Before someone unscrupulously expanded the number of members, being a member of the Sulfur Mountain City Council was a fairly respectable profession.
As representatives of various industries and interests of all races, they can negotiate with the Executive Yuan, the judicial system, and the city lord to put forward opinions and plans. If this opinion is supported by the entire parliament, even the city lord must take it seriously.
When Adam made it clear that mascots had nothing to do and the judicial system was only interested in law and order and trials, in many cases, Parliament was even able to make concessions to the single-handed Executive Yuan, even if the head of the Executive Yuan was the Great Sage Margaret.
Of course, rights also represent interests. Just a commercial tax and commodity access represent countless golden currencies. And as these congressmen realize the interests in their hands, how can they be willing to be just a mere person?
businessmen and civilians.
After all, there are nobles in this world who are "born noble", and there are even royal families who "the country is my private property". People's hearts will never be satisfied. In the comfortable peace, they naturally look to higher places...
But now, when ordinary workers, farmers, neighborhood committee aunts, and fish sellers have all become parliamentarians, issues such as "Is square dancing early in the morning considered a nuisance to the residents?" and "Can the parliament provide free lunches?" have replaced "
On issues such as "whether to purchase black gold ore from Karon City", the status of those big businessmen, clan leaders, and senators was invisibly lowered, which naturally made them very dissatisfied.
And when the overly bloated parliamentary configuration completely made the parliament slow and sluggish, and the opposing members quarreled with each other, and the fights created a lively arena for the public to watch, the original first-generation members were even more heartbroken and hated them deeply.
I met the seemingly friendly adviseer - the devilishly cunning and evil sleepless man.
"Speaker Grant, please make up your mind!!"
At this moment, in Speaker Grant's office, a group of young and energetic Covenant members had surrounded the old and mediocre Speaker, forcing him to pay attention.
"Now the city is full of fugitives, and chaos has inevitably spread. We must protest against the incompetent city lord, remove the stupid masked man who neglected his duties, and investigate! And disband those disgusting dark elf ladies!"
"Yes, the city lord's agent Anne is too young, inexperienced, and unable to convince the public, which led to the chaos. She should be dismissed and punished!"
The desk made of precious mahogany was banged by the excited members, but the old speaker turned to look out the window. It was already time to get off work. In the past, people were everywhere returning home. Old people were taking their grandchildren for a walk.
Young lovers wandered in the garden, and the shops along the street sold dinners with various ethnic specialities. The fragrant aroma of the dishes spread far and wide...
But at this time, thick smoke was billowing everywhere, and the streets that used to be full of laughter were now nothing but the screams of fear and the light of fire!!
"That's enough." Taking a deep breath, the old speaker, known for his mediocrity, calmly took off his eyes and looked at his well-dressed colleagues.
"What?" Councilor Kahn, who was headed by the leader, did not expect the speaker to react like this.
"Pa! I said, enough!"
The old man's roar shocked all the members. His blood-red eyes were like a beast waiting to devour people. Even though they were used to the noisy parliament, it also shocked the mediocre president who used to give speeches like chanting scriptures. He drank tea and dozed off during the meeting.
The old guy actually has such an angry side.
"Besides the fugitives, there should be your private soldiers outside. You know what you are doing, you are conspiring against me!!"
The anger of the old speaker made the members subconsciously take a step back, but Kahn, who was regarded as the most likely to become the next speaker, stood up.
"Sulfur Mountain City belongs to everyone, so how can it be a rebellion? We are just asking Lord Adam to come back to support the work and punish officials who have neglected their duties. After the situation stabilizes, we will ask him to serve as the permanent honorary lord."
Seeing this middle-aged congressman in luxurious clothes looking at him with a calm face, Speaker Grant was startled for a moment, and then smiled.
"Oh, you are not stupid either. I understand, you are afraid. You are afraid that after the old city lord abdicates, the young new city lord will not be able to protect you in the chaotic world of the dungeon. You want to force Anne to leave, and then let the old city lord be the leader.
The so-called honorary city lord, will you continue to be your patron saint?"
"It would be best if you can understand. When the time comes, you will be the future President of the Executive Yuan..."
"Shameless!!"
With one spit, he spat directly on Kahn's face. In an instant, the kind face of the big boss of the gold and jade jewelry store was distorted.
"You want to drive away someone else's adopted daughter, and then let others fight for you, shameless people! Thank you for daring to think, thank you for having the nerve to say it, I am ashamed of you for being in the same team!!"
The members wanted to say something, but the furious old speaker did not stop his accusations. He pointed his right hand at an energetic old gentleman.
"Lu Lunsi! Fifty years ago, due to your father's crime, your whole family became slaves and were sold to Caron City as sacrifices for the cult. It was the kind-hearted old city lord who risked a break with Caron City and personally rescued him.
