On June 12, Terra Year 775, the Empire released nurous photos and news reports about the Fiery Fla Land using demonic technology, officially announcing to the entire Terra Continent that the Fiery Fla Land employed forbidden technology and committed heinous anti-human acts in the Western Frontier of the Empire.
In response, the Fiery Fla Land claid that what they used was not rely demonic technology, but artificial demon technology that harnesses demonic power through human will—they have discovered the fundantal laws of demon creation and can completely use demons to eliminate demons.
As for the anti-human acts, they believe that after ten years of war preparations in the Western Territory, there are no non-war-related civilians there; those who should have moved have done so, and there’s no way ordinary civilians remain in the Western Territory—only absolute supporters and reservists of the Empire’s war. They are rely eliminating the Empire’s reserve forces.
Although this brazen statent is extrely shaless, they never intended to persuade others, rely to ensure their own party’s justification in mutual bickering.
For the Nobles of the Southern Ridge, after experiencing the terrifying raids from the Fiery Fla Land, they ironically lacked the energy to care about such public opinion.
Because, there is an Earl who might be even more terrifying than those from the Fiery Fla Land, watching them intently.
On June 15, two weeks after the major raid in South Ridge, it was announced that the Southern Ridge would enter a full war mode. To prevent a second, equally devastating and damaging raid, the Nanling Provincial Governor, Marquis Barton, declared that all Nobles in South Ridge would be connected to the network for managent.
This is a very reasonable demand; after all, if our side is not united as one, it ans the enemy can infiltrate and mix freely. Once artificial demon technology is publicized, anyone with a brain will know that without corresponding defensive technology, the enemy can easily penetrate our core managent.
However, even so.
There are still many Imperial Nobles unwilling to undergo network managent.
"Listen, I will absolutely not join your damn network system!"
Baron Issa angrily shouted at the Xiawei Territory engineering team that ca to lay terminal signal transmitters and cables. He rudely expelled the Xiawei Territory’s engineering team, even causing casualties.
Not only that, he also declared that if Ian’s people dared to co to his place, he would definitely not hold back; if they invaded his territory without permission, he had the right to kill them all.
Such individuals are not rare in South Ridge.
Even just a Baron is a local tyrant within his territory, apart from the Empire-assigned necessary taxes and adherence to the Empire’s Noble laws, a Baron is free to do anything he wants within his domain.
Especially in places like South Ridge, where the spread and adherence to Noble laws are impossible, the Nobles here have long been accustod to freedom.
Suddenly having soone else manage them, if the opposing party is strong, enduring is understandable; strength equates to being reasonable. Even the most brutish and ignorant Nobles know that if a powerful individual wants to be savage, they can be as savage as they wish, their opposition is aningless.
But, the most detestable thing is this ’network.’
Now, with the Silverpeak Domain widely promoting that it did not suffer any losses in the Fiery Fla Land’s raid, and even capturing several critical spies, all Southern Ridge Nobles know that Ian relied on that so-called ’network’ to monitor everyone.
If they can even monitor spies from the Fiery Fla Land, then wouldn’t they themselves have absolutely no secrets?
No way, we must oppose, we must oppose!
Otherwise, wouldn’t the evidence of their private smuggling, illegal activities, sacrificial rites, secret dealings with the Fiery Fla Land, and possibly even more frightening actions be seen by Ian?!
And getting them to stop doing those things would be more excruciating than killing them.
However, those Nobles closer to Silverpeak Domain, even if they don’t want to network, have no right to refuse—Silverpeak Domain doesn’t even need to establish base stations in their territories; it can cover them all with its own signals.
But for Nobles like Baron Issa, located in remote areas near the Golden Plains, they ’don’t need’ to show any respect to Ian. If they don’t want to network, they can directly refuse, and Marquis Barton’s orders can be delayed through various ans, like needing to survey base station construction sites or claiming the base stations are toxic to local residents, or even after construction, they might directly destroy it, attributing it to natural disasters or blaming the Fiery Fla Land.
"These Silverpeak people are going too far."
After driving away Ian’s engineering team, Baron Issa returned to his castle, his face ashen, gazing at his city, now blasted with a large crater, he had no thoughts other than gnashing his teeth: "These damn Fiery Fla Land people, not only did they fail to destroy the Prophet’s territory, but instead bombed my city!"
Baron Issa’s territory mainly produces various agricultural tools, adjacent to the Golden Plains, which contain many high-quality mineral veins, and the related agricultural tool workshops and various weapons are considered fine.
However, facing Silverpeak Domain’s industrialized production and new tal refining techniques, and all sorts of new-generation concepts in agricultural tools, there’s only one result.
Complete and total suppression!
Having lost almost all market share, the results from querying Silverpeak Domain are ’we can help you build a factory, but you need to join our system,’ which is hardly different from annexation. How can Baron Issa have a favorable impression of Ian?
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