Game of the World Tree

Western collar, Morningstar City.

In the hall of the temporary city lord's mansion.

"What did you say? The maple leaf collar has been completely recovered by the elves?"

The Duke of Berencia looked at the affairs officer who reported the news with a shocked expression.

"Yes... yes, Lord Duke."

The clerk answered cautiously.

The Duke of Berencia took a deep breath, and his shock and confusion were hard to hide in his eyes.

"One month... no, it's less than a month, right? How could they possibly do it?"

"Lord Duke, it is said that they have a floating fortress that can fly in the air. Several fortified cities were captured in this way, and... and the god of dusk and sunset is said to have fallen into the hands of the goddess of life."

"Goddess of life shot? The evil god has fallen?"

The Duke of Berencia was slightly startled.

"Yes, according to the information, all the idols worshipped by the cultists have cracked on their own."

The clerk replied respectfully.

The Duke opened his mouth, as if he wasn't ready to accept the news.

After a moment of silence, he said with difficulty:

"Isn't it an evil god who is so powerful that even gods are afraid? How... how could it be defeated so quickly?"

The clerk did not answer the question.

To be honest... this is no longer something that an existence at his level can investigate clearly.

Of course, the Duke of Berencia didn't expect the official to answer, he just couldn't calm the shock in his heart.

He raised the crystal glass to take a sip of wine, but found that he did not know when the wine in the glass had been drunk.

However, just when he raised his head, he found that the affairs officer standing in front of him hesitated.

The Duke's heart skipped a beat.

He glanced at the affairs officer, his face getting worse and worse:

"What other bad news?"

The secretary's Adam's apple rolled, but... because he was so fat, he couldn't tell from his thick neck full of fat.

"Gong... Lord Duke, Maple Leaf... Maple Leaf announced to secede from the empire and became independent..."

he stammered.

With a soft "click", the precious crystal wine glass in the hands of the Duke of Berencia was shattered into pieces, and the corners of Earl Meath's eyes twitched, and there was a pain in the flesh.

"You say it again? What happened to the Maple Leaf Collar?"

The Duke of Berencia narrowed his eyes and looked at the affairs officer who reported the news with a gloomy and dangerous expression.

The temperature in the entire hall seemed to have dropped a bit because of his gloom.

The fat clerk wiped the sweat from his forehead, then stammered and replied:

"Duke... Lord Duke, Sophia, the heir of the Wells family, announced the independence of the Maple Leaf Territory. Not only that, she also abolished the entire Maple Leaf Territory's aristocratic title and hereditary aristocracy, and renamed it Maple Moon Free Territory..."

After speaking, he took out another crumpled booklet from his arms:

"This is their propaganda document..."

The Duke of Berencia snatched it away and squinted at it, but his expression became more and more ugly as he read.

And after reading the entire manuscript, he threw it directly to the ground.

"Maple Moon Free Territory? Do you want to abolish the nobles? Is she going to be the enemy of the entire empire?! It's just a consulate!"

He was about to laugh.

The Holy Mania Empire is not without free land, but it is a single city, also known as a free city.

The Free City is not under the jurisdiction of the center of the empire or the local aristocracy, but has a high degree of autonomy, but even so, they dare not speak of abolishing the aristocracy.

"Duke... Lord Duke... Not only that... They have announced an alliance with the Elf Forest, and they have also followed the Church of Life as the official church."

The clerk said cautiously.

"The Forest of Spirits?"

The Duke of Berencia was slightly startled, and then became furious:

"These damn long ears dare to reach out to the territory of the empire! Do they want to start a war of faith?!"

When Legend was furious, everyone in the hall felt an overwhelming sense of oppression, and even the magic lights in the hall flickered.

Noticing the pale faces and trembling bodies of the others, the Duke of Berencia barely suppressed the anger in his heart and put away the pressure on his body.

However, when he looked at the manuscript that was thrown on the ground, his face became more and more ugly.

He never imagined that the border man, who had defeated the imperial crusade, was defeated so quickly!

Even with the battle of the gods ahead, this speed is too exaggerated.

