From Wild Mage to Wizard King

Chapter 419 Ignite the Powder Keg

The bloodshed caused by the suppression of veterans by the Silver Empire did not end with the bloody suppression of Ginza.

Less than ten days after everyone, including Roland, thought that the bloodshed had ended, conflict broke out again in Ginza.

The three-ring knight who died tragically at home appeared on the latest list of honorary knights, which caused serious dissatisfaction among some knights who were awarded honors.

Although this was not deliberately added by the Ginza executives, his name was already on the list before he entered Ginza to suppress veterans.

It was precisely to participate in the awarding ceremony that he stayed near Ginza and could be quickly mobilized.

However, no one in the Ginza team was aware of the problem, or they were aware of the problem but did not dare to raise it, or they deliberately ignored it. In short, his name was not deleted from the list of awards and went down along the process.

The most fatal point is that because of the internal struggle with the Silver Family, the Silver Emperor was completely unconcerned about the bloodshed of suppressing veterans and had no idea of the specific situation.

He only knew that there was such an incident. As for who participated and who died, he didn't care at all. In his opinion, it was just a few dead numbers.

Therefore, when the Silver Emperor smiled and said the name of the three-ring knight at the awarding ceremony, the entire awarding ceremony was completely awkward.

As the "brave" knight who took the lead in suppressing the veterans and fought ten against one, his name was widely circulated in Ginza during this period. Therefore, when the Silver Emperor said his name, they subconsciously thought of this three-ring knight.

The crowd watching and cheering gradually fell silent. They whispered quietly, and the knights who received the awarding this time also looked at each other.

After the Silver Emperor shouted several times, his attendants approached cautiously to remind him that this person was dead. Just when the Silver Emperor simply said a few words and was ready to send the honorary title to his family according to convention, and then was ready to skip this person as if nothing had happened.

The awarding knights of the Silver Family stood up and publicly questioned the identity of this knight.

"Even if he died in battle, what about his family? Why didn't they come to participate in the awarding ceremony? And when did he die in battle? How come we didn't know that a knight had died in battle recently?"

After they stood up, the Hundred Silver Emperor realized that he had been fooled. His mind quickly recalled the intelligence he had read about the suppression of veterans. They were going to put the blame on him for the suppression of veterans.

Before he could speak, the servant that the Silver Family had arranged long ago came out tremblingly amid the knights' doubts and spoke.

"We have notified the Evans Family..."

"Evans Family, are you saying that he is the executioner from a few days ago?"

The knight of the Silver Family immediately asked.

After he spoke, the Silver Emperor immediately looked at the servant, and a secret spell was quickly cast by him. He tried to control the servant with the spell.

But how could the Silver Family not be on guard? When his spell quietly approached, a vague magic circle flashed on the servant's body, and soon a flame ignited on his body.

The attendant was quickly set on fire. Seeing this, several knights who were close rushed over, and the spellcasters on the field also cast spells and tried to extinguish the flames with water.

But it was too slow. As soon as the flames were ignited, the attendant was burned to ashes in less than two seconds, leaving only the last words.

"Yes... yes."

The knights rushed in vain, and the water formed by the spell could only wet the ashes of the attendant.

Looking at the attendant who was burned to death just after standing up and saying a few words, the Silver Emperor's face darkened, and he was ready to take advantage of the issue and interrupt the awarding ceremony.

But it was still too slow. The Silver Family had already arranged it clearly for her.

In an uproar, the knights of the Silver Family tore off the medal of the honorary knight title, threw it on the ground, and said.

"It is our shame to have the same honor as this kind of executioner. We refuse this awarding."

After that, they turned around and left.

After the knights of the Silver Family left, the knights who were also unhappy at the awarding ceremony made the same decision. However, except for the Radiant Knight who took off the medal and threw it on the ground like the knights of the Silver Family, the other knights were not so arrogant. They returned the medal to the attendants beside them.

Since the establishment of the Silver Empire, this is the first time that more than half of the knights refused to be awarded at the awarding ceremony of the Honorary Knights.

After this awarding ceremony ended unhappily, the incident was not over.

As the news that the Silver Emperor was going to award the executioner who suppressed the veterans spread throughout Ginza, the citizens of Ginza quarreled with the instigation of some forces.

