Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 89: Unemployed Merlin!
The Kingdom of Kent was destroyed in just half a month.

The Heptarchy of the British Isles was still in its infancy, a very loose informal alliance of tribes. In fact, Duncan not only destroyed one country, he also destroyed the future West Saxon Kingdom.

In England at this time, a few thousand people dared to call themselves a kingdom, and the territory might be the size of one or two counties.

East Anglia is one of the seven official kingdoms in the future, but its territory is only Norfolk and Suffolk, and its area is not even as large as a larger prefecture-level city. Duncan didn't react at all. A few days later, Kveto came running over and said that he had destroyed a small kingdom established by the Angles.

Ok.

This achievement of destroying a country was enough to allow him to be promoted to a noble. After all, he was one of the earliest commanders to follow Duncan, and there should be some canonized nobles among the exiles.

Duncan eventually established a defensive line at Oxford and Cambridge.

Because his territory had already been connected with King Uther, he had almost taken over all the land below the British Isles. Going up further, he would take over Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, and finally push all the way to the vicinity of Hadrian's Wall.

But it is easy to capture, but it is very troublesome to defend, especially when the British Isles do not have a strong navy.

Duncan's next plan is to digest the territory.

With his current strength, it is not difficult at all to reach the vicinity of Hadrian's Wall, but the difficulty lies in how to guard against the invasion and harassment of Scottish savages.

"The British Isles' scorched coastline needs to be defended everywhere."

Duncan unfolded the map before him. He had drawn it from memory, so it was generally accurate. He looked at Kent, South Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset, East Sussex, and other places, and thought to himself, "These places can only be garrisons along the coast."

"Deploy the British Maritime Militia Corps in the local area, allowing them to farm and garrison while restoring local productivity."

"Elite troops are stationed in the area around London."

"A portion of the British Legion must be stationed in the ports of London, Kent, Southampton, and others."

"Security personnel will be recruited separately."

"In the early stages, the legionnaires will be in charge, and later a specially trained police force will be deployed to maintain public order."

Duncan planned to directly strengthen the British Isles. The previous private fights among the barbarians had to be suppressed, the role of the law had to be strengthened, judges and courts had to be set up in local areas to replace the original tribal clan system, the population had to be concentrated around the cities, and the development of areas with convenient terrain had to be focused on.

He now controls the fertile plains near London, and he must develop London first before he can give back to the surrounding barren land.

"Territory: London (medium-sized port city) (expandable)."

“Road: Paved road (road is in good condition and can be built into a square avenue).”

"Agricultural Level: Upper-Medium (Canal irrigation, manor construction, advantaged plains, river resources, currently considered upper-medium)." [Because of the Thames, the land surrounding London is prone to good harvests.]

"Commercial Level: Medium (River ports and seaports, developed fishing, convenient transportation, and advantageous geography, but not yet fully developed.)" [Related personnel Anya is currently restoring commercial economic activities.]

"Technology level: Medium to low (forging technology is backward, but there is a forge.)" [Relevant personnel are rebuilding the library.]

"Environment: Poor (open canals not cleaned, barbarians abandoned the city's sewage system)."

"Temple buildings: small Viking sanctuary (dedicated to Odin), Arian church, small priory (abandoned), Avalon sacrifice stone."

What about this piece of land in London?

Other places might only collect a few hundred gold coins in tax revenue per year, but London alone could generate five to six thousand gold coins per year, equivalent to the economic volume of a dozen county towns. (Business)

This is when Duncan has not yet developed vigorously. Its strategic position is roughly equivalent to that of important coastal port cities such as the Pearl River Delta.

"Although he is the Governor of the British Province."

"But the system still follows the imperial monarchy. If we take too big a step, we'll easily get into trouble. Besides, I also need centralization of power."

"The peerage system is directly based on the British one."

Duncan is planning the future of the British Isles. This is something only he can do. Strictly speaking, he is not very good at this. If he really fights back to Europe in the future, he will most likely adopt some of the systems of the Holy Roman Empire.

There is no empire that lasts forever, and no one can escape the cycle of history.

The general trend of the world, the long-term division must be united, and the long-term unity must be divided.

Duncan's ideal plan was to build a vast empire spanning the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. It would be best if he could replace Charlemagne in the name of a great conqueror and eventually create a super version of the "Holy Roman Empire".

As for the future direction of history, we must wait until the technological tree of the era is climbed up, because the territory is too large to be managed, and the eventual division is inevitable.

"My first goal is still legendary."

Duncan sorted out his thoughts and picked up a list. On it were the candidates to be ennobled. They were divided into titles such as duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron. Below them were the lowest-level knights and knights. Knights were generally the promotion route for warriors, while knights were specially prepared for the civil service route. In certain circumstances, they could be purchased with money, such as when Duncan was short of military funds.

The title is only a symbol of status, not power. If Duncan wanted to centralize power, it would be impossible for him to create feudal kingdoms of all sizes.

"For other things, let's study them while fighting."

"British Island is such a small place, we can still manage it for the time being."

Duncan was quite open-minded in this regard. He wouldn't be surprised if the empire he built collapsed in the future. The birth of an empire was already a blessing for countless people in this turbulent era. At least people could enjoy centuries of peace.

After the fall of the Kingdom of Kent.

Most of the people around Duncan were extremely busy, and Severus was even busier, so much so that he could not be seen at all all day.

On the contrary, he himself has a lot of free time.

