Ryan's words caused Luke and others to fall into deep thought. After giving everyone enough time, he said again: "So I don't intend to use my will to interfere with the fate of others, but this doesn't mean that I don't do anything. Transform Cassano into a larger and more open city. Here, whether it is humans, dwarves, elves, orcs, Nagas, dark elves from other areas, or even vampires and undead, as long as you like it here , abide by the laws here, and you are a member of this city."
"This..." After hearing what Ryan said, Orlando immediately offered persuasion: "Humans, dwarves and elves have always lived in harmony. There seems to be no problem if we all live together. However, races such as vampires and undead, in the past, They are evil enemies to us humans. If we acquiesce to their existence, wouldn't they cause a lot of trouble to ordinary people."
Orlando's meaning was rather vague, but of course Ryan could hear his worries, so he smiled and explained: "That's for sure, but even if we order the mass killing of these races, does it mean that they will not exist around us? Now, think about those vampires hiding in the dark, and then think about Catherine before, it’s obvious that the answer is no.”
Ryan continued: "I said that it must be recognized under the premise of abiding by the law. If someone kills people indiscriminately, then the law enforcement team will naturally carry out the most severe punishment. And don't forget that I am also a human being, so naturally I will not do it." If something is not good for us humans, the main population on this continent is also mostly humans. Even if we can relax some restrictions, the number of other races living around us can only be a minority. This realizes what I said before. Let us humans learn from other excellent races.”
"I still don't want you to give the vampires and the undead the right to live." Orlando shook his head and said: "What you said makes sense, but as our mortal enemy for many years, we cannot give them a chance to infiltrate. A Catherine has almost let The Imperial Capital is in doom. If the undead are openly allowed to exist in Cassano, wouldn’t it mean that our previous confrontation with the undead army had become a big joke?”
Seeing that Orlando's opposition was very resolute, Ryan lowered his head and thought for a minute, then raised his head and said: "Well, okay, the undead are not included in this, but can the vampires consider relaxing some restrictions? After all, they have The biggest threat to mankind is the blood slaves. If we can restrict them, it will not have much impact on ordinary people."
Orlando weighed it in his mind. His bottom line was that there should be no undead on the mainland. For this Holy Knight's biggest enemy, Orlando could not relax his vigilance against them. As for the vampires, if possible, Orlando did not want to give them any Any chance to get ahead, but now Ryan has made concessions to himself, and Orlando also knows that Ryan has a small number of vampires under his command, so he has no choice but to give in to Ryan's request.
After making up his mind, Orlando nodded and said to Ryan: "Okay, but the scale of the blood clan must be limited to a small range, especially in the development of blood slaves. There must be strict regulations and they cannot be allowed to expand arbitrarily. In addition, in order to ensure that the undead will not sneak into Cassano, I hope to send a team of holy knights to station there. Of course, they will not interfere with Cassano's government affairs, but only to assist the Church of Light there to better To prevent the emergence of evil creatures."
Ryan knew that Orlando's request was actually to expand the influence of the imperial capital to Cassano, but he didn't care about such a request. Since Ryan could allow the vampires, Nagas and other races to have legal residence rights in Cassano , how could he reject the Holy Knight and the Church of Light as humans, so Ryan said without hesitation: "This is no problem, as long as you pay taxes and abide by the law, Cassano welcomes anyone. In addition, we have faith The spread will not be stopped. If the Church of Light wants to develop followers and the Holy Knights want to recruit new blood, as long as both parties are voluntary, of course all these activities must be reported in advance."
Orlando didn't expect Ryan to even let go of this. He was a little surprised. At this time, Victor, who was sitting next to him, suddenly asked: "So, is it allowed to enroll in the Imperial Academy of Magic?"
"No problem." Ryan gave an affirmative answer: "My only condition is that you can only set up a local branch in Cassano and train locally selected talents here. All this must be done voluntarily by both parties. Go on, as for the talents you have trained, it will be up to them whether they want to stay in Cassano or go to the Imperial Capital in the future, Cassano will not interfere."
After hearing what Ryan said, Victor did not show an expression of joy on his face. Instead, he asked solemnly: "So the Magic Guild of Moonlight City can recruit students at will in Cassano."
"It's not just them, even the Naga Military Academy in the underwater world can come." Ryan said generously: "In my vision, Cassano will be an open metropolis in the future, like this All behaviors are naturally allowed. If the Cassano Magic Guild cannot compete with you, then let it close itself. Although I have the title of president of this guild, I will not use laws to interfere with the specific operations. Everything goes smoothly. It’s natural.”
