Little Priest's Cat Diary

The development of Schulte City has gradually entered the right track, and the construction projects in the city are in full swing. With the improvement of the consumption ability of the city residents and the safety of the Northland, more and more caravans are pouring in.

Schulte City, which happens to be located between several surrounding countries, has gradually become an emerging caravan trading center in various countries.

Sardis raided the Ston prairie three or four times, attacked many tribes, and robbed a lot of property, especially in one of them, he directly robbed a gold mine of the Ston people.

However, the people of Ston never tried to retaliate with their troops, but they were all defeated by the army led by Sardis outside the border, losing troops and generals, and returning in defeat.

In the end, the people of Ston realized helplessly that the prince had completely become their nemesis.

Even if they don't say anything, many people have already developed a fear of the prince in their hearts.

When those Ston generals encountered Sardis, they no longer treated the arrogance and disdain of other countries' armies, but instead felt heartbroken.

This is true of generals, not to mention the low-level Ston soldiers.

The consequence of this is that every time Sardis leads his army to fight against Ston's army, the momentum of Ston's army is firstly weakened by half.

In such a vicious circle, the Ston people suffered consecutive defeats under Sardis, and the reputation of Sardis almost resounded throughout the Sardis prairie.

The people of Ston are intimidated by this name, but their nature of admiration and admiration makes them unable to bear the reverence and awe for the prince.

It is widely rumored among the Dun people that Prince Sardis is the reincarnation of the demon god and is invincible.

Later, when Sardis appeared in front of a certain tribe, that tribe directly surrendered, which made Sardis astonished.

In fact, this kind of thing happened, in addition to his great reputation and fear, it also had a lot to do with the fact that the tribe was in winter and the lack of food and materials made the tribe's survival difficult.

However, whether it was a coincidence or not, this incident pushed Sardis' fame to its peak.

Now not only Portoyas and Ston, but also other countries on the mainland know this brave young prince.

When winter comes, Schulte City is not bad, but for the people of Ston on the prairie, this winter is extremely difficult.

The winter on the prairie has always been harsh. In previous winters, the Ston people had already plundered Portoyas and other countries to store enough food and supplies for them to survive the winter.

But this time, they not only failed to plunder enough supplies, but were robbed by Sardis of a large amount of gold and silver property.

The winter of this year has made the people of Ston very worried. If this continues, countless Ston people will freeze to death and starve to death.

At this time, Mia persuaded Sardis to stop the plundering of the Ston prairie.

His reason is simple.

The dog will jump over the wall in a hurry. If Sardis pushes it like this again, the people of Ston will have no way to survive, and I am afraid they will fight to the death with Schulte City regardless.

So, the Dun people were pleasantly surprised to find that after entering winter, the demon god stopped plundering them.

Not long after, they discovered that the Portoyas had established a large market at the junction of the borders between the two countries.

At the same time, the prince of Sardis spread the word that the people of Ston were allowed to trade in this market.

They can trade things such as gold, silver, fur, beef and mutton, and milk of cattle and sheep to trade food, warm clothes, salt, spices, pottery, and other materials they urgently need.

In fact, the special products on the Ston Prairie are very popular in other countries, just because the Ston people have almost no concept of trade, and they don’t bother to trade with the weak who they don’t like. In the past, some caravans tried to trade with them on the prairie. , were all directly robbed and killed by them. As a result, no one would spare their lives to trade with the Ston people.

Another result of this is that the special products on the prairie are in short supply in other countries, so the prices are extremely high.

If other countries or other people spread the news, the people of Ston would not believe it, and they would even go straight to grab all the things in the market and leave.

But it was different when Sardis said it. The people of Ston had almost been subdued by Sardis, so naturally they didn't dare to mess around.

And they wouldn't think that it was a trap set by Sardis, because they felt that the evil god who wanted to kill people was completely capable of killing people directly, and there was no need to beat around the bush.

So, the people of Ston happily took the special products on the prairie and went to the market to exchange things.

Intimidated by the reputation of Sardis, they were very honest in their transactions.It’s just that this kind of honesty is facing the market under the protection of Sardis. For those merchants from other countries who want to get a piece of the pie, they enter the prairie and try to actively trade with them. Do not recognize people.

So far, Schulte City has completely monopolized the transaction with the Ston people.

The profits of the caravans in Schulte City skyrocketed again.

However, even Mia, who was secretly in charge of this matter, did not expect that the opening of the market would bring an unexpected benefit.

That is, the reputation of Sardis suddenly improved among the people of Sardis. These Sardis people who had been beaten by Sardis and had Stockholm symptoms immediately forgot that they were beaten by Sardis. The miserable experience of Diss rubbing against the ground made him respect Sardis even more.

This afternoon, on a rare sunny day, Sardis was drinking afternoon tea with Mia in the courtyard.

Although he has no idea what's so delicious about those cloyingly sweet juices and desserts.

The crushed nuts that were sprinkled on the sweet cake stuck to his fingers, and the boy who had just finished eating the sweet cake subconsciously licked it.

