Chapter 17: The Quagmire
"Is the source reliable?" Unlike other secret organizations, in the bright and elegant hall, the old man in the burgundy mage robe had a kind face, and he couldn't see that his words were about to decide the life and death of tens of millions of people. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Yes, there are people in our lab who are familiar with Tych, and Tych says that His Highness Mijas has returned to Dragon Island and is concentrating on teaching his second disciple." A slightly younger old mage nodded slightly, unlike the one who had just spoken, this legendary mage was more willing to make some gambling attempts than "plan and then act", so this "counter-change alliance" was first proposed by him.
"Hmm......" Seeing that the old man in the burgundy robe fell silent, and for a moment he didn't seem to want to express his opinion, the legendary mage turned his gaze to several other legendary professionals.
Compared to these two supreme spellcasters who are only one step away from reaching the peak of the legend, the remaining few people are obviously much quieter in terms of the right to speak, but this does not prevent them from expressing their opinions, after all, when facing the dragon clan, you are the peak of the legend or the beginning of the legend, the gap is not big, only less, at present, no one has thought of solving these problems by force.
"According to Titch's side, there are more important things to do within the dragon clan now, and not everyone in the remaining dragon clan agrees with His Royal Highness Mijas's reform plan." On this point, they had already guessed, after all, the dragon clan had withdrawn from the main stage of the Arrow Continent for too long, and it was really unreasonable to suddenly make such a big move this time, considering that Mijas had been walking in the mortal world in human form for hundreds of years, the possibility of this plan being proposed by him alone was very high, and now, they confirmed this.
"Hu ......" many people are relieved, facing Mijas, and facing the dragon clan are two concepts, as long as the dragon clan is not monolithic, then their plan has the meaning of implementation, at present, even if Mijas is the red dragon prince, but it is only within the red dragon clan has the right to speak, the other four-color dragons are not too concerned about his orders, but before the prince in his own clan is selected, accept the leadership of Mijas.
"How's that down-and-out knight going? Or are you stupidly clinging to the idea of returning to the royal family? After this topic was over, everyone began to care about the current situation of their first move.
"Humph! That's an incompetent fool, not only stupid, but also quite indecisive, not a person who can get things done. "It can be seen that these legends are very dissatisfied with the knight of the Rongen family. But this is also normal, they are people who know the situation, the various royal families have begun to pursue new wealth, and the most basic thing of land can no longer be owned by one person as in the past.
Because with the popularization of education, "people" can create more and more wealth, so it is no longer the best choice to stick to the land to grow food, and give more living resources to the common people, raise more people, and have more labor, and this means productivity.
For a long time, backward technology and systems have been restricting the population growth of the mortal races on the Arrow Continent, until now, after the technological explosion, everyone suddenly discovered that there was so much food that they couldn't eat enough!
If the old aristocracy had been thinking, they might have burned the surplus grain to ensure that the grain in their granaries had enough value, but now, population growth is the first choice for everyone, after all, the factory needs a large number of workers, and the large factories opened by the royal family should also have residential areas, educational facilities, commercial areas, and entertainment industries.
That's a brand new city!
It's just that fifteen years ago, the capital of all major races could only accommodate about 100,000 residents, but now, the small buildings with more than three floors have completely replaced the original bungalows and grass houses, and the newly opened Royal Bank Building is 23 stories high!
Even a dragon is only half the height of this building.
Of course, even before the change, with the help of countless magical magic, it is not impossible to build such a tall building, you don't see that the mage tower is built from seven floors, and the legendary mage tower is generally above the twelfth floor.
But the Royal Bank Building is different, except for the use of various spells to transport building materials when building it, and after everything is completed, it can stand without any maintenance circle! This was a fantasy in the old days, when houses were built only on stone and wood.
Of course, the current Royal Bank building is still surrounded by countless high-level magic circles, whether it is to prevent theft or to ensure the integrity of this landmark building, Archmage Phale will not be stingy with the little bit of materials for arranging the magic array.
Closer to home, the legendary mages found that the down-and-out old nobles couldn't bring about the changes they wanted, so they naturally considered giving up on them, but in any case, the rebels had already conquered most of the provinces, so it was a bit of a pity to just throw them away.
