With a single order from King Gandhi, all first-tier citizens throughout Seth immediately sprang into action, rushing to the magic supply points to begin supplying magic power. After all, this was the highest-level command—anyone who failed to comply would be treated as a traitor to the nation!
Very quickly, all first-tier citizens across Seth mobilized. Including the public security forces, the guard units, and the army, everyone flooded toward the magic supply locations and began supplying magic. All work and activities came to a complete halt—supplying magic became the top priority. This also meant that Seth's national functions had completely stopped!
Upon receiving this news, Pentagram's leader, Nielson, was naturally overjoyed!
"Hahahaha, good, very good!!"
Nielson slammed the table and stood up, his eyes bloodshot. Just as he had planned, Seth's army and public security forces were now powerless to deal with them, and this was the moment for Pentagram to rise!
"Enter the second stage of the Liberation of the Motherland. We will reclaim the country that belongs to us! The land that belongs to us!!"
With Nielson's command, a riot by second-tier citizens erupted across the entire territory of Seth.
For the second-tier citizens, the rage that had built up from long years of oppression by first-tier citizens finally ignited completely at this very moment!
"You—you people, what are you doing?!"
Watching second-tier citizens storm into the magic supply facilities, the first-tier citizens inside were terrified. Under normal circumstances, second-tier citizens would never appear here, but now even the public security forces had gone to supply magic. Naturally, the second-tier citizens no longer had any restraints.
"Rob them!"
Staring at the gorgeously dressed first-tier citizens before them, the eyes of the second-tier citizens turned red.
"Rob their money, rob their women, strip all the clothes off them, kill all these first-tier citizens!! Kill them all!!!!"
"Get away! Don't come any closer!!"
Facing the second-tier citizens charging at them, the first-tier citizens roared in desperation. Yet they were bound by law to continue supplying magic and did not dare to leave. They could only watch helplessly as second-tier citizens beat their compatriots to the ground, slaughtered them, stripped off their clothes, and violated their women!
"I can't take it anymore!!!"
Seeing this, a first-tier citizen finally snapped and left the magic supply machine.
Although this was tantamount to rebellion, he no longer cared. If he did not resist now, there was only one outcome—death!
"I'll take command now! Kill all these second-tier citizens!! Kill them all!! Suppress the rebellion!!!"
"Kill them!!!"
Magic and blades intertwined, and a bloody, brutal struggle erupted across Seth's land!
Some first-tier citizens remained loyal to their duties, continuing to supply magic until their final moments, even as blades and swords fell upon them.
Some first-tier citizens refused to accept humiliation. Even if it meant violating national orders, they abandoned magic supply and fought the second-tier citizens to the death!
And the second-tier citizens did not care what was happening anymore. All they knew was that no one could oppress them now. They had to rise up! To resist! To return everything that first-tier citizens had inflicted upon them for hundreds of years—thousands of times over!
You bullied second-tier citizens, so we will vent our rage on your wives and daughters!
You slaughtered second-tier citizens, so we will slaughter all of you!
The time for blood debts to be repaid with blood has arrived!!
Now, we will make you understand who this country truly belongs to!!
"Report! Warnings of riots are coming in from all regions!"
"Report! Many public security and guard units have abandoned magic supply and begun fighting the rioters!"
"...…"
Hearing the incoming reports and watching the steadily decreasing magic levels on the display, Yamada Chizuko closed her eyes in despair.
Yet her ears were still filled with the merciless reports from her subordinates.
"Lady Chizuko, the number of second-tier citizens is ten times that of first-tier citizens. Even though first-tier citizens can use magic, they have not received formal combat training. They are powerless against such an overwhelming numerical disadvantage. Moreover, emergency requests for reinforcements are coming in everywhere. All public security forces and military units that were not assigned magic supply tasks have already been dispatched to suppress the riots..."
"But it's still not enough..."
"Yes. At the current manpower level, even suppressing the riots near administrative centers is already extremely difficult."
Hearing the report, Yamada Chizuko let out a silent sigh.
This was exactly what she had feared!
A tenfold difference in numbers!
If so many second-tier citizens rose up in rebellion, first-tier citizens would have no way to stop them. That was why she had always tried—again and again—following King Gandhi's will, to ease the tensions between the two sides.
She had feared this very day.
And yet, it had finally arrived.
"Lady Chizuko, should we temporarily halt magic supply and concentrate our forces to suppress the riots?"
"No."
Yamada Chizuko shook her head forcefully.
"We must maintain the security of the Maginot Line. Neither the army nor the public security forces can be reduced any further. If their numbers drop again, the Maginot Line will not hold!"
"Report!!!"
At that moment, an even more chilling report arrived.
"An urgent report from the front line states that monster armies are currently massing in the regions surrounding the Maginot Line!!"
"What?!"
Yamada Chizuko was stunned.
"Are they planning to take advantage of the chaos to attack Seth?!"
