... : Liuji Kai is the sixth day of the year

This year's meeting of the lords of the Momiji Empire was held at the Imperial Palace, Tenkaze Castle.

It was an impromptu council, and all the lords of the empire had arrived. Although nominally the lords swore allegiance and obedience to the emperor, in reality, the lords had considerable autonomy, and the emperor had little right to intervene in the affairs of the lords' domain. The council, in which all the lords participated, was more like an early form of council.

The topics discussed at this meeting are all recent incidents. Concerning the formation of the Knights of Light to participate in the Holy War. Matters related to the possible imminent war against Cessnia.

This meeting was more like some form of war mobilization meeting, because almost all of it was about war.

Jax and Orlando also participated in the council as lords of special status. However, Emperor Hermann brought Princess Linya with him. In fact, she was the protagonist of the meeting. Because the next thing to talk about is about her.

It was the first time Linya had participated in such a meeting, and it felt very novel. Although the lords are said to be subordinates of the emperor, in many ways, they seem to have private rights that do not need to be violated, and they have the qualifications to be equal to the emperor.

At least when it comes to discussing state affairs, everyone, the lords, have an equal say. It's still rare.

What follows is a discussion about Linya's divine identity and her relationship with the Holy See. Previously, these lords and nobles were invited to Linya's birthday concert, and basically no one would object to Linya's identity;

"Of course, we firmly believe in the noble status of Her Royal Highness the Princess! It is our greatest honor to be favored by the Goddess of the Moonlight and to be able to serve Her Royal Highness the Goddess!" Since we cannot explain the appearance of the miracle, we can only believe and worship. After all, it doesn't hurt you, right? So taking advantage of this, the lords have expressed their loyalty to the beautiful goddess Princess.

"If the Holy See insists on being an enemy of our Red Leaf Empire, we will definitely swear allegiance to His Majesty and Her Royal Highness the Princess, and destroy those hateful guys!"

The words are very nice. I hope so.

But the end of the meeting is Linya's real purpose.

The head of the royal house, the marissary of Saranca, and the others announced an order to divide his realm among the princes of Orlando. Emperor Hermann gave the county of Rinal and Kelet counties in the province of Livorna, in the northwestern part of the Momiji Plain, to the prince of Orlando. Since there are already two heirs to the throne who have reached the age of eighteen of the adult standard, the first round of competition for the succession to the throne will officially begin. Three years after the Prince of Orlando became lord, the two princes could use any defeat and elimination of each other to obtain the ultimate inheritance.

The so-called any means, including the use of force, military and war, and even assassination. During this period, the two princes' realms will be equivalent to two separate small states until one of them dies or one of the heirs dies.

It's a brutal and brutal law of competition. The winner will have one qiē, while the loser will lose one.

Orlando silently took the lord's coat of arms and banner;

"I've decided to give up all but my original territory. Jax walked up and patted his brother on the shoulder. "So, don't worry about anything, Orlando. We are on an equal starting line. ”

However, even so, Orlando probably still has little chance.

Because it is a major matter to decide the heir to the empire, the official launching ceremony of the succession competition needs to be approved by the lords and implemented in accordance with the law of succession to the throne.

"Wait! I have something to say!" Linya finally spoke.

"What's the matter, Your Highness Princess, do you want to join the succession race now?" asked Saranka.

"Ah, no, I don't want to be in this succession competition. If I could, I would like to give up the right to the throne now. Linya said.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness the Princess. Even if you have such thoughts, such a decision will not be valid until you have reached the age of majority under the age of eighteen. ”

"Forget it, don't talk about it. Regarding the succession competition between the two elder brothers, I do have a question about whether they can attack each other's territory if the competition starts?"

"Yes, Your Highness Princess. ”

"If a war breaks out like that, it will surely bring great disaster to the people in their respective territories, right? And the soldiers who will die in the war, they are all the subjects of the empire!

"There's no way around that, Your Highness Princess. Sacrificing a small army of people can be exchanged for the strength of the entire empire and the stability and happiness of most of the people. It's worth it. Saranka patiently explained.

"But it's so unfair to those who die! And why do you have to let one of Orlando and Arx die? The ultimate purpose of this succession contest, that is, to choose a new emperor with the strongest ability for the empire, isn't it?"

"Yes, Your Highness Princess. It can be said that in order to compete for the best heir. ”

"Then I have a way to avoid such senseless bloodshed and sacrifice, but the same method that can determine the most capable heir!

