In a library, a boy can be seen with a smile on his face. Reading the book about various conquerors and rulers beside him, there are five more books.
About human psychology , tactics, and strategies. "Hmmm, I think for today these should be enough. I need to give some rest to. My eyes."
After standing up and placing the books on shelves. I got to the reception: "Hey, Clara, I will be taking these books with me." Clara replied, "Sure, Tim, but return it by next Monday; you are always late in returning back the book."
"Yeah, yeah." As Tim left the library, he felt refreshed after reading those books. "The excitement I feel after reading about various army generals is amazing.
Even after thousands of years, we still read about them."
'They are still discussed after so many years. As for me, I am a failure. I am just an unknown person in this world; no one knows about my name. Even my family hates me for reading history.'
'They think that it is just a waste of time....
Tsk, they will never know about the glorious life these rulers lived. '
Whatever, I will just read some novels when I return home. Tim was waiting for the red light to turn green so he could cross the road.... It turned green...'.
I started walking, and suddenly I heard someone shouting, Hey, it's still red." Dude, the traffic light has already turned green. I turned to look at who spoke when suddenly I could hear a truck coming at me with a lot of speed, 'damnnnn truck kun,' and with no driver in it.
The truck smashed into me, the blood coloring the road red, and the last thought that came to my mind was, 'Damn, I could not finish reading the other remaining books.'
Damn, so much sunlight! I opened my eyes slowly...to my right there was a window from which the sun could be seen.
To my left A huge wooden door I was on a big bed, damn. My room is also big, and the various carvings on the walls and paintings also make the room look really good.
I decided to stand up. I got out of bed only to start feeling pain. I am feeling like someone just banged a hammer on my head. Clutching my head, my pain was so unbearable that I started screaming in my mind, 'Fuck, fuck, what the…'
And slowly it started to get normal, but I knew there was nothing normal because with that headache I got memories, and they helped me to know my name and my status. The kingdom I belonged to...
I go by the name Victor Armstrong. I am the son of Marquis Rev Armstrong, who has just recently died ... Our territory comes under the kingdom of Golden Grove...
But to understand my situation, we need to go back a few hundred years. A long time ago there existed an empire known as the Marisian Empire, which ruled the whole archipelago. It was a vast empire.
It was known for its powerful navy and skilled navigators and extensive trade networks.
Its collapse was triggered because of civil war between the sons of the emperor, Semon Armstrong.
Yep, that's right, the emperor was related to me, and it gets more complicated.
The war split the empire into two parts between the Mariner kingdom and the Golden Grove kingdom. And the large island between the mainland continent and the archipelago was taken over by the merchant republic of Freeports.
An interesting fact is that both of the kingdoms were founded by sons of Emperor Semon Armstrong. Yeahhh, because the eldest son, Will Armstrong, was supported by the nobles of an empire, and half of the army supported him .
On the other hand, the second son, Jeff Armstrong, was loved and supported by the other half of the army and the people of the empire.
These two brothers fought countless battles, and these resulted in a lot of people losing their lives, but what changed?
The whole Tide of War was when two brothers got reports that the kingdom of Zanthos, which is situated on the sundered lands continent close to Archipelago, was about to invade them .
Immediately the two brothers stopped fighting each other and made peace, dividing the main island. Between two kingdoms, that's how the Kingdom of Golden Grove, ruled by Will Armstrong, and the Mariner Kingdom, ruled by Jeff Armstrong came to be.
And there was another huge island that was not connected to the mainland archipelago but was between the continent of Sundered Lands and the archipelago.
It was usurped by rich merchants who declared their independence and renamed the island as the Merchant Republic of Freeports. They created their own huge and strong standing army and allied themselves to it.
The empire of Themo, which is based in the continent of Sundered Lands, helped them against the aggressions of the Kingdom of Mariner and the Kingdom of Golden Grove.
Now Approximately 80 years before the birth of Victor, that is me.
Golden Grove kingdom was embroiled in another civil war between The sons of James Armstrong Many were killed. Out of 5 brothers, only two survived: the eldest, Theo Armstrong, and the youngest, Arlo Armstrong.
Now the war between these two brothers lasted for 2 years, but in the end the eldest came out on top, the reason being that he bought off the army generals and he still held the most important forts in the kingdom.
But the problem wasThe people loved Arlo because of how he sympathized with people even during war, helping the people in need by giving them supplies or whatever help he could offer.
And they would rally behind him, and Theo knew it, and if he killed Arlo The rebellions would keep occurring in the kingdom and not let him stabilize his rule. So he offered his brother a deal: in exchange for giving up his claim on the throne, he could ask for anything...
Yeah, to many these deals might seem foolish, but Theo was testing the water to see whether his brother would give up the claim on the throne after seeing how the people were suffering.
After all, Arlo, even though he was a good general, also had a loving heart. and whether he will consider the offer.
Soon Theo got the reply from Arlo saying that he is ready to give up the claim on the throne, but in exchange he wants the richest territory under him. And the title of Duke...
Theo was anxious; he quickly wanted to end the war, but he couldn't let Arlo have much influence, so he decided to give him the richest territory, which would be small up to the amount of territory that is ruled by Marquis.
And he decided not to give him the title of Duke and instead offered him to become Marquis. And he would also not build many forts in his territory .
After considering the offer and looking at the people suffering from the war, he also knew he did not have money to pay the army anymore.
Right now they are loyal, but in the future, if he loses the major battle, the army that is following him might crumble, so he decided and made a deal with Theo.
That's how my ancestors got this territory that is known as the Wildwood territory. It is known for its deep and huge forests and rugged terrain. It also has many hills and mountains and steep slopes.
It is the richest territory because of rare jewels found in this territory, and it also has many valleys, which also make the land fertile for agriculture.
Now you may think why the rich brat like me is in trouble because my father recently died, leaving the young, inexperienced 17-year-old son to handle the courtly politics ...
And from my memories, I also got to know that my father was not on good terms with Duke Elmsworth of the Riverlands.
The Wildwood territory comes under the Duke, but My father, who always had good relations and support from my uncle, King Theo IV, did not pay respect to the duke; he sided with the king on many occasions, speaking against the duke.
And at one point Duke Elmsworth invaded the domain of my father to annex the rich territory directly under him but was forced to stop the war because of my uncle and other dukes who did not want Duke Elmsworth to get more influential and rich.
But things are different now. My father is dead, and my uncle is in bad health as well, and many influential nobles are eyeing the throne. And now Duke Elmsworth can also fulfill his ambition to conquer the Territory of Wildwood.
"Haaaa ... it's going to be interesting." I felt excitement, hahahaha. "Let them come; I will welcome them with my army."