Chapter 75 Chess Hall
Although Roland decided to finish reading all the books before leaving the City of Origin, it did not mean that the two of them would hide in the room forever.

Sometimes when he got tired of reading, Roland would choose to put down the book and go out for a walk.

Since Roland didn't care much about the rewards, he solved a lot of questions piled up in the official forum and helped a lot of low-level spellcasters. Therefore, Roland's account had a very good reputation among wild mages and low-level spellcasters.

Especially those extraordinary people whose doubts were answered by Roland, they often boasted to others, and while showing off, they also mixed in some good words about Roland.

Therefore, in the City of Origin, Roland could often hear all kinds of good words and praises from the extraordinary people about him.

Of course, there are occasional discordant voices.

For example, there is a popular anonymous post on the official forum now.

The creator of the post drew on similar history of the Tower of Truth and combined it with traces of activity on Roland's account, and used a tone disguised as a rational person to demonize Roland's behavior.

In the end, the true evil face of Roland was revealed in a sarcastic way, and it was pointed out that the reason why Roland answered various question posts on a large scale was just to become famous.

Once this goal is achieved, Roland will reveal his true nature and no longer pay attention to these question posts.

Under this post, supporters and opponents of Roland’s account started a lively quarrel.

Those who support it believe that when judging a person, one should not look at what he says, but what he does. Moreover, they are all spellcasters, so why pretend? Even if Roland is just trying to gain fame, so what? Helping to promote a few words can save a lot of silver points and solve one's own problems. It's already very good, okay?

Those who oppose it think that those who support Roland are idiots. Since Roland's motives are not pure, then they are just a transactional relationship. He is just using us as a stepping stone to become famous. Why should we speak for Roland? What, did Roland give you money?

Regarding those who opposed it, Roland said, "That's right. He is indeed not a good person, so he should be put on the blacklist."

There were countless questions on the official forum, and Roland was not a fool. Questions were not difficult for him anyway, and it didn't matter which one he answered. So why should Roland help these guys who didn't like him?

In a chess hall in the City of Origin, Roland reserved a seat on the second floor.

Although he came to a chess hall, Roland did not come here to play chess. Instead, he came here to eat.

According to some posts on Wisdom Book, the food provided by this chess hall is better than many restaurants.

Eating is one of Roland's hobbies, so why wouldn't he come and give it a try?

Before the ordered food was served, Roland picked up the chess pieces on the table and played chess with Hela.

Of course, Roland and Hela could only play for fun, and they would stop playing when the food came.

The game played in this chess hall is international chess.

Although chess is one of the few intellectual competitive sports in Sinnar, for spellcasters, it is just a toy to kill time.

However, the main customers of this chess hall are spellcasters.

It’s not that spellcasters like playing chess very much, it’s just that they need a platform for communication.

It would be too unseemly for a spellcaster to gather in a tavern or restaurant like ordinary people. As for books of wisdom, they are not qualified to buy them, and even if they can, they don't have the money.

So, in order to find a platform for communication with each other, they set their sights on chess clubs.

This chess hall seized this opportunity and set up a platform on the first floor for spellcasters to debate and criticize each other.

Later, due to good luck, some customers who frequently came here were promoted to fourth-ring spellcasters.

The owner of the chess hall decisively spent money to reach a cooperation with these newly promoted and not yet wealthy spellcasters, and used their names for publicity, which directly made this chess hall a famous place in the Starting City.

It even came to a point where the only customers coming and going were spellcasters.

Just as Roland was leisurely playing chess with Hela, there was a sudden noise downstairs. After hearing the noise, Roland stopped playing chess and looked downstairs with interest.

The crowd on the first floor was divided into three groups. Two smaller groups were arguing, while the larger group was watching the show.

Hela also put down the chess piece in her hand and looked down. She asked curiously.

"What is this for?"

"I guess they started arguing again while chatting."

Roland responded casually.

As Roland was speaking, the crowd on the first floor began to rush to the platform in the center of the first floor.

Then, the servants of the chess hall rang the bells and drums on the platform.

As the sound rang out, the entire chess hall gradually became quiet.

The two quarreling parties sat on opposite sides of the platform.

Then, both sides saluted each other and began the debate.

After listening for a while, Roland roughly understood what was going on.

The Rose War that lasted for twenty-five years in the Silver Empire naturally had a significant impact.

Although the Tower of Truth is already a relatively independent political entity in the Silver Empire, and the members of the Parliament of Truth have no interest in a war of succession to the throne.

Moreover, they did not think that the Kingdom of Inter could fight against the Silver Empire.

The Silver Empire is the second empire of mankind. What can the Kingdom of Inter use to fight against the Silver Empire?

Therefore, the congressmen were optimistic that the war would end in a year or two at most.

Therefore, the Tower of Truth did not interfere too much in the Rose War. Only a few spellcasters walked out of the Tower of Truth as individuals and got involved in the war.

However, the intensity of the Rose War still exceeded everyone's imagination.

The war lasted for twenty-five years, countless people died, and ended in a situation where both sides suffered losses.

All the spellcasters in the Tower of Truth were shocked by this result.

Although the Tower of Truth enjoys a high degree of autonomy within the Silver Empire, its internal members are selected from all over the empire and have a strong sense of identity with the empire.

The empire's humiliating defeat suddenly became a hot topic in the Tower of Truth.

At the same time, with the end of the war, the Central Kingdom of Donnar quickly collapsed under the attack of the Green Tide, and the news of its demise also reached the Tower of Truth.

Therefore, many spellcasters began to think, why did the two human empires suffer invasions at the same time and both failed?
The two factions debating downstairs are new schools of thought that were born out of reflection and study the imperial system.

Although they also study magic like other schools, they are also exploring the future path of the human empire.

On one hand, some people advocated restoring the feudal system of Littorio's time and granting more autonomy to local areas in order to increase the enthusiasm of local nobles and rebuild the aristocratic corps during Littorio's rule.

The other side advocates centralization, depriving local autonomy, strengthening the power of the imperial center, concentrating the country's resources, and establishing and training an elite and powerful military force.

It is not surprising that feudalism and centralization, two completely different ideas, would lead to a dispute.

(End of this chapter)