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"It seems we have a traitor in our midst, Mr. Alphonse."
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"Elvis. Yeah. The church of Barca was attacked in Peria. They're after money, more like silver. They were going to exchange the En for silver, so I guess they figured the silver would be stored in the church building.
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"It's not about the money. The Balkans worship that Lord Ars as their god. Elvis will not allow you to attack the Barkha cult. Please leave the hammering of these traitors to God to me.
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"No, I'm coming with you. This is a holy war. We need to show them what happens to those who attack the church. Come with me, Elvis.
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"Ha. I, Elvis, will see to it that these scoundrels are never allowed to appear again, and that they are thoroughly brought to justice in the land of Peria.
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The time has come.
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The time has come for the unprecedented money-fueled uproar known as the "En" to become a reality.
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The first country to be commemorated is the country of Peria.
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The country of Peria is located northeast of the Orient, and once held the city of Purge.
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The Barka mercenaries once dropped the city of Purge with their quick actions when the Orient was planning to invade it, but come to think of it, the village in front of the new Barka city was abandoned because the Peria nation scattered salt on it.
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That country has now attacked the Barka church.
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It seems that they are in a very difficult situation financially.
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The walled city of Purge was defeated in a battle against the Balkan mercenaries, and the area is now ruled by pro-Balkan people.
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Since then, no taxes have been paid to the Peria government from the city of Purge, which may simply mean that the revenue is decreasing.
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In addition, the recession that hit the whole group of small states has also affected Peria to a great extent, and the country has experienced several years of shortage of coins.
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And the last but not least, the entry of the Barca Church into the region.
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The Barca Church was also present in Peria, and of course, there was trade by the En.
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Thanks to this, business was going on to some extent, and the economy was supposed to be recovering from the height of the recession.
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However, the debt was probably too large.
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The Peruvian government seems to have become impatient.
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It is said that the Peria government has raised taxes heavily in an attempt to somehow restore its ailing finances.
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The same is true of the En, and there are reports that there are hints circulating that the tax burden on the rice that will be harvested this year will also be increased.
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The first to react quickly were the merchants.
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For merchants who spend money and trade in various places, Peria is not a place they can afford to leave.
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They would rather move to a place where they can do business at a better rate than to do business in a place where they will have to bear too heavy a burden.
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So the merchants left Peria.
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Some of them moved to the city of Purge, while others crossed over to the Orient.
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Aside from the tools of their trade, if they converted all of their wealth into en, they were able to move around with only their bodies, in the extreme, so the decision seems to have been made quickly.
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Thus, many merchants disappeared from Peria when they announced the heavy taxation.
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It seems that the people of Peria were indeed troubled by this.
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They get money by heavy taxation.
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They had made plans for the future in anticipation of this, but all of their plans were thrown out in one fell swoop.
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However, it is quite difficult to change plans once they are made.
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This is especially true when it comes to steering a country.
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So, let's take money from other sources to make up the shortfall.
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Therefore, they tried to impose even heavier taxes on farmers, who had originally been considering heavier taxes.
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The farmers did not seem to like that.
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The rumors of the taxation almost caused Peria to lose its coercive power among the people.
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This was not a good thing.
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There must have been some people in Peria who realized this.
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They immediately announced that they had withdrawn the heavy taxation plan again, but this did not bring back the merchants.
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I don't know if they felt this way or not, but they decided to take taxes from non-peasants this time.
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The target was the Church of Barca.
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But the Balkan church refused to do so.
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The Church of Barca refused to do so, because it was not engaged in production nor in business.
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It does not make sense for the Church of Barca, whose purpose is to serve the world, to serve others, and to comfort the hearts of the people, to bear such a huge tax burden.
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Incidentally, the Church of Barca does not strictly speaking pay taxes to the Orient, but only pays money to the Orient.
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It is a donation, or a contribution, or whatever you want to call it, but the amount of tax burden is not decided by the government, but the church is putting in the money at its own discretion.
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Thus, the Barka Church in Peria refused to pay the tax.
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It seems that the church has taken a direct action against it.
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They attacked the church based on the assumption that there would be a lot of silver in the church building.
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This may sound short-sighted, but it seems to have been a belligerent move, as they had previously been enemies with the Barka mercenaries.
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The local mercenaries are temporarily holding them off, but it would be impossible to prevent them if there are too many of them.
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We should go to their aid immediately.
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Thus, with Elvis, who was furious about the attack on the church, I led the Barka mercenaries to the country of Peria.
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