The plague was triggered by the invasion of the Mongols and the war. Egil had already learned of such a thing through his intelligence system. Of course, the emperor has not yet linked this "plague" with the legendary terrifying Black Death that killed a few parts of the European population.

In the past few years, the Middle East has caused trouble and countless people have died. In addition, the Mongols are so environmentally friendly (the more people they kill, the more environmentally friendly they are), with various parasites and bacteria. This is not a natural, cold place like Siberia, and the climate is not suitable for infectious diseases, but a warm Mediterranean climate. So it is normal to break out of a plague, and it is natural.

Of course, Egil still attached certain importance to this "natural thing". The Mongolians took advantage of the epidemic of Damascus and attacked the city in one fell swoop during the civil strife. Then they slaughtered the city again and burned the city very environmentally friendly, burning the city very environmentally friendly. The original most brilliant literary, economic and political centers in the Middle East were burned into ruins.

After hearing the news, Egil was quite a pity. Because in this way, many sources of infection would disappear with the fire. The attempt to make the plague bigger and kill all the Mongols might be failure.

Moreover, losing Damascus, the support point in the Syrian inland Syria, the situation in the Eastern Roman Empire worsened even further. Only a small amount of coastal territory was retained. Although the transportation supply routes were brought closer, even the largest coastal city, Antioch, had its defense capabilities not as good as Damascus. It seems that the defeat of Eastern Roman was a foregone conclusion.

He did not analyze anything that was beneficial to the empire from the information. Egil sighed softly and began to draft the document, asking the Black Sea Fleet to prepare for combat.

"Maybe in a year, or in a shorter time, there will be major changes in the entire Anatolian region. It is very likely to affect the interests of the empire. At that time, I ask you and the entire Black Sea Fleet to dispatch to block the Dardanelles and turn the entire Marmara Sea into a fortress of the empire! From now on, prepare for battle, strengthen training, and hoard supplies. I am waiting to see you make contributions!"

Soon, a short letter was written. Egil stamped his seal on the letter, then sealed it, walked out of the barracks, and handed it over to a guard knight who was guarding outside, asking him to send it to the intelligence department.

The whole Europe, no, the whole world, is about to become a battlefield this time.

Looking at the knights who were gradually moving away, Egil sighed: "The scale of the war has become larger. If the Mongols cannot break Moscow this autumn, then they will feel better in winter. But what should I do if the other party refuses to withdraw his troops?"

It would be great if the Mongols were willing to withdraw their troops honestly. Norman could also lift the order of full mobilization, and spring plowing may not be able to catch up. However, sowing in summer will increase the planting area of ​​high-yield crops such as corn and potatoes brought from the New World. Then there are still some expectations in autumn.

But if we do not contact the mobilization order, we will lose so many young and middle-aged laborers. The food problem in the Norman Empire will be serious...

"Would you implement a rationing system... but that would reduce morale and give people a sense of crisis. Besides, warehouses with reserved grain were set up in every city of the empire. If those reserves were used, it would be...well, it was indeed a solution, but now it seems that there is no such dangerous time. That's what I have to do... What else?"

Egil was thinking hard. Although it was difficult for people to associate this frivolous guy with the emperor who was in charge of the three empires when they were idle and had nothing to do. But when they really wanted to do things, Egil was still very imposing.

"So it's this problem. Indeed, if you don't have enough food, you won't have the energy to kill people." Artoria, who had just finished his morning class and had just finished his morning class, felt that he was still unsatisfied with the guard knights, picked up the documents that Egil had modified several times and read them. He said this later.

"It's true that this is true." Egil shook his head and smiled reluctantly.

"Can't think of a way?" Artoria asked immediately.

"Well, yes. Although I already have some clues, I still don't understand what to do." Egil replied, and at the same time he was a little confused. Could he be a wife who is completely unfamiliar with politics and economy?

