In fact, the rebellion of the mountain people had been foreshadowed for a long time.

Unlike the redwood natives, who felt that the empire was nothing more than a big tribe and that the struggle between the two sides was essentially an inter-tribal conquest.

Because the mountain people are more numerous, they also have a past under the belief of the dragon god, so there has always been a call for "independent statehood" within the country. [ 2]

This part of the mountain people believes that the proud people of the dragon god should never become vassals of the empire, and even if they cannot be independent, they should build a group of frozen fortresses similar to them

A large mountain people's autonomous region, led by the strongest of the mountain people.

They refused to pay taxes to the empire and lived scattered among the forests of the Bissen Mountains, following ancient traditions and living independently of the world.

Because the region in which they lived was barren, the empire had never been interested in purging them, and even if there were occasional good things, it was nothing more than relying on autonomous regions and colonies

The passage of the people's land, with grain, salt, iron, and various tools, to trade with these rebellious mountain people.

On top of that, the empire has deprived the mountain people of their inheritance of becoming the third and even fourth energy levels, and the rebellious mountain people have always existed, but there is no corresponding power base to change anything

Yes.

On the other hand, although the empire deprived the mountain people of their third and fourth energy level inheritance, it did not discriminate against the mountain people.

In the Cangyun Knights, there is even a third-level mountain people knight who serves as a law enforcement officer, and his status is extremely high.

But the self-identity of this mountain folk is that of a 'mountain people under the rule of the Empire', not a member of the Baisen Dragon God.

This is not surprising either. Bi Jing Bai Sen Dragon God has been gone for too long, no matter how strong the ancient belief is, it will fade, and eventually become a myth and legend, one story after another. 1]

Many people have long seen this.

Elder Immersion Cliff is one of them.

Although it sounded a little strange, Ian could tell from his conversation with the Elder of the Cliff that although the old man of the mountain people talked about the belief in the dragon god, he was actually even more

Pursue power.

He believes that the empire is a more advanced form of civilization, and it is nothing to join the other party, and if he wants to recover the Book of Silver Yao, he essentially wants to obtain a bloodline that is not restricted by the empire

The true form inheritance is also to allow the tribe to be in more benefits from the hands of the Dragon Worship Sect. Jen 1

Of course, Ian also believes that Elder Manya has the idea of 'borrowing the Book of Silver Yao to order the mountain people'. He wanted to make the now divided mountain tribe orthodox in the dragon god

Unified again under the brilliance.

But this is not the same as the purpose of independent statehood of the rebellious mountain people.

The purpose of the Steep Cliff Elders is to gather the mountain people and become one of the important political forces in Nanling, and then influence the political decision-making of Nanling.

Therefore, it was definitely not the group of mountain people who rebelled against the Elder of the Cliff, Ian can be sure of this.

But in this way, how did the rebellious mountain people, who have neither a third level nor sufficient resources and organizational power, let the situation in Nanling deteriorate to this point?1

"It's the Flame Lands." 3 ]

Captain Piman replied with a determined face and answered Ian's doubts: "Yes, the Flying Flame Land has given the rebellious mountain people resources and weapons, and they even have alchemical cannons and skilled fire

The gun team, the militia on the side of the autonomous region is not an opponent at all, so Wan Ling can know how long they have been planning. Jen 3]

It's the same way to support the redwood natives.

Ian remembered the gun-wielding natives he had killed around Port Harrison, and he nodded, "The timing of the incident is also very clever, the general and the head of Cangyun are both going to the imperial capital, this one."

There had never been a hint before, and there must be traitors in the Doge's Palace.

"Sir!" Piman-face admired: "That's what the Colonel said, that's why we're chasing all kinds of clues!" 4

The Colonel refers to the son of the Marquis of Henril of Batun, Majora Henril, deputy commander of the Nineteenth Legion, who presided over matters related to Southridge after the Marquis of Batun left for the imperial capital.

"Traced down the master who made pastries, and his father died at the hands of the Flying Flames?" Ian glanced at him and said calmly, "It's not your job, and don't

Taishang Gang is online. What about the other Patrol Knights?

"This Piman obviously can't answer this question, how can he possibly know the movements of the other Patrol Knights?

Ian believes that this has something to do with the truth that the rebellious mountain people dare to rebel - there is no - fourth level, even with the support of the Flying Flame Land, providing weapons and equipment, those who are rebellious mountain people

It will definitely not be able to stop the attacks of the knights and patrol knights under the command of the Marquis of Batun.

Not to mention that the Nanling Dragon Worship Sect is still an ally of the Empire, and the King of the Mountain also hates the Flying Flame Land to the bone because of Xiou's affairs.

"Take me to the Doge's Palace.

With thoughts flashing in his heart, Ian raised his head and motioned for the knight to leave the place: "I have something to report to the colonel."

Since there was an order from his superiors, Piman certainly did not have to continue to pester the manager of the pastry shop - it was originally a task from above, and they followed the instructions to track it down and do their business

Already.

