302 Prestige
After the war, the West Gate City was devastated, and the harbor area was half of the scorched earth, and under the looting and burning of vampires and night masks, nearly 10,000 civilians were killed and wounded, accounting for one-third of the total population of the West Gate City, which can be called an amazing disaster.
Of course, one of the biggest of these injuries was the explosion from the harbor area, and it seems wrong to put the blame on the vampires - while they are primarily responsible, they are not the ones who are directly responsible for the disaster.
Of course, the people of the Dragon Coast after the fierce battle will only throw the blame on their heads, probably because the loser deserves more responsibility, or it may be due to the Simon people's consistent hatred of vampires, in short, the Simon people can splash dirty water on the Night Mask and vampires as much as they want, without worrying about being attacked by vampires when they go out late at night.
On the other hand, the wizard who had turned the tide in the harbor district, both nobles and commoners, regarded him as a great hero to save Simon City - there is no doubt about it, if it weren't for his spells that made the Night King magic, the nobles would not have been able to retake the city with a motley army.
If Pan Diesel hadn't shown up that day, it would have been a different story, whether the nobles had been purged or coerced into a puppet regime, it was not a fact that Simon would have liked to see—no human being would have been happy to be ruled by a foreign race, especially the dark creatures who fed on human blood.
As a result, Pan Diesel has become the hero of the most talked-about battle in the streets of Simon City for the past few days to turn the tide and destroy the vampire rule, especially when he returns that afternoon to admit that the Night King has been destroyed and approved by the captain of the Holy Warriors of Tyre, Sera Grofia.
In the mouths of the people, the name of this sorcerer is like that of the Seven Pharisenas, the founder of Simon who overthrew the dragon Zison Rishiyasa, the Pirate King who drove out the Pirate King, and the ancestor of Illista who was the Church of Bane.
People are full of curiosity to speculate about how Pan Diesel knocked out the Night King, and the layman who doesn't know the arcane has of course got all kinds of strange answers, and the more reliable one is that some of the Night King's weaknesses were found by Pan Diesel and therefore so vulnerable, and this conjecture has even been recognized by many insiders.
The people's worship of Pan Diesel made the nobles worried, these guys who were tossed in the disaster are not as good as the psychological tolerance of the common people, you know, this area has always had many turmoil, especially as the West Gate, the largest city on the Dragon Coast, there have been countless regime changes in history, and large-scale bloodshed has appeared almost once in a few years, so the people have a strong psychological tolerance for this kind of turmoil, and the huge flow of people who come and go to Ximen every year also makes this place both hit hard and quickly restore prosperity, so the local people have always been aware of their fate, and there is a taste of wine and drunkenness.
This was not the case with the aristocracy, who had a heavier burden on their shoulders than the local commoners, who only cared about their own livelihood – they also had to care about their own power.
These rulers were more sensitive to their own power than the common people – basically in a semi-feudal society, even in the parliamentary Simon.
But Penny knew very well that although Simon's system was a parliamentary system, it was actually an elite aristocratic rule, and the members of the council were either rich or noble, and it was absolutely impossible for commoners to squeeze into Simon's ruling circle if they did not have enough assets.
Therefore, these nobles should think carefully about their future status.
Although the Ser 'kept the promise' and released all the nobles after the sorcerer's return, the slugging and idiot nobles made all the other nobles feel pity and fear.
After this upheaval, most of Simon's nobles suffered heavy losses in internal strife and external wars, and then, it was time to divide the cake.
Pan Diesel and Vica, who received the most honors in the war, undoubtedly deserve the greatest share - not only for the credit, but also for the capital in their hands: the Edmont family transferred most of the family members to Pan Diesel's Mage Tower before the war, and basically suffered no losses, and the great hero of the war, Pan Diesel, stood behind the glittering Dragon Coast Wizards Association.
Although Penny has not yet established any unbreakable relationships in the association, his actions this time have obviously greatly publicized the reputation of the association, and President Banks has been very supportive of him, which of course makes the nobles dare not despise him.
And with his great role in the subsequent battle to recover Simon, Selion and Goodale also got their fair share, and in return, the archbishop of the Temple of Tyre also gained extraordinary prestige.
Far less than Pan Diesel, of course.
Moreover, the ceremony of officially dividing the cake has not yet begun, but in the hearts of all the nobles, the result is already doomed.
They were obviously very dissatisfied with this result, as could be seen by looking at the archbishop's sad face.
