Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 408 Absurd Prophecy
The lord took a sip of tea, trying to calm his inner turmoil, but found that it was of no use.

No man would refuse to have such a beautiful wife out of nowhere. But there are so many people here, and it is impossible for the lord to agree directly.

"If, I mean if, is it possible that this prophecy is not referring to me?" Levi tried to make amends: "I admit that gods have unreasonable abilities, but this so-called prophecy does not specify the time. Maybe if you wait another fifty years, the next Levi will appear?"

Just based on a prophecy, a legendary beauty chose him as her husband without hesitation. The suspicious lord remained alert.

"Levi, you don't have to rush to refute or refuse. Just listen to me slowly." Ivra was not surprised by the man's reaction.

People all have a rebellious mentality. If you are eager to give something, the other party will suspect whether there is any conspiracy or not.

"When I was twelve years old, the Dark Goddess, who was as wise as the ocean, prophesied in my dream that although the material world seemed stable on the surface, the crisis hidden in the darkness was slowly approaching. One day in the future, my husband Levi Ollie, a powerful dragon knight, would shoulder extraordinary responsibilities and make the Medusa clan more prosperous." The beautiful snake had a calm expression, as if she was stating a fact.

"No!" Levi snapped his fingers, and did not hesitate to find loopholes in the other party's words: "First, my name is Levi Targaryen, not Ollie. Second, I see that except for the Persian Gulf Empire that is seeking death, the rest of the Middle Ages is peaceful. It is so peaceful that it cannot be more peaceful. There is no crisis in the dark."

"Really? Some people can deceive others but cannot deceive themselves." Ivra looked at the lord pitifully, as if she was looking at a crappy prisoner who was trying to think of all kinds of bullshit excuses to get away with it.

"Levi, have you forgotten that your name before I canonized you was Levi Oli." Leah looked at the lord and rubbed her eyebrows.

Dragon Rider, Ollie… this prophecy is becoming more and more true.

After all, this surname had long been abandoned by the Lord of High Cliff Castle, and very few people knew about it. A Medusa far away in the Persian Gulf Empire could not have known this, nor could she have fabricated an unfounded prophecy or guidance for this purpose.

Levi raised his eyebrows and remembered.

"Just because of this prophecy, you chose to betray the Persian Gulf Empire and join us?"

"It's not a betrayal, it's just a unilateral breaking of the cooperative relationship." The beautiful snake with its golden tail rolled up the teacup, took a sip of the tea, and didn't even blink her beautiful eyes.

"This prophecy is really ridiculous." Leah held the teacup and sighed softly. She always felt a sense of unreality.

"Maybe." Yivra's expression remained unchanged, as if she was born an icy beauty, but with a foxy face. Even if she did nothing, she could still seduce a man's soul.
"Time will prove everything, so why not let time prove it? I have a feeling that this day will not be too late."

"I'm tired, Levi, please arrange a room for me. If there isn't one, I don't mind sleeping with you."

Yivra's last words made everyone's heart skip a beat.

It's not that Mr. Li has never seen women before, as can be seen from his rejection of the queen, Onaya, etc., but if this beauty insists on being his wife, he naturally will not refuse.

No man would refuse such a great opportunity as having Lin Daiyu fall from the sky, except for eunuchs and idiots.

More importantly, he had enough confidence. No matter what this Medusa wanted, the Lord could make her go to the battlefield without any return! Not only did he lose his wife, but he also lost his army!
When the time comes, just give birth to a litter of little Medusas!
"no!"

"no!"

Just as the lord was considering whether to accept this proposal reluctantly, two voices of rejection sounded at the same time, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

"Lord Levi's bed can only sleep two people, not a third person!" said the broad-minded drow elf stiffly.

She didn't mind Levi looking for those Medusa maids and goat girls, because these guys posed no threat to her at all, but if it was the Medusa chief in front of her, she would feel a strong sense of crisis.

Levi nodded. He understood a woman's possessiveness, but what was the motive of this Duchess of the Southern Territory?

