Chapter 25: The Torch of Olympus
The Queen of Country A was as low-key as ever. She stood behind the messenger of light, Liqidan Konglor, with red eyes. Although she did not have the majesty that the emperor should have at all, it also made many people in Roland City have a good impression of the Queen. After all, it is rare to see the superiors who are willing to cry for the loyal soldiers who died in the country.
"After the orders of Dolu Olympus IV, the fourth emperor of the Olympus Empire, the eternal Olympus Empire, starts today's sacred fire in Roland!"
A new lord of Roland City, Wyna West, who was fluttering like a flag, stood on the platform in front of the Heroes Monument, and said this in an intense tone. Then she waved her hand and sent out a ball of fire and lit the torch at the top of the monument that was thirty meters high.
The magnificent monument as the base of the Imperial Martyrs Spirit Card Showroom is very huge. It is built of towering deep black magic granite. The three-meter square torch base on the top is filled with the characteristic magic fuel doped with the crystal core of the fire element. After being ignited by Duke Vina, the flames ignited by the huge torch soared into the sky and emerged for more than ten meters.
"The Holy Fire?.Hede was silent. Vina did not notify her family members of such a major matter in advance. Because from the expressions of the family members around him, everyone only realized that this was a major decision related to the national policy of the empire.
"That must be the decision made by the queen or her staff in the morning." Haid looked at the queen who seemed extremely childish on the stage again.
"The Holy Fire! The torch of the Holy Fire of Roland City is lit!"
The news was quickly passed from front to back, and hundreds of thousands of Olympians who came to participate in the memorial ceremony were excited, whether it was arrogant nobles or ordinary civilians.
The sacred fire that has not been lit again for more than 20 years evokes the long-standing memories of the Olympians.
For humans in the Olympus Empire, the holy fire is equal to war, or to be blunt, and is equal to the opportunity to stand out. During the first ignition ceremony of the holy fire, the Olympus Empire had not yet been officially established. His Majesty Olympus I was an ambitious former remote lord of the Titan Empire. At that time, he lit the first torch of the Holy Fire in the history of the Olympus Empire, opening the prelude to usurpation of the throne.
The most recent ignition was in Water City in the western part of the Empire twenty-five years ago. In order to open up the Imperial waters occupied by the monsters, His descendant Olympus III went to Water City to ignite the torch of the Holy Fire.
During the seven years when the Holy Fire in Water City burned, countless warriors from all over the empire flocked to the terrible ocean to fight against the monsters occupying the seas. In just a few years, countless skilled craftsmen tried their best to create giant ships and various water war weapons that could withstand the attacks of marine monsters. They even established dozens of small maritime fortresses, firmly grasping the western waters in the hands of humans.
"This time I'm going to revenge on the elves? No, if the holy fire in Roland City is lit, it should be for the preparation for future wars." Head thought to himself.
During the ignition of the holy flame, all the aristocratic and civilian merits will be doubled, and the money reward will be the same. The Heraldry Academy will issue many tasks, or channels for merit, such as the acquisition of various crystal cores in the name of the empire.
Next, Wina announced the goal of this sacred fire, first completely eliminating the dark tide trapped in the Black Stone Forest. It is said that Roland City will build a stronghold within the Black Stone Forest by air transportation, and transport a strong and confident team into it to hunt a huge number of monsters inside.
Secondly, it is indeed acquiring various types of crystal cores, which is an important national resource. There are so many types of crystal cores that many people cannot remember at all. However, after that, the Roland City Emblem Court will naturally release various related information.
Of course, there are also various reward tasks that are beneficial to life and career, which has given Head a lot of ideas.
Finally, it is to destroy the source forest at the current elves' border. Every time a source forest is destroyed, a natural plant monster crystal core that is used as a medium, and the merit assessment will receive a considerable reward. Of course, there will definitely be elves to stop them during this period, so killing or capturing elves can also receive huge rewards. This does not mean that everyone knows it well.
"This task is not entrusted to the Emperor* team, which is obviously to attract nobles from all over the country to send personal guards and private soldiers to participate. Even the four wealthy families in the imperial capital who know that this will cause certain losses will not and are unwilling to miss this great opportunity to improve the status of family members. It will definitely consume a lot of the private force of some of the great nobles."
"Although it is very likely that many nobles will gain elite subordinates with more practical experience, the imperial royal family can use this to determine most of the real strength and power of the nobles. I don't know if this scheming strategy was the perverted woman who had lived for nearly three hundred years or someone else came up with it."
Haid accidentally looked at the messenger of light beside the queen who had always been the focus of everyone's eyes, and the mysterious masked man's first imperial guard.
