In any case, this street provocation was over for the time being. Ryan and the others simply went straight to the registration location. When they arrived, Ryan discovered that this place was actually opposite the military camp where the Royal Knights were stationed. Since registration must be done in person, , so when Ryan slowly stepped out of the carriage, he saw the knights headed by Angelo walking quickly into the military camp.
"Oh, I ended up facing off against Brother Orlando. I hope he won't blame me when he knows the truth of the matter in the future." Ryan thought silently in his heart, but he quickly put all the negative emotions behind him and cheered up. The spirit entered the registration room, and the real battle was about to begin. Ryan no longer had the power to be distracted.
The followers who followed Ryan to the imperial capital this time were all elite players. In order to train his subordinates, Ryan tried his best to encourage them to sign up. So, all of a sudden, more than 30 people followed Ryan and participated in this competition. For the competitive competition, if Barbara was not too young, had no actual combat experience, and her own magical strength was not good enough, Ryan would even want to sign up Barbara.
Originally, Ryan hoped that Vivian would also sign up, but Vivian smiled and refused, and Ryan didn't force it. He just said a few words and gave up. Having completed this most important thing, the only thing Ryan has to do now is Slowly wait for the conference to start, and then he will find a suitable opportunity to sneak into the Royal Academy of Magic and find a way to return to Victor's private magic tower.
By the time Ryan and his party returned to the pre-purchased residence and settled down, it was almost dinner time, and Ryan also received three invitations, one from Birmingham, and one from Fernando, the representative of the royal family of the current imperial capital Fernando. , thinking that the group of people who challenged Ryan today also belong to a certain member of the Fernando royal family, then one can imagine the content of tonight's banquet.
The second invitation was from the Finance Minister of the Imperial Capital. The invitation simply stated that he wanted to discuss Cassano's business dealings with Ryan. But now everyone knows that the Finance Minister of the Imperial Capital is a direct descendant of Faras, so Although Ryan really wanted to see Faras, he still forced himself to endure it.
The owner of the third invitation was beyond Ryan's expectation, but it was Orlando, the leader of the Royal Knights. This invitation invited Ryan to the banquet in Orlando's personal capacity, and the address of the banquet was just an ordinary small hotel. , Ryan has always respected this man who is known as the "God of War" among the people, but now is not the opportunity to see him.
Although Ryan left for three years, he still sent a small number of scouts to the imperial capital to inquire about information when he was in charge of Cassano. Coupled with the little information Allendo provided him, Ryan knew that now The imperial capital has been vaguely divided into three factions. One faction is dominated by Queen Catherine, plus many Fernando royal family members and most of the nobles. The other faction is dominated by the Grand Consul Faras, plus Luke's original subordinates and several members of the imperial capital. A relatively important official, with Victor's support behind him,
And this third faction is Orlando's Royal Knights and a large number of elite troops. It is precisely because of Orlando's existence that the conflict between Faras and Catherine did not break out, and the conflict between the common people and the nobles in the imperial capital was suppressed. After suppressing it well, now that Ryan came to the imperial capital, he had to immediately face the choice of the three factions. He began to have a headache.
The biggest purpose of Ryan's trip was to expose Catherine's conspiracy, rather than get involved in the never-ending political struggle, so he decided to reject these three banquets directly on Adams's suggestion. Since he was Cassano's The overlord has come to the imperial capital in person again, so his intention to make friends with the imperial capital has been fully revealed. As for which political faction he will fall to, it depends on which of you can offer a higher price.
So Ryan refused the banquet from the three families on the grounds that he needed to meditate in order to better prepare for the competitive competition. However, Ryan did not intend to really stay at home like this, so he just took advantage of the good opportunity tonight to sneak into the Royal Academy of Magic. It was easy to wait until night, when the Imperial Capital was the busiest. With the cooperation of Vivian and the others, Ryan slipped out of the house and disappeared on the streets of the Imperial Capital. However, the spies who were watching outside did not find the target they were monitoring. Already gone,
Birmingham's villa in the suburbs is brightly lit tonight. He has invited nobles from all over the mainland to attend tonight's banquet. The only thing the invited guests have in common is that they are close to the Fernando royal family. However, as the host, Birmingham Instead of socializing among the guests, he stayed in the secret room of the study.
Those who were in the secret room with Birmingham were all elites from the Fernando royal family. However, these royals, who usually have high self-esteem, now respected a woman in the room very much, even to the point of respect, because that woman was the Empire. Her Majesty Queen Fernando, Catherine, Her Majesty Randy,
Since she was traveling secretly, Catherine was only wearing ordinary civilian clothes, but it still couldn't hide her peerless appearance. At this time, she was carefully listening to Birmingham's report on Ryan and his party.
