The defense of the royal city was crumbling under the bombardment of magic cannons, but it was still strong under the maintenance of hundreds of magicians on the city walls. It seemed like a flickering candlelight, but there was no sign of it going out.

Amabel snorted coldly, and the battle axe in her hand burst into dazzling light.

[Relic – ‘Edels Blade’]

【Sacrifice: 300 people】

Relics are different from normal equipment. They are not divided into different qualities. Powerful relics can bring about earth-shaking changes to the battle situation and their power is comparable to that of forbidden spells.

However, the use of relics is often accompanied by certain “side effects”. For example, this relic of Amabel, in addition to giving it powerful combat power, also has an ability that can only be activated through sacrifice.

At this time, behind Amabel, three hundred iron-blooded warriors voluntarily sacrificed their lives, turning into the power of blood sacrifice and pouring into Edels’s battle blade – the blood-red power bathed the battle axe and Amabel, the latter’s eyes became stern, and he threw the battle axe fiercely!

call out! ~

The battle axe turned into a blood-red meteor that crossed the battlefield and hit the gate of the royal city. In an instant, the magic barrier defending the royal city was shattered, and hundreds of magicians who were maintaining the barrier were also affected, and their bodies exploded on the spot!

With one strike, the barrier was shattered and the city gate was breached!

[Amabel used the action skill ‘Iron Wall’. ]

[Amabel shouted: ‘Iron Blood Legion, attack with all your might! ‘]

The moment the city was breached, tens of thousands of cavalrymen of the Iron Blood Legion immediately launched a charge with the buff of “Iron Wall”!

The Iron Blood Army is very powerful, especially the 40,000 elites trained by Amabel himself. It can be said that they are stronger than the Kingdom’s army. This kind of thing is simply unseen in other countries. The local armed forces are stronger than those controlled by the country? What are you going to do? Rebellion?

But the Ice Kingdom has a rule that the royal family cannot interfere with the military development of the major territories. If you think she is strong and has the intention to rebel, either find a way to kill her or become stronger than her, much stronger. Then you don’t have to worry, right?

This way of encouraging competition has created a situation in which the Arctic Ice Kingdom has strong overall combat power, but it also means that competition represents cruelty, and once you relax a little, you will immediately be “rebelled against by your superiors.”

Everything has two sides.

[Felice: Wow! The city has been breached, Esde, your royal city has been breached, surrender quickly, and start the next one! ]

The city has been breached, with more than 30,000 people approaching, can we resist?

The only pity for Phyllis was that the one defending the city was not Esde, otherwise it would have been great if he had died in battle.

But her regret did not last long. When the city gate shattered and the dust and fog dissipated, the person who appeared in front of the city gate entrance was not the kingdom’s defenders, but the Ice Queen Margarian, holding a silver sword!

It’s a bitter winter in the north, with wind and snow everywhere.

Margarian was wearing silver armor, her silver hair dancing in the wind. She looked ahead calmly. Thousands of iron-blooded cavalrymen were charging, their momentum as terrifying as an avalanche.

But the queen just raised her sword.

This greatsword is much larger than an ordinary two-handed greatsword. It is almost equivalent to the super-version lance that Ash originally equipped the Imperial Guards with. The sword is even longer than a person.

The Ice Princess faced the wind and snow and suddenly burst into laughter.

[‘Amabel, you will not succeed. Your name will not be on the throne of the North! ‘]

The next moment, Margarion swung the sword.

[Relics – ‘Snow Burial·Shenhua’]

【Sacrifice: Unknown】

When the sword light that pierced through the clouds shot up into the sky, a huge vortex stirred by the sword light appeared above the royal city. Endless wind and snow were absorbed and melted. The floating power of the sword light turned into a shock wave that sent the approaching iron-blooded cavalry flying. Under the splashing light, Margarian laughed and slashed the blow.

The entire simulation interface was covered in dazzling silver light. Wherever the sword light reached, the soldiers of the Iron Blood Legion were turned into dust and dissipated.

