Chapter 330 The End of the Empire
The artillery fire roared for a whole day and night, and the city was full of fully armed patrolling soldiers.
The mechanical boilers in the major urban areas that had not moved for a long time began to roar, transforming into a war pattern. Countless chimneys spewed out billowing black smoke, and the entire sky was smoked gray and black.
In order to avoid the chaotic artillery fire, every household in the city closed their doors. Except for a few panicked pedestrians walking quickly across the streets, there was no one to be seen in the empty city.
This city, which was said to be the most prosperous metropolis in the Ice Ridge Wasteland, became desolate and bleak overnight.
Although the Fifth District was not affected by the war, due to the disorder of the war, thieves and gangsters who took advantage of the situation became active. They broke into houses, killed people, robbed, and raped people. Many small nobles suffered, causing panic among the people.
Different from the tense atmosphere elsewhere, the "Black Rose Inn" seems very peaceful.
This is where the group from Black Dragon City settled.
There are powerful mechanic corps and dragon corps stationed in the hotel, and no one dares to cause trouble here.
This small inn has become the safest place in the entire city.
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Several maids who had been serving Ymir for many years had been waiting at the door of the suite for a long time.
Ymir has a very regular schedule. She usually washes up and goes out on time at seven o'clock every morning.
No matter how late I go to bed, I never have the habit of staying in bed.
But today was a little unusual. It was almost ten o'clock, but the eldest princess still showed no sign of calling them into the house.
"Is Her Royal Highness the Princess still awake?"
"Shh~ The city lord is also in there..."
"Ah... Your Highness has never let the City Lord stay in his boudoir. Could it be..."
“…”
Then, there was the sound of muffled laughter.
Although everyone in Black Dragon City knew that Ryan was Ymir's man, as personal maids, they were very clear that the two adults did not seem to have had an intimate relationship.
Even when he was in Black Dragon City, the city lord never stayed overnight in the princess's apartment. Even if he did, it was always when he was entertaining Elder Wu Duo. He didn't stay in the master bedroom, but in the guest room.
The movement at the door naturally could not be hidden from the natural perception of the two high-level extraordinary people in the room, Ryan and Ymir.
Inside the room, on the big white bed, two naked bodies snuggled together.
Ryan's skin was a dark yellowish wheat color due to his long years of training. In contrast, Ymir's skin looked very white. It was so white that it seemed to emit a faint fluorescence under the light.
She lay on her back on the bed, looking a little lazy, with a little blush on her pretty face. Her golden hair was scattered on the bed, and her graceful figure was not covered at all.
Ryan admired the beautiful body in front of him. He supported his head with one hand and turned the other hand into a little man, "climbing mountains and crossing rivers" on Ymir's body. The extremely gentle touch sliding across his fingertips made him have a lot of fun.
Once lust is started, it is difficult to stop.
Once there is a first time, there will be countless follow-ups.
The first time they had sex in the hot spring pool the night before, they had a little urgency. But in bed, they were extremely happy.
Ymir, the eldest princess of Omar who seemed cold and indifferent in the eyes of outsiders, showed her charm in front of Ryan that no one else had ever seen.
She did not stop Ryan from doing the coy actions that he had learned from somewhere. Although her cold personality prevented her from responding too much, she accepted all the actions and let Lei enjoy the bone-eroding tenderness.
"Okay, enough fooling around, it's time to get up."
"Anyway, there's nothing to do. It's a rare day off..."
"If you delay any longer, you will be laughed at..."
Finally, Princess Omar was too shy to do such a ridiculous thing as committing adultery in broad daylight.
She looked at the sky outside the colorful glass window, which was getting brighter and brighter. She pushed away the body behind her that was pressing against her and gradually becoming hot, and said angrily, "Come again?"
She thought that the extraordinary energy of the strength type seemed to be endless. If he was really given the chance, this guy would probably be able to cause trouble all day long.
After saying this, Ryan smiled and stopped.
Ymir rang the bell beside the bed, and four maids in maid uniforms pushed the door open and walked in.
The four of them worked together, running hot water in the bathroom and preparing today's clothes. Everything was just like any other day.
However, looking at Ryan lying on the bed, the maids smiled knowingly.
They were all personal maids who had served Ymir for many years. They were used to seeing her naked body and were not so restrained when speaking to her.
"Your Highness, the water is ready."
"Um."
Ymir went to the bathroom gracefully, leaving Ryan with a beautiful and graceful back.
Among the four, the maid named "Portia" stayed behind. She looked at Ryan and said with a respectful smile, "Lord City Lord, may I help you wash and change your clothes?"
Ymir's maids were good-looking and well-built, and would be around 70% or 80% of the average person. Because they had to help the mistress bathe, they all wore thin gauze clothes, and you could vaguely see through them.
In this world, maids in noble families are the private property of the noble masters.
It was a bit like the ancient "dowry maid" in Ryan's previous life, responsible for daily life and warming the bed. And at certain times, she would serve the male master on behalf of the inconvenient female master.