"The above is all the information we have at hand." Birmingham simply described all of Ryan's experiences from entering the city to returning to his residence today in front of Catherine, then thought about it, and added: "Tonight He has already sent someone to refuse the banquet, but according to the intelligence, the magician also declined the banquet of the other two families and concentrated on meditating in his residence."
"It's a pity, I thought I could win over the overlord of Cassano." Catherine shook her head slightly: "It was that guy's servant who provoked him today. Don't you know the importance of Cassano to the imperial capital? .”
"This..." Birmingham hesitated for a moment, but still spoke: "That guy has already begged me for mercy. He said that one of his housekeepers saw that the women accompanying Fabia were of good quality, so he persuaded him... Unexpectedly …”
"Stupid, if he can just snatch those women away, it won't be his turn." Catherine's cold words let Birmingham know that she was very angry now, and that the royal family who caused trouble today would definitely be unlucky.
Sure enough, Catherine continued: "I will be detained in your farm for three years, with the same food and clothing as an ordinary farmer. Without my permission, he will not be allowed to have any contact with outsiders. At the same time, all of us will be informed of this matter." , let everyone learn to use their brains to identify those who cannot be provoked before taking action."
"Yes." Birmingham didn't expect that Catherine's punishment was not very severe. Although for a dandy, it was already the most brutal torture in the world. If you lose your freedom, you can't look for flowers. I'm afraid many young people in the royal family will also lose their freedom. gain the motivation to live,
Catherine's words suddenly turned soft, and she said: "Since I am the wife of Fernando XIII, I will naturally support you and slowly restore the honor of the royal family. However, if all of us are such idiots, then we might as well be old. Go back to your own fief honestly and close the door for the rest of your life. I was able to become queen only because of the support of my people. Luke did not dare to usurp the throne when he held the power. In addition to being afraid of Orlando, he was also worried about the tens of millions of people in the imperial capital. be opposed to."
"Her Majesty the Queen is right." All the elites of the Fernando royal family here naturally knew this truth and expressed their humbly acceptance.
Catherine finished handling the matter, and after thinking for a while, she said: "As for the overlord of Cassano, let me go to see him in person. However, he may not stay at home tonight, so I'd better choose another one." Time, Cassano is very important to our imperial capital, everyone must pay attention to it, and must let Fabia join our side, otherwise the reputation will all go to Faras."
If they in Birmingham knew what Catherine was thinking when she said these words, I am afraid they would immediately fall in favor of Faras, because today the impulsive and lustful Fernando royal family provoked Ryan in the street precisely because of Catherine's influence. Catherine has already deployed people around the Fernando royal family who are attached to her.
With the death of Ibell and the damage of the Burning Angel's scepter, as well as the fact that some light priests are dissatisfied with Reid's management and leave the imperial capital of Free Paradise and other cities, this means that the once powerful Church of Light is slowly splitting. Therefore, Catherine's activities became more and more unconstrained,
The reason why the guy with sperm in his brain today was so bold as to send people to rob people on the street was because Catherine used some kind of magic that can control people's minds. However, this kind of magic is extremely ineffective on people with strong willpower, and The subject's consciousness will also become chaotic, completely turning into a puppet in Catherine's hands.
When Ryan was showing off his might and fighting back in the street, Catherine was watching coldly from the side of the street. The reason why she wanted to do this was to force Ryan to give up and surrender to the imperial capital. No matter whether Ryan, the overlord of Cassano, would stand on his own or surrender to other forces in the south, it would be better. Turn to the Imperial Capital, because only if the power of the Imperial Capital becomes weaker and weaker, will this continent become more and more chaotic, and mankind will once again fall into an endless war.
In total, there are now seven forces on the mainland, large and small. The Imperial Capital has lost most of the actual rule of the empire, the Clay tribe has occupied part of the Talun Grassland and part of the Hengduan Mountains, and the Sike City has been occupied. Moreover, Senat, which is separated from the rule of the imperial capital, Mochizuki City, which is constantly expanding to the south, Free Paradise, which declares neutrality, and the small, emerging Cassano Plain, as well as the orcs eyeing the north,
Seeing the resurgence of strife on the continent, which seemed to be falling into the abyss of the Hundred Years' War of the Seven Kingdoms, Catherine's heart was full of hope for her future. The ruler of a plane was definitely the supreme being. Catherine now With just the name of a queen, you have already enjoyed the pleasure of power. What a wonderful scene it would be if you could enslave hundreds of millions of creatures on the plane.
It's a pity that Catherine used blood as a medium to release the Lich Circle: Years, which caused her excessive consumption. After she woke up, she temporarily lost the ability to cast spells, and also briefly lost her teacher in the other world, the demigod. Due to the connection with the lich, although Catherine slowly recovered her magic after more than half a year, Faras had slowly accepted the power of her father Luke with the support of Archmage Victor, causing Catherine to miss the best opportunity. , and now she can only win over the unwilling Fernando royal family and slowly create all kinds of troubles for Faras's governance.