"That vampire's mansion really collapsed......"

"Tsk, what a retribution -- in order to build such a mansion for himself, he has raised the tax rate for three consecutive years! If it weren't for the fact that everyone could barely get by, how could his life be so stable now?"

"Look at what you say...... If you really can't get by, will you go and play with that guy? Forget about the few bachelors on the next street, you have a wife and children, and if something happens, who will feed them?"

"That's right. Alas, from this point of view, we still have to thank this bastard for not forcing us little people to a dead end?"

It seems that there is an unwritten rule everywhere that the more remote and impoverished the place, the more severe the exploitation by the rulers. The blockage of transportation and the lag of information have made the rulers of those remote places not have to pay too much attention to guarding against the "eyes" from the center. Similarly, in these places where the central local power is difficult to reach in time, these actual "soil emperors" have the highest administrative power, even if there will be some thorns, as long as they use the power in their hands to make the other party's voice unable to reach outside the territory, then there is basically nothing to worry about.

And these local rulers never have to worry about their own high-pressure rule will cause the problem of population decline - based on another cross-dimensional law, "the poorer you are, the more you must live", and those at the bottom of the oppressed have quite a lot of children...... In the hearts of these people, the probability of a child dying is extremely high due to the poor life, and since this is the case, having more children can ensure that at least one of them will live to adulthood, right?

Raising a child will go hungry and sick. If five were born, wouldn't it be five starving together? Yet, it makes sense to think about it differently -- except in extreme cases. For example, in the event of a famine, otherwise there would have been very few deaths of starvation in the true sense of the word, and most of them would have fallen ill due to chronic malnutrition and collapsed because they did not receive effective treatment. In essence, these diseases are basically not terminal, but because the patient's body lacks nutrition and is extremely weak, it is only because of the patient's own lack of nutrition that he cannot afford to die until he dies.

And the parents of those poor families have such a mind - to raise a few more children. There's always one to get through, isn't it?

Although more people died in this way, because of the large base, the number of adult children who survived still remained more or less stable. Moreover, this cruel parenting experience has also caused a very special phenomenon - because the children who have survived and grown up have been fighting for survival since childhood, and their physique is very good. Just keep them filled. Instead of starving, these children from poor families often have better physical qualities.

Because all who are born poor and weak are dead......

Basically, if there is a child from a poor family. In childhood, develop a relatively positive outlook on life, and be willing to struggle without being lazy, when you grow up. Most of them can get a good result. Well, a kid who grew up in this kind of environment. Of course, there are few people who maintain a positive attitude, but they are willing to fight for their lives. Even fewer poor parents want to give their children a better education.

This makes the overall probability of "talents" from poor families still quite small. And even if they have good talents, in the end, in society, they will still be crushed by those "classmates" who are born rich and noble - even if those people are inferior to themselves during their studies.

After all, those who control the main body of society are also rich and noble, and even if there are children from poor families who have worked hard to reach this circle, they will basically be dyed with the color of this place -- to make decisions for the poor and to speak?

Because the vitality of the poor is very strong, it is not a simple matter to torture them to the point of ruin and death simply through guò exploitation. Therefore, for many local rulers who are not kind-hearted, it is naturally like squeezing juice, and if they don't squeeze these poor people whose life goal is just to eat every day, they will not let go. But people live in this world, there will always be some unexpected situations, right? Even survival is barely possible, and once something happens (mostly injuries and illnesses), these poor people usually have no energy left.

Don't have the strength to fight against fate?

That's going to die.

Just like a terminally ill AIDS patient, without the protection of the minimum "immune system", these poor people who do not have enough to eat, once something happens in their lives, they can basically wait for death. However, this is not an "immediate" effect, and it does not mean that the last bit of food for the family was taken away yesterday, and the whole family died the next day - there is still an incubation period for the sick, is it not about the same?

So it's a "natural death."

These people living on the poverty line, because the birth rate and death rate often maintain a deformed dynamic balance, so on the whole, people who do not know the truth do not see any problems. Since there are no loopholes, the local rulers naturally have no scruples, and they can loot as much as they can.

In this case, why is the city lord of this remote city so "timid", and he can't rest assured while looting, so that he leaves a considerable buffer respite for the residents here, and even deliberately allocates a sum of money from his own small treasury to build a series of welfare projects?

