Chapter 954

Needle drop could be heard in the Supreme Palace.

"Aushilia?"

"Who is this person? Why is he an archmage again, not a holy soul wizard?"

The expressions of the holy soul wizards on both sides of the long bronze table were very exciting. The members of the Mordu faction were informed in advance, so they were all calm.

The seven members of the Nesser faction and the Balance faction were shocked.

Kessels, Ma Youfu and the others immediately looked at Duke Greyhawk sitting at the top, and the smile on Tim Kenan's face gradually disappeared.

He stared at Anxi Wodas closely, and said in a deep voice, "Anxi, are you kidding me?"

Anse Wodos laughed, then waved his hand, a tall figure appeared beside him, the projection gradually became clear, and the eyes of the holy soul wizards lit up. This is a beautiful witch, but her temperament is a little cold , as if rejecting people thousands of miles away.

"Oxilia has met you all." The rainbow dragon stopped talking after saluting.

Her performance was much calmer than that of Ma Youfu before.

The holy soul wizards couldn't help but look at this outstanding new member, their eyes were full of surprise. She intentionally exuded powerful magic waves, and she was undoubtedly a holy rank.

"The Archmage?" asked the Great Sage Congerald.

"Yes, the great sage." Anse Wodos replied for Oxilia, "Oxilia is not a human being, her real body is a dragon. When I accepted her as a student, I deliberately concealed it for her. Only Ren and I know this secret, please keep it secret from now on.”

The difference between the holy soul wizard and the archmage may be hidden from others, but the Supreme Council will know sooner or later.

Therefore, after discussing with the teacher, Ryan and the teacher decided to expose themselves.

However, only the identity of the giant dragon is revealed, and the secret that Oshilia is an iridescent dragon must be kept.

Hearing that she is a giant dragon, the holy soul wizards became even more curious. Tim Kenan snorted coldly, "Isn't it appropriate for the dragon to join the Supreme Council?"

"The elves can join, why can't the dragon?" Anxi Wodas immediately asked.

"It's different," said Tim Kennan in a deep voice.

"What's the difference?"

Anse Wodos said quickly: "In terms of origin, dragons and elves are both intelligent races; in terms of inheritance, I accepted Oxilia as a student when she was still a baby dragon more than 30 years ago, and became As a member of Wezeland, the Supreme Council can send people to Wezeland to investigate; in terms of belief, Oxilia is a loyal believer of the goddess of magic, and she has gone a long way in the pursuit of truth."

"Mayoufu is the archmage, and Oshilia is also the archmage."

"Grey Eagle..." Anse Wodos glared at Tim Kenan, and said loudly, "Since Ma Youfu can join the Supreme Council, so can Oxilia!"

Tim Kennan opened his mouth, but finally couldn't say anything against it.

He was speechless.

The other two members of the Balance School, Master Huo Huai and Ma Youfu could not refute it, especially Ma Youfu, who agreed with Anxi Wodas's point of view in his heart.

The four members of the Nether faction, the Duke of Purple Flame and the Duke of Black Robe, said nothing, and the great sage shook his head helplessly. He didn't want the Modu faction to dominate, but Anxi Wodas's words were impeccable.

Only Kelstone is not reconciled.

He couldn't help but said: "I've never heard of Ms. Oxilia's name before, and I haven't heard that she has reached the peak of legend and was suddenly promoted to Archmage. If she is allowed to join the Supreme Council without confirmation, it will Won't it be too hasty?"

After a pause, he explained again: "I don't doubt Ms. Aushilia's strength, I just hope to be more cautious. After all, this is just a projection..."

Projection can camouflage breath.

"I'm in Wezeland, you can send someone to confirm, or, I also want to personally experience the strength of the holy wizard." Oxilia immediately responded with doubts.

There was no trace of fear on her face, but a hint of anticipation.

Even when she spoke, she looked directly at Kelstone, with a bit of provocation in her bright eyes.

When the holy soul wizards saw Oxilia's belligerent appearance, they knew it couldn't be fake. There is no need for Anse Wodos to let students pretend to be archmages. This kind of lie can be exposed as soon as it is poked out, and it will not be of any benefit to the Modus and Wezeland.

Kelstone was just testing it out, and now that he has the answer in his heart, he is a bit hesitant to step down.

"There is no need to confirm."

It was the great sage who came forward, who wanted to rescue Kelstone, and said gently: "The real archmage can't be fake, I believe Oxilia has been promoted. The empire added two archmages in one day. Good job. Congratulations, Ms. Oxelia!"

"Thanks to the great sage." Oshilia expressed her respect to the highly respected great sage.