Dust and snow are flying, the north wind is cold, and the ice is three feet thick.

At this moment, both the people in the royal city and the people in the Iron Blood Legion were so shocked that they were speechless.

In one blow, more than three thousand Iron-Blooded Cavalrymen were killed, and there were two to three thousand seriously injured or slightly injured. A huge “abyss” appeared in front of the entire royal city. If they had moved closer when they charged just now, I’m afraid that tens of thousands of Iron-Blooded Cavalrymen would have died!

It’s even more terrifying than the forbidden spell!

But there must be a price to pay for showing off.

On the screen, Margarian’s left eye suddenly exploded, blood splattered, and dyed the snow in front of her red.

Margarian covered her eyes, with no extra expression on her face, not even a hint of pain.

The power of Snowzang Shenhua is very strong. It is one of the relics of choice for successive Ice Queens. Its power far exceeds that of the ‘Edels Blade’ used by Grand Duke Amabel. However, excessive use of this relic will cost the ‘death of part of the body’. For example, the price of this sword is her left eye.

[‘The rebels have been defeated. Soldiers of the kingdom, with my glory, kill!!!’]

[‘Kill! Kill! Kill!’]

The morale of the defenders, who were originally in a losing situation, immediately soared. Now that the city was broken, they gave up defending it and sent out the entire army to attack!

[Margarian uses the famous general skill ‘Breath of Winter’, all soldiers’ morale +10, all attributes +10%, and attacks with additional ice damage. ]

“This woman is cruel enough.”

Ash stared at the simulation interface and couldn’t help but sigh, as expected, none of the people who can hold high positions in the North are simple.

He originally wanted to wait for Amabel to break into the city, kill the Ice Queen and some ministers, and then he would arrive when the kingdom was in danger and save the country from the storm. Once the Ice Queen was dead, the Iron-blooded Duke was executed, and the royal ministers suffered heavy casualties, Esde would be left alone. Wouldn’t it be wonderful for him to take over the power of the kingdom alone?

Unfortunately, Amabel is useless!

“If I had known this would happen, I would have prevented Lacras from defecting so early.”

On the strategic map, Amabel was equally unwilling to be outdone, and personally led a charge with nearly 30,000 people who were still able to fight.

As soon as Ash saw it, he knew that he couldn’t wait any longer. If they continued to fight like this, the 40,000 royal soldiers defending the city would be wiped out, and Amabel might not be able to rush in successfully. If he led his troops into the battlefield at that time, others would only think that he had picked up a big bargain, rather than being a hero who saved the kingdom from crisis.

[In October 1779, Yaxiu led 10 troops to attack Amabel and defeated the Iron Blood Legion. Amabel led more than people to flee to Asisoya City, where they were ambushed by Heidi’s troops. Only of the troops were left. They fled to Isola City again, where they were ambushed by Mara’s troops. Amabel led cavalrymen to flee north to the Dacadia Mountains.]

[“Hahaha! You, Ash, you’ve intercepted my path time and again. Do you really think you can catch me? You’re just a lucky guy, without any strategy. If he sets an ambush here, I’ll have no way to escape!” – Amabel]

[“Traitor, where are you running to! Master Ash has ordered me to wait for a long time!” – Lacras]

[In November 1779, Lacras led his army to capture Amabel alive in the Dacadia Mountains.]

【The Grand Duke Amabel’s mutiny has come to an end. 】

[This event has been recorded in the story mode. ]

[In the same month, Ash led his troops to attack ten cities including Asisoya and Isola in the name of “eliminating rebellion”. The nobles of various territories led their troops to resist, and the Arctic Ice Kingdom fell into civil strife.]

[In December, the Iron Buddha army broke through the city of Asissoia, and the 12 defenders were all slaughtered. Count Amus was captured, and more than people from ten tribes were all killed. Their heads were piled in front of the Count’s castle, and everyone was shocked.]

