Chapter 140 - Aftermath

|3rd POV|

Chaos. That is the situation in the Royal Palace right now. When the news of their Grand Marshall is dead from the first battle is a heavy blow to the morale of the Royal army. A Grand Marshall is not just the General that leads the army.

Grand Marshall is the head of the army. If the head has been cut off, the rest of the body cannot function. That is what is happening to the Vulux Royal army. With the death of their new Grand Marshall, the army cannot do anything effectively.

In the span of a month after the death of Phineas Frederick, Isaac and his army already occupied five castles.

The north spread their army and attacked five castles at the same time. Ruby City, Black Lake City, Gajir City, Likar City, and Blue Moon City have fallen to the north, and the news of the noble that ruled those cities have been executed, dropping the morale even more.

With those five cities falling to the north, Balkian Count has fallen and become extinct. With the fall of Blue Moon City, Isaac has executed all the Balkian family members.

"What do we do now? Not only is the north pushing to the south at a fast pace, but we also cannot defeat the Vesper family."

Orson Ainsworth von Vulux, the current king of the Vulux kingdom, looks at his advisor.

"We should appoint a new Grand Marshall, your highness. While the other lord can hold the marching northern army right now, it will not last forever. We need to send our army north as fast as we can. Lucky for us, the magician from the Tower of Magic already arrived. We can ask them to support our army and fortify the important city."

"Oh? The magician has arrived? How many of them?"

"We successfully secured thirty magicians. Twenty of them are Master Magicians. Seven Grandmaster Magicians and Three Arch Mages."

"Hmmm, good. Do you think all those magicians can defeat the Silver Lion?"

"Of course! Even though the Silver Lion is a powerful magician, he is nothing but a single individual. Not only that, two out three Archmages we hired are summoners."

Orson lit up at the mention of a summoner. A summoner is a powerhouse that can fight against an army, especially if the said summoner is an Archmage. This is why Orson thought they had a chance to fight against Isaac's Silver Lion' Lionheart.

"Good! Good! Where are they right now?"

"They are in the guest room right now, your highness."

"Good. Take care of them with kindness. We need their help in defeating the Silver Lion. Give them whatever they want. Tell them that if they can kill the Silver Lion, I will give them whatever they want."

"Of course, your highness."

Right now, he is creating an anti teleportation barrier around his new land. Isaac did not want the enemy using his tactic against him after hearing a report saying that the Vulux Kingdom decided to hire a magician.

Not only that, but he is also busy giving some food to the people of Greenfield county. The previous lord decided to take all the food for himself and did not give any food to the commoner. This is one of the reasons why he can take all the cities in Greenfield county with ease.

Richard and his shadow spread a rumor saying that the lord will kill every peasant in every city when the northern army begins besieging the city. Richard also spreads a rumor that says every city occupied by the northern army will be given some food from the north, and they will be treated with kindness instead of cruelty.

It did not take a long time for the citizens of the five cities to rebel and let Isaac and his army get inside. Of course, Isaac fulfilled his 'promise' of giving food to the citizens of the five cities. He is fortunate to have so much grain inside the warehouse that he can spare.

By doing this, not only Isaac gets himself a loyal citizen but also a new ally. Many knights are forced to fight for the Balkian family without pay, and the only reason they fight for the Balkian family is that they promise to give them some food.

By giving food to the people of Greenfield county, the knight did not have any reason to stay loyal to the tyrant lord.

A few thousand former knights of the Balkian family joined the northern army.

"That is done."

"Here is a towel, my lord."

"Thank you."

Isaac takes the towel given to him by his guard and begins to wipe the sweat from his face. He just finished creating an anti-teleportation barrier around Greenfield county. While an anti-teleportation barrier is easy to make, the size of the barrier is the problem as it takes more than half of his mana reserve.

Greenfield county is the size of Cyprus if compared to the county on the Earth.

Cyprus is not the biggest country, but it is still big. Because of this, it takes more than half of Isaac's mana reserve to create a barrier around Greenfield county.

"How are the people in the Blue Moon city?"

"They are working hard in the field you blessed, my lord."

Blessed land. That is what the people of Greenfield county call the land Isaac 'blessed' with the power of Green Magic. The people of Greenfield county have been experiencing the biggest famine they ever experienced.

So when their new lord comes not only to give them food but also to make their land able to grow food once again, they see him as a divine spirit. It also cannot be helped that Isaac sees them as his fellow humans, not a tool that can be thrown away when they are useless to him.

"Please don't call it blessed land. I just use my magic to make it fertile once again."

"However, the people did not see it like that, my lord. They see it as the land you blessed."

"Haaaaa… Anyway! Is there any problem with the people? Is there any crime that we need to take care of?"

"There is a group of people trying to steal the food inside the warehouse, but it has been taken care of by the knights."

"Hmmm… I think I should set up a barrier around the warehouse just in case. Is there anything else?"

"There is none, my lord. The mayor you appointed is working hard to meet your expectations."

Isaac sighs tiredly at the mention of the mayor working hard to meet his expectations. While he did not mind the adoration of his people, some of them are too much for him. He really hopes that the mayor of Blue Moon City did not work himself to death.

"Very well. Is there any news about the other city?"

"Yes, my lord. This letter just arrived not too long ago. I'm sorry for holding this letter. You look so focused on the barrier I thought that holding this letter for a while. Don't worry. I did not open it up, my lord."

Isaac takes the letter and begins to read it. The letter is from Lucina, who led a few thousand of the northern army to attack Likar city. The letter says that the Likar city has smoothly become a loyal citizen of the Lionheart Duchy.

The letter also says that the field Isaac makes fertile has already been worked by the people. The reconstruction of the Likar City wall is also going smoothly.

Likar city is one of the three cities that need to be attacked from the outside. The reason is that the rebellion inside the city did not go as smoothly as the other city; because of this, Lucina needed to use her Rune to destroy a portion of the wall and lead the army to breach it.

"Let us go back. The sun is setting down, and I'm hungry."

"Of course, my lord."

After saying that, Isaac mounted his horse and shouted to his thirty guards.

"Move out!"