This is not an image project, and in this remote city, whose name is subtle because it is abbreviated as Swain, these welfare projects are indeed in operation all along. At first, many citizens scoffed at this, thinking that it was just the vampire city lord who did it to deal with the people above, but as a result, it really worked for a few years.

It seems that a lot of money has been spent on this...... Although strictly speaking, the money from the city lord's pocket is also "illegally gained", but compared to other greedy elements, this city lord is actually willing to take money out of his own pocket, which is not bad?

It's not that this city lord is kind. He did this because he had a very direct vested interest.

I said it earlier. The local rulers of remote places are generally excessively exploitative. Nothing will happen - the unlucky people who are exposed to the central line of sight because of an earthquake in the territory and end up hitting the streets are only a few. However, there are still a certain number of people who have fallen one after another due to some force majeure.

Generally speaking, if the children of poor families really seize the extremely slim opportunity to flourish, they usually do not return to the circle of the past. This world, though not as dark and oppressive as the Middle Ages. It is much more open and free than the closed period of a certain Celestial Empire, but it is a powerful world that shows its strength - the hierarchy is strict, and the weak have no human rights. Throwing yourself into this chaotic fish pond, even if you gain relatively "great power" for a short time, as long as you stop swimming, you will soon sink back to the bottom of the pond.

Everyone is busy climbing up the ladder - those who are in politics continue to seek power, those who wield swords and swords think that one day they will become the legendary sword master, and the path of the magician is a little higher because the barrier to entry is slightly higher, unless the special circumstances are insulated from the poor...... Of course. If you really happen to be caught by a passing mage, it is equivalent to getting out of the ranks of suffering from it - provided that the teacher is not a pervert or a madman, and you have to live to the day you become a teacher.

Generally speaking, even if it's a big guy. I suffered a little because of oppression in my childhood, and I will no longer try to trouble the local rulers at that time. However, there are always exceptions......

Lord of Swayn. I know that there is a colleague's experience of fighting the streets - there is a genius young mage who has become famous. When he came out of his own teacher, he happily planned to return home. I learned that my parents had just died of hunger and cold at the hands of the devil a few days ago, and they had just been forcibly taken away the last bit of food three days before they died......

After that, the city lord of Swayn City did not hear it from the mouth of the other party himself - because the person concerned had already turned into a lump of minced meat. The angry young mage directly killed the city lord himself and tortured and killed the greedy guy on the spot. As for the fate of the mage...... People are still sitting in the imperial capital.

Because the value of the murderer himself is much, much stronger than that of the victim, what is the characterization of this homicide...... Well, the deceased is guilty of a heinous crime, and he is innocent of death.

If the killer did not have an identity that was valued enough by those in power, the result would not have been so simple.

This incident also made the city lord of Swayn City wake up the bell - things must not be done too much. In the final analysis, he can only be powerful in this small world, but he can't guarantee that there will be no people in his jurisdiction in the future who he has to look up to. If there is a series of unpleasant "small misunderstandings" between yourself and the other party, it will be fine, but if it develops into the level of "hatred...... Hehe, if the other party wants to seek revenge on himself, he doesn't need to use any judicial means, as long as his own "capital" is enough, it is not a problem to kill him directly and give him a knife.

Destroy the wealth and eliminate the disaster, and destroy the wealth and eliminate the disaster......

As a result, under the stunned gaze of his subordinates, he carried out the bill to build a social welfare project, and it has persisted until now. Thanks to this kind deed that is not a good deed, this city lord's reputation among the people has also changed a lot in recent years...... Although his image of a "vampire" cannot be changed in this life, how many people talk about him are already ridiculed, rather than hateful as at the beginning.

After all, the poor have very few demands, as long as they can make do with their lives. Especially after learning about the situation in some other nearby cities from the caravans passing by, in comparison, the greedy but somewhat conscientious city lord of his own family is like an angel.

Well, why do the inhabitants here dare to ridicule the city lord and not be afraid of causing trouble...... Because this product is a soft egg! Anyway, those "untouchables" who hurt him will not prevent him from collecting money, just say it~

And this earthquake came very suddenly, and everyone was still complaining that the several mages hired by the city lord to detect the earthquake did not play a role, and they began to wonder if the city lord with a lot of criminal records was greedy for money again, but as a result, after finding that even his own mansion went to Huangquan with everyone's house, he suddenly lost his resentment.

