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Chapter 772 - 772 47 Non-violent Non-cooperation_1

772: Chapter 47, Non-violent Non-cooperation_1 772: Chapter 47, Non-violent Non-cooperation_1 In the Mountain Domain, seeing the diplomatic documents sent by the countries in the North, Hudson knew that his plan of the Magical Beast Legion was about to suffer a heavy blow.

The sudden change in international situation eventually affected the Mountain Domain.

Stimulated by this, the Northern countries were all looking for reasons to send the pregnant female beasts back to their homelands early.

As for the share of Hudson’s Magical Beast juveniles, all of them resorted to the simplest and crudest method – spending money.

The unjust methods of the Kingdom ultimately led to a loss of trust.

Now, they’d rather risk the female beast having a miscarriage halfway, than delay any longer.

Although no one literally pointed it out, everyone knew that with the disappearance of the last common interest, the Northern Alliance was practically non-existent from today.

After much hesitation, Hudson finally let go of the idea of taking advantage of the situation for financial gains.

Such activity was harmful to one’s integrity and was not good for sustainable development.

“Cain, take a trip for me.

Tell them everything will be done according to the prior agreement, and the Mountain Domain is always welcoming their visits.

This includes the people from the Columbia Country, if they want to leave with the female beasts, they should be allowed to do so too.

Send the order to strengthen the guard in the domain from today, I don’t want anything unexpected to happen to any of them before they leave the territory of the Mountain Domain!”

Hudson said seriously.

He was helpless in face of this situation.

At this point, all that Hudson could do was to minimize the economic impact on his territory after losing the Magical Beast Base.

Without these top-quality consumers, Dardiel City, which flourished due to the establishment of the Magical Beast Base, will inevitably face a deep economic depression.

In response to that, Hudson could only think of shock therapy.

People have left, the market is gone, and the corresponding businesses and services can only wither away too.

The scale of the Mountain Domain could not sustain a bustling big city at all.

Even with the purchasing power of some neighboring nobles added, it was not enough to maintain the current prosperity of Dardiel City.

Even if he counts all the noble families, it would be a loss for him, Master Hudson, if they could scrape together a thousand customers with purchasing power.

With a limited number of customers still following the primitive territorial economic model and being totally self-sufficient, everyone’s demand for commerce is actually quite limited.

The commodity with the most demand was salt, followed by iron farming tools.

Luxury items like Magical Beast meat, spices, tea, silk, etc., had very limited sales.

Having come from a small noble family, Hudson knew this group’s purchasing power very well, basically there was not much potential for development.

Even if they had money, they would save it to buy Life Essence for their descendants, to provide Knight’s equipment, and to prepare for large weddings.

Maybe in the future, an additional standard configuration will be added – Magical Beast mounts.

In short, everyone had too many places to spend money.

There was no spare cash to squander.

“Count, it’s one thing to let the people from other forces leave.

The Columbia people have tried to provoke a war between our kingdom and the Black Forest People, it is extremely lenient to let them leave just like that.

If this spreads, it will not look good for the Capital’s end either.

Even if we let them leave, I’m afraid they won’t get very far.

There are too many people with eyes on them.

Chances are, unfortunate things will happen as soon as they come out of the Mountain Domain’s territory.

Rather than benefitting others, might as well benefit…”

Before Cain could finish speaking, Hudson interrupted: “This benefit, is something any party could take advantage of, but we can’t touch it.

The Magical Beast Base is a symbol of the Mountain Domain.

Even if it is temporarily vacant, there will be a day of prosperity again in the future.

We can earn money again if it is gone.

We can continue to breed if the Magical Beasts are gone.

But, once our reputation is gone, it will be really gone.

Send someone to inform Governor Piers about the Columbia people planning to leave with the Magical Beasts.

I owed him a favor back then.

It’s time to pay him back.”

Choosing to align with the Dalton family at this time was actually not a choice.

If you look at the map, you’d know that if the Columbia people want to leave the Mountain Domain, they either have to cross the Black Stone Mountain Range and go through the Black Forest Kingdom, or they have to take a detour in the Southeastern Province.

The Black Forest Kingdom is their enemy, they wouldn’t go there, so that only leaves the path through the Southeastern Province.

It’s hard not to be discovered while hanging around the Dalton Family’s doorstep.

Anyway, since he can’t touch them, Hudson doesn’t mind giving them away to take advantage of the situation.

Everyone knows that the Columbia people are a huge piece of fatty meat, but this meat isn’t that easy to consume.

Nobles these days are quite gutsy.

If the Columbia people are sure they can’t escape, most probably they will directly slaughter the female beasts.

They are killing their own beasts, no one has the right to interfere.

Even if the Dalton Family was furious afterward, they couldn’t do anything about them.

“Robbery”, is something that cannot be openly discussed.

If the Columbia people are able to provoke Governor Piers and cause them to kill a few nobles, it would be quite entertaining.

…

In the Columbia Country, Louis Vuitton III, who had made arrangements for his descendants, was waiting quietly in the royal palace for the disaster to strike.

A number of Ministers from the Kingdom had disappeared long ago.

If there were no accidents, they would be busy leveraging their connections to preserve their existing interests at this moment.

