Pillars of Ita

Chapter 931 Chapter 160 Act Two The Storm of the Empire

The sudden suspension of the game was beyond everyone's expectations, and it also pushed a professional game that was not so attention-grabbing to the cusp of the storm.In the Colin-Ishurian community, almost everyone is discussing the incident in the empire, speculating on how the conflict will affect the final outcome.

The communication between the continents doubled in just a few days. The Colin-Ishurian Artisan Association, the Capka Branch and the Elfindo Council sent summons to the Empire three times a day. , to consult the progress of the event.

The outsiders are fine. The alchemists in the association obviously feel that the Artisan Association has taken action. The great artisans in several places exchange letters with each other, and there are more and more mentions of Ayin Brock in the magic communication.Then came the Elfindor Council. The former speaker, Ander Uriel, directly launched an attack on the association's internal professional publications, angrily denouncing the imperial alchemy community for being unable to maintain the necessary fairness of the continental league.

The former is a highly respected figure in the alchemist circle of South Colin. He not only enjoys a high reputation in the Elfindor Council, but also enjoys a long-standing reputation in the entire Atalia and internationally. It can be said that he has made friends all over the world.His statement aroused extensive discussions in the alchemist community, and even within the empire, there were not a few voices who questioned Ayn Brock's approach.

As for the Hill of Giant Trees and Rotao, they had long been dissatisfied with the empire's control over the direction of the Artisans Association.In Sanshak and the Temple of Stars, more than a dozen master craftsmen united in the "Alchemist Weekly" to support the Colin people, and even a long-retired great alchemist made cryptic criticisms of the Imperials.

For a while, the imperial people were extremely passive.Until the center was alarmed, His Majesty the Emperor directly asked about this matter during the court meeting.

When the matter developed to this point, it was no longer limited to Ayin Brock.However, the pressure from above was also directly transmitted to every department involved in this incident. The headquarters of the Einbroek patrol guard was brightly lit, and the staff kept running around, trying to 'investigate' to find out the truth.

But no matter what the truth is.

The Mobius Craftsman Association is well aware of the mastermind behind the scenes, so they don't intend to take the blame.

The Artisans Association directly wrote an article also published in "Alchemist Weekly", publicly accusing the Mage of meddling in the Continental League, and at the same time stating that it is also actively investigating the matter.

The article was signed 'Friston-J-Herleyer', anyone who is familiar with this pseudonym knows that this is the article written by Friston-J-Herleyer, the president of the Artisan Association.Public opinion was in an uproar for a while, and this article was tantamount to publicly putting the conflict between the imperial alchemists and mages on the table.

Of course, the mages here mainly refer to the mage families of the empire.After all, apart from the astrologers in the Star and Moon Tower, the mages do not have their own unified organization. Due to the different understanding of the basic theory of ether, the differences between schools and even the differences between different professions.

The feud between the empire's mage family and the Craftsman Association has a long history and is well known to the world.To put it bluntly, it is caused by the uneven distribution of benefits in the reform of alchemy.

Craftsmen will always control the national policy of alchemy reform since the previous emperor, and on the one hand, the mage family, which is recovering from the ancient honor, of course wants to get a share of it.There was a honeymoon period between the two, sharing technology with each other and jointly promoting the progress of magic skills.

But since the battle between the new and old structures led by the Empire more than ten years ago, the two have parted ways and each embarked on a different path.In the end, the new-generation construct design led by the Imperial Workshop won the favor of the current Emperor, and later became the standard for the next-generation combat constructs of the Imperial Army's procurement program.

Since then, he has won the biggest victory in the alchemy revolution.

The plan is so well known to outsiders.Fang Plover was in Colin—Ishurian had also heard about this revolution, and its leaked version, that is, the K-series constructions he had seen before—the knight-type annihilator and the choke monster, and the central nervous system magician furnace.

Due to the too much interest involved, it directly led to the hatred between the family of mages and the craftsman association, and they attacked each other until today.

However, the struggle between the two is generally cryptic and implicit, and it is rare to be as direct and open as it is now, accusing each other on the press and shirking responsibility.The publication volume of the major newspapers and periodicals in the empire tripled every day, and the relevant practitioners were all happy.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

The direct result was that from the second day onwards, the number of journalists gathered at the gate of the inspection guard headquarters doubled again.

But one can imagine why the Möbius Guild of Artisans reacted this way - because the cunning owl of the Empire has crossed the line.The chairman, Friston J. Helleyer, was of course warning his opponent.

As a professional game with craftsman nature, the Continental League has not received much attention from the outside world, but it has a high gold content in the circle of alchemists, and it can be said that it has a long-standing reputation.The Imperial Craftsman Association regards it as a way and means to prove its authority, and it is held every five years.The superficial indifference is just a manifestation of arrogance among alchemists.

