When the plot-skips players into the game world-Chapter 1043 - 381: Star Antimony Announces Entry into Anarchy

Chapter 1043 -381: Star Antimony Announces Entry into Anarchy

At this moment. Stibnite, Leipzig.

The silent snow has persisted for a week now.

As the snowfall begins to lighten, the sound of horseshoes gradually pierces through the veil of snow, and one can see through the thinning snowy curtain to the outside, watching as the snow is about to stop before night falls.

Clearly, the Winter Celestial has no intention of surpassing the Spirit Amber Celestial Marshal. Therefore, the number of anomalies cannot be eight.

For this reason, many Stibnites feel regret over the northern war situation.

It was only a day early, and the Narcissus Duchy successfully declared independence. Now, even before the troops at the front have fully retreated to the fortress, the heavy snow is about to halt.

If the Blackhawk People at the front lines had held out for just two more days, the situation would have been entirely different…

—You’ve held on for these past few months, why couldn’t you hold on for just two more days?

If we turn back now, perhaps it’s still not too late!

Because of this, pressure from the Stibnite public opinion on the Blackhawk Duchy suddenly heightened.

As the snowfall decreases, daily production and life in the cities of Stibnite are gradually resuming. People are engaging in retaliatory shopping and consuming, buying large quantities of food for hoarding and weapons for self-defense… Although such heavy snowfall is unlikely to occur again, its arrival has sounded an alarm for people: It turns out that aside from being in a state of war, rear cities in Stibnite too could face crises!

And the media has become extremely excited because of this—

Many people want to know what exactly happened outside during these days they lived in isolation and why Stibnite has turned out this way.

As soon as they bought the newspaper, they were immediately stunned.

The promotion of the Winter Celestial, the independence of the Narcissus Duchy, the deaths of two consecutive monarchs, the demise of the First Red Chancellor, and the suspected death of Count Leipzig…

—What on earth is all this?! How could so many significant events have happened outside in less than a week?!

Which of these are true, and which are rumors?

Some say Valentin VIII is already dead, while others say he’s not. Similarly, for the Red Chancellor and Count Leipzig, there are also those who are attempting to “debunk” these claims, asserting that they are still alive.

Others say that Valentin VII never died but was forced to leave the Royal Palace by the usurper Red Chancellor; another newspaper claims that Valentin VII and the First Red Chancellor perished together; there are even claims that Valentin VII and VIII were killed by the Queen Consort who had an affair with the Red Chancellor, and the Red Chancellor has been reincarnated into a true Valentin…

But regardless of the truth, the fact that these news could be published… already indicates that the Stibnite leadership has plunged into self-concerned chaos.

Barely having escaped danger, people are once again thrown into confusion and panic due to chaotic information from various quarters.

Even those who are normally politically insensitive have come to realize… trouble looms large for Stibnite.

War, chaos, catastrophe, and death are set to arrive unexpectedly.

In this atmosphere of fear and anxiety, people have also become sensitive and irritable.

Many local newspapers have vehemently criticized the cowardice of those Blackhawk-origin soldiers who chose to flee on the eve of victory, asserting that it was precisely this rout that directly led to the independence of the Narcissus Duchy.

For Stibnite as it is today, the Daffodil Territory is an extremely important component—after all, in the situation where Stibnite’s entire economy has collapsed, only the Daffodil Territory remains steadily profitable.

A primary reason for the collapse of Stibnite’s economy is the overload of the alchemist system caused by the Goblin Commerce Association.

The Daffodil Territory originally had very few alchemists and even the entire alchemy industry was not particularly developed. Of course, this may be due to mages’ discrimination against alchemists… In the past when the alchemy industry was at its peak, the development of the Daffodil Territory was notoriously slow.

But come what may, they have now become the healthiest part of Stibnite’s industrial structure. It is by relying on continuous financial aid from the Daffodil Territory that Stibnite has managed to sustain itself for so long in this state of “on its last legs.”

And this is precisely the direct cause that led to the Daffidol Territory’s demand for independence—the Sons of the Moon infiltrating the Mage Lords, a reason pertaining to the political sphere, but what truly led to the independence of the Daffodil Territory is a completely economic factor.

Everyone knows that Stibnite’s problems are ongoing, relentless, and fundamental. This blood transfusion has no end in sight, and no matter how much money is spent, there is no hope of recouping a single coin, and it is destined to increase over time.

When the borrower has no intention of repaying, it’s not borrowing anymore… it’s robbery.

The heartland of Stibnite is simply too far from the Narcissus Duchy.

So far that many Narcissus People don’t have a sufficient understanding that “the Narcissus Duchy belongs to Stibnite.”

Moreover, in the past, the army that integrated from the Blackhawk Duchy, which included the Alchemical Colossi, managed to fight only to the periphery of the Narcissus Duchy. When Duke Daffodil fell ill and the Narcissus Duchy was thrown into chaos, they surrendered.

Because they had never actually been beaten and hurt, there was no corresponding memory—just a mere twenty years hadn’t instilled a real sense of belonging to Stibium in the people of Narcissus Duchy, especially without any deliberate cultivation.

