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"It depends on your supporters, whether they support His Majesty Bazel or you, the new king..." Anthony said calmly.

Hattar paused, his eyes flickering. He certainly understood what Anthony meant, but he couldn't make up his mind for the time being.

When faced with great nobles like Rickman and Joyce, as well as Harold's supporters, he could order the massacre without hesitation, but when it came to the actual rebellion, Hattar was a little hesitant.

Anthony saw Hattar's hesitation and reminded him.

"Now is the time when the resistance within the kingdom is at its weakest. It is also the best time for you to ascend the throne."

The death of Rickman and dozens of other nobles meant that the faction in the kingdom loyal to the Holy See had suffered an unprecedented blow. If Hattar could seize the opportunity at this time and deal with those wavering nobles, he would be able to directly rise to the top and seize the throne by physical means!

"Besides, your explanations and reactions in the hall revealed a lot of flaws. I don't think we will have much time left," Anthony added.

The reason why these wizards can stay safely in the palace is not only due to the help of the second prince, but the tacit approval of King Bazel is also a very important factor. However, the situation is about to change 180 degrees!

Hatar's expression changed again and again. Thinking about how all his efforts and flattery were met with his father's indifference, his eyes became more and more fierce, and he had already made a decision in his heart.

The fight for the throne often ends in victory or death. If his brother Harold succeeds to the throne, there is no chance that he will be let go!

"Master Anthony, I have a question. How many wizards did you mobilize to destroy the legion led by Grand Duke Rickman? How many great wizards were there?" Hattar asked calmly.

"I think you've misunderstood. These 10,000 people are not enough for wizards to go to the battlefield." Anthony said proudly. "The ones who took action were just some ordinary soldiers who had some simple training and held alchemical artifacts in their hands."

Hattar was extremely shocked. No matter the reports from Nord and others in the hall or the secret reports from Gad's men, the information on them was enough to be described as exaggerated.

I heard that the whole sky was covered with rain of fire, the thunderous roar was enough to break the eardrums, rows of soldiers kept falling down, and the whole battlefield was like purgatory... Can this really be done by just some ordinary people holding alchemical creations?

Archbishop Nord swore that an extremely powerful wizard must have appeared on the battlefield and launched a shameless sneak attack on them.

When he first heard this information, he thought it was Anthony who took action personally, but after asking the spies, he found out that the great wizard had not left the capital...

"Without such power, what can we use to fight against the Church and the Empire..." Anthony said with a sneer.

Anthony's words undoubtedly gave Hattar a reassurance, so much so that the second prince had the illusion that the empire and the church were no more powerful than him.

Fortunately, Hattar was not blinded by such fantasies, but asked the second extremely crucial question.

"After I take over the throne, what kind of title will you need?"

"Of course, we want to allow wizards to walk in the secular world openly. As for the rest, just like before, magic belongs to wizards, and secular things belong to the kingdom!" Anthony said with a smile. "Of course, it would be best if we could have a part of the territory that belongs exclusively to us."

"Okay, no problem!" Hattar agreed without hesitation. Although the territories directly under the royal family were not many, when he ascended the throne, he had to clean up a few ignorant guys, such as the Rickman family that had lost power, take back the territories and find a few more to confer titles.

Hattar was not too worried that these wizards would turn against him. After hundreds of years of propaganda by the church, the idea that wizards represented evil was deeply rooted in the mind, and the other party needed to rely on them to survive in this kingdom, not to mention that they had a common enemy, the Empire and the Church.

Thinking of this, Hattar and Anthony discussed the plan to seize the throne...

Chapter 274 Lin En: I am the ignorant one?

In the southern part of the kingdom, in the territory of Earl Joyce.

Those wealthy businessmen and small nobles who were jubilant and looking forward to the triumphant return of Grand Duke Rickman never expected that Redl, who they thought would be crushed by the army, would come back with a large group of people the next day.

This time, Redel had no intention of holding back. He confiscated the properties that needed to be confiscated, and cleared out those that needed to be cleared out. After several days of hard work, he finally occupied the entire territory.

The subsequent operations to take over various towns and villages were also very smooth. The local nobles' private armies and resistance forces often lost their ability to resist after a few rounds of flintlock fire.

In the Kingdom of Hadratha, territorial claims and annexation wars between nobles are not uncommon, and the earldom has also experienced several wars in the past.

