Chapter 127: The Super-Gigantic Ritual Behind the Decline and Rise of Civilizations
Inside the ballroom.
Through his conversation with Mrs. Alice, Su Nan suddenly thought of something else—if the Eastern Human Empire, a country with over two thousand years of history, or rather, if this civilization were suddenly destroyed, the powerful magical force of the civilization's collapse would summon back the magic tide, causing the sorcerer groups to initiate various large-scale actions.
Then, what if this Eastern Human Empire were to be restored?
What would happen?
Would it drive away the magic tide again, or would some other special phenomenon occur?
After all, although the Eastern Human Empire had been destroyed, its capital had become Storm Keep.
Three-eighths of the capital's urban area were given to the Platinum Republic through an agreement when the Storm Kingdom was founded, because the Platinum Republic had provided ships and material support to the founders of the Storm Kingdom, the Storm Knights, at the time.
But first, the Eastern Empire still had the Nicomedia Empire in the Asia Minor region facing the sea. Although the actual size of that empire was only that of a duchy, it was just calling itself an empire for the sake of sounding good.
Moreover, there were still some scattered fragments of the empire's territory existing in the form of autocratic duchies.
In addition, the Storm Kingdom had recently experienced a series of continuous blows. Even the king had been captured by Carlo Yangcao, and the morale of the people in the regions was fluctuating.
The conflict between the subjects who believed in the God of Law and the lords who believed in the God of Storms became increasingly serious as the lords declined.
Under such circumstances, the Eastern Human Empire had a chance to be restored, but that didn't seem right.
Su Nan thought, "The Supreme Order and the sorcerers have been working hard to weaken the Storm Kingdom. It doesn't seem like they want to suppress the remnants of the Eastern Human Empire. On the contrary, they seem to be hoping for the Eastern Human Empire to be restored."
"Why is that?"
"Could it be that the revival of that ancient civilization would actually benefit them?"
Because his perspective was different now, Su Nan was able to see the deep undercurrents hidden beneath the surface.
He hadn't expected that the decline and rise of a civilization would actually contain a world-destroying conspiracy and intrigue.
The destruction and prosperity of this civilization had essentially become a super-gigantic large-scale ritual.
Therefore, the major changes in the countries and political situations of this world could not be viewed with simple eyes.
"Forget it. If I can figure these things out easily, I will. If I can't, I'll focus on becoming a formal wizard first," Su Nan thought. "At worst, I'll just run away."
At worst, after he became a formal wizard, he would just take his territory and run away. He could always come back when he became stronger.
Just like the orthodox wizard society that directly left this land more than two thousand years ago.
From the Oak Wizard's library, Su Nan learned that in addition to this prime material plane, there were many planes in the void. Some planes were also material planes, while others were special planes such as energy planes, elemental planes, shadow planes, and ether planes.
The types and numbers of planes were very complex. Even the orthodox wizard society more than two thousand years ago had not explored them all clearly.
The orthodox wizard society more than two thousand years ago once used an apt analogy for this situation: 'We seem to be frogs on the edge of a pond, only wandering around the edge of the pond, but there is a wider territory outside the pond bank, just as there are more complex planes and worlds.'
Some planes were even larger than this prime material plane world, and they were also material planes. They had not even been touched by the gods.
It was just that the world structure and the level of world energy were not as good as the prime material plane world he was in.
However, exploring planes and possessing spells that could leave the prime material plane required at least a formal wizard.
Therefore, Su Nan was eager to become a formal wizard.
Su Nan also always kept in mind that his main job was a wizard, and the lord of the Storm Kingdom was just a side job.
Su Nan nodded to Mrs. Alice, and Mrs. Alice was pleasantly surprised to find that she had successfully pleased the current de facto ruler of the Southern Ceres Military District of the Storm Kingdom.
And Su Nan had just made a decision. He wanted to annex the lords around him, including directly controlling the Simon territory that he had crippled, to create a security zone around his territory.
