Chapter 1147: A Short-Term Peace (Part One)
The battle at the Strait of Naples changed many people’s opinions toward the new and rising Northern Region Empire.
Before, many forces believed that the Northern Region Empire existed due to Human Emperor Alexander of the North’s powerful individual strength; it was thought to be a force that was united against many people’s will.
Although such a force looked powerful and massive, its unity was low while its foundation was weak.
Many forces including the Holy Church believed that as long as they defeated the Human Emperor of the North head-on, they could instantly make this new force collapse.
However, after the battle at the Strait of Naples in which the mixed cavalry legion of the Northern Region Empire fought with the Godly Execution Knight Legion, the No.1 Cavalry Legion on the continent, people finally realized that the Northern Region Empire didn’t only have a dominating lord like the Human Emperor of the North. There were also many powerful troops and soldiers.
Golden Lion Lampard also became famous on the continent after this battle.
The Legion Commander of the Godly Execution Knight Legion was Atkinson. This silver-haired and grey-eyed knight was one of the few famous masters on the continent, and his silver lance had killed many supreme masters. However, he wasn’t able to defeat Golden Lion Lampard, shocking the world.
Through this battle, the Northern Region Empire showed a tiny bit of its strength like the tip of an iceberg.
The addition of the last 400,000 most elite soldiers of Inter Milan and AC Milan who had been through trials and tribulations as well as the four young lords such as Shaarawy made the Northern Region Empire even more powerful.
Besides, the information about the Behemoth Orc Tribe, one of the superpowers during the Mythical Era, joining the Northern Region Empire also made the continent tremble.
Starting from two years ago, other races started to appear, putting an end to the era where humans dominated the continent.
From then to now, no one has heard of any human master subduing another race.
The Human Emperor of the North became even more mysterious.
Some people even stated that Continental Martial Saint Maradona’s title ‘The Strongest Human Under the Stars’ would have to be transferred to the Human Emperor of the North.
Even more people were looking forward to the war between the Holy Church and the Northern Region Empire.
The Holy Church had completely united the Central Region, and the Juventus Empire had become its affiliated empire, losing its autonomy. Also, the Northern Region Empire reached every corner of the region. Once the war broke out between these two forces, it would mean that it would be the first conflict between two giant regions.
Such a level of chaos could be compared to the hundred-year-long war between the gods and demons in the Mythical Era.
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However, war on that scale wouldn’t easily occur.
After the battle at the Strait of Naples, the Holy Church and the Northern Region Empire didn’t start the war as others had expected. Instead, they entered a period of stalemate.
The two forces both stationed many troops on the two sides of the Strait of Naples, preparing for the war.
Under the command of Golden Lion Lampard, the mixed cavalry legion of the Northern Region Empire that became famous after one battle was stationed at the frontline. Except for this legion, more than one million soldiers of the empire were also stationed on the frontline, rotating between the various fortresses between the Northern Region and the Central Region.
Chapter 1147: A Short-Term Peace (Part Two)
The Holy Church also stationed more than one million soldiers on the border, and half of them were the soldiers of the Holy Church while the other half were soldiers of Juventus.
Many fortresses and campsites were set up along the long border, not daring to lower their guard.
The two forces looked at each other with ambition, hostility, and alertness.
However, before they actually made up their mind for the war, they weren’t confident that they could take on their opponent. Although there were small-scale skirmishes, no actual war broke out.
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Fei had been busy digesting the result of the battle at the Strait of Naples.
To the 400,000 defeated soldiers of Inter Milan and AC Milan who survived the disaster, it was impossible for them to revive their former level 9 empires.
It wasn’t just because they didn’t have the strength. The royal bloodlines of the two empires were completely wiped out by the Holy Church, and no one could claim the inheritance. Therefore, there was no way that they could re-establish those two empires.
The only mission of the soldiers who survived was to seek revenge and destroy the Holy Church.
Therefore, after Fei promised them that he would one day give them enough strength to seek revenge, these 400,000 elite soldiers who had been through the cruelest challenges instantly swore loyalty to the Northern Region Empire without hesitation.
Shaarawy, Milito, Cassano, and Palacio all joined the Northern Region Empire and became powerful generals under the Human Emperor of the North’s command.
Such a result was beyond Fei’s expectations.
These 400,000 soldiers were all brave warriors who had been through a lot, and they had immense combat experience and wisdom. Fei separated these soldiers and put them in various legions in the ten military districts as officers, and they could help the graduates from Chambord’s military school to temper the legions.
Fei didn’t doubt these people’s loyalty.
Under the cruel suppression and massacres of the Holy Church, these people still decided to fight to the death. They would rather become homeless and wander to other nations instead of lowering their heads against violence. They were all great men, and their bravery and persistence were showcased during the battle at the Strait of Naples.
Since these warriors swore loyalty to the Northern Region Empire, they wouldn’t go back on their words.
Also, the addition of the four young lords such as Shaarawy greatly improved the strength of the force. The Northern Region Empire lacked supreme masters who could dominate over a region except for the silver crystal battle soul warriors who could only follow simple commands, but now with these young lords joining the empire, its true strength increased by several folds in a short time.
By capitalizing on a rare peace in this Chaos Era, Fei was slowly turning the Northern Region into an iron block according to his plan.
Fei was extremely busy these days.
Except for trying to further integrate the grand godly realm, the king had meetings with the elites of the empire almost every day, discussing all current issues.
Now knowing that the Polluters were coming, should the empire wage war against the Holy Church? This was the question that bothered Fei and his strategists. After all, the Holy Church was a human force. If the war started, it would be an internal conflict, greatly reducing the strength of the intelligent species on the continent.
Without question, it wasn’t beneficial toward the plan of defending against the Polluters.
The best way was to push the wolves to devour the tiger, letting the Holy Church battle it out with the Polluters first before the Northern Region Empire comes in and takes care of the rest.
Unfortunately, it seemed like not a single Polluter had appeared on the Azeroth Continent.
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A month after the battle at the Strait of Naples, the Northern Region Empire received a request for assistance from the Human Alliance in the Southern Region.