Your Majesty, the Spectacle Has Missed the Country!

On the banks of the Chishui River bordering the Carter Plateau and the Stuan Basin, two major aristocratic families in the west were born, one of which was the Bullard family.

Most of the land on the south bank of the Chishui River belongs to the Bullard family.

Under the painstaking management of successive Dukes of Luen, this land has already become the most severely annexed area in the entire empire. Seven out of ten people are even serfs.

It was under the pressure day after day that the Brad family not only accumulated a large amount of wealth, but also owned the largest private army of nobles in the western part of the empire.

The current Duke of Loon, Manqun Blood, is one of the five regent dukes in the empire. He has served as the Chancellor of Finance and Lord Chancellor of the Norman Empire. He is extremely powerful in the western part of the empire!

On the banks of the Chishui River, Rune City.

At this time, it happened to be the rainy season in the western part of the empire. The rushing water of the Chishui River carried a large amount of sediment from the upper reaches, so that when it passed near Rune City, it had already turned into a dark red turbid current.

In the distance, thunder flashed from time to time in the gloomy sky, and rapid raindrops poured down, causing countless splashes of water.

The serfs hid in their dilapidated thatched houses, watching the rain pouring in from the cracks in the roof, soaking the only bedding in the house.

The ground was muddy and there were murky puddles outside the house. Whenever it comes to the rainy season, it is the time when the serfs in the western part of the empire are most embarrassed.

Only the craftsmen who served the nobles and the few civilians had the right to live in the city, and they could only watch their feet being soaked and swollen by the pouring rain.

The serfs never thought of resisting. In fact, the western part of the empire was the place where riots occurred most frequently in the entire Norman Empire.

Almost every three or two years, a riot of large scale breaks out in this land.

However...what can the unarmed serfs do to compete with the noble lord?

Let serfs holding black bread confront heavily armed soldiers. There is almost no chance of a reversal in such a duel.

What's more, the western part of the empire has the largest number of mage towers except the imperial capital of Saint Lawrence, and the number of mage teams hired by the western nobles is even close to three digits.

Sometimes, all it takes is the simplest fireball technique to make the humble and ignorant people lose the courage to resist.

The square city of Rune is a slightly larger city in the Norman Empire. The family castle belonging to the Blood family stands in the center of the city.

On the majestic tower, the banner of House Blood whistled in the violent storm.

"Rumble--"

A dull thunder suddenly exploded from the distant sky. The continuous thunder even made the flame burning on the candle tremble slightly, flickering with an orange-red light.

On the first floor of the castle is a traditional banquet hall. The scarred armors placed on both sides are symbols of the achievements of the Blood family's ancestors.

From viscount to earl, to marquis, duke and even grand regent.

The Brad family has always been working steadily step by step. From the local nobles in the western part of the empire, they gradually entered the splendid palace of St. Lawrence and entered the center of power.

There are three extremely huge long oak tables in the banquet hall, which can accommodate a banquet of two to three hundred people.

The huge stone pillars around the hall are hung with scarlet curtains. Sewn on the curtains with light golden satin is the family emblem that belongs exclusively to the Brad family - "Sword and Flower".

Each gilt candlestick in the banquet hall has at least fifty candles, and the dancing flames light up every corner of the hall.

The Duke of Rune, Mankun Bra, was sitting alone at the end of the long oak table, cutting the bloody half-rare steak on the tray with a knife and fork.

"Bang... bangdang..."

The crisp collision sounds of knives, forks and trays echoed in the empty banquet hall.

The continuous heavy rain has been going on for several days, and Duke Luen's mood has been very depressed these days.

This is not because of the heavy rain, but because of something else...

"Your Majesty the Duke, Master Alesi is here..."

finally,

When Duke Luen finished finishing the last piece of bloody beef and drank a big mouthful of apple soup, the figure of the old butler appeared at the door of the banquet hall.

Archmage Alessi, who was following the butler, looked a little anxious and hurriedly came to Duke Luen's side with small steps.

"Your Majesty the Duke!"

