In the blink of an eye, several days passed.
Richard left the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom and rode straight toward the north alone.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!"
The horses were running fast on the road, and Richard was riding on the horses, thinking about some things in his mind, mostly about what he saw in the private library of the King of Black Holy Mountain.
From the contents of the books, he learned a lot of information about the Black Spirit Empire, but he didn't notice anything while reading. But over the past few days, as it slowly digested, strong doubts arose.
According to what is known, the Black Spirit Empire that once existed can be roughly divided into two periods.
In the previous period, the overall atmosphere of the Black Spirit Empire was extremely relaxed, and all industries were flourishing.
Wizards and ordinary people live harmoniously in the territory, under strong official rule, without facing any external threats. And internally, there is no oppression, it is completely like a harmonious society.
In this environment, wars, rebellions, and the like do not exist at all. The only conflict may be various competitive games.
For example, the Fireball Competition: Invite many wizards and use the simplest fireball techniques to continuously attack small targets that are thrown quickly from all directions. Points are scored according to the number of hits. The one with the highest score will receive generous rewards and extremely high of honor.
Another example is a Discos ball game where wizards and ordinary people work together: they compete for a Discos ball and put the ball into a specific area to score points. In the event, wizards and ordinary people have their own exclusive positions and cannot be confused. They must strictly abide by certain rules, otherwise they will be sent off by the referee. This event is sought after by many ordinary people and wizards. Many cities even form special teams to compete with other cities in turns. Every event will be a grand event that is packed with people.
In Richard's opinion, it was simply the Wizarding World's version of a shooting competition and football league.
It can also be seen from the side that the Black Spirit Empire allows most people to gather regularly. It is definitely not the work of a totalitarian empire under high-pressure rule. The current rumors on the east coast are wrong.
In fact, according to the records in the books, the Black Spirit Empire was definitely a beautiful country that everyone yearned for during this period, and even ordinary people could find their own value.
Because in the empire, wizards are only regarded as a special talent. Their status may be higher than that of ordinary people, but it is definitely not too exaggerated. As for the officials who rule the Black Spirit Empire, except for the highest level (the Black Spirit King), most of the others are not hereditary, but are selected and accepted by fate, and even require the approval of a certain amount of public opinion.
Therefore, if an ordinary person has talent and is willing to work hard, even if he cannot become a wizard, he can still have a higher status than a wizard.
Although this method of governance was not described in more detail, Richard still smelled a combination of feudalism and modern democracy.
If the guess is correct, the political system of the Black Spirit Empire should be a hybrid between an autocratic monarchy and a constitutional monarchy. This has completely surpassed the medieval era that the world is currently in. After all, according to the situation in the Middle Ages, most countries still implemented the most primitive feudal separatist monarchy.
That is, the king allocates the territory to many large lords through canonization, and the large lords then allocate the territory to small lords, with one level of canonization. It seems that the king has the right to rule the entire country, but except for the direct territory, he cannot manage the fiefdom of the big lord at all. The ambitious big lord will even unite many small lords to fight against the king.
The system of the Black Spirit Empire is obviously very advanced, and even the advanced ones are a bit unreasonable.
However, this situation changed again in the later stage.
According to records, after the Black Spirit Empire spent its first few decades, the loose atmosphere gradually tightened from top to bottom, entertainment activities were continuously restricted, and all kinds of competitive competitions were cancelled, replaced by a large number of recruitment and training.
Many wizards have also been gathered together to collectively develop joint spells with huge lethality. In addition, numerous agencies similar to the "secret police" have been established, either overtly or covertly, to monitor all aspects of the entire empire, as if to arrest some well-hidden enemies to ensure the overall security of the empire.
This gives people the feeling that the Black Spirit Empire is preparing for a national war. Because of the lack of confidence, it has to operate at full speed and even squeeze the national machinery.
But the question is, who is the Black Spirit Empire’s war target
According to records, the Black Spirit Empire has unified the entire east coast, and even the islands on the sea, such as Lisbon Island, are also under the jurisdiction of the Black Spirit Empire.
The only two enemies that could serve as enemies of the Black Spirit Empire were the very far away "Smans Island", or the main body of the Mann Continent, which was blocked by many mountains on the east coast.
To attack "Semans Island", a powerful fleet must be deployed across the entire sea. To attack the "main body of Mann's Continent", since it is almost impossible to cross thousands of mountains and natural dangers, we can only go around by sea, which also requires a strong fleet.
According to records, the Black Spirit Empire did not develop a fleet, but instead frantically developed land power and frantically increased the number of "secret police" agencies.
The impression is that the enemy does not come from outside, but from within.
There is no record in the books as to whether this war broke out in the end and who the enemy was, but the result is already known - the Black Spirit Empire was destroyed.
Taken together, we can draw the conclusion that the great changes and even the demise of the Black Spirit Empire were caused by one factor.
It is precisely because of this factor that the Black Spirit Empire entered the next stage from the previous stage and eventually perished, leaving behind rumors of "brutal rule".
But what is this factor
Richard was confused about this and knew in his heart that as long as he understood this, he should be able to understand the ultimate secret of the Black Spirit King, understand the missing history, and then understand a deeply buried truth in the current world. This will also bring him one step closer to his ultimate goal.
I hope Moore in the north will have relevant clues.
With this thought in his mind, Richard rode forward. The next moment, he suddenly noticed something was wrong. He pulled the reins of the horse to stop the horse, turned to look at a tree on the side of the road, and frowned slightly.
Because of the cold moon, the leaves on the trees nearby have almost withered and look bare.
And just on the bare tree branch, a crow stood.
What is somewhat noticeable is that crows are not black, but are all white, just like white doves - maybe there is a saying that "all crows in the world are as black", but in fact there are white varieties of crows, but they are somewhat rare.
But what made Richard stop and frown was not the color of the crow's feathers, but the crow's gaze. Not sure if it was an illusion, but Richard felt that the white crow standing on the tree branch was looking at him like a person.