Chapter 832: Blooming Everywhere
Titan City.
As an industrial city in the west of Bracada, it was originally very prosperous.
Large groups of factories can produce large quantities of industrial consumer goods every day.
Magic crystal lamps that can illuminate, automatic beds that can move up and down, fully automatic vibrators...
All these products for enjoyment brought rich tax revenue to Titan City.
But after the economic crisis in Bracada, the first to fall was Titan City, because the materials produced in Titan City were not necessities of life.
Of course, there are indeed a very small number of creatures that pursue enjoyment even more than life, but for the vast majority of creatures, when survival becomes difficult, enjoyment will be the first thing to be abandoned.
Under the impact of the economic crisis, Titan City was in a state of depression.
Many of the mages living in Titan City came from remote acropolises and county towns.
They sold their properties in their hometown a long time ago and rented houses in Titan City or paid high loans to buy houses.
If Titan City could continue to prosper, they might work in Titan City for a long time, take root there, and eventually become residents of Titan City.
However, now they have become the first victims of the economic crisis.
Countless factories closed down and a large number of wizards and djinn lost their jobs.
Without jobs, they have no income, and without income, they cannot pay their loans and rents. They are evicted from their homes and wander the streets.
It was not until this time that they sadly discovered that they had already become homeless.
A piece of torn paper, a rotten wooden board, a dirty tent, a not-so-big recliner...
They searched for anything they could find that would give them a place to stay and support them in becoming the lonely ghosts of Titan City.
Sadness and despair enveloped them.
But they are not stupid, they are waiting, waiting for the economy of Bracada to improve.
Their long-term affluent life has made them firmly believe that this economic difficulty is only temporary and will get better sooner or later.
But suddenly one day, they discovered that the relief center that had distributed food to them had closed down.
They can no longer receive relief food.
It’s not that Bracada didn’t distribute relief food, but because of the civil war, the price of food in the entire Bracada was rising. The greedy lord of Titan City couldn’t resist the temptation and resold the relief food and put it in his pocket.
hunger.
This word, which the wizards and djinn had only heard of but never experienced, came upon them in an extremely cruel way, catching them off guard.
Whether they are wizards or djinn, they all have the ability to cast spells and fight, and if they are in the wild, they can survive by hunting.
But this is Titan City. The only wild animals they can find within a radius of dozens of kilometers are goblins.
However, goblins are special life forms. Once their flesh is cut off, it will just turn into flowing light and disappear, and cannot be eaten.
Long-term hunger not only causes malnutrition, but also stimulates the survival instinct of organisms.
Those mages and djinn were forced to make a choice.
Either they eat their own kind in a madman manner, or they start a rebellion and snatch food from the wealthy nobles in Titan City at the risk of their lives.
When the first pair of hungry red eyes set their sights on the City Lord's Mansion, the surging tide of rebellion became uncontrollable.
“Why! Why can they live in a magnificent house, hug their delicate wives, eat food that we can’t afford even if we work all year, and enjoy life to the fullest.
And we have to live in this cold winter night, eating grass roots and tree bark when we are hungry?
Those bastards exchanged our life-saving food for gold coins and bought gorgeous bracelets for their concubines.
They are eating our flesh, drinking our blood, and chewing our souls!
Since they won't give us a way to live, we'll fight them!
I'm going to rush into the City Lord's Mansion, open its granary, and eat my fill.
As long as you come with me, I promise that all the food in the granary will be divided equally among everyone, all the gold coins will be divided equally among everyone, and even the city lord's wives can be used by everyone in turn.
I know the city lord is a legendary hero and you are all afraid of him.
However, we have reached a desperate situation. We will die if we resist, and we will also die if we don’t resist, so why not give it a try?
What if, what if, we win! "
The first wizard stood up and shouted, and the blazing flames were instantly ignited.
That night, countless wizards and djinn attacked the city lord's castle!
If the lord of Titan City was a smart man who knew how to take care of the interests of his subordinates while being greedy, the garrison of Titan City would not have to take action. The guards of the city lord's castle alone could rely on the defensive buildings of the city lord's castle to stop the rebels.
However, how could the mayor of Titan City be so smart as to resell relief food?
Those guards had long been fed up with the city lord's exploitation and capriciousness, and had no choice but to be under his command.
Therefore, facing the attack of the rebels, the guards of the castle instead of defending with all their heart, quietly opened the gate of the castle.