Under the pressure of the citizens' indignation, the knights who insisted on accepting the awarding also returned the medals silently under pressure.

At this time, the Silver Emperor encountered a dilemma. The one thousand elite knights who suppressed the veterans also came to Ginza to receive commendations.

If he refused to commend them, his support rate in the army would drop, but if he commended them, the support of the citizens of Ginza would also drop.

After hesitating again and again, the Silver Emperor chose to commend them. The army was the real help, and the citizens were useless. At most, they could only talk nonsense for a few days.

The day after he officially made the decision, the commendation list he had just drawn up was quickly leaked.

For a time, everyone in Ginza was filled with indignation. The Shirogane family, together with some nobles and religious figures, expressed strong dissatisfaction and openly asked the Shirogane Emperor to remove these thousand elite knights from the commendation list.

Although there was some commotion in Ginza, Emperor Shirogane would not hesitate even if he made a decision. With the support of the army, he decided to be tough to the end and ignored all appeals, no matter how noisy they were.

At this time, a piece of news from outside Ginza completely ignited the angry citizens of Ginza.

When the veterans were brutally suppressed and had no choice but to return to their hometowns, a large number of veterans' families not only had their land confiscated, but even their families were captured as slaves because they could not pay taxes.

Some weak veterans wanted to ask for an explanation, but they were almost killed by local nobles and powerful men. If the Knights of Radiance hadn't accompanied them, the returning veterans would have been captured as slaves at best, or even worse at worst. He will probably die.

The local nobles and powerful people even yelled in front of the Huan Guang Knight that the veterans were a bunch of waste who only knew how to suck the blood of the empire. Why didn't they die on the battlefield and were a burden to the empire? The Knights of Light are gone, and they have plenty of means to kill them.

Although there are only a few such arrogant nobles and powerful men, these tough words quickly spread to the ears of retired veterans of the Silver Empire.

Maybe this was just oral pleasure, but the veterans didn't dare to bet. They didn't dare to bet that it was just oral pleasure, and they didn't dare to bet that the nobles and powerful men in their area were good people and wouldn't do this.

Especially after knowing that many veterans returned home to find that their families had been destroyed, the remaining veterans were even less willing to gamble.

Because once you lose the bet, your family will be ruined.

As a result, with the assistance provided by the Radiant Knights and some vassal states, a large number of veterans and their families, totaling more than hundreds of thousands of people, began to flee eastward.

Although some of them stayed in the vassal states that were friendly to them along the way, more people continued to flee eastward. Some of them planned to seek refuge with the border nobles who were once comrades-in-arms, while others planned to meet with the war committee in Donnar. Depending on their luck, some might even go to the Northern Kingdom and the southern human kingdoms.

In the absence of war, hundreds of thousands of Shinar people were forced to abandon everything and choose to flee. This news deeply stimulated the citizens of Ginza.

As citizens of Ginza, they are the group of people who belong most to the Silver Empire in the Silver Empire. After hearing the news, none of them could hold back.

Damn it, how did the empire become like this? !

The citizens finally couldn't stand it any longer. A large number of citizens closed their doors and took to the streets to march, demanding all those involved in the bloodshed of veterans in the Silver Empire.

But the Silver Emperor, who had already made his decision, chose to ignore it, even though the situation in Ginza had become like a powder keg driven by various forces.

With the Emperor of Silver ignoring the situation and the constant bets from all parties, it is only a matter of time before Ginza loses control.

And when Emperor Baiyin reacted from the attack of the Baiyin family, he looked slightly below the Ginza.

Ginza has become a powder keg that only needs a spark to detonate completely.

Ever since, Emperor Baiyin made a wrong decision and mobilized the army to enter the city.

He planned to use the army's acceptance of commendation as an excuse to mobilize the army into the city to quell the riots in Ginza and take the opportunity to weaken the power of the Silver family.

However, although he thought well, his order also became the spark that ignited Ginza.

The incident of the army suppressing the veterans has just ended. Now that the army is brought in, what else can they do? They will definitely come to suppress them.

Ginza citizens came up with this idea after receiving news of the troop mobilization.

