From Wild Mage to Wizard King

The rain lashed the ancient walls, the marble battlements trembled with thunder,

The abnormally heavy rain has lasted for seven days, and the river water has backflowed into the city. Even though the Radiant Knights spent a lot of manpower and resources, they rescued the citizens living on the river.

But the abnormally heavy rains for seven consecutive days still swallowed up and ended the tragic fate of countless people. They were swallowed up,

And with the beating of the waves, the corrupt bodies were washed on both sides of the river bank.

Under the heavy rain, pedestrians were rushing around indifferently, and no one cared about the rotten houses.

Ginza was shrouded in exposure and was gloomy and dim. Even the light from the Ginza Palace could hardly break through the heavy rain and illuminate the surroundings. At most, only a few dim lights could be seen through the heavy rain.

As for the Pantheon Cathedral, after seven days of heavy rain, the dome of the cathedral was pierced by lightning, and now the light of the cathedral has disappeared in the dark rain.

The phantom robes of the nobles of the Silver Family were permeated with salty moisture, and twenty-seven mithril stages burned slowly in the draft, dispelling the dampness in the meeting hall.

The fire flickered, tearing the shadows of the twenty-six nobles and illuminating the heroic reliefs on the walls of the meeting hall.

Outside the meeting hall, under the rainy sky, lightning was streaking across the sky.

The chief regent noble Nikephoros stood by the glass window of the council hall, silently looking at the heavy rain outside the hall.

The other nobles sat in different places in the meeting room, doing their own things in silence.

Some had expressionless faces and closed their eyes in meditation, some sat at the long silver-plated table and looked at the table silently, and some took a chair and sat in the corner of the meeting room, silently flipping through the books in their hands...

When Nikephoros counted the seventh flash of lightning through the glass window, the silver-bronze door of the council chamber finally groaned.

The rain flowed down the silver-scale armor of Silver Noble Manuel and formed a pool of blood with rainbow light at his feet.

The cloak that was bestowed upon him by Littorio himself, stained with the blood of legend, passed down to this day and symbolizing glory, is now draped over him.

Even after a thousand years, the legendary blood on the cloak is still extremely bright and vivid.

"Manuel, you're finally here."

Nikephoros looked at him from the window, and seeing his wet armor and bright red cloak, his eyes twitched slightly.

As the sound broke the silence in the meeting room, the other regent nobles also silently came back to their senses.

The meditating nobles broke away from their meditation, the silent and dazed nobles raised their heads and looked at the two of them, and in the corner of the meeting room, the regent noble who was silently flipping through the book in his hand also glanced over.

"Manuel, you haven't come to the meeting room these days, and you didn't reply to my messages."

Nikephoros walked up to Manuel and snapped his fingers slightly, sending magic power flying.

Prepare to blow the rain off Manuel.

Manuel looked at Nikephoros calmly. An elemental shield was erected at some point to block Nikephoros' spell.

He took off his sword and threw it on the silver-plated table. The holy relic box on the hilt cracked finely due to the vibration. He looked determined and spoke in a serious tone.

"I'm here to talk about something today."

“I am...going to quit the Regency Council.

Nikephoros was stunned for a moment when he heard his words, and in the meeting room, the silver noble who had finished meditation looked at him with a hint of surprise.

The silver nobles who were staring blankly at the long table also showed various expressions.

There was surprise at his withdrawal, joy at the vacant seat in the Regency Council, but also uneasiness about his withdrawal. The silver noble who was hesitating and flipping through a book in the corner of the meeting room lowered his head again without knowing when, silently flipping through the book in his hand.

Nikephoros was a little slow to react. He turned sideways and spoke in a slightly louder voice.

"It's so sudden, why don't you sit down and talk first?"

Manuel turned his head and stood in place, the rain dripping down his metal armor onto the conference hall. He did not say a word, but expressed his refusal with his attitude.

Nikephoros frowned slightly, looked at him, and said in a somewhat surprised tone.

"Why? What happened? Can't you tell us? Can't you just tell us if there's a problem?

Why did you suddenly quit...:”

"It's my own problem."

Manuel calmly glanced at all the regent nobles present and spoke in a calm tone.

"Why?"

