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Chapter 213 "Life is Difficult"

Most countries in this world are sparsely populated. Even if Crandall has built the "Great Wall" for 70 years and included the entire country, most of the people live in single-digit cities. , few people think about going to the wild to open up a new city or settlement, even though the difficulty of doing so is almost the same as that on Earth, people endure all kinds of exorbitant taxes and the bad temper of nobles and lords crowded into the city.

Without him, get used to it.

Crandall is like this, not to mention other countries without the "Great Wall". There should be no people in the fields of Tanbunita. At this moment, the long convoy is rushing along the concrete road to the port. There are old ones, and people are dressed in different ways. The only thing that is the same is that everyone looks in a hurry, looking around from time to time, as if they are afraid of something.

The port where the people want to go is where the ship to Sirin Newport docks, and for them it is the hopeful way.

Tambunita has a history of at least hundreds of years. It is the place that all the living beings in Luoye Bay yearn for. The wealth gap is huge, the power of the nobility has expanded to the extent that the king cannot control it, and valuable urban land is concentrated. Plague, drought, Foster III, and the prince both died. After the battle for the throne began, the common people began to want to flee.

The mage citizens just caused this phenomenon. After all, ordinary people need land to live, but mages don’t.

"Hasn't anyone thought of cleaning up these messy things and leading the people to unify the country?" Cecil asked at the dinner meeting, facing a group of kings and special "guest" Richard, "Tambuneta should be O people of Tambunita!"

It is understandable if ordinary country residents flee. They are powerless to fight back against the kings and nobles who have magic blessings. But Tanbunita is a country of magic, and all the citizens are mages. Ebo people will resist when facing tyranny Well, the Tambunita people are too cowardly, right?

Richard first showed an inexplicable expression: "Your Majesty, the Tanbunita is not the national Tabunita, but Foster III... Well, it turned out to be Foster III."

"But he is dead." Cecil pointed out the important point, "The prince is also dead, so, of course, the winner will win."

Richard frowned: "But, if the winner gets it, wouldn't the most powerful mage be the king? The most powerful mage may not be the most virtuous person."

Fuck, could it be that Foster III has done a good job?

Cecil was about to refute unconvinced, but Langdon stuffed a piece of chicken into his mouth with his chopsticks, preventing him from cultivating rebels for himself, and said: "The power of kingship, the power of theocracy, and the power of law have always been in the same position. In balance, mages are indeed very powerful, but they need a lot of time to study spells. If mages are allowed to rule a country, it is easy to lose power. The best situation is that mages and kings form a cooperation, and kings have secular power. For the legitimacy of the citizens claiming that he owns the throne, the mage uses the stable resources formed by the country to advance. As time goes by, the mages who are citizens will gradually get used to submitting to the secular kingship. After all, they are under this kingship. Growing up, I seldom realize the problem. Maybe a powerful mage occasionally appears, but that’s just one person. Under the indoctrination of bloodlines from generation to generation, even a powerful mage doesn’t want to overthrow the king, because overthrowing After that, he will not be able to benefit, he has no royal blood, and cannot gain the support of the people, so it is better to cooperate with the king to obtain resources, after all, all he has is magic."

"Then what if there is a powerful mage with royal blood?" Cecil challenged, "I don't believe that there has never been such a person in history!"

"Well, I really did." Tifa said slowly, "There was a legendary mage prince in the history of Alpha, who recognized the legendary aptitude when he was six years old. He was very smart. The Magic Association invited him to learn from the legendary mage at that time. , In the extravagant mage tower at the headquarters of the Magic Association, which is now blown into a pine tree, he completed all his studies at the age of 13 and reached the level of an archmage."

Isn't this the protagonist's script? Cecil listened very enthusiastically: "And then?"

"Then, he was warmly welcomed by the second prince on his way home at the age of 16, and gave it to a beautiful woman, who poisoned him during the night." Tifa said maliciously, "It is said that the beautiful woman put the poison on the Private | place, very insidious."

Cecil: "..."

Richard sighed: "What a pity, a legendary mage king."

"Yes, his father cried for three days and held a grand funeral. The Magic Association mourned for one day, and all mages had to wear black clothes. The second prince killed all the beautiful women's family." Tifa laughed, "Ten Years later, the second prince, who was about to inherit the throne, was accused by the seventh prince. The assassination of the beautiful woman was instigated by the second prince, and both the Magic Association and the king were involved. Then the seventh prince was declared mentally ill and imprisoned for a year Died after accidentally falling into the water."

