Chapter 679: Nodal
"Lord Shulke, will this king election be held again?"
After a short break, the atmosphere gradually relaxed, and one of the councillors asked if they had forgotten about the issue for the time being, after they had been so busy dealing with post-war matters.
Calculating the time, the originally scheduled king election meeting is only a few days away, but with the current situation of the Holy City, it's a ghost.
Shulk is also helpless in this regard, this time the face of the Radiance Empire can be said to be lost, especially the great nobles and representatives of the big forces of the Thanris Continent have gathered in the Holy City of Guangyi, and witnessed the process of the demon army fighting in array, although their existence has actually helped a lot, and many of them have directly participated in the war, but the embarrassment of the Radiance Empire has also been seen by everyone, and there is no way to even cover it up.
"I think forget it, wait another two years, at least wait for the reconstruction of the Holy City of Guang to be completed."
Duchess Oriana Tanzani, the head of the Tanzani family, said: "There are many things to rebuild after the war, and choosing an emperor at this time will get in the way. ”
"Yes, after all, the culprit of this incident is an emperor...... Torola, back then, I thought that this guy died too simply, I was afraid that there would be a backhand, but I didn't expect him to dare to do this. ”
A long-bearded old councillor who looked very old and was on crutches said: "If you choose another emperor at this moment, I'm afraid everyone will feel awkward in their hearts." ”
"I think it's better to simply cancel the election of the king, anyway, whether there is an emperor or not, is it interesting to put such a look on it? I can't say that I will be affected by the Tortora affair and inspire undeserved ambitions. ”
It was the young new generation of parliamentarians who spoke out, and it was obvious that he was still a little unhappy that there was still an emperor on his head, even if it was only a nominal emperor.
"How? In that case, wouldn't the council be tyrants, and don't forget that we are not city-states or alliances, we are empires! With an emperor, even if it is only in name, it is also a banner that unites all places and families, otherwise such a huge territory as the Radiant Empire will sooner or later be detached. ”
This was the speech of the old and serious people, and the new generation immediately refuted, and soon the two sides quarreled a little.
"Okay, okay, don't look at what time it is, what's there to be noisy?"
Shulke knocked on the table, a little headache, and his prestige was here after all, and after speaking, neither faction was silent.
"Let's put the king election meeting aside for the time being, now is the time when people are panicking, this time the three royal families have suffered a lot of losses, and the nobles in those places are probably a little unstable."
Shulk said: "Not to mention anything else, after the conscription order was issued, less than two-thirds of the nobles near the Holy City of Light were called, and the rest did not even express their position, this is not a good signal, it seems that after a long time of peace, some people have forgotten the three major royal families." ”
"I'll take care of that."
It was the Duke of Pamo, the only one of the three royal families who had not served as a priest in the temple, and he had always handled such worldly matters.
Schulke nodded, and didn't say anything more, Duke Pamo was his hardcore ally, and he had always been safe and reliable, and he had a strong control over the Taton family, so there would be no problem since things were promised.
"What happened to those people in the Silver City-State? If you can, send them away early, those legendary mages are said to be very active in recent days. “
Shulk shifted the topic to the reinforcements who finally locked the battle, and immediately someone poured bitter water: "It's easy to send God, Speaker, listen to the meaning of those legendary mages, they have taken a fancy to several arcane magic network nodes in our Radiant Empire, and it is not easy to send them away." ”
"Now all the arcane magic network nodes within the silver city-state have been developed, but the number of floating cities is surpassing it, the competition is very fierce, it is said that there are even several legendary mages who have made enemies because of this, in recent years, they have been expanding outward, for this, this time they took the initiative to come to help without waiting for us to ask for help, obviously they took a fancy to our arcane magic network nodes."
Indeed, due to the flowering of the temple power everywhere, the mage system of the Radiance Empire has been suppressed to the extreme, and the country has cultivated a "flash guard" mage group, and foreign mages are limited to a few noble magic consultants, and there are no large-scale mage organizations, so the utilization of the arcane magic network is naturally not high, but the empire has always been extremely vigilant about mages, and even if its own arcane magic network nodes cannot be used, they will not allow foreign mages to occupy it, Over the years, the silver city-state has been playing the idea of the Radiant Empire's domestic arcane magic network node, but there is no good way, if it is really rammed, the Radiant Empire is not false at all, and it is not in vain to be the first power of mankind.
"Even if you don't use the arcane magic network node, you can't give it to the silver city-state!"
Shulk is categorical, Ou'an Rios occupies the Arcane Magic Network node of the Holy City of Light, there is no way, who calls the old man to crush the living gods, but others are different, magic and arcane have never been compatible, it is good not to tamp on the bright side, really hand over the arcane magic network node to the mage of the silver city-state, that is, the enemy, the three major temples will not agree in the first place.
"But Speaker, in this way, those legendary mages will not be easy to deal with, their floating city can move at will, and it is a big fortress that integrates attack and defense, unless a war is launched, it is really difficult to do."
Now everyone is in a dilemma, what is difficult to do, this is ah, the air power of the Radiance Empire is not strong, and now it has suffered heavy losses, and it is difficult to even pose a threat to those floating cities.
Of course, if it really fights, the Radiant Empire is not false, although the divine arts are not as good as the arcane in terms of attack, but they have expertise in defense and anti-arcane, not to mention that they still have the golden thighs of the gods behind them, even if the gods can't really come, when necessary, a vote of divine envoys and gods, demigods and other incarnations come, that is a large group of high-end forces, and there is no problem with tamping the silver city-state.
"Right...... Let's ......."
Shulk's fingers tapped lightly on the table in front of him, making a crisp sound, and there was silence in the conference room, everyone was waiting for his decision, although it was a parliamentary system, but at the critical moment, Shulk, the speaker, could also decide everything in one word, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he was the uncrowned king of the Glorious Empire.
"Directly dealing with the Silver City-States is naturally the next choice, and they have indeed done us a great favor, and we owe them a great favor."
Schulke finally said in a deep voice: "Perhaps, we can introduce a force sufficient to counter or even restrain them?" What do you think of the Prince of the East? ”