Chapter 1143: Old Knowledge
"Do you know them?" Leo asked when he heard Sylvia's words.
Sylvia nodded, and was about to answer, but a glamorous witch standing next to her who looked a little familiar preemptively said, "He is the great shaman of the Muling Society, and the other two are also the high-level shamans of the Muling Society. ”
When Leo heard this, the information of the Muling Society immediately appeared in his mind, and said thoughtfully: "I remember that the Muling Society seems to be still your ally, and the Dodd Group was able to enter Odolin, and the construction of the factory was also because of the support of the Muling Society. ”
The political situation in Odoline City is very complicated, all kinds of groups on the surface, and underground forces in the secret are intertwined, forming a large net that wraps the city of Odoline in it, and does not give any foreign forces a chance to interfere.
In general, the power to control Odoline is divided into five forces, and the government of the United States and Galica has given up a lot of interests and made a lot of wrong decisions because of the need to build Odoline City quickly in the early days, so that in the end, after the completion of Odoline City, it can control the least of the five forces, except for the special department of the State Taxation Bureau, other departments basically can't interfere.
However, even so, the government of the United States and Canada has also made some articles on the tax department, such as the establishment of a tax office force comparable to the army, etc., which has slightly saved the situation.
The Church was only slightly better in Audolins than the government in the United States, and the Church was built in Odorin, and the Templar Army of the Church was established.
Although the power held by the church is not the strongest, because of the indirect influence of the church's believers, and the emblem of the city wall is the main force to resist the monsters of the outside world, the church's influence on the political situation is also the greatest.
In the beginning, the church was dominated by the Lord of the Sky, but after Odolin's other forces deliberately introduced the Church of the Lady of the Lake, the Church of the Hill King, and the Mother Nature Church that arose in Moissan, the church power has become a situation of one strong and three weak, and it is no longer monolithic, and other forces have more opportunities to lobby for their proposals.
The government and church of the Kingdom of America and California do not have any real power in the city of Odolin, and can only affect the political situation of Odolin from the side, and all the real power of Odolyn is in the hands of three forces, the badge club of the old and new nobles, the chamber of commerce of the merchant chaebol, and the Muling Society formed by the union of the large and small tribes of the outer ring of the wasteland.
Among these three forces, the internal structure of the Muling Society is the loosest, the main body is still a very primitive tribal alliance, the large and small tribes in the alliance are very free to join and leave, there are no strict rules and dogmas to restrict, and there are not too many punishment mechanisms, basically the main management of the Muling Society are the shamans of those tribes, and the distribution of the management's positions is not distributed according to the strength of the ability to do things, but according to the status of the shaman.
It is precisely because of the loose structure within the Muling Association and the appointment and dismissal methods that the high-level management of the Muling Association often makes some proposals and decisions that make people laugh and cry, and even the attitude towards the same proposal is divided into several kinds internally.
It is no exaggeration to say that if the Mulinghui had not firmly grasped the city defense system of Odolin, and two-thirds of the people at the bottom of the city were people from various tribes, perhaps the Mulinghui would have been eaten alive by other forces and driven out of Odolin.
However, there are also those who believe that this loose state of affairs of the Muling Society is deliberate, and it is also a very successful way of life.
Although the tribes of the wasteland have a lot of influence in Odolin, Odoline is after all a product of the civilization of the outer continent, and the industrial civilization is promoted here, and the tribal civilization of the wasteland will not only not merge, but will conflict.
If at this time, the tribal civilization shows an extremely obvious unity, then the forces of industrial civilization that were originally constantly fighting because of various interests will inevitably put aside their disputes and concentrate on dealing with the tribal civilization, and then the Muling Society, as the representative of the tribal civilization, will become the target of public criticism and be driven out of Odolin.
The current loose state of the Muling Society has temporarily lowered their guard against the other forces of Odolin, and has not regarded it as their main target, which has allowed the Muling Society to have a lot of influence in the industrial city of Odolin.
Therefore, when the Mling Society proposed to invite the Dodd Group, the world's leading industrial giant in Mozambique and even Velon, to settle in Odolin, the major forces of Odolin did not have too many suspicions, because according to past experience, the Mling Society had put forward this kind of proposal more than once that did not benefit them, and most of them thought that it was the Dodd Group that bought a high-level shaman of the Mling Society, and then let the shaman put forward it in passing at the council meeting.
Originally, most people thought that this proposal would be shelved by the council along with the other ridiculous proposals put forward by the Mulings, but what they did not expect was that this proposal was then passed by secret ballot, and the Dodd Group became the only outsiders to successfully enter the city after the construction of Odorin City was completed.
In hindsight, it was not inconceivable that the proposal would have passed so easily.
Since the proposal was put forward by the Muling Society, the members of the Muling Society naturally did not oppose it.
Sylvia herself is a representative of the emigration aristocracy and has a lot of influence in the Badge Club, so at least half of the councilors of the Badge Club will approve of this proposal.
As for the relationship between the Federation of Chambers of Commerce and the Dodd Group, the annual monetary exchanges between the two sides even exceed the annual tax revenue of the Kingdom of America and Galica, although the Dodd Group is not a member of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce, but its influence on the Federation of Chambers of Commerce is far beyond any member, and its proposal to enter the Odoline Alliance will definitely be in favor of the majority on the side of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance.
The three powerful forces of Odolyn have all passed the proposal, and it is useless for the Church and the American California side to oppose all of them, not to mention that Sylvia also has some influence in these two forces, and can get the approval of some members of the two forces.
