Chapter 478

Declaring war is a basic power given to the aristocracy by the ancient aristocratic law.

This is not like a war between the two countries. This noble declaration of war is a legal act of force used by the two nobles to settle disputes. Of course, such behavior will often eventually evolve into a large-scale war between the two regions, or even become the fuse for the war between two or more countries.

Of course, the declaration of war does not mean that after a word is said, it can be started immediately.

This is a bit like the siege application in the game.

Usually, there is a month from the declaration of war to the final war, which is the preparation time for the declared party to respond. After all, many nobles will not keep private troops in the territory all the time. Therefore, if Sean immediately commanded the army to enter tinguin's territory without declaring war, it would be an act of aggression by the Principality of lane. According to the last armistice agreement between the Principality of lane and the kingdom of dabion, the Principality of lane cannot launch an aggressive war under any pretext, Otherwise, the peace association and the chainas empire as notaries will intervene and support the kingdom of dabion.

Therefore, this is what Sean tried to provoke the anger of the kingdom of dabion. He can be the fuse to cause a war between the two countries, but the war must be the counterattack and invasion of dabion, not his invasion of the kingdom of dabion.

The Kingdom, in fact, is composed of many nobles, and many times the thing between nobles actually needs a fig leaf.

But even so, Sean's declaration of war still caused the extreme dissatisfaction of many nobles.

The reason is simple.

Sean is just a pioneering knight and a knight. His status is probably equivalent to those family knights who have been officially granted, and he can't be regarded as a noble at all.

The declaration of war is one of the privileges of the aristocracy.

Sean declared war on tinguin. Within three days, the neighboring territories around the two territories immediately knew the news. Ten days later, most of the southern nobles of dabion knew about it, and several nobles, including yasna, also knew about it.

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At midnight, in the conference room of the Lord's house of tonis fortress, yasna gently put the information that had been passed on to everyone in the room back on the table.

Her eyebrows frowned, which made her look a little heroic, and her body exuded a sense of awe.

"It's not like... Sean's style." Simi said suspiciously, "although I don't have deep contact with him, his behavior is very regular and he knows the aristocratic system very well. He is unlikely to be caught."

"Indeed." Elizabeth nodded slightly. "This kid is very cautious. He is not a noble now. How can he say such words as declaring war?" Thinking of this, Elizabeth's eyebrows frowned tightly, and her face looked strange: "unless..."

At this point, Elizabeth did not go on, but both Athena and Simi looked thoughtful.

Only one person.

Vivian asked with a puzzled face, "unless what?"

Although magicians are wise, Vivian is not a simple magician, but another branch profession with similar characteristics as arcane warriors - Magic warriors. Therefore, Vivian is not as wise as her two companions. This woman believes in direct violence.

Yasina looked at Vivian reluctantly, rubbed her temples with a headache, and then said, "unless Sean is in a hurry."

Vivian just doesn't like thinking, but it doesn't mean she's really stupid.

As soon as Athena said this, Vivian immediately understood. However, different from the contemplative look of Athena, Elizabeth and Simi, Vivian was very happy: "isn't this very good? If we don't make a statement now, they won't pay attention to Sean. Maybe those nobles will unite to find trouble with him. At that time, we will put pressure on them and humiliate them severely, so we won't be afraid of them going to war against us first. "

"We are not afraid of them going to war against us, but what if they just declare war?" Said Elizabeth.

"Then we'll call back." Vivian looked natural, "they certainly won't be stupid enough to declare war on us, but it's enough for us to stand behind Sean with a firm position The nugus family has become more and more arrogant recently. "

Elizabeth shook her head and whispered, "it won't be that simple To declare war as Sean, even if he is a lord, it is not in line with the rights and interests of the nobility. This is tantamount to challenging the nobility. "

"That's easy. Just make him a noble." Vivian said again.

"This is really a good way." Simi immediately said, "we can't give too high a title, but it's OK to give it directly to a baron."

As a real great aristocrat who has the status of a powerful marquis in a principality, such as yasna, naturally can give his followers formal aristocratic status, but these aristocratic status naturally need to be declared to the royal family of the principality, which can be officially recognized only after being approved by the grand duke. Of course, titles can not be given without restrictions. Even people like ASENA can only give three Earl titles, three Viscount identities and five Baron identities at most, and the titles above Viscount must also be reported to the royal family, which can be officially owned only after being approved by the royal family. As for whether it is a local aristocrat, it depends on whether yasna is willing to cut a fief in her territory as the new aristocrat. However, once given, this territory will no longer belong to yasna's jurisdiction and rule.

