Rawls leaned back in his chair, his eyes a little darker, containing antiquity and destruction, as if he had witnessed the rise and fall of countless civilizations. He cast his gaze on the crimson color corresponding to the "Hanged Man" and watched Alger Wilson pick up the
The golden wine cup drank the false, dreamy, unreal blue liquid,
"So this is how you usually spy on us?"
"What is peeping? This is to protect you!"
At the end of the sentence, Klein obviously lacked confidence. For the "Hanged Man", it can be called protection, but for the "Emperor", it can really be regarded as "peeping".
Hey, that’s not right, I haven’t successfully “peeped” at the “Emperor”!
He shook his head to get rid of any thoughts:
"Did you see anything?"
"This is the 'Origin Castle', one of the nine sources of matter!" Rawls raised his middle finger and index finger and tapped the table, emphasizing.
"Don't see anything?"
Klein frowned slightly. After "The Hanged Man" reported the incident, he immediately called Rawls, for fear that the "Disaster Queen" would do some tricks.
"But it's not like I didn't see anything."
The corners of Rawls's mouth curled up, and his upper body leaned completely on the back of the chair. If he only had the power of an "observer", it would be difficult for him to see anything, but who makes him still a "fallen earl" and a person who accommodates the "order"?
What about the "balancer" of the "Hand" characteristic?
"Then speak quickly!" Klein had a headache. In terms of speaking style, the "lawyer" was not much better than the "divineer", and Rawls was even better.
"Cohenam should have turned to the 'spectator' path, both the ability she just showed and the glass of wine drank by 'The Hanged Man' prove this. The reduction in the number of elves has indeed made her anchor
It’s not stable enough, but the angel of the ‘spectator’ pathway is difficult to lose control of, and coupled with the anchors provided by some elves, it’s enough to stabilize her.”
"It's just that she chose the 'audience' in order to resist the Lord of Storms, isn't she worried about Adam?"
Klein was a little puzzled. Amon Adam's oppressive power was too strong. In the fifth era when true gods rarely appeared, the two were almost invincible. Even Rawls had previously admitted that he could only deal with Amon's clone.
, he solved William I, a being who truly has the power of the King of Angels.
Rawls shook his head and explained:
"Coshinam has been hiding for so many years, so he may not know the terror of Adam. What's more, as long as Adam doesn't become a god, it's better than the Lord of Storms who has become a 'tyrant'? And Adam is not Amon, so he is not interested in high positions.
The characteristics are of no interest, otherwise Hermes would have died long ago."
In fact, if Amon had enough humanity, with Klein's character, he would be willing to hand over the "Origin Castle" to the other party, but who made Amon the natural king of angels?
"What about 'The Hanged Man' now?"
"It's not a big problem. In addition to ensuring that the 'Disaster Priest' characteristic does not erode him, that glass of wine also has corresponding psychological restrictions to prevent him from not completing the task. Because it was the glass of wine that he drank on his own initiative, you
It doesn’t solve that psychological limitation.”
"how about you?"
Crane was somewhat surprised that Rawls knew the "audience" so well.
"No, my ability to imitate cannot do this."
Imitation? Klein thought of the "Erudition" of the "Reader" path, but seeing that Rawls didn't seem to want to explain too much, he didn't ask further, and instead asked about Luen's current situation.
He had previously seen and heard Rawls' speech with the help of Miss Justice, and knew that the other party was going to take action against the grain merchants. Although the national conditions were different, as a keyboard scholar, Klein knew very well that this kind of thing was not that serious. easy.
"Don't worry, I've already prepared the means for them. It's wartime now, and a lot of things just need a reasonable excuse."
…
In the study room, Rawls slowly opened his eyes. The golden vertical boy appeared in his eyes and then gradually disappeared. A slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"Not bad, there are still some gains."
He returned his gaze to the desk table, where there was the gray-white "Manipulation Brain." Before Klein came to him, he was trying the corresponding power of the "Chaos" path, and divided it according to the twenty-two paths. The ability of sequence 9 to sequence 0.