It turned out to be a difficult brother~

Moreover, it is relatively simple for ordinary people's houses to be rebuilt, but as far as the luxurious residence of the city lord is concerned, tsk. It's a hassle to rebuild. As for the money to rebuild his palace, the people were not worried - if there was an earthquake, it would have to be reported to the central government. When applying for disaster relief funds, people don't want to distribute all the money and food to themselves. Just make sure to rebuild your home, and do whatever he does with the rest.

As long as everyone's own lives are not affected too much, no one minds "cheapening" that greedy ghost. Although this is morally unjustifiable, there is nothing to complain about when you think about the lives of people in other cities.

As a result, the atmosphere of the scene gradually began to become subtle -- the families who were still complaining about the injustice of heaven and the disasters that fell from heaven began to gloat one after another. Time. If it weren't for the fact that the surrounding houses had collapsed to prove that a natural disaster had just occurred here, NONO would have thought that this was a teahouse.

In other words, among these people, there are not many family members who have just been rescued from the rubble, and some of them are still in a coma! Do you still have the leisure to joke and talk about family life at this time?

IN NONO'S IMPRESSION, AT THIS TIME, IT SHOULDN'T BE EVERYONE'S FAMILY MEMBERS HOLDING THEIR HEADS AND CRYING......

This is why NONO does not understand the earthly world...... In other words, because she rarely sets foot in such a "lowly" corner. I don't understand the tenacity and mentality of these poor people -- if they cry because of this "little thing", then do they have to continue to live? As long as there is still breath, it is not the worst situation.

At this point, the benefits of the "unintentional action" of the Lord of Swayn City were manifested, as the welfare project had been running consistently for several years. After encountering such a natural disaster, it immediately played its role. When I searched and rescued the wounded who were crushed and trapped before, I made a lot of efforts. And those who are seriously injured and whose lives are in danger. was sent to treatment first. Now, there is no one that has been sent. They are all injured people whose injuries do not affect their lives, because of the limited manpower, they can only be "wronged" for the time being.

The majority of residents said that it was completely understandable that compared to their grandparents, who had their legs broken because they were not very "active" in collecting rent, this injury was really nothing......

“...... Aisha's soul is weak, is this a pastime for me?"

LOOKING AT WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN FRONT OF HER, NONO COULDN'T HELP BUT CURSE AT AISHA. Even if she is like this, a person who has no mercy on killing, it is impossible for this city that has just experienced a disaster, but still shows a trace of strength and optimism, to do something excessive.

At first, NONO thought that Aisha really wanted her to do sabotage - but now it seems that she was more of a pastime...... Aisha is unlikely to ask others to do something unreasonable for herself, even if she is not familiar with Aisha, NONO can understand this to some extent. After ruling out this possibility, Aisha's intention to hide behind it, NONO thought about it, and only felt speechless and dissatisfied for a while.

"Tsk, are you making a sarcasm about me, a war syndrome sufferer?"

RECALLING THE EXCITED APPEARANCE OF HIS EXPRESSION AT THAT TIME, NONO SUDDENLY FELT EMBARRASSED AT THIS MOMENT.

"You can't simply use violence...... By the way, this costume ......"

Speaking from the heart, NONO, who was already very cold in aura, put on a black robe, and indeed had the feeling of a cold mysterious magician. In the eyes of many people who don't know much about magic, mystery is equivalent to forced grid, and forced grid is directly related to combat effectiveness! Even if NONO is not a magician at all, her natural strong aura can still make people misunderstand.

What can a mysterious magician do?

Considering the previous murder of a young mage's parents without any accountability, you can understand the value of a mage - a good mage is definitely comparable to a city in a strategic sense. Unlike the quick-built turret mages that followed, those half-guys were good at wreathing, but they were useless in most environments...... And the magicians who can get the value of the state are all talents who have created wealth of sex.

Isn't there such an argument?

"Magicians are not omnipotent, but magic is omnipotent. It is difficult to say the accuracy of this argument, but it is certain that a powerful magician is indeed able to direct the power of magic and accomplish many things that are not normally possible. That's why, obviously in terms of combat effectiveness, the Sword Master is superior to the Great Magus. However the status is still higher for the latter's sake.

