The diary left by the magician records in great detail the changes in Liberty City in the past two months.

The first is the offensive and defensive battle between the Imperial Army and the Northern Coalition in Berkeley two months ago. The second is the change of order in Berkeley, the city of freedom, after the Great War.

Rosen pointed to the record in his diary and whispered, "The day before the Paragon Empire's army arrived at the city, reinforcements from the Northern Alliance arrived. Among them, the army of the Kingdom of Cowell has 4,000 people, which is the absolute main force of the Northern Alliance, accounting for eighty percent of the total number of the Coalition Army. The total number of soldiers of the coalition army is less than one-tenth of that of the Imperial army, and the equipment and morale are far inferior to the imperial army. The inhabitants of Berkeley were panicked, and the Cult of the Flame God took the opportunity to send a large number of clerics to preach in the city to stabilize the hearts of the people. ”

Anne smiled contemptuously, "The Flame God Cult will really seize the opportunity. ”

Veronica said, "I'm curious, how did the Northern Alliance defeat the Imperial Army at such a huge disadvantage? ”

Rosen continued: "After the arrival of the Imperial Army, it took three days to build hundreds of bamboo rafts, build temporary pontoon bridges, and the army crossed the Bishui River from the Blue Mountain Ferry south of Berkeley to begin the siege....... The war lasted until the afternoon, and the Imperial Army suffered more than 3,000 casualties, but morale was high, and the Northern Coalition army suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and the battle losses had exceeded one-fifth, and the morale was almost collapsed. Berkeley was in danger, and when it was about to be destroyed, hundreds of strange weapons suddenly appeared on the outer walls of Berkeley, which was provided by the Flame God Cult, called 'Thor's Power', these weapons are long cylinders, about one meter and five long, and the corbels are so thick, except for the whole body of iron, there is nothing special about it. ”

"Thor's power?" Anne was stunned for a moment, and her eyes subconsciously looked at the spiral troll hanging from Rosen's waist, she remembered very well, Rosen called this thing Thor's hammer.

Veronica is also a bit blind.

Lawson spread his hands: "Don't look at me, I don't know what's going on." ”

He continued to read his diary: "The priests of the Cult of Flame lit the fuse on Thor's power with torches, and after a few seconds, what looked like an iron cylinder made a thunderous noise. As soon as the horses of the Imperial Army heard such a sound, they fled in all directions in shock. It can also shoot solid iron balls thousands of kilometers away, and can easily smash the Imperial Army's catapults, not to mention, it is also amazingly accurate. In the hands of the priests of the Flame God Cult, these Thor's powers are simply swords in the hands of the God of Destruction! ”

Little Alice interjected, "Lead, thunderous roar, fire the iron ball....... Brother, it sounds a lot like the primitive artillery you told me about. ”

Anne said, "I feel a little like the Doomsday Iron Ball we used that night. ”

Rosen shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything, he continued to read: "Less than 2 hours after Thor's power joined the battlefield, the Imperial Army's catapults and climbing ladders were destroyed in large numbers, and even the commander of the Imperial Army, Duke Middleson, died under the stone balls sent by Thor's power. The morale of the Imperial army dropped to freezing point. That night, Prince Candela of the Kingdom of Cowell personally led thousands of elite soldiers to attack the Imperial Army camp, and at the same time used the power of the Thunder God of the Flame God Cult as a help. After a night of fighting, the Imperial Army was defeated and fled south in chaos...... This victory is a miracle~"

Seeing this, Anne sighed: "Before the war, the Flame God Sect was crazy in the city, and during the war, the weapons of the Fire God Sect defeated the Imperial Army, and even killed the commander of the Imperial Army, I'm afraid that the number of believers in the Fire God Sect will increase countless times, right?" ”

Veronica looked at Rosen, "Any more news?" ”

"Of course." Rosen nodded, but instead of continuing to read, he quickly flipped through the journal, skimmed through the follow-up, and finally concluded: "There is still a lot of follow-up. Roughly speaking, after the victory of the Northern Alliance, the Cult of the Flame God gained countless followers in Berkeley, and the most important one was Prince Candela of the Kingdom of Cowell. At the urging of the Prince, King Cowell publicly recognized the legitimacy of the Cult of the Pyro, and in order to reward the Cult's great contribution to the war, the King designated the free city of Berkeley as a fief of the Cult of Pyro. ”

Anne looked incredulous: "The Flame God Cult controls the Free City..... Oh~ What a disaster. ”

Veronica was much calmer, she tapped her fingers to her lips, muttered for a while, and said, "As far as I know, although the Free City nominally belongs to the Kingdom of Cowill, it has a developed business and convenient transportation. The merchants were nimble, cunning, and kept close ties with the nobility, always fighting the king's authority, both openly and covertly. Now, King Cowell is doing this, as if he has thrown a hot potato to the Cult of Flames, and has done a favor. ”

Rosen nodded slowly: "What you said makes sense, but what Annie said is right, the current Berkeley is a disaster." ”

"What's going on there?" Veronica asked.

