Chapter 137: The Prototype of a True Alliance! Fura's Training!

"Master!"

"Viscount Wilson's messenger is outside the castle, loudly proclaiming that you are—"

The guard didn't finish his sentence.

But everyone knew what he wanted to say.

The faces of those few small Barons turned even paler.

One of them had even stood up, preparing to find an excuse to slip away.

"Let him in."

Roko's voice remained calm.

A moment later.

A messenger wearing the livery of Viscount Wilson's family walked in, looking arrogant.

He didn't even look at Roko in the main seat, but took a piece of parchment from his bosom and, in a tone almost like a sentencing,

read aloud.

"By order of Viscount Wilson, to all nobles of the Xin Feng Province!"

"Vanguard Valley Lord, Roko Raymond, has abandoned divine grace, colluded with heretics, and is guilty of heinous crimes!"

"His so-called 'Xin Feng Alliance' is actually a 'Heretic Alliance'!"

"Anyone who joins this alliance will be regarded as an enemy of the Temple of Light and a rebel against the Kingdom!"

"The Viscount calls on all nobles who look toward the light to unite, resist the heretics, and jointly crusade against Roko Raymond!"

"Anyone who responds to the call can divide the wealth and land of Vanguard Valley after the heretic is eradicated!"

After reading, the messenger looked at Roko triumphantly.

That look was as if he were looking at a death-row prisoner about to be publicly executed.

The hall was deathly silent.

Those few small Barons were so scared they almost slid off their chairs.

They regretted it so much now that their intestines were turning green.

If they had known, they shouldn't have come to muddy these waters!

However.

Roko laughed.

He slowly stood up from the main seat.

"Are you finished?"

The messenger was stunned and nodded subconsciously.

"If you're finished, it's my turn."

Roko's voice was very soft.

But the next second,

a terrifying pressure that made the air in the entire hall seem to freeze erupted from him!

It was a pure, domineering, and undisguised terrifying aura belonging to a Bronze Peak powerhouse!

The entire council hall trembled under this pressure.

The teacups on the table let out a mournful sound.

Fine cracks even appeared on the walls.

Thump!

The arrogant messenger didn't even have time to scream before his eyes rolled back, foam bubbled from his mouth, and he was scared unconscious by this pressure.

Those few small Barons turned deathly pale, shaking like chaff, each of them collapsing in their chairs, breathing becoming incredibly difficult.

Only Earl Adrian could barely maintain his composure.

But the hand holding the teacup was also trembling slightly.

He looked at Roko's back, his eyes filled with shock.

Bronze Peak!

This young man had actually reached this step!

Roko slowly retracted the pressure.

The air in the hall began to flow again.

He didn't look at the messenger lying on the ground like a dead dog again.

His gaze fell on those few small Barons whose souls had almost flown away.

"Now, does anyone still think I was joking?"

His voice was not loud.

But to the ears of those few Barons, it was like a divine judgment.

"No, dare not—"

"Lord Roko, we—we are willing to join the alliance!"

Several people scrambled to express their loyalty.

In the face of absolute, crushing strength,

any rumors or threats seemed so pale and powerless.

Roko nodded with satisfaction.

This was the effect he wanted.

"Very well."

Roko sat back in the main seat.

He gave Martina a look.

Martina understood and walked forward.

In her hand, she held a stack of prepared plans.

"Everyone."

Martina's voice attracted everyone's attention.

"Strength is just a guarantee."

"Interests are the foundation for the alliance to exist for a long time."

She distributed the documents to everyone in front of them.

"This is the preliminary charter we have formulated for the 'Xin Feng Self-Preservation Alliance'."

"First, joint defense."

"Within the alliance, if any member's territory is invaded by an external enemy, other members have the obligation to send troops to support."

"We will form a rapid reaction force composed of the elite of each family, commanded, trained, and equipped uniformly by Vanguard Valley."