Among them, Sequence 7 was named "Master of Imitation" by him. The ability of Sequence 9 "Reporter" underwent a qualitative change at this stage. Photography became videography, which can record the key points of extraordinary people's abilities and imitate them. But there are limitations. It's very big. Relatively speaking, it's easier to imitate physical and close combat, but it's a little less easy to imitate extraordinary abilities.
When promoted to Sequence 5 "Mind Seizer", the "Imitation Master" ability will be even more powerful, because the spirituality has been greatly improved and more abilities can be imitated. At this stage, not only can "Mind Seizer" be used to achieve tasks such as "Secret Master" The "Puppet Master" can use the number of secret puppets to besiege the enemy, or through qualitative "imitation", the "Heart Sealer" can attribute power to himself like the "Shepherd".
This is because in the Sequence 3 "Naturalist" stage, by understanding the will of nature, one can simulate "storm", "thunder and lightning", "rain and snow" and other abilities. But in the Sequence 2 "Observer" stage, as long as you are willing, you can completely pretend Extraordinaries who have chosen another path, even the battles in the subconscious ocean and the spiritual realm cannot hide from "observation".
The power that Rawls can use now is only the Sequence 2 "Observer", but with only the "Manipulation Brain" in his hand, he can only simulate the power of the "Manipulator". However, the power displayed by Goshinam, This allowed him to make some progress in imitating "Dream Weaver" and "Insighter".
And he was also realizing the power of the "Chaos" path, and gradually understood that among the three paths to which the "Sons of Chaos" originally belonged, the status of this path should be similar to the importance of the "Soothsayer" path to the "Tianzun", and he also understood why. What remains in the starry sky is this path.
In the Sequence 5 "Heart Seizer" stage, the reason why you can become a composite of "Maritime Master" and "Shepherd" is because of the key ability of "Heart Seizer". The person who is "Heart Seizer" does not become Having become a "secret puppet" or puppet is more like being planted with psychological hints, and it still has the corresponding thinking ability.
The previous Celt, Aemilius, and the current William I, Drink, and Grove are all partial manifestations of the power of the "Mind Seizer".
After Rawls mastered the power of the "chaos" path, the thinking and will of these people have been integrated with his thinking and will, forming a "hive mind", and everything is controlled and dominated by him.
The "Observer" can completely simulate becoming an Extraordinary of another path, relying on the "hive mind". For example, Rawls wants to simulate a "Cunning Mage" and make it invisible to most Extraordinaries of the same level.
You must first "seize the heart" of a "Cunning Mage" and use his thinking and will as the leader. In this way, Rawls becomes a "Cunning Mage" from the inside out.
More importantly, unless all the "bee soldiers" surrounding the main consciousness die, it will be difficult to kill an "observer". In other words, even if Rawls died unexpectedly, his will and thinking will also
Resurrection of those who were "heart-stealed" through the same or adjacent paths, such as William I or Drink.
The only problem is that the lost characteristics will not return from history like the "Miracle Master". Only after the Sequence 0 "Eternal One" will it change and get back its lost characteristics.
Rawls guessed that the Djinn originally wanted to use this ability to get back the two paths and the essence, but she met the "Tianzun" and probably didn't even get the chance to commit suicide, otherwise her consciousness would have returned directly.
Go outside the stars and realize resurrection.
He must have been "fooled" by "Tianzun", otherwise he wouldn't be so stupid.
It's just that although the "Chaos" path is good, to me it's more like the icing on the cake. Except for resurrection, the other abilities are not very useful and can only add some means of dealing with the enemy.
…
Three days passed in a flash, and the wartime regulations promulgated by Rawls as King of Loen after his speech had also been implemented for three days. With the power of the "Observer" and his control of order, he had to admit that there was a policy.
There is such a thing as countermeasures, no matter which country you are in.
If grain merchants have grain in their hands, the public can come to buy it or sell it, right?
Then I won’t let people buy it!
Most of the bakeries in the city cooperated with grain merchants, and few had the courage to buy grain under warnings. They even closed down for various reasons under threats.
