This whole day's trip to the imperial capital ended almost perfectly under the guidance of Bard. The reason why it was said to be almost perfect was mainly because Vivian was very unhappy because she really couldn't figure out why Ryan wanted to Accepting a useless person who is not good at anything, and the impression Bud left on Vivian was really bad. What Vivian hates most in her life is that kind of self-righteous messenger of justice.
At night, when Vivian was alone with Ryan in his room, Ryan slowly expressed his thoughts. Bud's words of "dreams and reality" really touched Ryan. Since as long as If you can give others a chance to realize their dreams with just a few words, then Ryan won't be stingy about speaking up.
If Bud performs very well, then Ryan has picked up a talent for nothing. But if Bud is useless, then Ryan will treat Bud favorably, because this is equivalent to giving a signal to others: even Bud is like that. Cassano can reuse scrap materials. If you think you are better than Bard, then come and do it quickly.
Vivian burst out laughing after listening to Ryan's explanation. That Bud thought that Ryan gave him a chance to realize his dream, but why didn't Ryan take advantage of Bud's intention? In this way, Cassano did not At a disadvantage, Bard's own strength no longer matters,
With her worries relieved, Vivian returned to her room and had a good sleep. On the next day, everyone got up early because today would be the drawing ceremony for the entire competitive competition. According to the news from her subordinates, According to information, there are more than 7,000 people registered for this Royal Athletic Competition. This number has not been reached in almost 150 years except in the early days of the establishment of the imperial capital.
Everyone in the Imperial City regards this competitive competition as the beginning of the restoration of honor for the entire empire, and the reason why the Imperial Capital wants to hold this competition again has this meaning in itself. After the orcs attacked the Imperial Capital, the vitality of the Imperial Capital was severely damaged, and the entire empire Naturally, there was great instability. The most infuriating thing was Senat's announcement of breaking away from the rule of the empire.
Now that the Imperial City is slowly recovering its vitality, 500,000 new recruits have been trained, and the entire city has been given a new look. Naturally, it is necessary to restore the Imperial Capital's dominance over the entire empire, so this time the Royal Athletic Competition was held. Among the 7,000 applicants Although there are only 300 people from the imperial capital area, everyone is selected from the army and is recognized as a strong person in the army.
Since this time the conference was changed back to the original competition format, Grand Archon Faras also ordered to abolish the ban on participating in a competitive competition again and allowed everyone to register for the competition. As long as he is a subject of the empire, of course it is legal. It is also obvious for Lusi to do this. After all, the imperial capital has tried its best to hold a conference, but let outsiders dominate the entire competition. Not only will the imperial capital fail to achieve the intended results, but it will be greatly embarrassed in front of everyone.
According to past competition experience, only brave and strong warriors and pious and respectful knights have won the most championship titles, so Faras will select the best talents from the Imperial Army and the Royal Knights to participate. If it were not for Orlando and Victor has a prominent status, so Faras has the idea of letting them take action.
The entire lottery ceremony was not held in the arena because there were too many people participating, so Ryan and the others hurried to the lottery location after breakfast, the central square of the Imperial Capital. Today, Her Majesty Queen Catherine and the Grand Consul Guan Falasi will participate in the entire lottery ceremony at the royal viewing platform, and the rebuilt central square of the imperial capital will also be named Catherine Square to commemorate the thrilling battle three years ago.
Ryan's position to watch the lottery today is quite good. Of course, this was not occupied by Ryan's men early, but was specially arranged by the Imperial City. After all, Farasi's invitation letter made it very clear that as long as this competitive competition is All the people of the empire can participate, and the overlord of Cassano personally led a team to the imperial capital and signed up to participate. Wouldn't this show his greatest sincerity to the imperial capital? How could the imperial capital not treat him well
Before setting off, Ryan knew that he would not be able to escape the endless political entertainment. Sure enough, after they arrived at Catherine Square, the officials responsible for the reception in the imperial capital swarmed them. As Ryan, of course, he did not need to be polite to them. , that is, Adams came forward and dismissed them with a few words.
Ryan sat on the side of the viewing platform. This is the area specially arranged for the Cassano Plain in the imperial capital. The only people who can have this kind of privilege on the royal viewing platform are Wangyue City and Freedom Paradise. Like Wangyue City, That is to say, Mayne, who had a fight with Ryan, led the team, and as a senior magician, he did not sign up at all. As for the declaration of a neutral free paradise, the Merchant Federation simply issued a mission in the Mercenary Guild. , and then the mercenaries who took over the mission came together. The chubby guy who led the team was said to be a steward of a certain business group owner in the merchant association. He was the kind who basically didn't talk, and even what he said didn't count.