The manager of the pastry shop watched in horror as the team of guard knights obediently led the team away under Ian's reprimand, and he actually knew that his raw material channel was a bit supernatural

Vast enough, but he never thought that this would have something to do with the spies of the Flame Lands.

But this is actually the norm in Nanling. The elusive Spies of the Flame Land and the Inner Ying have greatly disrupted normal production and work in the area around Nauman City, as it sounds

It's ridiculous, but they really go and sabotage watermills, castrate bulls, dig canals, pour salt on important plantation sites.

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As for shaking egg yolks, splitting earthworms, and giving passing children a lesson—they naturally don't do it, but it's basically the norm in folk tales.

"Why is there no news of the rebellion of the mountain people in the imperial capital? I didn't even hear it even over there in the Golden Fields.

Ian asked on the way to the governor's mansion he didn t intend to get an answer for a knight like piman he didn t know he didn t know anyway they only

Listen to the instructions above.

Who knows, this knight actually has the answer: "Of course, because of the big meeting." Sir, you're still young and very talented, so you probably don't know these ways, right?

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"How could it be possible to report this kind of news to the outside world and above when the imperial capital was in a meeting, not to mention that it didn't affect the Agate Stone Plain, it wasn't a big deal." 1

"When the general returns, these things will stop—

It's — too realistic.

In the blink of an eye, Ian felt an overly realistic absurdity in his heart - he didn't expect Tyra to have a tradition of not having a major event during the national convention, and the mountain people could do anything like this

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If there is no problem around the Agate Stone Plain, who came up with the idea?

Ian didn't want to know the answer to that question.

Riders such as Piman led the way, and pedestrians entered Nauman without hindrance.

With Ian's identity and fame, there are a few people in Nauman City who know him.

In particular, the Marquis of Batun occasionally mentions Ian, and everyone knows that there is a Marquis of Batun who has a very optimistic alchemist of the White People, and even let him join the Knights of the Patrol at a young age of less than twenty.

Today, when the sky is slightly darker, there are more pedestrians on the streets, and now that food is more expensive and the price of alcohol is rising, the streets of Nauman City have a lot of shells and fish

Fresh stalls occupy the market, and this kind of thing is difficult to be expensive in Nauman City, and it can be regarded as filling the gap in today's market. Jen 2]

There were quite a few knights patrolling the streets, and their armor was extremely elite and had a multilayer armor design, and Ian even saw two at the bridge guard in Uptown

The armor is still brand new.

Obviously, the all-out confrontation with the Flying Flame Land put a lot of pressure on Nanling, and Nauman City was about to take out all the equipment at the bottom of the box-

Lu came to the Governor's Palace, and Piman and the others retreated, and they did not have the permission to enter it.

Ian waited for the doorman to deliver the news to the governor's palace, and the officer guarding the door couldn't help but be surprised to see that the knight of the patrol in the message was actually such a handsome young man from the White People

Strange looks.

"Please wait.

When Ian's Knight of the Patrol Order and the letter of appointment of the Marquis of Batun and His Royal Highness Mikael were confirmed, he respectfully said, "I will go now.

After a few minutes, Ian got a reply, "Please come in, the colonel is waiting for you."

After all, I've been here once, and the silver chip has maps in them, so Ian still has the leisure to observe some of the people in the Governor's Mansion while he is being led to the Governor's Office.

Unlike when the Marquis of Batun was in his time, there were no more than a dozen people in the Doge's Mansion who watched over every area from various angles, not even the number of knights

Many, unusually empty manpower.

And just like that, Ian saw a red and shiny target in the office area on the first floor, representing hostile intentions. Jen 1]

Ian said to himself, "Why are spies working in the Governor's Mansion so blatantly? He is really not afraid of death, and without the Marquis of Batun and the elite knights under him, there is left

What kind of stinky fish and rotten shrimp are these, and such an obvious target can't be found?" VII 11

This was one of the purposes for which he wanted to come to the Doge's Palace. After Ian deduced that there were spies inside the Governor's Palace, he planned to use his psionic powers to see if he could find some clues.

As a result, I didn't think about it, but I just opened my vision and found it directly, which is easily comparable to bending down to pick up money.

That being said, but others do not have foresight, who can hide from the prophet? But Ian looked at it again and found a clue: "Wait for this."

Isn't it a flesh shapeshifter?

"So it parasitized one of its employees? It seems that I blame the Governor's Mansion by mistake, this monster's disguise replacement ability is very strong, I didn't expect that "Flying Flame Land is already in use now."

Above.

The Flesh Shapeshifter is a monster that Ian encounters in the labyrinth of the Avak Collar Subspace, which kills two teams of the Huaiguang Rescue Team with its extremely powerful parasitic abilities

Member.

This shapeshifter can read the memories of low-level sublimators, and then simulate them perfectly, with no drawbacks other than weight anomalies.

Ian made up his mind to tell him about this when he met with Colonel Mayova.

It seems that the Flying Flame Land has not gained nothing in the Avak Territory, and there is a part of the information that I am afraid has been sent back before the birth of the Dead King.

With all the thoughts in mind, Ian arrived at the Governor's Office.