"For the three years since the ignition of the Holy Fire, please work together." Wina finally announced the time limit for the ignition of the Holy Fire.
The excited people still knew that the memorial ceremony was not suitable for cheering joy, so everyone only expressed their support for the Empire's ignition of the Holy Fire in Roland City with warm applause. At this point, the memorial service ended in one move. The huge crowd began to rush back to the city, preparing to inform the relatives and friends who had not ignited the Holy Fire.
Next, accompanied by Vina, the Empress of the Empire and the Messenger of Light will go to the disabled barracks in the inner city, and use the master-level white magician ability of Master Lilith to treat the disabled soldiers' incomplete limbs. Although there are many people, with the strength of this Messenger of Light, it is enough to complete this miraculous mission within three days.
"The first family with the highest qualifications in the Emergency Meeting of the Families, Alton, the leader of the Griffon Knights, sent his personal guards to inform the family members. Head also expected that this would definitely happen, so he took his honorary knights to the Duke of West without hesitation.
Only the heads of various families can participate in this misunderstanding meeting. As a lonely baron, Haid, is the most shabby family member of the West family. However, the other twelve heads of the family members present did not ignore him. Everyone knows that this black boy climbed to his current position with real achievements.
Several family heads first proposed the help of the Holy Fire Order of the Roland City to the West family. Two stable family heads felt that management should be strengthened in all aspects to avoid various incidents caused by a large number of outsiders entering Roland City.
"Herde, what do you think?" Earl Alton, who was in charge of the meeting, noticed that the newly-represented young family head had not spoken.
"There are opportunities and risks, and everyone's experience and experience are far better than me in this regard. I don't have any unique insights.
But I think Lord Wina or Duchess of West should be asked to test the opinions of the royal family.
Earl Alton's heart moved slightly. This old nobleman in his forties certainly knew what Head meant in his words.
"Do you mean that this time the Holy Fire makes our Roland City not too concerned about the acquisition of meritorious deeds, but should focus on one aspect according to Her Majesty's wishes?"
"This is just my guess. I just think that when Your Excellency Wina returns, he should bring opinions from the royal family."
Although Head's words are vague, they make some sense. Since Roland City is the home court of the Holy Fire, of course there will be special instructions from the royal family. The families present had never experienced the Holy Fire incident before and did not think of this for a while. However, everyone did agree with Head's view, so they temporarily stopped discussing the direction of obtaining merits and instead considered issues such as pragmatic management response measures.
Not long after, Vina returned to the Duke's Mansion and listened to some opinions on the discussions on the misunderstanding meeting of the Earl Alton report. She felt very satisfied and nodded slightly to Haider to express her praise.
"The royal family did make some tactful comments to me, but I was not sure about the royal family's ideas for a moment." Wina hesitated for a moment and continued, "What the messenger of light means is to let us Roland City try our best to be the administrator rather than the participant during this burning of the flame."
"I think Her Majesty the Queen is probably sympathetic to the catastrophe that Roland City has experienced, and is worried that we will suffer greater losses in order to show our loyalty to the empire, Wina is not confident to express her opinion.
Head nodded slightly. Although it was not all right, Wina still understood the true meaning of the royal family.
Earl Alton said: "It is true that our city of Roland will take a long time to restore our strength in all aspects. For example, the griffin army will take at least five years to restore the system of the National Day. I believe the royal family has taken this into consideration."
"But we cannot be behind others, especially since the Lord Grett's Grand Duke has just passed away. Lord Vina needs to increase his prestige and influence among the nobles and the people as soon as possible to make an opinion from a half-elf-family head of the family.
"Actually, I think it is also a great contribution to the recovery of all losses in Roland City as soon as possible, and these are the most basic and important things for our Roland City." Head had to point out this point?
Several family heads, including Count Alton, nodded in agreement.
"As for the method of enhancing Lord Wina's prestige, it is actually very simple. All trivial matters are left to us to handle. These are also the responsibilities of our family. Lord Wina should devote himself to practicing, improve his own strength as soon as possible, and cooperate with the cultivation of fighting wolf. As long as he becomes a master, who dares to underestimate the prestige of the West family?"
Head's reminder was simple and clear. Not only did all the families present have no objections, but even Wina herself also appreciated this suggestion. She was originally a person who was not very good at handling complicated government affairs. It was not that she didn't understand at all, but that she was not as good as her father's both civil and military.
So everyone roughly set the future plan for Roland City in this direction, and then ended the meeting. More specific transactions, of course, are carried out separately, only reporting the process and results. These things should not be handled by the top leaders at the top of the pyramid.
After the meeting, Wina met with Head, who said there was something important to discuss.
"You mean to let me go out for practice with you alone?" Wina looked at Head in surprise.
Chapter completed!