Because of this, how could they tolerate outsiders commenting on such an event?
The other side chose to make trouble at such a time, which obviously touched the most sensitive nerve of the imperial alchemists.

But the reaction of the cunning owl of the empire was not ambiguous at all.

When everyone thought that the other party would restrain their claws.The Hawke family directly initiated a court meeting at the center of the empire, expressing that they wanted to discuss the matter of Ayn Brock openly.

For a time, the whole world was shocked.

Under the shadow of the 'Owl Eagle' Duke, the faction of the Sly Owl family has developed and grown in the political arena of the empire over the years, with many followers.What is even more shocking is that in addition to the traditional allies of the Hawke family, the Eisengreen family of the Golden Goat, the Griffin family of the Feather of the Griffin, and the Trifink family of the Badger of Change also joined joint name.

These old enemies of the Hawke family, this time also showed their chariots and stood on the chariot of the cunning owl.So the empire's mage family, this time, openly broke with the alchemists of the Craftsman Association.

The major newspapers were silent for a while.

After all, watching the excitement is different from being involved in the vortex. The fight between two behemoths may not hurt you, but if you are not careful, it will shatter the bones of others, and no one wants to get burned.

But the silence of the empire's public opinion circles contrasted with the lively situation in the community.The struggle on Altalia's side can hardly affect the real bystanders on the other side of the stargate.The forums, especially the forums in the third competition area, were full of hustle and bustle.

Many people said that they have never eaten such a big melon in their life.

A small continental league has stirred up the internal struggle of the empire. Although he is just an outsider, he has become the center and fuse of this dispute.The person at the very center of the vortex was already well-known to the Colin-Ishurians.

From Fenris to the Southlands, from Istonia to Elpaxin, its notoriety is known to all.The disaster star from Fenris, the initiator of the Great Northern War, once again showed its power in the empire.

"The catastrophe from the third division, take down the empire—"

"Fortunately, he has gone to the empire. Congratulations."

"Our unlucky King, His Majesty, still does some good things occasionally."

The Chosen seem to have little basic respect for Corin, the supreme being of Ishurian.

But when the matter developed to this point, everyone could see that the two sides could no longer get out of the stage, and a real confrontation with swords and guns was inevitable.As for the title of Dragon Alchemist, it has already been popular from inside the circle to outside the circle following this incident.

No matter whether it is Colin or Ishurian, everyone in the third division community knows about this title.Perhaps one day if Fang Plovers is silent, no one will discuss the title of Dragon Alchemist, but at this moment, its unprecedented grandeur is no less than that of the era when the lone star, the late executioner 'Loofah' rose.

"But Loofah became famous only after the Continental League, and then went to the Second World to start to emerge." Odin looked at the comments in the community, and jokingly said to Chen Xi, "This kid is really unprecedented."

Although the two guilds are rivals, they have a good personal relationship, and they have both met Fang Plover, so they have a lot of common language on this matter.

"Don't forget the July War." Chen Xi shook her head. "When I went back to the Second World a while ago, KUN asked me about it and said that he seemed to have seen Ed. I checked the small team he was in. , if nothing else happens, the Sea Witch should have seen him at the time."

"Wonderful."

Odin was speechless for a while, and came to such a conclusion.

Rumors about the July War are rarely circulated outside, but they cannot be hidden from insiders like them, not to mention that the former alliance was one of the participants.The sea witch turned the war upside down, and finally played both sides and took the crown of Hailin.

So far, the two alliances are still searching for each other's whereabouts in the Second World.

Therefore, it can be said that the war ended hastily. Although Fang Plover did not do it, it is hard to say that it had nothing to do with it.

Even Odin couldn't help but wonder, does this kid have some special talent to muddy the water and make things mess up?

But Chen Xi's mind is obviously not in front of his eyes. He said that this matter is not just to discuss Fang Plover. "Seven obelisks, and now five have been found...but the one in Fenris has been sunk in the ground forever, and no one knows about it. He is the only person who has approached that obelisk, but the time is too long Short, probably didn't get any useful information from above..."

"The twelve stars shine, and we have also identified seven places where the stars shine. The progress of the imperial people may be faster than ours, but it is also limited. The imperial people have been to Estonia, and they should have found the lost more than ten years ago. those slabs, and from above locate the final obelisk."

"But they don't know the whole story of what happened in Fenris. We also strictly keep this matter secret. Except for the military, that is, me, you, Ming and Virus, few people know the truth. The possibility of the military leaking the news Almost zero, I, you and Ming will not disclose it to the outside world, as for Virus..."

He pondered.

