The Labyrinth Kingdom

Chapter 52's. Liberas Kingdom

The Kingdom of Liberas was a small kingdom located in the northern part of the continent of Repel.

Its military strength is not too strong and the area of their power is also small, only about 824 km².

Knowing that they were weak, the kingdom of Liberas never had the ambition to expand their territory.

Even during the invasion of the magic kingdom whose victory was confirmed, the kingdom of Liberas was one of the small countries that were not tempted to take the fatty cuts that the big countries had to offer.

They prefer to live peacefully away from the battlefield and maintain their neutral attitude from the beginning to the end of the war.

Like other small countries, the Kingdom of Liberas has sworn allegiance to the major countries around it when it was founded.

Every year they would pay tribute to the great country as a protection fee.

The geographical location of the Kingdom of Liberas is not very profitable, they are surrounded by other kingdoms that make them have no beaches.

Because of this, the price of salt and other spices is very expensive, besides seafood is also very difficult to get there.

On the Western side of the kingdom of Liberas was the kingdom of Corion which was a considerable Demi-Human kingdom.

The kingdom was inhabited by the Demi-Human race called Lycan, they were a half-human and half-wolf race.

Their appearance was exactly the same as that of an ordinary human, but they could transform into a bipedal wolf that reached over 2 meters in height.

In the east there is the kingdom of Ephes which is the oldest kingdom around Liberas.

Although their area of power is not too broad, but the military power they have is strong enough to compete with other large kingdoms around it.

While in the north, there is a vast Birmus desert, where it is inhabited by nomadic tribes called Merzou.

They are indigenous people who live in the desert, their lifestyle is very primitive and not yet familiar with the language. In addition they are also very territorial and will attack anyone who enters their territory.

Beside the Birmus desert, there is a green forest that stretches to the sea, the Forest is a large forest Lamas.

The place was inhabited by terrifying and bloodthirsty monsters.

Countries that directly border the forest will build a high and strong fortress, to dispel the attacks of monsters that rampage during the Monster Wave.

Every year the kings would spend a lot of money and strength to ward off this disaster.

Previously they had sent a joint expedition team many times to conquer the Lamas forest, but the results were very disappointing.

Every plan they made to solve the root of the problem, nothing worked.

Only failures and failures appear all the time.

After many times the failures and losses borne by each country is getting bigger.

They decided to stop sending expeditionary forces and focus on building a strong fort on their respective borders.

To be honest this plan was executed too suddenly, without thinking about the consequences that would be caused later.

And it's true...

Early in the implementation of the plan, there have been no visible problems.

But as we enter the third and fourth years, problems slowly begin to emerge.

Although the loss of life and damage caused by the Monster Wave disaster was reduced drastically.

But there is a problem that arises due to their imperfect plans.

Perhaps it was because the expeditionary force that had previously served as a natural predator in the forest and that controlled the number of monsters to stay awake, was no longer there.

This makes, the monsters can live freely in the forest and continue to multiply uncontrollably.

The monster wave, which initially only happens once a year, is slowly becoming more active and more frequent.

By the time they started to realize the mistake they had made, it was too late.

They could no longer control the number of monsters that continued to enslave everywhere, even if they sent an expeditionary force back into the huge Lamas forest.

It would just be a suicide mission and make the military power of every country decrease.

So inevitably, they could only resign themselves to the circumstances and focus on strengthening the defensive fortifications they had made before.

While other countries are plagued with the Monster Wave problem, the Liberas kingdom is actually among the lucky ones because they are protected by the Parbat mountain range.

The mountain served as a natural fortress separating them from the inner part of the Lamas forest.

The Parbat mountain range is very high and steep, it is difficult for monsters to climb it. Its highest peak was 33,462 ft.

The lowest peak and easiest for people to access was Mount Torli, where the bandits established their headquarters. It is only about 3,296 ft tall.

Then finally, in the southern part of the kingdom of Liberas there are two large kingdoms that border directly with meraka, the kingdom of Macbia and the kingdom of Slovenia.

Originally these two kingdoms had good manners, were friendly and eagerly licked a magic kingdom that was much stronger and larger than their kingdom.

