Fear makes those who have experienced it unforgettable, even unforgettable.

But it doesn't last forever.

In the more than ten years since the collective retreat of the elf clan, among the elves, the older generation of elves who still maintain a sense of reverence for the fairy queen have returned to the god of creation, some have taken a back seat, and some have traveled all over the world.

At most, less than a third of the older generation is still in power.

This creates a gap.

The new generation of aristocrats, especially those who were young and vigorous, and of great status, gradually swelled their self-confidence and turned into impetuous vanity under the compliments of the attendants around them, and at the same time, their ambitions were gradually revealed with the growing growth of vanity.

Calling the king and the emperor is a dream that every nobleman has in his heart, but some people know how to contain it, and some people don't.

Among the many big nobles in Moonlight City, I don't know which ones really know how to curb ambitions, but I do know which ones don't know how to curb ambitions.

The stack of materials on the table, each one, records a fool who doesn't know how to curb ambition.

I'm sure nine out of ten of these fools have never heard of the horrors of the Fairy Empress.

At the same time, I can also be sure that after this incident, at least ten years, the majesty of the Fairy Empress will envelop the entire Moonlight City, so that the ambitious people are busy and the less ambitious dare not speak.

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Although the elves are more stubborn, they are not stupid.

When confronted with an irresistible power, they will choose to compromise or even defect.

On the fourth day after the public opinion incident was launched, the Moonlight City Daily suddenly changed the wind, and a large line of printing replaced the public opinion that framed me on weekdays, and became the headline on the front page: Surprise! An Xiaoyi, an elder of the clan outside Moonlight City, disregarded the life and death of his clansmen, and someone deliberately smeared it!

This was followed by a serious and formal article that described the process of my being smeared, but did not explain who exactly discredited me.

At the same time, some towns, led by Ivy City and Violet City, launched a raid to arrest the rumormongers.

In the afternoon of the same day, more than 40 suspects were arrested, of which six were nobles and two were big nobles.

During the search of the mansions of the six nobles, a number of letters and exhibits were found, which, after many investigations, were confirmed to be inextricably linked to a certain treasonous organization.

After these things were discovered, the six nobles and their families were punished for treason, their family property and land were reclaimed, and the vacant titles and identities were retained for later use.

This is the case in the world, some people are willing to take the lead, and some people dare to follow suit.

As soon as Ivy City and Violet City took the lead, in just two days, more than 40 sub-towns sprang up at the same time, and nearly 1,000 suspects were arrested and convicted of treason.

However, this is just the beginning.

A week later, the population of Moonlight City had decreased by more than 20,000, which sounded staggering, but in fact, it was only a few tens of thousands of the total population.

After reading the statistics, the Fairy Empress nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, there are not many people killed in this counterinsurgency operation, I am very pleased." ”

Her voice was not loud, and her smile was kind, but looking at the entire hall, no one could laugh.

At this moment, the Elf Empress who was sitting beside the Fairy Empress, the few of us elders standing at the bottom of the position, the royal family standing in the middle of the hall, and the big nobles with heads and faces standing behind the royal family, all of them were silent with heavy faces, and no one dared to make a little more noise, even if it was just a small cough.

A piece of paper, more than 20,000 people, kill when you say it, unequivocally.

Moreover, the more than 20,000 people who were killed were all nobles, and not only that, but among these nobles, a considerable number of them were big nobles, and there were even members of the royal family.

Before killing the royal family, the Elven Empress had asked the Fairy Empress more than once to spare these clansmen, but to no avail.

Ten minutes before the execution, the Empress Fairy explained the reason why they had to be executed: I can ignore petty greed and petty evil, I can laugh and complain and insult, but I will never tolerate treason, even if the traitor is my own son, I will not kill him!

These words completely cut off any possibility of intercession.

The Elven Empress, whose eyes were red, could only watch as a dozen of her relatives were mercilessly hanged and incinerated in flames.

Because of this process, at this moment, the Elf Empress who was sitting at the table also had a frightened attitude towards the Elf Empress.

"Fear will ruin your prestige, Grandma Empress."

After the meeting, I stayed alone and said to the fairy queen.

"Only a long-term disorderly fear will lead to the disintegration of the people's hearts," said the Fairy Empress, "A short-term fear will only make them remember the lesson of this time, at least ten years, no, twenty years, there will be no more traitors in Moonlight City." ”

Short-lived fear?

I'm not sure if this was a short-lived fear, but I knew that those nobles who narrowly escaped would probably be shrouded in the fear of the fairy queen for the rest of their lives.

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On the same day, before dusk, Boss Wren personally handed me a document that recorded the results of the torture of the elves with broken legs.

Reading every word on it, I frowned slightly and felt slightly uneasy.

The men who assassinated me had nothing to do with Akahavi, but were members of a private organization, and according to him, the person who had given me the task of assassinating me was an extremely ordinary-looking person, of the kind who would have forgotten what they had met.

And that person not only looks ordinary, but even his clothes, figure, and demeanor have no characteristics.

That's what worries me the most.

If you want to find someone, you must at least have a clear characteristic, such as small eyes, such as a large nose, and a long face, etc., at least the same.

But in the elaboration of the Broken Leg Elf, none of these are any, some are just ordinary, and some are just impossible to remember.

"Do I have to continue to risk being assassinated?" With a frozen expression and a heavy tone, I asked Boss Wren, "Is it possible that he is lying, or hiding something?" ”

"It's impossible to hide," Boss Wren said: "Under my torture methods, unless I don't say a word, even if the other party only says a word, or a word, it must be related to the question I want to ask." ”

After listening to Boss Rennes's words, I held on to the last bit of luck and asked him, "Could it be that the clue to the guy who instructed others to assassinate me was broken like this?" ”

"Yes" Boss Wren said: "It's broken like this, it's broken very simply, and I don't even have a clue about Ding." ”

"Damn it!" I cursed under my breath.