In the previous simulations, Amabel had been secretly plotting against her and had even cooperated with the beastmen to attack and kill her.

Then, Tahaqan’s abnormality is most likely related to Amabel.

Fortunately, she made preparations before the mission, otherwise she would have been killed in Tahaqan.

“I thought this time the game would start better than last time, but I didn’t expect to end up in a more passive situation.”

Will simulation get better? Not necessarily.

Because one simulation cannot reveal all the concealed information, and one thinks he is in control of the overall situation but ends up with his jaw dropping – this is how Esde feels now. She can only be thankful that it is only the beginning stage and that Vene and Phyllis are still simulating, otherwise they would laugh at her like crazy.

〗◇九□=柒五五四壹７贰QQUn：∝∑ I think it’s still simulating, right?

Esde subconsciously opened the forum and took a look.

As a result, a new message popped up.

[Vene: Poof! ~Acede, is this the strength you mentioned? It doesn’t seem that great. If you have the ability, just stop using Ash. I will definitely live longer than you.]

Esde: “…”

No, why aren’t you looking at me?

Esde ignored it. The best choice at this time was to pretend not to see it, otherwise Vene would laugh at her.

“Huh~ It’s just this situation. Do you think I can do nothing?”

Esde stretched out his hand and started to operate.

Although the start was not very favorable, the situation has not collapsed at present and there is still hope of victory.

As for the idea of ​​re-employing Ash, Esde didn’t have that idea. She has always been a person who does what she says.

Besides, it’s useless to look for Ash in the current situation. We didn’t bring Ash with us in the early development and threw him into a remote village. He should still be struggling to survive with the villagers now.

Without any achievements, Esde could not entrust him with important tasks, otherwise it would cause dissatisfaction among the nobles. The Arctic Ice Kingdom is a place that values ​​ability. The nobles can be corrupt, but they must also have outstanding abilities.

There is another important point – Ash is a man, which means that if Esde gives him the status of earl or even higher, it will be extremely difficult.

…

“Hahahaha! I thought this guy Esde was so powerful, but he turned out to be just like this.”

Wei Nei was dying of laughter.

This time she still chooses stable development, improves her support rate in the early stage, and takes the route of protecting her old father, so there is not much she can do during this time in the academy.

I just took some time to watch it, and was thinking about how powerful His Highness Esde could be, but I didn’t expect that he would suffer a big setback at the very beginning.

That’s it?

It looks like this round has hope of ending early.

Wei Ne even thought that if Esde was gone in this game, she would just surrender and continue to fight for Ash in the next game.

ha?

Trying to beat the game yourself?

Do not make jokes.

Wei Nei is fully confident in her abilities. She can proudly say that it is impossible for her to complete the main storyline of the second stage on her own!

Becoming a queen is not difficult, but the difficult part is to build an empire later. At that time, you have to fight national wars and confront the Holy See. After watching Irelia’s simulation with her own eyes, Vene figured out the ultimate goal of her life – to hold on to Ash tightly!

Her greatest advantage now is not in the simulation, but in reality, Riash is her vassal.

We were leading by 50% right from the start, how could we lose?

So Wei Nei is not in a hurry at all.

The one who should be anxious is a certain youngest princess.

…

[At the end of April 1778, the orc army and the Tahakan army attacked the city of Sol. Esde led his troops to defend the city, and secretly dispatched 4 guards led by Marquis Camille and Marquis Alice to jointly encircle and defeat the siege army.]

[In early May, the coalition forces of the two tribes were ambushed by Esde in the Afist Prairie Mountains, with more than 5 casualties.]

[In the same month, Esde planned again and killed 5,000 orc warriors.]

【The orc army retreats.】

[The Tahaqan army retreats.]

A war in which the attacker and defender test each other.

“This woman is quite capable.”

Tahagan and the orc coalition have a total of 50,000 troops with strong combat effectiveness. This is a test, but if Esde can’t handle it, the Arctic Ice Kingdom will definitely have more troops to launch an offensive later.

But now it is clear that Tahagan and the Orcs cannot really get together. At most, they will unite for a short period of time for their own interests, and they will separate immediately once they find that things are impossible.

Ash looked at the two marquises who were fighting with Essid and found that they were both purple cards and had very good command abilities. They were both recruited by Essid.

It has to be said that the Arctic Ice Kingdom is indeed rich in military talent, and they are all women. They have a kind of heroic beauty, or rather madness, and are very aggressive. They are the type that can defeat three or five men by themselves.

“The trial mission is still a long way off.”

Ash glanced at the strategic map. After Tahagan declared war on the Arctic Ice Kingdom, the nomadic peoples in the north began to frantically harass the territories of various parts of the kingdom. The advantage of the nomads is that they are highly mobile and their tribes can migrate at any time, making them very troublesome to deal with.

