Chapter 119
What followed was disorderly chaos. Not long after the cavalry entered the city, someone was already shouting for surrender, causing the empire's city to fall.
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After the city changed hands, the cavalry began to patrol the city to maintain local security.
The remaining surrendered garrison, who were transformed into cavalry men, also began to maintain public order and prevent remnants and residents who were proud of the empire from rebelling.
Of course, that didn't happen. The empire was prone to rebellions, and that's why there was a special magic agent team to suppress rebellions. The main reason for this situation was, of course, that taxes were too high, and many people couldn't survive. rebel.
As soon as Ash entered the city, the cavalry immediately announced that the kingdom's tax revenue was 20% lower than the empire's and would not change within 10 years. Everyone was instantly quiet.
Although it is only 20%, it can basically guarantee that he will not starve to death, and he was even told that the price of food is half lower than that of the empire.
Many people have heard about this. The kingdom's special wheat and various crops have extremely high yields. Normal families can even have a lot of surplus after paying taxes, which makes people unable to help but feel excited.
Some brave residents even volunteered to join the temporarily formed security team. They tied black cloths on their shoulders and took to the streets with all kinds of messy weapons, or reported people who gathered without authorization in violation of military prohibitions.
"...Are these people the ones who originally planned to continue launching rebellions in the empire?"
In the Lord's Mansion in Kesman City, Asher, who had a tea table set up on the top of the magnificent castle, looked at the large number of security teams on the streets of the city below and couldn't help but sigh at the chaos of the empire.
At the same time, somewhere in the residential area of the city - the Magical Agent Team, a backup emergency base on the southern border.
In this stronghold that looks like an ordinary mansion, the regional senior officials of the Magical Agents Team are gathered here at this moment, discussing what just happened with solemn faces.
"Marquis Ludwig, who was assigned to defend the Demont Pass and was looking for an opportunity to capture the Magic City... It hasn't even been a week yet. Not to mention that the Magic City and the opponent's pass have not been captured, and even his own territory has fallen. "
The commander-in-chief of the southern border region, who looked like a kind-hearted man in his sixties, looked full of regret. He clenched his fists hard and sighed deeply: "How could it be so sad? This generation of heroes has always been a hero. How come we are the ones who are the same?" The territory is being manipulated like this by outsiders!"
"8...I. Even Captain Haywood himself was defeated suddenly, and even the corpse was nowhere to be found:... Wow. That kind of A famous magician could die in such a rough way." The same goes for the deputy commander. His face was full of regret, and he couldn't help but punch the table: "All his elites were killed in battle... Brutality is allowed, but there must be limits! The kingdom has gone too far this time! It's simply I just want to trample the glory of the empire under my feet!"
"The plan to assassinate Celie... I'm afraid it has to be shelved for now. The empire's top brass will definitely find a way to teach the kingdom, which knows no bounds, a lesson. The son of Margrave Ludwig has also escaped from the city under the protection of our people. , I will definitely ask the empire to punish the evil leader."
Alberta, who was trying to calm down, looked up at the sky without the protection of the barrier, guessing the empire's next move.
Although it was just a guess, he was basically certain... The higher-ups were afraid that the top assassination target they had just targeted would soon be transferred from Celie to the top brass of the kingdom.
But while they were still discussing...
--boom! ! !
The courtyard door was suddenly opened by magic with a loud noise.
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Everyone mistakenly looked back, only to realize that their familiar and capable general, Deputy Captain Dale of the Magical Agents, was reappearing in front of them with five members of the Magical Agents who should have been killed.
Looking at a woman he was familiar with, one of his direct subordinates suddenly "resurrected from the dead" in front of him. The moment he appeared in this form, Alberta suddenly thought of something, and scolded with an angry look on his face:
"——Vice Captain Dale? And you...aren't you from two teams? Why are you mixed together? Where did you put the empire's ban? What are you doing now?! Do you want to... Betray the empire?"
"Sorry, sir, there's nothing I can do."
"Isn't there no one watching you now?... Put down the wand now, and I can pretend that nothing happened,"
"....It's useless."