At this moment, the high officials present were all trembling, not daring to say a word.
In truth, it was they who had leaked the intelligence to the rebels. However, even these officials had not anticipated things turning out like this. Their original plan was to let the rebels attack the magic amplification devices a few times. King Gandhi, in order to prevent their destruction, would naturally reinforce defenses, and they could then use this as leverage to propose their own policies regarding the handling of second-tier citizens.
But they never expected the rebels to be this fierce—actually destroying three magic amplification devices outright!
In fact, not only did Seth's high officials fail to anticipate this—even Pentagram itself had not expected things to unfold this way.
Pentagram had dispatched four teams to attack the four towers simultaneously. Their thinking was simple: attacking one by one risked revealing their true objective. Since Pentagram did not have many members, they decided to gamble everything while the towers were still unaware of the danger.
Even Nielson himself never expected all four magic amplification devices to be destroyed. In his mind, as long as one or two were destroyed to tie down the army and public security forces, it would be enough. After all, Nielson was not stupid—if the Maginot Line were truly breached, they had no ability to deal with the monster races.
But by sheer coincidence, only the teams sent to the King's Tower and the Ammunition Tower reported success. Thus, Nielson believed that only two devices had been destroyed and that the other two teams had failed.
Even beaten to death, he would never have imagined that although the team sent to the Sun Tower failed, the enemy had a pig-brained teammate who destroyed their own magic amplification device!
Thus, in Nielson's view, although the Maginot Line was under pressure, it would definitely not be breached. That was why he issued the order to initiate the second phase of the Liberation of the Motherland—inciting second-tier citizens to launch a nationwide uprising!
If Nielson had known that not two, but three magic amplification devices had been destroyed, he might have reconsidered. Unfortunately... he did not know.
However, the Pentagram led by Nielson was now encountering trouble of its own.
"We must rein in this situation! Why is everything completely out of sync with the planned timeline? Where are the people in charge?!"
"We—we can't reach them. They might already be dead...!!"
Sitting in the headquarters, listening to the roars and screams echoing all around, Nielson himself had gone deathly pale.
After inciting the nationwide uprising, Nielson had confidently led his main force straight toward the royal capital. According to his plan, by making proper use of the agitated second-tier citizens, they would be able to suppress the capital and complete the liberation.
But...
What Nielson never expected was that shortly after entering the city, the entire force descended into chaos!
Originally, he had dispatched teams composed of second-tier citizens to seize various locations. But these second-tier citizens were not disciplined soldiers. Once they charged into the royal capital and saw the luxurious residences and beautiful women, they could not restrain themselves and began looting and abusing at will.
Any battle plans were immediately thrown out of their minds.
Naturally, the Pentagram commanders responsible for directing them tried to stop this—only to be killed outright by the rioting second-tier citizens.
Thus, the entire liberation operation quickly turned into complete chaos.
"The stronghold defended by troops in Sector C12 has been destroyed by magic! In Area D81, due to second-tier citizen riots, all personnel are injured and unable to act! Area A46 is in an emergency situation—due to second-tier citizens obstructing operations, they have now been completely surrounded by public security forces!"
Hearing this, Elizabeth's face turned iron-blue, while Nielson reached up and clutched his head.
"Why... why did it turn out like this..."
His ideas had been sound, and the situation had developed exactly as he anticipated—but Nielson never imagined that, in the end, what would block his path would be the second-tier citizens themselves!
Why was this happening?!
"Sir?!"
Elizabeth turned to look at Nielson beside her, while he closed his eyes.
"Hahahaha, it's over... completely over... no matter what we do now, it's useless... hahaha... hahahahahahaha!!!!"
At this moment, only despair remained in the depths of Nielson's heart.
Meanwhile... in Lisas, there were also those watching the unrest unfold.
"Hm...… a full-scale riot has erupted in the Kingdom of Seth? And the monster armies have already begun to gather?"
Seated upon the throne, Liya narrowed her eyes slightly as she finished reading the intelligence in her hands. She was no longer the love-struck, innocent girl she had been before Duanmu Huai, but the Queen of Lisas, radiating authority.
"Your Majesty, we..."
"Such an opportunity comes only once in a thousand years. Of course we cannot miss it. If Seth collapses, the monster armies will surge forward unhindered. When that happens, our Lisas will not be spared either."
As she spoke, Liya stood up.
"Order all Lisas legions to enter a state of combat readiness and prepare to assemble! If Seth truly cannot withstand the monster invasion, then Lisas will dispatch troops to assist Seth in stopping the monsters!"
As she said this, Queen Liya—yes, Queen—let a smile form at the corner of her lips. In her view, this was the perfect opportunity to absorb Seth's territory into Lisas. And as the Queen of Lisas... she would naturally not let such an opportunity slip away!
Although Liya might act somewhat lovestruck in front of Duanmu Huai, aside from that, she was still the undisputed, absolute ruler of Lisas!
(End of Chapter)