Cecil almost choked, his eyes widened: "Is it fake?"

"Really." Langdon said with a smile, "The Magic Association doesn't want a king to be a legendary mage, and the king doesn't want a legendary mage to inherit the throne, because both are worried that the other will erode their own power."

"That's why the magic level of the royal families in various countries has been lowered again and again." Tifa shrugged, "Don't expect mages to save the royal family, they don't like each other."

"And don't expect mages to replace the king, they don't have the interest or the energy, rule is not the same as magic." Langdon said, "So, when Tambuneta was in chaos, the civilians just wanted to escape, they might want to wait There are quite a few people who have the idea of ​​going back after Tanbunita calms down, but whether they will go back after coming here is another matter."

"The powerful mages may be waiting to appear under the seat of a certain princess right now. This is a good opportunity for them to become famous in a battle." Russell said casually, "Even if they go to other countries in the future, it will be an excellent fortune seniority."

Cecil glanced at Russell, who was leaning on Oakes. Since Oakes "changed clothes", Russell's enthusiasm has increased significantly. Oakes seems to be unconcerned. It can only be said that couples have a way of getting along with couples. Maybe outsiders see It's weird, but they like it.

Richard had also heard a lot of Cecil's theories, and he was not particularly surprised by what he said. After thinking for a while, he said, "Your Majesty, if it were you, would you want to unify Tambunita?"

"Of course." Cecil said, "Whether I can do it is one thing, but whether I want to do it is another. If I were from Tambunita, I would definitely think, why can't I become a king? Why? Those nobles and kings are a head taller than me? They are not a head taller than me."

"If he wants to, he can indeed have one more head than you, magic transformation bless you." Langdon flicked Cecil's forehead, "Besides, it wouldn't be so if you were a Tambunita Think about it."

Also.

The more Cecil pondered, the more eager he was to move. He glanced at Richard from time to time. Langdon saw it, and just about to stop him, he said, "Richard, why do you think I can be the king?"

Langdon covered his eyes with an unbearable expression on his face. He knew that Cecil had always held the title of king in his heart and was quite hostile, but this kind of asking for trouble still made him want to suppress this guy. Do whatever you want in bed until you can't get up.

"You?" Richard seemed surprised, "what are you talking about? The life in the Middle Kingdom now, all these commodities, all the things that make life convenient are all given to us by you! Without these, we would not have Maybe you live here, and the god of civilization in the Middle Kingdom is also very fond of you, so, isn't it a matter of course for you to be the king? What's the problem?"

After hearing this, Cecil blushed. He was still not used to this kind of face-to-face praise, and he cleared his throat uncomfortably, not seeing Langdon give Richard a thumbs-up under the table, but Richard returned a secret smile.

To some extent, Langdon did successfully protect Cecil's "innocence", even though they both knew that this "innocence" was no longer pure.

Tambunita's "mistake" has already been made, and it is useless to regret it no matter how much he regrets, so Cecil has to wait and see the changes patiently.In the evening, after he and Langdon lingered for a while, they rubbed the big cat's smooth hair and said, "I want to make a will. My adopted son and students are not eligible to take the throne. The recognition of the majority of the people, either possesses the knowledge that can change the times, otherwise..."

"What else?" Langdon maintained a condescending posture, with his arms resting on the sides of Cecil's head, "Are you going to let the Middle Kingdom just disband or decline like this?"

Cecil choked back, indeed, it was too sad to let the Middle Kingdom come to an end. So much of his hard work, or so many people's hard work, ended like this?

"It's impossible for me to have a child." Cecil said angrily, "Could it be that you want me to find a woman to have a child? Besides, it's too stupid to have privileges at birth. Who can guarantee that the child is suitable?"

"There are many ways to have children without going to bed." Langdon said gently, "Even having your children and mine."

All kinds of weird men and boys suddenly appeared in Cecil's mind. They were all the little yellow texts he randomly searched for during the period of sexual confusion. Cold sweat broke out all of a sudden, and he stuttered: "No, no, what are you talking about? Mean? I warn you, I don't want to have children!"