Furthermore, complemented by a sense of intellectual superiority fostered by the Mage Tower, over eighty percent of the Narcissus People do not believe that Narcissus Duchy belongs to Stibium. They generally see it as a strategy for the Mage Lords to curry favor with Stibium—a sort of vassal state system where at most some tribute is paid to show allegiance.

Therefore, when Stibium actually began to demand money endlessly, the Narcissus People immediately refused.

—You just got beaten up by the Avalonians, what face do you have to ask us for money?

Even though the infiltrated Sons of the Moon were already prepared for war.

But their instigation had not even begun before it was prematurely declared a victory.

And as they colluded with the Black Hawk higher-ups, the result was that the Mage Lords hadn’t even formally joined the war… in fact, they couldn’t. Several months of fighting had passed, but they hadn’t penetrated into the core territories of Daffodil Territory. The Mage Tower couldn’t even reach the frontlines, and the Stibium-Black Hawk Allied Forces had already fallen.

The combined casualties of the long battles were even less than half of the casualties caused by the chaos during their retreat, which sounded utterly humiliating.

Consequently, many Stibnites began to suspect that the Blackhawk People weren’t putting in their full effort—they actually didn’t want to fight at all but were just playing along with the people of Narcissus Duchy!

Many civilian newspapers began denouncing the Black Hawk Domain, demanding they take responsibility for this defeat. Because in Stibium, there was no one left to be held accountable for the loss.

Everyone knew that the independence of Daffodil Territory meant the complete collapse of Stibium’s economy. Without the financial support from Daffodil Territory, even the police in Lionheart City wouldn’t be paid their salaries—and they had already been unpaid for two months.

As another economic and technological center of Stibium, Leipzig also descended into chaos at this point.

Because their livelihoods were independent of Stibium, their superior wages relied almost entirely on Count Leipzig’s “little treasury.” No one knew what Count Leipzig’s disappearance would lead to… Whether Count Leipzig’s death or departure from Stibium, it meant that they would all be unemployed once the existing city’s assets were exhausted, thus almost the entire Stibium’s civil service departments began to gradually shut down.

When they went out to purchase supplies, they noticed something was amiss. All prices were skyrocketing to entirely abnormal levels. Nonetheless, they had to buy… as there were not many stores left that were still open.

A queue to buy bread, by the time one moved from the end to the front, saw a thirty percent increase in bread prices. Meanwhile, thieves and looters began to gather nearby, poised to raid the stores at any moment.

The reaction from the Blackhawk People was far more intense than anyone had anticipated—

On the evening of March 31st, the day after Narcissus Duchy had declared its independence,

Black Hawk Duchy announced its independence.

—Ah, guessed it right.

We indeed do not wish to fight, and we are indeed performing a play along with the Narcissus People—you’re right about everything, so do you have any objections?

As night fell, people’s emotions grew increasingly agitated. The spirit of rebellion surged in their hearts, and years of accrued grievances erupted at this moment.

Under the light snowfall, banks owned by Goblin Merchants had their glass windows smashed by desperate people. Transcendents gathered in squads, starting “hunts” across the city.

Their primary targets were the banks.

Ordinarily, these banks were protected by Troll security and city police, but the police could no longer be paid their wages, and it was clear that this situation was going to persist. Naturally, not many would oppose these crazed, bloodshot Transcendents…

As the Blackhawk People in police stations began to leave their ranks, preparing to return to their true homeland.

Some native Stibnite policemen also took off their uniforms, disguised themselves among the crowd, and participated in the looting!

After all, the opponents were merely a group of Goblins and Trolls! With the police station’s suppression mechanisms not being activated, besting them was much simpler than venturing into a Dragon’s den—yet it offered just as many Gold Coins!

As instigators, those Goblins were slaughtered by the Transcendents in a fit of rage.

And by the time the later arrivals caught on, virtually all the banks had already been robbed. The stupidest among these people then began attempting to rob the nobles—only to be killed by the equally Transcendent nobles and their guard escorts.

Then, those who arrived even later, not wanting to leave empty-handed, began attempting to rob the shops on the streets. They too were stopped by other Transcendents and, with no actual reason to fight, ended up in deadly brawls.

This was the most absurd and craziest night in the history of Stibium.

Sons of the Moon, Demon Scholars, Alchemists, each began to gravitate toward their respective organizations’ strongholds.

As for the current Queen Consort Louise—with the Red Chancellor deceased, perhaps only the Sons of the Moon were willing to heed her commands. In fact, the Sons of the Moon were now converging towards the Royal Palace.

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And the Stibium Army Department was in the hands of the Demons’ Association.

The Power of Transcendence born from such chaotic atmosphere massively enhanced their strength, propelling them to become the mightiest.

—That night, the Stibium Army Department announced that Stibium had entered a state of anarchy. To ensure the basic necessities and personal safety of the residents, the Army Department would enact martial law across all cities starting tomorrow.