Chapter 513: Spread Fear
Next, Zhao Xu and others followed the person in charge of the mine, Rice, and the person in charge of the mining area, Ted, and walked around the No. 36 mine he monopolized and the No. 48 mine under the jurisdiction of the association.
Then everyone returned to the city, returning to the residence of Zhao Xu and Zheng Xinyun in their previous lives, and it was also the new residence of the Mage Association of Falling Star Town at this moment.
Hearing the news, in addition to the gossip players who wanted to witness the first person of Arthur's player, there were also the rulers of Falling Star Town, who needed to confirm the title deed he brought and clarify the process of establishing the association's residence in the future.
At this time, Zhao Xu also saw many familiar faces among the players in the management, who were basically the behind-the-scenes organizers in the original anti-alliance at the beginning.
The current position is officially the harvest after they threw down the resources in the first place.
When the players broke through the town of Falling Stars, they hanged the mine owners involved in the slave trade one by one, and at the same time punished a series of people in power starting from the mayor, and naturally the entire management was vacuumed, allowing players to get the opportunity to occupy it.
Most of these current rulers, as long as their accounts can survive until the moment when they cross the earth, they will also successfully rise to the higher levels, or return to the earth forces to gain more critical positions.
After more than a month of running-in, now Falling Star Town has also returned to its original calm.
"Mr. Midsummer, this is the 'demolition permit' as well as the 'building permit' certificate."
Mayor Lawrence is a wise old man who has been sent from Winter City, and he will be back in two years to recuperate.
Catching up with this trip to re-emerge from the mountain, it was also because the previous things were too big, so he needed he, the old mayor of ten years ago, to come out and suppress the scene.
"Thank you." Zhao Xu nodded slightly in gratitude.
He still has a lot of respect for the mayor who was once driven away by the mine owners because he refused to go along with the pollution.
At this time, he flipped through the supporting documents in his hand, only to find that there were also supporting documents such as , , ,
After all, he couldn't stay here 24 hours a day, and these documents were used to deal with various mother-in-law departments in a town.
It's just that Zhao Xu has another layer of identity at this time, so he doesn't need it.
"Take it and see." Zhao Xu handed these supporting documents to Wang Ningwei, "You can use them in the future." ”
"Huh?" Wang Ningwei was a little dazed.
"Don't you like to set up a tall mage tower in the center of a large town? Building a mage tower is similar to today's process, these are the documents you have to prepare. ”
Zhao Xu couldn't help but quip.
"Huh?" Wang Ningwei suddenly let out a somewhat embarrassed voice, "How do you know?" ”
She didn't expect that the most secret fantasy in her heart would be revealed by Zhao Xu, which was why she resolutely chose a mage in the first place.
The towering mage tower, located in the center of all the buildings, was one of the girl's dreams, and she had even planned a name like "Imaginary Number Mechanism".
Zhao Xu grinned and did not explain.
In the previous life, Yanan, the capital of the earth forces, the entire city buildings spread out like gossip, ring by ring, and the most central of them stood Wang Ningwei's mage tower.
At first, he thought it was Wang Ningwei's symbol of showing her indifference in the power of the earth.
Now I know that isn't this just the soul of a girl's middle two outbreaks?
He now suspected that the layout of the capital city of the earth forces in his previous life was composed and drawn by Wang Ningwei when he had fantasized.
"But talk, Mr. Midsummer."
At this time, the mayor suddenly bowed to Zhao Xu and said, "I'm very presumptuous to ask you something." ”
"Say it." After Zhao Xu finished speaking, the companions who came with him were still observing the layout of the nearby buildings around, and they all turned their eyes back at this time.
Archbishop Soth continued to bow his head as if praying to the goddess.
Antinoa glanced at it, but instead continued to take care of it, but kept looking at a well in the atrium, as if interested.
And the people who followed behind Mayor Lawrence all looked at Zhao Xu with expectant and vigilant eyes.
This is true for both the player and the Arthur resident.
and Zhao Xu's side faintly formed a clear boundary.
Zhao Xu originally thought that it was Archbishop Suosi's face, so he asked the mayor to be so cooperative and talkative, and a series of certificates were prepared for him in advance.
You must know that in addition to being "mysterious", mages themselves are often accompanied by the prestige of "fear".
Luckily for you, the average townsfolk are terrified of magical buildings, fearing that a demon with bat wings might come out of it, or that a fireball would come out of the window and fall into the neighborhood.
Therefore, Zhao Xu chose the "association" in this area, except for the relocation of the houses in the outer circle, and even this section of the road will be sealed if nothing happens.
"Mr. Midsummer, didn't you get the 'sovereignty' in the hands of the commander Tang De before?" Lawrence asked.
"That's right." Zhao Xu nodded.
"However, the power system of the alliance is a half-feudal and semi-autonomous model, I got this area, and even the 'territorial sovereignty' of the entire Falling Star Lake and the mining area does not mean that I can do whatever I want, you shouldn't have to worry, right?"
Sovereignty is in some completely feudal countries, that is, it is in charge of the heavens and the earth, and it is basically completely controlled except for the divine right that cannot be involved.
Although it is not as exaggerated as the legendary "first night power", it is basically a lord who has the final say on everything from taxation to military conscription.
The reason why the alliance is not an empire or a principality is due to the characteristics of semi-autonomy, which can be regarded as the co-governance of elites and nobles, so the power of "lordship" is not small.
