The Kent kingdom was destroyed within half a month.

The Seven Kingdoms Era of Great Britain is still in its infancy, essentially a loose tribal informal alliance. In fact, Duncan didn't just destroy one country; he also incidentally wiped out what would become the future West Saxon kingdom.

In this era of England, just a few thousand people would dare call themselves a kingdom, with territories possibly the size of just one or two counties.

East Anglia is one of the future formal Seven Kingdoms, but its territory only includes Norfolk and Suffolk, which is smaller than a large prefecture-level city. Duncan was caught off guard when, a few days later, Kvito gleefully reported that he had destroyed a small kingdom established by the Anglo people.

Very well.

This act of annihilation is enough to elevate him to nobility, considering he was one of the earliest commanders to follow Duncan. Among the exiles, some should be ennobled.

Duncan finally set up a defensive line at Oxford and Cambridge.

Because his territory was already contiguous with King Uther's, he had nearly taken all the land south of Great Britain. Pushing further north would lead to Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, eventually advancing to the vicinity of Hadrian's Wall.

But taking over the land is easy; defending it is quite vexing, especially in the absence of a strong navy in Great Britain.

Duncan's next plan is to consolidate his territory.

With his current strength, reaching the vicinity of Hadrian's Wall is no difficulty at all. The challenge lies in how to guard against the raids and harassment from the Scottish barbarians.

"Great Britain's dog-bitten coastline needs defense everywhere."

Duncan spread open the map before him, which he drew based on his memory, ensuring no major errors. He glanced at places like Kent, South Saxe, Hampshire, Dorset, and East Saxons, and thought to himself, "These areas can only be fully fortified with coastal guards."

"Deploy British Coastal Guard militia in these places, allowing them to farm while defending, reviving local productivity."

"Elite troops stationed around the London area."

"Send part of the British Legion to guard places like London Port, Kent Port, and Southampton Port."

"Recruit security personnel separately."

"Initially, military soldiers are responsible, later training a dedicated police force to maintain law and order."

Duncan planned to strengthen Great Britain directly; the tribal infighting of the Barbarians from before must be suppressed, strengthening the role of law. Setting up courts and judges to replace the original tribal clans system, and concentrating populations around urban areas, focusing on developing regions with advantageous terrain.

Currently holding the fertile plains near London, Duncan obviously aims to develop London first, then support the surrounding barren lands.

"Territory: London (medium-sized port city) (expandable)."

"Roads: paved stone roads (good road conditions, can build Four Directions Avenue)."

"Agricultural level: upper-middle (irrigational ditches, manor construction, plain advantages, river advantages, belonging to the upper-middle level in the current era.)"[Thanks to the River Thames, the land around London easily yields abundant harvests.]

"Commercial level: moderate (has river ports and sea ports, thriving fisheries, convenient transportation, geographically superior, but not fully developed yet.)"[Relevant personnel Anya is restoring commercial economic activities.]

"Technological level: lower-middle (lagging forging techniques, but has a forge factory.)"[Relevant talents are rebuilding the library.]

"Environment: poor (open channels not cleaned, Barbarians abandoned the city's sewage system)."

"Temple architecture: small Viking Holy Sanctuary (dedicated to Odin), Arian Church, small Hermitage (abandoned), Avalon sacrificial stone."

London, what can we say about it?

Other occupied areas might yield only hundreds of gold coins in taxes a year, but London alone can reach five or six thousand gold coins annually, equivalent to the economic scale of about ten county towns. (Commercial aspect)

This is when Duncan hasn't heavily developed it yet, its strategic position is equivalent to important coastal port cities like the Pearl River Delta.

"Although the Governor of the Province of Britannia."

"The system still follows the imperial monarchy, taking big steps can lead to setbacks, and I also need centralized power."

"Directly use British noble ranks."

Duncan is planning the future of Great Britain; only he can do this. Strictly speaking, he's not particularly skilled in this area; if the future really leads back to Europe, he'll most likely adopt part of the Holy Roman Empire's system.

No empire can rise uninterrupted; the cycle of history is unavoidable.

The great trend of the world: long division must unite, long unity must divide.

Duncan's ideal plan is to conquer a vast empire spanning across Europe, Asia, and Africa, ideally replacing Charlemagne's title with that of a great conqueror and ultimately creating a super-edition of the 'Holy Roman Empire.'

As for the future historical direction, it has to wait for the era's technological tree to climb up, because the territory is too large to manage it all, eventual division is inevitable.

"My primary goal is the Legendary Level."

Duncan sorted his thoughts and picked up a list, which contains the names of those to be ennobled, divided according to ranks: duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron. Below these, he would set up the lowest levels of knights and sirs. Knights generally follow the warrior's promotion path, while sirs are specifically prepared for civil official routes; under specific circumstances, they can also be bought, such as when Duncan's military budget is tight.

Noble titles are merely symbols of status, not representatives of power; Duncan wants centralized power and hence cannot create small feudal kingdoms of varying sizes.

"For other matters, study while advancing them."

"Great Britain is small enough to manage for now."

Duncan is open-minded in this area; if one day the empire he establishes collapses, it wouldn't surprise him. Because the birth of an empire is already a blessing for countless people in this chaotic era, at least they can still embrace centuries-long periods of peace.

After the Kent kingdom's fall.

Most people around Duncan were overwhelmingly busy, Severus was even busier, barely visible throughout the day.

In contrast, Duncan himself was quite leisurely.

