Situation

|3rd POV|

The news of the defeat of Garun and his army has spread wide. The northern people are celebrating the victory of Isaac. The southern side of the Vulux kingdom, however, is really different.

They are playing the blaming game. Every one of them blames the other, so they cannot carry the blame, and the one who is blaming the other the most is the king himself. He keeps blaming all his advisors, generals, and the army.

Orson Ainsworth von Vulux is now known as the butcher by the people in the capital. He thought that he lost the war because the peasants fed the Northern army information vital to the kingdom.

From public burning and public torture. Orson becomes mad from the pressure that the north will usurp his throne. He becomes so paranoid that he orders the palace guard to kill anyone that comes close to his room, even his own wife.

The head of the Palace knight has executed the late Catherine Frederick von Vulux on suspicion of attempting to assassinate the king. Even the unborn baby inside her is being burned because the king thought it was a magical time the north created.

Many people try to flee the city, but every one of them is killed by the knights. The people that successfully escape the city quickly go to the north, where they will be safe from the tyranny of Orson.

These past five months have been the worst for the people of Drallac city.

On the other side of the kingdom, it was the best five months of their life. Isaac and his army successfully capture more territory for themselves. All of Frederick Duchy had already been occupied by the northern force.

Some of them immediately surrender, some of them have already been liberated by the commoner of the said city, and a city needs to be taken by force.

The northern army need only to occupy two more cities before they can besiege the capital city.

Not only those who hear the news, but the people in the tower of magic in the central continent also know the news of Garun and his army having been defeated by Isaac and his army. They lose their mage to the people of the north, and they hate them for it.

They want to monitor the north, but they lose people each time they try to do it. The tower of magic already lost more than two dozen Archmage and three of their star mages.

They want to take the magic knowledge from the northern people, so they sent thirty of their mages to support the Vulux Kingdom. Sadly, their plan did not work, and now they lose even more people.

The northern continent also knows this news, especially the kingdom of Lazuli. The Lazuli family celebrates this victory by creating a small festival in the name of Johannes Lazuli.

The eastern continent, on the other hand, hears different news. They get the news that the Black Heart Pirate group has been destroyed, and the one destroying them is the Lionheart Family. Some of the nobles on the eastern side are grateful for destroying the Black Heart Pirate, but some of them are annoyed because they have a trade agreement with that pirate group.

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I look at the letter on the table with a frown on my face. All of them are telling how the king has lost his mind. Burning people alive, bury them in a pit full of shit, and even torture them in public.

Because of this, many people decide to migrate to the north. While it is good to have more people, it was not good for our anti-spy network. Richard and his shadow work 24/7 to sort out which people are clean and which ones are spies.

Not only that, but the food supply is also decreasing at a high pace. I already went unconscious once to make an anti-teleportation and long-ranged spy barrier around my newly occupied territory.

There is also the former noble of the territory I take. They are an outright bastard. They think that they still own the territory I already occupy. If only they accept their defeat, I will give them a house to stay in and even give them money to start over.

But no… They need to open their mouth and think with their genitals. With a heavy heart, I execute many noble families. Lucky for me, I did not need to execute all of them. Most of the lower rank nobles decide to accept my term. After interrogating them with both spell and Veritaserum, I decide they can keep their title and land after signing the unbreakable contract, of course.

Now… The only thing I need to do is to occupy the capital city and make the chain of command fall. When we occupy the capital, we should be able to sue for peace with the other lord. I did not want to beat all of them as right now, my army and I were already tired of this stupid war.

Not physically but mentally.

My men already miss their home and the same with me. It has already been half a year since the war started, and I miss Sea Dragon City. I can go back to my home, but I don't have enough time.

From maintaining the barrier to repairing the land using my magic, I did not have enough time to visit.

I snap from my thoughts when I hear someone knocking at my door.

"Come in"

After I said that, I could see Lucina walk inside my office with a tea tray and cookies.

"Isaac, you should relax a little. Here, I get some tea and cookies for both of us to enjoy."

I smile at Lucina and walk to the sofa in front of my desk. Lucina poured the tea into my cup and sat next to me. I pick the cup of tea and take a deep breath letting the tea aroma get inside my nose. I take a sip of the tea and sigh in content.

Lucina put her head on my shoulder, and I can feel the warm breath of her on my neck. Yeah, I want to end this war quickly and enjoy this peaceful life.