Hearing her say this, the lords were a little curious. "In that case, let Her Highness the Princess explain!" Saranka agreed, looking at everyone's opinions.

"Then please come over here. ”

At the end of the council hall, a huge table is covered with canvas. Shi'e, the sails are opened, revealing a beautiful map of the Qin Pin, the simulated map of the four simulations, and the map of the Red Leaf Empire and the North Violet Continent.

On this large-scale real-life map, which is about 10 meters long and wide, various terrains and buildings such as rivers, mountains, cities, plains, grasslands, forests, oceans, and lakes are simulated and brought to life, and it is beautiful at a glance.

I never thought that my motherland would be such a beautiful world. When Linya first saw this small world, she couldn't help but fall in love with it.

The Seine, Sefen and Narain, the cities of Léa and Lyon, the west coast, the heart of the earth. The Momiji Plains, the vast grasslands of the north, are clearly recognizable at a glance.

"Magical Imaging Technique made a map of zuò?Your Highness Princess, why do you want us to see this?. Someone asked. It's the old Duke Felix of Mocha Collar. Speaking of which, he is still the uncle of Emperor Herman, that is, his own uncle, and he is still related by blood.

"Well, please come over today, the map you see is not an ordinary map! to be precise, it is a game, a virtual world."

"What does it mean, Uh, Princess, does that have anything to do with what we're discussing?" asked Saranka cautiously.

"Well, of course it does. This is a game called Heroes of Might and Magic! It was my mother goddess who helped me create a virtual world." Linya said proudly.

"The god of light created the world of zào?" everyone was a little confused.

"Okay, let me give you a brief introduction. The map you see is actually an array of more than 2,300 magic crystals. In this virtual world, the map is divided into twenty-seven according to the current administrative regions, provinces, one hundred and six, and counties. The county is the smallest district unit in the world.

"Each county can produce one or more resources, such as food, which is necessary to sustain the population. Wood and ore, which are used in the construction and manufacture of various weapons and equipment, and much more. There are many other resources, such as horses, fish, salt, wine, and the like, that are useful and can also be used for trade. There are also rare and precious resources such as gems, pegasus, crystals, gold mines, and more!

"Each county can build a castle, and in order to occupy a county, you must occupy the castle in that area! In addition, each county has one or several, cities, in which various buildings can be built, and the specific functions need not be detailed.

"As long as the population and resources of each county and various buildings are all entered into this world according to the number of the Ministry of the Interior, this and the game world can start running according to the predetermined program. In other words, it's a virtual world that is very similar to our current world! Alright, Mr. Gandra, let's get it up and running!"

Linya explained very simply, in fact, the world is far more complex than people think.

People began to talk about it.

Following Linya's instructions, the Grand Magister of Gandra clicked on one of the counties on the map and magnified it in front of the people.

"Look, there's a boat moving in the river." The sharp-eyed man shouted.

Not only are the ships moving, but countless rotating windmills and mining mines appear on the map. Felling forests, growing farms, running horses. The markets are crowded with people, the rivers and seas are filled with trading boats, and the roads are filled with people. People are working in various places, and it is a busy scene.

It's just like a world that seems to exist as if it were real.

People were amazed.

"Your Royal Highness, how did you do such a magical thing?" said Duke Grell with a mixed face.

"As I said, this is my mother goddess who helped me create zào."

This time, Linya didn't say that it was for this idea, but she didn't hesitate to wring out the creator god.

Linya really couldn't complete such an idea for the game herself. After all, you can't do the core program part by yourself.

Although the magic crystals in this world can do many incredible special effects, they cannot have the ability to calculate and think for themselves. In desperation, I had to reluctantly ask that guy to help.

"Dead ghost, don't get out of here!"

"Death, stinking, rotten, shrunken turtle, don't try to pretend to be dead." Linya began to scream and curse in her dreams. You can never be polite to that guy.

"Hey, hey

“。 Many, damn deserve to be a seventy-seven guy!" Linya crossed her waist and glared round. Every time I see this guy, I can't help but get angry. "Do me one thing".

"Ah, have you begged so much" The creator god was depressed.

"What, do you have an opinion?. Linya said viciously.

"No, my little aunt, what can I say?".

Three minutes later, the creator god handed her a thin, shiny piece of something. Number of cores jù processor. "I thought it was a big deal, just that, a little thing" It's as easy as you make a clay doll to come out!" the creator god said proudly.