His gaze shifted to the girl opposite him.

"Levi, look, Lord Ivra is from the Persian Gulf Empire after all. Although he has joined us, your status in both countries is not low. If the soldiers see you in the same room, it will inevitably cause criticism." Leah forced an explanation without blushing.

But only she knows the bitterness in her heart.

She was obviously the first one to meet Levi, and they had experienced so many things together, but now all these beauties that even she had to praise had become his wives, while she was still just a friend.

"What you said makes sense." The lord nodded, then looked at Chief Medusa apologetically: "Evra, I will prepare a room for you. Although it is simple, it is enough for you to rest."

"Someone, take Lady Ivra to her room." Levi waved his hand, and a rabbit guard came jumping in, and quickly took a group of beautiful Medusa beauties to the vacant room in the High Cliff Castle.

As the densely packed water snake waists disappeared from sight, the Lord quickly said to the earth elf: "Leighton, take out the communication alchemy disk."

This alchemical item, made by the Holy Sith Nation and capable of two-way video calls even if the two parties are two or three months apart, was bought by him from the great sage.

The sub-disk was kept by the goblin staff, and the mother disk was placed in High Cliff Castle.

Talking on the phone consumes magic power, but fortunately, the Whisperwind Tribe has joined us, and Gaoya Castle also controls 50% of the magic crystal mines, so there is no shortage of magic crystals to provide magic power.

This time the call lasted for quite a while before a projection of a white-haired girl wearing a Santa hat and pajamas appeared above the alchemy plate.

"Levi, is there something wrong so late?" Tina rubbed her eyes sleepily. After finally opening her eyes, she found that the scene in the alchemy disk was in a conference room.

Governor Bernard, Heather, the leader of Highcliff Castle, and even Duke Leah were all staring at her.

The girl woke up suddenly with a fright. She quickly took off her nightcap and threw it on the shelf next to her, leaving only her little head with messy hair. She looked serious, but in fact her ears were a little red.

In her heart, she felt a little resentful towards Levi for calling her so late at night, causing her to appear in front of the Duchess of the Southern Territory without even getting dressed.

"Tina, when I'm not around, tell the blacksmiths to speed up the production of weapons and purchase large quantities of durable food and military supplies. Don't be reluctant to spend money, because money will not go anywhere if it's stored in the warehouse." Levi spoke like a machine gun: "Tell Gus and Hogg to lead the warriors to clear the wilderness. As long as the tribes are willing to join Highcliff Castle, they will be treated leniently. If they oppose, they will be attacked by both the stick and the carrot. In short, I want the wilderness to be a one-man show for Highcliff Castle, with no second force existing!"

Tina was frightened by these words. The former was fine, but the latter was simply to use force to suppress all the tribes in the wilderness that had not yet joined Gaoya Castle. This might cause a backlash if not handled properly and was completely different from the previous conciliatory policy. It was too radical.

"Did Darling happen?" she asked cautiously. "Anyway, it's just to prepare for the possible war in the future." Levi shook his head, not ready to explain anything more. Explaining too much would make the other party feel uneasy.

"Is there anything else?" Tina nodded and continued to ask.

"That's all for now."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while and then hung up the call.

"Boss, don't you believe what the Medusa chief said?" Zamanzi's simple mind couldn't understand why his boss had clearly stated that he didn't believe the prophecy before, but now he believed it more than anyone else.

"It's better to believe it than to believe it. Do you understand?" The lord glared at the fool with annoyance.

I feel that the knowledge level of all officers in Gaoyabao still has a long way to go.

If Van Gogh, the top student killer whale warrior, was here, he would not ask such a stupid question.

"Levi, I really admire your attitude of giving two blows whether there is a result or not." Bernard was also convinced by the young man.

To go to such an extent just for a prophecy, this kind of initiative and decisiveness is rare in the world.

"Not entirely. I had been planning to do this anyway. Although those wild people feared Highcliff Castle and there has been no more war, they have not joined Highcliff Castle. I had planned to take it slow and deal with them one by one, but now there is not enough time. I might as well deal with them all at once." The lord shook his head.

