The First Magic World War

Chapter 396: 368, Duchess Meisu has committed treason.

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When Charles was with Anne, he simply aspired to marry a rich and beautiful woman, reaching the apex of life.

As a merchant’s son, Charles Meklen did not understand the nobility of the empire, and as a transmigrator, he had not acquired any relevant memories, nor did he have an interest in uncovering these things he deemed useless.

Thus, it was much later that he became aware of the massive influence of the Brittany Family.

Previously, Charles had been quite pleased with himself, thinking that he had secured a pair of long, shapely legs, but it was only after the Black Dragon reminded him that he came to a sudden realization that the Brittany Family was overwhelmingly powerful.

In the study of an earl, Anne could find a bunch of extraordinary objects, even including some high-order extraordinary items.

...

And that was just the study, not the treasury of the Brittany Family!

When Charles thought that the malice directed against him might come from the Emperor of Fars, he felt somewhat disheartened and said, “If your guess is right, doesn’t that mean we can’t do anything about it?”

“Could we possibly make the Emperor apologize?”

The Black Dragon smiled slightly and said, “Not even an emperor is necessarily an emperor forever.”

Charles was taken aback, staring at the Black Dragon in disbelief. He couldn’t believe that, as a transmigrator who hadn’t even thought about rebellion, this Old Lizardman was already considering it.

Seeing Charles’ reaction, the Black Dragon said in a low voice, “The achievements you have established are already very significant, but do you think you can even get an ennoblement as a baron?”

After thinking for a moment, Charles shook his head and said, “Absolutely not! I’m merely a participant of the 24th Rank, while a baron is a title of the 7th Rank in the empire. Moreover, the merit I can earn has almost reached its limit as the war has progressed, making it difficult to achieve greater merit, and the amount of merit needed for further promotion has also increased.”

Be it the Fars Empire or the other countries of the Old Continent, those who could really rise to high positions were always of noble origins. People born commoners, no matter how many merits they earned, faced a hard ceiling on their promotions. Charles was already an anomaly in the Fars Empire, as breaking through the insurmountable class barriers purely by merit was a rarity in the history of Fars, spanning hundreds of years. Nevertheless, he needed no merit in the Lionheart Dynasty or Inglima; just the Emperor’s favor could earn him a higher position than what he could achieve in Fars.

The Black Dragon spoke indifferently, “But if you were the son-in-law of His Majesty Brittany, your future might be that of the Grand Duke of Mecklen.”

Unable to help it, Charles chuckled at the thought, which had truly never crossed his mind. But then his expression grew serious, and he said, “Lord Black Dragon, this matter, known only to you and me, shall not be mentioned again from this day forth.”

The Black Dragon nodded and replied, “I will heed your command.”

Charles pondered for a long time and then said, “Then let’s just wait patiently!”

“And see how Strasbourg intends to ‘deal with’ me.”

After discussing with the Black Dragon for a while, Charles made another decision; they were not only going to continue delivering Beastmen to Cappadocia, but they would also attract a group of human migrants from Cappadocia. To bridge the gap between humans and Beastmen, it is essential to have population movement and mixed settlements rather than allowing Beastmen tribes to form isolated communities.

Charles now controlled the Red Dragon Strait, the only strait that could traverse the Old Continent, and also the busiest commercial route. Through the Red Dragon Strait, the journey could be shortened by at least several thousand kilometers compared to circumventing the Great North or the Great South. Cappadocia also possessed a maritime trade fleet of hundreds of merchant ships, so it was paramount to quickly resume the trade routes of the Red Dragon Strait and attract other fleets to navigate through it.

Charles also felt that the Black Dragon’s suggestion was good and entrusted the matter to the Black Dragon to handle.

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Charles didn’t have to wait long this time…

The messenger from Strasbourg arrived at Red Cliff City a month later.

Well, Charles almost thought Julius Axler VI had tacitly allowed him to carve out his own faction on the north shore of the Red Dragon Strait.

The messenger brought a new official appointment: Charles was promoted from a 24th Rank, First Level Counselor to a 23rd Rank, Second Level Counselor, and he also acquired another political role: Civil Affairs Officer of the eleven cities of the Red Dragon Strait and Commander of the Red Dragon Sea War Zone!

This appointment was acceptable; Charles couldn’t say he was dissatisfied, but he could still faintly sense that the Emperor’s indifference had increased.

He still remembered the first time he received a promotion, the documents came from three sources: the Central Government Office, His Majesty the Emperor, and Her Highness the Empress, but that was no longer the case. Now, all appointments came solely from the Central Government Office, without any decrees from the Emperor or the Empress.

Charles sighed. It would be foolish to distance himself from the Brittany Family for an Emperor he had never met.

After receiving his new duties and official documents, Charles’s first action was to expand the Westwind Knights, incorporating all the Beastman warriors into this Knighthood, which had evolved from the Patrolling Army. It instantly became the most numerous and largest Knighthood in the Old Continent.

It even surpassed the Royal Knights Order of the Five Great Empires. After all, in a world dominated by Transcendent Battles, the combat power of the Empires’ Royal Knights Orders was measured by the quality and number of the Transcendents they possessed. No Knighthood had ever maintained such a vast force.

It could be called the premier Knighthood of the Old Continent!

After restructuring the Westwind Knights, Charles intended to keep his head down and focus on training, striving to increase his strength as much as possible. In the near future, when facing the Evil God, he would have a better chance of surviving. However, it wasn’t long after he received the promotion documents that the Empire sent another messenger, this time with a document whose contents were truly shocking.

Charles even thought that not even native novelists of the Fars Empire or the web fiction authors from Earth could conceive of such outlandish plots; history was proving stranger than fiction.

An incredible and shocking incident had occurred in the Fars Empire that rattled the entire court!

Duchess Mesu had committed treason!

This Duchess had led her entire family, along with the Northern Fleet, to join Byron. It was said she had also gained favor with a Blood Ancestor and turned into the Blood Clan!

When Charles received this document, he almost wanted to ask, “Does the Empire’s messenger also deliver drafts for novels?”

“Which up-and-coming author came up with this lousy storyline?”

But cold, hard reality told him that this was indeed true, and soon the same information came from the Imperial Rose Fleet of Menilman: Duchess Mesu had truly committed treason and joined Byron. Now the Northern Fleet on the high seas was a formidable enemy, no longer a reliable ally.

It took Charles at least three or four days to recover. He still couldn’t accept such a horrifying piece of news.

The treason of Duchess Mesu meant that the Empire’s recent naval victories had all rotted away, and the recently acquired naval superiority had been equalized by Byron. The war between them had moved into a next, even more brutal stage.

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