Although many hot-blooded young people are very unconvinced by this reality, those sword saints who have really reached the peak of their personal strength. In fact, there is no objection to this in my heart - everyone is not a hairy boy anymore, and it is long past the age when value is measured only by strength.

Among these people. When I was young, I always liked to hold the argument "What can I protect with my mind alone!", and when I got older, I knew that relying on strength as a backer could indeed play a great role, but if I exalted the status of "power" too much and blindly focused on it...... It's useless.

That kind of person is just a reckless man!

NONO's status as a famous and powerful magician in the overworld is not very clear. But even in the Heavenly Realm, she had heard some rumors of magicians in the earthly world.

"First of all, it's to be 'mysterious'......"

People will always be afraid, expectant, and overly reverie about the unknown, and this imagination will extend in two different directions: bad and good, depending on the situation. And the reason why magicians are equated with "omnipotent" in people's eyes is because they are a group that maintains a corresponding mystery.

People rarely have access to these withdrawn people. And in the limited access opportunities, these people often show a lot of abilities beyond common sense. It has to be said that sometimes, a slow spell is used properly. Compared with the intuitive big fireball group, it is more shocking and deterrent -- those half-hangers who blindly pursue the output of firepower in later generations must not understand human psychology.

Good to know. If the power is too intuitive, once or twice. It can also make people afraid, but when it doesn't have zài secrets. After the emergence of endless ways to deal with it, this side can only make the enemy wary, unless the enemy is far weaker than himself.

Quantifying and grading the abilities of magicians and replacing creative thinking with boring mechanical spells is obviously contrary to the premise of "mystery".

NONO doesn't know what will happen to the public image of a magician after a few hundred years later, when the magician becomes a big street goods, but she is also from the background of an excellent war machine, and she knows very well the role of "mystery" for a strong person.

This has been verified at the gate of Fangcai City.

And now, when they saw her passing by, those passers-by on the side also subconsciously avoided her, and at the same time they didn't dare to raise their heads to look directly at NONO. NONO found that she didn't even need to disguise herself, and almost everyone had already put her in the form of a mysterious magician.

"Someone who will need a mysterious mage...... In this city, the most urgent and qualified person is the city lord, right?"

NONO looked at the collapsed palace not far away.

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"Huh, a passing magician said he wanted to see me?"

When the city lord heard the news from his subordinates, he couldn't help but be stunned, and then he became nervous: "Oops, shouldn't the imperial capital send someone over so quickly?"

In fact, it has not been two hours since he sent the report, and it stands to reason that it is impossible to send people from a country thousands of miles away to this remote town, but who has made the imperial country great, and even has the support of the Mage Association?

"Well, it won't be that soon...... It's only been less than two hours......"

The retinue was obviously very puzzled, and after discovering this clever retinue with a lot of ghost ideas, and finally showed a "stupid" expression, the city lord suddenly felt that he had a chance to show off his "knowledge" and "wisdom", and hurriedly explained to him.

"Of course you won't understand, as long as the group of big men in the imperial capital are excited, it is normal for the public to send a mage to a remote city to do official business - after all, in terms of efficiency, it is estimated that there is no one more excellent than those magicians, right?"

But that's not what the city lord cares about - not to mention, he doesn't really have much to prepare for it now, he doesn't have a clue about how to "bully", and more importantly, if the person who comes is a magician, it means that he can't move out of his identity as a "land snake" at all.

The city lord of this small border city can only run rampant in this place, how can he be the opponent of the magician uncle of the imperial capital? He didn't even dare to try some small methods.

And, the words of the magician. It should be possible to see the true face of the mansion that is said to have "collapsed without money to repair", right?

"What can I do now?"

"Sir. I don't think you need to panic - although with the mage's footsteps, you can move quickly through the positioning of the Guò Space Magic Array, but ...... Is there such a high efficiency in the imperial capital?"

It's not been more than two hours.

A word to wake up the dreamer.

"That's right, with the habits of those people in the imperial capital, even if the disaster report on our side is submitted with the highest priority and sent to the table, it is estimated that the result will not be available until tomorrow afternoon. Oops, what am I worried about~"

With this city lord's careful character, he would be so "trusting" in the efficiency of the imperial capital. One can imagine how deeply ingrained the "conventions" are there.