All in all, the guest with the highest status who can sit on the auditorium this time is Ryan. Although this overlord of Cassano, whose pseudonym is Fabia, occupies a small territory and does not rule a large population, But it occupies a very important position. From the map, if the city of Seike in Senate is the transportation artery connecting the north and the south in the east of the mainland, then the Cassano Plain in the west of the continent is also the transportation artery connecting the north and the south. ,
Especially after the orcs occupied Sunrise City, it was difficult for the imperial capital to communicate with Seawind City in the south. It lost sea transportation, and Senat firmly controlled the transportation in the eastern part of the mainland. The imperial capital wanted to regain control of the southern lords. can only rule through Cassano,
If the Imperial Capital now has the enclave of Cassano, the Royal Knights of the Imperial Capital can attack Moon Moon City or the City of Liberty within 2 days, maximizing the pressure on the lords in the south. If they lose this place, then the Imperial Capital will Control over the southern part of the continent completely disappeared.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Ryan and his party received preferential treatment in the imperial capital. If the imperial capital was not now divided into three factions: Catherine, Faras and Orlando, I am afraid that officials with sufficient weight would have come to visit them, and Ryan declined three of them that night. The banquets held by the political factions also caused the three parties to misunderstand his intentions, thinking that Ryan was for sale.
Therefore, Orlando stopped contacting Ryan in order to avoid suspicion. As a soldier, he would not get involved in political struggles. He invited Ryan to the dinner just out of curiosity. After all, a magician unified Cassano alone. This counts. The above is a glorious deed. As a soldier, Orlando learned the whole story through the scouts, but after all, the retelling of the person involved was more true.
Faras naturally had to worry about Catherine's methods. At the same time, in order to succeed in the battle, she and her subordinates negotiated urgently to come up with a condition that was enough to attract Ryan. As for Catherine, she had no intention of winning over Ryan. Cassano was independent. Or turning south would make things worse for the imperial capital, and would be more in line with Catherine's plan.
Ryan could not have imagined that all kinds of things would happen in the imperial capital because of his arrival. As for the murders on the street on the first day, Farasi had already used the power at his disposal to suppress them. If Ryan killed innocent civilians, Farasi would definitely She would not sit idly by, but Ryan was killing a group of guys who had done all kinds of bad things in normal times, and now they were actively provoking them, so Farasi selectively ignored them.
Now Ryan is sitting in his seat, looking rather bored at the crowds of people below. This is not the first time he has seen this kind of scene. When he was here to snipe the Beast King with all his strength, Ryan also witnessed a similar scene, only However, the people in the audience were fighting bloody battles, and the ground was covered with corpses. If given the choice, Ryan even hoped that he would never see that scene again in his life.
But for Vivian, this was the first time she saw such a spectacular sight, and it was inevitable that she would be amazed from time to time. At least 600,000 people came to Catherine Square today, which is more than the entire Cassano people. Even the well-informed Adams kept sighing. After arriving in the imperial capital, he also experienced the insignificance of Cassano, and his heart was full of feelings.
The only ones who could sit in the front row with Ryan were Vivian and Adams. The attendants like Barbara, Sophie, and Bud could only stand behind them. Even Julia, who had been depressed all day long, was attracted by the magnificent scene in front of her. A scene that attracted, not to mention those entourage who never left Cassano,
The lottery ceremony finally began. Archbishop Reid, accompanied by eight senior magicians, came to a large wooden barrel filled with folded notes. Here, a total of 7,672 names of registrants were put in, and Lei Germany has to pull out these small slips of paper with names one by one in order to determine the venue and opponent for their game.
Due to the large number of participants, the Imperial City adopted the method of dividing the competition venues. A total of 16 competition venues were arranged in different locations in the Imperial City for the participants to compete in the knockout rounds. Each 128 people were in a group. Each game was one-on-one. The winner Your opponent can advance, and the final winner of the group can advance to the next round.
In this way, there will be about 60 people who will advance to the next round, that is, the finals, and they will draw lots again to compete for the final championship. Of course, according to the usual rules of the Imperial City, anyone who can enter the second round can Get re-use from the imperial capital, or get generous bonuses,
The whole lottery process is boring, but also worth looking forward to. Many people burst into tears after drawing a good lottery, but some people cursed after being assigned to a group with a strong enemy. As for Ryan, he has been talking to Weiwei next to him. An was joking, occasionally listening to the entourage behind him talking about some relatively good players, and even casually commenting on their names, as if he didn't take the draw to heart.
In fact, Ryan now hopes to see Farasi more after three years of separation, but he is afraid that he can't help but recognize Farasi on the spot, so he controls his desire with great willpower, and throughout the lottery ceremony During the three and a half hours that went on, I didn’t even look at Farasi at the top of the auditorium.