The Knight's Journey to the Empire

The Kingdom of Essex is one of the four national powers in the northeastern region of the Knight Continent, and its capital is the city of New San Francisco.

More than four hundred years ago, the Essex Empire, as the only empire in the northeastern region of the Knight Continent, had a vast territory, rich resources, and strong power. It exerted pressure both internally and externally, and attracted people from all directions to pay tribute.

The Essex Empire is like a super monster on the Arctic ice field - the Savage Ice Bear. It occupies the northeast of the Knight Continent, and is eyeing the warm, humid and fertile areas in the southern part of the Knight Continent, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

The entire Essex Empire lasted for more than 600 years and was a veritable regional power.

The predecessor of New San Francisco City, San Francisco City, was the imperial capital of the Essex Empire.

The imperial capital at that time, the city of San Francisco, also covered a vast area and had a large population. Its politics, economy, culture, thought, and technology were unprecedentedly prosperous and highly developed.

Politicians who come to the imperial capital to seek fame, businessmen who seek wealth, students who seek knowledge, and tourists who seek to see the beautiful scenery, come in an endless stream every day.

At that time, the city of San Francisco was the most dazzling pearl and the most magnificent city in the northeastern region of the entire Knight Continent. It was also one of the famous metropolises throughout the Knight Continent and was known as the "Holy City of Ice and Snow".

Unfortunately, even powerful giants have moments of weakness, and mighty knights grow old.

The same was true of the development of the Essex Empire.

The 600-year-long dynasty caused successive rulers to gradually become disdainful of the times and out of touch with reality, causing the empire's originally advanced political system to gradually stagnate and become rigid and backward.

Moreover, in the country's decadent and dissolute environment, all kinds of pests and evil spirits have been nurtured, and their numbers are simply too numerous to count!

They were like countless hungry vampires, greedily sucking the blood of the Essex Empire, which had begun to deteriorate, corroding the empire's once solid foundation, leaving it riddled with holes and on the verge of collapse.

The once powerful regional nation was eventually devastated to the point where only an empty shell remained, with all that glitters but no substance.

As the last emperor of the Essex Empire ascended the throne, his debauchery and cruelty were undoubtedly the last straw that broke the camel's back...

In the end, the powerful empire collapsed and fell apart amid the cheers of a group of lowly serfs.

This also shocked the entire Knight Continent for more than a hundred years of history.

The capital of the empire, the holy city of ice and snow, the city of San Francisco, a famous metropolis renowned throughout the Knight Continent and the most dazzling pearl in the northeastern region of the Knight Continent, was also burned down and reduced to a sea of ​​​​fire and ruins.

From then on, the Essex Empire became the first empire in the history of the Knight Continent to be overthrown by lowly serfs.

It is only natural that it has become a joke among countries and a famous historical experience reference material.

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The Kingdom of Essex was a new country founded by the third prince of the last Essex Empire, with the support of his mother's family, the Marquis, as the second son, in the ruins of the empire.

However, since its founding, the Kingdom of Essex has regarded itself as the orthodox of the empire and regarded itself as the continuation of the history of the Essex Empire.

Therefore, restoring the former glory of the empire naturally became the national vision of the Kingdom of Essex.

Since the founding of the Kingdom of Essex more than three hundred years ago, there have been six monarchs.

The monarchs of the Kingdom of Essex throughout the ages can all be considered wise rulers.

They govern the country diligently and work hard to achieve the national vision which is within reach but seemingly unreachable.

This has also made the overall national strength of the entire Kingdom of Essex increasingly powerful, providing a solid foundation for the realization of this country's vision.

But because of this, as the comprehensive national strength of the Kingdom of Essex grew, in order to guard against its possible military offensive.

The Kingdom of Midburg and the Principality of Glia formed an offensive and defensive alliance, and secretly wooed the Free City-State of Ancordina to join.

[Note: The Free City-State of Ancordina is a separatist regime established by reactionary serfs. No country on the Knight Continent will recognize its legitimacy. The Kingdom of Midburg and the Principality of Glia will naturally not risk the world's disapproval to publicly recognize its legitimacy, so they can only secretly win over and form an alliance privately.]

The three parties formed an alliance, either openly or secretly, in an attempt to jointly curb the development of the Kingdom of Essex, or to jointly resist the attack of the Kingdom of Essex in the future.

If the Kingdom of Essex wants to restore the glory of its former empire, then these three parties that have formed an alliance are definitely inevitable enemies.

But now, because the Lorraine iron mine was discovered in the Barinas Mountains, the Kingdom of Midburg and the Principality of Glia almost fought their brains out over this!

Of course, the Kingdom of Essex must have played a role in this.

But the current situation is that there seems to be a crack within this offensive and defensive mutual assistance alliance, and it is a crack that is not so easy to repair.

After years of dormancy, the Kingdom of Essex seemed to have waited for a very good historical opportunity.

A time to realize the Kingdom’s vision!

An opportunity to restore the glory of the once powerful empire!

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New San Francisco City, this city is now the capital of the Kingdom of Essex. It was rebuilt on the ruins of the former imperial capital, San Francisco City.

Compared with the former imperial capital, San Francisco, the New Francisco is inferior in terms of grandeur, prosperity, and popularity on the continent.

But after years of construction and development of the Kingdom of Essex, it has already taken on some of the rudiments, or shadows, of the original city of San Francisco.

Perhaps in the near future, it will really be able to reproduce the former splendor of the "Holy City of Ice and Snow"!

The royal court of the Kingdom of Essex is located in the northern part of the city of New San Francisco.

This royal court was also rebuilt on the ruins of the original imperial palace.

The urban area south of the kingdom's royal court is the main city area of ​​New San Francisco.

The area north of the royal court was a ruin with broken walls and overgrown weeds.

That was the former site of the northern part of the city of San Francisco.

According to the tradition of the Knight Continent, the ruler of a country declares himself to be the king for several generations based on the order of hereditary throne.

[This setting is the author's own idea. It is different from the Western medieval monarchs who referred to the monarchs of several generations in the order of succession of their names. If you don't like it, please don't criticize. ]

For example, in the current Kingdom of Essex, the current ruling family is the Goransius family, and the current king’s full name is Chris Goransius.

Because he is the sixth legitimate hereditary monarch of the Kingdom of Essex, his external title is Chris VI, or His Majesty the King of Essex, His Majesty the King of Chris!

And Chris VI's subordinate vassals or officials simply addressed him as "Your Majesty the King"!