"Elite I can't say well, I'm not familiar with this guild, but she doesn't look like someone who will easily speak to outsiders. Therefore, it is also conceivable that the imperial people have tried to get information from the seven holy inscriptions so far. .”

"But our two major alliances have actually given up on the search for the seven holy monuments, and instead focused on the twelve-star shining land, as well as the collection of four holy objects. The descendants of Flor have recently had a good relationship with Ed Quite a few, and for this reason, they expect to know the whereabouts of the Sea Witch from each other."

He shook his head, "But I'm not optimistic. Let's not say that Sea Witch and Ed just met once, not to mention his character, even if he knew, he wouldn't tell you."

Odin put his hands behind his head and replied nonchalantly, "That's the club's business. It's up to us to implement it. It seems to outsiders that the top management of the guild is me, but in fact we can only Responsible for the details of the operation of the guild, the general direction is set by the club, can we change anything?"

Having said that, he kept silent.

If anything could be changed, the Covenant Mountain incident would never have happened.

But Chen Xi obviously didn't pay attention to this issue. He turned his head to look at his friend and asked, "The Eternal Heart of the Hill of Giant Trees is missing again, do you know?"

Odin was slightly taken aback, looking in this direction, he obviously knew about it, but he didn't expect the news to have spread, "You know?"

Dawn nodded.

"The news has spread," the latter replied, "but what's interesting is that I don't know who spread the news. I also checked the source of the news, but I couldn't find the source. It's like..."

Odin's eyes flashed, "It's as if someone is deliberately spreading this news."

Chen Xi nodded again: "It's exactly the same timing as that rumor appeared."

The two glanced at each other, with an inexplicable gleam in their eyes.

Under the seven obelisks, the secret of Numelin, the holy grail of the elves, is buried, the place where the twelve stars shine, eternal life, and endless wisdom.

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The community in the third division was discussing the events that happened in the empire, but the discussion on this matter among the Oshu people was relatively quiet at the moment, and all the major newspapers were silent.The family of imperial mages and alchemists stand on each other's platforms, or a winner will be decided, just like more than ten years ago——

Either wait for His Majesty the Emperor to step down and intervene.

But the Supreme One would never speak easily, and everyone was afraid of getting burned, so public opinion suddenly fell silent.

The Colin-Ishurian Craftsman Association also noticed the change in the atmosphere. The president of the association, Falaise-Tongwan, directly ordered a group of people to form an envoy to the empire.On the surface, it was protesting on behalf of the Colin-Ishurian Craftsman Association, but in fact, anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was putting pressure on the empire.

But of course, the party under pressure will not be the alchemists of the empire, but the current incident led by the wizarding family-putting pressure on the headquarters of the Einbrok inspection guard.

Falaise was obviously very dissatisfied with the imperialists procrastinating the matter indefinitely, and asked the other party to come up with a conclusion as soon as possible.

The alchemists of the empire liked it.

So in silence, this confrontation seemed to have come to an end, and finally a decisive battle was about to usher in.

But within the Colin-Ishurian alchemist circle.

More people were surprised, and many people were guessing the origin of the dragon alchemist.In the eyes of most people, the Imperials themselves were in a mess first, and there was absolutely no need for the Colin-Ishurian Artisan Association to be so aggressive.

If the Continental League is suspended, it will be suspended. Anyway, it is the face of the imperial people.But Falaise-Copper Bay issued a death order to keep the delegation of Colin-Ishurian, which was exactly the intention of the envoy.

And who is the person who really wants to keep, everyone actually knows it well.

Among the high-level craftsmen association, there are only a few people who really understand the reason.

Ander Uriel of the Elfindor Council certainly knew that the bad-tempered Copper Bay family didn't care about his cheap student at all, and all he cared about was the Silver Tower.

It's a pity that the former didn't know what happened to the Silver Tower back then. He only vaguely heard that on the day the envoys left, Falaise sent a letter to the Empire.

But he knew no one in the Empire at all.

Then it is conceivable who the recipient is.

In fact, just as Ander Uriel thought, at the headquarters of the Mobius Craftsman Association, the recipient was opening the letter, pushed his monocle, and smiled while reading the letter, "Copper Bay The temper of the family members became more and more bad, and he dared to threaten me in the letter—"

He flicked the letter paper and shook his head, "Merlyusimis is not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry. With such a hasty personality, it's no wonder that the Tongwan family is not as good as the next generation, but it is interesting to get the dragon's permission." little guy."

He put the letter back on the table and pondered for a moment.

Then he picked up a pen, dipped it in fluorescent ink, unfolded a piece of letter paper and started writing on it.