The rebel army rushed in unhindered.
Until this point, they had no way out.
Even if they retreat now, they will be liquidated by the city lord in the future.
Only by killing the city lord can they have a chance to survive.
Therefore, facing the legendary city lord, they were like bloodthirsty jackals, fearlessly launching charge again and again.
No matter how powerful a legendary hero is, without the help of other arms, he is just a stronger arm.
His magic will be exhausted, his arrows will be used up, and his physical strength and willpower have limits.
And the fat Lord of Titan City, who had just climbed out of bed, had long neglected the training of his own fighting ability in his life of decadence and debauchery.
Faced with countless fearless wizards and djinn, he couldn't even escape.
The moment his magic shield was broken, countless ice, flames, lightning and ground spikes continuously emerged from his body, piercing his heart to the core, making him die beyond death.
Eventually, he became the first mayor of Bracada to die at the hands of the rebels.
The city of Titan became the first city in Bracada to spontaneously rebel.
The lord of Titan City died with his eyes open. Until the moment of his death, he couldn't understand why the defenders of the military camp had not arrived yet, even though he had been holding on for so long.
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As soon as the turmoil in Titan City began, it was seen by the goblins hiding in dark alleys, cellars and other corners of the city.
The moment the turmoil broke out, countless pieces of information were passed through the conch shell to Qi Ge's hands.
Under the command of Qi Ge, the goblins acted quickly.
They set fire to the military camp to create the illusion that the camp was attacked, destroyed the city gates to block the army's advance, and used goblins to spread the news to the troops, causing chaos...
All these measures successfully delayed the troops supporting the city lord's castle and made it impossible for the lord of Titan City to turn the tables.
It was not until Qi Ge confirmed that the Yasha Spark in Titan City had been taken over by the rebels that he was completely relieved.
The defenders of Titan City failed to protect the city lord, leading to the fall of Titan City.
According to Bracada's laws, once the Titan city was suppressed, they would be convicted or even executed for failing to defend the city.
In order to survive, they will have to cooperate with the rebels.
The die was cast. Titan City had no room for maneuver and could only rebel to the end.
The rebellion of Titan City means that rebellious cities will appear on both the eastern and western fronts of Bracada at the same time.
Bracada 's military system is very special.
Except for a very small number of central troops, most of the troops are supported by the lords themselves and belong to the lords' private armies.
In normal times, this can greatly reduce the central government's military expenditure, allowing the central army to use all funds to build elite troops.
With enough elite troops, Thunder City can easily suppress local rebellions.
But at this time, the biggest drawback of this system was finally exposed.
When rebellions occur in many places and the central army has no way to resolve them quickly, Thunder City will face a very difficult problem of insufficient troop numbers!
Since the central army was insufficient in number, the task of suppressing the rebellion had to be handed over to the local lords.
However, in Bracada, counterinsurgency wars and foreign wars are different.
In a war to quell a rebellion, the war rewards that the lord can get are very limited, and he will suffer a loss.
In Bracada, which encourages business, local autonomy and a central parliament as the core of the country, all actions are business actions!
The key point is that all actions are commercial actions, including war.
The essence of commercial activities is to make money, because unprofitable or loss-making commercial activities will lead to the death of the commercial entity.
Even if some business activities seem to be losing money now, that is because these business activities can make more money in the future.
How could the lord be willing to try his best when he knew that he would lose money after the war to quell the rebellion?
Therefore, if the suppression of the rebellion is handed over to the local lords, they will definitely not put in any effort, and will try their best to pretend, deceive their superiors and hide the truth from their subordinates, in order to reduce their own losses and gain more benefits.
Even when Lighthouse City was suppressing the rebellion, with the central army watching, those local lords dared to trade with the rebels in Lighthouse City.
Let them quell the rebellion on their own, who knows what they can do.
So, at this time, Bracada has only two choices.
Alternatively, the central government of Bracada could increase the rewards for local lords who quell the rebellion, turning the war income of local lords from losses into profits, and then give them to the local lords to quell the rebellion in Titan City.
Or, leave Titan City alone and wait until the rebellion in Lighthouse City is put down before transferring the central army there to continue suppressing the rebellion.
The first option has a problem, and that is the risk issue.
Counterinsurgency is war, and all acts of war are high-risk activities. In business, high risk must correspond to high returns, otherwise no one will do it.
High-risk, low-return business activities can only fool fools. Local lords who have the ability to quell rebellions are all legends and cannot be that stupid.