Just thinking of the unimaginable huge magic power, it was the first time that Del felt the pressure of that breathless powerful magic power. At this moment, only the fear and submission of the absolute power were left on Del's face, with a look of fear and surrender. Smiling sadly at the subversion of his past outlook on life, he shook his head:
"That Lord is us... He is an existence that humans can never defeat. Even among the great demons, there is probably no such monster. He is simply the second Sellie."
"Even the second Celie is just a magician. How could he not be able to defeat him!"
Alberta had never expected that these loyal subordinates would not die, and even rebel.
After all, the imperial nobles could control these magic spies at will, and they could be exiled to the frontiers if they were a little disrespectful. For so many years, no one dared to resist, let alone betray the empire.
Therefore, facing this unexpected situation, Alberta actually regretted why he only changed his station to the emergency contact point instead of simply escaping the city.
But now he could only try to pretend to be majestic, frowning and throwing the water cup in front of him to the ground, and with a bang! Explosion sound, he shouted angrily:
"——Wake up, Deputy Captain Dale! Think about what you are doing! ! Think about your family, think about your——uh, uh ah! My, my hand?!"
Ignoring the angry shouts of his superiors, Dale raised the magic wand in his hand expressionlessly without even waiting for him to finish.
Several air blades directly cut off the commander's arms, and the magic spy team behind him also attacked their superiors to establish their loyalty.
And these superiors who lacked military power could not resist these top imperial magicians at all.
There was no resistance, only abuse and painful howling, resounding through the luxurious manor in the city.
"What you upper class don't understand is... The empire that has been passed down for thousands of years will eventually usher in a new order."
Dale ignored the crying and howling of the superiors, but indifferently turned away from the cruel scene and looked at the lord's castle in the middle of the city that had changed its owner: "... What will happen to the empire in the future..."
Although she couldn't see clearly, she didn't intend to care about it now. She silently stepped forward and grabbed Alberta's hair, dragging him away like she had treated the rebels in the past, intending to use it to exchange Ash for trust in his life and the promised wealth and glory.
As for finding a chance to escape... the thought of resistance in everyone's heart had long been cut off, and there was really no courage.
I just hope that Ash can keep his promise to kill these people later, and not expose the fact that he is still alive, so as not to implicate his family who are still in the imperial capital.
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Inside the castle, Ash wanted to take a short break.
The deputy captain of the Magic Special Forces, Dale, who looks particularly strict, has already brought his defected subordinates and pressed his superior, who is a token of surrender, in front of him.
"Very good, Miss Dale... you will be responsible for the safety of this castle from now on. The guards will help protect you and prevent people from entering here. They will never let others find out that you are still alive, and no one from the empire will be able to leave here alive."
He looked at the southern border area commanders of the Magic Special Forces who he didn't know, but just smiled and waved his hand, asked someone to deliver the agreed reward, and made the corresponding promise.
"Thank you for your kindness. It is our honor to serve you..." Dale did not look at the money that was sent to the side, and bowed his head respectfully in a very proper manner.
After he waved his hand, he left with the money without saying a word, but left a magician who was proficient in mental magic to dig out the memories of everyone on the spot for him.
Then there was a group of cavalrymen who followed the magic special forces to search the house, and immediately placed the files that had not been destroyed in time in front of him one by one.
While Ash was listening to the magician's report on the memory he read and reading the files carefully...
Line sat beside him with a sweet fragrance, and just lay on his legs like a clingy kitten, acting coquettishly with him, so he could only smile dotingly, shook his head helplessly, and stroked Linie to relax while continuing his work.
It wasn't long before Solitiel followed him with a smile and a scent of fragrance, sitting upright beside him, curiously peeping at the information in his hand, and couldn't help asking:
"Are those guys from Qi Er Shan actually planning to kill Seriai? # Are they really brave, or do they have some trump card?"
"Who knows? At least the commander-in-chief of the southern border area doesn't know, but Seriai should also be good at close combat magic. Even the top human warriors will find it difficult to find an opportunity at close range."
He touched Linie's face with one hand and stroked Solitiel's hair with the other hand.
