#81 - Chapter 81 Vision and Brokenness - Lord Era: I, The Strongest Lord Of The Abyss!

“Let's begin.”

Within the Abyss, Wu Wei, who had returned to the Abyssal Throne, spoke to the Imp Matriarch.

“Send the last batch of beings affected by the Abyss into the Seed of the Abyss.”

“As you command, Lord.”

After the Imp Matriarch, Caroline, bowed to Wu Wei with her massive body, she immediately ordered the Lesser Imps beside her to lead the final two thousand slaves, who were affected by the Abyss but not yet dead, through the portal to the center of the Bitter Sea Desert.

There, the Seed of the Abyss, which was gradually beginning to resemble an Abyssal Tunnel, was eagerly awaiting their arrival.

As more and more creatures were sacrificed to the Seed of the Abyss, various anomalies began to appear on the Trial Continent.

For example, some trees began to wither unnaturally, and some mortals with high perception attributes began to hear whispers from other worlds.

The most exaggerated phenomenon was the appearance of a "black spot" in the sky above the Trial Continent, which was invisible to the naked eye but could be detected by arcane mages through the magic network system.

And these anomalies will all reach a new peak today!

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“I surrender!”

“I have lost.”

The King of the Buck Kingdom, led by his last loyal attendants, walked out of the half-destroyed Buck Castle.

“....”

This monarch of a fallen kingdom raised his head and looked at the castle behind him, which had been passed down for generations, and tears streamed down his face.

But regardless, he still maintained his final dignity.

He successfully yielded to the general trend before his subordinates launched a complete rebellion and killed him, preventing his enemies from completely destroying the symbol of his family.

Seeing the King of the Buck Kingdom surrender, the countless warriors surrounding the castle immediately erupted into amazing cheers.

This cheering resounded throughout the entire royal city.

It is worth noting, however, that a large portion of these warriors were not professional soldiers.

Many of them were civilians such as farmers, merchants, and craftsmen.

But in this war, they bravely took up arms and fought against their enemies.

However, they were not fighting against the so-called “invaders,” but against their own ruling king and his henchmen.

Thinking of this, the King of the Buck Kingdom gritted his teeth in hatred and looked at the opposite side of the street with extremely resentful eyes.

And there, accompanied by a tidal wave of cheers, a "goddess," protected by knights who had evolved into Silver Moon Knights, slowly arrived in front of the Buck King.

Su Yingxue was wearing a pure white dress today, a crown woven from wisteria flowers on her head, and a golden scepter in her hand, looking sacred and beautiful.

But such a sacred figure did not give people a sense of distance.

Instead, countless citizens flocked to her side, praising her, and she responded with a smile, without any airs of a superior.

“May your light endure forever, Lord!”

“Thank you, your priests saved my family and rescued us from the plague.”

“I pledge my loyalty to you, forever serving your greatness!”

Countless people swore allegiance to this lord who had recently “invaded” their homeland, and even more fanatical people wanted to join her army on the spot and serve her directly.

The reason they had such an appearance was that Su Yingxue had shown extreme restraint when attacking the royal city, never harming the innocent.

Moreover, after the city was broken, she took the initiative to implement benevolent policies towards these new subjects, who were extremely wary.

She not only provided food for the hungry and cold citizens but also had her paladins and priests provide free treatment to the sick and actively sent troops to maintain order in the controlled areas.

This was clearly a cruel siege, but the besiegers cared more about the lives of the civilians and took the initiative to maintain order in the city.

Therefore, compared to the Buck King, who had always used harsh methods to manage his subjects and frequently conscripted laborers, Su Yingxue's approach was clearly more popular.

Although the Buck King still had tens of thousands of troops, these soldiers, who had learned about the gap between the two lords from their families, all defected to Su Yingxue's side within a few days.

Although his “allies” were increasing, even reaching seventeen in the final siege battle.

However, almost all the civilians who had been cared for and rescued by Su Yingxue were willing to fight for this new lord.

Therefore, the joint army of these lords was equally vulnerable and fled in panic in the face of Su Yingxue's almost tens of thousands of soldiers.

Not to mention that Ms. Xia'er has now been upgraded to level ten, wearing hero equipment of gold quality or higher all over her body.

As long as she wants, she can “snipe” any enemy hero at any time and retreat safely.

Therefore, Su Yingxue has done her best in terms of the strong protecting the weak, the weak gathering around the strong, and making the strong even stronger.

Just after capturing this Buck Royal City, the vast majority of the subjects have begun to actively pledge allegiance to her.

After imprisoning the Buck King and preparing to either recruit/judge/sacrifice him in the future, Su Yingxue, as the new ruler, entered the Buck Castle, ready to begin her new reign.

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“Ahhh, I’m going crazy!”

But as soon as she was alone, Su Yingxue, who had been like a goddess descending to earth, threw herself into a chair, put her legs on the table, and couldn't help but sigh in despair.

“We finally took this most critical city. I was almost exhausted these past few days!”

Seeing this scene, Li Sinuo, who was following behind Su Yingxue, rolled her eyes and patted the other's head, saying.

“What, you're tired? I'm the one who's been tired, okay!”

“Which time wasn't it you who designated the policy and me who implemented it? If we're talking about being tired, shouldn't it be me?”

“Hehe.” Su Yingxue smiled, touching her head. “Mentally tired, I'm talking about mentally tired.”

“Cough cough, but regardless, we have now occupied the entire Buck Duchy and completed our previous goals without destroying most of the production facilities!”

Su Yingxue said seriously.

“Next, with the entire Buck Duchy as a logistics base, we can use the surplus resources on hand to upgrade and build our territory.”

“Currently, I think our highest priority should be upgrading to the third era, striving to build the Divine Statue and the Arcane Council.”

“Then, with the technology of the third era, we can optimize the faith and arcane branches.”

“As long as we cross this step, we can gather heavy troops in the Gilded River Valley and compete with Li Qi for control of the valley, while sending small troops to the ice plains in the north of the continent to trade or annex the barbarian tribes scattered into small tribes.”

Thinking of this, Su Yingxue looked at the map again and continued to add.

“Oh right, I almost forgot.”

“While we have enough resources now, Li Sinuo, you should also quickly upgrade the remaining Silver Radiance Knights to Silver Moon Knights.”

“And...” “And....”

But just as Li Sinuo covered her ears and stood aside, listening to Su Yingxue reading the follow-up plan.

Boom!

Suddenly, the door to the lord's room was slammed open.

Before Li Sinuo could raise the rapier at her waist, she discovered that the intruder was actually the arcane mage, Ms. Xia'er.

However, this powerful arcane mage's face was frighteningly pale at this time.

“Uh, Ms. Xia'er, did something happen?”

Su Yingxue looked up and said caringly to Ms. Xia'er.

Ms. Xia'er, out of breath, pointed out the window with a terrified expression.