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Chapter 744 - 744 33 No Way Out_3

744: Chapter 33, No Way Out_3 744: Chapter 33, No Way Out_3 “The situation has indeed changed, but there’s a problem we must consider.

That is, once the major merger begins fully, it will be very hard to stop it.

There’s only one Caesar III.

Without the restraint of a powerful monarch, the powers of the major nobles will only continue to swell.

They continue to grow in strength, while we’re just marking time.

In the future, the gap between our powers will only become smaller.

From the end of the war, we’ve been on a downward slope.

Especially after losing the financial subsidies of the kingdom, we few families have had even harder days.

I don’t know about your situation, but the Rocknard Family had a serious financial deficit last year, and this will continue this year.

To cut expenditures, we had no choice but to slash military spending and significantly reduce the number of standing armies.

If this continues, within ten years, our military advantage will no longer exist; in less than twenty years, we’ll fall to the middle and lower ranks of the major nobles.

The situation of the Rocknard Family is such, and I estimate yours won’t be much different.

Compared to changing monarchy, our more pressing problem is financial.”

Duke Torsten threw out an even terser issue, redirecting everyone’s gaze onto themselves.

Living off the old capital, they are still in a unique position among the nobles of the kingdom.

But this advantage is constantly being eroded as time goes on.

Their biggest issue right now is financial deficit.

They can no longer continue their path of exhaustive military actions.

Plain farming will not provide enough to support the family either.

How to make money has become a pressing issue.

In the past, they would smuggle and capture slaves for the Orc Empire to supplement their deficits.

Now, there’s no hope for that.

The Orc Empire has been driven to extremely impoverished and dangerous areas, with human kingdoms standing in between.

Even if they want to revive their old business, they lack the conditions to do so.

Not only are the conventional methods not solving their financial issues, but even if they were to exhaustively search the Penal Code of the Alpha Kingdom, they wouldn’t find a way to make money.”

“Torsten, there’s no point in fantasizing.

The northern border has never been as prosperous as the south.

Competing with them in wealth would be pure humiliation.

Our advantage lies in being under the constant threat of war for years.

The people of the Northland have always been fierce.

The armies we form have superior combat capabilities.

But the kingdom has started to form the Magical Beast Beast Legion.

The future model of warfare is heading in a direction we least want to see.

If we don’t take advantage of our strength now, we won’t be able to do anything in the future!

There’s nothing strange about the rise and fall of clans.

But our case is different.

Our ancestors left us with so many enemies.

Once we enter a period of decline, it will spell doom for us.

Rather than waiting for death and watching our family be destroyed in decades, we might as well risk it all – order a new game and start over!”

Duke Hiro spoke fiercely.

Those devouring gazes seemed as if they could swallow the whole world.

Suddenly, the room became silent, and everyone fell deep into thought.

“Hiro, we no longer have the control.

Although Caesar III is gone, the safeguards he left for the Royal Family will certainly not be few.

Overturning this chessboard isn’t an easy task, at least I can’t find an appropriate entry point.”

Duke Rodriguez said worriedly.

Quite clearly, he’s also very dissatisfied with the current situation.

He wants to seek an opportunity to break the current political pattern and find a way out for his family.

“Rodriguez, you’re too cautious.

If there’s no opportunity, we should find a way to create one!”

While speaking, Duke Hiro signaled with a look, and the minor followers present at the meeting left one after another, leaving only the five grand dukes to continue their discussion.