With a flash of teleportation light, Louis and his group appeared in the hall of the Adventurer's Association in Cologne Town.
A slight feeling of vomiting made Louis feel a little uncomfortable.
He dry-heaved. “This teleportation array is much more uncomfortable than the one we took here.”
William on the side said helplessly:
"The principles of the two teleportation arrays are also slightly different. The one we teleported to the Steel City before was a two-way teleportation array, which requires communication between the two locations before it can be activated."
"But the teleportation array from the Tunisian capital to the town of Coron is a one-way teleportation array."
Louis complained: "To put it simply, it is very difficult for outsiders to come in. But the capital city is as fast as lightning when traveling to various regions, right?"
William nodded: "That's right."
The locals of Qunxing have made great use of the teleportation array alone.
In the early years, it became the source of mutual betrayal between several countries and triggered several wars.
The previous operation of the Steel City, which wanted to turn the entire city into a super-large arena, had already left him speechless.
There are still more talented people like Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick.
Yes, Louis and his group were teleported directly from the capital of Enther through a one-way teleportation array to the town of Colen, which was dozens of kilometers away.
In short, Coron Town cannot go directly to the Royal Capital, but the Royal Capital can go to Coron Town unilaterally.
This is like hanging a sword over the local area.
I'm almost telling you directly that if you don't obey, I will send people to launch a surprise attack.
Take the town of Kelun as an example. If the town of Kelun was occupied by the rebels and the teleportation array was not cleared out immediately.
I'm afraid it won't be long before the special forces sent by the royal capital arrive in an instant. Coupled with the garrisons from other towns outside of Cologne rushing over, it won't take long to suppress the rebellion.
I'm afraid it will turn into a lightning-fast and turbulent operation.
Even if the teleportation array is destroyed, it will be difficult to effectively contain the army of the royal capital.
Because you can destroy the one-way teleportation array of this town, but you cannot destroy the teleportation arrays of other towns.
As long as there are sufficient troops in the royal capital, they can be directly transferred to the surrounding towns to continue to form a military force to make ends meet.
No wonder Louis always felt that the military strength in the capital, whether in Enther or Tunisia, was too abundant.
Around the castle of the Enser royal family, there were more than 10,000 royal guards managed by Instructor Jino alone.
These are 10,000 extraordinary people, not 10,000 farmers with pitchforks.
There are still 10,000 royal guards with an average level of LV9.
What does this mean? Just look at the battle of Dragon Bone Grassland, where more than 100 people formed the Royal Guards.
Is the Lord of the Living Dead weak?
Are you kidding? The “Plague of the Living Dead” was able to cause such widespread turmoil in the world that it even required a separate page in history books. How weak could it be?
Not to mention that the living dead have extraordinary physical recovery and sustained combat capabilities.
Let’s take a look at the Adventurer’s Guild, which is also known as a “big force.”
Under Louis's money strategy, a large number of high-level adventurers rushed to Dragon Bone Grassland.
The result? When he faced a challenge level 17 zombie king and his zombie army, he was chased and beaten like a dog.
There were quite a few of these adventurers, but they were nothing more than snacks in front of the army of the undead.
But even this army of the living dead was beaten badly by the Royal Guards led by Lumi.
Louis heard from Alice that the president of the Adventurer's Guild Enser branch has complained many times that "it is difficult to recruit suitable adventurers in the imperial capital."
Why? Because the strongest people are all in the Unther Legion.
Only the remaining scraps that are not so valuable will be the Adventurer's Guild's turn to take advantage of it.
Not to mention the royal guards, there are said to be tens of thousands of White Crow Legions in the surrounding satellite cities.
This number of legions is really too exaggerated when the overall style is more like the medieval Star Continent.
It's just like someone on Zhihu asked: "If I have 100,000 heavy cavalry, what should I do if the emperor wants to take back my military power?"
Abstract, too abstract.
The number of Mongolian cavalry at its peak was only this many, and they were not heavy cavalry.
1,000 heavy cavalrymen must be followed by tens of thousands of logistics soldiers to barely maintain balance.
