremely huge, and it even ranks second among the eight noble families of Siat, and its foundation and strength are second only to the royal family of Yadley.

The Black Iron Duke of the Roman Family is a top-level strongman who has reached the middle level of monarchs.

Among the eight noble families of Siat, in addition to the royal family, there are only three top families, the "Night" Roman Family, the "Mist" Abernathy Family, and the "Burning Blood" Castleton Family, all of which have top-level strongmen at the middle level of monarchs.

"I can accept the gift, but you have to do it properly."

Abel Rhine slowly stood up, and before leaving, he still instructed very seriously:

"I have already handed over the orders for food and medicine to you. Next time I come, I will ask someone to bring the funds to pay for the orders."

"My cousin trusts you very much. I hope you can successfully deliver the goods at that time, and the quality must not be bad. Do you understand? The Kingdom Army can hand over part of the production of military supplies to you, which is guaranteed by the Lion Family."

"This matter is very important!"

Byrne understood the truth of what Abel said very well. They were able to take part of the military supply orders entirely because of the reward from the Lion Family, otherwise they would not be qualified at all.

And they not only have to ensure the quality of military supplies, but most of the profits they get afterwards have to be handed over to the Lion Family.

Every small family attached to the Lion Family will pay tribute, and most of the benefits obtained by the Lion Family will naturally be handed over to the Roman Family.

"Fischer's factory will never lag behind. Everything on the order will be made to the highest standards. We are not stupid and will definitely not have any bad ideas about these things."

Byrne made a solemn promise, and Abel Rhine finally left with satisfaction.

He smiled and personally sent off the officer from the Lion Family. When Lieutenant Colonel Abel completely left Nasir Town, Byrne finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now he is very clear about the strength of the Lion Family.

Viscount Best Rhine, Lieutenant Colonel Abel Rhine, and the mysterious "Black Lion".

The power they have is completely incomparable to that of ordinary Viscount families. There are three strong men in the family who have reached the upper level of qualitative change.

In addition, the Lion Family can also find a lot of external aid from churches, secret organizations, illegal extraordinary people, and even the powerful help of the Roman Family.

Although Viscount Best himself has not officially taken action for many years, he also had a glorious record of fighting one against two and personally killing two Rhea nobles who have undergone qualitative change.

At that time, his nickname was not "the fox who leads the lions", but "the king of the iron-blooded lions".

Standing at the entrance of the town, Byrne raised his head and stared at the two dazzling suns in the sky. He didn't turn back for a long time.

Deep in his heart, he couldn't help but feel an extremely strong desire.

"Sooner or later, the fishermen of Nasir will be able to sit on an equal footing with the powerful lions."

The two factories in Nasir Town started to produce intensively. In order to successfully complete the orders of the Kingdom Army, the Fisher family chose to recruit workers and expand.

In a year, the population gathered in this port town has been increasing, and more and more people have been attracted since the war began.

When the order of the Kingdom Army was successfully delivered, everyone in the Fisher family was overjoyed.

Even if the share to be supplied to the Lion Family is removed, they still earn a net profit of 3,500 gold coins, which is undoubtedly an unprecedented huge gain!

Irene felt that the family had not held a sacrifice of sufficient standard for a long time, so she asked Byrne to go to the Alchemy Council on the surface and buy one or two mysterious treasure-level objects as sacrifices.

"The Fisher family is now thriving, which must be due to the blessing of the gods. We have to thank the great Lord of the Lost."

A dozen days later, Byrne returned from Fein City with two mysterious treasure-level objects, and all the three thousand gold coins he had brought were consumed.

The sacrifice ceremony of gratitude to the Lord of the Lost was launched again, and the seven core members of the Fisher family gathered in the basement.

Irene knelt on the ground, with the people of the Fisher family behind her. She respectfully took out two completely different mysterious treasure-level objects.

The first mysterious object was a silver-gray ring with red light, "Silver-gray Surgery", and the other mysterious object was a purple ribbon that twisted like a snake, "Spirit Snake".

"Great Lord of the Lost, the Fisher family is sincerely grateful to you. I will present you with two precious offerings, hoping to bring you a moment of joy and happiness."

The next chapter will be later