Chapter 2357: thug

Edmund Fogel has been driven away. The tax collectors and customs officials he appointed at the time, some of which were locals, were also put on the "blacklist" by the "sons of freedom" and suffered cruel revenge.
One day in early May, a customs official named John Malcolm was exposed in an anonymous pamphlet. He was said to have served Edmund Fogel and was responsible for formulating the taxation plan.
At noon that day, a group of thugs broke into the home of John Malcolm and wrecked it, beating Malcolm himself, his wife and underage children.
After the mobs vented their breath, they dragged John Malcolm out of the house and paraded the streets.
The mobs stripped Malcolm in public, smeared tar on him, feathered him, and whip him, tortured for several hours. If it were not for a sudden rainstorm, the poor man would be beaten to death. .
The torrential rain continued until dusk, until Joan cast a spell to disperse the rain clouds-just as he did not long ago cast "Myth Control Weather" to create this heavy rain to disperse street thugs.
Standing in front of the coffee shop on the corner, watching silently as John Malcolm was helped by his family and fleeing home, Joan felt heavy.
Just as he was worried at the beginning, Alfheim’s street movement is evolving in the direction of violence, and those so-called "liberty righteous men" keep advocating freedom, but they cannot tolerate others with different political opinions and different choices. Qiao An's position and the use of rogue methods to brutally suppress the "royalists" and "neutralists" gradually aroused Qiao An's resentment.
The excessive behavior of the thugs cannot deny the legitimacy of this anti-tax movement, but after hearing and witnessing too many meaningless violent incidents, Qiao An's enthusiasm for political activities has gradually cooled down and he is reluctant to be involved in it.
In this process, what made him most painful was not the excessive behavior of the mobs, but the real awareness of his weakness as a little intellectual who was vacillating in the tide of social turmoil.
"People like me are not suitable for mixing political activities."
Qiao An sighed secretly, feeling lost.
When he decided to return to his hometown, the most important factor was to avoid the dispute between the colonists and the indigenous people in Midgard. Now his hometown is also trapped in a political whirlpool. What is the point of staying here?
Leaving Alfheim, Joan didn't know where else to go.
Looking up at the gloomy sky, the young mage felt depressed. Although the world was big, he could not find a clean place away from conflict.
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The subsequent evolution of the situation was far worse than Qiao An expected.
On the second day of the "Malcolm Incident", the Alfheim Colony Council issued a so-called "Loyalty Test Law", requiring all public officials, lawyers and teachers in the colony to sign a written pledge to Colonial councils and governments—not the imperial central government—sworn allegiance.
Qiao An disliked this approach, and what made him even more disappointed and even heartbroken... Mr. Jefferson, who has been dedicated to advocating free thought for many years, has not taken the lead in opposing this blatant suppression of freedom of speech and thought. Instead, the bill became the driving force behind the "loyalty test method."
Some people say one thing publicly, but do another thing secretly. Is this kind of person still trustworthy?
Thinking back to Rebecca’s evaluations of Jefferson, calling him a "hypocrite", Joan used to feel mean and harsh, but now he realizes that Rebecca might be misfortune in his words. This shocked him deeply and aroused him. The frustration of disillusionment of idols.
Qiao An is a visiting scholar at Leiden College, which is equivalent to having a teaching position. According to the decree issued by the parliament, he must also sign and swear on the so-called "letter of allegiance."
This approach made him feel sick!
Qiao An didn't want to be trapped by the political movement, and at the same time, in order to dispel the negative emotions in his heart for a long time, he decided to find a quiet place to avoid the limelight.
The day after the "Loyalty Test Method" was introduced, Qiao An asked for leave from the new principal of Leiden College, Mr. Madison, and wrote a letter to inform Master Rawls and all his classmates and friends that he was in a hurry to travel far away, and then cast the spell. Teleported directly to the "Cloud City".
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Qiao An went back to Yunzhong City and went to Old Book Old Man to transcribe the 7th-level spell.
The Old Book of Ancient Books was no stranger to his abnormal upgrade speed, and he transcribed a catalog from his spell book and gave it to Qiao An.
There are more than 30 7-level spells listed in the catalog. Excluding those that Qiao Ann has already learned, or there are better alternative versions, only 4 new spells arouse his interest, namely "Spell Reversal" and "Miracle". ", "7th-tier Monster Summoning" and "Mage Yangyan Palm."
The spells that Qiao An has been exposed to in the past generally follow a rule, and modern versions are often better than ancient ones.
After all, the times are advancing, and future generations always optimize the configuration of the old version of the spell on the basis of the predecessors. It is normal that one generation is stronger than one generation.
The "spell reversal" that Qiao An copied from the ancient book father is a rare exception.
This ancient version of "Spell Reversal" is even better than the modern version of the spell of the same name that Qiao An is familiar with. If it hadn't been for this version had been lost in the world of Vares, future generations would not have to "reinvent the wheel".
The creature protected by this spell can reverse the harmful spell directed at it and use it to attack the caster himself, making it self-defeating.
As a 7th-level spell, the upper limit of the magic power level of "Spell Reversal" is only 20 degrees. The number of spells that can be reversed within a round (6 seconds) is not limited, but the cumulative magic power level cannot be higher than 20 degrees, beyond this The limited part of the damage will be taken in full.
In addition, "spell reversal" cannot reverse regional spells such as "fireball" that attack multiple targets at the same time. At most, it can only protect the subject from harm.
The duration of "spell reversal" is proportional to the cast level.
With Joan’s current cast level, after blessing "Spell Reversal", he can continue to be protected for 25 rounds, which is still very practical.
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·Historical materials: American thugs traditional arts ("The collapse of the British Empire and the birth of the United States" [English] Nick Bunker)
When the cabinet was preparing to introduce a bill to close the Boston Harbor, North suddenly won a victory of his own in public opinion.
News came on March 8 that another despicable crime had occurred in Massachusetts.
In late January, a Boston thug caught customs officer John Malcolm, stripped him naked, feathered him with tar, beat him with a whip, and tortured him for several hours.
When he was on the Committee of the Treasury Department in 1772, North had heard of the violent US attack on customs, but he did not pursue it. This time, he must take decisive action.
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