For example, in the management of a town, the lord owner will have a seat at the resolution level.
Even in Winter City, he has the "right to speak" and has the right to participate in some expanded meetings.
Tang De's "sovereignty" is actually to make Zhao Xu among the high-level of Winter City!
In terms of taxes, he will also get a certain proportion of fiscal revenue, which is also the most cost-effective part of this "sovereignty".
In Falling Star Town, a place where silver mines are produced, it is even more valuable.
What's more, his own power chamber of commerce has obtained a natural "tax deduction and exemption" power, and sometimes he can easily defeat other chambers of commerce by making good use of this.
The "sovereignty" of the alliance essentially corresponds to the "land", and the duration is also divided into "temporary" and "perpetual".
The temporary system lasts for 10 years, and once the sovereignty of the land expires, it will be reclaimed to the Alliance official and wait for the meritorious reward.
In the perpetual system, there is no time limit, and those who have the sovereignty of the "perpetual" territory are the nobles in the alliance.
Like the Grand Commander Tang De, because he was promoted to the position of Commander, the alliance divided a territory of "temporary" sovereignty to him, and the part of Falling Star Town that Zhao Xu got was divided from it.
At this time, Mayor Lawrence lowered his head a little lower, as if he was about to perform a kneeling salute, "After discussion, the management of our town still hopes that Mr. Midsummer, you will focus on the association and not rashly intervene in the management of the town in the short term. ”
"But don't worry, we will definitely prepare your personal tax share without delay."
As soon as these words came out, among Zhao Xu's companions, like Wang Ningwei, couldn't help laughing.
Bai Long was even more ready to scold on the spot, but he was glanced back at by Zhao Xu, and his open mouth immediately closed.
"It's not mine, you don't want to send it to me, including your current position as mayor."
Zhao Xu glanced at the people in front of him, looking at their already stiff looks.
"But if that thing is mine, then no one can take it."
He said loudly.
As for the second half of the sentence, "except for Antinoea. "Then there's no need to say it.
"Mr. Midsummer."
At this time, a high-level player "Hook" who had previously resisted the alliance stepped forward rashly, "Don't worry, we can exchange a certain amount of money for it." ”
As he spoke, his gaze showed confidence, "Including money in the real world, that's fine." ”
Because this is a rare opportunity for the first player "Midsummer".
Most of the high-level players in Falling Star Town took this opportunity to come and squeeze the entire empty atrium tightly.
Most of them looked at Mr. Midsummer, who was originally very talkative, with surprised eyes, and suddenly became extremely serious.
"There is a saying on the earth that what you can't get back from your fist may not be able to be taken back by words."
Zhao Xu said, and suddenly bounced a gold coin in his hand into the air.
Technique: Disguise casting!
Silence: Spell Magic!
By the momentary action of bouncing the coin, Zhao Xu relied on the "technique" he had studied hard to cover up his traces of spell casting.
"Ping-pong."
In an instant, the gold coin that was bounced into the air fell in a straight line again according to the curve that originally flew high in the air, and returned to Zhao Xu's hand.
"Fear!"
Zhao Xu shouted out in Arthur's lingua franca, but there was no syllable of the incantation.
The player who came close and could hear clearly almost laughed, wondering if the other party thought he was using his magical powers, and when he could cast a spell, he would just call a name.
Just in the next second, his face changed drastically, and he directly covered his chest with his hands.
This path has a range of up to 10 meters, and the spell of the poet's three-ring mage and the four-ring mage suddenly burst out, enveloping everyone in the field.
In an instant, countless people's dynamic bars popped up this cold prompt.
The town's higher-ups, who were still expecting Midsummer to give in, instantly felt a sense of fear transmitted from the depths of their hearts.
"Bang."
"Bang."
The sound of falling to the ground is endless.
People who have suffered a "fear technique" can't even hold the things in their hands steadily, and the whole person is in that state of "trembling".
At this time, even if they wanted to swing the long sword in their hands, they would not perform well because of the fear in their hearts.
Zhao Xu didn't even say much, as he said, it was a trick and had mysterious significance.
So he showed Mayor Lawrence and others the power of his "speech".
In particular, Lawrence, the mayor of the town, kept swallowing the saliva in his mouth.
He had been bullied by the Long Wei effect, and after seeing this similar effect, the fear in his heart was awakened again, his legs were shaky, and he didn't dare to move at all.
Attacking only their spirits without actually doing damage is the way of the midsummer mage in front of him.
Even if the other party increases the weight, relying on the accumulation ability of fear itself, they will gradually rise from the first level of "trembling" to the second level of "fear" and even the third level of "panic".
Once you reach the third level, it is easy to have an emotional breakdown, behave like crazy, and panic when you can't face things.
And a few players are not in the same state of complete trembling as the Arthurs show because of the protection ability of the gods, but they are not much better.
In that state just now, it was as if someone was forcibly pressing their heads, and even a terrifying picture flashed directly in their minds.
"Damn, how did the other party cast the spell? I didn't see it at all. ”
"The fear effect, the most intuitive estimate is the four-ring arcane dread." Another player explained.
"But no one has passed the exemption, which is too exaggerated, right?"
"Shut up, shame on the dead. There were so many people coming, and they didn't even start to withdraw their troops.
Zhao Xu looked at the mayor Lawrence kindly at this time and said frankly.
"I guess I should prove it. I have the qualifications to change your will. ”