Ryan knew that the independence of Free Paradise was a mixed blessing for the Empire and the Senat rebels. For the Empire, the Empire was unable to take care of the situation here anyway. Instead of letting the Senat forces invade and occupy Free Paradise from the south, it would be better to By acquiescing to its neutrality, in this way, although the imperial capital will receive a large amount of tax revenue every year, at least Senat's power will not be able to expand southward. As long as the imperial capital firmly holds Seawind City, then the free paradise, Seawind City will be within reach. It will become a blockade that limits Senat's territorial expansion.
When Ryan was in the imperial capital military camp, he once learned about the situation in the southern part of the empire from the extremely realistic topographic map. Senat's territory was far smaller than the area occupied by the imperial capital, and the two sides were not comparable in terms of population. Although There are several small lords joining Senat, but they are all concentrated in the area centered on Seike City.
To the east of Sike City is Mori Town. Due to its proximity to the sea, there is very little room for maneuver, while the north side directly faces the imperial capital. Both directions are not suitable for large-scale expansion. Only to the south or west of Sike City can one move. Okay, but if Senat wants to expand his territory and extend his power to the Whispering Forest at the southern end of the continent, he must occupy Free Paradise.
Now that Free Paradise has declared permanent neutrality, the city is in a transcendent position. Although Senat has coveted it for a long time, he is not willing to create a powerful opponent out of thin air, because if Senat does not want to face the Imperial Capital at the same time, If we engage in a pincer attack with Free Paradise, we will inevitably be able to expand toward the west.
As a result, the focus of the entire continent is focused on the most important city in the west. Located on the edge of the Whispering Forest, "Wang Yue City" is known as the Magic City. Wang Yue City is one of the most important cities in human history. The history can be traced back to the ancient war era. The name of this city comes from the Elvish language and is closely related to the name of the capital of the Elf clan, Demon Moon City.
The name of Demon Moon City is a long string of Elvish words, which probably means the city given to the elves by the gods. However, I believe no one has the patience to recite that long convoluted Elvish language. I don’t know who gave it a magic name. The name of Moon City spread. It is said that the elves learned magic from the gods and later taught it to humans. Therefore, in order to commemorate this event, human magicians set up shop on the edge of the Whispering Forest where the elves live. The Demon Moon City was built and named Wang Yue City, which means that the Demon Moon City can be seen from here.
As the third largest city in the south, almost all the residents in Moonlight City know a little bit of magic. It is simply a magical world. There are special magic schools that teach magic to young people who are interested in magic for free. Although not everyone Everyone will become a true magician, but over time, Wangyue City eventually accumulated a large number of magic talents.
Ryan has never been to Moon Moon City, but this city was specially introduced to it by his magic teacher Delanai. When Ryan was in his hometown of Dense Fog Town, he was full of curiosity about this city. According to Delanai The teacher said that the entire Wangyue City is managed by a six-member discussion group.
This six-member council, as the name suggests, is a loose organization composed of six great magisters. The daily affairs of Moon Moon City are negotiated and resolved by these six great magisters. What interests Ryan the most is that these six The expertise of the great magisters is different. Each of them has their own area of expertise. This must only happen in the capital of magic. If it is in the imperial capital, the number of great magisters will definitely not be small. , but the types of magic they specialize in may not be as complete as those in Yueyue City.
The Magic City Mochizuki City is very similar to Free Paradise in some places. Although it belongs to the empire in name, in fact it still does its own thing and does not even pay taxes. Moreover, the Magic Guild of Mochizuki City and the Magic Guild of the Imperial Capital still have There are quite a few grievances. If nothing else, Master Blair of Moon Moon City lost to Master Victor of the Imperial Capital. This made Victor famous in one fell swoop.
Ryan told everything he knew about Mochizuki City one by one, and Faras also made a few additions after Ryan finished speaking. After all, the latter is one of the best students at the Royal Academy of Magic in the Imperial Capital, and the Imperial Capital The Royal Academy of Magic and the Moon City Magic Academy have been rivals for 200 years, and they are probably very familiar with each other.
The next goal of Ryan and his party seems to be very clear. As long as Moon Moon City can declare permanent neutrality with Free Paradise, it will inevitably block all four directions in which Senat can expand its territory. In this way, Senat will be inferior in land and population. In the case of the imperial capital, they are naturally at a disadvantage. This is also the ultimate goal of Ryan and the others' mission to the south.
