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In the second week after Fernando's death, all the great magicians gathered on the source island to start the election of the new president.

According to the "Rules of Magicians", no great magician is allowed to leave the source island until the new president is born. This rule is somewhat similar to the rule when the pope was elected, but the purpose is completely different.The Holy See imprisoned cardinals during the election of the Pope to avoid power-money transactions and election cheating, while the Magic Association was to urge the great magicians to complete the election as soon as possible.

In essence, the power of the Holy See is established by influence, but the power of the Magic Association comes from their strength.The systems and structures of the two are very different, which makes the needs of their members very different.All the needs of priests, whether it is loyal beliefs or personal desires, must be fulfilled by obtaining teaching positions; but for magicians, the magic level is the most important, and the benefits that positions can increase are extremely limited. In many cases, it will become a burden and a bondage.

It is precisely because of this that many magicians are dismissive of the public affairs of the Magic Association. When participating in the election of the president, which is considered important by outsiders, they just write their names casually or abstain from voting.After many painful lessons, the Magic Association finally formed a management style with one carrot and one stick, using both coercion and temptation, which enabled the Magic Association to maintain the most basic power structure.

Of course, not all magicians are indifferent to fame and fortune, and even those who are indifferent to fame and fortune are not without desires, but the content of their desires is different.As for the position of president, it can be said that it is a collection of various privileges. Sitting in this position, regardless of fame, fortune or other things, you can almost be satisfied.

However, while enjoying the privilege, the president does not have to avoid facing many daily trivial matters that have nothing to do with magic.He has to manage the entire magic association, and more importantly, he has to deploy those magicians who have endless eccentricities and never know what "obedience" is.Rather than saying that many magicians do not want to become the president, it is better to say that they are intimidated by the trivial matters that they will face after becoming the president.

But the irony is that not wanting to be the president does not mean that you can accept anyone else as the president. Whenever the election of the president of the Magic Association is difficult, it is mostly not because there are no candidates, but because there are candidates. Over and over again, overruled, dismissed.

Today, the election of the new president of the Magic Association once again encountered such a difficult problem.

The number of nominated candidates is large, even more than ever before, but because of this, the votes are very scattered, and there is never a shortage of abstentions. After the primary election, no candidate can get three votes. One-third of the votes to become the official president candidate.

Keech's name did not appear on the list of candidates for the primary election, but Keech's vote was included in the abstentions cast.Of course, this was all arranged in advance. Amir and Barosh agreed that it was not appropriate to expose the matter of electing Kiki as the president too early. Only when the new president was delayed and difficult to give birth, everyone's patience was exhausted. Only when he is mentioned as a conciliatory strategy can he be more easily recognized by the majority.

Doing so is also related to the rules of the game. According to the regulations on the election of the president in the "Magician Code", the magician who receives the support of one-third of the total number of great magicians can become an official candidate, and the official candidate appears After that, formal elections can be held.The magician who gets more than half of the votes in the official election can become the president, but this president is acting in nature, and the term of office is only five years. After five years, the Magic Association will hold a new president election.However, if the number of votes obtained in the official election exceeds two-thirds of the total number of great magicians, the magician will become the official president. Only impeachment and death can deprive him of the position of president, no longer limited by time.

What Amir wants to seek for Kiki is this kind of official president who is not limited by time, but in order to achieve this goal, they need to put on the coat of acting president first, so that those magicians who don't want to support Kiki will be mistaken. Thought he was just a transitional solace.

"Now there are 31 great magicians in the Magic Association. I can guarantee at least five votes, and Nu Nujin may have seven votes. How can Amir's own contacts get two or three votes? If Yalong is willing For surrender, we can at least guarantee a stable ten votes." Barosh snapped his fingers and calculated with Kiki, "I have tried it for the past two days, and Fernando has left behind. As long as you are nominated, they will Sending out the ballots, we can now be sure that half of the votes is absolutely no problem, the problem is how to turn the half into two-thirds, and how to turn five years into eternity.”