But the paladin Serra, who accompanied the wizard back to the city from the underground, seemed to figure something out, and instead dismissed the archbishop:
"My lord, I believe that Mr. Diesel will be a good ruler. ”
"Good ruler?" ...... Bishop Khazar shook his head, "he has used extremely dangerous means to achieve such a result, he obviously has such power and plans, why didn't he discuss it with us beforehand? ”
A beastly roar came from the backyard at this time, and at the same time floated the sound of iron locks crashing: "And this poor Apostle Lansendel, who has lost the grace of the gods. ”
"People who were already underqualified showed their true form in a test. Serra raised an eyebrow and sighed sideways in the direction of the backyard: "Although it is worth compassion, the blame should not be placed entirely on that person." ”
"Serra, you have to believe that I am not greedy for power, and his plan to drive the vampires out of the city is still positive. Bishop Qajar closed his eyelids: "But we can't let a Bane-like ruler come to power, and this time Simon will be drawn into an even greater vortex of disaster." ”
"Banne-esque, Bishop, you're thinking too badly. Serra looked up, "I'm sure Mr. Diesel will be a capable ruler with a reasonable surname...... And what can we do now to overthrow him, to let Simon, who is already in a thousand holes, suffer another calamity in a short time? at least ......"
She sighed a little lonely: "I can't convince Master Diesel to give up power on his own initiative. ”
"......" Khazar frowned, muttered for a moment, and turned to Serra, "Lady Grofia, what is your opinion?"
"The duty entrusted to us by Tyre is to maintain order and peace, and it is our duty to assist the ruler in bringing both to the people. "We can wait and see for a while whether Mr. Diesel, who has used these machinations to gain power, can become a worthy ruler and then draw conclusions," Serra said. ”
Khazar looked up and began to pray, and after a while, he put down the canon between his hands and sighed with a low brow.
...... Although high justice will make the believers temporarily abandon violence, the power-chasing messengers of evil gods may not be willing to accept such an outcome, especially in the face of such nagging:
"Oh, dear Selion, listen, those idiot fishermen, who do you compare that person to?Seven Fasette Trina?Illista Zusun?These are all the kings of Simon!What are they going to do?What does that guy want to do?" Goodale angrily threw the wine bottle, and occasionally one or two accidentally threw it next to the bath, only to be blocked by a black shadow, whose little hand reached out from the black shadow threw the wine bottle he had grasped into the wine cupboard, and the wine bottle landed on the shelf with precision and stability.
"Are we going to bow down in front of that woman?" Goodall shook his head, "Oh, I drank too much, maybe we should accept this result, after all, he defeated the Night King." ”
"If we put him on the throne, we will never be able to turn over again. Selien in the pool made a silent sound.
"Do you have a plan?" asked Goodall.
"He must be eradicated, by swift and decisive means. Selion looked at the ceiling and took a deep breath: "Expose his conspiracy, as long as he is dead, except for the woman Vica, no one in Simon City will give him real and powerful support, think of those nobles, they are all forgetful, and now they still remember his benefits, and after a while, they will think of those unlucky family members who have become idiots." ”
"Kindness will be remembered for a while, but hatred will never be forgotten. Selion sneered: "Most nobles are like this, not to mention I believe that no nobleman will be willing to accept such a powerful ruler." ”
"And what about your plan?" Goodall's eyes flickered, "Are you sure enough to kill him?" ”
"He's just been picked up on weaknesses. Selion closed his eyes: "Don't worry, in a few days it will be the cake cutting, I will prepare this knife well, it will definitely impress the wizard." ”
Goodale laughed twice, lifted the bottle again, filled a glass of wine, and drank it in one gulp.
Rando Shadow Dragon emerged from the shadows, carefully rubbing Selion's shoulders.
...... "Penny, the people out there are spreading the word about you." "The atmosphere at the top of the Mage's Tower is very harmonious.
With the vampire gone, and no longer surrounded by that tension, Hiccol lay in the arms of the wizard and quietly recounted what she had seen in the city: "Hey, you have finally become the character to be recited by the bard, the destroyer of the mask of the night, and I believe that the vampires of East and West Hartland will avoid you far away when they hear your name." ”
"It's just a name. The wizard looked up at the ceiling in a trance, and muttered, suddenly sensing a clear complaint from the side, and quickly turned his head and put the quilt on the girl's body: "You can't relax your vigilance yet." ”
"Can't let your guard down yet?" Hickel blinked, "Aren't all the vampires dead?" ”
"It's impossible, these nobles won't allow such a thing as a king anymore. Penny shook his head with a smile: "Even if you barely make it, you will be overturned by the plot, and even now, someone is thinking about how to deal with me, I'm sure." ”
She pouted and shook the long hair at the back of her head, she didn't seem to like such a topic, she would go over the wizard's shoulder and see Lannie who was occasionally moaning in her sleep: "Penny, she's always been in a bad mood lately, and she's been sleeping longer than me every day, is she sick?"
"That's right. The wizard turned his head to look at the pale black warrior, remembering the fainting when he was underground, his brows gradually furrowed, and he had the heart to examine her illness well, but some of the knowledge of internal medicine had been returned to the teacher in the previous life, and gynecology was even more ignorant, and it was difficult to make a decision, so he could only continue to shake his head with a stomach full of confusion.
"After a while, go to the temple and find a priest to have a good look. He looked at the corners of Lannie's mouth that were still stubbornly raised when she slept, and shrugged her shoulders again: "But she may not like it." ”
(To be continued)