Just think about how long it would take to process the manure from 100,000 horses.
If there were really 100,000 heavy cavalry, even if they could be gathered, the logistics alone would be enough to burn down any empire in previous history.
Of course, if you can really afford it, it is not impossible to start from the east, travel around the world, and then return to your original place.
Even in a world like the Star Continent that is more vast than his previous life, it is difficult for Louis to imagine how Enser was able to maintain 100,000 White Crow Legions and 10,000 Royal Guards around the imperial capital.
Now he understood.
The root cause lies in the teleportation array.
Tunisia's operation of unilaterally transporting people from the royal capital to the towns below is probably a normal practice in major empires and kingdoms.
Although due to those messed up things between countries, the original ambition of the teleportation array to connect the world came to an end.
But this does not mean that the top leaders in every country are fools.
Everyone can see that the teleportation array can greatly facilitate the flow of personnel and distribution of materials. Although there are many concerns when using it externally, it is another matter internally.
The one-way teleportation array is the product of compromise.
Because it can only be transmitted in one direction from the capital to other places, it means that as long as the capital has sufficient military forces, it can suppress the power distribution between the central and local governments to a great extent.
So the truth is...
The so-called 100,000-strong White Crow Legion should be the total number of 100,000 core soldiers who can be teleported to various towns in Enther at any time through the one-way teleportation array to assist the local militia in rotation and defense.
Due to the existence of the teleportation array, this group of people are not in Tino City and the surrounding satellite cities most of the time during their rotation. Only a small number of people will be stationed here regularly.
As for the rest, they would use the teleportation array to rotate personnel every once in a while.
Add to that the militia and guards recruited from various towns and villages, and eventually an internal cycle of soldier rotation was formed.
In this way, after a behemoth like the White Crow Legion is dispersed to various towns and even villages for rotation, its own resource consumption is actually spread out to the lower levels to be handled.
In the imperial capital, the management of the teleportation array is actually under the control of the royal family and is in the charge of the White Tower mages.
If this is the case, then the fact that his original incarnation became an emperor in his previous life is very interesting.
A very simple truth.
The original owner was able to sit on the throne at that time, but the prerequisite was that Beatrice entrusted the little swan to the original owner's care, allowing the original owner to grasp the core power of Enther.
It was precisely because of the support of the empress that the opposition from those below was suppressed and the initial rotation of power was completed.
Previously, when Louis didn't know enough about the Enther Empire, his first reaction was conspiracy theory.
For example, some powerful officials in Enser wanted to use the emperor's power to control the princes and put the blame on Louis, who was supported by them and forcibly proclaimed himself emperor.
But now, he suddenly had another guess.
I'm afraid that Louis was able to become emperor with the tacit approval of the entire empire.
As a joke, because the Emperor's reputation is so high, there are basically only three factions in the internal administrative echelon of Unther.
The first is the faction loyal to the emperor, such as the imperial party headed by the Marquis of York.
The other is a neutral faction loyal to Unther, such as senior officials in various departments such as commerce and diplomacy.
The last one is the faction promoted by Beatrice, such as the new nobles.
It’s not that there are no other factions, but they are not very influential.
These people make up a considerable portion of Unther's position.
However, based on the customs of the Star Continent, the core power actually held by this group of people is quite limited.
The greatest power actually lies with the Legion.
In the turbulent star continent, only extraordinary power can give people a sense of security.
The legions that are highly concentrated in the imperial capital are directly managed by the royal family no matter how many times they are rotated.
The largest White Crow Legion.
The royal guards are elite soldiers.
Secret guards and crows that explore intelligence.
…
These huge numbers of extraordinary legions are actually under the jurisdiction of the royal family most of the time.
When a general leads his soldiers to develop outside, the possibility of one of them becoming the only dominant power in the end is very low.
Especially when the emperor's prestige is too high, you can't imagine how many people are loyal to the royal family in the Royal Guards, the White Raven Legion, and other legions that Louis doesn't know much about.
The subsidiary's operations of ignoring the headquarters' orders were restricted because of the existence of the teleportation array.
In this way...