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Langdon smiled happily and slapped Cecil's buttocks. "Where did you come from? What did you use? I mean you can create a child of magic, it is not our flesh and blood. It is the soul, which is more closely connected than flesh and blood to some extent. But this is a matter of the future, you are still young, we still have time..."

"So, shall we take a chance tonight?"

"Do not."

Cecil just raised his hands and pouted his lips, watching the big cat get up and get off the bed...

In August, many lakes in the Eastern Continent completely dried up, the water level of the river dropped, and the entire Luoye Bay was bathed in hot sunshine. Everyone felt that this year's sun was more terrifying and ruthless than previous years.On the hot land of Tambunita, ant-like people shuffled slowly towards the port. Their skins were so sunburned that they molted and turned red. All unnecessary things had been thrown away. People relied on magic bread and magic. The water spends every day, so when they encounter the pursuit team from Tambunita, they have no way to fight back.

There were shrill screams and curses. These low-level mages had exhausted their energy just to survive, and they had no choice but to run away from the powerful high-level mages.

"You didn't do anything when the plague came! You still didn't do anything when the drought came! You showed up when we survived! I hate you! I hate..." The father's roar stopped abruptly, a red "thin line" Appeared between the strength of his neck, it was caused by the wind blade, and after a while, his head fell off with the whistling sound in the trachea, and rolled to the feet of his young daughter.

"Fleeing is treason!" the pursued mage said coldly, "Take everyone away!"

A country without people is like losing too much blood. When the blood is drained, the country will cease to exist. No matter how stupid the princesses are, they will not fail to understand this. In the past, Tambuneta did not worry about "newcomers". Everyone wants to go, it's not what it used to be.

The hunters tied the hands and feet of the fugitives with ropes, forced them to use up their magic bits without giving them any food, and ensured that they could not resist.Magic has been unable to bring them any benefits at this moment, and royal power has completely defeated magic at this moment.

A small arrow shattered the pursuers' victory, and the leader fell from his horse, the metal arrow completely breaking his constant protective magic.

"Breaking Magic Arrow!"

This shout made all mages tremble unconsciously. The arrows and crossbows made of Damascus steel are the nightmare of all low-level mages. These things cannot break the high-level protective magic, but they are big killers for low-level mages. With a more accurate archer, almost no one will survive within a distance of 100 meters.Although high-level mages would not be so "fragile", magic slots are limited, but arrows are infinite. Besides, it is a very good deal for a low-level mage or ordinary person to exchange for a high-level mage.

"Cover! Take cover!" The roar sounded as loud as possible, and the pursuers jumped off their horses and hid in the nearby trees and rocks.

For a while, smoke and dust rose everywhere, people roared and horses neighed, and it took a while for the chaos to subside. When the pursuer stuck his head out trembling in the silence, he found that the horse and the fugitive had disappeared, and the surrounding was quiet, let alone people. There is not even a hair.

The pursuers looked at each other.

"What about people?"

On the way to the port from various cities in Tambunita, similar scenes are staged everywhere. The pursuers always end without seeing the appearance of the raiders. People and horses have disappeared since then. After returning from success, he accepted the fierce baptism of saliva from his superiors.

After this happens a few times, the hunters will never return in a certain job, they will not go to the Middle Kingdom, after all, isn’t it embarrassing to meet the fugitives, and the Middle Kingdom is not worthy of them With the status of a senior mage, he is welcomed by any country, and his ability to survive alone is quite good. A mage tower and a small town can be built in the wilderness.

On a drowsy afternoon, Cecil received collective accountability from the Princesses of Tanbunita. Letters of accountability came through Griffin one after another, and they even rarely used the relationship of the Gay Knights , vehemently questioned the shameless behavior of the Middle Kingdom's "poaching corners".

[Do you have evidence? ] Cecil replied.

【No, but I know it's you! ] The princesses replied.

Cecil grinned at the reply, threw it on the table in disdain and said, "These princesses are crazy."

"The princess's husbands are also crazy." Russell walked in from the door, picked up the letter lightly, and said with a look of embarrassment, "This kind of 'blood loss' is not a good thing."

Oakes walked in behind Russell, sat lazily on the chair, and even adjusted his sitting posture quite leisurely.

Cecil managed to make his expression less ferocious, and said coldly: "You two had a good time last night."