In the office, a thin middle-aged man took the initiative to get up and smiled and came to shake Ian's hand.

"It's better to be famous than to meet."

Colonel Mayova said softly, "Mr. Ian, you must know who I am, so you don't need to introduce yourself. I heard that you left the imperial capital two weeks ago,

Why are you only in South Ridge now?"

Because of the Marquis of Barton, Ian was very unimpressed by his kind response with a smile on his eyes, and even thought to himself, "Is this playing tricks on me again?"

"Report sir." So he replied without a leak, "- Part of it is mission-related, - Part of it is to observe the current situation of Nanling and manage the territory for the future

Prepare. ’

He said this, - to block the other party's mouth to continue to ask, and the second to bring up the topic later.

For now, however, Colonel Mayova was not as skilled as his father, and he only nodded slightly, motioning for Ian to sit on the couch next to him, while he sat back down

After the desk: "I understand. In the half year since you left, the situation in Nanling has changed, and now the situation has been very chaotic, and if you want to see the situation with your own eyes, it is indeed understandable

not

"I guess you're not here to see me, but to get in touch with my father. But by the look on your face, you seem to have something else to report to me or to ask about?"

Colonel Mayova spoke surprisingly bluntly, and it seemed that there was a father who was a riddler and a tempter who would not necessarily raise a son of his kind, but another offspring of the exact opposite.

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Ian was so happy to talk to such a person that he nodded solemnly and asked, "Yes, sir. My territory, a knightly domain in the former Ryan territory, is now because

The mountain people rebelled and lost contact, and I wanted to know why the mountain people, who theoretically did not have any high-level military force, dared to bark their teeth against the Empire.

"Even with the support of Flying Flame Land, they shouldn't be so bold when the fourth energy level can't make a move.

"Besides, I have a guess I want to report to you about the Flying Flame Land conspiracy."

"Definitely. You're here to inherit your territory, but you happen to be in this situation.

Colonel Mayova was a cheerful man, he tapped his hand on the table, thought for a moment, and after making sure that Ian was indeed qualified to know the information, he told the truth

Know.

Nearly three months ago, on the northwest side of the Bison Mountains, at the intersection of the Abasarom Mountains in the Flying Flame Land, a dragon's groan suddenly rang out.

It wasn't the voice of the King of the Mountain, it was the voice of another dragon. This incident aroused the high alarm of the Governor's Palace, and the Worship of the Dragons was also extremely concerned about it.

After that, the beasts in the Baisen Mountains began to be extremely active, and it was at that time that a large-scale spread of biological viruses occurred, and groups of frenzied monsters rushed

The tribes and villages of the mountain people, the imperial colonies and the mountain people autonomous regions were all severely hit. Jen 2]

The King of the Mountain naturally did not allow this to happen, so he took the initiative to investigate the root cause of these things, but found a possible ancient dragon ruin deep in the mountain range, so he went to investigate

Checked, but found that it was an ambush, which had been delayed for a long time.

"It's a steel pterodactyl."

Colonel Mayova told the truth: "It was the migration of the Steel-Pterodactyl herds from the Abasarom Mountains that caused everything that followed.

The Steel Pterodactyl Group in the Abasarom Mountains is a powerful community of demonic beasts in the towering mountains between the Flying Flame Land and the Empire, and the Steel Pterodactyl Dragon King is the fourth energy level

The beast, although inferior in strength to the true dragon, is different from the true dragon that often walks alone, the steel pterosaur itself is a creature that is accustomed to moving in groups, and they have always advanced and retreated together.

The Flamelands secretly opened the mountain passage between the Empire and themselves, and both the Empire and other countries believed that the Flamelands should have paid a great price to wipe out the group

A vicious beast that dwells deep in the mountains.

But the reality is that Flameland has made a deal with the dragons, and Flameland assists the King of Steel Wing Dragons to transform into true dragons, at least with some true dragon blood, and the Steel Wing Dragons have to serve Flame Land.

Reasonable deals.

The chaos in Nanling is essentially due to this group of steel pterosaurs that suddenly migrated here from the distant mountain range, they carried a large number of biological warfare viruses and insect pests, and they could easily attack

Defeated the gathering place of mountain people far away from the center of the southern ridge of the empire, and the Iron Wing Dragon Dragon King, with the help of the Flying Flame Land, has further strengthened, even comparable to a real dragon.

They migrated to Southridge. 5 3]

This is the truth of the matter - behind the rebellious mountain people of Nanling, it is not that there is nothing, but a group of extremely powerful dragon good, a fourth-level true dragon-level demonic beast.

The rebellious mountain people call each other their true object of worship, the new Baisen Dragon God of the future.

Basically, the powerful sublimators of the South Ridge and the military sublimators have penetrated deep into the inner side of the Baissen Mountains to help stabilize the autonomous regions that are still holding out their resistance and supporting the empire

Live state and order.

That's why Ian didn't see any of the Knights of the Patrol and the Marquis of Barton's personal guard along the way.

They all went deep into the mountains to fight the dragons. Jen 7]