Similarly, although the aristocrat was enfeoffed from Athena, he was actually an aristocrat granted by the state.

After all, the formal aristocratic territory is different from the territory of knight and knight.

Strictly speaking, Sean is only a jazz title now, so the panda collar, Dayi collar and chilav collar he has fought down now belong to yasna's territory. As long as yasna wants, she can recover all these territories. To put it simply, these three territories owned by Sean are all "lent" by Athena to Sean.

However, if Sean becomes a baron now, he can naturally own the territory around panda collar and Black Swan Castle - which is just the area of a standard Baron collar. If you add the Dayi collar and the chilav collar, Sean will have no problem even if he wants to be a count. If you add the tinguin collar that will be annexed, Sean's territory area can be almost comparable to that of Athena's tonis collar.

Of course, these are not the key points. The key point is that if ASENA wants to canonize Sean as a baron, she does not need to be personally approved by Archduke Ryan. She has this qualification herself. Of course, the report afterwards is still needed, but in this way, it can block other troubles of all nobles at present.

Baron, although only the lowest title, is indeed an orthodox aristocrat.

Especially a field Baron!

This is at least much higher than any honorary baron. If the number of three earls under Athena's command had not been used up, and the titles above Viscount needed to be approved by Archduke Ryan, Athena could naturally give a higher title.

Of course, the so-called field is just a statement, because everyone knows that with Sean's current strength, he can be comparable to an earl of strength. This is still at the level of the kingdom. If it is only to compare in the Principality of Ryan, it is not too much to give Sean the title of Marquis of strength.

But there are all kinds of hidden rules in the aristocratic circle. For example, a Baron is at most to obtain a territory and become a field baron. Those who want to obtain real power and hold important positions must have more than a viscount. As for the prefix of strength, it is possible to have at least one count or more. And most of the Earls of strength are usually accumulated over several generations before they can become a Earl of strength.

With her own strength, she has become a Marquis of strength in just over ten years. It is not unique in this world, but it definitely belongs to a very rare type.

As for those civilians who want to hold important positions, it is not impossible, but the effort and price they need to pay are more than ten times or even hundreds of times that of the nobility.

Almost without much thought, Athena immediately drafted an instrument, which directly proved Sean's baroness. However, in this way, Sean was officially separated from the shelter of Athena, and thus officially came into the sight of the Principality of Ryan and the kingdom of dabion, which was obviously unfavorable to the upcoming action of the Millennium covenant Empire, but Athena also knew that if she did not immediately draft this instrument and make a decision, So Sean's declaration of war this time is a provocation to all the nobles in the whole continent. Even if she comes forward, she will never protect Sean.

Two powers harm each other, take the lesser, which Athena still knows.

Besides, once the war breaks out, even the Millennium covenant empire can't go to the void city.

At this moment, Athena immediately understood why Sean was in a hurry.

Obviously, the threat of the Millennium covenant empire is too great.

At the same time, in a tavern in tonis fortress, Thurman also received the information that Sean declared war on tinguin.

He just glanced, put it aside and said in a deep voice, "still no news from deers?"

"Yes." Still the intelligence officer, he has been directly responsible for Turman recently, "and when Domingo was expelled from panda, the void city seemed to be immediately involved in the cleaning operation. Now our intelligence system in the void city has been completely paralyzed."

"So what was the situation you were asked to investigate last time?"

"It took us ten days to approach William at all costs, but people never came out after they went in, and their contact with him was completely broken." The intelligence officer said, "so I don't think William can be a citizen of the Empire."

"What about Phoenix's blood?"

"We have three targets. They are Rena, Cecilia and Shina, but we can't continue to explore who they are. "

"I see." Thurman nodded, "there's nothing for you next. If I guess correctly, the Marquis of tonis will immediately make the LORD a baron. In this way, the declaration of war will become justifiable, and we won't have a chance to go to Panda But that's good. I'll go straight to get people at that time, which also saves trouble. You just have to prepare the evacuation route. "

"Yes!"