บท 86: Shaking the Empire

"Are we here already?" Matthias gaped his mouth with what he was seeing.

"This land is poor." Matthias shook his head and smiled wryly.

Looking at his territory, he sighed. The remaining of his territory was 45% mountains. The plains were either occupied by dukes or sects, or were barren.

The people's lives were poor, and the law enforcers are lousy and lazy.

"My Liege," Cane explained, "After the war, every fertile lands that the Empire once owned was either seized by the enemy force or rebelled. Currently, we are surrounded by three kingdoms that were once under the Empire. It is already fortunate for us as the nearby powers spared our territory. But now, the territory is under control of the dukes and powerful families."

"Those people in power are extremely corrupt and are destroying the kingdom internally. We can't find any evidence to eliminate them and they're also supported by surrounding sects."