"That's it." Oakes rarely showed a smile, which made the character he created a little younger, "I can see that you didn't have a good time last night, or you haven't had a good life in the past six months. right?"

Dissatisfaction with desire is really annoying, especially when there is a "delicious" in front of you.

Cecil looked at Langdon, and actually got a provocative smile, ah, the big cat still smiles so beautifully——

"The eighth princess tells you not to make trouble anymore." Jory pushed open the door, walked slowly to the table like a piece of steamed meat, sat down heavily and threw a letter over, "Guangshu asked me to bring it here." of."

Cecil covered his face and let out a low growl of pain.

Tambunita is "losing blood", and the Middle Kingdom, which has obtained fresh "blood", needs to find a way to maintain order. The businessmen are very happy, and all walks of life have gained a small amount of money because of these new immigrants. Everyone is very happy , followed by various conflicts.

Although I looked embarrassed when I escaped from Tambunita, it was really great to pretend to be aggressive when facing the non-mage.

Of course, the Tanbunita fugitives with this attitude cannot be welcomed by the residents of the Middle Kingdom. They are being drained--the mages call them cheating--and no one will pay attention to them anymore. "Skills" that get you a job, like lighting magic to clean up golems or turning water into ice, mean nothing in the Middle Kingdom.

The mages suddenly realized that they had become "mage poor" who could not support themselves. This kind of psychological gap was not easy to accept, so some mages made trouble in the city.

Before Cecil had time to act, the police system formed by the paladins extinguished the "uprising". The robber mages of Mayo dug the canal as companions, and the families of these people began to look for work in desperation-they really didn't have the energy and money to go to another country.

"Speaking of which, why don't these people go to the Los Angeles branch?" Cecil asked strangely.

"Lochelle... Well, the hierarchy is strict, so it's not easy to integrate." Langdon said, "If you go to Gretel, you have to go through the Might and Magic Gate. This is tantamount to directly exposing the destination. It is definitely not allowed. These people are not capable of crossing the border." Of Joko Marshes. Life in the Coalition of Elma Coast is not for mages, and mages generally dislike sea and ports."

"Okay." Cecil pondered for a moment, and it seemed that only the Middle Kingdom was left. "Then what should we do with this group of people? It would be a pity to let them go after the situation in Tambunita calms down."

According to the statistics of the isolation camp, more than 6000 people have come one after another, which is not a small number.

Langdon leaned over to hold Cecil's hand, and said with a kind of gentle smile: "We need to do two things, my dear, one, successfully hold the Expo of Everything; two, find a way to kill Tambuny tower."

Cecil blinked his eyes a few times, and said uncertainly: "You mean... to kill Tambunita?"

"Yes." Langdon's voice became softer, "It's getting colder, and it's time for Tambunita to close."

Cecil: "..."

All the progress of the expo went smoothly, and the third ring was finally completed at the end of August. At the same time, Cecil obtained transparent glass. The pure and colorless glass attracted everyone's attention as soon as it came out, and the sand was worth a lot. Compared with the achievements of the crystal, countless commercial firms have joined the battle for management rights.

Cecil did the first act of phony public welfare. He hollowed out the walls of his house and replaced them with glass, making it the world's first villa with large French windows. Then, the sun baked his house into a Steamer...

In the middle of the night, His Majesty the "Great Central King" sat on the balcony thinking about why life is so difficult, while waiting for the heat in the room to dissipate.

"How do you think Tambunita needs to die?" Langdon's voice rang in Cecil's ear as someone sat next to him.

"Is it all right for the princess to die?" Cecil said.

"No, the death of all the princesses may lead to the appearance of a distant relative with the right to inherit." Langdon said, "Just like Little Beers, as long as there is a little bit of Foster's blood, legally enough."

Cecil wants to have a cigarette right now. Speaking of which, tobacco is also a huge profit, and it can also be heavily taxed.

"Do you know about smoke?" he asked.

Langdon showed a helpless look, and kissed Cecil: "No, I have never smoked. Also, think about Tambunita."

Cecil turned his head and smiled slowly: "You know, I have a fellow countryman in this world. He has the same growth environment and the same three views as me and is in a state of doing nothing. Maybe I should give him Find something, some inside information."

Langdon also laughed, and said affectionately, "Sounds good, Your Majesty."

"Wait a minute you..."

"Do not."

"..."