Chapter 424: Unexpected Assassination

Compared with the previous methods, tax increase obviously has great advantages in terms of enforcement strength.

Of course, these methods can be carried out simultaneously.

Therefore, during this year's Ice Month, the royal families of many small kingdoms issued decrees in unison - to increase taxes. Not only did the proportion of the original taxes required to be paid increase, but new tax categories were even added.

Considering that it would not affect the people's survival as much as possible, the royal family added about 10% of the tax on the original basis.

However, despite this starting point, after the royal family took the lead in raising local taxes, the small and medium-sized nobles also followed suit and added another 10% to 20% to the increased taxes to fill their own coffers.

When added layer by layer, it becomes an unbearable heavy tax. As a result, the people were in dire straits, and the cold wind of the frozen moon seemed to become even colder and biting.

Many commoners and low-level professionals could not bear the heavy tax pressure and gathered at the lord's palace to petition, hoping to temporarily reduce taxes, at least until the weather warms up next year, and then increase taxes.

But what greeted them was the brutal blow 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 many more joined various civil resistance groups that emerged to violently resist taxes.

The royal family was also very annoyed by all the chaos among the people, and had sent armed forces many times to suppress this group of "unruly people who had no law."

There are some results, but due to various reasons, the resistance organization has never been successfully eliminated, and instead its scale has grown larger and larger.

In this case, due to the instigation of some people with ulterior motives, the small and medium-sized nobles in some places not only did not reduce taxes, but instead increased them by 10% on the original basis.

Their philosophy is this: If someone rebels, it means the taxes are not high enough. Otherwise, where would they get the resources to rebel?

At the same time, from the perspective of destiny that few people can see, the web of fate of the Federation begins to slowly surge, as if it is some special omen.

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….….

In Silver Moon City, Anvis stood in the courtyard, looking up at the distant sky, as if he saw dark clouds coming.

"The weather is about to change."

After a while, he suddenly spoke without warning.

"...Yes, do you need me to prepare rain gear?"

Standing next to him, Leah looked at the clear and cloudless sky, feeling a little strange.

However, the longer she followed Teacher Vio, the more she felt that her teacher was very mysterious.

His knowledge is extremely profound, whether it is magic theory, alchemy, enchantment and other secondary professions, he has extremely profound attainments.

Except that she had never seen Teacher Vio fight with anyone, she almost felt that the teacher was omnipotent.

At the same time, just like now, Avis often does things that she can't understand.

But over time, the girl got used to this, and thought that middle-level spell casters might be so mysterious.

"When the weather changes, it doesn't just mean rain——"

With his eyes slightly closed, Anvis shook his head and did not explain anything.

"Besides, you are now an official spell caster, so don't always have the mentality of an ordinary person. Even if it really rains, we can use magic tricks to bounce it away."

"Also, have you finished processing the phosphating powder I asked you to purify before?"

"That! Not yet..."

When she mentioned this, Leah suddenly looked bitter.

"If not, then why are you waiting here?"

After driving the girl back into the house, Anvis took out his pocket watch and took a look at the time.

On the dial set with light blue star diamonds, the exquisite mithril pointer points to eleven fifty-five.

Closing the cover of the watch, Anvis looked around the courtyard withered in winter, his eyes lingered on a few shadows for a moment, and then he spoke again.

"So, these uninvited guests, what are you waiting for?"

After his words fell, the air in the courtyard fell silent again.

A small whirlwind blew the fallen leaves across the courtyard, causing no other changes except for the faint mist that filled the environment.

"There's no need to try again. Although it's just a temporary residence, not everyone can get in."

Glancing at the houses behind him that seemed to have remained unchanged, Anvis spoke again.

Then, the wind gradually died down, the dead leaves on the ground stopped motionless, and some kind of isolation force field suddenly enveloped the place.

For a moment, the colors of the shadows that Anvis had focused on suddenly began to darken. Gloomy black shadows flowed out from it like water, gathering into several figures dressed in black.

At the same time, two figures condensed in front of the house behind him.

They were planning to quietly enter the house and take away another target. But when he was about to sneak in, he was blocked by an invisible wall and couldn't enter.

The magic aura on these people ranges from the third to fourth levels, and a strong negative aura can be felt on them. I am afraid that they have taken many lives in their hands before.

Without saying anything, several people directly used various combat techniques and spells against Anvis, preparing to work together to take down Anvis immediately, and then forcefully break through the house's defenses and take away another target to prevent a long night of nightmares.

This is the capital of one of the three major kingdoms of the Federation. The captain of any patrol team is at the fourth level, and can form a joint attack formation with his team.

Once their behavior attracts the Silver Moon City guards, they can directly declare the mission failed.

In mid-air, a fireball and a fighting spirit slash flew quickly towards Avis. At the same time, several magical effects of binding and curse directly lingered on Avis.

He felt dizzy, the circulation 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 give Avis a backstab and kidney attack at any time.

Seeing that ‘Vio’ seemed to be hit by all attacks before he could react, many people in black breathed a sigh of relief, as if they had already seen the result of the battle.

In the mission description, the opponent was just an alchemy shop owner and had 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 is to attack suddenly, quickly break the amulet defense on the opponent, and let the opponent lose by surprise.

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Watching the several black-clothed people in the courtyard kill each other with a calm face, and finally died together. Avis used magic to summon a whirlwind, sweeping away the blood and burnt smell in the air.

Although it was unclear what these people were, with Vio's identity, the only factor that could lead to the assassin's assassination was the son of destiny, Lanton, who he had released before.

After restoring the air in the courtyard to freshness, Avis clapped his hands lightly and tidied up the non-existent dust. Then he opened the pocket watch in his hand again and looked at the time.

"Eleven fifty-nine, there is still time to have lunch before afternoon tea."

Closing the pocket watch in his hand, Avis turned and left.

At the same time, the ground of the courtyard liquefied by itself, sinking the bodies of several people into it.

Next spring, the silver-leaf roses in the courtyard will surely bloom more brightly.