In these materials and documents, he not only found the assassination plan of Seriai that was being planned, but also found the assassination plan of Fulilian in the past.
However, compared with the assassination that Seriai was preparing, Fulilian's assassination plan was issued eighty years ago, probably when the Demon King died.
The Shadow Warriors who accepted the mission were ordered to ambush on the road they had to pass through, which caused the Brave Team, who always ran around and did not return to the Central Kingdoms, to avoid them by accident.
And this order has not been revoked until now... Maybe they are still waiting for an opportunity, but the person who executed the order should have died after so many years, right? He and the Southern Commander of the Magic Special Forces in this area did not quite understand.
As for why he wanted to kill, the ancestor of human magic and the great man who laid the foundation for the empire to survive for thousands of years, the disciple of the "Holy Master" (Furilian) and his adoptive mother and mentor (Seliai).
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In the past, I heard from the all-knowing Shurahat that some of these Ashes still couldn't believe that the Empire could be so heartbroken and crazy that they even overestimated their capabilities and wanted to kill Celie, who had not provoked them.
Now he completely believes it, and he probably guessed it...it should be human beings who can't accept it! Accept a, these things are not stable. Do aliens exist?
Just like the previous demon king felt that the elves were a trouble, the empire also felt that the elves were a trouble. The difference was that the elves were enemies to the demons, but half of the same race to humans.
But at the end of the day, it’s all to this day, so what if it’s the Holy Master who is still worshiped by the people? Just for the sake of past kindness, why not kill the threat in the cradle?
After all, is the kindness from a thousand years ago still considered kindness?
Don't talk about Sai Yili, I said Fuli Lian is also a private person to the n empire. It has been so long; even (decades and fourteen years ago) it was only a while ago that Fuli Qunlian helped The empire and humanity have solved the biggest threat... and still kill them without fail.
After all, they are all aliens. In this case, there is no reason to stay. At least when the blades are facing each other, they do not think that elves are humans in a broad sense.
"The ingratitude of human beings is really exaggerated. Even if Celia is a long time ago, wasn't Fulian just going through life and death for human beings at that time?"
Solitier looked at the assassination order on it and confirmed the date. She couldn't help shaking her head and sighing with emotion. She even couldn't help but look up at him with a playful smile:
"I don't know how the human being you raised is different from these humans after knowing your true identity, and what kind of expression you will have when the time comes. I really... really look forward to it~ "
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The cute "loli" on his lap was obviously still acting coquettishly, but the "ghost girl" from the demon clan next to him looked like a happy person, looking forward to Feilun's turning against him.
To be honest, for a pleasure offender like Solitier, if Line wasn't still on his lap, rolling and acting coquettishly, Ash would probably be able to help but slap her on the head.
But now he was working on two lines, busy with Lolita and reading documents. He didn't want to pay attention to this person at all, so he said without raising his head:
"I don't think you can wait any longer, because...in this case, just don't let her know."
"Ara~ don't you believe her too?" Solitier asked with a smile.
"Are you a child? Who in this world would be 100% honest to whom? After all, human lifespan is only a hundred years, and it will pass away in the blink of an eye. Why should she worry about these things?"
"Don't you just don't believe it?"
"It's not a question of belief or disbelief. No, it's just necessary or unnecessary. If there is no conflict, why should we take the initiative to say something that may cause estrangement?"
After all, the issue of race is like saying that my race is incompatible with my innocent and kind-hearted adopted daughter... Well, in fact, the two races are incompatible, and there is no "similar" reason. .
Therefore, if possible, he hopes to bring the empire to its knees and achieve another great unification after a thousand years, and an unprecedented unification.
If there is really a need to say it, then it would feel much better to confess in this situation... Although it is possible that the empire really has some final weapon, which will prevent the advancement from continuing.
Maybe he was still looking forward to it in his heart. He didn't have to confess these things. After all, it would be easier to say nothing. After all...
"Normally speaking, for the demons, a hundred years have passed in a blink of an eye, right?" Even though he had said the same thing just now, when he repeated it again, he unconsciously glanced at the oldest cable on the scene. Litiel.
