The offensive of the Kingdom of Cendrid came quickly, and Odin, the king of Cendrid, was already mad! He didn't even wait for the messenger from Camelot to explain the situation before sending troops directly. By the time Kai arrived at the border, the war broke out without warning.
If it weren't for Kai's previous efforts to ensure the safety of Arthur and the others. The Knights of Lyon were secretly deployed at the border. Maybe Camelot would suffer a big loss if it was unprepared. But even so, Camelot still had no choice but to push back its defense line.
There was no way, after all, no one planned to go to war with the Kingdom of Cendrid.
By the way, Eldor has been destroyed. The day after Arthur killed Prince Aledri, Eldor was destroyed by the angry nobles of the Kingdom of Cendrid. Fortunately, after killing Aledri again, Arthur and the others expected that the revenge of the Cendrid Kingdom would soon come back, so they persuaded the villagers to follow them back to Camelot, otherwise Eldon would have hundreds of mouths. People will definitely be hanged by the angry nobles!
But even so, more than a dozen villagers who refused to move were hanged by the nobles.
Kai had no intention of paying attention to this kind of thing. He could only organize his troops to resist Sendrid's attack while trying to find a way to end this trouble. He thought about contacting the nobles of the Sendrid Kingdom, hoping to reach an agreement with King Sendred through them. After all, war would benefit no one.
Unfortunately, this is useless. Sendrid's King Odin has gone mad. He didn't listen to any advice and only wanted revenge.
Faced with this situation, Kai could only bite the bullet and deal with the Kingdom of Cendrid, hoping to end this war at the minimum cost.
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While Kai was busy, Camelot was not idle either. The first is Arthur, who was thrown directly into the dungeon by King Uther. Of course, this is more of a show. King Uther must give this attitude to make King Odin feel better. Once things turn around, King Uther will naturally let Arthur go. Who knows that Arthur is King Uther's only son.
Although Morgana and the others were not thrown into prison, they still had a hard time. Morgana was grounded, and Merlin was whipped by King Uther again! The crime was that he failed to dissuade the prince.
This time the punishment was less, only ten lashes. This was because King Uther was more reasonable. Knowing that Merlin really couldn't be blamed for this incident, he showed mercy.
Merlin didn't have any complaints this time, after all, the incident did happen because of his request. If it weren't for him, Arthur wouldn't have been able to go to Eldor, and everything that happened after that would have been impossible.
Only Gwen-Gun Niang was unscathed. King Uther thought very simply. He didn't think that a maid like Gun Niang could change anything. She can neither fight nor give orders. She is a soy sauce party from beginning to end. King Uther didn't even pay much attention to her, so she was the only one safe.
It is also because of this that Gun Niang has more opportunities to contact Arthur.
Wasn't Morgana grounded, so even if she was worried about Arthur's situation in the dungeon, she didn't have the chance to see Arthur in person, so she asked Gun Girl to take care of Arthur. It happened that Merlin had been whipped ten times and was unable to take care of Arthur, so it was his turn to get away.
Arthur blamed himself very much for his impulsiveness.
Obviously before setting off, Kai had told him many times not to cause trouble and to come back as soon as he finished dealing with the robbers, but he didn't expect...
When he realized that his impulse would kill so many innocent lives, Arthur had the urge to commit suicide.
Fortunately, at this time, Gun Niang, the interpretive flower, stayed by his side all the time, constantly motivating him and persuading him, making him feel a little better.
It was also this back and forth that quickly heated up the relationship between men and women who already admired each other. Well, it was precisely because Gun Niang was sensible and pleasant that Arthur completely ignored her crooked mouth and the shortcomings of looking like a man... Ah, no, it should be said that in Arthur's eyes, this girl has no shortcomings. Very beautiful.
Fortunately Kai is not here, otherwise he would definitely find a doctor to treat his eyes and maybe his brain! (Every time I see Gun Niang on TV, the author can think of his fifth uncle. No, the author’s fifth uncle is at least much fairer than Gun Niang!)
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Fortunately, although both parties liked each other, they were still sober and knew that their identities were not a good match, so they did not express their feelings clearly and just allowed it to ferment slowly.
Compared with the leisure of these few, King Uther is very worried.
War is not just playing house. It is said that there are too many things involved. These things need to be handled by King Uther. Originally, Arthur could still help him, but this matter that Arthur did was really ugly. King Uther must teach him a lesson, otherwise this stupid son may cause bigger problems for him.
So these days, King Uther has become much more haggard. The autumn harvest is coming soon, and the country cannot send many men to the battlefield at this time, and those men must be paid, and they must be paid in full and in excess. In an era of low productivity, the significance of the autumn harvest is not just as simple as harvesting. It is related to the life and death of many civilian families and the stability of the country.
The kingdom must not mess around with this. If you are not careful, the whole country will be starved to death, and the entire country will be crumbling. Therefore, men must be recruited carefully, and the pay must be generous. After all, many families rely on this salary to survive the entire year.
But the problem now is that the country has no money!
The king in the feudal era was definitely not as wealthy as imagined. After all, most of the country's tax revenue was actually in the hands of many nobles. Not as much money actually went to the king's hands as imagined. Camelot was pretty good, at least not bad. It is considered rich, but no matter how rich it is, it cannot withstand the consumption of war. In particular, much of the royal family's wealth consists of real estate such as land, houses, castles, shops, jewelry, art, etc. The cash is really not too much.
Besides, the kingdom's annual budget is only so much, and now it's before the autumn harvest. The original budget has been almost spent, and new taxes will have to wait until after the autumn harvest. At this juncture, even Camelot can't take it. Not that much cash.
So King Uther was so worried that he lost a lot of his hair. Now that King Uther saw the gold and silver furnishings in the palace, he had the urge to sell them. But the problem is not that simple. If it could be sold, it would have been sold long ago!
Selling the royal family's property at this time would alleviate the financial dilemma, but the consequences would be more serious. After all, doing this is undoubtedly telling the people that the royal family is already stretched thin!
This is the most serious!
Once this happens, the morale of the people will undoubtedly be severely hit. Not long after the war, the royal family ran out of money... Could there be a more serious blow than this?
King Uther is now thinking about money, money, money.
At this moment, a piece of news reached King Uther's ears.
There is a wizard's tomb beneath Camelot!
It is said that the owner of that tomb is a wizard, the most powerful wizard in history - Cornelius Sergon! There are countless treasures buried in his tomb. If those treasures were taken out, they could buy three entire kingdoms!