"Anyway, I can't think of it here. Why don't you change your mind and go to the training ground with me to train." Artoria smiled when she saw Egil say this and suggested. Egil then realized that this guy didn't have any good idea. He just felt that he was not satisfied with the draw of those guard knights. So he wanted to draw himself.

"I'm very busy now." Egil was about to refuse, but Artoria pulled him up. His arm almost broke.

"Okay, okay. That kind of thing is left to your sister to do. Isn't she just taking care of these trivial matters?" As if she was a little dissatisfied with Egil's words. Artoria snorted lightly and said.

"So, okay." If you refuse, Artoria might be angry. So Egil nodded and agreed to Artoria's invitation a little helplessly.

"But let me agree first, I won't show mercy..." Egil said this, while nodding to Sonia, who seemed to be alone like usual, nodding her name. Sonia understood and took Egil's box with the armor of the Absolute Guardian.

"Just use breastplate only." Egil said this, and with the help of Sonia and Artoria, he put the breastplate on his body, and then lifted the hair that was trapped in the armor.

"Well, I've been busy with fighting recently, so I didn't notice my personal image. My hair has grown a lot longer. Should I tie it up? Of course, I still ask Maria for a beard or something." Egil looked at it, and finally asked Sonia for a rope and tied a single ponytail to her hair. I looked in the mirror and it really seemed much more pleasing.

"Okay, hurry up." On the other side, Artoria was already impatient. So Egil hurried over and went to the training ground with Artoria. Because it was training, neither side did use the best weapons. The Blade of Life and the Sword of Victory and Vows were still placed in the room, but used the standard equipment of the army. Despite this, it was a weapon that was cut after all. So it was better to wear some protective props and fight. This is why Egil would equip the Absolute Guardian with a breastplate.

On the opposite side, Artoria also chose equipment similar to Egil, a two-handed sword, and a cursed armor that gave up all limbs and shin armor, and a cursed armor that kept the breastplate alone.

So, after the final salute, the battle began! Although the bonus of the two artifacts was lost, Egil could not compete with Artoria in terms of strength and speed. In terms of experience, the number of heads cut was at least ten times that of Artoria, which was at least ten times that of Egil, was more advantageous. But if it comes to skills, flexibility, or insidiousness, it was Egil who was more clever.

Because of the large amount of system instilled in swordsmanship and sword techniques from various eras and regions, coupled with the insidious and cunning mind that is the best in the world, Egil is the only one who can compare with Artoria in the entire empire. If both sides really want to decide the winner, they have to fight for life and death. Therefore, the final result of the competition usually ends in a draw.

But today is different.

"Where are you looking at?!"

After just a few rounds of battle, Egil revealed a flaw. Originally, Artoria thought that this was a trick that Egil deliberately used to lure the enemy like in the previous competition. But soon, Artoria discovered that this guy really showed a flaw, not pretending - Egil was absent-minded from the beginning of the battle.

So soon, Artoria picked up the saber in her hand and then knocked Egil on the calf with her sword spine, knocking him to the ground. Although she won, because Egil was not serious before, Artoria was not happy at all. She didn't feel happy.

"Sorry, sorry. Do you want to start over?" Egil smiled a little apologetically, and then suggested.

"Forget it, if you can't figure out those things, you're probably not going to be in the mood to accompany me. Work hard. But you have to pay attention to your health." Artoria withdrew her sword and pulled Egil from the ground. Then he patted the dust on his body and said, "Forget it, I'll go to the city wall for a walk. I won't have to wait for me for lunch."

The Mongols did not attack in the morning, and Artoria passed by now. I guess they would cut off a few more human hairs when the opponent launched an attack in the afternoon.

"It's really..." Egil thought for a while. Recently, he was in a heavy mood and had done too much. "...Well, I'll go to Nightingale's room tonight. Because it's a nurse, it can be used to take care of the body."

Egil thought this way. However, the nurse does do some maintenance and nursing work, but it doesn't feel like it's used that way...
Chapter completed!