[In December, the Queen of Ice announced that members of the Amabel faction would be treated as accomplices to the crime. If they showed repentance, their crimes could be pardoned at their discretion.]

[In the same month, the major noble territories of the Amabel faction announced their surrender one after another.]

“ended.”

Aste looked at the noble territories that originally belonged to the Amabel faction, which changed from red hostility to green, and the status of each city showed “surrender”, he knew that the mutiny had ended here.

[Phyllis: @Acede comes out to get beaten. ]

[Acede: Your Highness Ferris, you’ve been talking for a long time, haven’t you said enough? ]

Esde really admired this “Goddess of Law” princess, who could keep talking in the forum alone. She didn’t want to pay attention to it, but Phyllis kept calling her, and there was no way she would just come out.

[Felice: Not enough! Not enough at all! Please perform that, ‘I will never use Ash!’ again, and I will definitely applaud you.]

[Acede: I admit that my considerations on this matter were a little inappropriate, but you also know that the ability of Ash’s vassal card is too strong. Even if I don’t use it, it will passively change the situation… Oh, yes, you haven’t used it yet. Anyway, this is just this time. After I become the queen, I will never use it again. ]

[Phyllis: What are you talking about? What do you mean I haven’t used it?! Explain what you mean!]

Phyllis had wanted to taunt her before, but now she got furious.

She felt wronged and sad. Why? She tried so hard to win over Ash but failed. Why could this ice cube attract Ash? You guys don’t know how to use Ash!

Esde didn’t care what she thought.

Anyway, she did break her promise this time, so there was nothing to say. What was there to argue with? She hadn’t even passed the first main quest, so if she had to argue, it would be with Venetian and Irelia.

“Although the mutiny has been resolved, the kingdom has suffered heavy losses this time… It seems these damn orcs are not planning to retreat.”

Esde glanced at the battlefield in front of her. The 50,000 troops she led were still confronting the orcs. Because of the civil war in the Arctic Ice Kingdom, the orcs took the opportunity to attack again. Not only that, the Tahagan tribe also reorganized its army. The nomadic soldiers from all directions were so dense that they could not be counted.

The reason why nomadic people are difficult to deal with is that most of them have no concept of “country”, and there are very few large tribes like Tahaqqan. This is also the reason why the Arctic Ice Kingdom wanted to conquer Tahaqqan instead of exterminate it, because even if Tahaqqan was exterminated, it would be useless, and the scattered nomads would still be active on the Afest grassland.

Rather, it would be more difficult to deal with by that time. Countless scattered small groups would always be more troublesome than one big guy, at least for the Arctic Ice Kingdom.

Esde didn’t care too much. The attack of the nomads would not cause any serious harm. As long as he could resist the invasion of the orc army, it would not be difficult to organize a counterattack after the chaos brought about by the civil war was completely over. After all, the general direction of this mutiny had been controlled.

With this in mind, the simulation progress was updated again.

[At the end of December 1779, Ash summoned the surrendered nobles of the Amabel faction to hold a sacrifice to worship the Ice God in the name of “washing away the remaining sins of the past.”]

[On January 1780, 1, Yashu ordered the killing of all nobles who came to participate in the sacrifice.]

[‘The Ice God told me that their sins can no longer be washed away. There are only 0 betrayals and countless betrayals. For them, death is the best destination. ‘——Ash]

[The Kingdom of Ice is in turmoil, nobles from all over the country angrily accuse Ash of disobeying the king’s order, and the kingdom’s stability declines. 】

Esde watched this scene in silence, and she suddenly realized what kind of person Ash was essentially – he seemed a little too extreme!

In fact, Esde should know it very well, because he had mentioned Ash’s principles when debating with Irelia, so he was not so surprised at this time, but just felt troubled by the turmoil in the kingdom.

