Above the mage!

Chapter 208 Changes in the sky
The residence of the Usher family.

Quincy Usher sat down and talked with the vice chairman.

"Then Gaode has been transferred from the dungeon of the Seres Mage Tower to the Saint Sean Mage Prison according to the dean's instructions."

"Next, it depends on your own methods. If this matter is not handled well, President Shell will no longer be kind to you." The vice chairman reminded.

Quincy Uther smiled confidently, "Once we are in Saint Sean's Mage Prison, I will have many tricks to use on him. I will definitely make him confess everything."

"That would be better. I heard that the wizard you sent out failed miserably against him." The vice chairman added.

When Quincy Usher heard this, the corners of his eyes twitched unconsciously. Even now, when he thought about this, he still felt that it was too exaggerated.

A wizard who had just been promoted to the first ring could actually withstand the second ring spell [Howl of Pain].

"This kid must have been born with thick nerves, so he has a very high tolerance for pain," Quincy Usher analyzed.

"However, I still have other means. I can definitely deal with him and make him confess everything." He said confidently.

Upon hearing this, the vice chairman did not ask any more questions.

"When the matter is over, remember to clean up the mess from beginning to end." He just gave another reminder.

"Don't worry, how could I not understand this?" Quincy Usher's eyes were fierce.

A wizard with outstanding talent has now severely offended him. If he lets him go, he will definitely take revenge when he becomes stronger in the future.

It is easy to dodge an open spear but hard to guard against a hidden arrow.

You have to be ruthless.

"What a pity for such a genius." The vice chairman still sighed, but he didn't have much real sympathy in his heart.

There are many geniuses, but the benefits are limited.

Area 1, inside Jelica's dormitory building.

"Today, Gode was taken away from the Mage Tower and sent to the Saint Sean Mage Prison?" Upon hearing the news from the housekeeper, Jelica frowned deeply.

The housekeeper shook his head and said politely, "There's nothing we can do. Not to mention that the family's hands can't reach that far, it's unlikely that this action didn't have Dean Sheer's signal behind it."

Jelica's face looked a little ugly.

Being born into an aristocratic family, she was naturally not so naive and clearly understood what this action meant.

She, who had the deepest contact with Gao De, thought about it again and again, and finally could only sigh in her heart.

A genius wizard who could have made a name for himself, but now ends up in jail.

She didn't know exactly what happened, but she knew it definitely wasn't the so-called "deliberate destruction of college assets."

In front of the will of the principality's high-level officials, in front of those high-level mages, not to mention commoner mages like Gode, even a noble and talented mage like Jelica, who came from an extraordinary family, had limited power.

In prison.

[.Your ability to see in the dark is improved by 35.5%].

As I gradually adapted to the darkness, the rune patterns that were originally unclear gradually became visible.

Gao De looked at it casually without deliberately studying anything.

Those rune patterns naturally separated in his field of vision and turned into basic runes one after another.

Gao De's gaze lingered on those runes for a long time, and his mind followed the patterns of the runes.

Waiting to die is a very sad thing.

People in this situation often collapse before death comes.

Fortunately, Rune is now with Gaode.

Just as it had happened many times before, once he entered the "question-solving" state, he would become completely absorbed, unable to feel the flow of things around him, or even the passage of time, and entered a state of "obsession".

Therefore, Gaode is now extremely peaceful and focused.

Nolan calendar year 9656, fog and frost month, 22nd day.

To many people, this was just a very ordinary day.

But in history, this is a day worth recording.

That's it.

It was not until many years later that people truly understood its significance.

……

On the majestic walls of Saint-Sien.

"Captain. W-What is that?!"

The soldiers on the city walls were completely stunned.

In other words, I was deeply shocked by the scene before me.

Outside the city of Saint Sean, the flock of birds circling in the sky above the river were frightened and flew away in all directions.

A terrifying monster suddenly emerged from the clouds.

It suddenly appeared in the sky, like an alien object.

It was an airship, a huge war airship.

The surface is covered with a layer of cold metal, making the entire airship look like a steel fortress floating in the sky.

The row of alchemical cannons that were exposed were even more ferocious.

At the top of the airship, a flag was flying.

A bright red flag.

In the center of the flag is a burning flaming heart.