Therefore, no one in the entire Odoline thought that the Dodd Group's entry into Odolin was the credit of the Muling Society, but only that it was the result of the Dodd Group's secret planning for a long time.
It's just that Sylvia and her henchmen know that the Dodd Group's entry into Odolin is completely led by the Muling Society, and even after the proposal is passed, the Muling Society has provided more incredible convenience for the Dodd Group's entry.
"Even the location of the factory was proposed by the Muling Society, and this land is scattered in the hands of the tribes of the Muling Society. The witch who looked very familiar answered for Sylvia again, and stretched out her leg with great disdain to pluck the head of the great shaman of the Mulinghui lying on the ground, turned to Sylvia, and said: "We really didn't guess wrong, the Mulinghui was uneasy and kind at the beginning, but we didn't expect it to be so ruthless and sacrifice so many workers in the factory. ”
Sylvia stared at the person at her feet with a gloomy face, and said: "Their timing and position are very accurate, just at the time of the opening of the new smelting furnace, and the position of the new smelting furnace is also so accurate, just in the heart of the body, it seems that there are some guys in our group who eat inside and out, and they should be cleaned up." ”
"What heart?" The witch obviously had a good status in Sylvia's First Witch Band, and was able to have an equal conversation with Sylvia.
Sylvia didn't hide it either, and recounted what Leo had seen.
Hearing Sylvia's words, the witch also looked at Leo with curiosity, and then asked Leo in a very intimate tone, "Mr. Leo, can you let me see it too?"
Leo didn't react, but stared at the strange-looking witch for a while, as if thinking of something, and asked tentatively, "Emily?"
"Looks like Mr. Leo remembers me. Seeing Leo recognize her, Emily immediately smiled happily on her face, and made an unconventional ladylike salute to Leo, and showed an innocent smile that was completely different from her temperament and appearance, and said, "Long time no see, Mr. Leo." ”
The beautiful and mature witch in front of her is Emily whom Leo met in Miria City, when her family was killed by a low-ranking wizard, leaving her alone, and later taken in by Sylvia, and after discovering her witch abilities, she was given the surname Belmont and cultivated her.
In the past years, Sylvia has been arranging for Emily to carry out various witch training, when Leo and Sylvia were in Castle Black, Emily happened to be doing some training in the Moissanite continent, so she didn't meet Leo, and when she returned to Castle Black, Leo had already gone to the Poseidon world.
Although more than twenty years is enough to change a person's appearance and temperament, it still makes Leo feel a little surprised that Emily has changed so completely, because in his memory, Emily is still that young and innocent girl, which is why Leo only felt that the other party was familiar just now, but did not recognize the other party at a glance.
Leo also felt that time might not be the only factor that changed Emily, and the witch power in her body might be the main reason.
When he was at Castle Black, Leo heard Sylvia mention Emily's witch power, which is very special and called the Witch World, whose main role is to discover and cultivate witches.
As long as a person with a witch's special structure appears next to Emily, she can sense it, and she can activate the hidden witch power of that person through her own power.
In addition, staying in the Witch Realm Force Field created by Emily, the witch can also obtain different degrees of blessings through various training and battles, such as power recovery will be much faster, the power of power will be much stronger, and as Emily's own strength is strengthened, this auxiliary effect will continue to increase.
It is precisely because of Emily's ability that is extremely important to witches that Sylvia attaches great importance to Emily's cultivation and protection, basically providing the best training resources, and there are always witches and other transcendent beings around to protect her.
And Sylvia's cultivation of Emily has indeed received a lot of rewards, and the appearance of the First Witch Group is due to Emily's assistance, so in the First Witch Group, Emily's status is only below Sylvia.
As for Emily's feelings for Leo, she is naturally extremely grateful, even after so many years, this gratitude has not diminished at all, because Leo can be said to be the person who changed her life, if it were not for Leo, she might have died in the plague like the thousands of ordinary people in Miria City.
After so many years, seeing Leo again, she didn't know what to say, the scenes and words that she had thought of before had all become blank, but fortunately there were other things to divert attention now, otherwise, she might have looked at Leo like a fool and giggled now.
"Long time no see, Emily!" Leo didn't have Emily's strong emotions, he just said as if he had met an old friend, "You've changed a lot." ”
Emily calmed down her emotions a little and said, "If there is no change, I'm sorry for Sheaney's cultivation." ”
"That's your own effort. Sylvia smiled.
At this moment, another witch wearing a veil came out and said to everyone, "Okay, you should wait until later, the current matter is the big problem." ”
The familiar voice and figure made Leo immediately remember the identity of the other party, and then he looked the other party up and down, and said, "Su, aren't you from the government of the Kingdom of America?
The veiled witch is none other than Sue Stewart, the lady of the night who has worked with Leo for a while.
Seeing Leo recognize himself so quickly, Su also felt a little happy, and replied: "It's very simple, I can't do it over there, and the treatment here is better." Then, she turned everyone's attention back to the matter at hand, and said, "If the current matter is not dealt with, we may have to withdraw from Odolin, after all, the giant you are talking about can only be seen by you, and we can't see it, so it can't be used as evidence that the Muling Society designed this catastrophe." Instead, the Mulings can bite us back by attacking them, and they can say that they came to the rescue after seeing an accident here, only to be attacked and killed. ”
Hearing this, Sylvia smiled and said, "Don't worry, this little trick will not have any effect in the face of absolute strength." Then, she looked at Leo and said, "I don't think anyone would be stupid enough to offend a demigod's power." ”
"Demigods?" Sue, Emily, and several of Sylvia's most trusted henchmen around them were stunned, and then they thought of something and looked at Leo in unison.