I still remember that when you were a child, you cried and kowtowed, saying, "The grace of saving my life will never be forgotten." Is this your way of repaying your kindness?"
"Thun! Your father once died in the line of duty for Sulfur Mountain City, and you always appear in front of the citizens as a descendant of a hero. Humph! A descendant of a hero? A deserter who escaped from battle and was killed by a stray bullet! Do you want to be embarrassed? Mag
Lord Li Te saw that your family needed pensions to live on, so he gave him an honorable death! Is this how you repay your kindness and forgiveness?"
"Xiu Denan! You, one of the three young heroes of our council, have a miserable life experience. Out of thirteen members of your family, you were the only one who survived. I ask you, who personally took action and spent more than half a year tracking down thousands of miles.
, catch the murderer and put him on trial to avenge you? Who arranged the scholarship for you to grow up, you can’t answer? Are you the best at long speeches and inciting public opinion? Let me tell you, it is the sleepless man who you called the devil! "
"Carter! You are cursed by your family's blood. If you weren't a great sage..."
"Runas! You..."
"And you! Kahn! Let me ask you, when you were deceived into abandoning your family and losing all your property? Who helped you recover part of your property and asked the Executive Yuan to guarantee you? Do you think that with your old face, those unprofitable
A goblin who can't afford to go early will lend you money? You owe both Lady Margaret and Lady Sleepless Man a favor, and you still have the nerve to rebel against them?"
Each and every congressman was named and scolded, but no one could hold his head up. After all, sometimes, in front of an old man who knows the truth, it is difficult for a guilty person to hold up his head. Sometimes, even evil people know that justice is in the heart.
"You shameless people seem to have forgotten where this is. This is Sulfur Mountain City, a cursed underground city world. Without the protection of the city lords for more than a hundred years, you guys without power would have become
Slaves and food for the strong..."
"That's enough. We don't need you, the most mediocre old guy in the history of Parliament, to step in. We will do it ourselves!"
Not only ashamed, but also angry, Kahn turned around and left with his face flushed.
The other congressmen lowered their heads, not daring to look at the faces of their colleagues, and followed Kahn out. For them, whose masks were revealed, every second they stayed here was like a knife cutting them.
But the old man's sarcasm came from behind.
"Mediocre? I am indeed mediocre and stupid, but do you know that I have also set a parliamentary record?"
Although no one spoke, the members paused when they heard the parliamentary records.
"I, Grant Barr, this mediocre old guy, has been in office for thirteen years and is the second longest-serving Speaker of the Parliament. I also want to try to challenge my father Barr's record of sixteen years. It's a pity.
, they were all disturbed by you."
The Speaker, who is known throughout the city for being an old fool, is now red-faced and energetic. He is not confused at all. There are many strange emotions in the eyes of his colleagues. Is that... sympathy?
"Huh, just living for a long time is nothing to be proud of!"
"Ha, of course it's something to be proud of. The former Speaker Li Wensi, an Oriental person with both civil and military skills, resisted the pressure and planned to streamline the parliamentary staff. Everyone expected it, but the result?... He died. He was in office for three years and was passed by by a passer-by.
The necromancer was turned into a zombie."
"The former Speaker, Carolyn, was good at public speaking and well received by the citizens. He once organized demonstrations and forced the Executive President Margaret to make concessions several times. He was called the real uncrowned king of Sulfur Mountain City. The result?...
...After three years in office, he died. His stomach was cut open by a pocket thief, his intestines flowed all over the floor, and he died in a deserted alley."
Kahn and the congressmen had looked impatient just now, but now their faces were covered in sweat and their vests were cold.
"The former Deputy Speaker Benn, haha, the then Speaker Kaya was a pro-city advocate, but he spread rumors and messed up the relationship between men and women, and forced him to jump off the building. Benn is indeed a talent, he did everything flawlessly, and let the judicial system
Those rabid dogs couldn't find any evidence, and the result?... was involved in a bar brawl and disappeared for more than 20 years. But every year on the anniversary of Kaya's death, there would be another man's parts in front of her grave.
As a sacrifice, it must have been the finger of the right hand the year before last, and there was that old guy Ben’s copper ring on it, haha.”
At this time, all the congressmen turned their heads with fear on their faces, no longer daring to look down on the old guy who could be buried at any time.
"Could it be Adam and the others? I thought they were all good people..."
"It's true that Lady Margaret and the old Lord of the City are both good people. But do you know what the sleepless man who you called a devil-like cunning person was called first?"
"What?"
"The executioner of the law who is more evil and powerful than the devil. This is used to describe his invisible skills. Anyone who crosses the line without authorization or tramples on the law, no matter who he is, will be killed with a 'Kala' knife. You think you are the only ones who will incite,
To revise public opinion and control public opinion, which adult can even modify his memory? What does it matter if he makes the rumors change in the direction he wants?"