Well, considering that he has already created countless worlds, including this universe. It's so easy to recreate a small virtual game world.

"Ah, how do you use it?"

"It's too simple, inject magic to activate it, and then modify all kinds of rules and numbers at will

Six": You won't sue me, you won't even know how to get a tattoo, right?"

Linya rolled her eyes at him a few times. "Of course, but how do you get it to work? Do you use electricity? I don't have that!"

"Just charge it with magic crystals"

"Well, not bad, not bad". Linya played with this small crystal for a while, and she was almost able to grasp it. "Alright, you can get out!"

"Each county is constantly producing resources, of course, limited by geography and architecture. Taxes can be paid for the land and population that has already been developed. Money and resources can be used to construct buildings. Exploit land, or use it to build an army" You should now understand what I'm trying to say, it's a war game that simulates the real world. We can enter this game world and play one of the game characters! So, even if Brother Yax moves their territory into this game, no matter how dark the fight is and how much blood flows, it will not affect the real world!

"So, don't worry that someone will actually die on the battlefield! Brother Jax and Brother Orlando will be fine! The soldiers of the Empire don't have to kill each other because of this! Wouldn't that be great?" Linya looked at everyone expectantly.

The crowd was again in a state of discussion. Both delighted and surprised.

"What a brilliant idea, and the wisdom of Her Royal Highness the Princess is truly ashamed of us." Duke Grell took the lead in slapping the horses.

"Indeed, it is a wonderful idea and a magical world. How do you get into this world? Can everyone get in??" someone asked.

"It's very simple, as long as I wear an amethyst like this in my hand, I can enter the world of the game. Of course, everyone can go in! It's just that the world is not perfect yet. I am just proposing such an idea. If you have any opinions, you can put them forward."

It's a very good thing.

"So, in this game world, can you do whatever you want?"

"Of course.

"Is it the same when the army fights as it does in the real world?"

"Yes, you can play as much as you want!"

"That's great! Greel, how about we have a friendly fight?

"Come, come, come. I'm not afraid of you!"

"It's really good to use it for tactics"

"It can be used to practice the methods of managing the territory for children, and to learn how to deal with internal affairs and the economy, even if they do it wrong, it is not a big deal

Everyone is clearly interested in this game. Seems a bit off-topic though?

"If you may, do you have any opinions on my Tiyì, use this game to replace the succession competition between Brother Orlando and Brother Jax. Are you okay with the outcome of the game?"

"Nothing too big to disagree, but can we try the game first?"

"Of course, it's not the time for the official competition, and there are a lot of things that need to be improved. As for the specific rules, it is up to everyone to make them. And about this, the operation of the game world, I think I can ask the representatives of the three parties to supervise. Brother Orlando can ask Mr. Camillo to be represented. The father can send Teacher Saranka or Teacher Brian as representatives, and Brother Jax appoints another magician to be the representative. Joint oversight to ensure that cheating is prevented. The lords can also send their representatives to observe the progress of the game, and Linya will tell the theoretical things that she had thought of in advance.

There was a lively discussion again.

The game of the creator gods. Interesting indeed.

"I wonder what the Emperor's opinion is?" asked Saranka, seeing that Emperor Herman had kept his eyes slightly closed and had not spoken.

Emperor Herman nodded, indicating that he had no opinion.

In fact, Emperor Hermann already knew. Earlier, Linya told him about this idea. The key question now is whether the lords can accept the outcome of this game as the result of a formal succession competition.

Of course, more importantly, there are two parties, the thoughts of the princes.

Orlando, of course, won't have a problem.

"Brother Arkes, I know it's not fair to you, if you use this, the game instead of real competition, but, I really don't want to see anything happen to Brother Orlando, why do you have to kill each other, even if it's such a game, you can easily win!" Linya really didn't know what to say to Jax, a little incoherent.

Yax had been silent before. I'm thinking about this too.

"Brother Jax?"

"Huh?" said Yax. "Oh, I'm okay with that! Actually, it's always been my wish to have a fair place to compete with Orlando. I don't want Orlando to lose, he became lord much later than I did. That's not what I'm thinking. Linya, if I were to agree to join this game in place of the Succession Competition, yes, but with one condition"

"What conditions?" asked Linya. Emperor Hermann and Orlando also hurriedly listened with concern.

"The condition is that you also have to participate in this inheritance competition in the game." ”

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