Especially at this point in time, the climate in the north is cold, especially in winter, but after May, the weather warms up and the nomadic soldiers can fight guerrilla warfare with ease.

The orcs obviously did not want to miss such a good opportunity, so they began to take advantage of the situation to rob and loot. From time to time, orc troops came out of the orc kingdom. These guys did not launch a frontal attack, but took plundering resources as their main strategic goal, leaving the main pressure of the Arctic Ice Kingdom to the nomadic peoples.

Ash was quite surprised. He didn’t expect that these guys with strong limbs were actually quite smart.

Right now, the Arctic Ice Kingdom is under attack from all sides. Although it does not threaten the safety of the kingdom, it is almost as difficult for Esde to complete the trial mission under such a situation as it would be for Vene to single-handedly break into the royal city, kill the old king and become the queen herself.

Logically speaking, although the Esde line is difficult, it shouldn’t be this difficult.

Or was it just like that, which is why his friend didn’t call?

Ash shook his head. Seeing that Esde had no intention of coming to find him, he simply ignored him and focused on developing his own territory.

For people like Esde, the more you offer to help, the more likely you are to be ignored.

This woman is different from Vine. Vine disagreed at first because she didn’t realize that Ash could help her. The reason why Esde didn’t use Ash was very simple, that was his strong self-esteem.

To put it simply, a proud woman will bow her head only when she is in desperate situation. If you want to conquer such a person, it is useless to approach her actively. You have to show up at the right time and then break down the other person’s psychological defenses in one fell swoop. Only by showing a stronger attitude than hers will she surrender.

Therefore, it is better to develop power and wait for opportunities instead of using this energy.

Anyway, if Esde wins in the end, Ash can just lie down and pass the main line. If he loses, he will have the opportunity to take the initiative.

After two months of settling down, the city of Rivia has been completely controlled by Ash, and the number of guards guarding the city has increased from the original 600 to 2,000. The economy has slowly improved, and people’s livelihood, public security, and productivity are also steadily improving. However, the economic pressure is still not small. In order to feed these 2,000 people, Ash can only continue to send people out to hunt in the wild.

It is worth mentioning that as the faith of Khorne spreads, he can now light up the Khorne Guards.

Ash discovered that the number of Khorne Guards he granted to a target was related to the amount of faith he had collected. For every 100 believers who set foot on the Khorne Path, he could grant the ability of a Khorne Guard to a target.

The conditions were acceptable, after all, he had witnessed the abilities of the Guards of Khorne himself, but the early development was more difficult. If the faith could cover the continent and even other planes in the later stage, with millions or tens of millions of believers, the scale of the Guards of Khorne would be terrifying.

At present, there are more than 2,000 people who believe in Khorne in the entire territory. After careful selection, he picked out 20 Khorne guards from the city guards and asked them to lead the troops to fight outside.

Then I can continue to expand the scale of Khorne’s followers and manage the city.

This guy starts rolling up his faith from the beginning. After his power develops, his faith snowball should be almost full. Whether he can destroy the Holy Court depends not only on the development of power, but also on his personal strength, which is to at least reach the quasi-god level. ⒌

[In June 1778, your city’s population has reached 6.]⒎

[The current city conditions are not sufficient to support development, please upgrade the city in time.]⒍

Ash ignored the system’s prompt. Rivia City was just a town, and its level was too low. How much money would it cost to upgrade it?

Ash set his sights on a city in the north of the territory – Skarda City, which was the superior city of Rivia City. Its lord, Lacras, was a famous earl in the kingdom. Why was he famous? Because Lacras had imprisoned a bishop of the Holy See and whipped him for three days and three nights. He even refused to give the bishop to the Holy See when it came to ask for him. When he was sent out on the fourth day, the bishop had already lost consciousness.

Because Lacras was Grand Duke Amabel’s right-hand man, under the latter’s strong protection, the Holy See did not get entangled with the group of crazy women in the Ice Kingdom for the sake of a bishop. ⒋

As for the reason why the bishop was bullied, it was purely because he went to Skada City to spread the faith and wanted to set up a church, and then he was targeted by Lacras.

The Kingdom of Ice and Snow did not reject the Holy See’s entry into the territory to spread the faith, but it did not publicly agree, so the crazy women in the various territories immediately had an idea. Since ancient times, royal power and divine power have been two opposites. It is very difficult for people in a place like the Kingdom of Ice and Snow to spread faith. The nobles are so unscrupulous because they have estimated the queen’s mind. ⒉

“This city is great.”

Ash clicked on the various properties of Skada City. The basic construction had reached level 3. He could directly upgrade the technology without any extra expenses.

