From Wild Mage to Wizard King.

Chapter 432 [Spirituality]

Roland didn't care much about Sinar's situation. Anyway, given the situation of the Silver Empire, unless the Silver Emperor and the Silver Family perished together and all died, the Silver Empire would definitely be able to maintain stability.

As long as it is not a fast-forward version of the collapse of social order and the struggle for hegemony among the princes, then the internal strife in the Silver Empire has nothing to do with the War Committee. At most, it will only slightly affect the foreign trade income of the committee.

And the impact is not necessarily all bad. After all, even in times of war, the War Council's trade in syrup and fine wine may decline, but the Council can still sell food and weapons and equipment to the war-torn Sinnar countries at high prices.

By then, the profits from the war might be more than those from normal trade.

Moreover, with the smooth implementation of the War Committee's economic plan, the proportion of foreign trade income in the War Committee's income has been steadily declining. Even if foreign trade is completely cut off, the War Committee's development speed will at most slow down, and there will not be any major turbulence.

Of course, the most important point is that the foundation of the Silver Empire is still there. The seven silver families, the Pantheon, the Tower of Truth and the Empire's extraordinary army are the cornerstones of the Silver Empire's stability. Before they all run into problems, the Silver Empire can't be too chaotic.

Moreover, although the War Committee had a relatively friendly relationship with the border nobles of the Silver Empire, apart from them, all the other vassal states and the Silver Family were highly wary of the Committee, and the War Committee did not have the appropriate means to interfere in their internal strife.

However, compared to the Silver Empire, which has a solid foundation and is still powerful, the Northern Kingdom is not that strong.

As an orc-led kingdom with a short history, the Northern Kingdom does not have the same foundation and backup as the Silver Empire. The strongest forces in the Northern Kingdom are basically every orc king and the royal army that is directly under the command of the royal family and supported by the entire country.

In addition, the Northern Kingdom does not have a stable government and a stable succession to the throne like the Silver Empire.

Every change of king in the Northern Kingdom basically results in rivers of bloodshed. Smaller ones are palace coups, while larger ones are civil wars.

And every civil war would destroy the government established by the previous Northern Kingdom.

Under such circumstances, the Northern Kingdom is simply unable to implement effective reforms. Once the old king dies and the new king ascends the throne, all the policies that the old king had worked so hard to implement will become a piece of waste paper.

Just like the previous orc king, in order to reduce the excessively high proportion of humans in the Kingdom of the North, he set a legal population limit for each human tribe, and also established a head tax to curb the human reproduction rate.

When he was alive, this policy could still be implemented, and during his years in power, the proportion of humans in the population of the Northern Kingdom also decreased.

But after his death, his policy came to nothing. Except for the population tax which was still collected, there was no population limit for human tribes, and illegal households like Roland continued to be born.

In less than ten years, the proportion of humans in the Northern Kingdom, which had finally declined, rose again.

With the Northern Kingdom's unstable political tradition, even after ruling the North for hundreds of years, it still couldn't develop at all.

Although the environment in the North is indeed harsh, it has also given birth to treasures unique to the North. As long as we are willing to spend time and energy on development, the vast North will be enough to support a great country.

But over the years, the Kingdom of the North has only developed from a loose tribal alliance into a feudal kingdom and has simply developed a dozen cities.

Although agriculture has developed a little, animal husbandry and hunting are still the industries that support the Northern Kingdom.

Given the current level of development of the Northern Kingdom, the War Council only needs to dispatch two conventional legions to defeat and conquer it.

Compared to the Silver Empire, the Northern Kingdom is obviously easier to bully.

Moreover, the three factions in the Northern Kingdom that are currently capable of competing for the throne have all extended olive branches to the War Council, and the War Council can use this to intervene in the upcoming civil war in the Northern Kingdom.

