Chapter 424: Unexpected Assassination
Compared with the previous methods, increasing taxes obviously has a great advantage in terms of enforcement.
Of course, these methods can be carried out at the same time.
Therefore, in this year's Frozen Month, the royal families of many small kingdoms issued decrees at the same time - to increase taxes. Not only did the proportion of the original taxes increase, but new tax items were also added.
In order to minimize the impact on people's survival, the royal family added about 10% of taxes on the original basis.
However, although the starting point was this, after the royal family took the lead in raising local taxes, the small and medium-sized nobles below also followed suit and added another 10% or 20% to the increased taxes to fill their own coffers.
After adding layer upon layer, it became an unbearable heavy tax. The people were living in misery, and the cold wind of the Frozen Moon seemed to become even colder and more biting.
Many civilians and low-level professionals could not bear the heavy tax pressure and gathered at the lord's mansion to petition, hoping to temporarily reduce the taxes, at least until the weather warms up next year, and then increase the taxes again.
But what greeted them was the brutal blows from the cold guns of the guards of the lord's mansion.
In order to survive, many people had to flee with their families, but more people joined various resistance organizations that emerged among the people and resisted taxes violently.
The royal family was also very annoyed by the various chaos among the people, and had sent armored troops many times to suppress this group of "lawless and unruly people."
There were some results, but due to various reasons, the resistance organization could not be successfully eliminated, and instead its scale grew larger.
Under such circumstances, due to the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, some local small and medium-sized nobles not only did not reduce taxes, but instead increased them by another 10% on the original basis.
Their philosophy is this: if there are people rebelling, it means that the taxes are not high enough, otherwise where would they get the resources to rebel?
At the same time, from a perspective of fate that few people can see, the web of fate of the Federation began to surge slowly, as if it was some special omen. . ….… In Silver Moon City, Avis stood in the courtyard, looking up at the distant sky, as if he could see dark clouds approaching.
“Things are going to change.”
After a while, he suddenly spoke without any warning.
"…Really? Do you need me to prepare some rain gear?"
Standing beside him, Leah looked at the cloudless sky, feeling a little strange.
However, the longer she followed Teacher Vio, the more she felt that her teacher was mysterious.
He has an extremely profound knowledge, whether it is magic theory or secondary professions such as alchemy and enchantment, he has extremely deep attainments.
Except for the fact that she had never seen Teacher Vio fight with others, she almost felt that the teacher was omnipotent.
At the same time, like now, Anvis would often do things that she couldn't understand.
However, over time, the girl got used to it and thought that mid-level spellcasters should be mysterious like this.
"The weather is changing, and it doesn't just mean rain—"
With his eyes slightly closed, Avis shook his head without explaining anything.
"Besides, you are now a formal spellcaster. Don't always hold on to the mentality of being an ordinary person. Even if it really rains, we can use magic to deflect it."
"Also, have you finished processing the phosphating powder that I asked you to purify?"
"That! Not yet..."
When this was mentioned, Leah's face suddenly turned bitter.
"If not, then what are you waiting for here?"
After sending the girl back into the house, Avis took out his pocket watch slowly and checked the time.
On the dial inlaid with light blue star diamonds, the exquisite mithril hand pointed to eleven fifty-five.
Closing the watch cover, Avis looked around the withered winter courtyard, his eyes lingering on a few shadows for a moment, and then spoke again.
"So, uninvited guests, what are you waiting for?"
After he finished speaking, the air in the courtyard fell silent again.
A small whirlwind blew across the courtyard, carrying fallen leaves. Apart from causing the light mist that permeated the environment to fluctuate slightly, no other changes occurred.
"There's no need to try. Although it's just a temporary residence, not everyone can get in."
Glancing at the house behind him that seemed to have remained unchanged, Avis spoke again.
Then, the wind gradually died down, the dead leaves on the ground stopped moving, and some kind of isolating force field suddenly enveloped the place.
After a moment, the shadows that Avis had been looking at suddenly began to darken in color. Gloomy black shadows flowed out like water and gathered into several figures in black.
At the same time, two figures emerged in front of the house behind him.
They were originally planning to sneak into the house and take another target away, but when they were about to sneak in, they were blocked by an invisible wall and could not enter.
The magical auras of these people are at the third or fourth level, and a strong negative aura can be felt from them. I'm afraid they have taken many lives before.
Without saying anything, several people directly unleashed various combat skills and spells at Avis, preparing to work together to take down Avis as soon as possible, and then forcibly break through the defenses of the house and take away another target to prevent any further complications.
This is the capital of one of the three kingdoms of the Federation. The captain of any patrol team is at the fourth level and can form a joint attack formation with his subordinates.
If their actions attract the Silvermoon City guards, the mission will be declared a failure.
In midair, a fireball and a fighting spirit slash flew towards Avis. At the same time, several binding and curse magic effects directly surrounded Avis.
He felt dizzy, the flow of magic power in his body suddenly stagnated, and the air around him suddenly solidified into steel.
Two of them, who seemed to be thieves, had entered stealth mode, ready to backstab and kidney-attack Avis at any time.
Seeing that 'Vio' seemed to be hit by all the attacks before he could react, many of the men in black breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had already seen the outcome of the battle.
In the mission description, the opponent was just an alchemy shop owner with almost no combat record. Many people suspected that he was actually an academic who relied on the effects of various magic props to hit people and was not good at fighting.
The best way to deal with the academic school is to launch a surprise attack, quickly breaking the amulet defense on the opponent, and making the opponent lose without being prepared.
…
With a calm expression, he watched several men in black kill each other in the courtyard and finally die together. Avis used magic to summon a whirlwind, sweeping away the blood and burnt smell in the air.
Although it is unclear what the identities of these people are, given Vio's identity, the only factor that could lead to the assassination is Landon, the son of destiny whom he had released before.
After refreshing the air in the courtyard, Avis clapped his hands lightly and cleared away the non-existent dust. He then opened the pocket watch in his hand again and checked the time.
"Eleven fifty-nine. Still time for lunch before tea."
Closing the pocket watch in his hand, Avis turned and left.
At the same time, the ground of the courtyard liquefied on its own, sinking the bodies of several people into it.
Next spring, the silver-leaf roses in the garden will probably bloom more brightly.
(End of this chapter)
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