The witch thought I am a Demon God -
Chapter 727 - 386 Ancient Civilization and Iron Crown_2
Chapter 727: Chapter 386 Ancient Civilization and Iron Crown_2
"You can have Wilson lie in it to heal his wounds,"
Ivita looked somewhat amused. "You talk as though I already have such a thing."
"But in fact, I do not have such a treasure."
The Hearthstone Witch laughed. "Your Highness, stop kidding yourself. Now that you hold Cross Island, you surely won’t have trouble finding a mere Vampire’s Coffin. Everything on this island is yours now and perhaps such a coffin can even be found at the Great Witch’s market. Even if there isn’t any in hers, other places on Cross Island or other meeting places for witches are sure to have one."
Ivita was left speechless.
Although she was currently ruling over Cross Island, it didn’t mean that everything on the island belonged to her.
Ivita nodded, then rang the brass bell on her desk, summoning her butler, Joe Joseph and others who were automatically hiding in the corridor outside the door. She commanded them, "Issue a command to the whole island. Anyone with a Vampire’s Coffin, or with relevant information, should come to the Upper City. The person who hands over the Vampire’s Coffin will be rewarded two hundred gold pounds, and there will be rewards for anyone providing clues as well."
The Hearthstone Witch raised her eyebrows.
This didn’t even include the original price of the Vampire’s Coffin.
She didn’t expect Ivita to offer such a huge reward just for one vampire. Was it because Wilson still had some use left?
The Hearthstone Witch looked at Ivita. That made sense. After all, a third-generation vampire was equivalent to a Superior Knight. The Demon God might still need this vampire to balance that Superior Knight and the three third-level professionals from the Church.
Ivita instructed her butler Joe Joseph, "Please be sure to pay special attention to this matter. Wilson is an old servant who follows me. Now, I’m the reason he’s injured from the exploration of the Lombardy Duchy."
Butler Joseph trembled, "My lord, I will, of course, do my best to carry out your command."
...
After Butler Joseph left with Wilson, Ivita attended a coronation ceremony held by a Red Priest sent by the Church headquarters on that day. This was the first time the Church officially set foot on Cross Island and crowned Ivita since Marco Anson refused the Church’s coronation sixty years ago.
The most luxurious court in the Upper City was filled with new nobles who had reshuffled the power in the Upper City. These nobles were generally young, they had taken the place of their fathers after they perished in the Black Ting’s sea disaster.
These young nobles looked at Ivita, who was paying respects to the Red Bishop, with adoration.
In their eyes, Ivita at this moment was like a legend, a legend akin to Marco Anson.
In their hearts, they subconsciously saw Ivita as a role model.
The bishop, who placed the crown on Ivita, frowned slightly because Ivita didn’t kneel to him for the handshake ceremony. However, he didn’t make a fuss about it in this kind of situation.
After all, these were minor details.
He would surely tell the Pope everything about this coronation ceremony when he returned.
Ivita adjusted the rather simple ducal crown on her head, and said to everyone present, "As of today, I will restore Cross Island back to a Duchy, replacing the regime that has been in place on Cross Island for the past sixty years, whether it’s the excellent parts or the problematic parts. Cross Island will become a feudal Duchy once again!"
The young nobles cheered and raised their wine glasses to demonstrate their enthusiasm for Ivita’s decision.
Only a small number of old nobles, descendants of pirates, turned pale. But as they glanced around at the other nobles, they could only swallow their complaints and not dare to say much.
The disaster caused by the Sea Goddess had demolished the greatest difficulty Ivita would have faced in changing the system - these old nobles of pirate origin.
And now all these problems no longer existed.
Even though the businesses and towns on the island had suffered heavy losses, leaving the place almost in ruins, most of the ills of the old system had vanished with the sea disaster.
Now, it was time for recovery and the task of rebuilding the island had become easier.
Ivita told the people below, "As the ruler of Cross Island, I will issue my first command - measure the land. I command you to figure out a way to map the amount of arable land within your territory within two years."
"Tartax will assist you, as well as formulate all the related policies."
"Knight Goken will also lend a hand."
Some nobles remained silent, others voiced their agreement.
To measure the land meant that tax could be collected, and tax collection meant enlisting a large army.
Only by collecting taxes could a monarch prove his actual rule over an area.
Ivita’s land measurement was proof of her actual rule.
Ivita said to them, "In addition to this, we have a series of new policies to be announced by Tartax, such as issuing new coins bearing my image, tax exemptions, and more."
Without waiting for the nobles to express any opinions, Ivita announced the end of the banquet and headed to the corridor on the third floor with the Hearthstone Witch and the Dead Cow Wizard.
The Hearthstone Witch said to Ivita, "You were planning to go to the Lombardy Duchy. But if you leave Cross Island now, the policies you announced might be affected."
Ivita nodded, "At such a critical time, I really can’t leave Cross Island casually."
"However, I can make them think I’m still on Cross Island."
The Dead Cow Wizard and Hearthstone Witch raised their eyebrows in surprise.
Ivita said, "This is the advantage of establishing a hierarchical system and deifying myself. As long as the subjects can’t see me whenever and wherever, whether I’m on Cross Island or not doesn’t matter, as long as they know their monarch is living in the Upper City. I can take an elite force and leave here secretly."
"That’s why I chose to take Knight Robinson and those people from the Church. Witches and knights completely loyal to me will stay here. Except for the Hearthstone Witch, I’m not taking anyone."
"Knight Goken is my family’s knight, he wouldn’t betray me, so I’ll leave him here too."
"Dead Cow Wizard..." Ivita turned to the Dead Cow Wizard.
The Dead Cow Wizard was startled.
"Sir...sir, what are you trying to do?"
Ivita waved her hand. "Don’t be nervous. I have a magic, but because the spell is too close to the spells only the dead can use, the living energy in me always interferes, sabotaging my completion of the magic. Therefore, I need your help. I want you to use your lab to remove as much of the living energy from my body as possible so that I can complete that magic."
The Dead Cow Wizard let out a sigh of relief.
"That’s what it is about. But what is that magic that requires eliminating living breath to learn? Even undead magic doesn’t need to go that far."
The Hearthstone Witch retorted, "What do you know? Advanced magic is incredibly nuanced, much more complex than the common magic, and also more susceptible to interference before it is mastered."
The Dead Cow Wizard blinked. It turned out to be advanced magic.
...
In the Dead Cow Wizard’s laboratory, he was walking beside Ivita, chanting spells. Meanwhile, all the loose skeletons in his laboratory were following his chant.
The terrifying death aura of negative energy had almost completely suppressed the scent of living beings here.
As for Ivita, she was controlling three ominous forces, merging them into one, transforming into a death aura. That dark aura appeared above a thick notebook. Then, as Ivita chanted a spell, she dropped tears and sweat into the notebook. Immediately, the notebook flipped its page automatically.
The sound of the page turning was very odd. It sounded just like a sigh.
As if someone was lamenting the fact that such a horrifying object had emerged in the world, it felt lamentable.
A greenish-black fog rose from the notebook, its shape like that of a skull.
Ivita was overjoyed because this meant that the Book of Death spell was completed.
With this spell, my strength increased, and going to Lombardy Duchy was much more promising.
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