From Wild Mage to Wizard King.

Chapter 419 Ignite the Powder Keg

The bloodshed caused by the Silver Empire's suppression of the veterans did not end with Ginza's bloody suppression.

Just when everyone, including Roland, thought that the bloodshed was over, conflict broke out again in Ginza less than ten days later.

The Knight of Three Rings who died tragically at home appeared on the latest list of honorary knights, which caused serious dissatisfaction among some of the knights.

Although this was not a deliberate addition by the Ginza executives, his name was already on the list before he entered Ginza to suppress the veterans.

It was precisely for the purpose of participating in the awarding ceremony that he stayed near Ginza so that he could be quickly mobilized.

However, no one in Ginza's makeshift team was aware of the problem, or they were aware of the problem but did not dare to raise it, or they deliberately ignored it. In any case, his name was not deleted from the list of honors and went through the process.

The most fatal point is that due to the internal struggle with the Silver Family, the Silver Emperor paid no attention to the bloodshed in the suppression of the veterans and had no idea of the specific situation.

He only knew that this incident happened. As for who was involved and who died, he didn't care at all. In his opinion, it was just a few deaths.

Therefore, when the Silver Emperor smiled and said the name of the Three-Ring Knight during the awarding ceremony, the entire awarding ceremony became completely awkward.

As a "brave" knight who took the lead in suppressing the veterans and fought against ten people alone, his name has been widely circulated in Ginza during this period. Therefore, when the Silver Emperor mentioned his name, they subconsciously thought of this three-ring knight.

The cheering crowd gradually fell silent. They whispered to each other, and the knights who were receiving the honors looked at each other.

After the Silver Emperor shouted several times, his servant approached cautiously and reminded him that the man was dead. Just as the Silver Emperor said a few simple words and was about to have the honorary title sent to his family as usual, and then was about to skip over this person as if nothing had happened.

The decorated knights of the Silver Family stood up and openly questioned the identity of this knight.

"Even if he died in battle, what about his family? Why didn't they come to participate in the investiture ceremony? And when did he die in battle? How come we didn't know that a knight had died in battle recently?"

After they stood up, the Silver Emperor realized that he had been fooled. His mind quickly recalled the intelligence he had read about the suppression of veterans. They were going to put the blame for the suppression of veterans on him.

Before he could say anything, the servant that the Silver Family had arranged long ago came out tremblingly amid the knights' questioning and spoke.

"We have notified the Evans family."

"Evans family, are you saying that he is the executioner from a few days ago?"

The knight of the Silver Family immediately asked.

After he opened his mouth, the Silver Emperor immediately looked at the servant and quickly cast a secret spell, trying to control the servant with the spell.

But how could the Silver Family not be on guard? As his spell quietly approached, a vague magic circle flashed across the servant's body, and soon flames ignited on his body.

The servant was quickly set on fire. Seeing this, several nearby knights rushed over, and the spellcasters on the field also quickly cast spells, trying to extinguish the flames with water.

But it was too slow. The flames had just been lit and the servant was burned to ashes in less than two seconds, leaving only his last words.

"Yes, it is."

Several knights' attacks came to nothing, and the water formed by the spell could only moisten the servants' ashes.

Looking at the attendant who was burned to death just after he stood up and said a few words, the Silver Emperor's face turned dark, and he was ready to take advantage of the situation to interrupt the awarding ceremony.

But it was still too slow, the Silver Family had already made clear arrangements for her.

Amid the uproar, the knights of the Silver Family tore off the medals of honorary knighthood, threw them on the ground, and said.

"It is a shame for us to share the same honor with such an executioner. We refuse this award."

After saying that, they turned around and left.

After the knights of the Silver Family left, the equally unhappy knights made the same decision at the medal awarding ceremony. However, except for the Radiant Knight who directly took off the medal and threw it on the ground like the knights of the Silver Family, the other knights were not so arrogant. They returned the medal to the servants beside them.

Since the founding of the Silver Empire, this was the first time that more than half of the knights refused to be awarded at the honorary knight awarding ceremony.

And after the awarding ceremony ended in a bad mood, the incident was not over yet.

