From Wild Mage to Wizard King

What is Hela to me?

Roland sat at the table by the window, the bright sunshine illuminating his lower body and the table. He turned the syrup with a spoon in his right hand, looked out the window, and thought about this question silently.

Although Roland has been teaching Hela since the Northland, although the two of them are not in the name of master and apprentice, Hela has never called him master, and he has never called Hela apprentice, but they are still in fact master and apprentice.

So, do I regard Hela as my apprentice?

Roland turned the syrup and shook his head.

Not a disciple.

Roland did not regard Hela as his apprentice.

In the Northland, Roland regarded Hela more as a child who needed to be taken care of, just more obedient than ordinary children and would not cry.

After leaving the Northland and being active in Sinar, Hela grew up and matured a little, and Roland only took Hela a little seriously. After Hela was promoted to the fourth ring, he showed some of his thoughts about him, and Roland really indicated that Hela had grown up.

After realizing this, Roland officially regarded Hela as an adult with whom he could communicate on an equal footing.

Roland silently analyzed his memories and heart.

The reason why he taught Hela at the beginning was not only out of pity for Hela and the desire to awaken Hela's fighting spirit, but also because he wanted to have an assistant to help him cleanse the cultists in the North.

When he just recovered his memories of his previous life, although Roland successfully modified the sacrifice ceremony, he was still a little uneasy about how much knowledge in his memory could be used. It was always good to have an assistant to help.

The talented Hela would be a good assistant, allowing Roland to have more tolerance for mistakes.

This was Roland's idea when he was in the North, but now looking back on the past, Roland also glimpsed another key reason.

He was confused and lonely in the North.

Roland did not travel to this body, he was reincarnated into this world, and when he awakened his memory, everyone who had a connection with him had been killed by the cultists.

He became an orphan without any support. In this situation, although Roland set the goal of destroying the cultists and worked hard to numb himself.

After losing his home and awakening his memory, Roland felt infinite loneliness. He could not integrate into other human tribes in the North, nor could he integrate into the Kingdom of the North. The only choice was to keep warm with Hela, who was also an orphan.

But he still felt that he was incompatible with this barbaric world. The humans, orcs and orcs in the North made Roland feel uncomfortable and disgusted at that time.

When Roland stood in the alley of an unknown town in the North, beheaded the last slave trader who tried to capture him with a long sword, standing on a warm corpse, Roland thought about destroying everything more than once.

Roland, who relied on the blessing of the dark elemental world to become a transcendent from a mortal, was affected by negative energy. He was prone to countless extreme ideas and thought about sacrificing the entire city more than once to open the door between the material world and the dark elemental world and set off a crazy undead disaster.

Anyway, he had no sense of belonging to this world.

However, every time Roland gave up his chaotic thoughts, because he knew that someone was waiting for him, even though Hela didn't care about Roland at that time and was only thinking about revenge.

Hela was the lock that Roland used to restrict himself.

If it weren't for Hela, Roland might have already become a crazy lich, and now he would either attack everywhere with the Scourge of the Undead, or be killed by the Legendary Alliance.

So, Roland gave Hela the ability to revenge, and Hela saved Roland who was entangled in negative energy.

Roland selfishly kept Hela because he was greedy for Hela's dependence on him, who was also an orphan.

Otherwise, with Hela's talent, Roland could have sent her to the Spellcaster Association in the North.

Roland's eyes drifted away.

Although there was also the influence of negative energy at that time, in the final analysis, it was his choice. He was indeed selfish at that time, and his mind was full of only himself. This was his fault.

When preparing to leave the North, Roland, who had adapted to this world a little, also gave Hela two choices, whether to go to the Tower of Truth to study or continue to follow Roland.

To be honest, when Hela chose to continue to follow Roland, Roland was very happy and secretly happy in his heart.

It was because Hela chose to continue to follow Roland that Roland chose to leave the Northland and go to Sinar, and even planned to study and travel throughout the continent.

After all, Roland had traveled to most of the continent in the game, and many places were not very attractive to Roland, and Roland had no interest in getting involved in various major events in the future.

If Hela chose to go to the truth to study, perhaps Roland would choose to stay in the Northland, go north to find a sparsely populated place alone, and spend his life quietly.

As for the future civil war and disaster in the Northland, Roland did not care. The people who died in the civil war and disaster were ordinary people or low-level extraordinary people. As long as he became a mid-level spellcaster, he could easily survive.

Although Roland did not pursue power after clearing all the cultists, there was nothing to care about anyway. Even if he encountered an extraordinary person or disaster that he could not beat, the worst thing would be death.

It was Hela who gave Roland the motivation to move forward,

However, after traveling in the North and Sinar for several years, Roland, who was born in the Human Union, also ignited the desire to promote change after realizing the opportunities in the disaster of Dongnar. This became Roland's new motivation.

Of course, although Roland's motivation for moving forward has now been replaced by the War Council, Hela still occupies a large position in his heart.

Roland looked to the side, where a pair of lovers were snuggling together and feeding each other.

After glancing at them, Roland also retracted his gaze and silently sipped the sugar water.

Love?

Roland did not have that kind of love impulse for Hela. He should just be used to living with Hela.

Based on Roland's rich reserve of love theories, Roland believed that he did not fall in love with Hela. He would not feel uncomfortable imagining the scene of Hela being with other people. If Hela could find her true love, Roland would bless her.

If Roland fell in love with Hela, Roland should feel uncomfortable, but he did not, so Roland believed that he probably did not like Hela.

As for the discomfort caused by Hela's absence, Roland did not think it was a big problem. He could always adapt.

Yes, he could always adapt.

Roland lowered his eyelids slightly and silently turned the sugar water with a spoon.

He could always adapt..:

It should be so, but why do I feel a little lost.

