171. The Situation in the Far South (1st Update)

After sending off the Assassin named Lori, Lu Cheng obtained an interesting piece of data from the Upper Ship.

The content of the data is a general analysis of the current situation in the Far South.

This data was compiled by the inspection team for half a month.

First of all, there are 72 cities in the Far South today, of which the largest city, the Far South Wangcheng, has a permanent population of 3.72 million and a floating population of about 1.2 million.

Secondly, the investigation team believes that the Far South is a typical 'oligarchy', that is, a small number of organizations hold the vast majority of power in the Far South.

On the commercial side, the two major chambers of commerce in the Far South monopolized domestic trade, and on the military side, the eye of conquest belonged directly to the emperor, and even the nobles who were divided by the emperor had to join this organization, and the children of the nobles had to be trained by the eye of conquest to be eligible for inheritance.

This is all part of the general information, and the really interesting part of the team's report is...

'In the present situation in the Far South, how many nobles are planning to raise their banners and rebel. ’

This part of the report clearly shows that there are now four dukes and six counts in the Far South, and that each of the ten great nobles holds one-fifth of the fiefdoms of the Far South.

Now the two dukes and three counts are most likely to rebel against the flag, and nearly half of the nobles who own noble titles intend to betray.

The reason why they intended to betray was also very simple, that is, they were afraid that the emperor in the Far South would send troops to purge them.

These great nobles who are ready to move basically belong to the category of people who are tainted with dragon blood, and God knows how far the Pure Church has infiltrated the Far South in the past ten years.

And what really makes this group of nobles unbearable to enter the state of anti-thieves is... Before the two rebellious dukes, Duke Blackwing, could raise the anti-flag before he was captured by the emperor of the Far South.

Fear, insecurity, and suspicion, these three emotions intertwined, causing the upper nobles of the Far South to enter unease, and a chain of suspicion called 'who is the little dragon man' began to spread rapidly.

The report also analyzes that if the emperor of the Far South does not take effective measures to curb this chain of suspicion, it is likely to develop into something as horrific as the witch trials of the Middle Ages on Earth.

That is, whether you are a little dragon person or not, I say that if you are a little dragon person, you must be a little dragon person.

What the? Are you a dragon too? It's good... Burn at the stake!

And today is the day when the Emperor of the Far South publicly executes Duke Blackwing, this execution is public throughout the country, and this projection can be seen in the mage towers of every city.

Lucheng was honored to get the opportunity to broadcast live online, and the front-line photographer of the live broadcast was of course Zhou Hua, and the mixed inspection team members conducted a multi-camera shooting.

Zhou Hua lived up to the expectations of the expedition team, and really joined the Eye of Conquest under the recommendation of Count Lionheart, and is now Count Lionheart's right-hand man.

The Colosseum in the Far South was made of grey-brown stone bricks and could accommodate more than 1,000 people, and the arena used for the battle was covered with sand and mud.

The geographical location of the Far South Wangcheng is not as good as Lucheng imagined, and it can even be said to be a little barren, and the Wangcheng is completely built in the harsh environment of the Gobi.

And Zhou Hua sat in a position just close to the arena in the center of the Colosseum.

There are still about ten minutes before the time of the execution, and watching this kind of picture is not suitable for eating popcorn and eating melon seeds.

Lu Cheng counted the time, and the shadow on the execution table gradually 'disappeared' with the sun at noon, and it stands to reason that this execution should have already begun, but the center of the Colosseum was still empty.

Once again, the emperor of the Far South played the role of a pigeon and gave this execution to the pigeon.

Another five minutes passed, and Lu Cheng could hear the discussion from the audience beside Zhou Hua, but the next moment the gate on the side of the Colosseum slowly opened.

The chatter in the Colosseum was gone, and everyone looked at the two figures who were slowly walking towards the center of the Colosseum, one of them, Duke Blackwing, who was much younger than Count Lionheart.

He was not wearing any prison uniforms, but instead wore a jet-black armor and even a sword around his waist.

The person next to Duke Blackwing is none other than the current Emperor of the Far South, Pesif Lepsik.

The Emperor is also in a state of full armament like Duke Blackwing, and this costume should not appear on the execution ground, but on the battlefield.

The audience in the Colosseum was in an uproar, initially believing that the Emperor of the Far South intended to carry out the execution himself, after all, Duke Blackwing could be considered a friend and distant cousin of the Emperor.

"My people!"

The emperor of the Far South walked up to the execution table and cut off the guillotine on the execution table with a sword, and he used this action to tell his people that the execution ceremony was dove.

"I know you're afraid, afraid I'll put Duke Blackwing to death." The emperor of the Far South swept his gaze over the audience at the Colosseum in front of him.

This scene will be communicated to the nobles of the whole country at the same time through the Mage Tower.

"Because I hate traitors." The Emperor said in a voice with murderous intent, "Anyone who betrays the Far South is not qualified to live in this world, but Duke Blackwing is not a traitor!" ”

The silence in the Colosseum was terrible, because no one dared to speak, and if they said the wrong thing, they would be beheaded here.

As for the nobles who were watching inside the mage tower, it was estimated that they had entered a state of uproar.

Because the Duke of Black Wing drank the dragon's blood, it was already a matter known to the entire Far South, otherwise the Emperor of the Far South would not have called him to drink tea, and he also specially announced the execution of this national live broadcast.

Could it be that the news that this duke drank dragon blood was false?

"Duke Blackwing did drink the alchemy potion called dragon blood, which is an alchemy potion from the enemy."

The words of the Emperor of the Far South directly extinguished the possibility that Duke Blackwing was misunderstood.

"But the duke, he has done nothing wrong." The emperor of the Far South said that when he got here, he raised his voice: "There is nothing wrong with pursuing power in our country!" ”

The Colosseum, which had fallen into a state of dead silence, suddenly heard the sound of cheers, and this sentence of the Emperor of the Far South did not raise morale ordinarily.

"The enemy is trying to divide our country with this potion, and wants to use it to control our people, but they are the ones who should really feel the fear!" The emperor of the Far South drew his sword and loudly announced the arrival of war: "You do not need to pray to them for the dragon's blood you desire, we now have enough strength to take everything we want from them, the war has begun!" ”

"I'm still quite capable."

Lu Cheng listened to the declaration of the Emperor of the Far South on the screen, and the declaration of war on the Holy Hui by the Far South would be the expected result of Lu Cheng, but the Emperor of the Far South not only pardoned the user of the dragon's blood, but also sent it to the battlefield of the Holy Radiance, which was a bit beyond Lu Cheng's expectations.

The emperor did not think about the people of the Pure Church... Is it the reason for selling dragon's blood so easily into the top of the Far South?

Wrong... He should have thought about it before making this decision, if Duke Blackwing was executed, Far South was estimated to be directly disintegrated from within, and this way of dealing with it would directly boost the morale of the army.

What the Celestial Empire has to do is to watch the fire from the other side, and at the same time destroy the Blood Crystal Beast with ease, it is enough to see if it can get any benefits.

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