After the government organized manpower and built new ovens and bakeries, they sent people to buy grain from grain merchants, and were told that the grain had been sold out.
Those grain merchants had indeed sold all the grain in their hands, and the purchasers were all grain merchants from other cities. They claimed that all the grain stored in Backlund had been sold, but it had not yet been transported.
If Rawls had not had a batch of grain in his hands before, his policies would have triggered public demonstrations. It can be said that with the concerted efforts of grain merchants, the wartime regulations that were obviously beneficial to the people were about to be destroyed.
The people were driven to death.
And for a while, they couldn't find any loopholes, and even the transaction tax was handed over every penny.
In the past two days, the members of the war cabinet wanted to submit ten applications to Rawls for admission to the palace, but they were all rejected by him. However, now is the time. If it is delayed for another week, it will be difficult for him to hold on to the food in his hands.
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"Your Majesty, a decision must be made now!"
The obvious wrinkles on Earl Hall's face became even deeper, and he seemed to have aged several years in two days. He knew that the king, grain merchants, and some nobles were now standing on the edge of the cliff.
Big problems will arise.
News has been sent from the front line of the Amanda Mountains. Feysac's two-headed giant army has made some changes, and seems to smell the smell of blood. As long as there is a problem, they will definitely not mind starting a war in winter.
"What does Earl Hall mean?" Rawls raised his eyebrows and asked curiously.
Earl Hall frowned:
"I discussed with the representatives of the grain merchants. Your Majesty and they each took a step back and raised the maximum selling price to four times what it was before the war. They then donated wheat, rye, corn, and potatoes, totaling 90 million pounds."
One pound is equivalent to one pound in Rawls' previous life, and normally, one and a half pounds of staple food can almost satisfy an adult's daily ration.
"Mr. Earl, I remember that Loen's population is 37 million people, right? How many days will this donated food last?"
Rawls wore a crown on his head, leaning toward Count Hall, resting his chin on his hand, looking at him with a smile.
Earl Hall's expression was stagnant. He naturally knew that the king was not dissatisfied with the amount of donated grain, but was dissatisfied with his communication with the grain merchants.
"His Majesty……"
Rawls ignored what Earl Hall was going to say next and turned to look at Philip Negan on his right and Prime Minister Jerome Spencer. He knew the attitudes of the two before the meeting.
"Where are Mr. Prime Minister and Duke Negan?"
"Catch some people first and give them some warning!"
Jerome had a perverse personality, so how could he allow himself to be threatened? Philip on the side also nodded, approving his attitude.
The Marquis de Rocente on the New Party side and Count Wolff on the Conservative side spoke almost at the same time, with the same attitude, believing that this would arouse greater resistance from the grain merchants.
"Yes, I also think that Mr. Prime Minister and Duke Negan's ideas are not very good."
Rawls smiled and nodded, but then his face darkened:
"Catch some people? This is not enough. If you want to arrest, arrest everyone involved."
Before everyone here could react, he knocked on the table, and Selt, wearing a golden mask, walked into the living room. He was holding a document that was almost half a person's height in his hand, put it on the table with a bang, and looked at him.
Rawls saluted and said:
"His Majesty."
"Well, Selt, would you like to introduce them to them? What are these?"
Selt nodded slightly, looked at the big shots present and said:
"These documents are criminal records investigated by MI9, including José Sane, Carlo Bonco, Ronald Freire..."
He named a series of names in one breath, all of them were grain merchants who were active in Backlund. Each one of them could prepare a large amount of grain, the kind that could feed dozens or millions of people for several months.
"This is only part of it. There are at least seventeen stacks of thick documents, and those are only the ones where evidence can be found, and there are many where no evidence can be found."
Selter's voice was not loud, but it stirred up a lot of waves in the hearts of the wartime cabinet members. They finally understood that MI9 was not only investigating the grain stocks in the hands of grain merchants, but also their crimes.
evidence of.
"Please communicate with those grain merchants. I will buy the grain from them at two-thirds of the price before the war. If you don't agree, then go to the front line and reflect. I think the Fusac people's bullets will make them