Sardis, who was sitting aside with his chin propped on one hand, looked at the little red tongue licking his fingertips, and couldn't help but feel moved.

He wondered if the reason why those pink lips tasted so sweet was because he ate a lot of desserts.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little itchy in his heart. He watched Mia concentrate on eating dessert, and without paying attention to himself, he quietly moved over.

He was about to kiss Fangze while the other party was not paying attention, when suddenly there were hurried footsteps outside.

"Your Highness!"

Nadia's thick voice came from afar.

The general who walked quickly frowned with thick brows, and handed a note in his hand to Sardis.

Sardis glanced at it, and the corners of his eyes turned up in the next second, his face was slightly cold, and his eyes showed a sharp look.

He turned his head and looked to the southwest.

got windy.

Huge wind and waves roared and hit the seaside of Portoyas.

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The winter in the Royal City of Portoyas has always been mild, but this time, the people of Portoyas are destined to spend a harsh winter.

First, the Ponwe City volcano erupted, burying the entire Ponwe City underground, and 2 people died in it.

More than 1 survivors headed for the city of Schulte under the leadership of an unknown teenager.

A few days after the volcanic eruption, a major earthquake suddenly erupted on the western coast of Portoyas.

The scope of the earthquake was extremely wide, and almost all the cities on the coastline on the west side were in the earthquake zone, and they were more or less affected.

After the earthquake, the tsunami followed.

The howling waves caused great damage to those cities that were less affected by the earthquake, and made it worse for those cities that were severely affected by the earthquake. The cities were almost destroyed. Even if Wangcheng tried its best to rescue the disaster, it still Countless refugees have been displaced.

Maritime trade along the coast was hit hard.

However, this is not the end.

A few months after the natural disaster, when winter came, man-made disasters came.

During this week, the royal palace has received two battle reports one after another, and the coastal cities on the west coast have been attacked from the sea one after another.

At first, everyone thought it was done by the pirates at sea. The pirates took advantage of the earthquake to damage the naval port and defense facilities along the coast of Podoyas, and attacked coastal cities to plunder property.

However, with the delivery of the third battle report, the atmosphere in the palace suddenly became tense.

The political affairs hall of the palace was very quiet at the moment. Crown Prince Pastor was sitting on the main seat, and civil servants and military generals lined up on both sides.

The atmosphere was somewhat depressing, and everyone's expressions were quite dignified.

They have already learned from the latest battle reports that the forces that are constantly attacking the coastal cities are not the scattered pirate groups they imagined.

It was the Sea Peoples who attacked them.

The sea nation, a race that makes the countries near the sea change their colors.

This is a peculiar nation. No one knows their origin. Some people guess that they come from the countless islands in the sea.

This nation does not have a fixed residence, they will often migrate and emigrate.

They are a completely militarized nation, from children to the elderly, all the people are soldiers, and even when they are on their way, they will be like marching soldiers, neatly arranged and orderly.

Because they migrate every once in a while, their whereabouts are erratic, and the only thing known is that they are active on the coastline.

They are extremely aggressive and often rush from the sea silently.

When invading, their relatives went into battle together, and even young children could follow behind their elders and kill the wounded enemy.

This is an extremely powerful and terrifying militarized nation.

What's even more incomprehensible is that they don't seem to attack cities solely for the purpose of plundering wealth. Rather than looting property, they prefer to completely destroy cities, destroy buildings, and massacre city residents.

Wherever they are, there will be wars.

Their aggression seems to be for destruction.

Fifty years ago, the sea peoples entangled the sea empire Neelman like a tarsus, and they continued to ignite wars along the coast, devouring and destroying it bit by bit.

Although this once prosperous empire also severely damaged the sea peoples, it was eventually dragged down by continuous wars, and eventually fell apart into several small countries, never to return to its former glory.

Fifty years later, this terrible people made a comeback and came to Portoyas.

As long as they think of the tragic ending of the once incomparably glorious Neelman Empire, everyone in the hall feels extremely heavy.

Volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis.

Now another strong enemy is attacking.

This year, Porto Yas was full of disasters and had a particularly difficult life.

Purcell, the supreme sea god, have you abandoned me?

However, no matter how heavy everyone's heart is at the moment, they must respond as soon as possible.

According to the habits of the sea peoples, the attack will not stop here. They will drive the warships all the way south along the coastline, destroying all the cities along the coast.

The earthquake and tsunami a few months ago caused great losses to the navy along the coast of Portoyas, and it was difficult to resist them. Therefore, Wangcheng must immediately send troops to the seaside to rescue and fight against the sea people.

The three major knights directly under the king usually guard the royal city, but a few months ago, the Knights of the Gun were taken to the north by General Shalam to monitor the city of Schulte.

Now there are Knights of Sword and Knights of Shield left in the royal city, and they cannot all be dispatched, so...

Just as Crown Prince Pastor was discussing with the crowd, an attendant hurried in, approached Pastor and said a few words in a low voice.

Pastor frowned, and let his grandfather Nart continue to discuss with everyone here, while he got up and walked out.

