Chapter 429 Seizing Power

Glorious calendar year 2462, new moon third day, Silver Fir City.

As the capital of the Gray Iron Kingdom, Silver Fir City's prosperity can be ranked in the forefront of the entire federation.

In this misty morning, before the sky was completely bright, the newsboys and small vendors on the street had already climbed up swiftly and hawked along the streets in the early morning.

A light gray carriage slowly drove into the city gate decorated with holly wreaths. The city guards at the door lazily held their spears and motioned them to stop for inspection with one hand.

But the coachman did not follow the rules, but took out several rose gold coins and distributed them to several guards.

So, after confirming that there was "no danger" on the carriage, the guards waved and let it go, and everything was as peaceful as before.

But this morning, some things were different from the past.

On the top of the city, when a city guard picked up a bowl of water to drink water, he suddenly found something unusual.

The originally calm water surface in the bowl suddenly produced circles of weak ripples!

He paused in confusion and looked up.

Outside the city gate, the mist had dissipated at some point. Under the shining sun, an endless army of magic constructs suddenly appeared on the plain outside the city!

Those heavy shells reflected the cold metallic luster, which made people feel cold all over.

When he saw this sudden construct army, its long-range troops had already opened fire first.

"Gods..."

Looking at the thousands of blazing explosions flying at high speed in front of him, almost dyeing the sky red, the city guard opened his mouth woodenly, and even the bowl of water slipped from his hand without knowing it.

Rumble rumble——

"Enemy! Attack!!"

Accompanied by the shrill alarm, a huge gap was blown open at the East City Gate, and the city defense array only flashed for a moment, and then completely dimmed.

Obviously, the defense officials of this city probably took a lot of kickbacks.

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At the beginning of the North Wind Prayer of the New Moon this year, a sudden change shook the entire Itel Federation.

The place of the change occurred in the Gray Iron Kingdom of the Federation, which is a small kingdom located on the west side of the Thebyros Mountains and famous for its rich production of various magical minerals. It is adjacent to the Leica Kingdom.

On the third day, several large resistance organizations such as "Spark", "Ember", and "Sunlight" suddenly joined forces and launched a mutiny in the Gray Iron Kingdom under the banner of "freedom, equality, and resistance to oppression".

Several major resistance organizations seemed to have planned for a long time and sent a large number of elite constructed troops. In less than half a month, they surrounded and captured the capital and several other large cities.

Although the kingdom's garrison fought bravely, their equipment was far behind the enemy, and because the city defense array was "out of repair", they were eventually outnumbered and defeated, and fled in all directions.

Except for a few members of the royal family who managed to escape, most of the nobles and royal family members were captured on the spot, including the king and queen.

A group of nobles who caused great public outrage due to their excessive taxation were publicly beheaded by the rebels.

At the same time, His Majesty Felgood, the national protector of the Gray Iron Kingdom, was attacked and besieged by two suspected newly promoted ninth-level wizards, and was eventually defeated and killed.

In this incident, many resistance organizations showed their strength that shocked everyone for the first time.

With a large number of elite constructed troops under their command, they almost easily captured many large cities. There was even more than one ninth-level behind them, and they were not afraid of the threats of high-level professionals.

When they learned about the fall of the Gray Iron Kingdom, many other small kingdoms of similar size to the Gray Iron Kingdom, their ruling class suddenly became uneasy.

The rebels were able to easily capture the Gray Iron Kingdom. If all the things that the Gray Iron Kingdom had faced were to happen again in their country, how much better would their fate be than that of the Gray Iron Kingdom?

Thinking of this, the leaders of many small kingdoms immediately began to frantically order various military equipment on a large scale.

At the same time, they also began to thoroughly investigate the defense arrays of major cities. While maintaining them in a timely manner, they also cut off a group of worms who embezzled city defense funds.

Compared with the fierce reactions of many small kingdoms, the larger kingdoms responded more cautiously.

For them, although the power of the rebels is alarming, it is still within the controllable range.

Fortunately, these resistance organizations are currently just a simple union. If they really unify into a super-large resistance organization, it would be a real headache.

For this reason, some kingdoms have prepared to secretly send people to divide the cooperation of these organizations from within. Even on the grounds of unification, they instigate them to kill each other.

After several resistance organizations joined forces to seize the entire Gray Iron Kingdom, everyone in the Federation faced a new problem.

According to the provisions of the Patikalan Covenant, when the ruler of the kingdom changes, the new ruler is eligible to join the Federal Parliament.

But when this rule was set, no one could have imagined that a kingdom would be seized by the so-called "civilian resistance organization".

Therefore, how to deal with the current state of the Gray Iron Kingdom has troubled many parliamentarians.

After taking over the management of the entire Gray Iron Kingdom, several major resistance organizations did not immediately continue to expand outward, but prepared to send representatives to join the Federal Parliament like other ordinary kingdom regime changes.

This is a very smart move. Making such a gesture is equivalent to sending a signal that the resistance army also intends to play by the rules of the game instead of going against the Federal Parliament.

Therefore, according to the provisions of the Patikaran Agreement, the rebels' seizure of power is also a private matter within the kingdom in theory, protected by the rules, and the Federal Parliament cannot intervene at will.

At the same time, this is also to appease the top leaders of other kingdoms, let them know that they will also abide by the Patikaran Agreement, and prevent the other kingdoms from joining forces in advance due to fear and destroying them at all costs.

After conquering the Gray Iron Kingdom, several resistance organizations temporarily calmed down and began to gradually digest the gains of this war.

At the same time, they also began to vote internally to elect a federal member to join the parliament.

In the Gray Iron Kingdom, many civilians who were originally worried that they would be robbed suddenly found that their lives were much better.

Because several resistance organizations sent guards to each other, they strictly restrained each other's men from disturbing the people.

Not only did the worried looting not occur, but even after the resistance organizations came to power, they temporarily implemented a number of tax-free policies, and commercial taxes were also reduced to an extremely low level.

For a time, many newspapers reported the incident, which attracted the attention of many people.

At the same time, sensing business opportunities, many chambers of commerce sent people to the Gray Iron Kingdom. While bringing in a large amount of livelihood resources, they also purchased high-value materials such as artworks that were seized by the rebels but were not easily handled due to the lack of appropriate channels.

Due to the reduction of trade taxes and tariffs, these bold chambers of commerce made a lot of money in a short time.