It’s like the stock market and banks. If you deposit money in a bank, you will definitely earn more money than if you put it in the stock market. Who would still speculate in the stock market?
Therefore, in order to make the local lords devote their whole heart to suppressing the rebellion, the central government of Bracada, that is, the Thunder Temple and the Grand Council, must pay a huge price.
Perhaps we have to promise the local lords that after the rebellion is successfully suppressed, we will hand over the cities to them.
In Bracada's system, to pay such a high price, a meeting must be held to discuss it.
At this time, there were only four permanent members of the Bracada Grand Council who were influential enough: Escher, Fafnir, Deris, and Argaid.
The first two are still suppressing the rebellion in Lighthouse City.
The last two are both from the Seven Pigeons group.
What does it mean to cover the sky with one hand?
Agaid proposed not to give up interests and wait until the rebellion in Lighthouse City was quelled before going to Titan City.
Deris agreed.
The proposal was passed.
Thunder City doesn't care, the local lord doesn't want to care, and Titan City is just left unattended!
The rebels of Titan City huddled in the city for a week, trembling in fear, making every preparation foolproof, awaiting the most severe judgment from Bracada.
Ended up waiting in vain.
They are still waiting, but no one will come.
But time won’t stop because of this.
Outside the city of Titan, a bigger storm is brewing.
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"Sell the newspaper, sell the newspaper, Thunder Monthly, all over the country!
Titan City has rebelled! Come and see!"
In Maple Leaf City, the newspaper-selling fairies waved their newspapers and screamed and shouted at the top of their lungs.
They had never pushed so hard for these scraps of paper that had nothing to do with them.
Because, from the moment they received these newspapers, they already understood their mission.
They ran from one alley to another, never refusing to stop.
The roar of hard work is still useful, passing carriages, pedestrians who just got off work, and old men with nothing to do...
Many, many people of all kinds bought newspapers from the goblins.
"Hey, goblin, stop."
A dirty wizard tramp blocked the way of a newspaper goblin.
He mercilessly snatched a newspaper from the goblin's hand and kicked the goblin away.
Watching the goblin rolling on the ground in a panic and struggling to get up, he sneered contemptuously and threatened:
“Goblin, if the people from your newspaper ask you about it, just say it’s lost, understand?
If you dare to say that I took it, when I get out of the cell, I will break your hands and feet and hang you on a tree to starve to death!"
The wizard tramp threatened the poor goblin and then walked away in a swagger.
There was one less newspaper to be sold, and the accounts didn't add up. The goblin would be severely beaten by the newspaper company.
If it were in the past, the newspaper goblin would squat in the corner and wipe his tears silently.
But now, he just glared at the mage tramp hatefully, then straightened his clothes and continued shouting while holding the newspaper, not willing to waste even a second.
"Titan City has rebelled! Come and see!"
The goblins shouted at the top of their lungs, colliding in the air and echoing over Bracada.
Like a huge ghost, floating above Bracada.
The Thunder Newspaper Company, which published the newspaper, would never have dreamed that they only published a total of three million copies of the newspaper, but the goblins sold 30 million copies!
Under every thieves guild, there is a large group of goblins working hard to do this.
"Have you heard? Titan City rebelled, and Thunder City didn't care."
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"You know, the rebels encountered big trouble in Beacon City, and Titan's troops suffered heavy casualties."
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"I'm going to tell you a top secret, you must not tell anyone else.
The God King was attacked by the Lord of the Abyss last time, which hurt his roots. He has sealed off the Kingdom of God and fallen into a deep sleep. Whoever can get the Tears of Yasha in Thunder City will be the new God King. "
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Thanks to the efforts of the goblins, countless rumors, both true and false, continued to ferment in Bracada.
The soil of economic crisis grew wildly without anyone's supervision, and blossomed into flowers called ambition and sin.
Titan City has made a good start, and countless ambitious people have made their debut in Bracada!
The Seven Doves in the God-Chosen City planted red flags on the map of Bracada.
Each red flag represents a city in rebellion.
Starting from Titan City, in less than a month, 18 cities rebelled, and the number is still soaring!
“A world filled with red flags is coming.
The long-cherished wish of the fairy tribe should also begin to come true."
The red color of blood was reflected in Qi Ge's eyes. He fiercely stuck a special red flag at the northernmost part of Bracada.
Look, the Eternal Frost Icefield!