No matter which army it is, once they invade a territory, the soldiers will inevitably engage in burning, killing and looting, and are sometimes even more brutal than bandits.

Therefore, the poor people all closed their doors and some even abandoned their homes and fled...

But they soon discovered that this group of people holding strange long sticks were an exception. After looting the nobles who had rebelled, they not only did not ask for anything from them, but even planned to distribute food, silver coins and land to them...

It was almost like a dream.

However, many people insisted that this was a means for the other party to deceive them, in order to lure everyone to the square and then slaughter them.

The rumor was dispelled after a few days, because those poor people who had bravely received the money and food were still alive and well, and the guards had no intention of stopping those who were preparing to leave the village with the money and food.

Everyone then realized that this might not be a scam...

Could it be that their devout prayers moved the great Lord of the Stars [Ella], so he sent God's messengers to build the world into a paradise?

Countless rumors spread in the territory. After a few days of getting along and communicating, the poor people and miners in the earldom gradually realized that these musketeers holding strange long sticks and able to use the power of fire were not from heaven, nor were they messengers of God.

It came from the Land of Wizards, a holy land without kings or nobles, ruled purely by wizards...

Wizards are undoubtedly a symbol of evil in the Sekas Empire.

Rumor has it that these degenerate people who worship evil gods and are bewitched by the devil will kidnap children, dig graves, spread disease and plague, and curse those they hate. They are the embodiment of all evil.

Old York, a member of the Musketeers, laughed at the nonsense of these fools. "Why don't you think about it carefully? Will the devil's followers give you food, wealth and land?"

"And what have the church and the nobles done for you? These people only let you stay in the fields and mines all day long, working hard day after day, and then reward you with a few pieces of hard-to-eat black bread... In the final analysis, who are the followers of the devil?"

The poor people present were all stunned by the question. If it weren't for the grievance meeting a few days ago, they would have thought that all this was a test from God so that they could enter the kingdom of God and enjoy glory in the future instead of falling into hell.

The reason why those noble lords are high and mighty is that they were chosen by God and given noble blood. It is God's grace that allows them to be the managers of the earth.

"It's different in Yieta!" Old York said proudly. Looking at these poor people who bowed their heads and remained silent, he felt an inexplicable sense of superiority in his heart.

"There are no nobles or churches there. Most people work in workshops, and everyone can eat delicious bread and camel meat..."

Old York talked endlessly about the magic of Yieta. The workers in the workshops could make exquisite glassware from the sand on the ground, and make wood into paper that was whiter and hundreds of times more useful than parchment. Moreover, the wizards only needed to wave their hands and the mud would pile up automatically, and a house would be built quickly...

"Then are you going to do farm work? Where will the food come from?" a poor man couldn't help but ask loudly.

"Yes, but we are different from you. Those alchemists have developed a machine that can plow the land automatically... One person can plow a two-kilometer-long and wide area of ​​land in an hour." Old York said confidently. Although he had never seen this machine, his brother's nephew was fortunate enough to become one of the first people to experiment with this machine.

Everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment, thinking that Old York must be bragging. Not to mention one person, even ten people would find it difficult to finish so much work even if they worked themselves to death. However, they were also very interested in the novel scenes that Old York described.

The constant questioning made Old York curl his lips. It turned out that the area outside the wizard's land was indeed a wild area. There was no knowledge at all...

"Whether you believe it or not, this is the truth!" Old York paused and announced another extremely important piece of news. "In addition, tonight, Lord Lin En said that he would conduct an experiment in the territory that would make the night as bright as the day!"

The poor people were confused at first about who this Lord Lin was, and then they started discussing. Could it be that he was going to make a very, very big bonfire...but he couldn't possibly take down the sun, right?

When it comes to wizards' experiments, they think of the dark and weird ones, such as reviving skeletons or drawing strange patterns on the ground to summon the devil.

In view of this, most people chose to stay indoors at night, but there were also many people who were curious. An open space in the Earl's territory was soon surrounded by people, and they stared at Lin En and others in the center with wide eyes.

In the light provided by the torches they could see a large number of strange alchemical instruments that they had never seen before.

For this experiment, Lin En got out the latest type of generator and used a thin copper wire to connect a very simple light bulb!

Now that we have electricity, the related electrical technology must of course be mentioned. The most representative of these is undoubtedly the electric light!

