Chapter 282: The Heart of the World
The city of the first leaves ushered in a new change. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
The pillar of light that rose at the end of Richard's speech a week ago enveloped the entire city - what players call "Minor Transformations" after Lomaria Gollenville, and NPCs are more simply and plainly called Gifts of the Gods. In short, it was after that the city doubled dramatically, adding a lot of empty land.
The most important thing is that the Chuo District, which was originally small in size and had no urban functions except for the Obelisk Teleportation Plaza, has expanded to more than any of the other four districts in one fell swoop after this "secondary change".
Then, in its center rose a magnificent palace castle. No. Now, after a week of detailed exploration, it is completely certain that this is a royal city.
There are vast courtyards and numerous palace towers. However, these above-ground buildings are not the most valuable thing in this royal city. The real treasure is below.
The vast and bright underground space, with a swirling staircase coiled on a snow-white pillar and two footsteps echoing in between.
One of the owners is none other than Lomaria Golenville, who single-handedly guided the "Research Institute", known as the "Burdensome Guild", into an authority on the study of the laws of the game, and a strong woman with the nickname of "Great Sage" and "Great Magician".
Recently, however, she has moved away from her robes and has instead worn a uniform similar to a white coat. At this time, the young women who followed her were dressed in the same way, indicating that they were researchers at the "Research Institute".
"That, Lord Romania......"
"Don't call me 'grown', it's disgusting. Romania said mercilessly.
"Oh, this is my respect, please accept it with gratitude!"
"Alas, compared to you, Elena is as cute as a puppy. β
"Are you complimenting your seniors?"
"Let's not. In terms of execution, she is second to none, but her creativity is a little worse. β
"That means I'm more creative than my predecessors!"
"Huh. Get carried away, you're still far away. By the way, what do you mean by calling me?"
"The above thing. β
The death of Mordan RΓΆntgen eased the tension between the garrison and the rebels, meaning that he alone was wiped out along with most of the resentment. This makes it easy to negotiate after the fact.
The rebels no longer aggressively insisted on the disbandment of the garrison, and did not continue to pursue the killings and injuries of the war and some minor pre-war incidents. That's a big concession.
Therefore, the garrison responded in good faith, promising to rectify the interior and further punish those who committed the unforgivable acts. In addition, in order to oversee the execution, Valen Aschutenin's Puss Boots and several other interested guilds will be incorporated into the garrison, and Valen himself will take on the official position of garrison lord, becoming the person with the highest authority under Williams.
At this point, the dispute between the garrison and the rebels finally came to an end.
With this event in order, the next thing on the agenda was the creation of a self-governing community proposed by Richard and with the strong support of the Battle Guild Alliance.
Although some people questioned the necessity of this until the end, the general direction of public opinion was biased towards "support".
However, even if it is said that a local government should be established, how should it be established and what form should it take?
There is no doubt that these things need to be discussed and planned. But who should be responsible for these decision-makers?
It was obviously unrealistic to let the people of the whole city of Chu Ye get together and gossip. But even so, it can't let the Battle Guild Alliance be solely responsible for this kind of thing. NPCs don't have any opinions, the background of this game is the feudal era, and for them, it is a normal tradition implanted by the system to hand over their fate to some people who talk to themselves. But the opinions of players who have always lived in a democratic society are very large.
So, eventually, the Battle Guild Alliance introduced the "Representation System".
The first step is to collect anonymous nomination letters through the suggestion box set up at the entrance of Oberissk, there is no identity restriction for the nominee, and both players and NPCs can submit letters.
However, there are several limitations to the content. First, the number of names is limited to one to ten, and more than or several times of the same name is considered invalid. Second, although there is no status restriction for the nominee, the nominee must be a resident of Hatsuha Castle, after all, it is the self-government of Hatsuha Castle that is to be established.
Once this step is complete, the next step is to select. The criteria are simple β 10 people are selected, that is, they are nominated 10 times by different people to participate in the next scheduled meeting.
In the end, it took a week for everyone to select a total of 89 representatives, of which the number of NPCs unexpectedly accounted for nearly 30. Next, these 89 people have to decide on behalf of the residents of the city what kind of system they want to establish in the city.
In order for everyone to get to know each other and exchange opinions appropriately in advance. Tonight, there will be a social meeting hosted by the Battle Guild Alliance in the newly created Wangcheng Exclusive Banquet Hall in the Central District, and although participation is voluntary in principle, there should not be many people who choose not to participate.
The so-called "above things" refer to the affairs of this banquet.
"Aren't you also an elected representative? and quite a heavyweight. Absent, isn't it okay?"
"I'm not even interested in being a delegate, let alone the banquet above. β
"Not interested, then, why do you want to move the guild hall here at this time?"
"It's something that has been decided a long time ago, not something immediate. My purpose was not to represent it from the beginning, but to do so because there is now a system of cheap land for construction, and we can't afford to buy the land near the library from people. Otherwise, why do you think our research-oriented guild is so desperately squeezing into the previous expedition? For the sake of money, of course. β
"I see. However, after all, you have been elected, and I still think you should listen to others and do your duty!"
"Just to gather opinions, I've sent Yelena as my agent to attend. β
"Oh! β
"What?"
"Since this morning, Elena Senpai has always had an expression that the end of the world is coming. Come to think of it, she prefers this side to the banquet. β
"This is a matter of course! You know, this is the 'heart of the world'!"
As she spoke, the soles of Roseia's feet had stepped onto the lowest floor, and in front of her was a crystal door.