Chapter 208 Change of Heaven
The residence of the Usher family.
Quincy Usher sat and talked with the Vice Chairman.
"Nagothe has been transferred from the dungeon of Master Siris Tower to Master Saint Sean's Prison according to the wishes of the dean."
"Next, it depends on your own means. If this matter is not handled smoothly, Dean Scheer will not give you a good look anymore." The Vice Chairman reminded.
Then Quincy Erser showed a winning smile, "When I get to Saint Sean's Mage Prison, I can use many methods against him. I will definitely make him confess everything."
"It's best that this is the case. I heard that the mage you sent failed on him." The vice chairman said again.
When Quincy Urser heard this, his eyes twitched unconsciously. Even now, he still felt that it was too exaggerated when he thought about it.
A mage who has just been promoted to the first level can actually master the second level spell [Howling in Severe Pain].
"This kid should be born with thick nerves, so he has a very high tolerance for pain." Quincy Urser analyzed.
"However, I have other means. I must be able to manipulate him well and make him explain everything in detail." He said confidently.
The Vice Chairman heard this and stopped asking any more questions.
"When the matter is over, remember to clean up the beginning and end." He just reminded again.
"Don't worry, I still don't understand this." Quincy Urser's eyes looked fierce.
A mage with outstanding talent has now offended him severely. If he is let go, he will definitely come back with revenge when he becomes stronger in the future.
It is easy to dodge an open spear and hard to defend against a hidden arrow.
You must strike hard.
"What a pity for a genius." The Vice Chairman still sighed with emotion, but he actually didn't have much real sympathy in his heart.
There are many geniuses, but the benefits are limited.
District 1, in Jelika’s dormitory building.
"Has Gothe been taken away from the mage tower today and sent to Saint Sean's Mage Prison?" Jelika frowned deeply when she heard the news from the housekeeper.
The housekeeper shook his head and said tactfully: "There is no other way. Not to mention that the family's hand cannot reach this long, it is impossible for this action alone without Dean Scheer's signal behind him."
Jelika's face looked a little ugly.
Since she was born in a noble family, she is naturally not so naive and clearly understands what signal this action represents.
She, who had the deepest contact with Gothe, thought about it again and again, but in the end she could only sigh secretly in her heart.
A talented mage could have been successful, but now, he ended up in jail.
She didn't know what happened specifically, but she knew that it was definitely not the so-called "deliberate destruction of college assets."
In front of the high-level will of the principality and those high-level mages, in fact, not to mention civilian mages like Gothe, even aristocratic genius mages like Jelika with extraordinary origins have limited power.
In prison.
【.Your ability to see in the dark is increased by 35.5%】.
As he gradually adapts to the darkness, the rune patterns that were originally invisible gradually become visible.
Gothe looked at it casually, without deliberately delving into anything.
Those rune patterns naturally separated in his field of vision and turned into basic runes one after another.
Gaode's eyes stayed on those runes for a long time, and his mind followed the lines of the runes.
It is a sad thing to wait to die.
People in this situation often collapse before death comes.
Fortunately, there are runes accompanying Gothe now.
As has happened many times before, as soon as he enters the "problem-solving" state, he will completely lose consciousness, unable to feel the flow of things around him, and even unable to feel the passage of time, entering a state of "obsession".
Hence, Gaode's heart is now extremely peaceful and focused.
Norlan calendar year 9656, foggy frost month, 22nd.
In the eyes of many people, this is just a normal day.
But in history, this is a day worth recording.
That’s all.
It was not until many years later that people really knew its meaning.
…
The majestic city walls of Saint-Sean.
ifier | The soldiers at the city walls were completely stunned.
In other words, I was deeply shocked by the scene in front of me.
Outside the city of St. Sean, the flock of birds hovering in the sky above the river flew away in fright.
A terrifying behemoth emerged from the clouds very suddenly.
It suddenly appeared in the sky, like an alien object from the sky.
That was an airship, a huge war airship.
The surface is covered with a layer of cold-colored metal, making the entire airship look like a steel fortress suspended in the sky.
The row of alchemy cannons exposed is even more ferocious.
At the top of the airship, there is a flag flying.
A bright red flag.
In the center of the flag is a burning heart of fire.