Everyone seemed accustomed to Duncan setting a grand direction, with the details handled by professionals. In this era, there weren't too many major events; the most important things were 'farming and fighting,' with fighting done, the next focus was farming, restoring production after decades of turmoil on Great Britain.

In a word, it's all for 'money and food.'

Anya was figuring out ways to gather funds, while Severus was trying to gather food supplies, aiming to sow another wave of crops this year, so that next year the large-scale migrating exiles wouldn't worry about food shortages.

Not continuing to wage wars is also for the sake of farming.

Farming is the priority.

Duncan symbolically looked at the fields, realizing he didn't know how to farm, but he could ponder some theoretical knowledge, like using the curved plow and composting, providing Severus some helpful advice.

There wasn't much warfare during this period.

The Sword of Oath and Victory was also sent back to Avalon, as the Guardian Fairies seemed to intend to reforge it, giving it some power to interfere with the laws of reality.

Duncan also entered a phase of recuperation, spending his days either training the army or sparring with Anya.

He finally had time every day to wait for the juvenile dragon of the second human form to awaken.

"There shouldn't be any wars until next year."

The Battle of Sharon had just ended, and all factions needed to recover their strength. Duncan also had to settle the large number of troops under his command, and if the economy isn't pulled together, there will be no money next year.

There were some messages coming from the Empire, but communications were slow in this era, so they had to wait for the envoy of Valentinian III to arrive.

Days passed by peacefully like this.

Duncan cut back three thousand British Militia, sending them all back to farm. The Governor's residence was also moved to London. The Crow Queen—Triss was preparing to rebuild the library and was figuring out a way to establish a university here.

Gradually, other witches began arriving at Great Britain, each coming with different backgrounds and seemingly possessing considerable knowledge.

Anya chose two young and beautiful ones to be placed at Duncan's side.

One was a one-star Whiteboard, the other a one-star Silver Gray.

However, during this time, most of Duncan's energy was spent on the juvenile dragon in the Dimension Space, so he didn't have much interaction with them, placing them in the Governor's residence as temporary advisors.

It wasn't until a supernatural creature arrived that Duncan temporarily put the dragon's affairs aside.

——Forest Demoness (Tree Nymph).

Duncan thought the Crow Queen—Triss had forgotten, but unexpectedly, a large ship suddenly returned from the distant Empire's territory with a sapling still full of vitality. The cargo ship docked at Southampton, and immediately afterward, Druid Priests escorted the oak sapling towards the direction of Avalon's sacrificial stone.

"You brought the Forest Demoness over?"

Duncan curiously observed this oak sapling, under his God's-eye view, there lay a sleeping Tree Spirit Nymph within it.

The Crow Queen—Triss nodded lightly, sighing, "When I sent people to find her, she was already very weak."

"The church is clearing out supernatural creatures of the old era."

"With the demise of Ancient Greek Mythology, if we don't transfer her to Great Britain, she might soon perish."

Has supernatural life started to emerge under his rule?

As the Tree Spirit Demoness was settled in the forest near Avalon's sacrificial stone, she quickly regained a bit of vitality and began cheerfully wandering around the forest, adapting to her new home. With her presence, faint glimmers also appeared—these were the spirits of Avalon, or rather essences, attracted by the Tree Nymph, constantly fluttering around this beautiful creature.

——"Avalon Sacrificial Stone (Magic Resurgence): With the settlement of the supernatural Tree Nymph here, the Avalon Sacrificial Stone is also gathering a bit of magic power. Over time, people might consider her one of the emissaries of the Avalon faith, gradually transforming her into a Forest Guardian Spirit, belonging to the Avalon faith."

Hmm?

What kind of change is this?

After integrating into the forest of Avalon's sacrificial stone, the Tree Spirit Demoness directly became a one-star Golden unit.

——Forest Fairy (One-star Golden).

At the same time.

In the direction of Cornwall, an old man with hair and beard as lush as tree roots, gazed at the Avalon Sacrificial Stone emitting a slight spiritual light in the distance, his expression filled with deep confusion.

——Merlin (Legendary Wizard) (Three-star Golden).

This renowned Legendary Wizard on Great Britain seemed utterly bewildered, murmuring, "Has the Kingdom of Kent fallen? Anglo-Saxons are utterly defeated?"

"Has King Arthur's great enemy already vanished?"

According to prophecy, it required twelve victories to defeat the Saxon Kingdom, yet Duncan wiped it out in half a month.

Defeating a group of Saxon pirates doesn't require twelve consecutive victories.

To the uninformed, it might have looked like a grand Epic Battle.

Duncan pushed through it directly.

This was even done in moderation to not disrupt this year's agricultural planting.

Otherwise, he could have driven all the Saxons into the sea.

Everything changed too quickly.

Merlin, who had been practicing Divination Magic for most of his life.

Now, all predictions were in chaos, it seemed Great Britain no longer needed King Arthur for salvation.

What Red Dragon and White Dragon, now there was only a black Dragon Banner flying.

The Sarmatians had only one Governor.

The Round Table Knights were all gone.

Merlin seemed suddenly unemployed, not knowing what to do!

After a long time.

Merlin looked towards the direction of Southampton, murmuring, "Maybe I should meet him."

The prophecy anomaly was trapped within the prophecy.

Duncan's influence over the real world was extremely terrifying, Merlin's every prediction failed, and new predictions were like chaos, making it impossible for him to find the direction of the future.

Now he wants to meet the greatest variable in the prophecy!

If possible, he even wants to predict Duncan's future fate.

Duncan fought so aggressively that he directly rendered Merlin unemployed.

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