As the news that the Silver Emperor was going to award medals to the executioner who suppressed the veterans spread throughout Ginza, with the instigation of some forces, the citizens of Ginza became involved in an uproar.

Under the pressure of the citizens' indignation, the knights who had previously insisted on accepting the medals were forced to quietly return them.

At this time, the Silver Emperor encountered a dilemma. The one thousand elite knights who suppressed the veterans also came to Ginza to receive commendations.

If he refused to honor them, his support among the military would drop, but if he honored them, support among the citizens of Ginza would also drop.

After hesitating for a long time, the Silver Emperor chose to commend the army. The army was the real help, and the citizens were useless. At most, they could only talk big for a few days.

The day after he officially made the decision, the commendation list he had just drawn up was quickly leaked.

For a time, everyone in Ginza was filled with indignation. The Silver Family, together with some nobles and religious figures, expressed strong dissatisfaction and openly demanded that the Silver Emperor remove these one thousand elite knights from the commendation list.

Although there was some unrest in Ginza, the Silver Emperor would not hesitate once he had made a decision, and with the support of the army, he decided to be tough to the end and ignored all their demands, no matter how noisy they were.

At this time, a piece of news coming from outside Ginza completely ignited the anger of Ginza citizens.

When the veterans were brutally suppressed and had to return to their hometowns, many of their families had their land confiscated and even their people taken as slaves because they could not pay taxes.

Some weak old soldiers wanted to seek an explanation and were nearly killed by local nobles and powerful people. If the Knights of Glory had not accompanied them, the returning old soldiers would have been captured as slaves at best, and would have died at worst.

The local nobles and powerful people even cursed the old soldiers in front of the Radiant Knights, saying that they were a bunch of useless people who only knew how to suck the blood of the empire, and asked why they didn't die on the battlefield. They were a burden to the empire, and threatened that when the Radiant Knights left, they would have plenty of ways to kill them.

Although there were only a few nobles and powerful people who were so arrogant, these tough words quickly spread to the ears of retired veterans of the Silver Empire.

Maybe this is just talk, but the veterans don't dare to bet. They don't dare to bet that this is just talk, nor do they dare to bet that the nobles and powerful people in their area are good people and would not do this.

Especially after learning that many veterans found their families broken up when they returned home, the remaining veterans were even more afraid to gamble.

Because, once you lose the bet, your family will be destroyed.

Thus, with the assistance provided by the Order of the Radiant Knights and some vassal states, a large number of veterans and their families, totaling more than hundreds of thousands of people, began to flee eastward.

Although some of them stayed in the friendly vassal states along the way, more people continued to flee eastward. Some of them planned to join the border nobles who were once their comrades-in-arms, some planned to try their luck at the War Council in Donnar, and some even ran to the Northern Kingdom and the human countries in the South.

In the absence of war, hundreds of thousands of Sinnar people were forced to abandon everything and choose to flee. This news deeply shocked the citizens of Ginza.

As citizens of Ginza, they were the group of people who felt most strongly about the Silver Empire. After hearing the news, they all couldn't hold back.

Damn it, how did the Empire become like this?!

The citizens finally couldn't hold it anymore. A large number of them closed their shops and took to the streets to protest, demanding that all those involved in the bloodshed of the veterans from the Silver Empire be punished.

But the Silver Emperor, who had already made up his mind, chose to ignore it, even though the situation in Ginza had become a powder keg due to the push of various forces.

With the Silver Emperor ignoring it and various forces continuously betting on it, it was only a matter of time before Ginza lost control. When the Silver Emperor recovered from the attack of the Silver Family and looked slightly below Ginza, Ginza had become a powder keg that could explode completely with just a little spark.

So, the Silver Emperor made a wrong decision and mobilized the army into the city.

He planned to use the excuse of the army receiving commendations to mobilize troops into the city, quell the unrest in Ginza, and take the opportunity to weaken the power of the Silver Families.

However, although he had good intentions, his order also became the spark that ignited Ginza.

The incident of the army suppressing the veterans ended not long ago. What else can they do if they send in more troops now? They must be here to suppress them.