Nikephoros still couldn't quite understand Manuel's thoughts, and he spoke hesitantly.

"Weren't things harmonious when you were in power before? You also said you would continue to govern..."

"I didn't say that."

Manuel interrupted Nikephoros and spoke in a cold tone.

Nikephoros was stunned, not expecting Manuel's attitude to be so cold, and said.

"is that so?"

"But... you are the initiator of the Regency Council. If you withdraw..."

As a famous high-level extraordinary person of this generation of the Silver Family, Manuel, as the owner of the holy relic, also has a relatively transcendent status within the Silver Family.

After the Night of the Black Knife, when the various Silver Families were blaming each other for the death of the Silver Emperor,

It was he who stepped forward, eased the conflict, and presided over the establishment of the Regency Council.

In fact, if he hadn’t stepped forward to clean up the mess at Black Knife Night, no one knows what would have happened in Ginza after Black Knife Night.

"Are you really...going to quit?"

A female regent noble sitting at the table raised her head slightly and looked at Manuel, speaking in a somewhat uneasy tone.

After she finished speaking, Manuel turned his head away without giving any answer.

"Anna is asking you a question?"

Next to the noblewoman who spoke, another noblewoman who was the regent folded her hands across her chest, looked at Manuel with a sharp gaze, and spoke in a somewhat aggressive tone.

"And isn't this too irresponsible?"

Hearing her words, Manuel still did not answer, but just lowered his head slightly.

Seeing that he still didn't answer, the regent noblewoman also stood up and said in a somewhat unhappy tone.

"Why don't you speak?"

"Haley, don't be like this."

Nikephoros turned his head and looked at the noblewoman regent who had stood up, and his voice became slightly louder, interrupting her rhythm.

However, even though Nikephoros tried to interrupt his rhythm, the regent noblewoman named Hayley remained aggressive. She ignored Nikephoros and shouted at Manuel.

"Then don't cause us any trouble if you want to withdraw."

Although Manuel was the key figure in the establishment of the Regency Council, Haley did not like him very much.

Although Manuel had good strength and reputation, and Haley had a certain respect for him at the beginning, after spending a few years with the Regency Council, Haley began to hate Manuel more and more.

It was clearly agreed at the beginning that a Regency Council would be formed to maintain and stabilize the Silver Empire and ensure the security of the empire. As a result, he could still be seen participating in the Regency Council in the previous year, but his attendance became less and less frequent afterwards. There was not enough work at all, and she had to work overtime to handle it all.

Although Haley herself felt that the internal strife within the Silver Family and the Regent Council's rampant power grab were not a good thing, this was not a reason for Manuel to give up.

Moreover, all the decisions made by the Regency Council to seize power were made after internal discussions and voting.

Manuel himself voted in favor, but Hayley had always voted against, believing that such a radical decision would affect the situation in the empire.

When it was passed, Manuel was passionate and said that the Regency Council was a community with a shared future and should persist even if there was opposition from the outside world.

What's the result?

According to the previous decision, the regent nobles would not explain the situation within the parliament to anyone outside.

Even though they had quarreled before and even almost fought, they were united against the outside world.

Although Haley was opposed to it, after the decision was passed, she worked hard to carry out the decision that she thought was inappropriate.

Even though there were rumors within the family and in Ginza City that the Regency Council wanted to seize power, and even when some people directly questioned and verbally attacked her, she did not say that she was against the decision, but endured it all silently.

But Manuel was amazing. As the most prestigious figure in the Regency Council, after the decision to seize power was passed, all other regent nobles were basically attacked, but Manuel was hardly attacked by anyone.

Some even approached him, hoping that he would come forward to reject these decisions at the Regency Council.

After all, although Manuel voted in favor, no one else knew about it.

This didn't matter to Hailey. After all, they had agreed not to disclose the internal situation to the public. Manuel had a good reputation.

He was not attacked, that was his skill.

But what happened next made Hela completely dislike him.

There were only some rumors in Ginza that Manuel was also going to seize power, and even before the silver nobles scolded him, he couldn't stand the slightest damage to his reputation and started to act rashly, hiding at home and keeping silent.

The meeting was not held anymore, and they sent people to call him, but he didn't come.