"The equipment will be the Obsidian Gold equipment exclusively produced by Vanguard Valley."

This sentence made everyone's breathing quicken.

"Second, trade reciprocity."

Martina continued.

"Within the alliance, all members will open trade routes and cancel all unreasonable tariffs."

"Vanguard Valley's strong liquor, dwarf weapons, Red Leaf Forest's herbs, Earl Adrian's grain—"

"All resources will circulate within the alliance at the most favorable prices."

"We will establish a closed, self-sufficient economic cycle of our own."

"Third, resource sharing."

"Vanguard Valley will open partial basic forging technology, alchemy technology, and agricultural improvement technology to all alliance members."

"We will send specialized technical personnel to help everyone improve the output of their territories."

"Our goal is not to let Vanguard Valley dominate alone."

"But to let all allies in the entire Xin Feng Province become wealthy and powerful."

Every word Martina said was full of temptation.

She painted a beautiful blueprint for everyone present that they could not resist.

In such chaotic times where order had collapsed and war was raging,

what could be more heart-moving than safety, wealth, and strength?

Earl Adrian looked at the plan in his hand, his eyes shining.

He realized he had underestimated Roko.

And he had also underestimated the Snow Fox girl beside him.

This plan was watertight and interlocking.

It had both long-term strategic vision and specific, executable details.

This was no longer a simple military alliance.

This was a political and economic union with common interests, common goals, and strong centripetal force.

The prototype of a state within a state.

"I, Adrian Ramirez, on behalf of the Ramirez Family, fully agree with and support this charter."

Earl Adrian was the first to stand up and solemnly express his attitude.

His stance was like a needle in the sea.

It allowed those few small Barons who had been wavering to completely set their hearts at ease.

"We agree too!"

"We are willing to serve the alliance!"

They stood up one after another to express their allegiance.

A smile appeared on Roko's face.

The prototype of the alliance was established.

Although it was still weak and loose now,

a single spark could start a prairie fire.

"Then, next is to clean up some discordant voices."

A flash of coldness crossed Roko's eyes.

He gave the order to Knight Captain Hart beside him.

"Hart."

"Take one hundred Storm Knights equipped with Obsidian Gold equipment."

"Go and 'pay a friendly visit' to those 'neighbors' who didn't come to the meeting."

"Especially that Viscount Wilson who loves spreading rumors the most."

A cold arc curled the corners of Roko's mouth.

"Tell them my patience is limited."

"Give them one last chance."

"Either join us,"

"or disappear from the map of the Xin Feng Province forever along with their territories."

Hart struck his breastplate heavily.

"As you command, my Lord!"

A flame of excitement burned in his eyes.

Nothing made a knight's blood boil more than crushing enemies with absolute strength.

That afternoon.

A black torrent surged out of Vanguard Valley.

One hundred Storm Knights wearing full sets of Obsidian Gold heavy armor, riding warhorses also draped in Obsidian Gold horse armor, were like a group of demon gods rushing out of hell.

Wherever they passed, the earth trembled.

The first to be "friendly visited" was a Baron territory called "Xiangshui Bay."

That Baron had just been in his castle mocking Roko's overestimation of his own capabilities.

But when he stood on the city wall and saw with his own eyes that black-armored knight order exuding the aura of death appearing in his territory,

he was so scared he almost peed his pants on the spot.

He couldn't even muster the slightest thought of resistance.

He could only tremble and order his men to open the city gate, kneeling on the ground to welcome the arrival of the "Royal Army."

Second, third...

The knight order led by Hart slashed heavily across the map of the Xin Feng Province.

All the nobles who had been "visited" by them made the wisest decision without exception.

That was to immediately, right away, and without hesitation, sign their names on the alliance agreement.

The Xin Feng Alliance was expanding at a speed beyond everyone's imagination.

And this news also spread to the Royal Capital at the fastest speed, as if it had grown wings.