Looking at Alessi's solemn face, Duke Luen seemed to suddenly have some bad premonition in his heart.

As a great noble in the western part of the empire, the Brad family has a professional team of mages consisting of dozens of mages and several great magicians, and Alessi is the leader among the great mages. Quin Blood regards him as his right-hand man.

These mages employed by the Blood family not only have in-depth research on magic, but also take advantage of the magic-rich environment in the western part of the empire to open up many experimental fields to grow scarce magical plants.

Just a week ago, the magic plants in the experimental field seemed to be possessed by evil spirits, and they withered one after another without any warning!

This is something that has never happened before!

"How are the magic plants in the experimental field? Are there any new changes?"

Alessi shook his head in frustration and replied helplessly:

"All these years of hard work were almost wiped out in one fell swoop. We finally managed to grab dozens of extremely precious magical plants from the experimental field and transplanted them into the mage tower, barely retaining a little hope."

"Is it okay to transplant it to the mage tower?"

Alessi shook his head and said: "Although the magic environment in the mage tower is more stable, it can only delay the withering..."

Hearing this, Duke Luen clenched his fists silently.

As one of the important supporters of the Aeron School, the Brad family invests a large amount of gold coins in the experimental fields every year.

But now...

Not only was all the money wasted, but even the few dozen magical plants that remained were in danger.

"Who can tell me what happened?!"

At this moment, Duke Luen's tone was already somewhat sulky.

"Your Excellency, this phenomenon has never happened before. We can only look for clues through our own experience and past data..." Archmage Alesi looked confused.

"Any idea? I don't want to know the process, I just need an answer!"

Duke Luen leaned on the large chair, took out a cigarette case from his arms, and began to smoke.

Although the goods of the Idar people are mainly sold to the Kingdom of Basel, the business travelers traveling to and from the Principality of Idar will also bring these new gadgets to various parts of the Norman Empire.

As one of the highest-ranking dukes in the Norman Empire, Duke Luen naturally had a keen interest in the Duke who had just been born in the eastern part of the empire.

so,

When this kind of cigarettes from the eastern part of the empire was first sold to the western part of the empire by business travelers, Duke Luen had already fallen deeply in love with this feeling.

Somehow, maybe it was some kind of psychological comfort, he could always sort out his messy thoughts while smoking.

The smell of smoke was a bit choking, but Alessi still said clearly:

"Magic plants are far more sensitive to magic power than human mages, and the reason for the sudden withering of a large number of magic plants is usually only related to magic power. Therefore... after consulting a large number of magic-related books, it is not based on the magic school. After our experience, we believe that only one scenario could have caused the current phenomenon."

Alessi took a deep breath and said seriously:

"Only when there is a large-scale reduction of magic elements will magic plants show such a collective withering phenomenon..."

"A large-scale reduction in magic elements?"

Duke Luen was stunned for a moment.

Then……

There was a trace of confusion in his eyes, and an expression of... disbelief.

"Are you sure? You are mages. If the magic element decreases in a large area, you should be able to feel it, right?"

"Reporting to the Duke, we have tried several experiments, and the magic concentration in the western part of the empire... does seem to have decreased. However! It has been raining continuously in the past few days, and changes in the weather can sometimes affect the environment. The concentration of magic power in it, so we can’t draw an accurate conclusion yet.” Master Alesi lowered his head and said.

"I'm afraid it's because you don't want to detail that the concentration of magic elements is decreasing..." Duke Luen said while smoking.

"How could such a thing happen..." Alessi showed a wry smile, acquiescing to Duke Luen's statement.

After a long moment of silence, Duke Luen lit up a cigarette again: "Go find the wizards of the Asimov family and ask them if anything like this has happened in the Asimov family's territory."

The Asimov family mentioned by Duke Luen,

In fact, it is the family power represented by Duke Carter, one of the five regent dukes.

The territory of the Asimov family is located on the Carter Plateau north of the Chishui River, not far from the Blood family represented by Duke Luen.

