Chapter 695 No One in Ellington Can Beat Me!

Flying in the sky was boring, but Illya actually asked to play Gwent!

That's right, she even brought Gwent when she went out to play!

When Tang En heard Elijah say to Angus, "Let's play Gwent", he was shocked!

"No one in Ellington can win me!"

After Angus shouted these words, Tang En felt the deep malice of the will of the universe.

That's right, he lost to Ilia in less than five minutes...

Edward, who was watching with great interest, quickly took up Angus's position.

Edward smiled and took out the deck of cards he had collected: "I'll give it a try. I have some experience with Gwent."

After half an hour, Edward couldn't laugh anymore - because many of the rare cards in his collection had been won by Ilia...

"This is impossible!"

Edward and Angus looked at each other blankly. They had been in it for a long time, but they couldn't even beat a little girl! ?

What's more, what she picked up was an ordinary deck!

This unscientific? Yes, because it’s magic…

Tang En's mouth twitched.

Who is Ilia? The reincarnation of Ms. Calamity, damn!

She herself represents the incarnation of all disasters in the world. She can withstand such a strong entanglement of disasters. In other words, she herself is the representative of "strong luck" in this world. Playing this kind of luck game with her, Isn't that asking for abuse?

Ilia carefully put away the rare cards, and then looked at Tang En expectantly: "Brother, do you want a game of Gwent?"

"--Not coming!"

Tang En didn't want his glorious image of omnipotence to collapse - he had no confidence that he could win against Ilia.

Ignoring the pouting Ilia, Tang En pretended to concentrate on driving, but quietly pricked up his ears and continued to listen to the battle situation.

On the way down, Angus and Edward's expressions were not good, because they didn't even win a set against Ilia!

In the end, the two of them almost lost their underwear to Ilia.

They landed on a mountaintop at noon, and after having a quick lunch, they continued on their way until nightfall, and then they found a place to camp.

At this time, they had been crossing the border of the Solant Kingdom for a while.

In a sheltered valley, the four of them sat around a campfire, drinking hot mushroom soup, chewing on tender and juicy steaks, and listening to Edward introducing the situation of the Solant Kingdom.

The scenery in the Kingdom of Solant is not very different from that in the Illrus Empire. If we really want to say it, it is that the dimension is higher, the temperature is lower, there are more coniferous forests on the mountains here, and the snow line is also better than that in the Illrus Empire. It's lower over there.

As one of the most powerful kingdoms on the continent, Solant’s territory occupies about a quarter of the main continent. The people here are rich and the soldiers are strong. King Klein Solant is 65 years old. Years old, as an extraordinary swordsman, he had the possibility of being promoted to legend, but he was too obsessed with power, which became his inner demon, and also caused him to stay at the extraordinary level for many years without making any progress.

But even so, being a 65-year-old extraordinary swordsman also means that he is strong and can rule the Kingdom of Solant for decades. During these years, the Kingdom of Solant will remain as prosperous as ever.

Solant's economic prosperity comes from its rich mineral resources, forest resources, Warcraft resources, and transactions with the Renne Empire. In addition, the reputation of Solant's war horses is well-known in the mainland, although it is not as cold-resistant and load-bearing as the war horses of the Renne Empire. It is not as good as it is, but the combination of speed, endurance and explosive power is the best, and it is an iconic production area of ​​top-notch horses.

The kingdom's rich metal deposits allowed Klein to arm his army with high-performance steel. The abundant resources also allowed the blacksmiths of the Solant Kingdom to freely use their ideas and hone their skills, so they own the human kingdom. The highest average level of technology.

Edward finally concluded: "...So in summary, since the fall of the Illrus Empire, the Kingdom of Solant and the Kingdom of Grace are currently the two most powerful kingdoms in the human kingdom."

Angus shook his head: "These two kingdoms are the most promising to unify the human kingdom again. Unfortunately, they are not royal orthodox and will not receive the blessing of the Holy See of Light."

In Purandal, bloodline is both important and unimportant. This is contradictory, but also very realistic. If you do not have the bloodline of the Ilrus royal family, it is basically impossible to obtain the recognition of the Holy See of Light - even Tang En This must be circumvented by marrying Olena.

But to be more important, Olena was actually married from the Ronitant Kingdom, and she did not have the blood of the Illus Empire in her body. The one who really had the blood was Princess Alleria - but Princess Alleria He also gave up his inheritance rights, so Tang En could only choose Queen Olena.

This proves that it doesn't matter whether you have real royal blood or not. What matters is the approval of the Holy See of Light.

Because the Holy See of Light recognized Gilad Illrus as the human emperor under the will of God, they must maintain this tradition.

