The Duke Stole Everything (1 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 153

The territorial war declared by neutral nobles against the Grand Duchy of Gwendhill ended swiftly.

Rumors clung to the inner workings of the conflict, which concluded with almost comical speed.

Attention focused more on the process than the outcome.

“Have you heard the news? Those knights from noble houses who bragged about crushing Gwendhill’s territory—they’re in complete chaos now, I tell you!”

“Tsk tsk, the side that actually declared the territorial war had secretly coordinated to launch simultaneous attacks on different fronts on the same day, yet the result was absolutely spectacular.”

“They even hired mercenaries to gain numerical superiority, only to get utterly crushed.”

Before the territorial war even began, high society had confidently predicted victory for the neutral faction.

The noble faction had covertly supplied private soldiers, and when combined with mercenaries separately hired by each house, they created an overwhelming numerical advantage—so much so that even a grand ducal house would inevitably be at a disadvantage.

But the result was a crushing defeat.

Not a single person managed to set foot inside the Grand Duchy’s territory before falling.

[There’s an amusing fact about Newton’s long history of territorial wars. Did you know? Since territorial war is essentially no different from war in terms of seizing land, victors are permitted to behead the defeated. As the lordship of the Grand Duchy remains vacant, making it inappropriate to behead its lord just yet, I shall settle—for now—merely with beheading those who dared draw their swords against the Grand Duchy.]

The Gwendhill Grand Ducal Knights showed no mercy.

Gone was any trace of the restraint they’d shown previously due to the noble faction repeatedly using Gwendhill as leverage to pressure the Emperor.

The Grand Ducal Knights charged forward with relentless fury, as if finally venting their long-suppressed resentment.

“But isn’t it too anticlimactic for a territorial war?”

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