However, the mages quickly found a way to "reuse waste".
After all, the number of old nobles is still too small, and on the premise of not being able to escape Mijas's screening, finding out the old nobles who can get popular support is a job that requires luck, so the current rebel army is mainly composed of civilians, and they will choose to join the rebel army, in addition to the oppression of those new nobles, Mijas's "equality" education is also a very important factor.
"Are our people getting moving?" The old mage, who spoke at first, suddenly asked.
"Yes, even in rebel territory, no one will stop the school." Everyone knew what that meant, and they smiled smugly.
Mijas's most admired education industry has become a tool in their hands, which is a thing they should be proud of, not to mention the huge impact this event will have on the future of the Arrow Continent, even with the vision of a legend, it is still a rare "great achievement".
"Lord Lowry." The young man's voice sounded outside the tent, and Lowry recognized it, it was a commoner genius whom he had a great interest in, and if he became a duke in the future, then he would not skimp on the position of a butler.
Yes, even if the rebel army can get to this point depends on the young man's planning, even if his own strength is not as good as this young genius, but in the eyes of the old nobles, a commoner without noble blood can only be a butler at most.
"What's the matter?" Lowry was defenseless, but with the strength of his own mid-level knight and the career level of at least 17 for those who came, even if he was prepared, it would be useless.
"There is a new development in the situation, and we may be able to go further!" The young man's voice was calm, not at all like he was saying good news.
But Lowry couldn't see it, he just excitedly began to fantasize about what "going further" meant.
"Mo ...... Could it be that I can become a Grand Duke?! Lowry's eyes began to redden, that position, but something he never dreamed of.
"But for this, we need to pay some price first...... "The young man decided, for the sake of the other party discovering himself, to give the knight in front of him a chance, if the other party can hear the coldness in his voice, then, he will let this poor man go, anyway, those big people only need results, and it is impossible to care about the life or death of a middle-level knight.
"Say it! What price! I gave! "Lori was completely overwhelmed by desire, he lost his mind and even made a gesture with his hands open.
"......" The young man's eyes flashed a trace of unbearability, he is not a cruel person, even if he likes to calculate, likes to compare gains and losses, and likes to portray war as a game of numbers, but he is as hypocritical as him, but he has not killed anyone with his own hands. The price is ......"
A knife pierced the knight's heart, Lori is not an extraordinary species, he will definitely die under this injury. "The price is ...... Your life. The young man said coldly, under Lowry's incredulous dead eyes.
"It's too superficial, it's clear that civilians have already begun to counterattack, Mingming, even if it's a legendary powerhouse, they can die because of a small scroll, why, my lord, you still insist on that inferior aristocratic concept!" As a high-ranking thief, he can use a Tataroche scroll to take away a legendary powerhouse, and this is also the reason why he makes deals with those legends who oppose the reformers.
Compared with Lowry, he knows better that only with equal force can there be cooperation.
At this point, the old aristocratic forces in the rebel army have been purged, and this rebel army has finally taken shape, and the efforts of the legendary mages are about to be rewarded.
Even a day ago, even if the rebel army was mainly composed of civilians, it was also an aristocratic force, but now, its leader has become a civilian, and its nature has changed, even if there are some guys in the new nobles who were originally civilians, but now they have also become undying opponents, this is the first civilian rebellion in the history of the Arrow continent!
However, the helpless result appeared, the reason why there was no civilian rebellion in the first place was that the civilian force was too poor, or that anyone who could become a professional would not be mixed into a first-order civilian, but with the popularization of new magic weapons, civilians also had the capital to rebel, especially under the premise that they did not need to learn magic to make these weapons.
As long as they can remember the process of depicting the magic array, and add the right materials, anyone can make this magical version of the "hot weapon" by themselves, so after a few medium-sized battles, the new nobles not only failed to suppress the rebel offensive, but instead lost the remaining small half of the province.
As for why the entire province could be lost in just a few battles that were not large, it can only be said that in terms of greed for life and fear of death, the new nobles who had enjoyed the wealth for fifteen years quickly assimilated with the old nobles.
And this also means that the chaotic situation on the Arrow continent has officially begun.