At least, the apparent bloodline inheritance cannot be changed.

In addition, compared with the Solant Kingdom, the military combat capability of the Illrus Empire is simply terrible. On the one hand, it is crushed by financial resources and equipment, and on the other hand, it is the Apocalypse.

In the army of the Illus Empire, the ratio of Apocalypse to ordinary soldiers is one to one hundred. In other words, on average, there is only one Bronze-level Apocalypse out of a hundred soldiers.

In the Kingdom of Solant, the ratio is as high as one to fifty, which is twice as high.

The doubling of the number of Apocalypse and the comprehensive crushing of equipment means that in the frontal battlefield, the army of the Illus Empire will basically be defeated without any pressure.

The most important reason why the Ilrus Empire has not been annexed and divided after so many years of decline is that the headquarters of the Holy See of Light is in Yalinks.

"Sounds like a lot of trouble."

Tang En curled his lips. When they flew over at night, they saw several villages and towns on the road. Judging from the range of lights at night, the scale of the villages and towns in the Solant Kingdom was obviously larger than that of the Illrus Empire. This This means that the population of Solant Kingdom has an advantage.

This is a good thing.

Angus said with a smile: "It's not very troublesome, it's quite troublesome. If there's anyone who hates you the most right now, it must be Klein Solant."

When the news that Tang En had preemptively married Queen Olena reached Klein, the angry Klein broke several expensive crystal cups in succession. He was so angry that he almost waved his army in anger. Going south.

This was an excellent opportunity for him to inherit the unification of mankind, but unfortunately he was spoiled by Tang En who came out of nowhere. How could he not hate Tang En?

"Whatever you want, there are a lot of people who hate me."

Tang En didn't take him to heart at all.

Edward was a little embarrassed, but he continued: "My family, the Hohenheim family, now has a special status in the Kingdom of Solant..."

"Let me guess," Tang En put down his bowl and chopsticks and wiped his mouth, "Because of your alchemy abilities that have been passed down for many years, you were spotted by Klein and became his exclusive technical advisor. The Hohenheim family is responsible for The Kingdom of Lant provides alchemical support and manufactures a large amount of magic equipment to arm the soldiers of the Kingdom of Solant in exchange for the special status of the Hohenheim family in the Kingdom of Solant, right?"

"That's right..."

"Just think about it, I am Klein and I won't let you go."

Tang En spread his hands and said: "For an ambitious person, any force that can enhance national power must be wooed. What's more, your Hohenheim family designed the powerful alchemy of the Golden Colossus Legion in history. Family? He would be a fool if he didn’t win you over.”

Edward said slowly: "The Hohenheim family provided alchemy support to His Majesty Klein. On the one hand, they exchanged a large amount of wealth to maintain the family's glorious life. On the other hand, they obtained the support of His Majesty Klein. You can use a simple To obtain some rare alchemy materials, the patriarch believes that this is a choice that is beneficial to both parties."

"How many people are there in your Hohenheim family?"

Tang En suddenly asked: "What I'm asking is, who masters alchemy and has the ability to create magic equipment?"

"Currently, I know that there are 1,500 people in the Hohenheim family who have mastered alchemy. Among them, there are about a hundred people who are equal to or above my level."

"What the hell, so many!? What's their magic level?"

Tang En was stunned, fifteen hundred alchemists! This means that there are at least 1,500 magicians in the Hohenheim family! A magician outside the jurisdiction of the City of Silver!

If Klein could use the power of these magicians, he would probably have the power to push back the Illrus Empire!

"The level of magic is average."

Edward explained: "They practice magic mainly to improve the level of alchemy. Therefore, most of the arcane and fire spells are conducive to alchemy. As for the actual combat ability... I'm sorry, I don't know much about it either." .”

Tang En and Angus looked at each other, with some suspicions in their minds.

The actual combat capabilities of these magicians may not be strong, but their strategic significance is huge.

Not to mention anything else, although these magicians cannot be used as forts like elemental mages, they are well versed in alchemy and know how to change. They can change the battlefield environment at will during the war and strengthen their own soldiers. This kind of strategic significance is extremely important. major.

Tang En's heart was pounding, and now he even had the urge to poach King Klein!

He didn't care about the strategic significance of these people, but he was interested in their alchemy skills.

If he got all these alchemists to Ellington, would he still have to go to such trouble?

Now those wild mages are all forced into their posts. It would be better to kill them than to let them learn alchemy, so they can only be responsible for some seal-carving magic circle work.

But with the Alchemist, Tang En's own work would be much easier, and the progress of many research and development work could also be greatly improved.

but……

How to dig this corner?