Of course, the six-member council of Wangyue City is not something that Ryan and the others can meet just when they meet. If Ryan's identity as a magician still has some effect in Free Paradise, then when Ryan arrives at Wangyue City, he may throw a fireball and explode it. When there are 10 people, 9 of them are magicians, and the remaining one is definitely a magic apprentice.
Of course, this question does not trouble Ryan, because Ryan thinks of his two old friends, Lear and York of "Magic Hands", and these two masters who are good at making magic items were the magicians of Moon Moon City when they were young. One of the best students in the guild, and their teacher is Master Blair, who once narrowly lost to Victor.
No one knows who are the six members of the six-person council of Wangyue City, but since Master Blair is one of the most famous magicians in the south and has been living in Wangyue City, he should have some knowledge of the six great magisters. With such a relationship, things will definitely go smoothly.
Lear and York returned to Free Paradise when Ryan and the others retreated from Thor Fortress. With Flanner, a companion who was very familiar with Free Paradise, Ryan and the others easily found the "Magic Hand". Looking at the familiar environment here, imagining the expressions of Lille and York when they saw him again, he smiled slightly, and Flanner was not polite, walked directly in front of the team, and took everyone to the Magic In the hall of hands,
It is now afternoon, and the business of Magic Hand is pretty good. When Flanner and his six people entered the hall, a man about 30 years old walked up quickly. Just as the man was about to speak, But Flanner recognized him and said directly: "Jamie."
The 30-year-old man named Jamie was the one who led Ryan and his party to meet Lille. When he saw Flanner and Ryan and Allendo behind him, he immediately recognized them and knew that These people were friends of Master Lear, so they kept saying, "That's great, Master Lear has thought of you a lot."
Ryan nodded at Jamie and said, "Please take us to see Master Lear."
Jamie replied: "Okay, please come with me." After saying that, Jamie turned around and greeted another person standing aside, then led Ryan and his party out of the hall from the side door. The road was still the same. The road and even the flowers and plants on the roadside have not changed much. Ryan still vaguely remembers the scenery here and knows that the beautiful environment contains murderous intent. He whispered a few words to his companions and followed Zhan closely. Behind Mi,
Soon, the exquisite house in Lille appeared in front of everyone. Jamie knew that Ryan and the others were closely related to Lille and others, so he directly brought Ryan and the others into the house without any nonsense. Among them, the room was still filled with all kinds of materials, and the person still had the same messy hair. Even in a corner of the wooden table, there was still a large plate of cooled sauerkraut stewed sausages.
"I said, Lear, you forgot to eat again." Ryan smiled and said to Lear, who was concentrating on looking at a magic scroll: "It happens that we haven't had lunch either, so why don't you treat us."
"No time." Lear waved his hand impatiently and shouted loudly: "Don't bother me, damn, why is this magic circle used here? Shouldn't it be the wind element?" As soon as Er said this, he suddenly realized that the voice was a bit familiar. He had thought about it for a long time before, and his mind couldn't react for a while. He still lowered his head and thought in his heart: "Could it be Jamie? That’s not right, Jamie doesn’t talk like this…”
Lear desperately searched his mind for the owner of the voice just now, but he forgot that he could see who was talking to him just by raising his head. However, Lear, who was lost in thought, could not think of such a simple thing. Method,
Seeing that Lear was deep in thought, Ryan thought he was thinking about the magic scroll in his hand, so he walked over a few steps, looked at it for a few times, and then said casually: "This magic circle is used to surround it. Those three earth magic arrays provide mana, but if I do it, there is no need to go to such trouble. I can achieve the effect by replacing the third magic array on the left with a few spells."
"It's so possible. If you change it like this, wouldn't it be scrapped?" When Leal heard what Ryan said, he immediately retorted: "Well, how can you change this magic circle with a magic spell? Won't the effect be weakened? Yet."
"This magic circle does not require much magic power to fully activate the magic circle system on the entire scroll. This fire magic circle contains too much power. After it is used here, it will have to be used more... Spend a few magic circles to help consume a little."
"Hey, what you said is a bit ridiculous, but... ah, wait a minute." Lille suddenly said in shock: "Oh my God, if you change it like this, the whole scroll doesn't need to be so complicated at all. , as long as six, seven, eight... No, you still need a wind magic array to activate it, ah, only 9 magic arrays can achieve the effect."
Having said this, Lille suddenly raised his head and saw a familiar face in front of him smiling at him.