Under the country, "territory" is the largest administrative region of the Inis Empire, followed by "city" and "township", and the smallest region is "town".
All the "territories" of the empire are named after gems. For example, Musk's hotel is located in the south of the "Crystal Territory". From there, after about six days' journey, you can reach the adjacent Emerald Territory, located in the Purple Territory.
On the south side of Jingzhen, there is Jingxin Lake, known as the wonder of the empire.
As a famous landscape, coupled with almost magical rumors, there are naturally a large number of travelers who come here to visit or 'seek help', and the surrounding industries derived from it - such as hotels, taverns, snacks, and various other services. Yuffie
As soon as the group approached the lake area, several Yinir people gathered around them, vying to be their guides.
Each of the 'guides' claimed that they were knowledgeable and attentive, and would definitely make them return home satisfied. Unfortunately, in their eyes, Yuffie only saw the desire for money.
"That's it." She was still riding on the horse and turned her head to look at the guides. "Then, who among you knows this place best?"
A few people were stunned for a moment, and then started arguing fiercely, shouting that they were better and that the others were liars, completely ignoring that several 'guests' were quietly walking away from their surroundings.
"This is the application of "suggestion", Anya." After walking some distance, Yuffie continued to explain the knowledge related to the secret technique to the young demon king. "Unlike the more crude "charm", those who are not sensitive enough to the secret technique
People will not realize that they have been hinted, and even if they come back to their senses later, they will only think that it was their own impulsiveness." She raised a finger, "The closer the content of the 'suggestion' is to the subject's potential thoughts, the more likely it will be.
It’s easy to succeed. Those people were quarreling just now because they had a sense of competition with each other.”
"I understand..." Anya nodded and looked at her uneasily, "But Yuffie, does it really matter if you use spells on other people at will?"
"There is no certain answer to this question. Under different circumstances, secret techniques may bring good results, or they may make the situation worse." Yuffie straightened her expression and replied thoughtfully, "My requirements for myself
There are two - first, do not use secret magic with malicious intent; second, you must know what impact and consequences the spell you are about to cast will have."
"The other thing is, you need to figure out the temper of the recipient." Lin interjected, "For example, among the high-level wizards in the association, there are a few who like their apprentices to use low-level spells to help them clean their clothes.
But some people feel that it is an offense to their majesty. In short, when encountering a more powerful spell caster, just maintain appropriate respect. Generally speaking, those who can achieve success in secret arts-or alchemy, always
Someone should be a little rational."
They chatted like this while continuing to move towards the lake. The crowd around them became more and more dense as they moved forward, so they let the summoned horses disperse the smoke and walked through the last two miles to reach the line.
A vast lakeside.
Looking from here, the lake reflects silvery white waves in the sunlight, just like a mirror that is several miles wide.
Although vendors and tourists fill the nearby open space, there are not many people close to the lakeshore. Most travelers just walk to the lake and look into the water for a few times - which lasts for only two or three minutes -
Then he turned around and left with an expression of either joy or worry. This slightly wonderful scene seemed to show that the lake was indeed not ordinary.
"Which one of us should go there first, or should we go together?" Lin looked at the lake about a hundred feet away, looking eager to try, "What do you think?"
Yuffie walked up to her friend, held her hand, and expressed her intention with actions. Gypsophila shook his head, indicating that he did not intend to go to the lake. Anya looked at the travelers by the lake, hesitated for a while, and still stood there
Beside the blonde girl.
The three of them walked side by side to the slightly curved lake shore. This scene was too ordinary here to attract anyone's attention. They chose an area with no one around, stood on the shore, and looked towards the slightly green
Looking across the lake.
At first glance, the lake looked nothing special. There were a few algae floating in the clear water, as well as schools of fish chasing them to devour. Occasionally, larger fish broke through the water, frightening the fish away, and soon they gathered together again. Yuffie let go
My own spirit tried to feel the abnormality in the lake, but I could only feel extremely weak magic power.
However, the next moment, the lake in front of her changed.
The original lake water and fish disappeared at the same time, replaced by a gray-white cloud covering the lake, changing into vague patterns in her sight. She understood that this was the effect of some kind of illusion, but she did not try to resist or break it——
After all, this is their original purpose.
The pattern gradually became clearer. It was a city that was familiar enough to her, with broad-leaved trees all over the city and wooden buildings in the style of the southern Kamal people. She turned her head slightly, and the illusion followed her mind.
The change brought the exquisite masonry building and the adjacent garden into her sight.
——The Moon City of the Principality of Hulun, the manor of Baron Steinmetz, the home where she had lived for more than ten years.
In an instant, the scene changed again, and it had nothing to do with her wishes. The manor had collapsed at some point, leaving only a piece of ruins. Flames, thunder and storms covered her entire field of vision, and blazing meteors fell from the sky, and the earth
It cracked in the roar, and the air was filled with the smell of fire and poison.
None of the surrounding houses were intact, and the trees were lying on the ground, burned to pieces of black charcoal by the fire. Accompanying them were the residents of Moon City, most of whom had been swallowed up by the flames, and the rest barely retained their original appearance.
They lay prone on the ground in a forward walking posture, with their arms still stretched out in front of them, as if they were trying to grasp some hope that did not exist at all.
Her eyes gradually moved towards the ruins of the manor, moving along the broken walls and barely identifiable roads. She saw several maids she was familiar with, who seemed to be older than when she left home, and were also dead; the guards of the manor
They lay on the ground, still holding spears and swords in their hands.
In the study room located at the end of the first floor, which fortunately did not completely collapse, she saw her former 'father' - Baron Philip Steinmetz.
The Baron was sitting behind the desk. He put his hands on the desk and seemed to want to stand up, with a look of panic on his face. However, his head fell on the table, freezing everything at that moment.
.
Everything has lost its life, no matter flowers, trees, animals, humans, or the town itself. Everything seems to have happened very suddenly. No matter the common people or the nobles, there is no chance to escape their fate. Judging from the expressions of some people
, they didn't even feel any fear.
A more violent roar came from the soles of her feet, and the entire ground sank downwards, along with all natural or man-made objects on it, as if there was an endless giant mouth, intending to swallow everything in front of her. Then, tens of thousands of tons of earth and stone
Roaring like waves - the huge mouth is constantly chewing, twisting the contents between the sharp teeth into pieces.
When everything calmed down and the earth finally closed up, there was nothing in front of her except the uneven earth and rocks.