Chapter 44: The Eastern Coalition (Part I)
Word Number:193
Author:苍渊之握
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Release Time:2026-02-24
Without warning, the Lord of Nor launched a swift military campaign against Code. A vanguard, led by a daring commander, operated around the city’s perimeter to intercept any enemy reinforcements while awaiting the arrival of the main army. The forces of Gademar had halted nearby, refusing to move until the army of Caimoris arrived. However, instead of their allies, they received only protests and denunciations from Caimoris. After sustaining a sharp attack from Nor’s troops, the Gademar forces retreated in panic across the border, leaving the idle Lord of Code in utter disbelief. For years, this lord had squandered his life in stagnation, ignoring his subjects and entrusting his security entirely to his allies. Fertile fields had become the private property of local magnates, and subjects—unable to find a way out beneath the weight of extortionate taxes—fled in droves, preferring to try their luck in unknown lands. When the army of Nor arrived at the gates, the people watched with a sense of schadenfreude, believing their ruler had brought this upon himself. In Caimoris, Larman had long been governed by a peculiar ideology. This lord believed he should not