This is a custom and hostesses usually don't mind.
But Ryan was not used to being naked like those old nobles and enjoying the help of maids to dress him. He shook his head and said, "No, I can do it myself."
He put on his clothes and washed up.
…
Perhaps because their relationship had become very close, Ymir no longer avoided the man in the room.
The whole process of her bathing and dressing took place under Ryan's eyes.
For the first time, Ryan also witnessed the complicated and luxurious washing process of the royal family in this world.
However, the people are beautiful and the waiting is also pleasing to the eye.
Soon, Ryan and Ymir sat at the dining table, enjoying the breakfast that the maids had prepared long ago.
While eating, the two started chatting.
"News just arrived: Karen was surrounded and killed by the Royal Guards in the palace. Muller (the fourth prince) and Eberle (the eighth prince) are fighting fiercely, and all the noble families who support them have also joined the battle..."
"With the participation of the City of Destruction, the situation in the Imperial Palace is not optimistic. In the end, it is very likely that both sides will suffer losses..."
"According to preliminary estimates, even if the war in the imperial capital ends, military conflicts will break out across the country for a long time in the future..."
“…”
Ymir calmly told Ryan the information the maid had just reported.
This is also expected.
Ever since they saw that Theed Empire and Glory City intervened in the struggle for imperial power, they knew that no matter who it was, it would be impossible for them to inherit the throne safely.
Now the division of Omar is inevitable.
Neither the Fourth Prince nor the Eighth Prince had the ability to convince all of the old aristocratic groups.
No matter who wins this war, Oma's national strength will eventually regress by decades.
It will also completely eliminate the deterrent power that the Spugreen royal family has inherited for thousands of years.
When the imperial power no longer has the deterrent power it once had, those great nobles who already have the power to establish a country will no longer be willing to be bound by the imperial power.
What's more, there is the Theed Empire, which is determined to split Omar, and the Glorious City, where the situation is unclear.
Many forces have muddied the waters of Omar, and none of them will allow this powerful empire to continue to grow stronger.
But what is predictable is that the final situation will probably be that the 72 provinces of Omar will be divided into dozens of "principalities" and "kingdoms".
…
As expected, what the squinty-eyed man said came true, Omar was completely destroyed.
After today, the Omar royal family is only in name only.
Ryan had no say in political matters and just listened silently.
But in fact, the division of Oma is beneficial rather than harmful to their Black Dragon City.
Wherever there is war, there are refugees. Whether it is wealth, population, or various talents, they will flow to more stable countries.
Now that the conspiracy of "worship of evil gods" in Glory City has been exposed, the Omar wasteland hunters probably won't think of going to Glory City to beg for food in the future.
After the collapse of the Omar Empire, control over the borders was certainly not as strong as before.
At that time, whether it was scavengers or merchants, if they wanted to make money west of the Alcolon Mountains, Black Dragon City became the only choice.
Ryan was also very confident that anyone who had really been to Black Dragon City and enjoyed the equal benefits of the territory would never think of returning to the two empires.
However, Ymir is a member of the Spugryn royal family after all, and the development of Black Dragon City is actually drinking the blood of Omar, the old camel.
Although she had long been dissatisfied with the empire's corrupt system, she was a little melancholy when she saw her homeland crumbling. She said, "I don't know what Omar will become in the end..."
"Sooner or later, the development of civilization will eventually promote changes in social systems..."
Ryan said, gently tucking the hair that fell in front of her face behind her ears, and then kissed her forehead.
"Um."
Ymir glanced at him and smiled slightly in response.
She changed the subject and said, "We were assassinated by Sid this time. We will send people to negotiate, and we will also make some counterattacks and issue a wanted order... but we don't have to pay too much attention to them. Sid's system is more corrupt than our Omar. We don't have to do anything. Once our Black Dragon City develops, they will naturally collapse."
Ryan nodded: "Yeah."
At this time, Ymir thought of something and said, "After dinner, I plan to go to the Omar Royal Academy again. In the current situation, Grandmaster Jurgen and many of the mechanics in the academy did not participate in the war. I plan to try to get them to go back to Black Dragon City with us. There are also some neutral hospitals, academies, and municipal talents in the city..."
After hearing her plan, Ryan said, "Then I'll go with you later."
"No."
Ymir smiled, shook her head, and said, "My identity is more suitable for those places and those people. You have just broken through to the fourth level of transcendence, so you should stay in the inn to consolidate your new understanding and wait for me to come back."
From the beginning of the construction of Black Dragon City to now, the city lord Ryan has hardly participated in any detailed management except for talking and proposing a general direction. Ymir always manages everything quietly.
Every profession has its own specialties, so leave professional matters to professionals.
Ryan never thought he should be an "all-rounder".
Unable to get a word in on the business, he raised an eyebrow: "Oh... Then I'll wait for you to come back in the room?"
