Chapter 568: Chapter 441 The War is Coming_3 Chapter 568: Chapter 441 The War is Coming_3 Before her lay ruins, not the fortress that had still opposed her.
And it was with the contrast of Tudor III that people came to understand how merciful, diligent, mild, and kind Queen Sofia was a wise monarch.
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It was Queen Sofia who saved it all from the abyss.
She lived for only seventy-nine years, yet she saved Avalon from a decline that had lasted two hundred years.
Avalon rose again from the ruins, and under the leadership of Queen Sofia, in less than sixty years, it became a nation that had to be taken seriously by its powerful neighbors once more.
But it also ushered in new problems—the economy was growing rapidly, prosperity came too easily, and capital from foreign countries gradually corrupted those knights of old.
Merchants who grew rapidly amidst factories, alchemy, and the wave of modernization also had to be taken seriously.
When Avalon revitalized, it was inevitable that some would become wealthy.
The knights represented the forces of the old era, and the merchants represented the forces of the new era.
In times of peace, the knights could hardly shake the status of the merchants—because the knights too wished to live well, and most of them did not know how to manage their wealth, nor did they have the energy to earn money.
Because of this, the majority of the knightly estates were constantly shrinking.
That’s why there were new knights who compromised with merchant conglomerates like the Lohar Society and ministers who were corrupted by the Star Antimony and Irisflower People.
Such days are about to end, now.
Because war is about to begin.
If anything was missing in the era of Queen Sofia in Avalon…
Avalonians were not weak, nor were they cowardly.
They were ultimately a knightly nation.
The original nationals of Avalon came from the native human slaves who hated the giants, from the brave warriors who volunteered to join the punitive forces from the Helasal Empire.
They had fighting blood in their veins, which is why they formed the Gryphon Legion, a powerful military force created solely for the purpose of ultimate assault.
Since its founding, Avalon had never stopped engaging in war, whether proactive or defensive.
During the heyday of Avalon, even the yet-to-break-up Helasal Empire was cautious and respectful of Avalon.
But in Queen Sofia’s time, because the economy developed too quickly—naturally quick enough from rebirth from the ruins—it directly resulted in Avalonians not having experienced war for a long time.
Queen Sofia was indeed a mild and kind queen, so she always tried her best to avoid all unnecessary wars.
Faced with pressure from the Irisflower People and Star Antimony, she always chose to concede benefits or engage in equal competition, resolving political issues at the table.
Even when the royal family was cursed one after another, her subconscious choice was to revive Lancelot I through the Ceremony of Avalon’s Shadow.
Using this truly top-tier powerhouse to protect Avalon and deter the ambitious Star Antimony still fundamentally remained a “defensive” strategy.
In reality, this did indeed wear away at the combative nature and belligerence of the Avalonians.
But when Isabel appeared on the newspapers in her blood-stained royal gown.
The Avalonians truly became angry—
The mourning period for Queen Sofia hadn’t even passed!
Their new queen had yet to be crowned!
The people directly attributed the consecutive deaths in the royal family due to the curse to the Star Antimony.
At that moment, the attack on Isabel by the Earl of Star Antimony was undoubtedly an act akin to one that could destroy a nation!
When everyone craved for war…
war was destined to come.