However, Roland did not have such great ambitions for the Kingdom of the North. Although the North was a good piece of land, it was completely dispensable to the War Committee. There were still plenty of more fertile and more valuable lands waiting for the Committee in the buffer zone, Donnar and Kos regions.

Therefore, the War Council has no territorial demands for the North; the Council is simply coveting their population.

Of course, the Executive Committee was only coveting the population of the North, and Roland had another reason besides coveting the population, which was to fight against and solve the cold disaster that would happen in the North in the future.

The cold disaster will not only destroy the north and turn it into an uninhabited area, but will also have a profound impact on Sinnar and Donnar. The cold wind in the north will significantly lower the average temperature of the two places, thus triggering a series of threats.

Whether for the sake of the population of the Northern Kingdom or to protect the War Council from the impact of the cold disaster in the future, Roland could not allow the cold disaster to break out.

According to Roland's memory, the king of the Northern Kingdom could probably hold on for another four or five years, and the civil war in the North would most likely break out in 66 or 67.

And not long after the end of the Civil War, around 72 AD, a cold wind would sweep across the entire North, bringing the end of the cold disaster in the North.

It is now the year 60, and Roland and the War Council still have about ten years to explore and stop the cold plague.

Although Roland knew that the cold disaster was caused by the Frost Dwarves' misuse of their heritage, he was not clear about the specific situation.

Moreover, although he knew of the existence of the Frost Dwarves and that they lived in the Dragon Spine Mountains in the north, Roland had no idea where exactly.

Therefore, Roland also needs to send an exploration team to find their existence, understand their current situation, know the real cause of the cold disaster outbreak, and stop it from happening.

Taking various factors into consideration, under Roland's order, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs began diplomatic negotiations with envoys from the three northern factions.

After negotiations, the War Council, as the powerful party, reached a basic consensus with the three factions.

The War Council will remain neutral in the Civil War and sign non-aggression pacts with all three factions.

The three parties were granted trade licenses for food and weapons and equipment, and were allowed to purchase them with loans first, and to win over and recruit extraordinary people within the War Council to participate in the civil war.

The three factions will allow the official neutral personnel of the War Council to set up refugee camps during the civil war to attract and recruit northern refugees. At the same time, based on the ownership of the area where the refugees are recruited, the loans of the faction that controls the area will be converted and offset.

In addition, all three factions will grant the Commission's official neutral personnel free access to all demilitarized areas.

Although they failed to win over the War Council to support their faction, they were able to obtain the Council's promise of neutrality. Although this was not the best news for the three factions, it was not the worst news either.

Moreover, they also received loans and guarantees provided by the committee, so it was not a wasted trip. Although the loan still had to be repaid, the committee allowed them to use population to offset the debt, so the loan was no different from being given away for free.

Although the three factions all knew that the committee was greedy for their population, what did it matter? There were many untouchables in the north, just like leeks, no matter how many times they were harvested, they would always grow again. It would be a good thing if they could be exchanged for money.

After reaching a basic consensus and treaty with the three factions of the Northern Kingdom, the War Council, under Roland's orders, organized a caravan and exploration team and headed for the Northern Kingdom.

Although the envoys from the three factions of the Northern Kingdom still stayed on the side of Apocalypse and tried to continue to win over the committee, it would be useless without Roland's consent.

Even if a faction was willing to cede territory to the committee, members of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would politely refuse.

As for Roland, there was nothing to pay attention to in the Northern Kingdom until the civil war broke out or the Frost Dwarf settlement was found.

He also needs to focus on improving his own strength and the development of the committee.

According to the little information about the cold disaster in Roland's memory, as well as the sudden emergence of a large number of water and ice elemental life forms in the North after the cold disaster, and combined with the resonance of the elemental world during Roland's previous life-and-death battle with Kan'ozu, the cold disaster was most likely caused by the connection between the water elemental world and the material world.

If they assume the worst-case scenario, Roland and the War Council might have to face the entire water elemental world.