The flames were deep red with a golden glow, as if they could devour all darkness.

The flames are surrounded by delicate silver lines, which form a pair of outstretched wings.

The flag's background color is a deep frost blue, which contrasts sharply with the burning flaming heart pattern, making it even more eye-catching.

The soldiers looked up, gaping at the airship, their eyes filled with awe.

"It's the Ice Flame Legion from the Western Territory of the Holy Empire." The mage who was called the captain murmured.

Just a war airship like this is enough to make people feel creepy.

However, the captain of the mages understood that the war airship would never appear alone.

The same is true.

Huge airships kept emerging from the clouds one after another.

They are connected end to end, like a giant steel dragon spanning the sky for dozens of kilometers. The shadow they form is like a layer of sky that blocks the sunlight.

Such a scene was enough to burn the nerves of all the soldiers on the city wall from shock to numbness.

The wheel of history rolls forward, and the trend of the times is surging.

The wheel of history never changes due to personal will.

It doesn't care what you are doing, whether you are in jail or planning some amazing conspiracy.

It will just rumble past without any regard and change your fate without a care.

This change has both good and bad effects.

"It's over." The mage captain muttered to himself.

This is over, not only the city of Saint Sean is over, but the entire Principality of Sean is over. The army of the Holy Empire is the largest known in the world, including hundreds of independent legions.

Each legion has its own leader or marshal, and has its own unique culture and fighting style.

There was little consistency among these legions.

This characteristic makes the Holy Empire's military forces numerous and equipped with different tactics.

The Ice Flame Legion, although only an inconspicuous one among the hundreds of legions of the Holy Empire, its comprehensive strength is not even ranked among the top 50 of all legions.

But for the Principality of Sean, the Ice Flame Legion is an absolute prehistoric behemoth.

Even if the entire army of the Principality of Sean was pulled here and concentrated in the city of Saint Sean, relying on the city's advantage to fight against the Ice Flame Legion, it would be impossible to resist them for even half a day.

The continuous war airships stopped outside the city of Saint Sean without any concealment.

The huge shadow covered the sky and the sun.

All the residents of Saint Sean City can see the steel fortress with the flag of the Holy Empire Legion as long as they look up.

Everyone turned pale.

The army of the Holy Empire is coming!
Red smoke rose into the sky.

In the royal palace of Saint Sean.

Jeroos XIII, who received the news, and all the famous noble ministers in the city of Saint Sean gathered together at this moment.

These include the second prince and the eldest prince.

Everyone's face was pale.

Everyone fell into great panic.

The war airships of the Holy Empire are surrounding the city of Saint Sean in an extremely domineering manner.

"We're not just passing by." Everyone on the field remembered the news reported by the border investigation mage two weeks ago:
Spotted the shadow of the Holy Empire Legion Mage.

But after two weeks of panic, they did not find any other suspicious signs, so they quickly lifted the alarm and determined that the incident was caused by individual mages from the Holy Empire Legion who happened to pass by.

Now, facts tell them that they were naive.

The legion of the Holy Empire has really arrived.

"What did Commander Fleming say?" asked the very old King Jellos XIII.

"I didn't meet Commander Fleming. I was only met by a young officer from the Ice Flame Legion." The minister who was sent to negotiate with the Ice Flame Legion conveyed the other party's intention with a solemn expression.

"He only said three sentences to me."

"First, we can surrender, but only until the first ray of sunlight tomorrow shines on the walls of Saint-Sien."

"Second, if you surrender before the time they specify, all the nobles, ministers, and royal family in the city will lose all their original status, but their lives and property can be preserved."

"Third, swear allegiance to the Holy Empire and then you will be judged and your status determined based on your worth alone. Otherwise, you will be destroyed."

After these three sentences were conveyed, the faces of all the people on the field, these "noble" people who used to be high and mighty and seemed to always be in control of everything, changed drastically on the spot.

Facts have proved that it is not that people with high status have good psychological qualities, but that there are too few things in their positions that can cause them psychological fluctuations.

But once something like this happens, many people may behave worse than ordinary people.

"How could this be? How could this be?" Some noble ministers were puzzled.

The Principality of Sean does not border the territory of the Holy Empire.

On the contrary, they bordered part of the Plantagenet territory.