The citizens of Ginza came up with this idea after receiving news of the military mobilization.

So, when the soldiers who were ready to receive the commendation entered Ginza happily, what awaited them was not flowers and applause, not even a slightly warm welcome. Instead, they were greeted by deserted streets and some people hiding behind doors and under windows, peeking at them as if they were enemies.

The excitement of entering Ginza was instantly swept away by the cold atmosphere before them. The soldiers who had just come out of the closed military camp had no idea what was going on. They could only follow the command with a confused look on their faces and move into the temporary camp in Ginza.

"What? Only enough for a day and a half?"

In the temporary camp, the officer said in shock while holding the data given by the logistics officer.

"Didn't you say we should travel light? How come you haven't even prepared the logistics?"

Who knew you would come to the city so many days in advance? No one informed me in advance.

The logistics officer was sweating a little and spoke soothingly.

"It's being transferred, it's being transferred. The food will be replenished as soon as possible. Although all the food has not been transferred yet, the rewards have been distributed."

"Okay, but you have to be quick about the food. My soldiers can't go hungry."

The officer frowned and spoke in a helpless tone, then he changed the subject and asked.

"By the way, what's going on in the city? Why didn't we see a single citizen along the way?"

Hearing this, the logistics officer swallowed, looked around, and beckoned to the army. The officer also came over, and the logistics officer spoke in his ear.

"Aren't you here to suppress the citizens? Why can't I see you?"

"Nonsense, I didn't receive this order at all."

The officer frowned and said.

"I'm a local of Ginza, and my family lives here. What's there to suppress? Who are you kidding?"

"That's what everyone says and thinks anyway."

The logistics officer shrugged and said.

"If that's the case, you'd better not leave the barracks recently. A lot of things have happened in Ginza recently. You should know the details yourself. Anyway, there will definitely be trouble soon."

After saying that, the logistics officer left the camp, leaving the officer alone with a frown on his face.

And that night, something really happened.

When the officers followed the advice of the logistics officer and restrained their troops from leaving the camp, the officers of other troops did not care so much. Some soldiers left the camp and prepared to go out and spend their rewards.

After they walked around, they found that no store in Ginza was open, and no citizens appeared. The only people they met were patrolling city defense troops.

Therefore, when they asked the citizens to open their shops and the citizens refused, the soldiers, who had been somewhat dissatisfied since entering the city, angrily knocked and kicked the doors, asking them to open the doors. The city defense troops ran over and tried to stop them.

So, the dissatisfied soldiers started quarreling with the city defense forces. Since they did not unload their weapons, several unhappy soldiers directly stabbed the city defense forces.

Two city defense soldiers were seriously injured and more than a dozen were slightly injured. If the citizens on both sides of the street had not heard the sounds of fighting and screaming, rushed out with weapons, knocked down the soldiers directly, and rescued the city defense soldiers, there might have been more casualties.

These soldiers who were causing trouble were directly captured by the city defense forces.

It wasn't a big deal, after all, no one was killed, and any officer from the camp could just come and take the person away.

But before the news of the captured soldiers reached the ears of any officer, the lower-level soldiers heard the news and became very excited. Led by the 1,000 elite cavalrymen who had previously suppressed the veterans, they directly surrounded the entire city defense headquarters with weapons and equipment, demanding that they release the soldiers and hand over the murderers who hurt them.

At the same time, they broke into the street where the soldiers were captured and arrested civilians living around the street one by one.

"Who allowed them to act on their own? Who gave them the order?"

After hearing what the attendant said, the officer stood up and cursed loudly.

"This is Ginza, what do they want to do? They want to rebel! Quick, lead the way, we must stop them before any casualties occur."

The attendant lowered his head and spoke in a low voice.

"Sir, it's too late. According to the news, seven city defense soldiers and more than thirty citizens have been killed for resisting."

Hearing this, the officer asked sternly.

"go on."

"They were killed. In addition, the city defense headquarters and hundreds of citizens have been captured and brought to the camp."

The attendant said in a low voice.

"You won't know until everyone is arrested!"

The officer closed his eyes, slumped in his chair, and spoke weakly.