"Then you say, since it won't be from the imperial capital, what is this magician of unknown origin here for?"

At this time, when he came to this place, he also named him to find himself, which couldn't help but make the city lord very puzzled. Naturally, he was interested in these mysterious magicians. It is with an innate fear, and it also has a strong strength, these magicians, compared to many warriors and swordsmen. It's a lot tougher to deal with.

Because of the "hole cards" of the magician, you often can't see it, compared to the warrior class. It's even more elusive. For a politician like the lord of the castle (although this politician is not very shrewd), such an opponent who does not know the details. It's the hardest thing to do.

"This ...... I don't know......"

The attendant scolded in his heart, "He, a celestial who has not been in the earthly world for a long time, how could he know so much?" Although it is often heard in the heavenly realm, after all, hearing is false, and seeing is believing. Moreover, even with those rumors as a reference, the image of the magician has always been mysterious.

The only thing that can be referred to is that they have a strong interest in some "antiquities" with a strong historical atmosphere.

This is indeed a rumor that is very much in line with objective facts.

The current civilization is basically starting from scratch, even if it has developed well now, but after all, it is still slightly insufficient compared with the ancient bright era. As a result, mages who have little resistance to ancient civilizations often run around because of rumors that cannot be distinguished.

In the heart of this entourage, there is almost only such a relatively reliable guess at this time.

"Forget it, a magician, no matter what his strength is, it's always good not to offend......"

The lord of the castle is still very "principled" - for him, as long as his own safety is involved, he will always give priority to safety. Although in the eyes of some arrogant people, this is inevitably a little too cowardly, but the benefits of it, the city lord has not tasted it.

In his opinion, he couldn't help but be excited for a while, and in the end, all the things that led him to lose were all waste wood that couldn't support the wall. Of course, when those people were still in power, he would never dare to say anything, but when they were in trouble in the future, he could step on them again.

......

NONO was also secretly taken aback when he saw the castle lord - of course, it wasn't that the castle lord himself had any sparkle (in fact, almost nothing), but the entourage who followed him, and NONO was impressed.

CAN MAKE NONO IMPRESSED, AND PROVE THAT THIS GUY IS UNDOUBTEDLY FROM THE HEAVENLY REALM - CELESTIAL PEOPLE......

"Honorable Master, do you have any needs to find me?As you can see, I have just experienced a disaster here, and I have a lot of important things to do, so if you can, please try to give me some orders that I can......

“...... You and I don't know each other, so why are you so servile?"

Hearing the voice coming from under the black robe, the city lord was also subconsciously stunned - it turned out to be a young girl's voice? Moreover, although it was full of coldness and arrogance, but from the sound line, this voice was quite beautiful...... It's not sweet, but it's very flavorful.

Anyway, the lord of the city, who wanders in the flowers all year round, sketched the appearance of a beautiful girl in his mind for the first time.

"Ahem. ”

The attendant hurriedly stabbed Lord Cheng's arm and motioned for him to pay attention to the image. At this time, he didn't care if this small action was appropriate or whether it was overstepping it - in front of a magician who didn't know the details and the strength of the power, he actually showed such an embarrassed expression, it was really very fatal, okay?

Listening to the voice, the other party is just a young girl, and the attitude of a girl of this age towards such a lascivious pig brother is very unfriendly - don't be at that time, the city gate will catch fire and affect the pond fish, and burn it on yourself!

The entourage did not notice anything unusual about the mysterious magician.

NONO's face was completely shrouded in black robes, and her voice, in fact, the entourage did not stop - NONO is a "notorious" terrorist in the heavenly realm, and it is not unusual to know her appearance, but NONO's range of friends is quite narrow.

NONO knows the identity of this celestial person, but the other party has never seen her with his own eyes, and naturally, for NONO's voice, you can't hear you at all.

[This guy ...... That's right, he's still a big guy......]

NONO mentally compared the "big guys" on the data, and confirmed that this subordinate who was dressed as a humble retinue was an important figure on the side of the Heavenly Realm.

[The Celestials who attacked Luna before...... Could it be ......]

NONO was originally a little dissatisfied with Aisha's random showdown mission, and suddenly became a little excited - in this small town not far from the "Throat of the World", it is really meaningful to meet such a "fellow". Contact the person who killed the snake Lori before......

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