Work Prophet

Li Yu noticed the girl's expression and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Ireya nodded, "It's Adelle, I just received her message, they seem to have encountered some trouble."

"Gunn led the militia to eradicate a group of bandits, but found their numbers were greater than expected, and their equipment was better than typical bandits. Fortunately, Gunn and his team still won in the end.

"Just during the battlefield count, they found the armor worn by those people seemed to come from the South."

"The South?"

"That's right." Miss Rabbit said a name, "Claudio, they might be Claudio's people."

With Ireya defeating Solomon and his Wing Tribe army, over the past year, it's fair to say the Bratis Continent has been turbulent.

Allister was the first to declare himself king, leading Monteverde family's thirty thousand troops away from the Northern Territory, and with the support of the Life Church, swiftly capturing Eagle Castle, then taking Black Mist City and Cold Water Bay in succession.

This shocked the nearby noble lords, facing Allister's army, some chose to surrender, while others, especially the new nobles enfeoffed by the Wing Tribe, worried about being purged by the Vespasian Family.

Therefore, they united together, forming an army of fifty thousand, aiming to drive Allister and his troops back to the Northern Territory.

However, they underestimated Allister, and also underestimated the Life Church led by the Priest of Cornelia.

Before the battle even started, these new nobles lost their commander, who had his head cut off by an assassin from nowhere.

Suddenly, the situation became tense, barely able to select a new commander, the army then experienced widespread diarrhea, seemingly due to drinking unclean water.

And Allister seized this opportunity to launch a decisive battle, crushing the armies of these new nobles, occupying New Moon Land.

His pace relentless, he continued to lead his army towards the Red Plain, even declaring his ambition to reclaim Lion Heart Castle, causing a tremor across the continent.

However, at the Red Plain, Allister and his Northern Territory army met their match—a creature known as the Storm Monarch, the Azure Dragon, which brought them considerable trouble.

Allister was ultimately forced back to New Moon Land, but this expedition demonstrated his resolve and formidable strength to rebuild the Red Lion Empire, attracting many nobles to his cause.

Meanwhile, as Allister retreated to New Moon Land, the southern part of the continent underwent changes—the Forest Dukes, previously defeated by the elves, returned, and this time, they received help from the neighboring Anlor people.

The Anlor, though few in number, were all excellent hunters and scouts, with swift movements, keen observation skills, and adeptness in camouflage and forest combat.

Their alliance significantly weakened the elves' advantage in the forest, and after a fierce battle, the Forest Dukes reclaimed their territory and declared Claudio as their new king.

Like Allister, Claudio was a member of the Red Lion Empire's Imperial Family, a brother of the previous Emperor Gars, Edward II's second son, even having a succession rank higher than Allister.

He disappeared after the Wing Tribe breached Lion Heart Castle, with many thinking him dead, only for him to reappear in the south, gaining the support of the Forest Dukes.

Claudio also issued a statement declaring his intention to drive out the Wing Tribe invaders from the Bratis Continent like his brother, but instead of hastily leading his army north, he moved southward, entering the Eternal Green Forest, continuing the war with the elves.

The situation in the forest differed from the Northern Territory; to compete with Allister for the throne, Claudio first needed to resolve the troubles at his rear.

Fortunately, the elves had been at a disadvantage in the war with the Empire; these pointed-ear people excelled in arts and aesthetics, able to craft beautiful glassware.

However, their skills in warfare were lacking, unlike the Dwarves who excelled at crafting armor and weapons, the elves generally lost more than they won against the Empire's army, relying only on their forest knowledge for guerrilla warfare.

They couldn't resist the Empire's encroachment—the so-called forest was initially the elves' land, later developed by the imperial nobility, and the area occupied by elves was now smaller than the lost forest land.

Additionally, the imperial people coveted their remaining homeland; if not for Heloise becoming the Empress, the elves might have ended up crafting glass for the Empire's lords.

Now, with Heloise's death, Claudio no longer felt obliged to give concessions to the elves.

Moreover, the elves were the ones who initiated the conflict, aligning with the Wing Tribe to invade the forest, only for the Wing Tribe to suddenly falter, leaving the elves to face the consequences.

Despite Elf King Ilan leading his Personal Guard fighting on the front lines, the past repeated itself—the elves couldn't withstand the Forest Dukes' attack and retreated step by step from the start of the conflict.

Ilan sent envoys to Lion Heart Castle for aid from the Wing Tribe, but the message they brought back drove the elves to despair.

To counter threats from the north, the Wing Tribe was unable to divert forces to the south.

Three months later, Claudio captured the elven Royal Court, capturing Elf King Ilan, marking the fall of the elves' last piece of homeland—the Eternal Green Forest.

Claudio did not trouble the elves; he only required three thousand of their strongest warriors to follow him, while the remaining elves could gain the status of Empire citizens, provided they marry with the imperial people.

The unmarried Forest nobles took the lead, marrying many of the Elf Royal Family's maidens.

Ilan knew Claudio desired to forcibly integrate the elves into the Empire, but he was powerless to resist.

Ilan now led by regret for not heeding his daughter's advice earlier, standing with the Wing Tribe prematurely, having failed to recover lost lands and losing their only stake entirely.

Thinking he might be the last Elf King of the elves, Ilan felt he couldn't face his ancestors.

In contrast, Claudio, having resolved the troubles behind him, could finally turn his gaze northward, joining the battle for the Red Plain.

Meanwhile, the Wing Tribe introduced a new king, whose identity was equally significant, hailing from the Lanster Family among the twelve great noble families.

The Lanster Family is the oldest among the twelve great noble families, tracing their lineage back ten thousand years, to the arrival of the first settlers on this continent.