"For the past two months, wizard hunters have been out every day to hunt down illegal magicians in the city, such as witches, astrologers, and alchemists. By now, more than 100 magicians have been burned at the stake, and almost every day. The diary says that the smell of barbecue wafts through the air throughout the city. ”

"Oh~ those crazy people!" Anne covered her forehead.

"Humans are always good at killing each other, and it's a very cliché." Veronica was very calm, obviously, she had seen a lot of such tragic things before.

Rosen closed his journal and said, "The Flame God Cult's Pope Talati XIX is an ambitious figure and a man of great means. Now that he has been given such a great convenience, I am afraid that the Flame God Church will grow into a monster because of this. ”

This is the case in the game, where the Cult of the Flame God is now only openly recognized as legitimate by the king, but soon, it will become the state religion of the northern kingdoms, with divine authority above the royal power. I don't know if King Cowell will be able to laugh at that time.

"Perhaps." Veronica sighed, then shook her head helplessly: "But what can it be? In this kind of national trend, no matter how strong the power of the individual is, it is impossible to interfere. You, I, and everyone in this carriage can only be bystanders, and we are very lucky to be able to protect ourselves, and if we accidentally get involved in this vortex, we will definitely be crushed in the end. ”

Anne was stunned, looked at Veronica, and asked puzzledly, "You are so powerful, how could you have such a humble idea?" ”

"Powerful?" Veronica smiled wryly, she turned her head to look out the window, and said in a low voice: "In this world, there are two kinds of power, one is the power of the individual, and the other is the power of the country. In terms of personal strength, I am considered to be powerful, and if I want to kill someone, that person will probably not be able to escape. But on the power of the country...... Countless mortals followed one another, forming villages, small towns, and finally forming large cities of hundreds of thousands of people, even kingdoms of millions, and empires of tens of millions of people. Once you reach the level of the kingdom, the power that can be used far exceeds the power of an individual. ”

"But you can kill a certain king to change the tide?" Anne was puzzled.

"Did this work?" Veronica smiled faintly: "If you kill a king, countless people will rise to the top, and at the same time, it will inspire terrible hatred in the hearts of mortals." Countless people will search for me and hunt me down. I could kill one, but I couldn't kill them all. Although no matter how many ordinary people are not my opponents, there are magicians, alchemists, and stalkers like you among mortals. Do you think I'll survive in the end? ”

Anne shook her head: "It's difficult, no matter how strong people are, there are times when they are negligent, if there are too many enemies, it is inevitable that they will be negligent." ”

Veronica laughed to herself: "So, you see I'm very good, but in fact, I'm just reckless in my own bravery, and there's nothing to show off." ”

When she said this, Anne also felt a sense of powerlessness in her heart, she looked at Rosen and asked, "Rosen, is our fate only a bystander, and we are destined to fail to go to the center of the world?" ”

Rosen listened to Veronica and Annie's conversation. Veronica is very knowledgeable and has a good point, but Rosen thinks she is too pessimistic, and the reason for this mood is most likely because she can't see a way out.

But Veronica can't see it, but Rosen, an earthling, can.

On Earth, he has read a lot of the history of human civilization, such bestsellers as "The General History of the World" and "Steel, Guns and Bacteria", as well as some obscure research works. He has his own views on the evolution of civilization.

Now hearing Anne's question, he raised his eyebrows slightly, smiled and said: "The wheel of history is rolling forward, and you and I are stones under the wheel." Some of the stones are so small that they don't feel anything when the wheels press against them. Some are larger, just like princes, nobles and strong men, when the wheels are pressed, the vibration will be greater. But there is another kind of stone, which may be an iron ball of doom, and the wheels will be pressed up, and I am afraid that it will be blown to pieces. ”

"Rosen, your joke isn't funny at all." Anne didn't understand.

Veronica heard something, she also raised her slender and delicate eyebrows, and sneered: "Rosen, your tone is really not small, Emperor Parason doesn't dare to say that." ”

"Who knows what will come?" Lawson smiled indifferently.

At this moment, John's voice came from outside the carriage: "Ladies and gentlemen, you see, there is the capital of wisdom ahead." ”

Rosen turned his head to look at the window, and saw a wide river appear on the left side of the carriage, on the river, all kinds of sailboats raced by, and on the other side of the river, there was a bustling and busy wharf, on the edge of the wharf, there was a tall white city wall, and inside the city wall were magnificent stone buildings, but all this was not enough to attract his attention, and the most attractive thing was the island in the center of the wide river.

The island is very wide, at least a mile in circumference, and there is a beautiful stone arch bridge between the island and the main city of Nilogaard for passage, and on the island, the sun, green trees, prosperity, white towers, and the faint white vapor of the river are swirling, looking from afar, it seems like a paradise on earth.

At first sight, Rosen fell in love with Nilogaard College.

It is ten times more realistic and ten times heavier than the model in the game, showing a kind of quaint wisdom beauty.

When Lawson saw it, he only felt that his body and mind were smooth. For more than a month, he had experienced the days of slimy, black, stinky, black and white tones, and now, everything in front of him became colorful in an instant

He couldn't help but sigh: "What a city of wisdom." ”