Subsequently, these rumors in Ginza quickly died down, and it even became known that Manuel was against these decisions.

But under the coercion of other regent nobles in the Regency Council, Manuel had no choice but to accept it even though he opposed it.

Shit, this is obviously me.

When Haley heard the rumor, she was furious. It was obvious that Manuel was the one who pushed these decisions hard, and the other regent nobles were more or less hesitant.

Many regent nobles believed that there was no need to use military power, even if the United Nations or the War Council invaded.

The vassal states on the border were enough to buy them enough time.

But Manuel said that the princes were also part of the Silver Empire and that they could not be exploited or made to suffer, and he successfully convinced the nobles and passed these decisions. As a result, now he himself is in trouble just because his reputation suffered a little loss?

What about them? They did not have Manuel's prestige and fame, and endured the suspicion of their fellow tribesmen, all kinds of rumors, and even direct attacks, but they said nothing.

He was better off. After being cheated, he just shut himself in at home and took all the blame for them.

What's even more disgusting is that Haley used her power to investigate the rumor, and followed the flow of the rumor directly to Manuel.

Disgusting. Really fucking disgusting.

Now the rumors are almost spreading that Manuel is innocent and that it is all the fault of these regent nobles.

In addition, this meeting was requested by Manuel, but the person arrived last and made them wait for so long.

There is obviously still a lot of work to be done.

Thinking about the pile of government affairs in her office, Haley's suppressed anger continued to rise, and she pointed at Manuel and cursed.

"Today everyone is waiting for you too. Why, you are more valuable than the emperor."

Even the previous Silver Emperor who died in the Night of Black Knife would not let high-level transcendents like Haley wait that long after they had completely fallen out.

Even Littorio, as a legend, would give respect to high-level extraordinary people.

Littorio would never announce a meeting in advance, only to have everyone arrive at the agreed time and have to wait for hours before entering.

Speaking of this, Haley missed the former queen a little. When she was here, let alone waiting, she would have already arrived when Haley arrived.

He gave her enough face in public, treated people with courtesy, had high emotional intelligence, and never made things difficult for her. Even when she acted impolitely because of her bad temper, he would take the initiative to comfort her and give her a way out.

Even though she was forced to abdicate, when she went to visit the Queen, the Queen still treated her the same way as before.

She would even call her "sister" with a smile, and tell her that as the empress she had always wanted to call her "sister", but it was not appropriate, and now that she has abdicated it doesn't matter.

Recalling the memories of the Queen in her mind, Haley became more and more annoyed.

She should be invited back.

The Empress had governed well at that time, and there were countless high-level extraordinary people, princes, and nobles who chose to be loyal to her. If the Empress had not wanted to start a civil war, even if she killed people in Ginza, who could have forced her to abdicate?

Not to mention that she was the one who was killed after losing control. As long as the queen does not retreat, who dares to force her, who can force her?

Do you really think a little rumor can influence the Silver Emperor who holds real power?

Damn, how can I build a good empire with this bunch of bugs?

After Hailey spoke sarcastically, Nikephoros also looked at her and spoke with a slightly heavier tone.

"Haley."

Seeing Nikephoros' attitude, Hela frowned slightly, snorted coldly, sat down and turned her head, not bothering to look at Manuel.

If Nikephoros had not been the oldest regent noble and Hayley had received favors from him when she was in the middle rank, Hayley would have definitely scolded Manuel.

Even a fight is not impossible.

"You can still hold the meeting even if I'm not here."

Manuel lowered his eyebrows slightly and spoke in a somewhat unpleasant tone.

"If you want to have a meeting, you can just go ahead and have it. There's no rule that everyone must be present for a meeting. Wouldn't you have been in a meeting even without me? Don't blame others."

"ha?"

Listening to Manuel's words, Haley couldn't help but get angry. She slammed the table, pointed her right index finger at him, and cursed loudly.

"The last meeting was just two days ago. Why are we having a meeting now? You fucking told us to have this meeting. That's why we're here."

"I thought that as the son of Silver, you would not shrink back because of a trivial matter of fame. You stayed at home for several months and suddenly came out this time. I thought you had some profound insights while hiding at home. I didn't expect that all you heard was the barking of a dog?!"