Solitier also smiled and nodded: "Of course, it's only a hundred years~ It's not a problem at all."
"...Speaking of which, I feel that your state of complete liberation of magic power is similar to that of Fulian. Are you at least over a thousand years old?"
"Haha~ Guessing a girl's age without authorization is not what a gentleman should do~?" Solitier said with an unchanging smile, without any answer, and even said something to him in turn.
They are all thousands of years old. Do these people still care about their age? Or are they already a thousand-year-old baby, so they start to care? ——Ash, who had hit a soft spot, remembered that Fulian always looked unhappy when she talked about her age. To this day, he still can't understand what is going on with these people.
But it seemed pointless to talk about this kind of thing, so he simply stopped the topic and silently lowered his head to caress Ligne who was lying on his lap.
Compared with Jun and Lao Yang b侕abOy⑻ talking about age, he was still more willing to fuck San Luo Pipit Li-,⑨ who didn't even come and sighed in a low voice: "Sure enough, compared to the old man, he is still more like a child. So cute..."
"Did you...just say anything?" Solitaire seemed to have heard his mumbling, and a bright smile suddenly appeared on her face, but he turned his head away silently: "...nothing, I just felt that Linie was so cute."
"Well, Master Ash, I am very cute...give me a reward." Linie instantly climbed up and put her face directly in front of him, with the tip of her nose almost touching his nose.
"Then you are not cute now."
"Well...Master Ash is bad, I hate it." The girl's cute face instantly showed an unhappy expression, and she stared at him expressionlessly, as if she would continue to stare like this if he didn't apologize.
But even if he was directly criticized by the other party in front of him, Ash just laughed and rubbed his pink hair, and silently put the upset child on his knees, using it to keep warm, while he started to review the materials again.
As for the issues they cared about...he naturally ignored them all.
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After the kingdom broke through the empire's barrier, the most important thing to do was to take advantage of the empire's unpreparedness and march straight into the heart of the empire.
The problem is.... In addition to a large city, three medium-sized cities, and scattered city-states to the west of Kesman City, there are a large number of scattered villages and towns. Beyond that is the sea, and there are small countries on the peninsula.
But if you continue to go north, in addition to some towns, it won't take long to encounter the urban fortress Fednan, which guards the core transportation hub leading to the north. It is also the second line of defense in the heart of the empire.
And the east side of Kesman City is simply the sealed place of the Golden Country Mahat.
Although all the first-level magicians of the Continental Magic Association have jointly created the Golden Country Great Barrier, which effectively curbed the spread of goldization, now Solitaire has completed the analysis early and can easily break the barrier.
But whether it is breaking the barrier to enter or bypassing it from the side, there are considerable risks.
After all, he feels that Mahat is not imprisoned, but voluntarily stays in it to return to a peaceful life.
It was easy to break the barrier, but it was very troublesome to face the strongest of the Seven Collapse Sages, because the magic of turning everything into gold was indestructible and irreversible.
That's right, that gold was a substance that could not be destroyed. At least, among the magic he mastered, there was really nothing that could destroy that "non-existent substance" that looked like gold but was actually not gold at all.
Unless he could break the magic of Mahat Zero, otherwise, if he wanted to defeat this monster, even Ash would have to use all his strength, and it was not even a sure win, because their compatibility was very bad. A lot of his force came from melee combat, but he would be directly turned into gold in melee combat against Mahat, which meant that he would be over if he was accidentally touched.
Mahat could block the long-range bombing by making gold.
This can be compared to the killing magic. Even the first version of the killing magic can easily penetrate several meters thick rocks with one strike, and even the kind with protective magic cannot resist it at all.
This may not be intuitive enough, but if it is the door of a nuclear bunker, the killing magic can also penetrate it directly.
Because even in the US nuclear defense fortifications, the tunnel leading to the outside of the Cheyenne Mountain nuclear bunker is equipped with two doors that are 2 meters thick and made entirely of reinforced concrete. Each door weighs 25 tons, and the killing magic with terrifying penetrating power can be penetrated with just one strike.