So, when the soldiers who were about to receive commendations happily entered Ginza, what awaited them was not flowers and applause, nor even a slightly warm welcome. What greeted them was deserted streets, and some people hiding in hiding. Behind the door and under the window, they were peeping at them, as if they were looking at enemies.

The excitement of entering Ginza was instantly swept away by the cold atmosphere in front of them. The soldiers who had just come out of the closed military camp had no idea what was going on. They could only follow the command with a confused face and settled in the temporary camp in Ginza.

"What? Only enough for a day and a half?"

In the temporary camp, the officer took the data given by the logistics officer and said with a shocked look on his face.

"Didn't you say you entered the city lightly? Why haven't you even prepared the logistics?"

Who knew you would arrive in the city so many days in advance, and no one informed me in advance?

The logistics officer was sweating a little and said soothingly,

"It's being adjusted, it's being adjusted. The food will be replenished as soon as possible. Although all the food has not been transferred yet, the rewards this time have been distributed."

"Okay, but you have to hurry up with food. My soldiers can't go hungry."

The officer frowned and said in a helpless tone. Then, he changed his tone and asked.

"By the way, what's going on in the city? Why didn't I see a single citizen along the way?"

Hearing this, the logistics officer swallowed. He looked around and hooked his hand at the army. The officer also came closer, and the logistics officer said in his ear.

"Aren't you coming to the city this time to suppress the citizens? Why don't you think you can see it?"

"Nonsense, I didn't receive this order at all."

The officer frowned and said.

"I'm a native of Ginza. My family still lives here. What's there to suppress? Who are you lying to?"

"That's what everyone says and feels anyway."

The logistics officer shrugged and said.

"If this is the case, you'd better not go out of the military camp recently. There are a lot of things happening in Ginza recently. You should know the specific situation yourself. Anyway, there will definitely be troubles recently."

After saying that, the logistics officer left the camp, leaving the officer alone with a frown on his face.

And that night, something happened.

When the officers followed the logistics officer's advice and restrained their troops from leaving the camp, the officers of other troops did not care so much. Some soldiers left the camp, taking their rewards and preparing to go out to spend money.

And when they walked around, not a single store in Ginza was open, and no citizens showed up. They only encountered patrolling city defense troops.

Therefore, when they asked the citizens to open their shops, but the citizens refused to do so, the soldiers, who had been dissatisfied since entering the city, angrily knocked on the door and held it open. When they asked them to open the door, the city defense troops came over and tried to stop them.

As a result, the dissatisfied soldiers quarreled with the city defense troops. Because they did not remove their weapons, a few unhappy soldiers directly gave the city defense troops a knife.

Two city defense troops were seriously injured, and more than a dozen city defense troops were slightly injured. If the citizens on both sides of the street had not heard the chopping and screaming in the street, they rushed out with weapons and directly killed the soldiers and rescued them. city defense army,

People may die.

These troublemaking soldiers were directly captured by the city defense army.

It wasn't a big deal at first. After all, no one was dead. A random officer from the camp could just come and carry the person away. But before the news of the soldier's capture reached the ears of any officer, the soldiers at the lower level heard this. News, the crowd was excited. Led by a thousand elite cavalry who had previously suppressed the veterans, they immediately took weapons and equipment and surrounded the entire city defense army headquarters, demanding that they release people and hand over the perpetrators who harmed them.

At the same time, they also broke into the street where the soldiers were arrested and arrested civilians from residences around the street one by one.

"Who allowed them to act privately! Who gave them the order!"

After listening to the attendant's words, the officer stood up and cursed fiercely.

"This is Ginza. What do they want to do? They want to rebel! Quick, lead the way. They must be stopped before any casualties are caused."

The attendant lowered his head and whispered.

"Sir, it's already too late. According to the news, seven city defense troops and more than 30 citizens have been arrested for resisting..."

Upon hearing this, the officer asked sharply.

"Go on."

"Being... killed. In addition, the city defense army headquarters and hundreds of citizens have been captured and taken to the camp. 2

The waiter said quietly.

"You won't know until everyone has been arrested!"

The officer closed his eyes, slumped in his chair, and spoke weakly.

"Where is the body of the deceased?"