Conquering Three Baronies

As Ryker had told them, the Baron soon come to the border city, though he was not alone. Behind him were the experts of Mariz Barony, along with 100 000 soldiers.

"My Lord," Ryker and Mashia greeted the man, who nodded at their presence as he scanned the reminder of the people in the city.

"It seem you have been successful in your endeavour," he praised the two.

"And the little ones had gained a lot this past few days, no doubt about it," his eyes trained towards the descendent of the Great Families, who were sent here for training by their elders. From how they improve, it is a correct decision by the elders.

"What is the Baron doing here?" the young master of Hilus Family whispered, unaware that the man in question could clear him clearly, but pretended not to for the young man's sake.

"I'm not sure, but I have a guess," he heard the young mistress of Miriam Family answered the young man.

He smiled, he could let them guess but he is here for an important business.

"How are the prisoners?" the Baron asked first. They are one of the cornerstone of his plan.

"Alive, and very grateful for it," Ryker replied. Loyalty to one own nation can only go so far after all, especially the looming threat of death is upon them.

"Good, now tell them this, the Mariz Barony will not execute them for the crime of invading our territory, in exchange for them swearing to not got involve in the defense of their nations, as well as trying to get the rest of their people to surrender,"

The Baron's announcement shock the younger generation of the Great Family, especially when they guess the reason for the announcement.

Ryker nodded before sending messages to the warden of the underground dungeon, who began to tell the news.

In few minutes, the soldiers of the three baronies agreed to the term, the desire to stay alive stronger than any loyalties they have to their nations.

"Where is the largest room that is not lodging? I want to have a brief meeting before we continue our attack," the Baron asked Ryker, who lead him to the most suitable places.

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As the Baron had told him, the meeting is short. Then again, the reason for it is because most of the subjects of the meeting had already been discussed before,with the meeting inside the border city done to get the experts of the border city's conquest up to speed.

With them knowing their parts, the Baron finally began his grand plan, the conquest of the three baronies.

With most of their strongest experts killed in battle, the three baronies lacked a head of state, weakening them as chaos will soon strive in the baronies.

However, the Baron did not wish for the chaos to extend for too long, which would make it harder for his conquest, so, 10 days of letting them knew of the death of their leaders was all he gave them before he unleashed his attack.

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Mariz Barony had lose a number of troops during the invasion, though the loss were reduced during the later part due to the raise in cultivation realm of the soldiers.

Still, it also meant the Barony could only field around 200 000 soldiers, and that is if one include the militia and willing adventurers.

Not to mention, the Baron split up the forces into four groups, each with 50 000 soldiers, which should not be enough to conquer the three baronies.

However, Mariz Barony have the advantage in terms of experts, not to mention each Barony could only field around 100 000 or so soldiers, including militia, most of which have weak cultivation at the low-stages of Genesis Gathering Realm.

Not to mention, no matter how many Genesis Gathering cultivators they have, they would not be able to do much against a Genesis Core experts, not to mention Genesis Source experts without the use of Battle Formation.

The only obstacles to the Mariz Barony conquest are the remaining experts of the three baronies, one who remain to maintain the order of their territory, and the threat of other nations, who might try to get a piece of the pie that is the three Baronies.

While the former depends on the thought of the remaining experts, the latter was send packing when the information that the Baron of Mariz had reached the Genesis Spring realm.

Those who do not believe the information find the army they send anhilated, with the Genesis Source expert they send to lead fearfully confirm the truth of the information.

With the fear of a Genesis Spring expert coming after them, no nations try to laid claim on the three Baronies, fearing they will be next if they do such foolish thing.

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"So, this is one of the city," Elder Hal exclaimed, eying the city in front of him, one that is inside Esel Barony.

While outside he did not have any expression except for boredom, inside he had to admit that the foundation and the legacy of Esel Barony is greater than his own Barony.

While Mariz Barony could only have 5 large cities aside from the capital, Esel Barony were able to have 8 such cities, with most of their settlements surpassing the size of those in Mariz Barony.

However, he did not come here to compare the two baronies but instead to get the people of Esel to surrender.

He flew above the formation before unleashing his aura, causing the defensive formation of the city to activate, causing the population to fall into chaos.

Soon, several people flew to the top of the city, but did not left the boundary of it, knowing they are no match to him.

"Surrender or face destruction," Elder Hal calmly said, causing the leader of the city to grit their teeth, before lowering his head.

"We surrender," his tone, one filled with humiliation and despair were ignored by Elder, who merely stare at the man.

Understanding the unspoken order, the leader of the city turned the defensive formation, allowing Elder Hal to descend, claiming the city in the name of his Barony.

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All across the three baronies, similar thing happened as the experts of Mariz Barony forced the cities and settlements to surrender.

With the threat of anhilation hanging above them, the leaders of each settlements take the offer, knowing their nations had already fallen to the invaders.

The only remaining place the free of Mariz Barony conquest at the moment were the capitals of each Barony, though it would not remain so for long as the Baron already heading towards each capital.