Quickly walking through the wide square and winding corridors, after ten minutes, Pastor came to a majestic and gorgeous palace.

After entering the gate of the palace, he left the servants and guards behind him in the courtyard outside, and walked into the house by himself.

Just standing in the outer hall, you can smell a strong smell of alcohol.

He heard the sound of arguing in the back room.

"Kaya, what's going on?"

Pastor frowned and asked the old attendant who came out to pick him up.

The old servant lowered his head, his hair was already gray.

He was already very old, but in these few short months, he had grown older.

There was exhaustion and helplessness on his face.

"Your Majesty already knows about the Sea People's attack on the coastal cities, and he wants to personally lead the army to the seaside to fight."

He heaved a long sigh.

"But, you also know that during this period of time his body..."

Having said that, the old attendant hesitated to speak.

He shook his head and said, "Your Excellency General Antiste is inside trying to persuade His Majesty."

Pastor didn't ask any more questions, and went straight into the inner room.

Inside the inner room, the room was filled with the pungent smell of alcohol, and there were many wine jugs rolling on the ground.

The flushed King Davies stood inside the house, glaring at Antiste standing in front of him with drunken eyes.

In just a few months, more than half of his gray hair had turned gray, and wrinkles quickly climbed up his once resolute face.

Although his figure is still tall and strong, but he no longer has the feeling of being tall and straight.

Now he just stood there, his body was already wobbly, and he couldn't even stand firmly.

"You...you say it again?!"

King Davie's face was full of anger, but his drunken appearance no longer had the majesty it once had.

The eyes he glared at Antiste were no longer as bright as before, showing power without anger, but were eroded by alcohol and became extremely cloudy.

He raised his right hand and pointed viciously at Antiste, and held a flagon in his left hand.

The commander of the Knights of the Shield, also the High Priest Itit, looked at the hand that was eroded by alcohol and trembling just by pointing at himself, with a look of sadness in his eyes.

It's just that this touch of sadness didn't show on his face. He looked at King David with a mocking look on his face.

"Your Majesty, look, your hands are still shaking."

He sneered, "Why, you plan to use this trembling hand to fight the enemy with a gun?"

His words were as vicious and mean as ever.

"Aren't you afraid that a trembling hand will stab yourself with the tip of the gun? Are you not afraid that your trembling hand will not kill an enemy, but will kill yourself first?"

Seeing King Davie gasping for breath from his anger, Antiste continued with a sneer.

"Your Majesty, since you are old and can no longer fight, you should stay quietly in the royal city..."

Snapped!

A loud applause sounded in the room.

Pastor was startled.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw King Davie raised his hand and slapped General Antiste heavily.

Although King David's body was severely eroded by alcohol, his strength was still there, and that merciless slap drew Antiste until the corner of his mouth was bleeding.

The face on that side was highly red and swollen.

King Davie stared at Antiste with cold eyes.

Although his slightly squinted eyes were full of drunkenness, the majesty of the past still remained.

His body, which has aged a lot, can still bring people a great sense of oppression.

At this moment, he seemed to have regained some consciousness from the wine.

"Antiste... This time, you will accompany me to fight together."

He was not reconciled.

He is not old yet.

He wants to prove to everyone, and even more so to himself, that he is still the mighty king on the battlefield.

"You will see my victories on the battlefield with your own eyes."

"Your crime of disrespect should be offset by your achievements on the battlefield this time."

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Two days later, King David led his army to march and left the royal city.

General Antiste led the Knights of the Shield to follow him.

Crown Prince Pastor stayed in Wangcheng.

The high priest retreated to pray to the gods for victory.

But since the beginning of his affair with his wife, cracks in his cognition have begun to appear.

From the moment he directly asked his courtiers for a woman, his desire had already overwhelmed his wisdom.

The moment he let go and let his subordinates be killed in front of his eyes, he already had a demon in his heart, an ant nest that was eaten open.

Because of the existence of inner demons, he didn't go to the north to fight for the protection of the people in person for four consecutive years, and he was no longer the pure hard-working king who loved the people before.

Bringing the princess into the palace was a further expansion of his desire.

Knowing the conflict between the two sons but letting go, he just wanted to whitewash the peace for peace. At that time, he had gradually lost the fearlessness he once had, and was full of doubts.

Later, Sardis's resistance aroused the fear and suspicion in his heart, so he let Sardis leave the royal city, even though he knew that it was tantamount to exile.

For more than ten years, although he is still strong on the outside, he has accumulated too much in his heart little by little.

In the end, the embankment of a thousand miles was destroyed by ant nests.

Sardis forced him to go to the northern battlefield that he didn't want to face.

In that battle, on the battlefield where he had a heart demon, Sardis, who was equivalent to the half-son of the general, defeated himself, and he chose to escape for the first time—that was the most fatal for him hit.

Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, which led to his decadence.

I don't think that should be sudden.

In fact, to put it simply, it is equivalent to a thorn in the heart, which cannot be seen from the outside, but in fact, if the thorn cannot be pulled out, it will only rot a little bit.

By the time it can be seen from the outside, it is already too late.