The Raymond Family, the Temple of Light, and the camps of the First Prince and Third Prince who were fighting fiercely—

these behemoths finally cast a sliver of their attention toward this remote province they had always ignored.

Night deepened.

On the training grounds of Vanguard Valley, only one slender figure remained, waving a longsword tirelessly.

It was Fura.

Moonlight spilled onto her silver-gray long hair and illuminated her pretty face, which carried a trace of stubbornness.

Her forehead was already covered in fine sweat beads.

The web between her thumb and index finger on both hands holding the sword hilt had even been worn raw, seeping blood.

But she seemed not to feel the pain.

She was still repeating the moves of 【Great Sun Blazing Slash】 over and over again.

"Flame Slash!"

She shouted, and the longsword in her hand drew a sharp arc.

A pale golden flame sword qi whistled out from the blade and slashed fiercely at the refined steel dummy in front.

"Clang!"

A crisp sound.

A shallow sword mark with burning traces was left on the chest of the refined steel dummy.

Fura frowned with dissatisfaction as she looked at the sword mark.

Not enough.

Still far from enough.

What emerged in her mind was Roko's figure.

It was Roko's domineering aura when facing Thirteenth Uncle Boer, where he stood as steady as a mountain and forced a Bronze Peak powerhouse to retreat step by step with just his pressure.

It was Roko's kingly demeanor at the alliance assembly, where he dominated the scene and made all the nobles submit.

The Master had become increasingly powerful.

Powerful to the point where she could only look up at his back from behind.

This feeling caused a trace of unspeakable panic in Fura's heart.

She didn't want to just be a burden hiding behind the Master, needing to be protected.

She wanted to become the Master's sword; she wanted to stand by his side and fight alongside him.

Instead of only being able to watch him face all the wind and rain alone when danger arrived.

"I—want to become stronger!"

A trace of unprecedented determination flashed in Fura's heterochromatic pupils.

She took a deep breath, and the 【Flame Griffin Breathing Method】 in her body began to operate frantically at an unprecedented speed.

The fire elements in the surrounding air seemed to have received a summons, frantically pouring into her body.

Her body seemed to have turned into a greedy vortex.

"Faster!"

"Stronger!"

Fura roared frantically in her heart.

She wanted to break through!

She wanted to break through to Bronze Peak!

Only then could she barely keep up with the Master's pace!

However, she was too anxious.

She ignored that the greatest taboo in cultivation was being overly anxious for success.

As more and more violent fire elements poured into her meridians,

the Battle Qi in her body began to become increasingly unstable.

Ugh...

Fura's face suddenly turned pale.

She felt a needle-like stinging pain coming from the meridians in her body.

Those flame Battle Qi that had been considered docile were now like a group of wild horses without bridles, frantically colliding and tearing in her body.

Not good!

It's going out of control!

Fura's heart skipped a beat.

She wanted to stop, wanted to regain control of those rampaging Battle Qi.

But it was too late.

"Pfft!"

She spat out a mouthful of blood violently.

Her petite body could no longer support itself and collapsed softly onto the ground.

A scorching pain that felt like it was going to ignite her soul erupted from her lower abdomen, instantly sweeping through her entire body.

At the same time.

An opposite coldness that felt like it was going to freeze her blood also quietly sprouted from the depths of her bone marrow.

Cold and hot.

Two completely different extreme powers unfolded the cruelest confrontation in her body.

Her body was half-scorching like a fire, and the other half was cold like frost.

A layer of thin, strange ice crystals even appeared on her fair skin.

And on the other side, it turned bright red due to the high temperature.

"So, so uncomfortable..."

Fura's consciousness began to blur.

Her body was being torn apart bit by bit.

Was she going to die?

Just when her consciousness was about to be completely swallowed by endless pain,

a warm and powerful embrace gently picked her up.

A familiar aura that made her feel incredibly at ease gently wrapped around her. ===== CHAPTER 138 =====