Chapter 40: Independence
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Valolet was just a dense forest in the Golden Age, after humans divided this vast plain into the territory of the Empire, the merchants who passed through it would stop at the next time, and over time, some people built houses on this trade route, from a few households to a dozen, from small villages to towns, the administrators of this human settlement changed hands several times, elves, humans, nobles, Hohenheim, now with the support of the children of nature, it is not a pipe dream to want to be completely independent.
The only thing Servis had to worry about was whether his father, whose mind was out of date, would clash with the children of nature. No matter how open-minded and generous you are, there is a bottom line after all, and if your father, who is a nobleman, provokes Link, it will not be good......
Remembering the deal he had made privately with the undead in order to blame Cronberg, Servis sweated profusely.
The corpse of the homeless person who was scorched by lightning is still fresh in his memory, and this good-nature-looking child will not be relenting in the slightest.
"Essonne is a prince of the Empire, and you have no right to dispose of me. "Even Princess Frannie and his drunkard father have no power, Goodman raised his chin, arrogance still there. Even if he can't take Valolet, the Son of Nature can't take him to the knighthood, which is clearly written in the Imperial Code and the Hall of Mirrors Agreement, and the Natural Alliance has no right to abolish the title of nobility.
"I'm not interested in human territory. Knowing what the Duke was hinting at, Link changed the subject, "The Children of Nature can connect to the flow of life through the guò pillar, summoning the spirits of the dead. Would you like to try it, and ask the outcasts I slain who sent them to pretend to be Kronberg knights?"
Goodman's body froze, and his gaze swept to the staff mage beside him. This was also built by Spencer in the first place. It's stupid to think about it now, to think it's the mage of Hohenheim. It's the eldest son again, so there shouldn't be any problems. It's a serial trap!
"Father!" Servis looked nervously at Goodman, whom he hadn't seen for many years, and slowly shook his head, with a hint of admonition in his eyes.
I don't know if it was because he was moved by the look in his son's eyes, or in order to find a staircase for himself, Goodman finally stopped holding the aristocrat's shelf, "What do you want?"
If you lose the war, it is a consistent rule to teach ransom, and I don't know how much the children of nature will ask for when they open their mouths.
"Didn't you just say that? Hand over the autonomy of Vaolet. ”
Goodman looked incredulous, he thought that the Children of Nature would threaten him to hand over the title, but he didn't expect that he really only needed the autonomy of this small city.
Then, he saw Nature's Child take out a pen and paper from his inconspicuous small cloth bag at his waist and hand it over.
"Verbal agreements can't be counted, so let's write them down. ”
Goodman trembled with anger. Pointing at Servis, he couldn't speak for a long time.
While in the city, Cobweb shares the information she has just received with Centurion Fern, who remains in the city.
Taking advantage of Goodman's journey to Vaolet, Kabeir easily captured Eyson's Tannisen and several important towns with the assistance of the rebellious army commander.
Knowing how to contact the lord of the castle who was confronting the duke outside the city, Fern approached the archpriest and asked her for help. Alysina asks Doyle to inform Link of the bombshell.
After listening to Doyle's brief retelling. Link burst out laughing, causing Sèves and Goodman to look at him at the same time.
"It's better for the Duke to agree, after all, you don't have the capital to be proud of. ”
"What do you mean?" Goodman heard something strange between the lines of Link's words, what does it mean to have no proud capital?
"According to the information that Cobweb has just received, Duke Kabyl has captured Tennison. ”
Goodman really didn't sit still this time. Slid off horseback.
"It can't be!"
Goodman shouted angrily that he hadn't brought many people with him. But Tennison was guarded by Commander William. This must be a ploy by the children of nature, so I won't be fooled!
Link pointed to the teleportation stone that the Duke still held in his hand, "If you don't believe me, you can ask for confirmation from the eyeliner you planted in Vallet City." ”
Suspiciously, he contacted Eyeliner, and the answer he received made Goodman not believe what he had heard. His most trusted, William, who was picked up in one hand, would betray him.
