Chapter 178 Wandering Wizards Gathering at the Border
Chapter 178 Wandering Wizards Gathering at the Border
Chapter 178 Wandering Wizards Gathering at the Border
In his two lifetimes, this was the first time he had witnessed such utter plunder and destruction.
Throughout the entire village, not a single thing of value could be found.
From this perspective, he truly admired the nobles who had accomplished all of this—their expertise in this area was simply unparalleled.
But the more this happened, the more difficult it became for Luo Ang to control his killing intent.
Several slashing techniques flew out in front of Luo Ang, killing the few wild wolves that had not yet formed a pack. The other carrion birds and beasts were also frightened and took flight.
He was reluctant to touch the half-rotten corpses, so he planned to use the village ruins as a huge burial ground and bury all the corpses there.
This is no small project.
Even with Luo Ang using his mental power in conjunction with his slashing and levitation techniques, it still took him two full days to build up the massive tomb and compact it with stones.
After doing all this, Luo Ang was exhausted, but his killing intent burned even more fiercely.
Afterwards, Luo Ang suppressed his murderous intent and rested for a day before heading towards the border between the two countries.
At the border between the Kingdom of Shield and the Kingdom of Tallinn, the conflict between the nobles of the Kingdom of Shield and the garrison of the Kingdom of Tallinn is becoming increasingly intense and frequent.
Although no large-scale war has broken out yet, hundreds of knights have already died, been injured, or gone missing in the conflicts alone.
Amidst such conflicts, some wandering wizards also quietly arrived here.
Among wild wizards, the existence of wandering wizards is quite disliked by those registered wizards. Once the Silver Ash School confirms the existence of wandering wizards in a region of registered wizards, they will increase taxes on the registered wizards.
Therefore, even if a wandering wizard poses no threat to the lives of registered wizards, his mere existence still causes damage to their property.
Therefore, all registered wizards will take the initiative to drive away wandering wizards within their own country.
Therefore, almost all wandering wizards choose to move along the borders of various countries, hopping left and right within the boundaries of those registered wizards, in order to ensure their safety.
Similarly, due to the suppression of registered wizards, although those wandering wizards also possessed superhuman strength, they hid and hid, making it difficult for them to use their power to acquire any valuable resources, and they also had little opportunity to transform their power into wealth and resources. This is why those wandering wizards were quite poor.
For registered wizards, "wizard slaves" are a very precious asset, but for wandering wizards, those knights are also a very precious asset.
Those wizards, often on a whim, would decide to do some experiment, and they would need to use ordinary people or knights as consumables.
However, without the support of nobles or their own base, it is difficult for wandering wizards to reliably collect these consumables.
Knights roam the world, and it's difficult for wandering wizards to acquire a large number of them at once. Even if someone doesn't mind the hard work and goes out to capture them themselves, it's hard to guarantee that the first knights captured won't die when enough are caught, and that their corpses won't rot.
At the same time, even if these wandering wizards obtain a large amount of supplies at once, how to feed them without exposing themselves is also a very troublesome matter.
Therefore, this border conflict between the Kingdom of Shield and the Kingdom of Tallinn has given many wandering wizards an opportunity.
Many of the missing knights, and their corpses, were taken away by those wandering wizards.
For these wandering wizards, this border conflict was a small feast.
Of course, during this process, some nobles also made connections with those wandering wizards and learned about the differences between the great nobles and the lesser nobles.
In fact, the information the Hushan family received was not complete.
The difference between high and low nobles is not simply the presence of wizards, but rather the recognition by the school of thought of registered wizards.
Without the support of those registered wizards, even if a nobleman receives the support of many wandering wizards, such support is illegitimate and will vanish immediately under the attack of those registered wizards once exposed.
Those minor nobles themselves might not even be able to pass on their lineage, let alone leap up to become major nobles.
"What a pity." In the shadows of the border, a wizard dressed in black robes shook his head and sighed.
The border conflict wasn't originally this big—it was their harassment from the shadows and the killing of those envoys that gradually escalated the conflict to its current state.
But the current level of conflict has reached its limit.
If this goes any further, it will escalate into a formal war between the two countries.
At that time, the registered wizards of the Kingdom of Shield and the Kingdom of Tallinn will come to this border to confront each other and investigate the situation on the border. When that happens, these gathered wandering wizards will inevitably be attacked by the registered wizards of the two countries and become their slaves.
As for maintaining the current intensity, that would be difficult as well.
Those knights who died or went missing did not spring from the ground; each one represented a considerable investment by a nobleman.
With each knight's death, the nobles' insecurity grows, and their desire to compromise increases.
In fact, without the instigation of the wandering wizards, the border nobles would have almost compromised and retreated under such losses.
"Is Wizard Fallon planning to leave?" From another shadowy figure emerged, his voice hoarse, his gaze wary as he looked at Wizard Fallon. "Or has Wizard Fallon already chosen a nobleman as your representative?"
The relationship between wizards and nobles is very complicated. Once a wandering wizard establishes a close cooperative relationship with a noble, the wandering wizard's power will grow extremely rapidly with the noble's support. After all, the nobles' methods of plundering and collecting resources far exceed those of wizards.
Once a close relationship is established with a nobleman, the wandering wizard can obtain the resources he needs in a stable and effective manner through that nobleman.
However, such a close relationship is very difficult to achieve—nobles and wizards are both suspicious species, and there will be sabotage and reports from other wandering wizards during the process.
That's right, it's reporting someone.
Some wandering wizards would deliberately leak information about other wandering wizards who had cooperated with nobles to the registered wizards of that country.
In short, since they were all wandering wizards, they were very reluctant to see their companions "set down and be able to go ashore".
"Who knows?" Wizard Fallon chuckled, maintaining a wary demeanor and revealing nothing of his next plan.
"Lamina, we've known each other for over ten years."
"Take my advice," the wizard Fallon's voice rang out. "Leave this place now."
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