In the blink of an eye, several days passed.

Richard left the kingdom of the Black Sacred Mountain and rode straight north on horseback.

"Bang!

The horses were running fast down the road, and Richard was riding on them, thinking about a few things, mostly about what he had seen in the private library of the King of Black Sacred Mountain.

From the content of the book, he learned a lot of information about the Black Spirit Empire, and he didn't notice anything when he read it. But in the past few days, slowly digesting it, it is full of doubts.

According to what I have learned, the Black Spirit Empire that once existed can be roughly divided into two periods.

In the previous period, the overall atmosphere of the Black Spirit Empire was extremely relaxed, and various industries were blooming.

Wizards and ordinary people live in harmony in the territory, under the rule of a strong official, without any external threats. Internally, there is no oppression, it is completely like a harmonious society.

In this environment, there is no such thing as war, rebellion, etc., and the only thing that can be considered conflictual is probably a variety of competitive competitions.

For example, the Fireball Contest: Invite a large number of wizards to limit the use of the simplest fireball spells to constantly attack tiny targets that are quickly thrown from all directions, and score according to the number of hits, and the highest score will have rich rewards and great honors.

Another example is a game of Dikos where wizards and ordinary people work together: score points by competing for a Dikos ball and putting it in a specific area. In the tournament, wizards and ordinary people have their own exclusive positions, which cannot be confused, and certain rules are strictly adhered to, otherwise they will be punished by the referee. This event is sought after by many ordinary people and wizards, and many cities even form special teams to compete with other cities in turn, and each event will be a grand occasion with thousands of empty alleys.

In Richard's view, it's simply the wizarding world's version of a shooting game and a football league.

It can also be seen from the side that the Black Spirit Empire allows most people to gather regularly, which is definitely not made by a totalitarian empire under high-pressure rule - the current rumors on the east coast are false.

In fact, according to the records of the content of the book, the Black Spirit Empire was definitely a beautiful country that everyone longed for during this period, and even ordinary people could find their own value.

Because in the Empire, wizards are only seen as a special kind of talent, perhaps with a higher status than ordinary people, but definitely not too exaggerated. And the officials who rule the Black Spirit Empire, except for the highest level (Black Spirit King), most of the rest are not hereditary, but selected and accepted, and even need a certain amount of public approval.

Therefore, if an ordinary person is talented and willing to work hard, even if he cannot become a wizard, he can have a higher status than a wizard.

This way of governing, although not described in more detail, still made Richard smell of a combination of feudalism and modern democracy.

If I am not mistaken, the political system of the Black Spirit Empire should be a hybrid of absolute monarchy and constitutional monarchy. This is completely beyond the medieval era in which the world is currently located, after all, according to the situation of the Middle Ages, most countries still practiced the most primitive feudal monarchy.

That is, the king divides the territory to many big lords through canonization, and the big lords are then divided into small lords, and the canonization is level-by-level. It seems that the king has the right to rule the entire country, but he cannot manage the fiefdom of the high lord except for the direct territory, and the ambitious big lord will even unite many small lords to fight against the king.

The system of the Black Spirit Empire obviously has a very prominent advanced nature, and the advanced ones are a bit unreasonable.

However, in the latter stage, this situation has changed again.

For the record, after the first few decades of the Black Spirit Empire, the relaxed atmosphere gradually tightened from top to bottom, entertainment activities were constantly restricted, and all competitive competitions were eliminated in favor of massive conscription and training.

Numerous wizards were also gathered to collectively develop combined spells with great lethality. In addition, numerous "secret police" agencies have been set up, overtly or covertly, to monitor all aspects of the empire, such as to capture some deeply hidden enemies to ensure the overall security of the empire.

This gives people the feeling that the Black Spirit Empire is preparing for a national war, and because of a lack of confidence, it has to run at full speed, even squeezing the state apparatus.

But the question is, who is the target of the war of the Black Spirit Empire?

According to records, the Black Spirit Empire has unified the entire east coast, and even the islands in the middle of the sea, such as Lisburn Island, are also under the jurisdiction of the Black Spirit Empire.

The only two enemies that can be used as enemies of the Black Spirit Empire are the "Smans Island" in the far distance, or the main body of the Mann Continent, which is hindered by many mountains on the east coast.

To attack the "Isle of Smans", it is necessary to have a powerful fleet to cross the entire sea. Attacking the "main body of the Mann Continent" can only be detoured from the sea when it is almost impossible to cross thousands of mountain ranges, and it is necessary to have a strong fleet.

According to the record, the Black Spirit Empire did not develop a fleet, but more frantically developed land forces, and frantically increased the number of "secret police" agencies.

One gets the impression that the enemy does not come from the outside, but from within.

As for whether this war broke out in the end, and who the enemy was, the books do not record, but the result is already known - the destruction of the Black Spirit Empire.

On the whole, it can be concluded that the great changes and even the demise of the Black Spirit Empire are all caused by one factor.

It was precisely because of this factor that the Black Spirit Empire moved from the previous stage to the latter, and finally perished, leaving behind rumors of "brutal rule".

But what is this factor?

Richard was puzzled by this, and knew in his heart that as long as he understood this, he should also be able to figure out the ultimate secret of the Black Spirit King, figure out the missing history, and then figure out a deeply buried truth in the current world. In this way, it will also bring him one step closer to his ultimate goal.

I hope that the Moore in the north will have relevant clues.

Richard thought to himself and rode forward. The next moment, he suddenly sensed that something was wrong, pulled the reins of the horse, made the horse stop, turned his head to look at a tree on the side of the road, and frowned slightly.

Because of the cold moon, the leaves on the trees next to it have almost withered and look bare.

And right on the bare tree, a crow stood.

What is striking is that the crow is not black, but snow-white, like a white dove - perhaps there is a saying "the crow is as black as the crow in the world", but in fact there are white varieties of crows, but they are somewhat rare.

But what made Richard stop and frown was not the color of the crow's feathers, but the crow's gaze. I don't know if it's an illusion, but Li noticed that the white crow standing on the tree branch was looking at him like a person at this time.