Before the Massacre

Time quickly passed by and with the defeat of the death of King Sanborn of Redstone Kingdom. And with the death of the Fifth Prince, the army they combined collapse.

The Redstone Capital had fallen, and with the capital falling. It also symbolizes the fall of the Redstone Kingdom. Some remaining rank A experts in the capital decided to fight back. But they were all killed alongside to the people with them.

Members of the Redstone Kingdom royal family was killed and the banner of the Silverwing Kingdom was raise in its palace. The soldiers who surrendered was spared and was now part of the Silverwing Kingdom. The nobles who were dissatisfied and holds a certain amount of influence was not spared.

Lori wouldn't let them to continue to live as they might start a riot. Members of the Baroque Works and Roots hiding in the Redstone Capital emerge and started to establish a huge network in the city. With this move, their intelligence network will have an increase improvement as they can easily acquire information to other neighboring kingdoms.

Inside the throne room of the Redstone Kingdom, Lori was sitting waiting for the movement of the treasury of the Redstone Kingdom to the Silverwing Kingdom to finish. When he first saw the inside of the treasury of the Redstone Kingdom. He was amazed by the riches they've acquired all these years. The treasures of the Silverwing Kingdom simply pales in comparison to them.

"Your majesty, a man named Venri wanted to meet you. He said he was the guild master of the Adventurers Guild in the capital" a soldier reported to him.

Hearing that it was the guild master, Lori remembered what Natasha had told to him earlier. He didn't know the exact or even a sliver of strength of the adventurers guild. But if they can even contends against the influence of an empire. Then they are definitely extremely powerful organization.

"Let him come in" he said.

The soldier immediately ran outside with his approval.

After a few more seconds, a tall man with square face came in. Long scar traveled across his face giving him a menacing look. When his eyes landed in Lori who was sitting on the throne. A surprised expression instantly appeared on his face which immediately disappeared.

"Your majesty" Venri said respectfully.

Although the Adventurers Guild is a powerful organization, that doesn't mean they can act aloof and remote everywhere. They still need to act polite in front of someone who has higher standings at them. With this, the two party can maintain a better connection with each other.

"I heard that there was an Adventurers Guild base in this place and I wanted to see and talk to its master. Didn't expect that the guild master will come here to meet me this early" Lori speaks with a strong voice.

Venri noticed that even though Lori speaks like that, his tone was polite. Because of that, in his eyes Lori's position increased. "Your majesty, I am here to congratulate the king in his victory and to talk about the partnership between the kingdom and my guild. I hope that the Adventurers Guild can stay in the capital and continues its business"

"If you're worried about your Adventurers Guild, don't worry about it. I don't have any plans to stop you from operating in this place" Lori stops for a moment and continues, "However, we will increase the tax you pay for us by 10 percent for five years. Of course you will also gain something from that. We will help your Adventurers Guild by issuing more missions in your guild. I'm sure that with this, those five percent increase is just correct"

When Venri heard the 10 percent increase in tax, he almost wanted to cursed at Lori. However, that 10 percent increase is still doable even with their current situation in the city. If Lori really wanted to help the Adventurers Guild in giving them more missions. Then this increase in tax is just a correct move. In that case, both party will takes benefit and no one would take a lose.

"I agree with your proposal. My Adventurers Guild will send someone to bring the tax in a few days"

The two talks for some time before Natasha arrives after stabilizing the situation in the city. At this moment, the Redstone Capital was now part of the Silverwing Kingdom.

At this moment, the fall of the Redstone Kingdom already spread to other kingdoms. When they received the news, they were surprised that a low-level kingdom manages to defeat a kingdom that had the support of the Blacksummit Kingdom. What more, they even killed a prince of the Blacksummit Kingdom.

With the fall of its capital, the other cities and land of the former Redstone Kingdom was now in chaos. The lords of the cities wanted to take this opportunity to be the sole ruler of their land. They created an alliance that will fight against the Silverwing Kingdom and retake the Redstone City. They act like they were the oppressed and started to spread rumors about how ruthless the king of the Silverwing Kingdom is.

It is said that he killed all men in the Redstone City and gather all the women no matter whether it is a child or married. Then, every night he will call them to his chamber and started to do inappropriate things towards them.

