The witch thought I am a Demon God
Chapter 1053 - 537: Frank’s Second Failure_2

Chapter 1053: Chapter 537: Frank’s Second Failure_2

Two Witch Queens did not object.

The Red Queen sneered. "It’s not impossible."

"But I want the bigger share! No, I want the smaller portion, stop laughing! What I mean is, I want the Emperor of Frank’s lowlands!! That richest region, it should be mine!"

The Witch Queen said, "The power of the Frankish people captivates us too, sharing his authority is also our desire."

"Getting the Frankish people on our side this time was lucky, I encountered a friend who took the initiative to offer help."

Seeing this, the other Electors could only agree.

They had originally feared the Frankish people too, so collectively taking action against the outside was a good choice.

Ivita, seeing that they had all agreed, breathed a sigh of relief. Most of his body would occasionally vanish entirely into the Magic Black Forest, so before that, he needed to make the entire Empire focus their forces to wage war against the Frankish people once again, so that there wouldn’t be any problems while he was away.

Ivita also met with the king of the United Kingdom and the king of the Two Fang Kingdom. "Since that is the case, I am of course willing to elevate everyone’s power to the next level."

...

In the Frankish court, Louis XI’s expression was twisted.

The second total assault on the Holy Empire had failed, and that Ivita had actually become the Imperial Emperor.

There was nothing more darkly humorous than this.

At this moment, in the court, Queen Catherine, Archbishop Lance, and the Tsardom Island Chief Justice along with the new Chief Witch were in the sleeping quarters.

Louis XI paced back and forth. "I did so much, all for Ivita Alsace to take the benefits. But I don’t understand why my generals were so easily bribed during the war, and why those two Witch Queens suddenly helped the Empire."

The Chief Witch of Tsardom Island said, "Your Majesty, before we went to war against the Empire, we had already confirmed that both Witch Queens were caught in their own crises, hence unable to assist the Empire. But now, for some reason, they have managed to free up."

"But you need not worry. Though Tsardom Island lacks Witch Queens, it does have many witches of alternative magic paths."

"We have already devised a plan to deal with those two Witch Queens."

"Just organize the army for a third total assault."

"Another one?" Louis XI was speechless, the second assault had even killed the Emperor, but to his surprise, Ivita had used his hand to ascend to the throne almost without resistance.

But after calming down, Louis XI thought it over and felt it was feasible. "The second time was more successful than the first; I killed an Emperor, which greatly weakened the Empire’s authority."

"Now is just about killing another Emperor. The Holy Empire will be completely torn apart by us in the future, its national power declined, whereas the Frank Empire has not yet used its national foundation. Another attempt is feasible."

"But you said you thought of a way to deal with the two Witch Queens, what do you mean?"

The new Chief Witch said, "We’ve devised a method to deal with them, provided by Ivita Alsace himself, the most powerful male witch in the world."

Louis XI was intrigued, and Queen Catherine and the others all turned their attention to the new Chief Witch.

The new Chief Witch said, "During this battle, Ivita used mixed-blood werewolves to take the Lorin Duchy from us and allowed a large number of werewolves to participate in the battle."

"The werewolves he created, mixed with werewolf curse—Undead Magic—Druid power—Subspace power, are among the most powerful curses in the world, the most fascinating thing about magic, is the connection."

"We’ve obtained many bodies of mixed-blood werewolves and extracted from these werewolves a deadly werewolf toxin, as a wizard you also know, the most powerful aspect of a werewolf is the incurable wolf poison."

"The key is that the curse is very new; those werewolves seem weak, but they are all first-generation. From them, we can restore the power used by Ivita at that time, and after our magical transformation, we can make that wolf poison..."

Louis XI shivered.

"That’s right. The wolf poison from the mixed-blood werewolves created by Ivita, as long as we handle it well, that can kill the Witch Queens."

"The immortal Witch Queen can be killed by us... Ivita even delivered weapons to us."

The Tsardom Island Chief Justice said, "That’s truly great. As long as we have weapons to kill the Witch Queen, we can launch a counterattack against them."

"But Your Majesty, our treasury is already in jeopardy. Launching a third assault might drain it completely and still may not be sufficient."

Louis XI considered for a moment. "Let the citizens of Frank voluntarily donate money."

"This war is fought for their living space. They should naturally contribute."

"Let them withdraw their savings to buy our government bonds."

"Have them mortgage their homes, take their cattle, fields, and workshops to the bankers as collateral, and then we borrow from the banks..."

"As long as we emerge victorious, all of these can be reclaimed."

Louis XI said, "So, don’t worry. This way, we’ll have sufficient funds."

"Furthermore, we currently have insufficient troops. We are using elite professional soldiers who not only consume a lot of money every day but also significantly hurt our country’s professional populace when they fall."

"The Empire is too large; we need more fodder to penetrate deep into the Empire’s territory, plunder their wealth, and disrupt their economy."

Louis XI said, "Therefore, we must summon all the people of Frank to send their sons to serve the nation. I plan to use two million troops to invade the Empire. What do you think about that?"

Archbishop Lance sighed, "In wars, it’s always those from certain social strata who die, irrespective of nationality."

"And even if the war is won, those people still..."

He stopped speaking abruptly.

The Tsardom Island Chief Justice said, "I think it’s feasible. This indeed is a method to curb the vast national power of the Empire."

"Should we win this war, even the lower classes of the Frankish people would gain greatly."

"Their descendants would live prosperously. It’s just that they and their children must endure hardship now."

Queen Catherine said, "More realistically, many bankers in the lowlands have already gone bankrupt. The financial industry has long collapsed due to our and the United Kingdom’s repeated plundering. Apart from making our citizens donate money, it’s hard to gather enough to support our million-strong army."

...

Inside the Emperor’s palace at Fort Regen, Ivita received the king of the Two Fang Kingdom, securing the Pearl Tooth Kingdom’s commitment to combat the Frankish people together. Unfortunately, the king of the Mango Tooth Kingdom only sent an emissary and firmly declined Ivita’s request.

This was because the Mango Tooth Kingdom was deeply embroiled in an extreme civil war due to the Black Death and nationalistic ideas, even losing control over many of its colonies. Hence, they did not want to involve further in the war.

However, the next round of audiences did not disappoint Ivita as Stuart III, the elderly king of the United Kingdom, almost ran to meet her.

The senior King Stuart III greeted Ivita in a tone of old friends meeting, "Your Majesty, I did not expect to meet you on such an occasion."

"With this, we are more confident in combating the fearsome Frankish people."

"Now with Frank gaining too much power, virtually taking all the remaining territories of the United Kingdom in the lowlands, we must immediately unite all countries to ensure that the Frankish people do not entertain evil aspirations to rule the world."

Overwhelmed by the indifference of the Mango Tooth Kingdom and suddenly meeting with such active enthusiasm from the senior king of the United Kingdom, Ivita was not entirely prepared to respond.

"Elder king, there’s something I’ve wanted to ask you—how is the famine in your kingdom now? Has it been resolved?"

"Are you lacking in food? Should I lend you some..."

The elderly king was instantly doused in cold water. "Your Majesty, that is a famine in the colonies, what does it have to do with our kingdom?"

"The focus is still on the Frankish people..."