Actually these two kingdoms did just that to attract the attention of the magic kingdom and make their kingdom look good in the eyes of the magic king.

a small kingdom like Liberas would not attract the attention of the two, they were only interested in a powerful kingdom, like a magic kingdom.

When the kingdom of Aria invites the two to work together to bring down the magic kingdom, they immediately reject it.

Both are unsure of the success of the plan, which belongs to the kingdom of Aria.

Moreover the magic kingdom was extremely powerful, even if they joined hands with the Aria kingdom to take it down, the chances of it succeeding were minuscule.

But.....

Although they are seen rejecting the Aria kingdom's invitation to cooperation on the surface, it is just a trick, both have their own agendas.

The Macbians secretly instigated the surrounding small kingdoms to gather all their forces and follow the battlefields planned by the Arian kingdom.

These small kingdoms are expected to get abundant benefits after the war is over.

Of course, the real goal of King Macbia was to use those forces as sacrificial pawns to weaken the overpowering military might of the magic kingdom.

As for the Slovak kingdom, they took a different approach back then.

They pretend to be friends of the magic kingdom and help them on the battlefield to fight the enemies.

But their real purpose is to infiltrate the magic kingdom.

They planned to destroy the magic kingdom from within, by inciting the nobles to commit treason.

The magic empire that was already overwhelmed by the Alliance's forces back then, certainly welcomed the Slovak kingdom well for helping them fight the enemy.

But never once crossed the mind of the magic king at that time, if the guest he treated with friendly at home was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

This happened because the image displayed by the Slovak kingdom was very good in the eyes of the magic king.

In addition, the King of Boston who was then the King of Slovakia was good friends with King Ryle Windson who was the King of magic.

So, the magic king who at that time knew that the person he thought to be a friend was the mastermind behind the treachery of the nobles, felt very angry but also sad.

He felt very disappointed that he had been betrayed by his comrades-in-arms, friends who had gone through many life-and-death battles on the battlefield with him.

The King of Boston dies at the hands of King Ryle when the last war in the city of Albion, the capital of the magic kingdom, takes place.

The war of conquest of the magic kingdom lasted for six years.

It was quite a long time for the royal alliance to win the battle against a magic kingdom that was only on its own.

After the magic empire was successfully conquered by the alliance kingdom and their abundant lands and treasures were distributed to other kingdoms as compensation for the war.

The ambition of the new King of Macbia and the new King of Slovakia to expand their territory grew even greater.

This happens because they have tasted the sweetness of the forbidden fruit that makes them addicted and can not stop.

{ket: I mean here is the sweetness of victory, basically they still feel the euphoria of victory}

From then on, the small kingdoms around them were forcibly conquered.

Both of them used the tactics previously used when conquering the Magic Kingdom.

The Macbians and the Slovians suppressed the small political, economic and military kingdoms, leaving them with no choice but to bend their knees before them.

Slowly the territory of both of them grew wider and the power they had grew stronger.

Those who refuse to submit and try to resist, will be made slaves and forced to work in the mines or serve as disposable soldiers of the battlefield.

This was also of course true for the nobles and the royal family.

The noblewomen, princesses and queens in each kingdom who refused to submit, would be made as elite s*x slaves for the nobility of their kingdom.

As for the fate of the kings and crown princes and other influential nobles, all of them would be executed if they showed signs of resistance.

Now the only small kingdom that managed to survive in the northern part of the Repel continent was the kingdom of Liberas.

But their fate is also not too good.At present, the two great kingdoms are fighting for ownership rights over the kingdom of Liberas.

Since the strength of the two kingdoms was not much different, none of them wanted to start a war.

There is only a loss if the war really breaks out and other kingdoms will profit from this.

Every discussion the two had had did not find a satisfactory answer, so they were at a dead end at the moment.

If the Kingdom of Liberas happens to fall into the hands of the Macbian kingdom or the Slovak kingdom, then the fires of war will continue to spread towards the Birmus desert and the Lamas forest.

This was of course a bad thing for the Elam Labyrinth Kingdom which was still in its developmental stage.