You know, Duke Carter and Duke Luen can be said to be the uncrowned kings of the entire western part of the empire, and they are the two core figures of the aristocratic interest groups in the entire western part of the empire!

Among the five regent dukes in the Norman Empire, the western part of the empire is the second!

"clear."

Hearing this, Alesi nodded quickly.

"Wait!"

At the moment Alessi turned around, Duke Luen added: "...not just the Asimov family, but all the nobles in the western part of the empire who plant magic plants or hire mage consultants, you have to go Take a trip……"

Although he was a little confused, Alesi nodded and agreed.

Alessi had never heard of the gradual decrease in magic power, and that was because there were few surviving books that recorded what had happened in the past.

but,

As a behemoth that has been rooted in the western part of the empire for hundreds of years, the Bullard family has left countless secrets and notes behind.

Therefore, although Alesi has never heard of such a thing, and may have subjectively missed some details that he did not pay attention to, it does not mean that the layman Duke Luen does not know!

The eastern part of the empire is a living example!

According to the records of the ancestors of the Blood family, hundreds of years ago, the eastern part of the empire was a place rich in magic similar to the western part of the empire.

However,

It only took two years for the eastern part of the empire to fall from a place with abundant magic power to a place with thin magic power!

In two years, everything has turned upside down!

No one knows what happened, and no one knows why it happened!

at this moment,

Cold sweat had already soaked Duke Luen's back. This Duke, who was only half a century old, felt this feeling of bewilderment for the first time.

history……

Will it happen again...

"Butler!" Duke Luen suddenly shouted.

"Here you go, Your Majesty the Duke..."

After hearing Duke Luen's words, the old butler finally ran over panting.

"During this period...is there anything unusual in the western part of the empire?"

"abnormal?"

"Businessmen, travelers, or other things worthy of attention."

Somehow, in the dark, Duke Luen always felt that there should be traces of this matter.

"There was a peasant riot in Duke Carter's territory, and there were many casualties..."

The old housekeeper frowned and tried his best to recall:

"The caravans from the eastern part of the empire brought many new gadgets..."

"The fighting in the interior is very intense, and the fleeing people have attacked Earl Cecil's territory..."

"Bishop Olsson of the Inquisition went to Cecil Parish a few days ago and brought a group of Holy Crusaders..."

"..."

for a long time,

Duke Luen finally opened his eyes:

"Check them all carefully for me! After Alessi comes back, if this happens in the western part of the empire, then from refugees to caravans, from churches to nobles, I will find out what happened at all costs. !”

"As you wish now, Your Majesty the Duke..."

"Also...have you found any news about Anel?"

Hearing this, the old housekeeper couldn't help but trembled and said:

"Reporting to Your Majesty the Duke, news came from the imperial capital St. Lawrence a few days ago. Anel seems to have written a letter asking some mage apprentices to go east. But where exactly they went, the villain has no idea. have no idea……"

The Anel in the two people's mouth is Arnel Blood who ran away from home and is now the mage advisor of the Principality of Idar.

Duke Luen has had two wives. If you include his illegitimate children, UU Reading www.uukanshu.net has a total of five sons and two daughters.

Except for Arnel Blood, the illegitimate son born to his lover, who ran away from home a year ago and disappeared without a trace, the other children are famous in the western part of the empire and are sought after by countless nobles.

The eldest son, Conley Blood, had high hopes from the Duke of Loon, and he had already shown remarkable communication skills.

Although the youngest daughter Leia Blood has just grown up, she is already known as "the most beautiful woman in the western part of the empire". She has attracted the attention of the whole country and countless young people have come to propose marriage.

The other children also have their own talents. Only his illegitimate son Arnel Blood, perhaps because of the limited attention he paid to him, finally ran away in anger...

"What kind of chaos is the interior of the empire already in? How come the people haven't been found yet?"

"If you can't find anything inland, go to the east. If that doesn't work, go to the Odin Empire and the Kingdom of Basel! In short, members of the Brad family must not die outside. This is related to the dignity of the family."

Duke Luen said with a frown.