That way, if the sorcerer groups, the Bulgars, or any other enemies wanted to attack him, it would be difficult to reach Peter's territory.
Su Nan thought for a while and summoned the old butler Warwick over.
Warwick bowed to Su Nan and said, "Young master, what do you need me to do?"
Su Nan said, "Go to Simon's territory, bypass Baron Simon, support Simon's illegitimate daughter to take the throne, and establish our actual control over Simon's territory within a month."
"Tell everyone that Baron Simon had a stroke, so he can only give the title to his daughter. You arrange for lawyers and church people to handle this matter and write it into a document to report to the Storm Royal Family. No matter what the Storm Royal Family's attitude is, you must make sure that the process of this matter is flawless."
The old butler Warwick was best at handling such trivial matters. "Yes, young master."
When the gargoyles attacked Simon Castle before, most of the Simon family members were eliminated. It wasn't that Su Nan wanted to retaliate.
He just wanted to blow up Simon Castle and completely destroy the last reliance of the Simon family, but many members of the Simon family lived there.
However, Su Nan specifically ordered the gargoyles not to kill one of Baron Simon's illegitimate daughters. Warwick had already told him about this illegitimate daughter's information.
This was a pitiful girl whose mother was the head maid of the Simon family and was raped by Baron Simon, but Baron Simon shirked his responsibility. In the end, the mother was drowned in the lake by the conservative Storm Church and Baron Simon's original wife.
She had always been treated like a servant in the Simon family, even worse.
Because in this era, illegitimate sons were slightly better, at most they had no right of inheritance, but illegitimate daughters had even bigger problems. This meant that they could not find men of the same class to marry, meaning that their status, which was neither high nor low, made it impossible for them to gain anyone's respect.
But she was the best candidate for Su Nan to support and control Simon's territory.
First of all, this guy was also a member of the Simon family, so the people would not have too much resistance. Secondly, this guy hated the Simon family, so she was his best subordinate.
Moreover, she had no foundation and had to rely on his authority. He could easily control her without having to spend any effort.
At the same time, in front of Simon Town, the smug Baron Simon got off the carriage whistling. The next moment, his pupils were shocked. His pupils completely shrank when he saw Simon Town, which had completely turned into ruins.
What happened… …
How could Simon Town, after he left for a few hours, become a memory in his mind and completely cease to exist in reality?
Baron Simon was first shocked, then suspected that he was dreaming, and then became angry. It must have been Su Nan who did it.
But soon he was puzzled and felt terrified.
Because until just now, Su Nan was at the ball in Peter Castle, talking and laughing with others. He didn't look like he was leading a military operation at all.
Moreover, how could his town, with such strong defenses, be turned into ruins in less than an hour, with more than two hundred soldiers all turned into corpses!
Baron Simon suddenly felt fear from the bottom of his heart. He remembered the 'kind' warning that little girl Frank had given him.
"I want to find the Othello family. I want to find the Othello family to uphold justice for me!"
"I want to find the Othello family to uphold justice for me. It's crazy, it's crazy!"
"No, what about my castle? What happened to my castle and my family!"
Baron Simon suddenly had a terrified expression on his face. He began to roar at the coachman and servants on the carriage, "Take me back to my castle."
"Immediately! Now!"
But his coachman and servants did not move, just stood there blankly, looking at the ruins of Simon Town.
It wasn't that they were disobedient, it was just that their families had also been moved into Simon Town by the 'kind' Baron Simon before… …
But now Simon Town had already become like this… …
Now they were all in a state of psychological breakdown.
… …
Twenty minutes later, Baron Simon stood in front of his ruined castle. He opened his mouth, both angry and terrified, and a little bit relieved. His castle had not become complete ruins like Simon Town.
It just had a dozen big holes… …
At least it could still be used after some repairs, right?
However, Baron Simon soon thought of another serious problem. What had happened to his family members living in the castle now!
