Chapter 1638 The grievances of the Karlsruhe Empire
However, from the beginning, those who were pessimistic about the action of subduing the magician's will through public opinion were not only the members of the Brotherhood, but also many young nobles of the Karlsruhe Empire.
Someone asked: "Noah, we now know the situation of Ezio's family. But why are you so pessimistic? Your status as a noble of the empire is not fake, right? Are you still afraid that the magician will touch you?"
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I ask this question because someone's plan to bring down the entire ruling class in Lost Land has not been exposed. The emperors of the two empires and the eleven important ministers of the empire, including the old Duke Kawei, who knew the contents, did not disclose the relevant information.
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After all, such threats can be effective against a few people, but if they are made public, they will only intensify conflicts and make things uncontrollable.
Not everyone has enough sense to judge things, and most of them have the kind of powder keg temper that will explode at the first moment. And they don't care whether they hurt others or not, because they will explode to the sky anyway.
It can be said that if you want to break the cooperation between magicians and humans, you just need to make this plan public. Then the two sides will inevitably reach a point where only one can survive, and they will be unable to reconcile.
Therefore, no one who knows about this plan wants this cooperation to be disrupted, so they keep it strictly confidential. Therefore, the people who ask questions will know nothing, ask such questions naively, and use their status as imperial nobles to suppress them.
That magician.
Noah von Kram III, an aristocratic son of the Imperial Air Cavalry, said with a bitter look on his face: "You know that many of my uncles and uncles have stayed in Linhai City to earn huge profits from maritime trade for the family. Now.
When I want to remember them, I can only take a boat to the sea and pay homage to them on the territory of the Sea Clan."
Linhai City, a pearl in the Karlsruhe Empire, the Grand Dukedom of Frias, and one of the main ports for trade with Dragon Island, was wiped out twelve years ago. Buried with him was the Grand Duke of Frias.
All the Duke's territory, and all the creatures on it...
That was not just a matter of extinguishing the heirs of a great noble. Instead, all of its territories and people were slaughtered, turning the title of a great noble into an empty title that no one cared about.
Now in the Karlsruhe Empire, the Frias family name has been reduced to a duke status, and it is still a virtual title. Because there is no actual territory to enfeoff. No one is willing to give their territory to the former grand duke family.
Including the emperor himself.
In fact, there are still people in the Frias family alive. Lin originally ordered the robot fleet to destroy only his territory and the mansion in the imperial city. Some family members who are outside these two places are still alive.
After coming down, they were not subjected to the treatment of extermination.
But those who are still alive, including the current Duke of Frias, can only rely on industries outside the original territory to maintain the family, losing their past power. This includes the support of the original relatives and friendly families, all of which have become
Formed as a stranger.
Although the Frias family today has the status of a duke, it is still at the level of wealthy merchants in the empire. Even if it is a banquet hosted by the baron, members of the Frias family will not be invited.
Just like a certain magician once said, when you lose the interests of your territory and the power to control the people - they are all dead, who can control them! - Even if you have the title of a great noble, it will not matter in the eyes of others.
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It's just that twelve years have passed since this incident. Although everyone still remembers it, not many people take it to heart. That's why some forgetful people ask why the imperial nobles are afraid of that magician.
Outsiders will forget, but people in the Karlsruhe Empire will not forget. Especially when the Grand Duchy of Frias was destroyed, the people who stayed on that land were not only the Frias family.
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There are countless nobles and non-nobles who are doing business, visiting relatives, and having connections, operating in that land. Many of these people have no direct or indirect relationship with the Frias family, and just want to come to this land to find an opportunity.
But under the gunfire of the robot fleet, everyone is treated equally. No one can survive the gunfire just because they have nothing to do with the Frias family.
However, after such a long time, has anyone in the Karlsruhe Empire pursued that magician?
No! Everyone seemed to have forgotten the incident and kept silent. But this does not mean that they had forgotten it.
Although there are people who are waiting for the opportunity to take revenge, the increasingly disparity in strength means that more people choose to take a detour to avoid the magician when they see him from a distance.
If you can't stop him, then you can't hide him.
In addition, the magician originally entered the Karlsruhe Empire in order to spread the glory of the Goddess of Gold Coins and make banks bloom everywhere.
It also promoted the establishment of a constitutional monarchy, which allowed power to be legally and reasonably taken out of the hands of the royal family and transferred to other people's hands. No matter who the ultimate vested interest was, the people who could only unconditionally obey orders had a little more checks and balances on those in power.
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It can be said that the people of the Karlsruhe Empire both love and hate the magician. Since they cannot defeat him and have complicated emotions when facing him, the best way to get along with him is to keep a distance.
