The First Magic World War-Chapter 625 - 590, Fallen Kingdom Knights

Chapter 625: 590, Fallen Kingdom Knights Chapter 625: 590, Fallen Kingdom Knights Charles had encountered Zimmerman, and of course he would inform the Old Emperor of Brittany and his uncle Antonio, but the old emperor, for reasons unknown, suppressed the matter.

So, when Zimmerman appeared again, it shocked the whole Old Continent!

Zimmerman did not disappoint the shock of the entire continent; within a month, he swept through six nations, reducing the number of countries in the Old Continent to twenty-three!

The Mazon Kingdom became a massive nation, possessing the entirety of ten smaller countries’ territories, and its area even hit the top spot in the Old Continent.

Faced with such an imminent crisis, the Four Great Empires quickly signed a treaty and formed an alliance, which nearly all other nations of the Old Continent joined without hesitation, except for a country called Saint Lumi.

This nation worshipped the Lord of Radiance and rejected all alliances as well as wars, declaring permanent neutrality from its inception, even facing such a crisis, they did not alter their national policy.

As the resistance frontline, Xel City and Modova swiftly gathered the Allied Army of various nations.

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Xel City, after all, had Count Ding Tang presiding, who was enough to command respect from the commanders of all nations, but Modova was far worse.

Arsen Lupin lacked prestige, and Romios and Mocher were immigrants from the New Continent.

Although they were sufficiently strong, they naturally did not earn the trust of the commanders from various nations, leading to multiple conflicts erupting within just a few days.

Charles had no choice but to stop chopping trees and led all his subordinates to Modova.

Modova was bordered by a small country between it and Fars, and bordered Byron.

Before Anne became the Grand Duchess of Modova, the country was very resistant to Byron, always worried that Byron would annex it; the relationship between the two countries was not friendly.

That’s why when Charles took over Modova, Byron quickly acknowledged Anne’s position as Grand Duchess.

Modova, being relatively isolated and completely landlocked with no ports, had a very poor economy before Anne became its Grand Duchess.

So poor that even bandits like Arsen Lupin couldn’t sustain themselves, relying on aid from Princess Akso.

However, after Anne became the Grand Duchess of Modova, the relationship between Modova and Byron heated up quickly.

Furthermore, with several cities undergoing maze-ification, Duke Mecklen’s trading caravans would pass through Modova to enter Byron, making Modova more than ten times busier than before.

After Anne’s ascension, the capital of Modova was renamed Brittany Castle.

The city underwent prolonged reconstruction, expanding more than three times its original size.

Although the expanded city still seemed a bit deserted, with the passing caravans not enough to fill the expanded city, since the war started, the refugees that fled here brought a chaotic prosperity.

When Charles arrived at Brittany Castle with the Westwind Knights, the people of Modova cheered ecstatically.

Their adoration for Charles even surpassed that of their own ruler, Grand Duchess Anne Brittany.

It couldn’t be helped; Charles truly brought a fresh aura to the country.

Now, no one even missed the Modova Royal Family anymore.

Modova was even still the best-selling region for Annie MacLennan’s novels, not even one house among ten didn’t have a copy of this best-selling author’s novels.

Modova was Anne’s fiefdom, and Charles could not allow Modova to be breached by Zimmerman.

Once he entered Modova, his first order of business was to deal with the refugees from various countries who had fled there.

The Mazon Kingdom had conquered nine small nations, but Zimmerman’s power had its limits.

The Evil Wraith’s plant could not cover all the countries, forcing the people of these small countries to flee in panic.

The Four Great Empires became the primary target for refugees from various countries.

Within a short period, a massive influx of populations made the Four Great Empires suffer greatly, and they could only try their best to maintain order.

Because of Modova’s firmness, it also became a place where refugees poured in.

Unlike other countries, Charles did not neglect the refugees; he conducted several rounds of screening.

Transcendents were all absorbed into the Westwind Knights.

Those who owned property had all their property confiscated and were assigned to work in various major guilds.

Those who had no property but had skills were also arranged to work in the Mecklen Duchy.

For those who had neither property nor skills, Charles established another knighthood—the Fallen Kingdom Knights—and enlisted all of these people into it.

Charles formed the Fallen Kingdom Knights not expecting these people to fight battles.

He also didn’t have a habit of using them as cannon fodder on the front lines.

The main duty of the Fallen Kingdom Knights was to go to the Agres Archipelago and reclaim uninhabited islands.

Charles had no choice but to do this; he needed to squeeze out all the war potential within his territory to cope with the war.

Although the Mecklen Duchy had resources and food, he couldn’t just use the food painstakingly grown by the people of the Mecklen Duchy to freely feed the refugees from various countries who had fled to Modova!

He also couldn’t allow this group of refugees from various countries to disrupt the order in Modova, nor could he let them starve and contemplate rebellion.

Given the medieval era of the Old Continent, there were simply not enough jobs, leaving only reclamation work to absorb a large labor force.

If this group could indeed manage to reclaim the islands of the Agres Sea, at least the Modova Duchy would not lack food during the prolonged war and could supplement some resources.

The Fallen Kingdom Knights had no salary, faced heavy work every day, but could basically guarantee enough food to eat.

Ah, for those unwilling to accept containment, Charles, after confiscating all their property, would expel them to Byron!

After all, Modova was closest to Byron.

However, what Charles hadn’t anticipated was that Byron found that Modova could manage refugees well.

They directed their military to drive the refugees and force them into Modova, leading to an ever-increasing number of refugees in Modova.

Ah, this also led to a continuous stream of the Fallen Kingdom Knights going to the Agres Archipelago to reclaim the barren islands.

Charles sent a protest to Byron but received a personal letter from His Royal Highness Berenhir Azar, the Crown Prince, who affectionately called him brother and vibrantly praised the friendship between the two, finally asking, with the identity of the Crown Prince of Byron, that Charles shelter these refugees to alleviate the war pressure on Byron.

This also included a promise from Byron to provide Charles with a batch of supplies as compensation for the hardship Modova had to endure because of the refugees.

Charles had no option but to accept this gesture of friendship.

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The islands of the Agres Sea were numerous, and even if the people from the ten small countries occupied by Zimmerman were all moved there, there would still be enough land.

Moreover, this population, after a long period of time, could be fully assimilated and would eventually form the core of the Mecklen Duchy.

Charles had been in Modova for less than a month when he faced his first battle; Zimmerman did not choose Modova but dispatched only twenty Tree God Emissaries.

When Charles received the intelligence, he brought his own subordinates to the foothills of the Gondis Mountain Range and upon seeing the Plantification Warriors crossing over many high mountains and the Tree God Emissaries floating in the sky, he couldn’t help but comment sarcastically, “Zimmerman really knows how to stir up trouble, huh!”

What he did not know was that Zimmerman had also used this phrase to mock him.