The Path to Lordship Begins in the North

Martha slowly descended from the Church of the Dragons. During the descent, Martha keenly sensed that the number of people below, or rather, the number of dragons, was less than before.

The Dragon Church was built in a very luxurious manner, with a structure on the top of the church that resembled a helipad. This is the biggest difference between the Dragon Church and other churches. Everything the Dragon Church does is for the service of their God, the dragon.

"Martha..."

At this place where dragons land, a dragon stepped forward and said to Martha, who had taken human form, "Recently, the hearts of dragons have been restless, and some dragons have already left our path."

Did they join those lunatics?

Martha didn't seem to be in a hurry. Instead, she led everyone down from the church while asking questions.

"No, it's just that some people chose to continue to observe while you were away."

After listening to her companions recount the events that had transpired on the continent during this period, Martha roughly understood that because Rosalyn's performance had not met expectations, the dragons seemed to have begun to lose faith in the Empire.

"Continue to wait and see? Haven't you contacted other forces?"

Martha didn't look at her companions, but instead looked at the believers who were praying devoutly in the church hall.

The surrounding companions fell silent, which was obvious.

"Rosalind is not the same as the Empire."

Martha lowered her eyes and said, "The age of dragons is coming to an end."

Among the new generation of dragons, Martha has always been an elite, even possessing the air of a strong woman among the dragons, but at this moment, Martha is clearly not in the right state.

The Solon Continent always thought that the first Imperial fleet to arrive in Solon was there to cause trouble, but it wasn't until Martha went to the Mu Continent that she discovered that the first fleet was really just there to do business, and the weapons they brought were only for self-defense. It was only after Rosalyn signed the new treaty that the Empire decided to really take action.

The companions exchanged bewildered glances, and one of the dragons stepped forward and asked, "What exactly did you see on the continent of Mu?"

"What I saw on the Mu continent is no longer important."

Martha turned to her companions and said, "Because what I see, you will soon see in Sauron as well."

......

Miguel was an old nobleman living around Castile. Because his Castile was geographically closest to Domingo's, he was one of the first nobles to receive Domingo's patronage.

"Once we get to the city, whatever you can rob is yours, understand?"

At this moment, Miguel was loudly giving orders to the people below who were holding various weapons.

"Don't go off to rob other places. Just rob whatever you can in that city of the false king Rosalin. If you rob enough, you can go to His Majesty Domingo. His Majesty will truly free you from your slavery and give you real freedom!"

The people below erupted in cheers. Food, tax cuts, and weapons were not as tangible as the money that Domingo and the lord directly gave them. In addition, with people specifically tasked with brainwashing and propaganda, they quickly turned the weapons distributed by Rosalind towards the cities controlled by Rosalind.

These groups of people not only robbed passing travelers, but also some rebels who had also rebelled. The forces in various places were fighting each other, and it was impossible to tell who was who. But it didn't matter. In Miguel's view, this was just a game. No matter how many people died, it was just a meaningless number. After all, these cheap guys didn't even need compensation.

Riding on his horse, Miguel was enjoying the feeling. Although it was just a group of lowly people killing each other, Miguel felt like the savior and king of this region.

Because it was very common for rulers to control their own territories in the Solon region, Miguel had even planned out how he should be crowned and how his knights should be rewarded. At that moment, Miguel even regretted not bringing a scholar with him to record his legendary story.

But just then, the sound of cannon fire rang out, and Miguel's beloved horse suddenly became restless. Miguel tugged on the reins and then calmed the horse down.

Because she had the support of the Mu Continent Empire, it was not surprising that the false king Rosalind possessed cannons. Miguel himself had several captured cannons. To be honest, if his men could use the cannons properly, Miguel might not have been able to easily return to his territory and take the initiative.

But Miguel was indeed quite experienced, and this amount of artillery was not enough to scare him. After all, those idiots below would only fire two shots and then run away, especially with the professionals on Miguel's side. As long as the knights charged under the cannon fire, or the spellcasters set off a couple of fireworks, those idiots would just give those weapons to Miguel for nothing.

Fools are fools, completely unreliable. Miguel couldn't even understand why Rosalind would place her hopes on these fools.

The sound of artillery fire continued. Miguel frowned. It seemed that the resistance in this place was quite fierce. Shouldn't his own professionals go and take over the place where the artillery was firing?

The sound of cannons grew closer, and Miguel seemed to hear a buzzing roar. His warhorse grew increasingly restless, so much so that Miguel had to lie down and comfort his old companion, for it was far more precious than those fools.

But just as Miguel finished calming his agitated old friend, he looked up and saw that group of idiots surging toward him like a tide.

"Monster! The monster is coming!"

These idiots were shouting as they ran away, which made Miguel frown. These idiots were just ignorant; they probably called some magical creature they'd never seen before a monster.

The knights surrounding Miguel formed a wall, slaughtering all the fleeing men. But even this bloody act of supervision could not stop the rout of the rebels, as if something behind them was more terrifying than these knights.

"boom!"

A shell landed not far in front of Miguel, and only then did Miguel finally react, carefully looking in the direction his rebel troops had fled from.

Miguel saw a wave of steel rushing toward him.

A bright light condensed on the steel monster's cannon barrel before it fired.

Looking again at the spot where the cannonballs had landed, there was nothing there. Miguel was stunned. These monsters were not only using cannons, but magical cannons that could fire continuously.

Miguel recognized this thing once when he saw it with Domingo. It was Domingo's national treasure, and he had spent a great deal of money to get a copy from the Avars.

But now this thing has been installed on those steel monsters; it looks smaller, but it's more powerful.

"boom!"

The steel monster charged toward Miguel as if it were tireless.