"Okay." Anse Wodos clapped his hands and said seriously: "Here, I propose that Oxilia join the Supreme Council. If you object, please raise your hand."

The holy soul wizards looked at each other, focusing on the two giants Tim Kenan and Kelstone, but none of them raised their hands in the end.

After half a minute, Anse Wodos immediately announced that the proposal was approved, and Oxilia became the fifteenth member of the Supreme Council.

"Welcome Ms. Oxilia."

"congratulations."

The Holy Soul Sorcerers of Modu School also congratulated.

The other two factions were silent. Tim Kenan's complexion was very ugly, and his originally shiny bald head was also a little dim. He tried his best to get Ma Youfu to be promoted to Archmage and enter the Supreme Council. As a result, the Mordu faction immediately had an extra Archmage.

Originally six votes to seven votes, now seven votes to eight votes.

Nothing has changed!

The Modus are still firmly in control of the Supreme Council.

It made all the hard work of the past few years go to waste, and Tim Kenan felt like he had been slapped hard, his face was hot, and he felt like a joke.

The statue of the magic woman shot out silver light again, and Oxilia's name was etched on the long bronze table, which happened to be the vacant seat on Rennes' left.

Oxilia sat down calmly.

She looked calm on the surface, but as a soul mate, Ren felt that her heart was actually very excited, so he turned his head and cast a veiled smile to express his congratulations, and Oxilia returned an imperceptible smile .

Both of them were at the end of the long table, and only Ma Youfu, who was opposite, could see Ren's expression, and they immediately had some associations.

Seeing that Oxilia was approved by the goddess of magic and had already sat down, regretting that it was useless, Tim Kenan quickly calmed down.

The most urgent task at the moment is to determine the duke title and territory for Ma Youfu, expand the scope of control of the Floating City of Flanaiss, and increase economic benefits.

And it must be in front of Oxilia, the empire is running out of good territories.

"Now it's time to talk about..."

Tim Kenan started to speak, only to be interrupted again.

"Master Kenan, please wait a moment."

It was Ren who interrupted this time. He slammed twice on the long bronze table, then stood up directly, bowed slightly to Tim Kenan to apologize, and said solemnly: "As the consul, I hereby express my sincere respect to the Supreme Council. Initiating a proposal is related to the future development of the empire."

Tim Kenan was almost going crazy, and he suppressed his anger and said, "Why is it so important that we can't wait for the two new members to decide on the duke title and territory?"

"Sorry, Master Kenan." Ren turned a blind eye to his anger, "What I want to say is related to the Duke title and territory."

As soon as this remark came out, the holy soul wizards who didn't know the inside story looked at each other in blank dismay.

Rennes said loudly: "Have you ever thought that there are now fifteen members of the Supreme Council, seven of whom own territories, and the two new additions are about to acquire dukedoms. These territories together account for 10% of the total area of ​​the empire. A quarter, and all of them are the most elite territories of the empire. If you count the influence of the territory on the surrounding areas, it will be even more, almost reaching half of the empire."

Tim Kennan had a bad feeling.

Not only him, but other holy soul wizards also realized what Ren was going to say.

"What's wrong with that?" Silver Star Duke asked.

"From the personal point of view of the holy souls, of course there is no problem, but from the perspective of the overall situation of the empire, it is very unfavorable." Ren replied: "For the past thousand years, the empire has been trying to recover the territories of the nobles and re-belong to them. directly under the central government of the empire."

"Successive consuls have spared no efforts to suppress local nobles, reduce their influence and influence, and regard it as their own political achievements."

"This is the national policy set by the Supreme Council."

Ren glanced at everyone, especially the oldest holy soul wizards, and continued: "In other words, this is a resolution passed by the Supreme Council, and you all voted for it."

"The current situation is that the Supreme Council is asking the consuls to take back the aristocratic territories on the one hand, while conferring duke titles and territories on the other."

"Isn't that contradictory?"

He paused for a moment, his eyes sharpened, and he said in a deep voice: "Or, the real purpose of the national policy of reducing the nobles' territories is to take back the territories and confer them on ourselves?"

This is a very important statement, and the implication behind it is that the holy soul wizards use their power for personal gain.

Everyone's face changed slightly.

In fact, they have all thought about this issue and are very clear about it, but as people with vested interests, no one has made it clear. If you say this, you will offend other holy soul wizards, no matter whether they have the title of duke and fief, they will not be happy.

But Ren was fearless and continued:

"I don't know who initiated the proposal, and who voted for it. It's good that you all know it well. I don't want to go through the minutes of the meeting more than a thousand years ago."

