Ryan arranged his things slowly, waiting for the caravan leader and the guards of Sike City to negotiate at the city gate. Three days later will be the day when the lord of Sike City, Senat, will ascend the throne and be crowned. In order to arrange this grand ceremony, Sike City issued a generous purchase list a month ago. Although Free Paradise has turned to Cassano under the leadership of Chilaviv and others, businessmen are based on profit-seeking, not to mention this The materials purchased by Sike City at one time did not involve military aspects, so a large number of chambers of commerce continued to smuggle the goods ordered by Sike City to their destinations.
"Sir, we didn't delay intentionally. We really didn't dare to reveal our whereabouts, so we had to go into the dense forest with a large amount of goods. In the end, we accidentally got lost..." The chubby caravan leader kept moving toward the captain of the city gate guard. He complained, but his hands quickly stuffed a heavy money bag into the other party's clothes.
"Well, since that's the case, then you should go in quickly, but I have to remind you a few words. You can wait until you have watched His Majesty's coronation before leaving. However, there are more rules in Sike City now than before, so you must remember Now, the city is under military control. If you go after dark, don’t leave the area where you are, otherwise you will live or die." The captain of the guard at the city gate held the money bag stuffed by the chubby caravan leader opposite and kindly looked after a few people. sentence, then took out a token and called one of his men to lead the fat caravan leader into the city.
"Cheer up, everyone. After we deliver the goods, we can have a good rest for a few days..." The fat caravan leader "Moneybag John" shouted behind him, and Ryan and other mercenaries shouted in unison. Agreeing, he urged the carriage filled with goods to enter Seike City.
This time, with the help of Freya, Ryan disguised himself as a mercenary and sneaked into Seike City secretly. His main purpose of coming was for the artifact "Mercy of the Gods". In the past month, Ryan and Freya... A series of researches have been conducted on the transformation of magic energy, and very good results have been achieved. Now Ryan can use complex magic arrays to transform the power of fire into the power of ice, and the mutual transformation between elemental energies has been pre-empted, but When he began to try to convert other powers into divine power, he encountered an inevitable bottleneck. Ryan had not personally come into contact with any divine power of the God of Light.
Although Fulia has several artifacts around her, these artifacts are all made using the power of the Moonlight Goddess. This power is completely different from the Holy Artifact of the Church of Light, the Burning Angel Staff. If the former is the bright moonlight , making people feel like bathing in the spring breeze, then the latter is the violent sunshine, directly evaporating all the darkness in the world. Naturally, there is no way to learn from the two. If you want to continue your research, you can only come into contact with the power of the God of Light in person, with Red With his current strength, it is very difficult to use the "Praise of Light". Ryan hopes that he can do this by burning his own soul, so he pays attention to the only one that is intact in the Church of Light. The artifact, that is, the "Mercy of the Gods" in Sike City,
It happened that Senat had issued a generous purchase list because he was going to carry out his coronation ceremony, so Ryan simply changed his appearance with the help of Freya and entered Seike City as an ordinary mercenary, where Ryan was. This caravan has nothing to do with Cassano or the Imperial City. It is a medium-sized chamber of commerce registered in Free Paradise. It has a clean background and there is no problem. Ryan also joined here under clever planning. He pretended to be a level 5 mercenary. William is indeed a person, but now this unlucky guy is secretly staying in the dungeon of Iron Fist Castle.
"Money Bag" John followed closely beside the soldier leading the team and kept chatting with him, hoping to learn more about Sike City. Maybe it would be useful at a critical moment. John's " The nickname "Money Bag" is very appropriate. His chubby appearance really looks like a money bag filled with gold coins, and John also carries a lot of money bags of different sizes filled with various currencies. , he had just bribed the captain with a big money bag at the city gate, and now he took out another small money bag and stuffed it into the leading soldier,
"Look, we are all foreigners. This is our first time in such a nice city. Can you tell us about the current situation here so that we can avoid being punished if we accidentally break any rules." Moneybags John said carefully. The soldier said,
The soldier accepted Moneybags John's money, so his relationship with him was naturally very different. Seeing that there was no one around, he lowered his voice and said in Moneybags John's ears: "Now the entire city of Sike is completely under military control. All of His Majesty’s people are his soldiers, because for those who do not join His Majesty’s army, His Majesty will not guarantee the safety of him and his family. Well, in the end, you just stay where you live and don’t go anywhere. You won’t be able to control what happens outside. Don’t ask…”
With Ryan's strength, even though he was more than 30 meters away from Moneybags John and the others, he could still clearly hear the conversation between the two of them. However, on the surface, Ryan still pretended to be a countryman entering the city and deliberately looked around. His expression was indescribable surprise. Unfortunately, when Ryan looked at it like this, he felt a little emotional in his heart. This was not the first time Ryan came to this city. He passed here when he and Alan Duo were adventuring together. Seck City was still a prosperous city. However, Now the whole city has completely changed its appearance.
