Chapter 409: A harbinger of change
About half a day after Avis left, two figures in robes appeared silently in the ruins of the house that had been "burned" to only its skeleton.
Although the word "flame" is in its name, the flame of the dead can actually only be fueled by negative energy and souls. When the power stored in the ring is exhausted, the cold flame will go out.
"There is the scent of Dark Crow here. Although it is very faint, it is unmistakable. He must have stayed here before. And those people were killed by some kind of illusion trap, and no magical aura from others was detected."
The person standing on the left squatted down, picked up a handful of strange pale dust on the ground, tested it with magic, and came to a conclusion.
"The last direction of the aura seems to point to the border of the Silver Moon Kingdom."
"It seems that he has not lost all his strength, or at least he can still use it in some way."
The mage on the right nodded, not surprised by this.
"Although he has lost his former power, as long as his memories and knowledge remain, it is impossible for him to completely lose the ability to resist."
"Arrange more people to conduct a more intensive search for him. After a long period of escape, his strength will inevitably be consumed quickly, and there will be no time to set traps.
Try to let those low-level professionals die, and consume his last strength to prevent him from counterattacking before he dies."
The search plan was finalized and the two spellcasters disappeared again.
At the same time, news about the items possessed by the Dark Crow also attracted more people to the Kingdom of Morn, wanting to try their luck and see if they could find their target.
After all, according to the reward, as long as we find the pendant, we won’t have to worry about resources for subsequent breakthroughs. . ….….A few days later, at 2:00 p.m.
"It has been detected that the Lucky Dragon airship is about to enter the port. Please prepare for docking at Tower 28—"
As the soft broadcast of magic sounded, the clouds in the sky were separated to both sides, and a huge spindle-shaped airship like a cloud whale slowly descended and docked on the corresponding tower, casting a cloud-like shadow on the busy street below.
The silver-and-blue emblem of the Cavore Brothers Chamber of Commerce was prominently printed on both sides of the airbag of the airship, shining brightly in the afternoon sun.
As the hatch that was cast with special magic rose, Avis straightened his collar, picked up his round-handled cane and suitcase, stood up and walked down the airship with many passengers and entered the waiting hall.
At this time, he is still playing the role of the traveling wizard Vio. Having an obvious and legitimate identity makes it much easier for him to act in many cases.
Landon and Leah were still on the road and killing monsters. Although they set out early, they had to travel by land and avoid the enemy's search, so it would take at least half a month for them to reach the Silver Moon Kingdom.
As described in all biographies, the enemy will always, for various reasons, send out some subordinates that the protagonists can just barely deal with, allowing the protagonists to grow quickly.
He looked up at the large slogan at the entrance of the hall, "Welcome to the Itel Federation!" Anvis walked out of the Kavore Brothers Aviation Chamber of Commerce, took a flyer about the construction network pilot that a newsboy at the door distributed for free to foreign passengers, and strolled around Silver Moon City casually.
In the new moon of last year, in order to secretly travel to the overseas island, he briefly visited the capital of the Kingdom of Loran, and then went to the Port of Dilas.
Compared with the prosperity there, the capital of the Silver Moon Kingdom, Silver Moon City, is no less impressive, and its degree of construction is even stronger than that place.
There are already more constructed vehicles on the streets than ordinary magic carriages.
However, this prosperity is achieved at the cost of everything owned by more low-level people.
In the past, it was a recognized fact that the trigger for the second construction revolution was not the development of construction technology, but a new breakthrough in the School of Necromancer - the second-generation high-IQ undead architecture.
Originally, as a megacity, many corpses of unknown origin appeared in Silvermoon City every day.
Since the rise of the magic construction industry, many people have discovered new uses for these corpses: transforming them into skeleton laborers and throwing them into construction factories to work.
The cost and benefits of using normal workers are completely disproportionate to those of skeleton laborers.
Because normal workers need to rest, eat, and have a relatively comfortable working environment. If they die accidentally, their families must be given compensation according to federal law.
Undead creatures do not need to eat or rest, nor do they need to receive wages. They can be locked in a small box and remain working forever.
Moreover, with proper maintenance by magic, an undead can work for ten years without sleep. If its joints are regularly maintained and lubricated, it can even be extended to fifteen to twenty years.
Although their work efficiency is not as good as that of real people, their working hours are much longer.
Moreover, since undead creatures do not get tired, they can also handle some low-level and repetitive tasks.
In Anvis's impression, especially when the third generation of highly intelligent structural undead were created, these tireless workers were immediately welcomed by all chambers of commerce and nobles.
As a result, ordinary people who once had stable jobs became unemployed in large numbers, and unemployment meant losing the income they depended on for survival.
These original workers are often heads of households and middle-aged laborers.
When they lose their jobs and income, it is a devastating blow to a family.
The only fate that awaits them is to sell their children.
Wealthy merchants and minor nobles were happy to see this, as they could buy good servants and toys at very cheap prices.
Such phenomena are becoming more and more common, which will inevitably lead to instability at the bottom of society.
Some people in high positions can see the problems but don't have good solutions.
It's not that the small and medium nobles can't see the hidden dangers behind this, but compared with the gold coins directly in front of them, they don't care. In their eyes, even if the sky falls, there are still the top nobles to hold it up.
This is indeed the case.
The efficiency and productivity of ordinary workers are not as good as those of skeleton laborers, but the total expenditure is much higher. This results in the cost of people who use skeleton laborers being much lower than those who do not use skeleton laborers.
As a result, they can dump the finished assembled products abroad at a lower price and gain greater market competitiveness.
From Anvis's perspective, the fate that permeated the sky above this super city had already gathered into a vortex, just like a witch's alchemical crucible, chaotic and unpredictable.
This phenomenon means that this giant city will become the focus of the stage and the center of the storm for some time to come.
However, he was not the only one who could see this phenomenon. As long as the other eight-level prophets were not blind, they could basically notice the abnormality here.
(End of this chapter)
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