I Am Louis XIV

Gajola Island.

In the past two decades, not only France has undergone earth-shaking changes, but Gayola Island has also changed.

The largest inner world in the Italian wizarding world was originally a loose alliance similar to Switzerland or the Netherlands. A parliament composed of several big families controlled the economy and politics—now it was the Mancini family that controlled the entire city. Island, other families can only rely on it. The Duchess of Colonna's reputation on the island is not very good. After all, when integrating the other world, she and the wizards of the Mancini family were like a group of greedy hyenas.

It’s just that the Mancini family had joined the king at that time. Although the wizards were proud of their talents, they also needed food, clothing, housing and transportation. It is not an exaggeration to say that before Louis entered the inner world, only the wizards of the big family could live on Gayola Island. As far as they want, the wizards other than them can only fight each other. Dark creatures like werewolves and vampires have almost no place to stand, and the source family of the monks of the Tribunal is even more like them.

Everyone must admit that the Mancini family is indeed cruel when it excludes dissidents, but their king has given new hope to the wizards of Gajola Island. Gayola, Gayola's looming crisis is finally showing signs of passing.

The young wizards, jubilant and vying to become part of the "special company of royal guards" or employed by the king, did not even return to the Isle of Gayola, but settled in Calais, and probably now in Orléans, Yes, for these energetic young people, it is too cruel to always be imprisoned in a small island with solidified class.

But for the original big families on Gayola Island, this is not a good thing. The authority they originally established on ordinary wizards is like the gold and silver in their pockets, gone forever—you may I still remember what Louis saw with his own eyes, the almost monopolistic exchange system in the world bank of the wizard, meager salary, scarce jobs, although they can guarantee survival, but the small residence like a hive, bloody but single entertainment, No, to be precise, it's more like paralyzing yourself.

All of this was commonplace before Louis quietly strangled Gayola Island, and it was believed by these big families that it would continue for hundreds or thousands of years, but it was like a closed prison. In a dark room, as long as someone opens a gap so that the people inside can see the light and breathe fresh air, they will abandon the "gift" of the big family without hesitation.

Compared with the island that Louis saw, the current Gayola Island has become much quieter, or it can be dead silent, because a large number of ordinary wizards have left Gayola Island, and only the Colonna family's palace The lights are still bright, because Mancini's wizard army is stationed there, guarding the Duke of Colonna and the Duchess of Colonna.

Big families that have lost their people—they used to own banks, but now there are no people in the banks to exchange and deposit—wizards used to be unable to gain a foothold in the outside world, even if they were hired by mortals or obtained money, they would Go back to Gayola, but now these wizards have Calais, where the wizards live with mortals who pretend to know nothing, and exchange heavy gold and silver coins for spacious and clean dwellings and abundant food; They used to have newspapers and bookstores, but now unless the big family is willing to take out their collections, there will be no customers, because the hated king, even if he doesn't want to be a wizard, will buy all the books he can buy. They bought them all and printed them outside. The cheap ones were like gifts; the taverns, restaurants and even the markets they used to own had very few visitors... Although wizards can brew wine that makes people feel strange hallucinations, Raising weird birds and lambs, or weaving magical fabrics, but these things are not what people need every day, and only occasionally wizards try one or two like nostalgia-they finally understand why wizards thousands of years ago Will resolutely set up a foundation wall, and strictly exclude mortals.

Although wizards have talents beyond ordinary people, they still have human weaknesses. The king didn't even drive the army, but only put interests and the power of choice in front of them, and they lost without fighting.

Or it should be said that some families are willing to admit defeat, while others are not.

Agnelli, Rocca, Gagne, Dante, Delong and Bufandi, these six families, they used to be on the same level as Mancini, or even higher than Mancini.

After Merlin's defeat, the church hunted for wizards everywhere. It was Agnelli and Roca who found Gayola, Dante, Gagne and Delon prepared a large number of ships, while Bufandi and Mancini were only hired by them. Wizards - after they migrated to Gayola, the first speaker was Agnelli, and Mancini almost failed to enter the parliament.

If the Mancini family hadn't accidentally reproduced the cursed or blessed bloodline, not only won a seat in the parliament by virtue of the special ability that men and women could not resist, but also recruited many powerful members to be able to It has developed smoothly all the way so far.

But if they can really occupy an undoubted important position on Gayola Island, the Mancini family will not need to seek a way out-when the involution is serious, not only ordinary wizards will be affected, but even wizards Unavoidable turmoil in the upper echelons of the city, Delong and Gagne once had fierce conflicts with the Mancini family.

When the Mancini family actually became relatives with a cardinal, the other families just laughed it off. They are not the Mancini family. They still have side branches in Tuscany and Naples, and it is not that there is no way out. ——When the daughter of the Mancini family became the Duchess of Colonna, they were still laughing at the fact that the Mancini family was fooled by a foreign wizard. Even if the man was a king, who of them had never seen a king? A king is also a mortal, and can never be compared to a wizard.

No one would have imagined that there would be a mortal king who would indulge his ambition beyond the awe that ordinary people should have towards wizards and the other world—he actually regarded Gayola Island as his own. It’s like Caesar saw a strange land, he didn’t care what beasts lived there, what people lived there, what gods he believed in, he would conquer it when he saw it.

The Mancini family has fallen to his sword and hounds.

They became prey.

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In the darkest night, in the arenas of the wizards—perhaps the only place, neither in Calais nor anywhere else in France, that can still maintain a lively atmosphere (during the day) There is such a place for fun with blood and life. But at night, it's not only cold and dark, but also there are always wandering souls who don't want to leave—although wizards rarely appear in the arena, there are always intelligent magical creatures thrown into it, like werewolves, For low-level vampires, unicorns, or spirits, when there are enough people, there will be wizards in the arena every night to cast spells to drive away ghosts, but since the wizards have all gone to work for the king, the frequency of this work has been reduced to weekly. once.