There are almost no people in the once bustling streets, and there are no shops on the roadside, because the material rationing system has been implemented under Senat's rule, and everything was specially established by Senat, the second empire of Movor. The agency is responsible for rationing, and any buying and selling activities are illegal. Naturally, this shop cannot continue to open.
There are no citizens wandering around on the streets now, because according to the explanation of the soldier who led the team just now, all the people in Senat's territory must be compulsorily recruited into the army. They have lost their freedom and can only rely on Senat's will as their future. to achieve their goals, and as for those who were unwilling to do so, they all disappeared and were never seen again.
The city of Seike is now empty. Ryan and the others are walking in the middle of the wide street. There are almost no people in front and behind, and it seems unusually deserted. Occasionally, a group of people wearing soldiers' uniforms pass by in a hurry. Fortunately, There are still living humans appearing, otherwise Ryan would even think that this place has become a dead city.
"Hurry up and hang all these up." A supervisor on the side of the street picked up a whip and whipped his peons a few times, and then cursed fiercely: "His Majesty's coronation ceremony is only three days away, and you bastards haven't done it yet. Are you looking for death after finishing these decorations? If you want to die, cut off your head yourself, but don't involve me. You must know that if I can't finish this job, I will feel uncomfortable. Hurry up, don't be lazy. "
Ryan pretended to be nonchalant and glanced at the supervisor who was speaking, and found that he was directing dozens of ragged laborers to hang various decorations on the walls of the houses next to the street. Seeing the decorations on the hands of the laborers, Ryan was heartbroken. He moved slightly because he discovered that it was actually woven with mithril thread. Putting aside the value of mithril, generally speaking, metals like mithril are often related to magic. Could it be that what they are doing now The matter is also related to the magic circle,
"William, hurry up." Another mercenary next to him saw Ryan slowing down, so he greeted him,
Ryan was suddenly startled and said quickly: "I know, I'm exhausted from this journey. I don't know if I have any entertainment at night."
"Haha, you already miss women before your hair is even." The mercenary laughed and cursed a few times. Just as he was about to continue talking, he heard Moneybag John walking in the front loudly greeting them not to talk, so the mercenary used He looked at Ryan with a look that even a man could understand, and then continued to urge the carriage to go.
Ryan dealt with his companions and quietly cast his eyes on both sides of the street again. This time he observed carefully and found that there were various decorations hanging on the side of the road, and most of these decorations were made of mithril. Obviously, This can no longer be described as luxurious. Ryan believes that Senat must have some kind of conspiracy.
Since Ryan was now in Seike City, he couldn't see the whole situation, and it was difficult to judge what the other party was doing. He looked up at the sky, thinking that if he flew high in the sky, he might be able to figure it all out, but This is too easy to reveal his identity. This time, Fulia used a very clever method to disguise Ryan. She cast a transformation spell on Ryan, turning Ryan into a human. In this way, Ryan's appearance naturally changed completely. , this is originally a method commonly used by dragons and other races, such as Galib. As long as Ryan does not eliminate this deformation, there is no need to worry that he will be detected by the enemy using magic. However, once Ryan releases the flying skill, it will soon This may expose his strength. After all, there are not many magicians on the mainland who can fly freely.
"Well, let's tolerate it for the time being. I believe that no matter what the other party wants to do, it will not be effective until Senat is crowned at the earliest. I still have two days and two nights, which should be enough." Ryan weighed it again and again. , decided to go with the original plan to contact the spies here in Mochizuki City, and find the whereabouts of the artifact "Mercy of the Gods" through the other party. This was the purpose of his trip, and all other details must be given to this one. Things give way,
Ryan's brows jumped slightly, because he saw an inconspicuous sign on the corner of a closed shop on the roadside. It was exactly the sign that Clifford repeatedly explained to him. It was through this shop that the spies of Moonlight City reported to the outside world. Passing the news, due to Senat's adoption of the rationing system, the secret communication channel of Wangyue City was closed. However, Ryan believed that as long as he sent out signals according to the corresponding procedures, the lurking spies in Wangyue City would definitely appear. Ryan remained calm. Looking around, keeping the environment around this shop in mind, he decided to come here tonight to send out the signal.