Idle game leads to another world.

Chapter 208: Shadow of the King
The Demon God Li Chengxi is still very vague about the world in the game. This is mainly because most of the map is in a state of fog of war, and believers must walk over before the map can be opened.

Therefore, Li Chengxi now only knows what the Leon territory and a small surrounding area are like. Even though Viola will send scouts to the vicinity after rescuing Count Fran, they will only be limited to the surrounding area, and he has no idea what is further away.

So he once asked Oldie if there was any world map or something like that that he could look at.

Li Chengxi was just speaking casually at the time. After all, judging from the social productivity in the game, it was probably not much better than that in the Middle Ages. A complete and detailed world map was basically a dream. Maybe they still thought that the world was flat.

After hearing about it, Oldie didn't mention it for a long time, and Li Chengxi himself even forgot about it.

This piece of parchment seemed to be cast under a spell. When it was rolled up, it was about as long as a Coke bottle, but when the ribbon was untied and unfolded, it was found that it was growing at a speed visible to the naked eye. When it was fully unfolded, it could easily cover the entire cash register.

Alde pointed to a triangular area on the map and said:
"This is our Demon Kingdom of Avarus. Our country borders four countries, and it is these four countries that are currently invading our country."

This map is far from being very detailed and cannot be compared with modern maps. In many places, the terrain is only roughly depicted, and there is no such thing as contour lines or scales.

The land part of the entire map looks like an egg that has been split diagonally into two halves of different sizes. The smaller piece is isolated overseas, while the larger piece is divided among the seven demon kingdoms.

“Isn’t it a bit too small?”

Although there is no scale marked, if you compare the size of Leon's territory that has been detected on the game map with the size of Leon's territory on the map, you will find that the map is much smaller.

"We haven't paid attention to this problem before, but since I saw the globe in your room, I have a bold guess that there must be other lands besides the continent we live on. Otherwise, according to the popular science channel on TV, such a small place cannot form a planet with enough atmosphere and water."

Hey man, what have you watched on TV before?

Aren’t you addicted to special effects dramas every day?

Perhaps due to her sensitivity as a researcher, Oldey is very interested in the knowledge on the popular science channel and learns very quickly.

"It's just that due to transportation problems, we can't confirm whether there are other continents. As for the ocean, we can only sail near the coast and can't go further."

Li Chengxi looked at the map, pointed to a location marked with a red cross and said:

"what is this?"

"That starts with a suspicion I had."

Alde first made a spell-casting gesture, and a faint wave spread through the air.

"This is a soundproof barrier. This is a serious matter. I have to be careful."

When she said be careful, she actually didn't want Lei Lei to hear it. As soon as Alday arrived, she felt Lei Lei's detection talisman between the shelves.

Then she continued:

"The four demon kingdoms that are currently invading our country are very strange. They have hatred for each other, and of course, the same is true for our country."

"Could it be that they joined forces to invade because they saw the Avarus Demon Kingdom had grown so powerful?"

"Our national strength has not advanced so rapidly as to put pressure on the four surrounding countries, and its development has always been very slow."

In that case, it is indeed a bit strange that they suddenly united to invade. "The most incomprehensible thing is that before the invasion, we did not receive any intelligence that the four countries' politicians or even the Demon King had contact, otherwise we would definitely be prepared in advance. I specifically asked Viola, and she said that the four-nation coalition army was suddenly dispatched. At that time, the intelligence personnel believed that the four countries' simultaneous dispatch of troops might be a war, but they did not expect that they would actually join forces and launch a surprise attack on our country. It was also very strange that the border fortress fell in less than two days, and it is still a mystery to this day. Our army could only respond hastily and was completely unprepared. The capital was captured in less than half a month."

When Li Chengxi heard this, he had a strange idea:

"From what you said, it seems that someone is contacting the four countries behind the scenes and asking them to attack the Demon Kingdom of Avarus?"

"This is incredible. I can't imagine who has such great power and prestige to unite the four countries that have hatred for each other, but this is the most reasonable explanation at the moment."

Coordinating two countries with hatred for each other to send troops together requires too many things to be connected and adjusted, and a lot of communication is needed.

This kind of large-scale communication, without the support of modern communication technology, would definitely be very obvious, but the Demon Kingdom of Avarus did not receive any news.

This is indeed a very strange thing.

"There are other things that are of concern."

Alde pointed to the Oswaya Demon Kingdom in the lower left corner of the land:
"This Demon Kingdom is an ally of our country. It did not participate in the invasion, but it has a grudge against the Four-Nation Alliance. It is obviously a good opportunity to start a war while the enemy is away, but it has not taken any action at all. It has not even condemned the Four Nations for suddenly launching a war without declaring war, which is very unreasonable."

"Since there is a grudge, isn't the Oswaya Demon Kingdom afraid that the four nations will turn around and attack it after annexing the Avarus Demon Kingdom?"

“That’s something I don’t understand.”

There are no eternal enemies or eternal friends between countries, only interests.

Even if the four nations used sweet words to convince the Oswaya Demon Kingdom to stay put, the Oswaya Demon Kingdom is neither blind nor stupid. There is no reason why it could not see such a simple thing.

"The situation of Viola being assassinated some time ago also concerned me."

Oldey raised another question:
"For the four countries, capturing Viola alive is more important than killing her."

Li Chengxi pondered for a moment:
"It is to annex the Demon Kingdom of Avarus legitimately."

No matter what, to the nobles and common people of the Demon Kingdom of Avarus, the Four-Nation Alliance was an invader. Although the era in the game was far from the time when national consciousness had awakened, the old topic of patriotism had appeared very early.

The royal family of Avarus neither oppressed the people nor suppressed the nobles. All social classes still supported the royal family. They certainly would not easily submit to the invaders.

But if Viola was captured and married to a noble or prince from her country, she would have a legitimate status.

After all, all the male heirs of the royal family have died out, and Viola has the highest line of succession.

"Of course, I am also one of the targets, but I am a high-level wizard. It is not easy to capture me or force me to do anything. So for the Four Nations Alliance, Viola's life is more important than her death. So they are unlikely to send assassins directly. This is not in their interest."

"Perhaps, it is someone who is uniting the four nations behind this?"

"That's the only possibility."

(End of this chapter)