Chapter 1705: 464 Ether Star Core and the Theft of Authority_2
“It was at this point that a turning point erged.”
Matthew looked at the Butterfly with so confusion, not understanding why the other had suddenly begun to recount the history of Order City to him.
However, there was still so ti left in the chicken-eating contest to compete for the ultimate victory.
So he listened patiently.
The Butterfly continued:
“They relied on signing contracts with Elental Life to establish an even more universal order within Canning.”
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“Elental Life is not naturally the maintainer of absolute order, but in Canning, they are the synonyms of order.”
“The reason is simple; limited by their inherent single elent, Elental Life has no authority to actively enter the material world.”
“Yet, entering the material world is a common desire for all life forms, both inner and outer.”
“The founders of Canning exploited this desire by signing contracts with various Elental Tribes, allowing these Elental Lives to stay in the material world through long-term summoning. In return for their stay, they had to beco the maintainers of order for the city of Canning.”
“Most Elental Lives are very powerful, far stronger than ordinary people, and the Elental Elders are Legendary-level beings capable of suppressing ordinary legendaries.”
“Canning thus entered a period where extraordinary individuals gradually beca less active, and order was progressively established.”
“Look, this is the intelligence of humankind; we always find loopholes in the rules and create conditions favorable to us.”
“For the founders of Canning, having the chaotic-natured elents born from the Ether to build their envisioned City of Order was already incredibly satisfying.”
“But for , the current situation is still far from enough.”
“This is also an important reason why I left ho for an extended ti when I was young.”
Matthew said thoughtfully:
“Do you want to establish an even more extre order?”
The Butterfly shook its head:
“Not at all.”
“To outsiders, Canning, guarded and ordered by powerful elental creatures, already appears to be a perfect city.”
“But only those who have lived here for a long ti know that the so-called order is built on the notion that ‘Elental Life is above others’.”
“The Elental Law Enforcent Team has imnse power within the city, which has caused the authority of the city lords, like the Ingrams, to inflate indefinitely.”
“Although in most cases the Elental Lives will follow the agreents signed with us and maintain order as much as possible, in many details, their discretionary decisions can often seem ridiculous or heartless.”
“Many years ago, I realized that Fire Elents are prone to rage, and petty thieves caught by them could face severe punishnt—
The most typical was a case of ho robbery.”
The team was led by a Fire Elent creature who, during the enforcent, failed to find the burglar but instead stumbled upon an extraordinary scene of adultery.
The Fire Elent was clever.
It imdiately realized it was being used.
So, in a fit of rage, the Fire Elent without a word burned the adulterers to death, along with the person who falsely reported the burglary, using fiery execution.”
The Law Enforcent Team’s verdict afterwards was that the Fire Elent’s actions were acceptable, just a bit excessive, it shouldn’t have also burned down the neighbor’s house… ”
At this point.
A look of deep self-mockery appeared on the Butterfly’s face:
“You may find this absurd, but believe , in the past decades, Canning City has been full of similar cases.”
“Fire Elents are just irritable, but overall, they are bearable.”
“Air Elents are wicked and cunning, often accepting bribes, liking to play both sides, and it’s common for them to turn their backs on people after the deed is done.”
“Water Elents are indifferent and fickle, changing their enforcent standards daily, often overturning their own previous on-site judgnts, leading to a lot of ineffective work.”
“Earth Elents are domineering and arrogant but tend to be forgetful; they’re sowhat illiterate too and have caused many laughable incidents.”
He sighed:
“I can understand the intention of our ancestors in bringing in Elental Life to manage humanity and other intelligent life forms.”
“Compared to the intelligent life of the material world, Elental Life is much simpler and generally fair, and the ergence of Canning in Northland is already comndable progress.”
“But for personally, it is not enough, far from enough!”
“To improve Canning now, we need to achieve at least the following two things—”
“Firstly, better control over Elental Life, ensuring that while they enforce the law, they also adhere to it themselves, which is very important.
The contracts signed between the Truth Sect and Elental Life are relatively equal, and have lasted a bit too long, thus losing effectiveness.
I plan to sign a new contract with them.
This is not an easy task.
Luckily, I am close to completion.”
“The second point, which is also a premise for achieving the first, is that we in Canning must also possess trendous power, a power that is not owned by an individual but controlled by an elite decision-making body—”
But discussing this is still a bit premature.
In summary.
In order to better control the elental life in the city and to deal with powerful beings like you, I’ve made a little invention… ”
With that said.
The Butterfly suddenly pulled out a small orb flashing with dazzling starlight from its sleeve.
The orb was silver-white on the outside with a highly complex structure inside, at least seven or eight layers deep.
Between each layer, there floated a great deal of dust-like substance resembling star clouds.
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