"I still have one vote in my hand." Keech said, "Should I be able to vote for myself?"

"Of course." Barosh chuckled.

Keech is actually not worried about whether he can become the president, which may be related to his indifference to this position.But at the same time, Keech couldn't help but have another calculation: As long as 31 people are turned into 21 people, wouldn't half become two-thirds?

However, Amir is not at the source island right now, and Kiki cannot use the communicator to discuss this idea with him.Although the great magician is not prohibited from communicating with the outside world during the election period, and everyone can bring an entourage to take care of their daily life, but Amir did not come with Kiki, and only entrusted Barosh with full authority over the affairs of the island. , sent Avella over to take care of Kiki, but he stayed in the Assia Magic Association and stayed with Tina.

——Even if he was here, he probably wouldn’t agree!

Keech thought to himself.What Amir wants is to be stable and safe, and the situation of breaking and then building is not in his plan, and it is beyond the tolerance of Barosh and others.Keech himself knew that if he really did this, there might be unmanageable consequences.

—Forget it, let Amir do it himself!

Keech casually dismisses the idea of ​​cheating with violence.

However, before the primary election of the Magic Association came to a result, there was another jaw-dropping news from the Yalong Empire—the three southwestern provinces, the richest in the empire, suddenly declared their independence, and captured them with lightning speed. The neighboring Montreal County was slaughtered, and the McHale family, the lord of Montreal County, was massacred.

"Massacre?" Hearing the news, Kiki immediately thought of the destruction of Oz's royal family, and couldn't help asking Amir on the other end of the link, "Is it the same as Oz's death?"

"I'm not at the scene this time." Amir replied indifferently, "However, judging from the news that came out, there are really many similarities between the two. Here."

"No, Ozzy was killed by the royal family, and the ones killed by Yaron are ordinary nobles." Keech reminded.

"Maybe it's just a coincidence, or maybe there's another reason." Amir said lightly, "The contact towers in the three southwestern provinces and Montreal County have lost contact with the Magic Association, and the whereabouts of the magicians inside are also unknown."

"Didn't someone be sent to see it?" Keech asked suspiciously.

"The people who can issue this order are all in Yuan Island." Amir sighed, "Okay, you can know these things, don't worry about it. However, if the emperor of Yalong can't solve the troubles over there as soon as possible , the entire continent is about to be completely messed up, and the election on the source island may be forced to speed up, and the Shadow Council is likely to intervene."

"Does this have anything to do with me?" Keech asked.

"What do you think?" Amir didn't give an answer, but the meaning was self-evident.

"Okay, I probably understand." Kiki twitched the corner of his mouth and turned off the communicator.

When Amir notified Kiki of the news about the three southwestern provinces, Hill in the city of Yashai was already busy with the rebellion.

This rebellion happened so suddenly that no one noticed any signs beforehand. Until now, Asshai still doesn't know how it happened and who the main messenger is.In fact, if the massacred McHale family hadn't released carrier pigeons in time to spread the news, Yasha probably wouldn't even know what happened there.

Hill is still working in the Military and Political Administration. As soon as the news of the rebellion came out, the entire Military and Political Administration was busy operating for the upcoming war, collecting intelligence, mobilizing supplies, evaluating and selecting available troops and tactics.

Hill's position in the Military and Political Department is not high, and he is one of the few civil servants. In this territory dominated by warriors, no one will ask his opinion, and his mouth is useless at this time. Can hold the quill pen tightly, act as a clerk and liaison officer, accompany a large number of documents every day, and go back and forth between superiors and subordinates.

But his father, Angel, was busier than him. Ever since the news of the rebellion came out, Angel hadn't appeared in the Balotelli mansion. I saw my father at the side of Emperor De Rossi.

In this rebellion, as the spy leader under De Rossi, Angel, who was unaware of the changes in the three southwestern provinces, was actually seriously dereliction of duty. If it weren't for the ministers not knowing his identity, and Emperor De Rossi For being too fond of him, Angel should commit suicide and apologize at this moment, and resignation is not enough.

