The New Civilization of Witches

Chapter 139: The Authority of Satan

Barov returned to his office at City Hall and immediately locked the door.

[Gosh.] He felt the God's Stone of Retaliation on his chest. [His Majesty has really been possessed by demons.] He had vaguely guessed this before but was almost certain now that the — people he was talking to were definitely not the fourth Prince.

It is understandable that there was a dramatic change in her personality and her way of doing things, but it was not until she suddenly understood things she had never been in contact with, and acquired knowledge she had never heard of. This only happens in fairy tales, and even then, the story will always be about a god who possessed the common people and led humanity out of their predicament. When did the devil do the same?

Barov would not have been surprised had Roland Wimbledon copied the method of managing his territory from King City, although it was difficult. Even if the fourth Prince was known to be stupid and incompetent, he could easily fake his personality, and it was possible that someone might secretly teach him how to govern a city or even a country.

However, the assistant minister had never heard of the ideas and plans the prince was talking about. After working for 20 years at City Hall, including as an assistant treasurer, he was very knowledgeable about the structure and operation of the City Hall. Usually, the ministers take over each other's functions and do not care about each other's business, saving for some personal agreement.

Every time the king issued an edict, the ministers would give jobs to their subordinates. Each pastor has his own influence and style in doing things. Take for example the Steelheart Knight, who was responsible for defending the King's City in Graycastle. He had hundreds of patrolmen and mercenaries, and also had influence in the city's underground world. His style did something aggressive and reckless. Any villain who saw it, even if it was a noble, would find it hard to stay in the city. They must escape or wait to be imprisoned.

This applies not only to the City of Kings, but also every other city.

Therefore, in order to become a subordinate of a lord or king, one must first become a noble of an important family and line of work.

If one did not have enough money and food to recruit men, it was unlikely that many things could be resolved. On the contrary, the more people a person has, he will be more appreciated by his boss — everyone understands the principle that many hands make light work.

However, the prince's new way of doing things completely subverted Barov's beliefs. One new rule is that everyone, including ministers and their subordinates, will be recruited and paid for by the City Hall. This implies that whenever a minister is absent, he can be easily replaced, and someone from below can be promoted immediately.

It's a new system altogether. Barov was convinced that the prince wanted to create a completely different political system from the upper levels of the Kingdom of Graycastle.

Some might think that this was just Roland's fantasy or the stupidity of a layman. On the contrary, the assistant minister did not think so. He took out a quill pen and recorded His Majesty's request on paper.

As he read through the entire plan, he realized that everything was interrelated and consistent, and considered every little detail.

The first thing to do is keep “eating, drinking, and urinating” people.

Barov naturally understood that the greater the control over the people, the faster the decisions commanded by God would be executed. However, this significantly increased the number of supervisors needed. Where would he find so many learned men? Moreover, not many of the Lord's subordinates were willing to see the funds diverted to pay an increase in the amount of salary, which would definitely be a huge burden.

Barov then read the other two requests, each of which was to recruit commoners to the City Hall, and make education available to everyone.

He swept these two lines of writing with his fingers, and his heart trembled unbearably.

If His Majesty managed to realize this plan, what would the Border Town look like?

Anyone would be able to read and write, and thus when the city hall wanted to expand, it could easily find a large number of suitable people. Instead, this will encourage the universalization of education — will be widely known that those who receive education will have the opportunity to enter the City Hall, get a job with a good salary, etc, and improve their social status. But Barov feared that in less than two years, everyone would actively ask for education, or, if they themselves could not afford it, they wanted to send their children to school.

Without a doubt, only the devil could imagine such a revolutionary system.

Barov took a deep breath and held the God's Stone of Retaliation in his hand. He only had one question left: did such a benevolent demon exist?

He would be the first to disagree with any opinion that Roland was a follower of evil.

In his eyes, the deeds of the fourth Prince were equivalent to that of a noble king. In fact, even in the tales of legendary kings in the history books, no one cared as much as Roland about the life and death of his people. He stayed behind to guard Border Town along with his people and spent a lot of money to buy grain, so that everyone could pass through the Demon Moon safely; introducing extraordinary technology and equipment to develop the city; and somehow persuading the witches, who are considered to be Devil's accomplices, to use their abilities to improve people's lives.

Barov suddenly thought that if Roland became the king of Graycastle, it would not necessarily be a bad thing.

He remembered his father's teaching: “Don't say what you shouldn't say, and don't ask what you shouldn't ask.” He decided that it was best to keep his invention to himself at this time. If Roland was really a demon, he would have to deal with the church sooner or later. When they discover something wrong with him, Barov can then appear as a whistleblower and witness hiding inside the demon camp.

He rang the bell and called out to the newcomer to the City Hall, Sirius Daly.

Compared to the foolish and haughty knights, this young man from the Wolf Family could be considered outstanding. Although he maintained some of the arrogance of a knight, he was at least willing to listen to Barov's instructions.

“Teacher, what's up?” Sirius bowed as he entered the room.

“Your Majesty wants to establish a new ministry to be in charge of crop harvesting and crop supervision. Two internships will be needed to help take care of the documents.” Barov repeated Roland's request. “In addition, you have to go to the City Hall archive to find 10 people who meet the requirements, and then choose four of them. Even though they were ordinary people, His Majesty insisted on taking them to the City Hall. Any one of them who is of outstanding achievement might even become the Chief Supervisor of the Ministry of Agriculture. Yes ... “He sighed and continued,” You will follow them to record the results. When the spring harvest is finished, I will transfer you back here.”

“Teacher, I only need to choose two people.” Sirius lifted his chest and declared. “I am also very experienced in this field.”

“You?” Barov looked surprised.

“Yes! Before becoming a knight, I used to help my father manage the farm. I know a lot about wheat cultivation.” Sirius stop. “However, when His Majesty asked me if I had other skills, I did not mention this ... because I was worried he would assign me to the farm to work with the slaves.”

Barov was secretly pleased. If Sirius could be trusted, he had knowledge of farming as well as being educated. Even if the commoners joined the Ministry of Agriculture, he would undoubtedly be the obvious choice to become the chief supervisor. Due to the current circumstances, Sirius was on Barov's side, and therefore if he became the chief supervisor, Barov would have some influence on the ministry as well.

“Good.” He framed these considerations into promises of benefits, and nagged at Sirius. “Do your job properly. Who knows, you can even climb to a higher position than before.”

After Sirius left, Barov leaned back in his chair and exhaled lightly.

Since he now knew that Roland was a demon, he believed that he should hold onto power tighter than ever. As is often depicted in legends, demons always cherish ambitious people. And for Barov, power, whether given by a king or a demon, was just as sweet.

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