So from any perspective, in this land full of principalities, the Principality of Sean should not be the first country to suffer.

Such a strategic approach would result in the Principality of Sean becoming an enclave within the vast territory of the Holy Empire after the Holy Empire conquered it.

"We have all overlooked one point. If the Holy Empire really followed the plan and conquered the duchies one by one in order of distance...

"Their territorial expansion has not yet come close to the Plantagenet Dynasty, but the Plantagenet Dynasty has already reacted and will respond accordingly."

"By then, if they want to take over the territory directly adjacent to the Plantagenet Empire, the price they pay will be much higher."

"So, the Holy Empire's first target must be one of the three places bordering the Plantagenet Dynasty, namely, Sean, Aedirn, and Ovoga."

"It is even possible that multiple legions will be mobilized at the same time and the armies of the three principalities will be crushed in the form of a blitzkrieg." At this time, the senior general of the Principality of Sean spoke up.

"As for the so-called enclaves, that is only based on our own considerations. For the Holy Empire, as long as they are willing, they can wipe out all the principalities between Sean and the Holy Empire's territory in just one month."

"Is it still too late to activate the magic circle to guard Saint Sean City and send people to ask for help from the Plantagenet Dynasty?" a noble minister asked helplessly.

"The Holy Empire is obviously coming for the Plantagenet Dynasty. They are just using Sean as a strategic point on the front line. In this case, the Plantagenet Dynasty will definitely send reinforcements to help, right?"

The senior general spoke calmly, ruthlessly shattering the noble minister's fantasy of seeking help: "Once we activate the magic circle and prepare to defend, the Ice Flame Legion outside the city will immediately take action."

"The alchemical cannons of those angry shark-class war airships only need one salvo to reduce the walls of Saint Sean City to ruins."

The war airships of the Holy Empire are divided into several levels, from high to low: Holy Dragon, Lion, Angry Shark, and Mad Wolf.

Even the most powerful airship in Saint Sean City still has a technological gap of tens or even hundreds of years with the lowest-level Mad Wolf-class war airship of the Holy Empire.

"Not to mention that if their high-level military mages take action, their destructive power will be greater than that of war airships." The chief mage of the Saint Sean Palace Mage Corps narrated calmly.

"We don't stand a chance against the Holy Empire's legions."

Everyone was silent.

"Everyone, prepare to surrender. We have no right to let the innocent civilians in the city die in vain. It is unwise to try to stop a chariot with a mantis arm."

After a long time, Jellos XIII sighed and spoke tremblingly.

It was a difficult decision for him to make.

This means that the Principality of Sean, which has been passed down for thousands of years, will become a speck of dust in history from today on.

And he, Jeroth XIII, will become the king of a fallen country.

after an hour.

The city gates were opened wide to welcome the soldiers of the Holy Empire Ice Flame Legion into the city.

At the same time, the Jellos royal family, which had ruled the Principality of Sean for thousands of years, issued a statement to all its citizens throughout the country:
From today on, the Principality of Sean officially joined the Holy Empire and changed from an independent country to the Sean Province under the jurisdiction of the Governor-General of the Western Border of the Holy Empire.

After this statement was issued, the Principality of Sean ceased to exist.

The Principality of Sean has demonstrated with practical actions why the Holy Empire is the most powerful country in the world.

Under the siege of the Holy Empire's Ice Flame Legion, they only held out for an hour before declaring surrender.

The Principality of Sean was established on the 7349st day of the Frost Month in the 1th year of the Norlan calendar.

Died on the 9656nd day of the month of Misty Frost, 22 in the Norlan calendar.

A total of 2307 years.

For many little people, this may be a tragedy or a comedy.

In short, it was just a normal day, they were living their normal lives as usual, and then they inexplicably found that they had changed their nationality.

When the sun sets, everyone becomes a citizen of the Holy Empire.

The hand of fate has not stopped yet.

The second day after the Ice Flame Legion occupied the city of Saint Sean, that is, the 23rd of the Misty Frost Month.

To demonstrate the grace and care of the Holy Empire to its new subjects, to eliminate the barriers between the former subjects of the Principality of Sean and the Holy Empire, and to send a signal of the new regime's benevolence and tolerance.

The Ice and Flame Legion declared amnesty.

(End of this chapter)