Unknown Knight

The legendary Lord Aix, who has emerged out of nowhere, has been missing for more than a year, but his legend is still as popular as the top new pop song of the year.

In the singing of bards in the tavern, in the prayers of serfs cleaning horse manure in the stable, in the idle chats of miners deep in the mines, in the curses of a few fallen nobles at the shabby banquets, Aix is ​​still alive, and its existence is becoming more majestic and more legendary.

However, with his disappearance, the once prosperous Territory of Aix also lost its momentum of rapid expansion. Like a sleeping giant, it returned to a relatively conservative calm, and there was rarely any big news about this territory in the world.

There was nothing that could be done about it. When the rumor about Aix's death in the Death Desert first reached the Kingdom of Vikia, King Yarogelk was so excited when he received the news that he immediately summoned a large army to come and hold him accountable.

He first sent his assassins who had infiltrated the city to rescue the imprisoned Lady Ketia at the risk of their lives, taking advantage of the long-term custody and lax guards. Then, in the name of clearing the source, he led a large army to come and hold the criminals accountable.

They said that since Aix was dead, the most legally legitimate lady Katia's son should take over the Aix Territory. Lady Gand must hand over Lady Katia's son and let Lady Katia temporarily supervise the territory in place of her young son.

Although Lady Tanda gathered all the troops in Kudan City to resist the enemy, King Yarogelk took the righteousness into consideration and summoned troops from all over the country. Even Lord Rodella, who responded to the call with a large army, and was once a good brother of Aix, chose to remain silent and led his troops to King Yarogelk's side.

However, although the army of Exe had only more than 1,500 people, they were all well-equipped and well-trained elites, with high morale and a particularly strong will to fight. With this army and the support of the leaders and upstarts, Lady Tunde sternly rejected King Yarogerk's unreasonable demands.

The two sides had a verbal negotiation. In front of the two armies, one side insisted that Aix was dead and the territory should restore the old legal system and let the son of Lady Katia, who had the most legal system, rule here. The other side said that Aix was still alive, but he was traveling. He was still the actual leader of Aix. Before he returned from his travels, the first lady Gangde should supervise the territory.

Everyone had his own reasons and no one could convince anyone else, so they had to resort to physical combat. They set up their battle lines under the city of Kudan and fought a real battle with real swords and guns.

As a result, although the army summoned by King Yarogelk was more than three times the size of Lord Aix's army, it was a mixed bag and the army was too sparse overall. In addition, given the importance of Kudan City, Lord Aix had been strengthening the city's defenses. Therefore, King Yarogelk's army did not gain any advantage and suffered heavy casualties. They had to withdraw and surrounded Kudan City with their numerical advantage, preparing to take it slowly.

The two armies were in a stalemate. After more than a week, both sides could no longer hold back and began to negotiate and communicate. After all, they were all nominally forces of the Kingdom of Vikia. Such a long-term consumption would be detrimental to the country, and they were unwilling to end up in a situation where both sides would be destroyed.

After several days of tug-of-war and negotiations, both sides took a few steps back. The territory handed over Lady Katia's babbling son and designated Tismo County on the other side of the old city of Kudan as the child's fiefdom, to be managed by Lady Katia. In return, King Yarogerk's army withdrew and temporarily stopped asking about the legal status of the territory. However, he also did not recognize the legitimate leadership of the group headed by Lady Gand over the Territory of Aix.

This incident also led to a consequence. Four of the seven dependent nobles of Kudan City who were originally relocated, as well as the remaining Voldrat family, took advantage of this incident to announce that they no longer recognized Lady Tanda's leadership and legitimacy, and that they would break away from the control of the territory and be loyal to Lady Katia and the little master under her guardianship.

The sky is going to rain and the girl is going to get married. In these days, the dependent nobles have a great deal of autonomy. Besides, King Yarogerk's army is approaching and is always ready to uphold "justice" for them. Lady Gangde has no choice but to let them move their tribesmen to Tismo County.

With the compromise and concession of the new nobles in the territory led by Lady Tanda, King Yarogelk's army looted the area around Kudan City before reluctantly withdrawing.

However, a big trouble was left in the territory from then on. A group of old aristocratic forces headed by Lady Katia occupied Tismo County on the opposite bank of Kudan, ready to retake Kudan City at any time.

This forced Lady Tsuna to move the seat of government to Kudan City and personally watch Lady Katia's every move to prevent her and her forces from infiltrating Kudan City.

Lady Katia was no pushover either. She got the sponsorship from nowhere, but she formed a pretty elite army and stationed it in Tismo County on the other side of the river. This army had about 500 people, and they shamelessly announced themselves as the Hammer of Justice Army. Their commander was an old acquaintance of Aix, Rolf, who had once had a drinking contest with him in Biglen Village.

What made Lady Tander even more headache was that Lady Katia would come to the city lord's mansion every few days with her child, whom she renamed Moros, and a group of people to argue with Lady Tander and force her to hand over control of the territory. They said that she, a Nord, was not qualified to supervise the territory of the Vikians, and that only she, a true Vikian, could supervise it. This made Lady Tander very upset.

After repeated attempts, Lady Tsuna had no choice but to avoid seeing her. However, Lady Katia showed her shrewish nature and insulted and abused Lady Tsuna in public, saying a lot of ugly dirty words. Lady Tsuna, who had always been kind and virtuous, was so angry that she drew her sword and wanted to fight her to the death. If the noble ladies in the territory had not stopped her, the fight would have ended badly.

The key thing is that we really can't do anything to Lady Katia in the territory. If we do anything to her, it will be a big trouble.

Later, under the advice of a group of noble ladies, Mrs. Gangde also understood the seriousness of the matter. Every time Katia came to make trouble, she would either close the door of the house or go out of the city to hunt and play, avoiding it passively. However, she was so depressed that she felt uncomfortable and became haggard and thinner.

The new nobles in the territory also knew that Madam Tsunde was in a difficult situation, so they all worked hard to manage the territory in an orderly manner and tried their best not to let Madam Tsunde worry too much.

Everyone has also formulated a series of strategies based on the current status of the territory. The main purpose is to keep a low profile and try every possible means to reduce the exposure and influence of the territory, in order to reduce its attractiveness and attract less covetousness from surrounding hostile forces.

The territory is also secretly accumulating strength, stockpiling a large amount of food and equipment, and expanding its military forces to cope with the storms that will be faced in the future.