"This trip to the bottom of the sea, Ryan, you have changed a lot. At least when you just entered the legendary powerhouse, you may not have been so courageous." Victor said: "Don't worry about us. Are you poaching all the excellent talents from Cassano?"
"Haha, two edelweiss rabbits were fighting over a piece of green grass next to them, but they didn't know that hundreds of hungry wind wolves had quietly appeared around them." Ryan did not answer Victor's question directly, but said casually An immature fable came out: "Instead of doing this, it is better to let the strongest snow velvet rabbit be full. Maybe it still has a chance to escape."
Victor completely understood what Ryan meant. He stopped asking questions. Instead, Luke said: "Okay, today's business is almost done. Ryan, you guys have been working hard all the way, why don't you go back and get some rest early."
After Ryan and Faras left, Luke sighed and said with resentment: "My daughter, now she doesn't care about the interests of the imperial capital at all, and only focuses on Ryan."
"Okay, you don't know what success will look like mentally." Victor deliberately mocked Luke and said, "Send them away. You must have something to say to us."
Luke nodded. He took a sip of the finest Bordeaux, cleared his throat, and said, "What advantages does a strong man in the field have over a legendary strong man?"
"Far bigger than the gap between you and me." Victor explained: "In the underwater world, Ryan and Faras teamed up to kill dozens of legendary powerful men in one battle. I believe that There are many beings stronger than me. Now Ryan has far surpassed my strength. Fortunately, he has no ambitions for power. Otherwise, the entire continent, well, it should be said that the entire plane will fall into a war that is more dangerous than the undead army. catastrophe."
"So I made a mistake just now, but it's good, at least I've settled something on my mind." Luke nodded, took another sip of the best Bordeaux, and then said slowly: "I believe what Ryan said just now is Sincerely, he would never deceive others with lies. Well, the word no is not accurate enough. To be precise, it should be disdain. Since he is willing to create an open Cassano, it means that he is committed to unifying the entire plane. There’s no interest anymore.”
"I have always been committed to making the people under my rule live a better life, but after I died once, I discovered that actually everything I did may not be meaningful." Luke said meaningfully: "Holy The Alliance Empire is a very big ship, but two hundred years of travel have already overwhelmed it. I may be able to repair it, but I can't prevent the final fate of this ship at all. The more I do, the more I do. The more you do, the better, but in fact it is a shackles for the passengers on the ship.”
"Luke, don't you want to..." Orlando was startled, and he asked in a deep voice: "This is a major matter that affects tens of millions of lives and deaths. You must not be confused. Besides, we can be where we are today. , all thanks to the cultivation of His Majesty Fernando XII, how can we be ungrateful."
"No, you misunderstood. I wouldn't do that kind of thing." Luke shook the crystal cup in his hand and continued to say slowly: "I mean, should we consider another future? The empire has always been We hope to unify the north and the south, but as you have seen over the years, the cities in the south do not think they should be under our rule at all. Even with the rise of Ryan, the southern lords will turn to the elves and reach a six-party agreement with us. Alliance, to take a step back, Ryan helped us unify this country with all our strength. Orlando, tell me, can this empire be passed down for thousands of years like Naga."
Orlando shook his head. Although he was a holy knight, he was not the kind of extreme defender, nor the kind of desperate fanatic believer, so he would not be lost in his piety to the God of Light and his loyalty to the Fernando royal family. Orlando himself knew very well that even if the empire went south to unify the entire continent by force, this country would probably be on the verge of collapse within a hundred years, and the first to cause problems would definitely be the lords in the south. To put it simply, the entire continent There are still many differences in human thought, and there is a lack of foundation for building a unified and powerful empire.
"So, since Ryan wants to use Cassano to take the first step of integrating humans on the entire continent and allowing all races on the continent to live in harmony, why don't we take advantage of the situation." Luke said leisurely: "As Ryan said just now In that case, the main population of this continent will be humans. If we can eliminate the differences between the north and the south through long-term exchanges and migration, a brand new and united new race will emerge. By that time, even if we don't want to establish a real It is impossible to unify the empire, and in the process of this integration, our imperial capital has the largest population and the strongest strength. If we cannot take advantage of the situation and occupy the dominant position of the emerging race... "