In fact, the Cunning Xiao family did intend to suppress public opinion within the empire. After all, anyone with a discerning eye could see what the outcome of this investigation would be.

The empire has a strict hierarchy, so I don't take the star gate declaration seriously.The selectors of the first division have high self-esteem, and the alliance itself is too deeply involved in the politics of the empire. It is hard to say that it has followed all aspects of the star gate declaration.

Therefore, the fact that the Seven Seas Brigade itself complained may be true in the eyes of others.If the empire investigates by itself, the result will be fine anyway, but a mere Ayin Brock inspecting the headquarters of the guards will not dare to play tricks under the noses of Ming and Virus.

Therefore, the only thing the Hawke family can rely on is the fact that the Colin-Ishurian delegation is understaffed.

And they can infinitely expand the scope of investigation to the Stag Principality through the relationship of the Deathfall Guild. Even more than ten years ago, once things got complicated, there were many places where they could intervene.

But to do so, the family of wizards first needs to avoid the alchemists of the Mobius Craftsman Guild.

Therefore, the Duke of Hawke did not focus on the conflict in Aiyin Brock from the beginning, but directly initiated the initiative to re-investigate the old affairs of Lynn's family 20 years ago.

If they can prove that Ash Lynn's manuscript is the key evidence of the scam 20 years ago, then it can be explained. As for the fact that Lila's 'assisting investigation' was invited, if the procedure of the patrolling guard was legal .

Then the Corin-Ishurian claim is not so tenable, or at least it can be explained as a misunderstanding.

And to investigate the old affairs of Lin En's family 20 years ago, there is no need to actually conduct an investigation. After all, the empire has already made a conclusion about what happened back then, and what is needed now is to draw a further conclusion based on this conclusion.

Even Mobius' craftsman union cannot overturn the old case 20 years ago.In this way, the cunning owl of the empire can naturally achieve his goals from it.

"...If the situation develops as expected, it may be a little unfavorable to us," Ming frowned, looking at the information brought by Virus and Bi Fang, obviously feeling a little tricky, "President Falaise sent When the mission came over, it was also aware of this problem. On the one hand, it urges the other party to hurry up, and on the other hand, it also solves the problem of our lack of manpower—"

But Bai Xue was not very optimistic about this, and shook her head.

"But we are in the empire, no matter how many people we send, it won't help."

She analyzed carefully, "The only thing we can rely on, other than Sister Ming and Ms. The Imperial Craftsmen Association has broken openly, if they really want to use the old case from 20 years ago to reverse the case, it is impossible for us to spend with them here indefinitely."

"...What's more, the people of the empire may not be able to understand all aspects of the old case 20 years ago. How can we distinguish clearly?"

Ming also frowned, if she wanted to fight the dragon knights of the empire, she would not mind.But to go deep into the internal affairs of the empire, how could she, a chosen one, understand it so clearly?
The two couldn't help looking at Fang Plover at the side, "So what magic power does Ash Lynn's manuscript have, so that the Duke can do this step?"

Fang Plover touched his nose, he really didn't know about it, and he had never seen the manuscript.

Seeing him like this, Ming became angry and gave him a shudder angrily, "You don't know anything, and you dare to take things down, I really don't know how to say hello."

"But they attack ordinary people, we can't turn a blind eye to them," Fang Yan held his head and said aggrievedly, "And Sister Ming, please don't start, I am the head of the Seven Seas Brigade, how embarrassing it is to be seen by outsiders. And This is already the best way, I will never be able to consume those people infinitely and death in the Stag Principality."

"So now you let us and the Imperials consume us infinitely?"

But after Ming finished speaking, he exchanged a glance with Bai Xue, and didn't continue on this topic.

Although influenced by the Ultra-Sports League, the guilds in the third division now don't pay as much attention to the terms and conditions in the Stargate Declaration as before. The establishment of the two major alliances is based on this.

But they have more or less experienced the end of that glorious era, or have seen it with their own eyes, or heard about it.

It was hard for the two of them to say that Fang Plover's behavior was wrong.Death has come to the Guilds for banditry, and it can never be right to support such banditry.

The two were looking at each other speechlessly.

Fang Plover had nothing to worry about in his heart.

Since he dared to do this, he naturally had something to rely on, and the support of the Colin-Ishurian delegation was unexpected to him.But in fact, even without the support of Ming and Virus, he still has a killer move that he hasn't used yet.

He was just waiting for that moment to come.

But when all the atmosphere fell into silence, at this moment Virus walked in from the outside, looked at a few people silently, and then opened his mouth in this direction:

"Ed, someone wants to see you."

"I?"

Fang Qiu was slightly startled.

Who will come to see me at this time?Almost everyone he knew in the Empire was already here.

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(End of this chapter)