If you can't even pacify a wilderness, how can you pacify the world?

Ivra's prediction was indeed absurd enough, but the lord couldn't help but believe it to some extent.

After all, this world really has gods!

When the other party brought up the Dark Goddess, he thought of the Goddess of Holy Light who had appeared in the Trial World and the Demon Prince who was about to come through the portal in the Bone Fortress.

I don’t know if I can fight against the opponent now.

……

Two days later, the main force of the Debe Expeditionary Force finally arrived at the sea surface of Stitch Port, and countless ships filled the sea surface.

The influx of more than 200,000 soldiers and 50,000 to 60,000 prisoners occupied the vast high ground next to Sturge Castle, making it even seem a bit crowded.

And Debe's officers had to consider what to do with these captured Persian Gulf people.

With more than 60,000 people, the daily expenses for eating, drinking, defecating and urinating alone are not a small amount, and no one wants to bear such consumption.

It would be simple and practical to just kill them all, but no one would do that because it would give the entire expeditionary force a reputation for brutality and bloodlust, which is completely contrary to the banner they initially raised.

Even Bernard had to think carefully.

These Persian Gulf soldiers are composed of two parts. One part is the dark-skinned, castrated Unsullied slave warriors, and the other part is the brown-skinned Persian Gulf soldiers who like to wear turbans and use scimitars.

Finally, after everyone discussed it, they decided to send the man back to the country to serve as a lifelong miner slave.

Then, huge conflicts arose within the various factions of the entire expeditionary corps.

The cause of the incident was naturally the distribution of interests after the war. The expeditionary force defeated the vanguard of the Persian Gulf Empire, seized countless weapons and supplies, and even a large army's naval vessels.

The quality of the Persian Gulf Empire's scimitar is definitely not worse than Debe's knight's sword. What's more important is that these Persians like to decorate their swords with gems as embellishments, which makes the entire expeditionary force covet it.

The ships of a large legion can instantly enhance the maritime power of a province, forcing the dukes to personally take action for it. As for military supplies and food, not to mention it. In short, it's all about money!
But these have nothing to do with Highcliff Castle. The defenders in Sturge Castle that they defeated naturally took all the spoils.

This way of eating made the defenders on the eastern border of Sturge Castle look unhappy.

After all, they were the ones who guarded Sterch Castle and killed many enemies before, so they should have a share of the spoils.

Unfortunately, the lord didn't buy their account at all. Several officers from the East Territory who spoke out were severely scolded and felt aggrieved and wanted to seek support from their own duke.

However, the Duke of the East Territory is now preoccupied with how to establish a more reliable relationship with the dragon rider, so he wouldn't care about such matters.

The officers then realized that they had been made the scapegoat and immediately behaved themselves.

Knowing that Gaoya Castle had the support of the dragon knight and was not easy to mess with, all the officers of the expeditionary force tacitly did not drag the dragon knight into the vortex of interest distribution.

As a result, only High Cliff Castle and the Southern Border Legion were able to remain unscathed, while the different factions of the other expeditionary forces were quarreling with each other.

Anyway, all the Persian Gulf soldiers in Debe have been cleared out, so they have plenty of time to quarrel.

Whether in the western or eastern borders, some even threatened to withdraw troops in order to force Governor Bernard to make concessions.

This farce came to an abrupt end only when reinforcements from the Holy Sith Kingdom and Telesis arrived.

Whether they were high-ranking military officers or lower-level soldiers, they all knew that it was fine to quarrel among themselves or even to fight each other, but if outsiders saw it, it would be a disgrace to themselves.

Therefore, with the arrival of outsiders, the dispute over the distribution of interests was quickly resolved with concessions from various factions.

This time, all the armies of the three countries were gathered for the expedition to the Persian Gulf Empire. The governors of each country got together to hold a grand meeting and began to prepare to march towards the Persian Gulf Empire.

(End of this chapter)