"I'm just listing one fact."

"A thousand years ago, there were 345 noble families in the empire, but now there are only 62 families left. The number of nobles has been greatly reduced, but the combined area of ​​all the fiefdoms is larger than that of a thousand years, and it is nearly half larger. Only the master."

"After all, a duchy can be worth at least five counties, twenty viscounties, or fifty baronies."

"Why this is so, I don't think I need to say more."

Ren's tone slowed down, "In the future, there will be more and more members of the Supreme Council, and each of them will be granted the title of duke and fief. Sooner or later, the empire's territory will not be enough..."

"How can this be?"

Tim Kennan couldn't help retorting, "Ren, don't forget that the duke title and territory cannot be hereditary. After I die, the territory will be taken back by the empire."

"Master Kenan, times have changed." Ren looked at him, shook his head and said, "In the past ten years, the Supreme Council has added three members, and I predict that in the next ten years, at least two more members will be added, and maybe even There are three or four. The lifespan of a holy soul wizard reaches two thousand years, and most nobles cannot inherit it for such a long time. Once the dukedom is conferred, it is impossible to get it back for at least one thousand years."

"So what?" Tim Kenan disagreed, "The territory was confiscated to the Holy Soul Sorcerer, and it is still the territory of the empire, and it is not split."

"It seems to me to be divided!"

Renn said righteously: "The dukedom does not pay taxes to the empire. It has independent law enforcement and administrative powers. It has its own system and can absorb and hide people. Every territory that is confiscated is a weakening of the overall national strength of the empire."

"Now that there are fewer dukedoms, everyone obeys the will of the Supreme Council and can be unified within the empire system."

"In the future, the number of members of the Supreme Council will increase, the factions will be complicated, and there will be endless battles..."

Speaking of this, Ren's face was a bit mocking.

The expressions of the holy soul wizards are also somewhat unnatural. From the first day of the establishment of the Supreme Council, the internal factional struggles have not stopped, and have intensified.

Ren continued: "I don't want to see that one day, the Supreme Council will be completely split and disbanded due to irreconcilable conflicts. As a result, the empire will be divided up by the holy soul wizards and disintegrated into dozens of principalities and kingdoms, large and small."

The holy soul wizards were all silent.

Kelstone frowned, "This is just your imagination, under the radiance of the goddess, the empire will never disintegrate."

"Stupid." Ren smiled contemptuously.

"Most things have not happened before, no one can predict, but this does not mean that we do nothing. Take a long-term view, don't just look at immediate interests. I think this truth, I don't need to teach you Bar?"

Kelstone's face turned red and turned pale. Every time he confronted Ryan face to face, he couldn't keep calm, and he would get angry with a few words.

However, Ren's words are somewhat reasonable, and they occupy the moral high ground, and they keep saying that they are for the sake of the overall situation of the empire.

The other holy soul wizards looked pensive, obviously moved by Ren.

Kelstone took a deep breath and suppressed his anger, "Then what do you want to do?"

He didn't believe that if Rennes dared to touch the personal interests of the holy soul wizards, even members of the Modu faction would not support Rennes.

"It's very simple."

Ren moved his eyes away from Kelstone, glanced at the holy soul wizards sitting on both sides of the long bronze table, and said solemnly: "I propose that from today onwards, new members of the Supreme Council can still be canonized as Duke, but only a false title, no longer get the territory!"

Before he finished speaking, there was an uproar in the Supreme Palace, and the Holy Soul Wizard immediately wanted to speak out against it.

"Quiet!"

Ren let out a big snort.

The fist slammed on the long bronze table, with a bang, the huge sound echoed in the Supreme Palace, and the whole palace was shaking.

Even though it was just a projection clone, Ren's terrifying aura still stunned everyone.

The Supreme Palace immediately fell silent, and the holy soul wizards stared at Ren with displeasure, but Ren had no timidity on his face, and said in a deep voice, "Listen to me."

"New members no longer canonize their territories, but they can be compensated. When they enter the Supreme Council, they will get 10 million gold shields in cash, and every ten years thereafter, they will get another 10 million gold shields. A total of 30 million gold shields will be divided into three times. This money All from the treasury."

"The holy soul wizard who gave up the territory before can also receive this subsidy."

"Sacred soul wizards who already own territories can give up their territories in exchange for 30 million gold shields from the empire."

"Everyone, please think about it carefully."

After Ren finished speaking, he looked at the holy soul wizards who had different reactions. Some were lost in thought, some were quite moved. The corner of his mouth raised an imperceptible angle, and then he sat down.