Everyone seemed accustomed to Duncan setting the general direction, leaving the specific details to the professionals. There weren't many major events in this era; the most important thing was "farming and fighting." The war was over, and the next priority was farming. Britain had been in turmoil for over twenty years, and the most important thing now was to restore production.

In a word, for money and food.

Anya was trying to find ways to make money, while Severus was trying to find ways to get food, and try to plant another wave of food this year so that the large-scale migration of exiles next year would not have to worry about not having enough food.

Not continuing the war was also to seize the opportunity to farm.

Farming is the top priority.

Duncan went to the field to take a symbolic look, but he couldn't do it, as he had no idea how to farm. However, he could think about some theoretical knowledge, such as how to use a curved plow to ferment fertilizer, and provide some reference opinions to Severus.

There had been no fighting during this period. The Sword of Promised Victory had been returned to Avalon, and the guardian fairies seemed to be planning to reforge it, giving it the power to interfere with the laws of reality.

Duncan also entered a period of recuperation, and every day he either trained the army or trained Anya.

He finally had time to wait for the young dragon in human form No. 2 to wake up every day.

"There shouldn't be any more fighting until next year."

The Battle of Sharon has just ended, and all forces need to recover. Duncan's many troops also need to be resettled. If we don't boost the economy, we will be out of money next year.

There was some news coming from the Empire, but communication was very slow in that era, so we had to wait for the arrival of Valentinian III's envoy.

The days passed by uneventfully.

Duncan reduced the British militia by 3,000 men and asked them all to go back to farming. The Governor's residence was also moved to London. The Raven Queen - Triss is preparing to rebuild the library and find a way to build a university here.

Other witches began to arrive in the British Isles one after another. They had different identities and seemed to have good knowledge.

Anya picked two young and beautiful girls and placed them next to Duncan.

One is a one-star white board, and the other is a one-star silver-gray board.

But during this period, Duncan focused most of his energy on the young dragons in the dimensional space, so he didn't have much contact with them. He just placed them in the Governor's Mansion as temporary consultants.

It wasn't until the arrival of a supernatural creature that Duncan temporarily put the matter of the young dragon aside.

——Forest Siren (Tree Nymph).

Duncan thought that the Raven Queen Triss had forgotten about it, but he didn't expect that today a large ship suddenly came all the way from the territory of the empire and brought back a sapling that was still alive. The cargo ship docked in Southampton, and immediately after docking, a druid priest escorted the oak sapling to the direction of the Avalon Sacrifice Stone.

"You sent the Forest Siren?"

Duncan looked at the oak sapling curiously. From his God's perspective, he could see a sleeping tree spirit, the Nymph, overlapping inside it.

Raven Queen Triss nodded slightly and sighed, "When I sent people to find her, she was already very weak."

"The Church is clearing out the supernatural creatures of the old times."

"Ancient Greek mythology is dying out. If she is not transferred to the British Isles, I'm afraid she will die soon."

Is this the beginning of supernatural life under his rule?
After the Dryad was placed in the forest near Avalon's sacrifice stone, she quickly regained some of her vitality and began to happily wander around the forest, adapting to her new home. With her appearance, a faint glow emerged. These were the spirits of Avalon, or rather, spirits. They were also attracted to the Tree Nymph and flew around this beautiful creature.

Avalon Stone (Magic Resurrection): As the supernatural tree nymphs settle here, the Avalon Stone is gathering a trace of magic. Over time, people will come to believe that she is one of the messengers of the Avalon Faith. The target will gradually be transformed into a guardian spirit of the forest and become a member of the Avalon Faith.

Huh?
What's the change?
After the Dryad merged into the forest of Avalon's Sacrifice Stone, she directly became a one-star gold unit.

——Forest Fairy (one-star gold).

at the same time.

In the direction of Cornwall, an old man with hair and beard as thick as tree roots was also gazing at the Avalon Stone in the distance, which was emitting a faint spiritual light, with a look of deep confusion on his face.

——Merlin (Legendary Wizard) (Three Stars Gold).

This legendary wizard, renowned across the British Isles, looked bewildered as he muttered, "Is the Kingdom of Kent doomed? Has the Anglo-Saxons been completely routed?"

"King Arthur's great enemy is gone?"

According to the prophecy, the Saxon Kingdom, which would require twelve victories to defeat, was destroyed by Duncan in just half a month.

What does it take to win twelve battles in a row against a group of Saxon pirates?

Those who don’t know would think it was a huge epic battle.

Duncan pushed forward directly.

It is better to be cautious and not delay farming this year.

Otherwise he could have driven all the Saxons into the sea.

Everything is changing so fast.

Merlin has been practicing prophecy magic for most of his life.

Now, all the prophecies were messed up, and it seemed that the British Isles no longer needed King Arthur to save them.

What red dragon or white dragon? Now there is only the fluttering black dragon flag.

The Sarmatians had only one governor.

The Knights of the Round Table are gone.

Merlin seemed to have lost his job all of a sudden and didn't know what to do!

After a long time.

Merlin looked towards Southampton and murmured, "Maybe I should go meet him."

The prophecy monster is trapped in the prophecy.

Duncan's ability to interfere with the real world is extremely terrifying. All of Merlin's predictions have become invalid, and the new predictions are like chaos, making him unable to find the direction of the future.

Now he is going to meet the biggest variable in this prophecy!

If possible, he even wanted to predict Duncan's future fate.

Duncan played too aggressively and directly made Merlin unemployed.

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(End of this chapter)