“…”
Ymir naturally saw the ambiguous meaning in Ryan's words and rolled her eyes at him.
However, after hesitating for a moment, she nodded slightly and responded softly: "Yeah."
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Seven days later, the intensive artillery fire that echoed throughout the Omar capital gradually subsided.
After the old nobles who originally supported the Second Prince learned that Karen had been controlled by the "Three-Eyed Evil God", they immediately chose to withdraw from the war. They were afraid of being liquidated afterwards, so they did not stay, but directly chose to control the mechanical city and leave Usenbar.
On the other hand, the Fourth Prince and the Eighth Prince were evenly matched.
Although the Fourth Prince eventually gained control of the palace, due to their evenly matched strength, both sides suffered heavy losses.
The Eighth Prince did not choose to fight to the death, but led the seven districts under his control to leave Usenbar and evacuate towards the south of Oma, near the border of Theed.
Now, the war in the imperial capital has finally come to an end.
There were 20 blocks in the imperial capital, plus the palace and the academy, and there were originally nearly 30 mechanical cities. Because of the war, seven were severely damaged, more than ten were destroyed, and ten remained in place.
The number of casualties exceeded one million.
This was an outcome no one expected.
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The sudden war stunned everyone in Oma.
Apart from Metternich, few could have guessed that things would turn out this way.
As the battle becomes clearer, everyone faces a question: where should they stand?
Those nobles who had originally chosen to remain "neutral" and intended to be loyal to the royal family were also somewhat shaken.
Everyone could see that the Spugrin royal family had lost their control over the empire. The internal fighting among the princes completely divided the empire.
Now the imperial capital was devastated by the war, and a large number of people were killed or injured. This also made many people extremely disappointed with the Omar leaders, and even discouraged.
Especially the mechanics of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Omar.
Originally they were staunch neutrals who would only be loyal to the imperial power.
But now, they found that whether they were loyal to the Fourth Prince or the Eighth Prince, they were not loyal to the "imperial power."
instead.
Speaking of the bloodline of the Spugreen royal family, besides the fourth prince and the eighth prince, isn't there also an eldest princess?
If they really wanted to be loyal to the royal family, they felt that the old emperor's sister was more qualified than the two princes who were killing each other.
What's more, for mechanics, Black Dragon City has the most advanced mechanical technology.
Coupled with Ymir's lobbying in recent days, even if many people did not agree to go to Black Dragon City out of consideration for old friendship, they actually preferred the "Black Dragon City" which had unlimited potential in the future.
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On this day, Ryan and his companions finally set out from the Omar Imperial Capital.
The original visiting team of more than a thousand people turned into a huge team of tens of thousands of people when they returned.
In addition to Ilubek's sons and their families, the team has a large number of talents in various fields, including machinery, medical care, municipal management...
Although Jurgen, the only "Grand Master of Mechanics" in the Omar Empire, did not leave because of their old friendship, he did not stop his disciples and the mechanics in the academy who were pursuing mechanical skills from following Ryan to Black Dragon City.
The Royal Academy of Sciences of Oma has already lost its status as the "holy land of steam machinery". There is not much point in keeping it, except for being complacent.
Today, Oma no longer has that stable scientific research environment.
From any perspective, "Black Dragon City" is a better choice.
The Fourth Prince, who controlled the imperial capital but was overwhelmed by this mess, could do nothing but watch the "Black Dragon City" poach people from Omar.
With the escort of the Mechanic Corps and the Flying Dragon Corps, no one dares to harm Black Dragon City.
As for Metternich...
Now that his revenge has been achieved, there is no point for Omar to stay any longer.
Naturally, this squinty-eyed man also chose to follow the main group to Black Dragon City. He said he wanted to experience the new city that could be called a "miracle". If possible, he said he wanted to be an official in Black Dragon City.
You don't need to be a very high-ranking official, just being a staff member will be enough.
The death of the eldest prince Quentin, the death of the queen, the death of the old emperor, the collapse of Omar... are all directly related to this "staff member".
If it were someone else, they probably wouldn't dare to have such a master-devouring aide around.
But Ryan welcomed this guy very much.
Not to mention his extraordinary strength, Metternich's abilities are obvious to all.
Moreover, the two of them had a life-and-death friendship, so trust was established immediately.
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The team returned to Black Dragon City from the Oma Royal Capital safely.
There was war all over Oma.
But seeing the Black Dragon City flag hung by the team, no one was so blind as to dare to make any plans.
Although the team of tens of thousands of people encountered several waves of beasts in the wilderness, they were quickly repelled and wiped out. Both the flying dragon army and the mechanic army were "invincible".
Along the way, they gathered some war refugees, and the team became larger and larger.
Finally, after more than a month, they returned to Black Dragon City.
As soon as I came back, I heard the news.
The hunting team in the city found the exact location of the "Black Emperor's Tomb".
However, at the entrance of the tomb, there was a dormant black dragon!