To be honest, he was really greedy, but when he saw that the defenders of Skarda City numbered as many as 5,000, he immediately suppressed his impulse.

He needs to wait for the right opportunity.

【At the end of June 1778, the Ahba tribe invaded the border of the kingdom. 】

On the strategic map, a nomadic army of 8,000 people appeared in the territory of Skada.

The Akhbar tribe was a subordinate tribe of the Tahaqan tribe. After Tahaqan declared war, the Akhbar army became quite active.

Moreover, this tribe is very powerful. The invasion of an army of 8,000 people is enough to give Lakras a headache.

However, what impressed Ash was that the Countess also had a tough temper. Not long after the army of the Ahba tribe entered the territory, she immediately issued a hunting order and ordered all the towns in the territory to cooperate with her in sending troops.

[‘The glory of the Ice Kingdom must not be trampled upon. Brave warriors of the kingdom, let these lowly nomads see what it means to be strong. Knock them down, conquer them, and then lock them up and beat them hard! ‘——Lacras]

On the simulation interface, a woman in a red leather jacket and holding a whip gave the order to attack in a haughty manner.

[The town of Noel sent 500 soldiers to support the city of Skada.]

[Mist Town sends 500 troops to support Skarda City. ]

[The town of Bamer sends 500 soldiers to support the city of Skarda.]

At Lakras’s command, the three towns under his territory responded immediately. The speed was so fast that Ash, who had experienced the Purple Spirit Kingdom War before, was deeply impressed. When the Purple Spirit Kingdom was invaded by the coalition forces of ten countries, if the nobles in the kingdom’s territory had this response ability, the border would not have been lost.

At this time, 1,500 troops from the three major towns set out towards the city of Skada.

[Count Lacras orders you to send troops to support, do you agree? 】

【拒绝。】

Ash did it without thinking.

[In early July, Lacras led 7 troops to fight against Ahba’s army.]

[On July 7, Laklas planned to attack Ahba’s army and killed more than 5 nomadic soldiers.]

[On July 7, Laklas divided his troops to surround Ahba’s army, defeated the nomadic soldiers again, and killed 8 enemies.]

Eight thousand people were defeated by the six thousand people led by Lacras in just a few rounds of action.

Ahba’s nomadic soldiers are actually not weak. It can only be said that Lakras is indeed a female general who can fight.

The strategic information shows the number of troops on both sides.

Skarda City: 4651

Ahba tribe: 3365

From an advantage to a disadvantage, the commander of the Ahba tribe saw the situation was not good and began to lead his troops to retreat. Lakras immediately led his men to pursue and kill them again, killing more than a thousand enemies and forcing the nomadic soldiers to flee in disarray.

[‘Haha! A bunch of trash, insects, dare to invade my extreme ice? ‘——Lacras]

[In July 1778, Lacras led his army to defeat the attack of the Abakh tribe.]

On the strategic map, after Lakras won, he dispatched the support troops from the three major towns back, and transferred more than a thousand people back to the city of Skarda for garrison, and finally marched towards the city of Rivia with two thousand people.

Ash discovered that on the map, the color of Lacras’ army had turned yellow, meaning that the other side was no longer friendly.

As far as he knew, Lakras had attacked other territories many times. Although the Arctic Ice Kingdom openly prohibited conquests between territories, as long as it was not a large-scale war, mutual competition would be more beneficial to the overall national strength.

To Lakras, disobedient subordinates have no value in existence at all.

◎⑼∥、４０↑４¨弎★〓⑸溜肆sＯusＵＯ: 【Lacras led his army to the outskirts of Rivia.】

Seeing this, Ash opened the city gate directly.

[Lakras led two thousand troops into the city. ]

The scene changed, and Lacras was riding a warhorse on the street, with the neatly arranged Skada army behind him. On both sides of the street, the people of the Rivia town looked nervous and panicked at the arrival of the female general.

“This is a good army.”

While eating lunch, Ash watched the scene on the simulation interface where Lacras led his troops into the city. From the temperament and characteristics of the Skada army behind her, it can be seen that this is a team that has truly experienced the trials of war and blood.

After the two thousand men marched through the town streets and arrived at the castle in Rivia, Ash slowly clicked on the screen and ordered the troops ambushing on both sides to begin the attack.

People like Lacras have a characteristic, that is, they are easily proud. Even though she has two thousand people behind her, this is just a means to demonstrate her dominance. She has no intention of really mobilizing troops. She is confident that the viscount of a mere town would not have the courage to attack her.

This kind of self-confidence comes from years of victories in battles. Arrogance and pride are the characteristics of Lacras’s personality. To be honest, it is easy for Ash to deal with her.