Loyal officials may exist, but when Louis Vuitton III, their King, chose to concede and directly ordered the Aristocratic Country Army to let the enemies in, they also lost their will to fight.

Another one who felt troubled was Marquis Lelian, the Commander of the Black Forest Kingdom’s expedition.

After finally seizing the chance to take the task of the campaign, he hoped to make a name from this war but the enemies directly broke down.

Before the expedition, Alexander V emphasized repeatedly to make use of opportunities on the battlefield and clear as many obstacles as possible for the Kingdom’s future rule.

The important nobles at the Capital also suggested to him indirectly to be ruthless.

To make a contribution to the long peace of the Kingdom.

Besides the fact that he did not order a massacre of Columbia’s nobles, one could say everyone had done everything they could.

Originally, Marquis Lelian had planned to wreak havoc on the battlefield, devastating the ruling group of Columbia and reaping glory for their kingdom.

Regrettably, after entering Columbia, Marquis Lelian found the reality was much more brutal than their initial plans.

There was no armed resistance.

The only thing the people of Columbia did was invite ambassadors from various countries to act as witnesses.

Not to mention massacre the nobility, even accidentally killing a few serfs on the march invited a flurry of criticism from a group of ambassadors.

It wasn’t about justice, purely human instinct.

Everyone had abstained from the feast, only the Black Forest Kingdom was eating meat, who could balance that in their hearts?

If they didn’t look for opportunities to provoke them, everyone’s thoughts would not be satisfied.

This led to the tragedy of a group of ambassadors following the army, catching any small issues.

They had smoothly arrived at the capital, and upon seeing the palace appearing in front of them, Marquis Lelian has mixed feelings.

Had they won the war?

But he didn’t fight at all!

Taking over Columbia was easy, but what about the future governance?

To solve this problem, the main question was: how to deal with Alexander V and the many nobles of Columbia.

Killing was certainly out of the question.

They definitely could not afford the blame brought about by a one-time slaughter of thousands of nobles, and neither could the Black Forest Kingdom.

If they didn’t kill them, how to deal with these nobles could pose a huge problem.

It was alright if they were just nobles in name.

They could be left untouched without affecting the interests of the Black Forest Kingdom.

But what about the fief nobles?

They couldn’t be all brought under their control, right?

Regardless of loyalty, they had to consider the major nobles in the capital who were in eager anticipation, as well as the many aristocratic military officers who had followed him.

“Your Highness Louis Vuitton III, Marquis Lelian gives you his regards!”

He was polite in speech, but in his heart he looked down.

From a high and mighty king to this predicament, Louis Vuitton III bore the largest responsibility.

If he was more politically sensitive, he would not have been eager to show his loyalty as a traitor before the situation was clear.

Standing on the winning side was not wrong, but Louis Vuitton had played his hand wrong.

Nobody likes traitors, and a simple choosing of sides had disgusted both the Alpha Kingdom and the Black Forest Kingdom.

For the scene in front of them, they were in for a bitter harvest.

Alternatively, if he prioritised developing military power and trained an army of thirty to fifty-thousand soldiers, there would be a chance for victory on the battlefield.

“Never mind, Marquis Lelian.

You are the victors now and as a loser, I am not entitled to equal treatment.

Tell me, what does that bastard Alexander V plan on doing with me?”

Louis Vuitton III sneered.

Being a king has its perks, regardless of the size or strength of the country, a monarch is always a monarch.

No matter what Louis Vuitton did, Marquis Lelian could only stand by watching, still granting the other the respect due to his status.

While serving the king, he still had to protect Louis Vuitton V’s personal safety.

Even suicide was not allowed.

Because no matter how he met his end, as long as an accident occurred within his control area, Marquis Lelian would be blamed.

“Your Highness, please calm down.

Recently, the infiltration of the Cult July Club into your country has been very severe, even seizing control of the government.

His Majesty worries for your safety and specially invites Your Highness to bring your family to live in our capital.

When everything settles, Your Highness can return at any time.”

Marquis Lelian said as gently as possible.

Right now, he was not worried about Louis Vuitton III causing trouble, if the king in front of him could make trouble, it would save a lot of work.

He was just worried that he might feel desperate and commit suicide.

“Do as you wish, Columbia is yours now, do whatever you want!

I am not going anywhere now.

Even if I am to die, I want to die in this palace!”

Louis Vuitton III sneered.

In Columbia, in order to pacify the people, they could not slight this king.

But once he was in the Black Forest Kingdom, he would not even have a bit of a say.

“Your Highness, I think it would be better for you to go.

If you insist on staying here and something happens, it is something no one wants to see.

Oh yes, your prince and princess are both very cute.

They’ve been moved to the capital and are waiting for you for the reunion.”

Marquis Lelian threatened.

“Is that so?

Then please help me take care of them.

After all, we are related, I believe Alexander V as their uncle, will not mistreat them!”

Despite Louis Vuitton’s mockery, Marquis Lelian swallowed his anger.

After all, the royal families of the two countries were indeed related.

If they were to really count, all the monarchs of the Aslante continent could trace a relation.

Having Louis Vuitton’s children early on indeed served as leverage, but they could only hold it and not use it.

Facing a negligent Louis Vuitton, Marquis Lelian was helpless within the existing rules.