Panlong: My Auto-Level Training System

Chapter 15 The Demise of the Anlan Kingdom

The year is 8289, at the end of December.

The rebels in Landong Province, citing the pretext that someone in the province was colluding with the royal family of Anlan, killed the city lord on the spot in the city by beheading a general. This caused some level nine warriors who were originally observing to abandon their fence-sitting mentality.

The initial unification of Landong Province was thus completed.

Karl did not reject this unification, or rather, unification was a good thing for Karl. After all, he was located in the Landong Province, and his feelings about the Anlan Kingdom were not very good. He joined the army at the age of sixteen and had witnessed the death of too many peers in his ten years of military service. Moreover, he was able to achieve his current status by relying on himself. Otherwise, he would not have been able to achieve the rank of viscount even though he was already a level nine warrior.

The fact that he could communicate with Sroeder on equal terms was something anyone with a little effort would understand. To be able to communicate on equal terms with a level nine expert meant either one was very strong or had someone even stronger than Sroeder behind them.

Karl agreed to unify the provinces, but that didn't mean he would take action as a result.

After all, Saint-level powerhouses would not personally get involved in mortal wars, and the reason for this is quite simple.

In ordinary wars, there are at most a group of level nine warriors. Even if a level nine warrior lives a long time, he will only live for five hundred years. A kingdom may exist for a thousand or even several thousand years. But in the Holy Realm, as long as you are not killed, it is easy to live for millions of years.

The nature of life is different, which means that Saint-level powerhouses will not become enemies with other Saint-level powerhouses because of mortal wars.

Feuds between sanctuaries can lead to battles, and battles can result in the death of one side.

To sacrifice one's own sacred domain, which could have survived for millions of years, for a power that might last for a thousand or even several thousand years, is a decision that seems extremely strange no matter how you look at it.

Saint-level experts are rare on the Yulan Continent, which means that unless the two sides are enemies, Saint-level experts are often friends.

If Anlan Kingdom still had a Saint-level expert in charge, Karl believed that the current situation would not have occurred. This is not only because Anlan Kingdom had a Saint-level expert in charge, but also because other Saint-level experts would not have secretly made moves in Anlan Kingdom.

Although Karl did not appear in person after the province was unified, he still sent several level eight warriors. Some of these level eight warriors were recruits from other nobles, while others were supported by Karl for some level seven warriors in his territory.

For example, his own bloodlines, or the level seven warriors in his territory during the Starfire Town era.

First, his talent was raised to the level of an eighth-level warrior, and then his cultivation speed was increased by 10%. In a few years, the original eight seventh-level warriors were all raised to the level of eighth-level warriors. After they raised their strength to the level of eighth-level warriors, Karl also bestowed upon them the aptitude of level nine, which will be the candidates for level nine warriors in the territory in the future.

The year is 8300, spring according to the Magnolia Calendar.

After more than a decade of war, Lanxi Province was the first to succumb to the resistance army's constant campaigns. They were preoccupied with the idea that their descendants could inherit their titles. With the promise of the Golden Grand Duke, Golden Lion, Lanxi Province was successfully incorporated into the resistance army.

Thus, of the three provinces of the Anlan Kingdom, the Lan Dong Province has integrated the Lan Xi Province, while the Anlan royal family is left with only the Anlan Province where their capital is located.

With the combined strength of the two provinces, the Anlan royal family was quickly unable to withstand the rebel army's offensive.

After all, the three-way power struggle had prevented the Anlan royal family from breaking the deadlock in a short time. Once the resistance forces gained the upper hand, those who were still observing in the capital naturally surrendered first. Some forces were even afraid of being too slow to surrender, so they launched a major attack on the Anlan army after surrendering.

This led to a major defeat for the Anlan royal family, who initially had a chance to hold on. They eventually had to shrink their defenses time and time again until now, the only territory that the Anlan Kingdom can still control is their capital.

It was just a capital city with a population of just over forty million.

Faced with the imminent success of this momentous event, everyone in Landong Province wore a smile, a smile as wide as that of the plump butler in his own mansion.

"Master, Master, great news, tremendous good news!" Inside the Duke's mansion, the butler, who weighed over 300 pounds, was running quickly toward Karl, shouting good news as he ran.

Only after the butler ran up to Karl, panting heavily, and took several deep breaths to calm his heart which felt like it was about to burst out of his chest, did he loudly proclaim, "Your Grace, great news! A letter has arrived from the front lines. The eldest son made a breakthrough on the battlefield three days ago, single-handedly fighting against hundreds of thousands of troops, and has been bestowed the title of Earl of Blackstone by the Grand Duke."

Upon hearing this news, Karl's expression remained unchanged.

More than ten years ago, he bestowed the level nine aptitude enhancement talisman upon Lin. In addition, Karl could provide him with a 10% cultivation acceleration from the family. Now, it has taken him eleven years to break through from level eight to level nine warrior. Strictly speaking, this speed is already considered relatively slow.

After all, Lin Talos, as his eldest son, successfully broke through to become an eighth-level warrior a few years ago. The other four seventh-level warriors in the family were also granted the qualifications of eighth-level warriors. His eldest son, Lin, obviously wanted to go to the battlefield and make a name for himself, leaving the heavy responsibility of the family to his grandson, Lei Luo.

In the present day, Karl, as the patriarch of the Talos family, has not been involved in family affairs for over a century. As long as development is not affected, Karl will not easily interfere. The decision-maker for the past hundred years has naturally been his eldest son.

However, after Lin chose to fight on the battlefield, the decision-making power of the Talos family was officially handed over to the third generation of family disciples.

Among them, Lei Luo gained the decision-making power of the family by virtue of his status as an eighth-level warrior and Lin's grandson. Colin, who was originally closer to Karl by blood, chose to cultivate asceticism after discovering that his aptitude had improved. This choice also indirectly affected his two great-granddaughters, Lia and Lina.

The different choices have led to the fact that Lin Talos has reached level nine, while Leilo Talos is still at the mid-level eight. In contrast, Colin's strength has reached the peak of level eight, and Lia and Lina's strength has also reached the late level eight.

Karl rarely interfered in family decisions, but he always took charge of policies regarding the territory.

Over the past eleven years, Starfire City has reached its peak of development. The city's permanent population, along with some transient residents, totals as many as six million people. This is the limit of what Starfire City can provide for its residents. In addition to Starfire City, there are also a dozen or so towns and villages of nobles nearby, but they have all now pledged allegiance to Karl.