The flame is deep red with a golden brilliance, as if it can swallow up all darkness.
The flame is also surrounded by delicate silver lines, which form a pair of outstretched wings.
The background color of the flag is a deep frosty blue, which contrasts sharply with the blazing heart of flame pattern, making it even more eye-catching.
The soldiers raised their heads and stared at the airship with their mouths open, their eyes full of awe.
"It's the Ice Flame Legion in the Western Territory of the Holy Empire." The mage known as the captain murmured.
Just such a war airship is enough to make people feel hairy.
However, the mage captain understood that the war airship would never appear alone.
This is also true.
Huge airships one after another kept emerging from the clouds.
They are connected end to end, like a giant steel dragon that spans dozens of kilometers across the sky. The shadow they form is like a sky curtain, blocking all sunlight.
Such a sight was enough to burn the nerves of all the soldiers on the city wall from shock to numbness.
The wheel of history is rolling forward, and the trend of the times is mighty.
The great wheel of history never changes due to personal will.
It doesn’t care what you are doing, whether you are in jail or planning some amazing conspiracy.
It will just rumble over you without any discrimination, and change your destiny regardless of it.
This change has both good and bad consequences.
"It's over." The mage captain muttered to himself.
This is over, not only the city of Saint-Sien is over, but the entire principality of Sien is over.
The Holy Empire's army is the largest known in the world, including hundreds of independent legions.
Each legion has its own leader or marshal, and has its own unique culture and fighting style.
There is little consistency among these legions.
This feature allows the Holy Empire to have a large number of military forces with different tactics.
Although the Ice Flame Legion is only an inconspicuous one among the hundreds of legions in the Holy Empire, its overall strength is not even ranked among the top fifty of all legions.
But to the Principality of Xien, the Ice Flame Legion is an absolute prehistoric behemoth.
Even if the entire army of the Principality of Sien was brought over, concentrated in Saint Sien City, and relied on the strength of the city to confront the Ice Flame Legion, it would be impossible to withstand them even for half a day.
The continuous war airships stopped outside the city of St. Sean without any disguise.
The huge shadow covered the sky and the sun.
All residents of Saint-Sion City, as long as they raise their heads, can see the steel fortress with the flag of the Holy Empire Legion.
Everyone's face turned pale.
The army of the Holy Empire is coming!
Red smoke rose into the sky.
In the royal palace of St. Sean City.
After receiving the news, King Jaros XIII and all the named aristocratic ministers of St. Sean City gathered together at this moment.
Including the second prince and the eldest prince.
Everyone's face was pale.
Everyone is in great panic.
The war airships of the Holy Empire are surrounding the city of St. Sean in an extremely domineering manner.
"Not passing by." Everyone on the scene remembered the news reported from the border reconnaissance mage two weeks ago:
The shadow of the Holy Empire Legion mage was found.
However, after two weeks of turmoil, they found no other suspicious traces and quickly gave up the alarm, locating the incident as the passing of an individual mage from the Holy Empire Legion.
Now, the facts tell them that they are naive.
The legions of the Holy Empire are really here.
"What did Commander Fleming say?" asked the already very old Jaros XIII.
“I didn’t meet Commander Fleming. The person who met me was just a young officer from the Ice Flame Legion.” The minister who was sent to negotiate with the Ice Flame Legion conveyed the other party’s intention with a solemn expression.
"He only said three sentences to me."
"One, we can surrender, but the time is limited to before the first ray of sunshine tomorrow shines on the city walls of Saint-Sion."
"Two, surrender before the time specified by them, all the nobles in the city, The ministers, including the royal family, will lose all their original status, but their lives and property can be retained."
"Third, swear allegiance to the Holy Empire and then only evaluate you based on your value and determine your status, otherwise you will be destroyed."
After the three sentences were conveyed, the expressions of all the people on the scene, these "noble" people who used to be aloof and seemed to always be in control of everything, changed drastically on the spot.
Facts have proved that it is not that people with high status have good psychological quality, it is just that in their position, there are too few things that can cause them psychological fluctuations.
But once something like this happens, many people may behave worse than civilians.
"How could it be possible? How could it be possible?" Some noble ministers were puzzled.
