Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 143 The Crumbling Covenant

After successfully completing the awakening ceremony of the first batch of bloodline warriors, Harvey finally found time to attend the spellcaster exchange meeting of the Magic Network Forum online on Friday night.

When he logged into the forum a little later than usual, he found that the atmosphere of today's exchange meeting was a little different.

[Fallen: Everyone, I don't need to explain the recent situation any further... The Church of Light's actions are simply disregarding the alliance between the two factions...]

[Son of Flame: Humph! It's no surprise that those who have been brainwashed by the Holy Light can do such a thing.]

Harvey frowned slightly, still not understanding what was going on.

But seeing these two spellcasters who obviously have a background in the Federation being so sarcastic during the exchange meeting, it must be that there is another issue of intensified conflict between the Church and the Federation.

[Shadow Knight: While the spellcaster coalition was fully deployed to attack the demon clan's rear supply lines and military strongholds, the Church's Inquisition Army unexpectedly drove a large number of ordinary believers to the Demon Stone Mine in the Evil Moon Mountains to begin collecting raw ore in advance... Not only that, they also built churches and monasteries in the mining area, as if they wanted to occupy the area directly!]

Frost Giant: Are the Federation and the Wizarding Allies simply sitting back and watching? Aren't they still negotiating the division of the Evil Moon Mountain mining area? Why would they act in such a way that would provoke the spellcaster?

As far as Harvey knew, the temporary alliance formed between the spellcasters and the church a hundred years ago due to the invasion of the demons included a clear consensus and rules - any dispute between the two factions due to interests must be resolved through the jointly established Supreme Council, with secular nobles mediating in the middle, to reach a final resolution.

It is obvious that the decision has not been made yet, but the church has taken irrational actions in advance. I don’t know if there is a reason or if they are really crazy.

Shadow Knight: This incident originated from the joint attack by the spellcasters and the church's coalition forces during the demon retreat before winter last year...

[Magic Shield: At that time, the demons dispatched their largest hybrid warband. The spellcaster's troops anticipated the danger and withdrew early, but the Judgment Army insisted on advancing alone and ultimately suffered heavy losses... The enemy accused the spellcaster of deserting the battlefield and betraying the pact of advancing and retreating together...]

Harvey shook his head helplessly. This fragile temporary alliance could not play any role in restraining the behavior of both sides in such a fierce battle that was a matter of life and death.

Not to mention that the two sides have been enemies for hundreds of years. If the demons had not been pressing forward step by step, it would not be surprising that they would backstab each other and hold each other back in battle.

[Scorching Overlord: The person who orchestrated this migration of believers to the mining area is High Judge Zack Hyde, a core figure in the notorious "Divine Punishment" faction within the church. The Holy City has stated that no instructions were given to him, completely deflecting responsibility.]

This strategy is probably just like the church's tacit approval of witch-hunting groups and their covert attacks on spellcasters. As long as there is no evidence of direct instructions from the church's top brass, it will eventually turn into a protracted verbal dispute, and the Federation can only bear the loss.

After all, spellcasters in the southern countries do not have such a large popular base as the church. Although they have a high status, they are still in the mortal class and belong to the minority who cannot occupy the high ground of public opinion.

Son of Flame: Since the church's top brass won't admit it, why should the Federation pretend to be nice to them? Just send a few high-level spellcasters to eliminate that guy named Zack Hyde...

[Magic Shield: It's not that simple. Zack Hyde is surrounded by a 500-strong Holy Knight regiment, all mid-level knights with activated bloodline talents. A high-level spellcaster's chances of success in a single assassination attempt are slim. Sending out a large number of spellcasters to attack would be tantamount to directly provoking war and breaking the alliance.]

[Frost Giant: Haha, there's no chance of assassination alone, and direct war is too much to worry about. The Church is using civilian believers as cheap human shields to openly seize the magic stone profits from the mining area... Now those hypocritical magic politicians in the Federation can't sleep well...] [Forest Heart: In the final analysis, it's nothing more than a struggle for interests...]

Everyone was discussing this matter at the exchange meeting, but Harvey keenly noticed that the forum members with a federation background had a clear attitude, while the neutral members of other ethnic groups mostly stood by and did not make any comments related to their own positions.

There are also different factions among spellcasters, and they are not truly united.

So what was the real purpose behind the Blazing Lord and the others bringing this matter to the table for frank discussion during the exchange meeting? It couldn't be that they were exposing their own dirty laundry just to amuse everyone.

Before Harvey could think carefully about the meaning, the code names of the members of the Burning Overlord on the crystal panel suddenly flashed.

The legendary spellcaster took the initiative to chat with me privately?

[Scorching Lord: Dear Mr. Turing, I'm sorry to bother you. I'd like to know what you think of the incident discussed in today's forum?]

Harvey's heart skipped a beat. It turned out that their plan had hit him in the head.

After the last time forum members united to launch a revenge operation against witch hunters, everyone realized that Administrator Turing's stance was clearly biased towards spellcasters, but his identity was extremely special. Not only did he have no background in the Federation or any wizarding kingdom, he was not even human, but was suspected to be some kind of ancient intelligent race.

Moreover, the Lord of Scorching Fire was also very clear that in that suspected attack by demon slayers targeting the forum, Mr. Turing, as the forum administrator, easily wiped out the powerful demon slayers of the church.

If he could be asked to take action, it would be the most suitable choice to deal with the high-level judge who is in the mining area of ​​Evil Moon Mountains and openly confronts the Federation in the name of ordinary believers.

But the problem is that Harvey simply doesn't have the ability to deal with the other person!
He was tracked down by the Demon Slayer in the magic net and then suddenly attacked. He was forced to resist and finally escaped with the help of the mental anchor mutation that he himself did not understand.

Now asking him to kill a high-ranking high-level bloodline knight who is thousands of miles away is simply a fantasy.

[Admin Turing: It seems that no forum member has suffered any harm or loss in this incident, so I cannot comment on it...]

He still had to maintain his status, but Harvey didn't dare to take this job at all. He was very clear about his identity and strength in the real world.

Besides, what Harvey cares about most at the moment is to be able to stay safely in the northern wilderness, develop his own territory, and maximize the resources and benefits of the surrounding areas.

As for the demon battlefield in the Evil Moon Mountains far away in the horizon, he was not interested in the open and secret struggles between the two giant and powerful organizations, the Federation and the Church, and did not want to get involved easily.

(End of this chapter)