The original owner was able to sit on the throne, probably not just because of Beatrice's support.
Question:
After the original owner rebelled, he would inevitably anger the imperial party, the neutral faction and a small part of the upstarts supported by Beatrice in the administrative system.
So, given that Enther’s supreme military force could come back to support the “capital” Tino City at any time, how powerful must the original owner be to be able to hold down so many people.
The answer is... there is no chance of success just relying on your own abilities.
Even if there is interference from external forces, the possibility is very low.
So the person who really suppressed so many people and allowed the original owner to smoothly inherit the throne...
In Louis's opinion, there was only one person in the entire empire who could do it.
That is the Emperor.
Only the emperor could convince so many people to stand on Louis' side.
Only the emperor could prevent the legion, which has always advocated the use of force, from wielding a knife against the original owner at the first opportunity.
The original owner became a legend in the seventh year after inheriting the throne.
Then, in the 10th year after he inherited the throne, he was sent to the guillotine.
And from Black Swan, he learned that the original owner was able to grow so quickly because of the existence of the Abyss Ritual [Greedy Feast].
Plundering a large amount of resources means that one has a greater ability to control the resources, and indirectly proves that one has a greater influence and a higher [existence].
In the words of Black Swan, the essence of the greedy feast is actually a ritual of transforming more [power of existence] into [strength].
This made Louis think of a dark and cruel "healing" anime "Puella Magi Madoka Magica".
In "Puella Magi Madoka Magica", Madoka Kaname was originally just a magical girl with good talents.
However, her best friend Homura Akemi reverses time again and again in order to save Madoka Kaname from death.
Every time time is reversed, more causal lines become entangled around Kaname Madoka.
This means that every time Kaname Madoka becomes a magical girl in each reincarnation, her strength becomes stronger and the range of wishes she can make becomes wider.
The essence of Greedy Feast is actually very similar to the cause and effect line of Kaname Madoka.
A large amount of wealth means a large number of causal lines. The original owner who controls a large number of causal lines can continuously improve his abilities with the help of the feast ceremony.
Based on Louis's understanding of this ritual, the Greedy Feast is simply a bottomless pit.
The price to pay for transforming strength by accumulating wealth is too high.
But the original owner actually did it.
More importantly, how could the entire empire allow him to do this?
According to the original records in the diary, the original owner's career level was only LV16 10 years later.
This strength is definitely not low.
But, it is still a long way to go to keep the throne.
With his feet on the land of his hometown, Louis suddenly had a terrible guess in his mind.
"If it was the Emperor who ultimately allowed the original owner to sit on the throne, why did the Emperor insist on using the Empire's heritage to enhance the original owner's strength?"
Suddenly, he thought of something he had talked about with Black Swan before.
Black Swan believes that Beatrice's hasty succession to the throne 10 years later and her subsequent assassination was most likely due to problems on the part of Emperor Laoden.
Even if they were not dragged into the bottomless abyss, the situation would definitely not be the same as it is now. They could even be pulled into the bedroom to chat.
Then he thought about what Black Swan had mentioned when chatting with him, that the original owner also had the ability of [Greedy Grasp].
Since Louis' current wealth is not enough to give [Greedy Grasp] an exaggerated destructive power, so now he positions [Greedy Grasp] as follows -
Help him hold back the enemy in battle.
But regardless, this ability is still quite good.
The fact that it does not require the consumption of blood and magic power, but only requires the consumption of physical strength, is in line with Louis's positioning of himself.
Previously, Louis's vision for the future of this skill was that with the identity of Mayer and the wealth he had, he would be able to crush a model-level monster with one hand, and then rely on the succubus physique to replenish the consumed physical energy.
In this way, those who are not stronger than Louis will directly fall into the situation of "equality for all" when facing the [Grasp of Greed].
In the later stages of development, professionals with insufficient strength will be meaningless to him unless their numbers achieve a qualitative change.
However, after seeing the one-way teleportation array today, he had a guess in his mind.
"Could it be that the original owner, under the Emperor's instructions, went to the Gate of the Abyss to kill demons?"
(End of this chapter)