Xie couldn't see his father, so he could only speculate on the development of the situation in the southwest through the documents coming and going in the military and political hall. Although most of these documents were vague, they quickly made Xie realize that the situation might be worse than everyone expected. .

Since the Lordan Alliance and the Oz Empire bordering the Yalong Empire are both in war, and the death of the McHale family is very similar to that of the Oz Royal Family, people have to suspect that there is a relationship between the two, which makes Neither the Shining Legion in the north nor the Blue Dragon Legion in the northwest can be mobilized at will, otherwise, if the foreign enemies take the opportunity to enter and attack from both sides, the Yalong Empire will really be in danger.

But the Bloodthorn Legion stationed in the Southwest has lost all news like the contact tower of the Magic Association. It was either completely wiped out by the enemy, or it became the protagonist of the rebellion. Now only the royal family stationed in the imperial capital can be trusted and used. Knights.But as soon as they left, the imperial capital would be defenseless again, and the Magic Association, which could have been relied on, was holding a new chairman election, so there was no energy left to assist Yalong.

——It would be great if Prince Siris was still in the imperial capital. If something like this happened, he could definitely ask the giant dragon for help. Even if he couldn't get their combat power, he could at least ask them to garrison Asshai to deter foreign enemies.

As Hill thought about it, he immediately felt that there seemed to be too many staggering coincidences at this point in the matter.

Why is the guardian dragon who signed a contract with Yalong not in Yasha at such an important time?

Why did the timing of this rebellion coincide with Fernando's funeral and the election of the new president of the Magic Association?

Thinking of this, Hill couldn't help thinking of Moriarty who was killed by Keech.Looking into it, it seems that all of this started from his death. It was after his death that Oz changed and Lordan started the war. Now even Yalong was not spared and was involved in the war. A whirlpool of turmoil.

But Hill could only think about it. It was he who persuaded Prince Siris to visit the giant dragon, and Fernando's death was an unexpected event that even Freud and the others did not foresee.As for Moriarty, there are only a handful of people who know that he has a godhead. In the eyes of more people, he is just a lucky one who once had the nickname of God's Blessed One, but in the end he unfortunately became a victim of family hatred. All of this was caused by him, and I am afraid no one would believe it.

Hill quickly pulled his thoughts away from these coincidences, and turned his attention to the origin of the rebels, and how they controlled the three southwestern provinces without anyone noticing.

At this time, the great magicians on Yuan Island also knew the news of Yalong's rebellion.When Kiki found Barosh, she had just turned off the communicator, and when she saw Kiki approaching, she immediately asked, "Could it be because of Yalong's affairs that you came to me at this time?"

"Not all." Keech walked up to Barosh and sat down on an armchair. "There's something I've been wanting to ask, but I haven't found a chance."

"What's the matter?" Barosh tilted his head.

"Who on earth slaughtered your family and wiped out Oz." Keech asked seriously.

"Oz isn't dead yet, at least not yet." Barosh's voice immediately cooled down.

"Okay, my wording was inappropriate." Keech shrugged, "But I'm really curious. Amir only said that this matter might be related to the Holy See, but what is the relationship and what is going on, but he Won't tell me."

"He didn't tell you?" Barosh was slightly taken aback.

"Hmm." Kiki nodded, and then asked, "Is there anything I shouldn't know?"

"I don't think so, neither you nor your family should have anything to do with this matter." Barosh's tone returned to calm, "As Amir told you, the source of this matter comes from The destruction of the Holy See, the Timisus family, is just a victim of the internal disputes in the Holy See."

"Huh?" Kiki froze for a moment.

"Actually, the signs of this incident had already appeared during the earthquake, but no one thought at that time that it would develop to such a point later." Barosh sighed and murmured, "From the earthquake, From that moment on, the Holy See split into two parts, the Old Church and the Protestant Church. As the name suggests, the former was conservative and the latter was innovative. The killing of the Oz royal family who supported the Old Church was the beginning of Protestantism’s pursuit of change and a sign of independence from the Holy See. "