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Chapter 448 Mad King
"The Human King? Or the Mad King?"
Lilith was shocked when she saw the title of the stone tablet pointed out by Hannah. Compared with the previous records that were somewhat subjective, the one Hannah saw now was more like a completely emotional catharsis. What made the dwarf recorder leave such a record?
Except for Catherine, everyone else gathered around and looked at the stone tablet Hannah had found.
"——The strict queen has once again set a new law: a special department is to be established to supervise all the magic stone veins that have been mined in the empire to prevent the abuse of resources. This department will also be responsible for supervising spellcasters: magic will no longer be allowed to be used at will. Not only human wizards must follow this decree, but all allies who set foot in the territory of the Gaia Empire must also abide by it.
—The knot around the necks of the races grew tighter and tighter, and once the proposed law was proposed, 47 illegal magicians were executed in just one month, including 12 humans and 35 from other races.
Even the most gentle elves could no longer bear it. Goletia summoned the Elf King Elrohir, and the alliance held the last alliance meeting with the Human King. In the face of everyone's opposition, the Human King insisted on his own opinion and refused to give in even to the Elf King...
The disputes between the Elf King and the Human King were heard through the palace gates again and again. Clouds of worry accumulated in everyone's hearts. The implementation of the decree was hindered and could not be carried out for a long time. When everyone thought that the Human King had given up his dictatorship...
The Elf King Elrohir was invited by our tribe to watch the Earth and Fire Festival. When he and the dwarf priests stepped into the teleportation array of the city of Goletia, the Elf King, who had just walked out of the Highgarden Palace, suddenly vomited blood. He shouted out Zora's name in a harsh voice, and then collapsed and fell into the light of the teleportation array.
When the light faded, the priests who had chased into the teleportation array discovered that the Elf King had already died during the teleportation. His soulless body was torn apart by the turbulence of space, and his blood seeped into the roots of the small holy tree of Black Stone Duo. In an instant, the wind and clouds changed color, and the heaven and earth wailed.
The Elf Priest could not accept such an outcome and insisted on sending the Elf King back to the Elf Forest, begging the gods to save their children. However, the Elf Mother Tree just stood there quietly without responding. When the tribes of the alliance rushed to the Elf Forest to attend the Elf King’s funeral, news came from the Gaia Empire that the Human King had implemented the drafted laws and named the regulatory department he established - the Magician Guild? ? ! "
...? !
The room suddenly fell into silence.
"What, how could this happen?!"
Lulu couldn't hide her thoughts. After she came to her senses, she was the first to shout out. If reading about the old grievances of the various races was just a glimpse of excitement, she was shocked to see the words "Mage's Guild". This notorious regulatory agency in the eyes of everyone in Goletia was actually established by Zora? !
"Heh..." Lucas couldn't help but sneer, sighing like a sigh or a mockery, "The Human King..."
Then he seemed to remember something, turned to Lilith and grinned, "I remember you had the honor of visiting that guild, right? What do you think of this law, Lilith?"
He just didn't believe that the idiot Lilith would still blindly support the princess.
Lilith was suddenly called out by Lucas with ill intentions. She looked at him speechlessly, lowered her head and thought for a moment before saying seriously, "Actually, I think there is nothing wrong with this decree itself—"
"Are you okay?" Lucas immediately jumped up from the stone slab. He couldn't stand Lilith's double standards. When she was detained in the Magician's Guild during the holiday, Lucas still remembered how angry she was when she complained! "You are a double--"
"I know what you're going to say." Lilith interrupted his accusation, "but I'm serious."
"Have you forgotten the first lesson?" Lilith looked at the disapproving expressions on the sisters' faces and continued to explain, "A magician's life is so long, who knows what people's hearts will become, and what crooked paths they will take..."
She said it despite the death ray in Lucas' eyes.
"She's hopeless. I tried my best," Lucas turned to Ian and complained, not wanting to look at her.
"Seriously, if I keep a sufficient distance and don't give you a chance to get close, Lulu... no, even if it's a magician junior one year younger than you, do you think you can beat her?" Lilith asked, but the other party just snorted and refused to respond. But Ian next to her thought about it seriously and shook his head.
"I often think about what magicians mean to war. To put it bluntly, magicians are a special type of advanced soldier that is a thousand years ahead. No, maybe even more than a thousand years ahead. This is because this special type of soldier is still very important on the battlefield today."
In the era of cold weapons, a powerful magician is like a human nuclear weapon. In the era of war, no one has any objection to this. The more powerful the weapon, the better. But after the war, who will restrain them? Who will ensure that they do not harm ordinary people who have no power to resist?
"On the battlefield, you naturally hope that there is a legendary magician standing beside you, who can take many lives with a wave of his hand, but what if this magician is your neighbor and has a fickle temper?"
"But... the magicians at that time were all heroes who followed Zora and participated in the holy war. They should all be good people... right?" The innocent Lulu guessed hesitantly.
"Zora will make mistakes." Leila tapped the stone slab under everyone's feet with the tip of her sword and said, "In order to enforce the law, she will not hesitate to kill the most powerful opponent, even if he was once the most powerful ally. Even the wise human king can be inconsistent, so why should we bet on the conscience of ordinary people?" She always stood on her sister's side.
"That's right!" Lilith glanced at Leila with relief. "So I think the existence of violent institutions is necessary, and using the Philosopher's Stone, which is a very necessary means of production for mages, to control them, I even think... it's smart?"
Catherine, who had been busy examining the slate, could not help but look over.
"... You'd better say the same thing the next time you're locked up by those people!" Lucas couldn't argue with her, so he gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence before leaving the crowd. He went to the side and lay down with his coat covering his face to rest - he was so angry! Lilith must have said these nonsense for that princess! Why on earth was she so partial to that Bishop!
Without Lucas to mess with her, Lilith continued to look at the slate. The last paragraph of the words on the slate was a little sloppy, obviously carved in a hurry: Zora's rule is heading towards madness, the rifts between the races are deepening, the covenant of the past has become a shackle, and the shackles will eventually break!
This stone inscription ends here.