Back then, the Elf Kingdom could last for hundreds of years after the fall of the World Tree!

And even let the Maple Leafs declare independence and abolish the aristocracy!

If this matter reaches the imperial capital, I don't know how many sinister villains will attack him in the council.

After all, it is his Berencia family who is now dealing with the Maple Leaf Collar!

The Duke of Berencia felt a pain in his head when he thought of the impact of the news of the Maple Leaf Collar.

Looking at the duke rubbing his temples, Count Meath hesitated and said:

"Lord Duke, the intervention of the elves is better than the evil god's control of the territory. I think we need to be careful about the Maple Leaf Territory..."

"Lord Earl, the area around Augs City has also been merged into the Maple Moon Free Territory."

Seeing Earl Meath's unhurried expression, the affairs officer of the Duke of Berencia reminded in a low voice.

Earl of Meath:  …

His face changed, and he quickly changed his words:

"Lord Duke! Don't let the lost land fall into the hands of the elves! What Maple Moon Territory... must be the puppet of the elves, and Maple Leaf City was once the capital of the elves! This must be the revenge of the elves!"

"Lord Duke, we have to dispatch troops quickly to regain the territory before the Maple Leaf Territory has completely settled down!"

Earl Meath's expression was eager, and the Duke of Berencia was speechless for a while.

He sighed and said:

"Your Excellency Count, do you think that the elf army of the Red Maple Army can be easily destroyed. Do we win?"

Count Meath was speechless for a while.

"But isn't it a declaration of war? The elves dare to stand up for the rebellion of the Maple Leaf Leader. As you said, isn't this going to provoke a war of faith?!"

Earl Meath insisted.

The western region is not rich, and the land near Augs City is fertile and dangerous. If it really doesn't exist, it will be like cutting his flesh.

The Duke of Berencia was noncommittal, but the slightly clenched fist indicated that he was in a very bad mood at this moment.

After a moment of silence, he gritted his teeth and said:

"Report this to Parliament and ask Parliament to decide."

"Lord Duke!"

"Don't say it! Your Excellency Count, this is not just a problem of the Maple Leaf Territory, but a problem between the Church of Life and the Eternal Church, the elves and our empire! If you want to solve it, you can only rely on the pressure of the empire and the church, Let the elves return to the forest of elves, and promise not to participate again!"

Berencia resisted Count Meath's persuasion.

After speaking, he looked south again and sneered:

"Abolish the aristocracy? Equality and harmony? Hehe... Without the powerful power of the aristocracy, without the wealth of knowledge that the nobles possess, and without the municipal bureaucrats who are loyal to the nobles, just rely on a group of ignorant commoners to rule the Maple Leaf Land?"

"It's ridiculous!"

...

Players don't know the waves in the northern and western regions caused by the Maple Moon reform, let alone the spread of the news to the entire Holy Mania Empire and the southern kingdom of Ayres, and how much it has produced in the two human kingdoms. Impact……

Only some players who often trade with the Human Chamber of Commerce have heard of it. It seems that the Maple Moon Reform has broken the sky in the human world.

Most people don't care too much, though.

Although today, players have been trained to experience and play the world of Seggs as a real world, but in fact, unless certain plots are personally related to them, otherwise, most of the People don't care.

No matter how much turmoil the Maple Moon Freedom Leader made in the human world, as long as humans did not openly send troops, few players would pay special attention and worry.

On the contrary, the Maple Moon Leader strengthened its defense against the north.

Of course, most of the soldiers defending at this moment are already human.

Most of the players have already evacuated with the end of the mission, or returned to the Elf Forest to find other dungeons to farm monsters, or to explore the underground world.

That's right, the underworld.

When the map of Maple Leaf is open, the corresponding underground world area is also open to players, harassing the underground world, and eating black in the chaotic dark country is also one of the interests of players.

However, this does not mean that there are no players in the Maple Leaf Collar. In fact, there are still many players who stay in the entire territory, because the construction of the Maple Moon Free Collar is still inseparable from the support of the players.

Players are involved in preaching faith, encircling robbers, repairing city walls, restoring production, and opening schools.

Of course, it is paid.