Under such circumstances, someone plans to encourage people from the Karlsruhe Empire to challenge such a magician. How can this happen?
Others don't know the meaning of the robot fleet in the sky. How can these imperial nobles not know the meaning of those disaster stars in the sky?
Regardless of the question of how to challenge the magician who is said to be able to defeat the Dragon Island alone and beat the Dragon God to the point where his mother cannot even recognize his son. As long as the robot fleet is in the sky, Karlsruhe
The nobles of the empire will never act rashly.
Perhaps the comrades around them saw how the robot fleet eliminated the demons and the underworld alliance, but they only saw the process of artillery fire passing across the sky, and did not see the elimination process with their own eyes. Therefore, their understanding was not deep enough.
To put it bluntly, no one in the Karlsruhe Empire has any relatives or friends buried with him in the territory of the Grand Duke of Frias.
The influence of a grand duke, except for his true rival, has its tentacles and connections in all aspects of the entire empire. All of these people were buried with the territory of Archduke Frias.
Therefore, unless the magician really reaches the ultimate limit of life and death, the nobles and civilians of the Karlsruhe Empire will have to give in first.
If this truth were spread, I estimate that ten out of ten people would not believe it. Who would believe that an empire would give in? Who would dare to call themselves an empire if they did not have the courage to act upon dissatisfaction? I really thought that once the territory reached its size, it would be automatically upgraded.
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But that's the fact, it's just that everyone has a tacit understanding not to talk about this kind of thing.
Therefore, when everyone knew the attitude of the people who came from the Karlsruhe Empire, they were all shocked. Even if it was not an untenable level of shock, it was a shock that made their minds clear and realized what was happening now.
Now that they have made their position clear, it is unrealistic to rush them up. After all, when the commander of the coalition forces has clearly ordered the disbandment of the army, everyone will come together purely because they have the same mind and the same goal. There is no question of who is going up and who is going down. It's the same level.
However, they did not plan to get involved in entering the Gate of the Abyss, and their respective futures still had to be arranged. Someone asked: "Ezio, since you don't want to take action against that gate, why haven't you left until now?"
Knowing that the person who asked the question had no malice or sarcasm, it was really just a question. Ezio answered truthfully: "It's a good defense against demons. Who knows if they have escaped the attacks of those monsters in the sky and survived?" .Besides, everyone stayed because they were worried. Can I leave you alone and go alone?"
"Do you think... after the magician takes action, do the demons still have a chance? I mean over at the gate of the abyss. Although those guys in the sky can suppress the demons, they will not exist forever. If they leave, The magic tower blocking the door has not been built yet, so what should we do?" someone else asked.
Faced with such a problem, Ezio really didn't think about it at first. At this time, he could only lower his head and ponder.
Although most people's worries have been reduced a lot in Ezio's previous analysis, they have not been completely eliminated. But they don't know what they are still worried about. Now that someone mentions it, they understand that the last step is What? They all looked at Ezio.
After Ezio thought for a moment, he said: "If I say that I have confidence in that person, I guess you won't agree much. Because I don't know where such confidence comes from. But the question you just asked, The important thing is how long it will take to build the magic tower."
Everyone nodded.
As we all know, the construction time of a standard three-story magic tower is at least twenty years. However, subsequent repairs and modifications will not stop until the magic tower is completely destroyed.
Therefore, there is a group of people who believe that the magic tower can be regarded as "living" because it will continue to grow and change.
And this twenty years means that the magic tower used to block the door of the abyss will not work for twenty years, and the door can only be blocked by manpower. Does the magician have such ability? This is everyone's doubts location.
Regarding such doubts, although Ezio did not understand the magician's method of breaking the situation, he found favorable conditions on the other hand and tried to persuade everyone, saying:
"Do you know the Technology Guild? People who have been to the Holy City of Estali should know it. It is also an organization related to the magician. It is mainly a place where many craftsmen unite to share technology and innovate technology.
"In the Holy City today, ordinary houses can be built very quickly, and they are still strong and good. Not only are there square and square ones, but there are also all kinds of strange shapes. This is different from that kind of mud house with thatched roof. no the same.
"And as far as I know, that person has never given up the idea of owning a magic tower. And the reason why he is so wary of others is because his ability to build magic towers is better than anyone else.
"Combining the above two factors, do you think that the magic tower he wants to build to block the gate of the abyss will take ten or twenty years? If the danger is really that high, he should be the first to leave it to others to do it.
, that’s the magician.
"He doesn't care about being said to be the best magician in escaping, but don't underestimate the thickness of his face and his fear of death. Haha."
Faced with Ezio's confident speech, although everyone's doubts were not immediately eliminated, the uneasiness was relieved a lot.