No one knew that this was done on purpose, in order to drive away any wizards who might appear here rashly.

The ghosts cried out, even the purest unicorns made creepy gurgles, werewolves dragged their stomachs, and groups of spirits crawled on the ground like toads... Ordinary wizards only need to Walk in here and you'll be entangled. But at the bottom of the auditorium, in the corridor where the beasts and werewolves participating in the wrestling were pushed out, a torch that never ceased day and night jumped suddenly, the flame burst, and the light illuminated the entire dark stone passage. After disappearing, a wizard with a square face strode out from the flames.

As soon as he stood still, he took out his wand and waved it a few times. After confirming that there were no other wizards here except him, his face relaxed a little. He put away his wand, took out a bottle, and slowly poured water on the ground. ——The water flow suddenly expanded from as thin as a finger to a width of three feet, and then shrunk out legs, waist and neck. A female wizard emerged from the water. She walked out of the water curtain, looked around, and then nodded at the male wizard. Nod: "Thank you, Senator Agnelli."

"It's easy," Agnelli said, "but call me Monsieur, Madame Gagne. Does Gajola still have a council? This title is just a joke."

"It doesn't look like Agnelli said that." Another voice joined them, and the two wizards immediately clenched their wands, but their shoulders relaxed immediately, "Monsieur DeLong." Agnelli said, "I would advise you not to do that -- to approach people without warning, especially at this moment."

"I'm not afraid of Mancini." Delong said, he also came here through water, but he took the sewer passage of the arena - it is said that only Delong, the owner of the arena, knows this passage .

"But we must fear the king," said Madame Gagne.

"He's just a mortal." Delong snorted softly.

"He already knows where Gayola Island is. Even if he can't see or hear him, he can still keep his fleet floating on the sea, blocking all our trade. Don't you think we have The work of the spirits can satisfy the appetite of the people of Gajola Island." Agnelli said.

"How many people are there on Gayola Island now? One-third, one-fifth or one-tenth of the original?" Madame Gagne asked.

They fell into a brief silence. After a few minutes, Agnelli looked at the sky, at the ground, and then at his magic pocket watch, which was magically made to never go wrong, but no one came: "It seems that we are the only ones." ."He said.

"The Patriarch of Roca is only fifteen years old, and Dante is extinct. It seems that Pufandi is willing to become Mancini's tool."

"If it's just for Mancini, we won't mind, but Mancini is just a puppet of mortals." Agnelli said majesticly, "Our ancestors abandoned everything in the mortal world and entered the inner world, but they didn't want to. Manipulated by someone below them, the Mancini family broke our promise."

"They can only see benefits," DeLong said jokingly, "and maybe love."

"Mancini has the Duke of Colonna, and the king said that the Duke will not only have Gayola in the future."

"Yeah, compared to Gayola, the outside world is so big," Madame Gagne sighed, "But we only have Gayola."

"So are you ready?" Agnelli shifted his gaze from Mrs. Gagne to Delong: "We will face the wrath of that king."

"As long as he withdraws from Gayola, there will be no loss." Mrs. Gagne said: "The Duke of Colonna and the Duke of Colonna are not on the island, and my friend is sure that the Duke of Colonna is seriously injured , it will take at least three months to move freely, and the person who hurt him is his mother, the Duchess Colonna—she has gone crazy, the king will not let her out, and the Mancinian family is now leaderless."

"This is good news, but you are still unwilling to tell us, who is your friend?" Delong asked tentatively.

"I can only say that he is Mancini's enemy," Mrs. Gagne said, "We made a soul vow, I can't tell you his identity, I can only guarantee that he must be the enemy of the Mancini family .”

"He's a wizard?" DeLong asked.

"I cannot tell," said Madame Gagne. ,

"Don't ask," Agnelli said. Since Mrs. Gagne can only see "Him", the oath must be very strict and heavy: "Can you believe in Him?"

"It is true that the Duchess of Colonna and the young Duke are not in Gajola," said Madame Gagne.

Agnelli didn't speak anymore, the matter has come to this point, he can't back down anymore, "Then, Delon."

"I'm..." Delong turned around, raised his wand, and the torches on the corridor lit up one after another. In the depths of the darkness, there was a burst of commotion accompanied by a strong smell of blood, irritability The whimpers and angry roars reached the ears of Mrs. Gannet and Mr. Agnelli. Behind the corridor, there is a row of huge iron cages, in which there are sphinxes, werewolves, manticores, chimeras, and nightmares. ... You can see all the ferocious beasts and magical creatures in the other world here. They all wear collars around their necks. Every time Delong waves his wand, the runes on the collar light up once, and each flash will take away A part of reason—cages like this exist in the seven corridors of the arena.

"What a huge loss." Delon said: "Why is that mortal unwilling to become a wizard? I've heard from Melfar that his talent is not inferior to anyone in the Mancini family. At the beginning, the Mancini family was also willing to accept such a foreign wizard and let him be Mary's husband."

"Merfer is with you?" Madame Gagne asked in surprise, "Is he still alive?"

"Alive, but he would definitely prefer to die." De Long said, "By the way, I asked him this question too. Do you know what he said? He told me that that mortal didn't bother to be a wizard." "He laughed haha: "How is it possible? Right," he said as if talking to himself, "Why would anyone not want to be a wizard?"

His eyes flashed in the light of the torch: "Magic..." he whispered, and stepped back into the darkness, Agnelli cast flames and disappeared inside with Madame Gagnet, the iron cage opened, and the beasts and magical creatures inside They rushed out, they were running, jumping, or flying, driven by the magic of Delong, their master, they rushed towards the palace of the Mancini family!