Servis sighed, "Father, William is a loyal knight, but he cares more about the people in his realm than his allegiance to you. Your negative response year after year wears away his expectations of you. As long as he can exorcise the undead, he is willing to bear the charge of treason. ”
"You ......" clutched his chest, Goodman couldn't imagine that the words came from his son's mouth.
"I warned you a long time ago. Servis calmed down.
The second son seems to have said such things, but Goodman at that time could not listen to them. only thought about how to keep his title and fief from the attack of the undead empire, as for the life and death of the people...... He can't care about that much.
"No, I don't! Wood is not much better than me, that bastard has even more land than I am, why would William betray me for him?"
Servis shook his head, and said not far away.
Link took the position of persuasion, "Duke Esson, now all you have left is this title that you have inherited from ancient times. ”
"What do you want?" Goodman suddenly woke up from his anger as if someone had poured cold water on him.
"Signed, of course. Duke Kabeir will not stop there, he wants to annex all of Esson, and the only thing you can do now with only an empty title is to promise Valolet independence, so that you still have a place to live. Link shook the pen and paper in his hand.
Glancing back and forth between Link and Servis, Goodman knew he had no choice. The elevated royal family can't control the mutual seizure of power among the princes, to put it mildly, he still enjoys a nominal title, but without a fief and an army, he is nothing. The son of nature screamed harshly.
Angrily writing down the agreement granting Vaolet independence to his son, Servis took it with trembling hands, swept it from beginning to end, and cast his gaze on Link in disbelief.
Truth be told, when Link proposed an alliance with the dwarves two months ago. When it came time to help him become the true lord of Vaolet, Servis didn't have much hope. At that time, I had to adapt to the situation. If it can be done, it will be done, and if it is not, there is a way back to Esson. The departure of the dwarves and the ridicule of the nobles made Servis regretful, why did he agree in a hot head?
Now, holding the agreement in his father's handwriting, Cerves's heart was surging.
Vaolet is really independent, and he is no longer an empty city lord with no real power.
"What's the matter, sign it quickly. Link couldn't help but yawn. He didn't sleep well that night.
"How are you going to arrange these people?" Goodman was referring to the five thousand cavalry that came with him, these were his personal soldiers, but no matter how loyal they were, their families were still all over Esson, and if they were not arranged, they would not be able to keep the remaining five thousand men, and there would be trouble.
"This ......," Servis glanced at Link. Some want to say and stop.
"You are the lord of Vaolet. Link knew what he was taboo about.
Servis was stunned for a moment, and pondered it twice more before he was sure that Link had indeed let him make up his own mind.
"If the five thousand cavalry are private soldiers, they are not counted as Esson's soldiers, and they can be incorporated into the Vaolet, as for their families. You can ask the cobwebs to contact them one by one, or take them to Valolet to live in. ”
Goodman nodded, looking at Link rather strangely.
He thought that his son had been controlled by the Son of Nature, but he didn't expect that he could make his own decisions. Is the rumor unreliable, or is it not what people think?
"Let them camp in the forest for the time being, and tomorrow I will finish the details of the walls before entering the city. Who knows what else will happen tonight. You can't use all of your powers. When Link said this, his eyes were fixed on the staff mage who had been ignored for a long time. Spencer stood by after his identity was revealed and the attack failed, neither running away nor saying anything.
Servis also remembered that there was an undercover agent sent by someone here, "What are you going to do with him?"
"I need to rest, and the interrogation will be a hassle for the High Priest. "Transform into a wind falcon, bring the Sevis father and son and the mage back to the city, before leaving, Link warned the five thousand cavalry who were completely dumbfounded, this forest is alive, and if you don't want to be hung upside down all night, don't make a fire or fight in the forest, the tree people are particularly sensitive to fire and killing intent.
