Chapter 638

While the Church of the God of Knowledge was actively preaching, the Church of the Void Mask was also preaching in the Mystic Tower Federation.

They certainly would not compete with the Church of the God of Knowledge for believers, but if they met people with similar ideas, it would be natural to preach appropriately.

It is really incredible that such a clergyman would not preach when they met the right opportunity.

Not only that, the United Church of the God of Medicine and the God of Healing was also preaching. Although the effect was not obvious, their believers were indeed increasing.

About half a year later, this wave of preaching gradually passed, and the faith gap left by the fall of the Mystic Gods was filled and divided, and the religious pattern of the Mystic Tower Federation also underwent tremendous changes.

At this time, something happened that was both surprising and somewhat natural.

The Gray Tower City, which was once almost the Holy City of Scholars, publicly announced that the belief in the God of Knowledge and Culture was the local official belief, and announced its incorporation into the Northwest Republic, becoming an enclave of the Northwest Republic.

This is actually nothing. Legally speaking, the Secret Tower Federation is not a country, but an alliance between several cities built around the Mage Tower. Its structure is loose, and each city can freely join or withdraw.

When the Thunder Principality and the Dhaka Merchant Alliance were established, several cities left the Secret Tower Federation.

But later, the Federation used various means to transform these two countries into its vassals, diluting the impact of that incident.

But now, the Gray Tower City announced its withdrawal from the Federation and joined the Northwest Republic, which brought up this topic again.

The key to the stability and unity of the Secret Tower Federation for so many years is that it has the great new magic system founder Master Yimia Lamperus as its spiritual leader. But now Master Lamperus has passed away. The leaders of the Secret Tower Federation may be strong, but they do not have that kind of strong influence and appeal. The country with them as the core has lost that kind of natural sacredness.

So with the withdrawal of the Gray Tower City, many other cities have also had their own ideas.

Not long after, the Golden Tower City announced its withdrawal from the Federation and started autonomy.

This city had completely believed in the God of Nobility not long ago and became the territory of the Church of the God of Nobility. It was difficult for the Secret Tower Federation to issue orders here, and they were not taken seriously at all. Now it is nothing more than taking the last step and tearing off the last fig leaf.

The independence of two cities in succession made the top leaders of the Secret Tower Federation very angry. More than one top leader proposed to use military force to solve the problem, suppress the two cities by force, and eliminate the separatists.

But when the meeting really discussed whether to use force, the great magicians hesitated again.

Using force is not a trivial matter, but a major matter related to the fate of the entire country. It not only consumes a lot of money, materials and manpower, but also causes huge damage.

More importantly, if the force wins, it will be fine. If it loses, the Secret Tower Federation will lose the last legal basis for ruling the two cities and will no longer be able to prevent their independence.

This responsibility is difficult for anyone to bear.

So they discussed and discussed for more than half a month, but still couldn't make up their minds.

Many top leaders even thought that it might be good to drag it on like this. Anyway, as long as the Federation does not recognize the independence of these two cities, they cannot be considered truly completely independent. If there is a chance in the future, they can be forced to give up their independence.

But this idea is obviously too wishful and naive. Because soon after, new cities showed the momentum of independence.

Moreover, this time, there were not one or two cities showing this momentum, but five or six. If they unite, their sphere of influence almost covers a large area of ​​territory in the north of the Secret Tower Federation, which may add up to about one-tenth of the territory of the entire Federation.

When things developed to this point, the top leaders of the Federation finally couldn't play ostrich anymore, and couldn't bear it anymore.

So, something that had never happened in history happened-the Secret Tower Federation issued a proclamation, ordering the cities under its command to launch and mobilize troops to prepare for a military encirclement and suppression of those independent areas.

With the convenience brought by a large number of spellcasters, the army quickly assembled, and a large amount of supplies had been prepared before that and could be set off at any time.

"This is destined to be a fierce war, and it will go down in history." When the army set out, the legendary wizard who served as the commander said excitedly, "We will use a great victory to prove that the Federation is definitely not just knowledge and wealth. The power of magic is unstoppable in war!"

He said this a little too early, because a few days later, on the way to Jinta City, they encountered an ambush and suffered heavy casualties.

The ambush was not large in scale, and the damage to the army was limited, but the impact on morale was huge. Originally, the soldiers thought that "we have a great advantage" and even "we can win as long as we push forward." But the facts told them that their advantage was not as great as they imagined, and the enemy could definitely not be defeated by just pushing forward.

As a result, the legendary wizard immediately became cautious. He asked the troops to change their previous momentum of advancing rapidly and march slowly, walking only about 40 miles a day on average.

At such a slow marching speed, the army's ability to defend against ambushes and raids is naturally greatly enhanced, and the consumable materials are also greatly increased. Especially as the time of the troops is extended, the atmosphere of worry and anxiety in the army is increasing.

The legendary wizard naturally discovered this, but he had no choice.

The Secret Tower Federation has been peaceful for too long. Although they have an army, they don't have many outstanding military talents.

Otherwise, who would let a legendary wizard who should be sitting in the magic tower and doing research all day be the head coach?

The master's combat effectiveness must be very strong, but unfortunately personal combat effectiveness and the ability to lead troops to fight are not the same thing.

After more than ten days, the army finally arrived at the Golden Tower City slowly and launched a siege.

This siege lasted for half a year.

The Golden Tower City, which had already built a solid defense, received support from the Church of the God of Nobles from all over the world. Although they were behind in terms of manpower and resources, they relied on their firm faith and the support of their fellow believers to block the attacks of the Secret Tower Federation army again and again and firmly defended the city.

Later, the legendary wizard also saw that the hope of breaking through the city was slim, so he simply turned to siege, hoping that the siege would cut off the supplies of Jinta City, lower morale, and force it to surrender.

However, in a world with magic, facing a city with a large number of priests and various spellcasters, this approach is not reliable.

On the contrary, the morale of the army besieging the city continued to decline. After delaying for half a year, the army could no longer hold on and had to announce its withdrawal.

In this way, the independence of Jinta City has almost become a fait accompli.

Along with several cities such as Huita City, they also completed their independence...

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