Amabel’s mutiny had failed, and her mother had said that she would be punished leniently. But Ash did this. Wasn’t this a blatant disobedience to the queen’s orders? In addition, Ash was a man, so the nobles of the kingdom naturally made a fuss.

At this time, another piece of news came out——

[The Queen of Ice publicly announced that the sacrifice was secretly instigated by her, and those who betray the kingdom will be severely punished.]

Esde hesitated for a moment, watching the gradually improving stability, knowing that his mother was cleaning up Ash’s mess and dealing with it.

This matter cannot be further escalated, so the best way is to go to the Ice Queen for the final word. As long as Ash does not continue to mess around, the kingdom will naturally stabilize.

[In mid-January, Ash led his troops back to the royal city. The people of the royal city swept the snow in front of their doors and cheered loudly.]

Compared to those angry nobles, Ash has a very high reputation in the hearts of the people of the Arctic Ice Kingdom. They don’t care which noble Ash killed, they only know that Ash defeated the rebels, especially those in the royal city. Once Amabel breaks through the royal city, a bloodbath is inevitable.

[At the end of January, the Queen of Ice held a celebration banquet for Ash. On the night of the banquet, the whole city was bustling with activity, and the princes and nobles showed their goodwill to Ash.]

【Ash is drunk and spends the night in Star Castle.】

Esde: “…”

Star Castle is Magrianne’s private castle in the royal city. Even she has only been inside it a few times. How could a foreign official and a man like Ash live in Star Castle?

“No, mother did it on purpose.”

Esde discovered that now, in addition to the 40,000 troops brought back by Ash, there were nearly 60,000 people who had previously defected to Amabel around the entire royal city. To be honest, judging from the current situation in the royal city, the throne would be within reach as long as Ash gave the order.

Royal City Defenders? Nobles Serving the King? 2

What a joke, didn’t you see what kind of monsters Ash’s 9 troops are? With a charge from the heavy armored iron pagoda, even the cavalry of the Iron Blood Legion can be dispersed, not to mention the armies of the major territories.

Margaret Ann dared not pin her hopes on them.

In fact, she was mainly because Ash directly disobeyed orders and killed the people of Amabel’s faction, while Amabel herself was imprisoned by him and had no intention of handing her over.

This means that Ash is not an obedient little sheep, but a fierce tiger, who will bite you back if you are not careful.

Can that little girl Esde control such a person?

Margaret was really worried that it would explode at any time.

Ash Engle, more dangerous than Grand Duke Amabel! 6

So what she did was equivalent to telling the nobles everywhere that Ash was hers, and that they didn’t need to be suspicious, question Ash, or anger him, giving Ash a chance to raise an army and put down the rebellion.

[Phyllis: @Esde, your mother is so stupid. What’s the point of doing such a thing? How could Ash possibly usurp the throne? Now she has been imprisoned and has tarnished the reputation of my Ash… By the way, it seems that you, Jibing, select the best person from the entire royal family to be the crown prince? Her Majesty Margarian seems to have never been married? Then you will call Ash father from now on.]

The word “father” completely overwhelmed Esde.

[Acede: Your Highness Ferris, if you really have nothing to do, I suggest you review this simulation so that you don’t die so early next time when there’s no Ash to help you. Otherwise, it will be very boring.]

“…”

Esde’s words also made Ferris explode.

what do you mean?

Do you have the guts to explain it clearly?

[Phyllis: You’d better install a magic barrier for your house, otherwise I can’t guarantee when it will be blown up! ]

[Weinei: Hmm? What happened? Why did you two quarrel? ]

[Phyllis: Vinay! You’re here! Are you dead too? ]

[Weinei:? ]

[Phyllis: Is the simulation over? I knew it would be over soon. Look at this Esde. She actually went against her words and relied on Ash to pass.]

[Vene: I haven’t finished yet. I just defeated Eret and became the Queen of Benicia, so I have time to study the national war function…You mean Her Highness Esde? I’m not surprised that she would do this. By the way, have you finished the simulation?]