Lin En searched the entire wizarding land but couldn't find tungsten ore, but he unexpectedly found a substitute.

The reason why tungsten is the best material for filaments is that it has a high melting point. The temperature of the filament when it is glowing is as high as over 2000 degrees Celsius. At this temperature, ordinary metals have melted, but the melting point of tungsten is about 3400 degrees Celsius.

The second is that the resistance is large and the conductivity is poor. Under the condition of equal power-on time, tungsten generates more heat than other metals.

Finally, the chemical properties are stable and the antioxidant ability is strong, which makes the bulb life very long. If it is well made, it can be used for decades without any problem.

There aren't many metals that can meet these conditions and are cheap and available in large quantities. This gave Lin En a headache for a long time, until Philip reminded him that he could try the hair of a fire lion...

When Lin En heard this proposal, his expression was extremely strange. Isn't it funny to use the hair of living creatures as filament material?

However, after the experiment, Lin En was immediately ashamed. He was the ignorant one. The strangeness of the magical creatures was beyond his imagination...

Chapter 275: Lights that light up the night sky!

"I've already put it away, Dean Lynn!"

Lydia waved her hands and shouted loudly on the high ladder placed on the open space. The reason why the light bulb was placed so high was naturally to allow everyone to see it!

"Let's start!" Lynn nodded, looked at Alok and others beside him, and asked them to start the motor.

The sound of "thump thump thump" immediately resounded in the castle, scaring the poor people who were watching from afar.

This motor also uses the principle of cutting magnetic lines of force, and is not protected by a casing. Everyone can see the tiny electric arcs flashing around the motor's rotor as it moves at high speed.

A steady stream of electric current is being transmitted to the light bulb through the wires.

Dozens of fire lion hairs inside were intertwined and twisted into a spiral shape, emitting a faint light.

After a while, the light became brighter and brighter, soon overshadowing the faint light from the surrounding torches, illuminating the entire open space like daylight.

Redel and others who were looking directly at the light source had to squint their eyes or subconsciously put their hands in front of them under such a strong and dazzling light. It felt like they were looking at the midday sun.

"Lightning, they trapped the lightning in that ball!" Someone in the crowd of onlookers shouted in a trembling voice.

Ham and the others were all looking in amazement at the light bulb that was emitting bright light in the air, and then at the motor that was constantly turning.

They had previously thought about what methods the wizards would use to make the night as dark as the day, but they never expected that their method was to restrain the lightning!

The light from the bulb spread far away. The poor people hiding in the house could not help but look through the window toward the open space where the crowd was gathered. It was like a small sun rising over there...

Lin En was also very satisfied watching this scene. They had verified it in the laboratory before, but this should be the first experiment conducted outdoors.

This is their first step into the electrical age!

The performance of the fire lion's hair is much better than Lin En expected. The only drawback is its short life expectancy. According to his estimation, even the hair plucked from a fire lion will be burned by the high temperature within half a year.

Of course, in a sense, that's not a disadvantage...

Moreover, compared to tungsten filament, this biological material is extremely environmentally friendly and can be infinitely regenerated...

"It seems that there will be no more dark nights in Yieta in the future." Philip said with emotion. The materials used to make this kind of light bulb are not complicated, and there are also many magnetic ores in the Kingdom of Hadhrata. He can foresee that in the near future, lights will illuminate every corner of the city.

"It's like a little sun!" Redel murmured.

"It's still a long way off. The real artificial sun would be thousands of times more dazzling than this!" Lin En said with a smile.

Hearing this, everyone present looked at Lin En with strange expressions. It sounded as if they could really create a sun.

"So light is electricity and electricity is light, right? Professor Lin En?" Johnny on the side pondered for a long time and suddenly asked.

They introduced electricity into the fire lion's hair to create light. Is this also the way the light they feel on a daily basis comes from?

This question stumped Philip and other official wizards for a moment, and everyone frowned and began to think deeply.

"That shouldn't be right, right? Light and electricity manifest themselves in different forms, and we can create light in other ways." Orlando shook his head and raised his hand to form a fireball. "For example, can we say that fire is light?"

In the land of wizards, there has always been talk of the element of light, and many wizards want to understand the secrets behind it.

However, the 'light element' is extremely difficult to deal with. It seems to be everywhere, yet elusive and cannot be sensed with magic power at all.