Originally, Link wanted the duke to retreat and drive the duke back to Essonne after the autonomy, but he didn't expect Kabyl to join forces with the rebel generals, taking advantage of Goodman's departure, and easily took Esson's mansion and several important towns, and it is estimated that by tomorrow, this will be the headline news in all parts of the Big 6.
Although this result was somewhat unexpected, it was beneficial to Link, avoiding the cannibalism between father and son.
Landing directly at the City Lord's Mansion, Link took Spencer directly to the Grand Priest and asked her to deal with this mage who had nothing to do with the undead. In the face of prophecy, unless the gods are involved, there is no way to hide secrets.
Back in the room, Link handed over the task of guarding Doyle and went into a fully meditative state, recovering his body while discussing with Lorelei the dream that had made him uneasy.
[Are you saying that you dreamed of the frozen ground?and the three collars of the undead?] In the consciousness space, the materialized Lorelei frowned.
The undead arrived at North 6 through the completely corroded Storm Sea, and after the Northern Campaign, North 6 was flooded by the Storm Sea. There is only one place left in the frozen land...... The shallow sea, which was originally the place guarded by the pillars of water, is known as the source of magical power. After the pillar was contaminated, it became a tundra under the influence of the increasingly mad Andrea, and it was the stronghold of the undead.
The undead retreated to the northern tundra......? Is it possible?
No matter how powerful Hicks is, he can't fake a false future, which must be a foreshadowing given to Link by the column.
[The pillar is the embodiment of the four elements, and it is omnipresent after merging with the world, air, water, earth, and fire, and there is almost nothing they don't know, which is the origin of divine knowledge. 】
What do you mean...... The power of the pillars is the same, and what is born in the ground can also be known to several other pillars?
Link's strange question was met with a laugh from Lorelei, [The pillars are not only four different individuals, but also the power of the origin that originated from the beginning of the formation of the world, not to mention that they have merged with the world. 】
Link was silent for a moment, and offered a different opinion from Lorelei, [I don't think it's divine knowledge, it's divine revelation. 】
Divine knowledge is the sight of what has already been born, and divine revelation is the foreknowledge of what is to come. A past. A future. To date, Isol, the Pillar of Earth, has not been seen. But Link thinks that this strange dream of his must have something to do with the Pillar of Earth. I dreamed before I built the temple, and coupled with Lorelai's analysis, even if the undead retreated temporarily, they would not retreat all the way to the base camp. What he sees is not the current state of the undead, but the future that will give birth to the future—the divided undead empire will be reunited, and this time, humanity will no longer face the demand for faith. In order to protect himself, Hicks, the god of death, may turn the entire physical world into a kingdom of death.
[Since the pillar can concentrate its power on a child of nature at the same time after a thousand years, Hicks will not sit idly by. Lorelei agreed with Link's reasoning, the Grim Reaper, who was originally born as a child of nature, knew better than anyone how strong the child of nature was when he gathered the power of the four pillars, although now Link only gained the power of the Wind Pillar, and there were few people in the human race who could stop him. Link is forming an alliance against the undead, and how can Hicks sit idly by and watch his lords fall apart?
[Then let's leave for the Pillar of Fire right away!] Doyle finally couldn't help but interject. Even if there was only a wisp of consciousness left now, Lorelei was a god after all, and out of respect, she never lightly intervened Lorelei into the conversation with Link. But now that the safety of the world is at stake, Doyle can't care so much about it, and insists on saying what he thinks.
[Nope.] Can't go yet. Link of the consciousness body habitually pressed his eyebrows, and the matter of Vaolet was not solved yet.
The city had just gained full independence, and he had to set it up, or he would repeat the same mistakes as before. Something happened on the back foot.
Servis is not like an ordinary nobleman, who only has pleasure. He's got some brains. It's a pity that he doesn't have his brother's magical talent, even with the five thousand people brought by Goodman to defend the city, Vaolet is still a piece of fat in the eyes of the other princes and lords. A Dominion without any security can be occupied by anyone.
