"All set!"
George, who is secretly probing Van der's thoughts with mental force, slightly raises his corners of the mouth.
Everything is within his plan.
After reading the books in the downtown district's bookstore, he had a certain understanding of the situation of the entireVALORAN continent.
Pit City is the richest city on the entire continent, even surpassing Noxus and Demacia in wealth.
However, in terms of overall strength, it ranks last among the ten cities.
If it weren't for the advanced firearms supporting it, it would be unrecognizable.
This is a world renowned for magic, but in the city of Pith, magic is rejected, considered dangerous and harmful. How can an ordinary person compete with those who can use magic?
Sure, at least Demacia has magic-resistant stones everywhere and armor that can ignore most magical damage, leveling the playing field for mages to engage in close combat. But you're just armed with a small arms rifle, thinking you can face off against their widespread magic?
The only truly powerful being worth mentioning is the legendary Wind Goddess GANA, who can summon a storm and destroy cities with ease, but usually only appears when there is no major issue.
If Van der doesn't want the new Zaun to be taken back by those members of the parliament and become what it used to be, he will definitely need assistance from the already partially powerful him.
Moreover, he is also the greatest contributor to this event.
The next day, under Van der's personal guidance, all resistance forces in Pith were completely cleaned up, and both the upper and lower cities fell under his control.
However, he did not kill the members of parliament and high-ranking officials, but only stripped them of their political rights, making them ordinary merchants again.
Van der is not Hilsurk, he is not as cruel. He wants equal treatment for the people of Lower City and Upper City.
Moreover, he deeply understands that in order to maintain the prosperity of Pith in the future, it will still need these merchants.
Especially figures like Professor Heimerdinger, Van der extended great respect, personally escorting him back to the academy that very day.
The advanced technology of Pith today is all thanks to Heimerdinger and his establishment, the academy.
Heimerdinger is also the only member of parliament who feels sympathy for Lower City. His academy also enrolls talented students from Lower City without discrimination.
"Sorry, I was drunk last night. Did I cause any trouble for you guys?"
George, who woke up from bed, helped to massage his forehead, pretending to be hungover, and asked the people who had rushed over because of his awakening, including Van der.
"No, no, absolutely not."
Van der quickly raised his hand to say.
"Trouble? Without your help, it wouldn't have been possible to take down Pith yesterday."
"That's good to hear. It seems I can't drink alcohol next time, as it leads to blacking out. This is not a good thing."
George nodded.
At this time, Van der's eyes turned:
"Little brother, you're saying that? How can you not drink? Drink less."
Next time, if you want to drink, older brother will accompany you anytime!"
"Brother?"
Xu and the few others looked at Van der, blinking their eyes involuntarily, and George was also somewhat surprised to say:
"Mr. Van der, what do you mean, brother?"
"George, little brother, you forget that we drank very happily yesterday, and you have already recognized me as your brother."
From now on, you, George, are my younger brother Van der and the revered Prince of New Zaun!"
Van der turned his head to look at Xu and Boombot:
"Come, call me uncle."
After the merger of Lower and Upper City in New Zaun, after much discussion among the people, it was decided to abolish the original parliamentary system of Pith and restore the ancient system of the Empire of Shureya.
However, New Zaun can't compare to the ancient Shureya. Therefore, New Zaun was established as a kingdom, and under the recommendation of the crowd, Van der became the king of New Zaun.
The process is similar to the Chenghui Rebellion, where Huang Taotao was installed on the throne by force.
Classes are something that have always existed and are inevitable. Lower City also has its own classes.
It's fine for those small leaders to follow Van der and fight for Lower City, but once successful, they will undoubtedly also want to gain honor and benefits.
Van der is also aware of this, so he did not object and sat on the throne of New Zaun as its king.
All of this is actually irrelevant because it's something that naturally follows.
What really gives him a headache is figuring out how to reasonably keep George and make George willing to become a part of New Zaun.
After all, he is from Demacia on the other side and may have a decent background and status.
After thinking all night, he finally had a clue.
Taking advantage of George's drunken talk, he directly recognized George as his younger brother and appointed him the Prince of New Zaun, second only to himself.
Based on George's brilliant performance yesterday, I think everyone will accept it.
As the Prince of New Zaun, ranking second only to him, he believed that George's mindset would definitely change. If New Zaun were in danger, George would certainly not turn a blind eye to it.
"Ah?"
George pretended to be stunned and looked confused, while in reality, he secretly gave Van der a thumbs-up with a smile on his face.
To come up with such a tactic shows that Van der is quite resourceful and not a rigid person.
"George uncle."
With Van der making various eye signals, Xu and Boombot reluctantly called out to George.
George looks to be about the same age as Boombot, so calling him "uncle" is quite awkward for him.
"Ah."
George first covered his forehead and then relievedly said:
"Since my older brother has recognized me as his younger brother, I am truly honored. And these two nieces, well, let's consider this a gift from an uncle to you both."
He reached out and pulled, and two ornamental great swords on the wall flew out and landed in front of him.
He spat out two jets of flame, and the great swords quickly melted into two balls of iron.
Then countless magical runes quickly flew into the iron, and the iron quickly condensed into a pair of gloves and a heavy machine gun.
He clasped his hands together and chanted incantations, causing various runes to fly in again.
"Condense!"
With a light cry, the two treasure items, fused and refined with both alchemy and smithing techniques, were completely finished and fell in front of Xu and Boombot. They glimmered with golden light.
With the alchemy he learned from various worlds and the Divine Machine Refining technique he had just acquired, refining two low-level treasures is something he can do in mere minutes.
Although they are only low-level magic treasures, they are still formidable weapons in Pith.
Xu couldn't help but pick up the golden glove and take it, then punched the air with all her might.
An invisible force shot out from the glove, and it directly blew a section of the room's wall apart. This was a wall made of metal in the Upper City, not the wooden walls of Lower City.
Boombot also reached out and picked up the heavy machine gun, feeling that it was as light as a feather. He aimed outside the wall that was blown through by Xu and pressed the attack button.
Countless flame bombs flew out, exploding in the air above Pith, both dangerous and spectacular.
"There are many functions to them. Drop a drop of your own blood on them, and you can take them back into your body at any time. Take your time to try them out."
George smiled as he instructed the two on how to control the treasures.
On the other side, Van der was completely stunned. He had not expected George to be a magic user.