In addition, although the Maple Moon Reform abolished the aristocratic system and built a new frame from the top down, it has only just begun.

If you really want to run the entire territory well, you need to constantly explore and improve.

It is unrealistic to bluntly move some of the systems of Blue Star to the world of Seggs, and it also needs to take into account the specific local conditions.

These things, if left to the illiterate poor alone, would naturally lead to chaos.

But fortunately, on the one hand, there are interested players to make suggestions, and on the other hand, there are many learned people among the human civilians.

This is the biggest difference between the Seggs world and the Blue Star Middle Ages.

In the medieval world of Blue Star, the nobles controlled knowledge, the retainers loyal to the nobles directly managed the territory, and most of the commoners were ignorant.

If the commoners are not awakened, the rule of the nobles will be unbreakable.

In the world of Saigus, the dissemination of knowledge is far more profound than that of Blue Star. The core advantage of nobles is actually extraordinary power and extraordinary knowledge.

And extraordinary power and extraordinary knowledge, in the final analysis, are nothing more than tools to maintain the rule of violence.

At least in the world of Seggs, extraordinary power is far from becoming a means of developing productive forces.

In this world, nobles are more like a protective umbrella, protecting weak ordinary people.

However, with the passage of time, whether it is more protection or more oppression, no one can tell.

But now, without the power of the nobles, there are the Church of Life, the players, and the extraordinary people who have been cultivated by the future territory and can take on heavy responsibilities.

They, too, can serve as an indispensable supernatural force.

From this point of view, without nobles, the entire territory can operate normally, as long as there is a strong force as a backing.

As for whether the new superhumans will gradually form a new class over time, or whether they are nobles in another sense, that is a matter of the future.

And these things are not for Eve to worry about.

In the final analysis, abolishing the nobility or something is just a way for him, after all, the human nobility in the world of Seggs is too deeply bound to the eternal church or the church of other human gods...

For thousands of years of development, although the nobility and the church have been in constant friction, on the whole they are interdependent.

Without them, it would be difficult for Eve to shake the beliefs of the entire human society.

equality?

Just a slogan.

At least for Eve.

But there are slogans and pursuits, at least better than nothing.

Just like Kuafu chasing the sun, maybe you can never really catch up with the sun, but in the continuous effort, when you look back and look behind you, you will find that you have come a long way, at least it is much better than no effort .

And if one day the dragon slayer becomes a dragon...

Well, at the extreme, if this evil dragon is good for Eve, he doesn't mind turning a blind eye.

In the final analysis, his ultimate goal is to strengthen himself, not to bring changes to the world of Saiggs.

He is no savior.

Although some life believers in the human world have been boasting like this...

Regarding the matter of the Maple Moon Region, the noble council of the Holy Mannia Empire discussed it for three days and three nights.

Just, as always, nothing was discussed.

What's interesting is that the reaction of the nobles this time was much more intense than when the Border Boy rebelled, but the Eternal Church was relatively calm.

In fact, it can be understood that this reform has truly touched the foundation of the nobility.

However, no matter how arguing or arguing, no one in the entire Holy Mannia Empire thinks that this is the time to confront the elves and the Maple Moon Leader...

The Red Maple Kingdom was destroyed in less than a month, which really scared the nobles.

But for the church, it's just a parish with a population of 8 million.

At this moment, if there is a real war with the elves, the war is continuous, and the evil forces are eager to move around, then it is not a matter of the mere 8 million people.

Only the real senior leaders of the church know that the most important thing in the church right now is the war between gods and demons in half a year.

In the end, the Imperial Council and the Eternal Church just sent representatives to the Maple Moon Land to condemn them.

Even the Imperial Crusade Army disbanded the conscription, recalled the Field Marshal Duke of Berencia, and only stationed the Second Guards Corps in the Western Territory.

However, Eve knew that this was not because the other party was really afraid of the player and the Maple Moon Leader.

They are just waiting for the complete unblocking of the world of Saigus after three years.

In the world of Seggs, the battles of various races are, in the final analysis, the battles between the gods.

This is the game of the true God, and it is also the sorrow of mortals.