The Principality of Xien does not border the territory of the Holy Empire.
Even on the contrary, they bordered part of the Plantagenet territory.
So from any perspective, in this land where there are many principalities, the Principality of Xien should not be the first country to suffer.
Such a strategic approach will lead to the Holy Empire conquering the Principality of Xi'en, and the Principality of Xi'en will become an enclave on the vast territory of the Holy Empire.
"We have all overlooked one point. If the Holy Empire really goes step by step, conquering principalities one by one in order of distance...
"Their territory expansion has not even approached the Plantagenet Dynasty, and the Plantagenet Dynasty has already been able to react and will respond accordingly."
"By then, they will want to win over the Plantagenet King again.朝版图直接相邻的领土，付出的代价就要大上许多了。」
「所以，神圣帝国第一个出手目标，必然是与金雀花王朝领土有接壤的西恩、亚甸、俄伏加中三选一。」
“It is even possible for multiple legions to launch at the same time and use a blitzkrieg to attack the armies of the three principalities.” At this time, the senior general of the Principality of Xien said.
"As for the so-called enclave, it is only based on our own perspective. For the Holy Empire, as long as they are willing, they can wipe out all the principalities between Sean and the territory of the Holy Empire in just one month."
"The Holy Empire is obviously coming for the Plantagenet Dynasty. If it only uses our Sean as a frontline strategic point, the Plantagenet Dynasty will definitely send reinforcements to help, right?"
The senior general spoke calmly, ruthlessly shattering the illusion of the noble ministers asking for help: "As soon as we activate the magic circle and prepare to defend, the Ice Flame Legion outside the city will immediately take action."
"The alchemy of those angry shark-class war airships It only takes one salvo of artillery fire to turn the walls of Saint-Sion City into ruins."
The war airships of the Holy Empire are divided into multiple levels. From high to low, there are four levels: Holy Dragon, Lion, Angry Shark, and Mad Wolf.
Even the most powerful airship in Saint-Sion City still has a technological gap of tens to hundreds of years with the lowest-level Mad Wolf-class war airship in the Holy Empire.
"Not to mention that if their high-level military mages take action, their destructive power will be even greater than that of a war airship." The chief mage of the Saint-Xion Palace Mage Group said calmly.
"In front of the legions of the Holy Empire, we have no chance at all."
Everyone was silent.
"Everyone, prepare to surrender. We have no right to let the innocent civilians in the city die in vain. It is unwise to use the mantis as a chariot."
After a long time, Jaros XIII sighed and said tremblingly.
Making this decision was very difficult for him.
This means that from today on, the Principality of Xien, which has been inherited for thousands of years, will become a speck of dust in history.
And he, Jaros XIII, will become the conquered monarch.
An hour later.
The city gates opened wide, welcoming the soldiers of the Holy Empire's Ice Flame Legion into the city.
At the same time, the Royal Family of Jaros, which has ruled the Principality of Xi'an for thousands of years, issued a statement to all the people in the country:
· From today on, the Principality of Xi'an officially joins the Holy Empire, changing from an independent country to the province of Xi'an under the jurisdiction of the Western Governor of the Holy Empire.
After issuing this statement, the Principality of Xien ceased to exist.
The Principality of Xien has proved with practical actions why the Holy Empire is the most powerful country in the world.
Under the siege of the Holy Empire's Ice Flame Legion, they only held out for an hour before announcing their surrender.
The Principality of Sien was established on the 1st day of the Frost month, 7349 in the Noran calendar.
Died on the 22nd day of the Frost Moon, 9656 in the Nolan calendar.
2307 years in total.
For many little people, this may be a tragedy or a comedy.
In short, it was just a normal day. They were living as usual, and then they found out that they had changed their nationality for no reason.
As the sun sets, everyone becomes a subject of the Holy Empire.
The hand of fate has not stopped yet.
The second day after the Ice Flame Legion occupied Saint Sean City, that is, the 23rd of the Frost Moon.
In order to demonstrate the benevolence and care of the Holy Empire to its new people, and at the same time to eliminate the barriers between the people of the former Principality of Xi'en and the Holy Empire, and to convey the new regime's benevolent and tolerant signal.
The Ice Flame Legion announced an amnesty.
(End of this chapter)