"My old man, the longest-serving old Barr in history, only said one sentence to me before he died. Do you know what it was?"
How could these horrified congressmen have the courage to talk to each other now? Their faces were as pale as corpses. Kahn, who was taking the lead, roared angrily.
"Old guy! I'm not interested in knowing..."
But the old speaker shook his head and continued with memories on his face.
"He said to me, 'Sulfur Mountain City is a paradise in the underworld, but that's because there is a devil who does all the dirty work on himself and gets rid of all the dirty things that are not as evil as him, so it looks like heaven in appearance.
Clean and beautiful. If you want to be the Speaker in the future, it's very simple. Be stupid and don't have ambitions beyond your abilities. Then sooner or later, all the idiots in front of you will die and you will be in the position.' Ha, he really said that.
By the way, the two of us who have lived the longest are probably the most mediocre speakers in history."
At this time, Kahn was not as arrogant as before. He had a big mouth and couldn't help taking in big breaths. Like a toad on the shore, he felt that an invisible hinge was quietly placed on his neck.
The coldness of death is suffocating.
"By the way, the rest of you should be with Caron City. Do you think that by colluding with the Dungeon Covenant, you can defeat the three giants and become the future nobles and royal families? Haha, you have never seen a real war, innocent children. No matter who
Whoever loses wins, the first one to get rid of is you despicable betrayers."
"old man!!"
The impulsive Xudenan punched the old speaker in the face. Speaker Grant hit the table hard, his glasses were broken, and the corners of the old man's mouth and eyes were covered with blood, but he smiled with satisfaction.
"Haha, you think I know why you are talking so much, and I am not afraid of spreading the word? It's because I want to survive, idiots! Really? Sir Sleepless Man, the dead will not leak secrets, since these stupid snakes have already
Once we get out of the hole, we should be able to close the net."
"Pah, pah, pah." It was a strange applause like bones clashing, but at this moment, in the ears of the congressmen, it was a note of death.
A slender figure walked out of the shadows. Under the silver mask was a pair of cold red eyes, and the strange applause came from the crystal ball in the hands of the law enforcer.
"Silver Rose! The leader of the intelligence organization [Spectator]! The underground queen of Sulfur Mountain City!" The sudden appearance of this sleepless man's confidant, the notorious intelligence queen, shattered the congressman's last psychological defense line.
"you you...."
Looking at the councilman with an excited face and pointing at him rudely, Silver Rose frowned slightly, seeming a little dissatisfied. With a snap of her fingers, the invisible threads throughout the room tightened.
The next second, all the congressmen tightened their necks, and the invisible noose hung them up into the sky.
Yes, from the beginning, the invisible shackles that Kahn felt were not an illusion... As betrayers, they have been sentenced to death!
"Ugh!!" After a few seconds, like grass carp being hoisted ashore, the struggling members of Congress calmed down one by one, forever peaceful...
Seeing his colleague who was suddenly hanged, Old Grant also looked nervous.
But the voice in the crystal ball made him relax.
"It turns out that I underestimated you and your father. Forget it, you are quite satisfactory. If you don't want the white-haired person to give away the black-haired person, then take good care of your grandson who always causes trouble in your name.
By the way, try your best next time you run for election, I hope you will be elected."
Silver Rose still didn't spare a glance. After bowing, she took a step back and disappeared into the shadows again.
The old speaker, who was leaning on the table and gasping for breath, became the only living person in the room...
"Haha, haha!! I survived! I survived!"
Even though Silver Rose has walked out of the building, the old man's laughter for the rest of his life spread far away...
Today's Sulfur Mountain City has fallen into complete chaos. Fugitives and private soldiers of big businessmen are smashing and looting. Outside the city, there are dark elves and elite troops preparing to sneak in. It seems that the paradise of the underground world has turned into hell.
At the same time, on a high tower, I was enjoying looking at the chaos and misery below, and behind me, Director of the Law Enforcement Department Snow Hoof, Director of the Department of Law Kaler, Director of the Judgment Department Kevin, all
He looked at the miserable situation below with anger.
"Okay, okay, don't be so bitter. It's almost rotten to the core. How can you cut off the rotten flesh without bleeding? How can you remember the pain without being beaten to the head and bleeding? In order to seal the desire for peace.
In the minds of these idiots, for the sake of the stability and peace of Sulfur Mountain City in the next thirty years, they should be patient a little. Besides, our people have also started to take action, and things will get better soon."
And when Silver Rose, well, my head maid Eliza, appeared in front of me again, I knew that the situation had changed again.
"Huh? Those fools have indeed colluded with other dungeons, and the army is about to enter the city? Haha, the Four Heavenly Kings, we are having fun, let's go and have fun together."