Even if they were to face the entire water elemental world, Roland and the War Committee would not be defeated with their strength, but if Roland could construct one or two more legendary elements, then even if they were to face the entire water elemental world, the War Committee would be able to relax a little and save more energy and money for development and people's livelihood. So, after completing the construction of the [Spark] element, Roland turned his attention to the [Spirituality] representing the variable.

Roland and Hela opened a shop in a border city of the committee.

Roland closed his eyes and lay lazily on the chair. The warm sunlight shone on Roland through the window. At the side, Hela was holding a kettle and watering the flower pots in the store slowly under the sunlight.

On the other side of the shop, the undead that Hela had brought from the lower ranks to the present were also busy moving groceries, watering plants, cleaning dirt, and trimming flowers.
Almost all the clutter in the store is thrown to it for processing.

At the door of the shop, a gray crow was also hanging on a wooden root, and under the sunlight, it yawned in a very human way.

After an unknown amount of time had passed, Roland, who was lying on the chair, raised his eyebrows slightly. His unfinished spirituality was reminding him.

"We have guests."

As Roland finished speaking, the wind chimes at the door rang, and a young girl pushed open the door of the shop and walked in.

"Welcome, guest, what can I do for you?"

"I'm here to buy flowers."

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The girl glanced around the store and spoke softly.

After hearing that she was here to buy flowers, Hela raised her head slightly and looked at the girl. However, she just glanced at her briefly and then lowered her head to continue watering the flowers.

Roland stood up, gave a professional smile and said.

“Is the customer buying flowers to give to someone else?”

"Um"

The girl nodded, pursed her lips and asked in a low voice.

"If I were to give this to an old friend I haven't seen for a long time, what would you recommend?"

"Hmm? If you're giving it to a friend, lilies, sunflowers, or windbells are all good choices."

"Um"

The girl nodded slightly and responded nonchalantly.

She asked after hesitating for a moment.

"Well I have a friend. It's not me, it's about a friend of mine."

"I understand, you say."

Roland said with a smile on his face.

"My friend wanted to take advantage of my other friend because of something. Although she didn't do it in the end, my friend and my other friend already knew about it. So, I am worried that my friend is worried that my other friend will be angry because of this matter."

The girl spoke intermittently.

Roland was also listening quietly, and then he spoke.

"You mean, you wanted to use your friend for some reason, even though you didn't really use your friend, and now you want to get back together with him, but you're worried that he's mad at you?"

"Correct."

The girl nodded subconsciously, then quickly shook her head and spoke emphatically.

"It's not me, it's my friend's business."

"I see."

Roland nodded slightly and said with a smile.

"If that's the case, I would recommend Violet. Now that you're back, why not consider apologizing honestly? Maybe she'll forgive you?"

Listening to Roland's words, the girl was silent for a while, nodded silently, and spoke softly.

"Okay, violet then."

After giving her answer, the girl came to her senses and spoke quickly and emphatically.

"It's not me, it's my friend. I bought it for my friend. No, I bought it for my friend."

"I see."

Roland nodded slightly, and Hela, who was standing by, had already prepared a bouquet of violets and walked over. At the same time, the undead covered in skins also walked over with a dessert box. Roland took the box and handed it over.

The girl took the violet from Hela, looked at the dessert box Roland handed over, and said hesitantly.

"This is?"

"A little gift, I hope your friend and your other friend can reconcile."

Roland smiled and said.

"It's seven dollars in total. Our store accepts payment in food stamps and metal currency."

The girl nodded, took out the Silver Empire's silver coins to pay, and left the store with the violets and desserts.

Looking at the girl's back as she left, the variables Roland saw through his [spirituality] were collapsing. The futures in which Vanya and Oulite were at odds with each other quickly disappeared, while the future in which they were reconciled became a certainty.

Hey, I brought back a fourth-level spellcaster for the committee, win.

As the variables changed, Roland's incomplete [spirituality] also improved slightly.

(End of this chapter)