first wizarding world war.

Chapter 395: His Majesty Julius Axel is dying

The Count of Brittany traveled with a small entourage, only bringing his eldest son Antonio, two followers, and a carriage!
He didn't even inform Anne and Charlotte, but broke into the Ligurian city directly. With the abilities of the Count and Antonio, not to mention the capital of Modova, even the capitals of the five empires could be reached at will, and no one could stop them.

So, when Charlotte was discussing with Anne how to build a landmark building in Liguria City that combined the functions of a publishing house, library and bookstore, she suddenly saw the old count and almost wanted to call the four saints, Old Goat, Black Dragon, Chiudero and Vigo, to come and protect her.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw clearly that the person coming was the Count of Brittany.

Well, these four saints combined may not be able to defeat Antonio, let alone besiege the Count of Brittany.

Antonio was very happy to see Charlotte and gave her a hug on the spot, which was very affectionate.

The Count of Brittany originally wanted to give Charlotte a warning, but after being treated like this by this "rebellious son", he lost his mood. He said to Charlotte: "You must return to the Red Dragon Strait quickly, but Anne cannot go any further and must stay in Modova."

"I will let Aunt Karen stay, and I will bring her two Saints!"

Charlotte could tell that the earl's tone was a little unpleasant, and couldn't help asking, "Did something happen in Strasbourg?"

The Count said calmly: "Julius Axel is dying."

Charlotte was slightly shocked at first, but soon became horrified and asked, "Who will be the next emperor?"

The Count of Brittany sighed and said, "I don't know!"

Charlotte exclaimed, "How could I not know?"

The Count of Brittany smiled bitterly and said, "I just don't know."

"Julius Axel had five children in his lifetime, three daughters and two sons!"

"There's no need to talk about my wife and Princess Axel. The last princess ran away from home and her whereabouts are still unknown. Of the two princes, one died young and the other became a divine contract holder."

Charlotte hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe he is the emperor's younger brother, or a branch of the family?"

The Count of Brittany said calmly: "If such a person ascends the throne, I am afraid that the Breton family will not be able to accommodate him."

Charlotte was speechless. He knew that the Count of Brittany was telling the truth. Emperor Julius Axel VI had been on the throne for decades and had great prestige. Even if he was afraid of the Breton family, he would not do anything because he thought he could still control it. But if he was replaced by an emperor without prestige, his governing methods might be very poor, and he might do something weird.

Anyway, when the new emperor ascends the throne, he has no prestige, so he has no power. Without power, he will inevitably want to take back power...

Throughout history, there have been countless cases of emperors launching coups d'état to seize power. Some succeeded, some failed, but there were almost no emperors who remained silent and endured everything.

The Count of Brittany allowed Anne to stay in Modova out of his genuine desire for his daughter's own good.

Anne of Brittany, as the Duke of Modova, could perfectly avoid the political storm in Fars. Even if the new emperor wanted to intervene, it would be impossible. After all, there was Saint Mabigia in the middle. Modova and the Lionheart Dynasty had very good diplomatic relations. Fars could not offend the only empire that had not yet joined the war. As for him asking Charlotte to return to the Red Dragon Strait as soon as possible, it was obviously also making plans for the next step. The hundreds of thousands of elite orcs in the Red Dragon Strait were definitely a powerful political trump card.

Charlotte answered without hesitation: "I will take my men back to Red Dragon Strait right away."

The Count said calmly: "I will take care of Strasbourg for you."

The meeting did not last too long. The Count and Antonio stayed together for half a day and then hurriedly left and returned to Strasbourg.

After the Earl left, Charlotte chose to turn the city of Liguria into a maze. After the city was turned into a maze, he could continuously transport various supplies to Modova, and use Modova as a transit station for his caravans to enter the Lionheart Dynasty.

As an important transit point, Moldova's economy will soon pick up and will no longer remain poor.

The condition for turning Liguria City into a labyrinth is to collect taxes, something Charlotte is very familiar with, as he had done the same thing in the Black Phoenix Dynasty. However, the labyrinth-turned city of the Black Phoenix Dynasty was soon destroyed by the extraordinary strongmen of the Black Phoenix Dynasty.

He established several small taxes, and after completing the maze, he returned the taxes to the residents of the Ligurian city and announced a policy of complete tax exemption.

On Earth, if a giant enterprise settles in a certain place, there will inevitably be a series of tax and policy benefits, but these tax reductions and exemptions will not cause problems for the local economy. Instead, they will make the local economy flourish.

Charlotte is tax-free in many cities, but he also monopolizes local businesses. So far, his system has been running quite healthily, wealth is constantly accumulating, and residents of the cities under the notice are living and working in peace and contentment, with a high sense of life satisfaction.

After taking care of Liguria City, although Charlotte was reluctant to leave, she still said goodbye to Anne and used the maze passage to return to the Red Dragon Strait.

During the time that Charlotte was away, Anastasia managed the city of Red Dragon Strait very well. She had recruited a number of human residents and was rebuilding all the cities. Many fleets had received the news and began to pass through the Red Dragon Strait and resumed trade.

However, there is no problem with the eleven cities in the Red Dragon Strait, but there may be a big problem in Strasbourg.

Not long after Charlotte returned to Red Cliff City, she sensed the atmosphere of impending storm. The battle reports from Strasbourg became shorter and shorter, but more and more frequent. Strasbourg would often issue contradictory orders to the eleven cities in the Red Dragon Sea.

Even many of the command documents themselves are not legal, because they do not come from the General Office of the Central Government nor from the royal family. They come from a variety of sources, all of which want to win over this force.

Of course, Charlotte chose to keep his troops in place. It was easy to find excuses. When faced with legal documents, he said that the orcs were rioting and he could not withdraw troops. When faced with illegal documents, he simply did not even make an excuse and did not respond.

Charlotte even wanted to go back to Strasbourg several times to see what was happening in this famous city in the Old World. He knew that Strasbourg must be very "lively", but he couldn't see it in person, so he was still a little curious.

However, Charlotte knew that sneaking back was not a wise move, so she suppressed all her impulses and said as the saying goes on Earth: "Just wait for the dragon's roar!"

Half a month after Charlotte replied to Hongya City, he finally received great news!

A big news that could change the situation on the entire continent.

(End of this chapter)