This rumor started circulated which only makes Lori felt amused by it. In his eyes, they were just a bunch of performers. They all makes him look very bad in the eyes of people and started to spread that they will destroy him. But he knew that they were all just moving for the benefits. They appear to the public as the good guys while he was the bad guy. Gaining the trust of their people, the influence of their alliance will surely increase.

"System, I want to take my reward for completing the mission"

Ding!

Main Mission Part 5: Conquer a Kingdom! (Completed)

Rewards: Ultimate One Piece Summon!

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Capital City, Brightmoon Kingdom

The defeat and death of General Halvar and the Crimson Sun Legion, the whole Brightmoon Kingdom was shaken. A rank S powerhouse and an entire legion was killed. Even with their medium-level kingdom, this is a very huge loss.

The entire capital was shrouded in gloomy atmosphere. Guards patrolling have dark expressions in their face like they've eaten some sh*t.

"Your majesty, this loss is something we can't come back to immediately. The Blacksummit Kingdom now has the upper hand in this war. If we can't think of ways to reverse the situation, we will only suffer more losses" a man said.

The king glance at the man and didn't say anything. He knew that the situation is very bad for them. Now that the Blacksummit Kingdom has the momentum in the war and with the help of the Shadowless Tower, their forces is not something they could withstand alone.

"How about the message we sent to the Northwind Kingdom? Is there any news about it?" the king asked.

The Northwind Kingdom is one of the three medium-level kingdoms of the Ekhiwed Empire. However, unlike the Blacksummit and Brightmoon Kingdom. The Northwind Kingdom remains neutral in this situation. They still remain in their own land not doing anything and just remains as a spectator while the two kingdoms kills each other.

The Northwind Kingdom is also the reason why a large scale battle between the two kingdoms never happened. They were scared that the Northwind Kingdom will suddenly launch an attack and started to fish in this troubled waters.

"The messenger we sent to the Northwind Kingdom still hasn't arrive"

The king frowns deeply when he heard it. If they want to reverse the situation, they need an outside help. And the Northwind Kingdom can give it to them. However, from the looks of it, it seems that it isn't possible.

"Your majesty, I have an idea" the old man from the Whitepelt Family said.

"What is it?" the king asked.

"I'm sure everyone here received the news circulating around lately. It is about the Silverwing Kingdom defeating the Redstone Kingdom. This is a great opportunity for us. The Silverwing Kingdom not only defeated the Redstone Kingdom, they also killed the Fifth prince of the Blacksummit Kingdom. With the attitude of the Blacksummit Kingdom, I'm sure that they will definitely have their revenge against the Silverwing Kingdom"

"We can request some support to the Silverwing Kingdom and let them distract the enemy for now. Of course we wouldn't ask this for free, we should pay them according to the results they could give us" the Whitepelt Family suggested.

Many who heard him nodded their heads but some didn't show any reaction. If they could distract the enemy for some time until they've have a way to reverse the situation. Then it is better for them.

"Then what will we give to them as a reward?" the king asked.

"Your majesty, leave this to me" a confident smile appeared in the old man's face as he had already thought of a way to let the Silverwing Kingdom move for them.

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Weeks later, after the fall of the Redstone Kingdom. The alliance had already gathered over 20,000 combined soldiers. Aside from that, the angry Blacksummit Kingdom finally make its move. They send another 20,000 people and several rank AAA powerhouse to completely annihilate the Silverwing Kingdom.

The combined forces of 40,000 people is not something a small kingdom like Silverwing Kingdom can handle alone.

That's why the Brightmoon Kingdom in this few days had been sending troops to assists in the Silverwing Kingdom in this war. However, Lori refused them and said that they can stand firm in this war.

"Tsk! Overestimate ones abilities! We are already here to assists you and you now reject us. I will wait here for you to come and beg us to help you in this battle" an army commander from the Brightmoon Kingdom angrily said.

Several kilometers away from the Redstone City, the army of 40,000 soldiers were marching steadily. The ground started to shake in every steps they make. The alliance leaders have a face full of smiles looking at the huge army they have gathered. They were very confident in their victory with the help from the Blacksummit Kingdom.

At this moment, a laughter suddenly sounded in the air.

"Ze ha ha ha ha!"

"Ze ha ha ha ha!"