I can find treasures in my dreams.

Half a month passed quickly.

"It's too late!"

Gavin, the first councilor of the Holy Heaven Palace, stared at the scene playing on the Ice Jade Shadow Stone before him and let out a long sigh.

Half a month ago, Venerable Ice Soul officially issued the "Equal Rights Order," abolishing the three-tier system that divided Ice Soul people into different classes from the official level and granting each Ice Soul person equal rights.

such as.

From now on, every Ice Soul family can move freely, whether to the mid-level or high-level area, as long as they can afford to buy a house there, or rent a house if necessary.

For example.

Every Ice Soul has equal educational rights, regardless of whether they are from the lower or middle class. They receive the same education until the age of eighteen, and those with talent can continue their studies at higher academies.

Another example.

Each ice fort's official agency has released a large number of positions specifically for people from the lower-lying areas.

In short, from an institutional perspective, it seems that the three-tier system has been completely abolished, and true equality for all has been achieved.

on the other hand.

Because the Holy Heaven Palace made significant concessions, the civil war among the various ice fortresses gradually came to a halt after negotiations.

however.

The problem with everything is that there's a "however".

The matter seems to have been resolved, but it's as if nothing has been resolved at all; everything remains the same.

Because the force of inertia is simply too powerful.

The interests of the middle and upper classes have been significantly eroded by the equal rights order. Who would be willing to accept this?

The video playing in front of Gavin is a prime example.

At the foot of the Holy Heaven Palace, the giant ice fortress, which is also the largest ice fortress of the Ice Soul Civilization, a very fierce protest broke out.

The problem lies in the issue of compensation for the aftermath of the civil war.

Previously, a large number of poor people stood up to protest, and Ice Castle arrested and executed a large number of organizers and core members of the equal rights association. The person in charge of carrying out the execution was the executive officer.

These people were naturally regarded as murderers by the vast majority of the poor. When the civil war broke out, the main targets of the War Spirit Legion's revenge were the Executors, who suffered heavy casualties.

This is where the problem arises.

In an effort to quell the situation, the Ice Castle authorities provided a substantial compensation to the families of each of the poor victims, enough to allow them to settle down in the middle-class area.

Since the officers were carrying out official missions, the officers who were killed were considered to have died in the line of duty, and the government also provided them with compensation.

This greatly angered all the poor people.

The top leader of the Equal Rights Association publicly stated to Giant Ice Castle that the murderer's family did not deserve compensation, and that if the authorities persisted in their course of action, the association would fight to the end.

Starting a week ago, several large-scale protests have broken out in the lower levels of the Giant Ice Fortress.

Tens of millions of poor people participated in the event, and multiple War Spirit Legions frequently appeared during the protests.

The authorities have taken no action against this and can only pretend they are blind and have not seen it.

no way.

If the goal is to quell the situation, the only option is to let the poor vent their grievances freely.

Moreover, this place is right under His Majesty Varata's nose, and His Majesty has personally said that the reform measures must be "seriously implemented," otherwise no one will have a good outcome.

Also.

The authorities can't really treat the executives as murderers, otherwise they would cause trouble, and Ice Castle would definitely be in chaos.

After all, the executives hold a very important position in Ice Soul Society; they are the managers of social order.

Just yesterday.

The protests have escalated further.

Some groups of poor protesters began to enter the middle-class areas to express their protests.

Ice Castle officials did not stop it, nor did they have any reason to do so.

Because the three-tier system was abolished, the poor were able to freely enter and exit any unrestricted area.

Due to the civil war, the Ice Soul Army suffered heavy casualties, and most of the soldiers came from the middle-level areas, which meant they had a blood feud.

Furthermore, the implementation of the equal rights order by the government has led to the relinquishment of more benefits in the middle-level areas.

For example, many government agencies have laid off a number of employees in middle-level positions and reassigned those positions to poor people in lower-level areas.

Therefore, residents in the middle-class areas mostly hate the poor in the lower classes.

To them, the protesters' actions were nothing short of a malicious act of blatant provocation, barging into their doorstep to provoke them.

then.

What happened next was predictable. The marchers wanted to pass through a certain street, but local residents gathered and blocked the road.

The officers, dissatisfied with being called murderers, chose to stand by and watch the show.

Amidst the chaos, it was unclear which side struck first, but a large-scale conflict erupted between the two sides.

The two groups first had a verbal conflict, then it escalated into pushing and shoving, then into a physical fight, and finally both sides started using knives.

By the time the officers finally arrived to stop the conflict, many people on both sides had already died.

Among them, hundreds of poor people died and thousands were injured.

The middle-level residents were more powerful and had a numerical advantage, so fewer than thirty died and just over two hundred were wounded.

This has really blown things up.

The poor at the bottom demanded the arrest of the murderer, and the middle-class people followed suit, marching and protesting to demand the arrest of the murderer.

Iceberg's official team is like a rat trapped in a bellows—suffering from both sides.

Arresting them is obviously impossible.

The Giant Ice Fortress was powerless to do anything about it and could only report the matter to the Holy Heaven Palace.

The footage that the First Congressman saw at that moment was of the chaotic brawl between the two sides.

Gavin extended a finger and tapped it on the ice stone.

"Oh!"

The ice stone shattered into powder.

Gavin glanced at his subordinate beside him, his words revealing little restraint: "The conflict has reached such a sharp point that it's too late to do anything, and issuing decrees will be of no use."

This statement is somewhat critical of His Holiness.

The subordinates were so frightened that they quickly lowered their heads, pretending they hadn't heard anything.

Gavin removed the ice crown from his head, which was also a symbol of the senator: "I am directly responsible for my inability to resolve the chaos in the various ice fortresses, so I intend to resign from my position as First Senator."

After observing for half a month, he has confirmed that he has indeed been made a scapegoat by His Majesty.

He couldn't resist and could only obediently do as he was told, but his resentment grew stronger and stronger.

The subordinates were all stunned.

Gavin stood up on his own and began to explain his next steps: "The Expansion War is about to begin, and I'm preparing to apply to enter the Primal World."

He paused for a moment, then added, "Hopefully, before we return, all the ice fortresses will be at peace and more prosperous than before."

But he knew in his heart that the Ice Soul Civilization could never go back to what it was before.

after one day.

Gavin's resignation was approved, and that very evening he passed through the Gates of the World.

Three more days passed.

A shocking piece of news spread like wildfire throughout the Holy Heaven Palace.

Gavin has defected!

When he led his team on a mission, he abandoned them in a dangerous place and left alone, never to return to the Gate of the World.

Upon hearing the news, Varata smashed a cup on the spot.

The venerable one looked up at the sky again.

The illusory colors of ink emerged, and the majestic tower reappeared.

The dream king seems to have done something to allow him to observe the giant tower at any time.

Valata, however, couldn't understand what kind of method this was, which made him extremely uneasy.

Compared to half a month ago, the tower has grown taller, and there are now more heroic spirits on it.

"king!"

"king!"

"king!"

The cries of the heroic spirits sounded to Valata like the most vicious curses.

A few seconds later.

The illusion vanished.

Varata withdrew his gaze, suddenly feeling a deep sense of powerlessness.

He originally planned to spend decades gradually resolving the conflicts within the Ice Soul Society and eventually solve the problem completely.

The Dream King was constantly watching him intently, which made him involuntarily wonder: "Do I still have a few decades left?" (End of Chapter)