Is it because the old father can't bear his daughter to get married? Or is it because the child has lost his toy?

No, I don't regard Hela as my daughter, and Hela is not his accessory. But...

Hela seems to like me. If I take the initiative, Hela may stay with him forever.::

This idea is wrong, wrong, this is a wrong possessiveness.

I shouldn't have this idea.

Roland shook his head, not knowing what this was. He glanced at the communication device in his hand.

If he was still in Renlian now, he could open a small account to go to the forum and listen to the opinions of netizens when he encountered such difficulties, but now, the committee's data network is still limited to official applications, and there is no forum function.

Roland sipped the sugar water and looked at the bright sunshine on the table absent-mindedly.

What happened to me?

Even when the restaurant closed and Roland packed up the cold and untouched dessert and left, he still hadn't figured out the answer.

Although Roland fell into thought when Hela was away, this thought did not affect Roland's normal performance of his duties as chairman.

Roland would not delay official business because of personal matters, and he could still work normally.

The entire War Committee continued to develop steadily and orderly. In March of the 57th year, the statistical report of the last province was uploaded to the Apocalypse Central Database.

After joint review and judgment by the Administrative Department, the Executive Committee and Roland.

On March 7, the War Committee officially announced to the public that the expected three-year reconstruction plan was completed ahead of schedule, and the expected self-target of the reconstruction plan was all exceeded.

The productivity of the War Committee has recovered and exceeded the prosperous era of Donnar, and the agricultural and industrial bases have been fully implemented and completed. In terms of people's livelihood, with the lifting of various material restrictions and the influx of cheap sugar, the happiness of the people in the committee has also increased rapidly.

In terms of compulsory education, the War Committee has also established a basic framework, which has been successfully covered at the municipal level.

The War Committee's ten-year economic plan has entered the next stage, namely: the seven-year development plan, which specifically develops and improves agriculture, industry, people's livelihood and education.

The reconstruction plan only rebuilt the various population settlements in the committee's territory, and there are still wide marginal areas waiting to be developed and constructed.

As the War Committee completed the reconstruction plan and prospered, a turmoil was slowly brewing in the distant Silver Empire.

In the Silver Empire's capital, Ginza, the War Committee's embassy in the Silver Empire.

Ambassador Randy from the War Committee leaned against the wall next to the window, opened the curtains, and looked at the veterans who were protesting on the street below.

Thousands of densely packed veterans who occupied the streets silently raised their flags and marched in protest.

Before the rise of the War Committee, that is, before 1453, the situation in Donnar could be said to be very bad. The victory of the Green Tide seemed to be visible to the naked eye, the United Army was on the verge of collapse, and the War Committee could not see the possibility of victory.

The Green Tide can devour the entire Donnar at any time, and with the momentum of a great victory, it can break out of the buffer zone, invade and attack the Silver Empire.

Therefore, in order to prevent the possible invasion and attack of the Green Tide in the future, the Silver Empire re-recruited the veterans of the Rose War.

During the Rose War, in order to motivate the soldiers, the Silver Empire once promised to give each soldier a salary of one silver coin per month, and promised various bonuses in battles.

During the war, these promised salaries and bonuses were not paid to the soldiers who participated in the war.

Moreover, since the Silver Empire did not win the Rose War, did not profit from the war, and even suffered heavy losses, the Silver Empire naturally could not fulfill its promise to the Rose soldiers.

Even if many soldiers died in the Rose War and did not need to pay salaries and bonuses, the Silver Empire could not afford the remaining huge expenses. Therefore, the Silver Empire agreed with the veterans to pay a small part first, and the remaining salary owed would be repaid in twenty years.

Although the Rose veterans were very dissatisfied, they had no choice but to accept the huge Silver Empire.

Moreover, in order to reduce expenditures, the Silver Empire began to use various means to reduce the number of registered veterans, cut the various promised salaries and bonuses, and a large number of soldiers who died in battle were judged as missing rather than dead in battle, and the pensions were constantly reduced.

In addition to these means, the pensions issued were embezzled by the nobles, and very little was finally received by the veterans.

Originally, the Silver Empire had solved the pension problem, but in order to fight against the Green Tide, the Silver Empire once again forcibly recruited them.

And this time, the Silver Empire made various promises again, but when they set off at their own expense and gathered together, Roland had already killed Kan Aozu, and the Green Tide was no longer a threat.

Therefore, the Silver Empire disbanded them again, and this time, the Silver Empire was not even willing to pay a copper coin.

This made it difficult for a large number of veterans to survive.

The pension was not much to begin with, and the lives of the veterans were already hard. This time, they wasted several months of their time, and they had to travel at their own expense. The last bit of their savings was also spent, and they didn't even have the money to go home.

Therefore, they marched in Ginza to protest.

Their demands were not high. They just hoped that Ginza would pay their salary in advance 20 years after the end of the Rose War. If that didn't work, they would give them some money to go home.

In response, the Silver Empire was indifferent. The ruling class ignored the marches and demands of the veterans and let them march.

It's not that the Silver Empire has no money. Although the Silver Empire does not have much money now, it can still meet their minimum requirements, such as: providing them with money to go home.

You can say that the ruling class of the Silver Empire is bad, but you can't say that they are stupid. They will usually pay this little money to appease the veterans.

The problem is that the current ruling class of the Silver Empire is not stable internally. The Silver Emperor and the Silver Family are now in conflict. Therefore, both sides know that the veterans are marching and making trouble, and they also know that giving them a little money can appease them, but both sides don’t want to care, and no one is willing to give the money.

In addition, both sides not only don’t want to give money, but also don’t allow others to give money. For example, religious organizations such as the Pantheon and the Knights of Radiance are expressly prohibited.