While the Church of the God of Knowledge is actively preaching, the Church of the Mask of the Void is also preaching in the Secret Tower Federation.
Of course, they will not compete with the Church of the God of Knowledge for believers, but if they meet people with similar ideas, proper preaching will naturally be fine.
Rather, it would be unbelievable for a clergyman to not preach when he encounters a suitable opportunity.
Not only that, the United Church of the God of Medicine and the God of Healing are also preaching. Although the effect is not obvious, their believers are indeed increasing.
About half a year later, this wave of missionary trends gradually passed. The gaps in faith originally left by the fall of the mysterious gods were filled and divided, and the religious structure of the Mystic Tower Federation also underwent tremendous changes.
At this time, something that was both surprising and somewhat natural happened.
Gray Tower City, which was once almost a sacred city for scholars, publicly declared the belief in the God of Knowledge and Culture as the local official belief, and announced its annexation to the Northwest Republic, becoming an enclave of the Northwest Republic.
This is actually nothing. Legally speaking, the Mystic Tower Federation is not a country, but an alliance between several cities built around the Mage Tower. Its structure is loose, and cities can freely join or withdraw.
The establishment of the Principality of Thunder and the Dhaka Business Alliance was accompanied by the separation of several cities from the Mystic Tower Federation.
But later, the Federation used various means to turn these two countries into its own vassals, downplaying the impact of that incident.
But now, Gray Tower City's announcement to secede from the Federation and join the Northwest Republic has brought up this topic again.
The key to the stable unity of the Mystic Tower Federation over the years is that the great founder of the new magic system, Master Imia Lamperus, serves as the spiritual leader. But now that Master Lamperus has passed away, the leaders of the Mystic Tower Federation may be good, but they do not have that kind of strong influence and appeal. The country with them as the core will not have that kind of natural sanctity.
So with the separation of Gray Tower City, many other cities also had their own ideas.
Not long after, Jinta City announced that it would secede from the Federation and begin its autonomy.
Not long ago, this city completely believed in the Noble God and became the territory of the Church of the Noble God. The orders of the Secret Tower Federation were difficult to issue here and were not taken seriously at all. Now it is nothing more than taking the last step and tearing off the last layer of fig leaf.
The independence of two consecutive cities made the top leaders of the Mystic Tower Federation very angry. More than one top executive proposed to use military to solve the problem, suppress the two cities by force, and eliminate the separatists.
But when the meeting actually took place to discuss whether to use force, the great magicians hesitated again.
The use of 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, it doesn't matter if they win by force. If they lose, the Mystic Tower Federation will lose its final legal rule over those two cities and will no longer be able to prevent their independence.
This is a responsibility that no one can bear.
So they discussed and discussed for more than half a month, but still couldn't make a decision.
Many senior officials even thought that maybe it would be good to drag it out 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, it would be better to force them to give up their independence.
But this idea is obviously too wishful thinking and too naive. Because not long after, new cities showed signs of independence.
Moreover, this time there are not one or two cities showing such momentum, but five or six. If united, their sphere of influence would almost cover a large area of territory in the northern part of the Mystic Tower Federation, and together they might account for about one-tenth of the entire Federation's territory.
When things have developed to this point, the senior officials of the Federation can no longer pretend to be ostriches and cannot endure it any longer.
As a result, something that had never happened before in history happened - the Mystic Tower Federation issued a mobilization order, ordering its cities to launch and mobilize troops to prepare for military encirclement and suppression of those independent areas.
With the convenience brought by a large number of spellcasters, the army was quickly assembled, and a large amount of supplies were prepared before that and were ready to go at any time.
"This is destined to be a fierce war, and it will go down in history." When the army started, the legendary mage who served as the coach said enthusiastically, "We will use a great victory to prove that the Federation is definitely not only There is only knowledge and wealth. The power of magic is unstoppable when used in war!"
He said this a bit early, because a few days later, on the way to Jinta City, they encountered an ambush and lost their troops.
The ambush was small in scale and caused limited losses to the army, but its impact on morale was huge. Originally, the soldiers all felt that "we have a huge advantage" and even "as long as we push through, we will win." 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 past.
As a result, the legendary mage immediately became cautious. He asked the troops to change the momentum of their previous advance and march slowly and slowly, averaging only about forty miles a day.
At such a slow marching speed, the army's ability to defend against ambushes and surprise attacks is naturally greatly enhanced, and the amount of consumable supplies is also greatly increased. Especially as the time for dispatching troops is extended, the atmosphere of worry and uneasiness in the military is increasing day by day.
The legendary mage naturally discovered this, but there was nothing he could do.
The Secret Tower Federation has been at peace for too long. Although they have an army, they actually don't have many outstanding military talents.
Otherwise, who would let a legendary mage who should be sitting in the magic tower and doing research all day long be the coach
This 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 slowly arrived at Jinta City and launched an siege.
This siege lasted only half a year.
The Golden Tower City, which has already built strong defenses, has received support from the Church of the Noble God from all over the world. Although they were lagging behind in terms of strength and resources, with their firm faith and the support of their church members, they blocked the attacks of the Secret Tower federal army again and again, and firmly defended the city.
Later, the legendary mage also saw that there was little hope of conquering the city, so he simply turned to a siege, hoping that through the siege, Jinta City would be cut off from supplies and morale, and would have to surrender.
However, in a world with magic, facing a city with a large number of clergymen and various spellcasters supporting them, this approach is not reliable.
On the contrary, the morale of the besieging army continued to decline. After a delay of less than half a year, the army could no longer support it and had to announce its withdrawal.
In this way, Jinta City's independence has almost become an established fact.
Together with several cities such as Gray Tower City, they also successfully completed their independence...