Thinking of this, Link's already bad impression of the nobility has decreased a lot.
No wonder Kabail dared to eat Esson's collar with his hands, compared to Vaolet, the relationship between Kabail and Essonne was entirely an internal affair of humanity itself.
[Is there any progress on the High Priest's side?]
[She said she would come and let me know as soon as she had anything.] 】
That's not right, just a high-level elemental envoy, who hasn't even reached the master level, how can he resist the great priest's prophecy?
Link wanted to get up and investigate for himself at one point, but was suppressed by Lorelei, telling him to wait until dawn anyway, meditation was the best way to restore his physical strength and spirit, and it worked better than sleeping. The construction of the temple may seem like a mundane thing, but it is actually extremely energy-consuming.
[Is there any?] Lorelei said this, which made Link wonder a little.
The creation of a sect, the repair of the temple, and the admission of believers were approved by Gaços, and it was not considered a violation of the precepts of the children of nature, and it would not have taken much effort to build such a small, shabby altar that could not be described as an architectural building at all.
[Don't you feel tired?]
[Yes...... But ......] Link couldn't deny the unusually tired feeling he felt after building the walls, as if his divine power had been completely drained.
[You are not an orthodox priest, and of course you don't understand what it means to build a temple, which is not as simple as building a building. Communicating with the gods, setting up altars, and conveying the beliefs of believers to the gods all require a medium, and it is not possible to do it with one or two. Unlike other gods, the pillars can only exert their power through the children of nature, and you can do the heavy lifting that should be shared by several, if not dozens, of believers. It is also the child of nature itself who uses the power given by the pillar, and if he were to be replaced by other priests, he would have died long ago due to the overuse of divine power. Your act of building an altar or erecting an idol is the equivalent of a divine presence. 】
Link looked at Lorelei blankly, this is too exaggerated...... Why don't you sue me?
[What has already been decided, is it useful for me to say it?]
Well, that's right, even if I knew, in order to alleviate the crisis of Vaolet, I would still do it, anyway, the wool is out of the sheep, and the divine power is provided by the pillar, so I'm a little overdepleted at best......
Looking at Link's indifferent face, Lorelei knew that she had said nothing.
This is not as simple as excessive wear and tear at all, if it weren't for the fact that the ** of the child of nature has been specially strengthened, now he has already become a corpse, and this kid is not aware of the severity of things at all.
Link then asks why he didn't feel anything unusual when Vorran's Wind Pillar Temple was built.
[You have just come into contact with the Pillar of the Wind, and the divine power is no longer supplied by Ai Fujia, of course, you feel that it is effortless. The Pillar of the Earth is supplied by Dawn, there is no temple of him here, and even if he is a primordial, his strength is still not enough to fully support your reckless behavior. 】
Now Link is even more puzzled, where does the missing divine power come from?
"It's you, fool! You have used up all the faith you have accumulated so far. Lorelei really wanted to give Link two slaps in the face and wake up this sluggish-looking fool.
Link knew that in Edgar, mental power was equal to the power of faith, and he didn't care too much about the personal spiritual power he had accumulated over the past four months. Anyway, he has no intention of becoming a god, rather than keeping it, it is better to use it where it is needed, huh? No, I use my spiritual power every day, why do you say, 'All the faith that has been accumulated until now has been used?'
"Don't you realize it? I'm not talking about the mental power you have acquired through your own exercise, but the spiritual power of other people. Whether it is out of awe of the pillar or gratitude for what you have done, these thoughts are absorbed by you. Why do you think the pillar wants to reduce the strength of the Child of Nature again and again? is that you don't want a second Hicks to use the position of the Child of Nature to become a god. Luo Leilai stroked her forehead, she was really defeated, this guy doesn't have common sense, why doesn't he even know what the Child of Nature is?