"Thousand-year-old ancient capital..." Regnar looked at this majestic and vicissitudes of capital, and then murmured in shock.
He had long heard about how majestic and prosperous the city was for thousands of years, but when he actually saw the city, Regnar realized that those rumors had not exaggerated the city. On the contrary, Regner even felt that the words in the rumors were completely insufficient to describe the shocking feeling this city brought to people.
In terms of area alone, the thousand-year-old capital should be second to none in the world. This city covers an area of more than 50 square kilometers based on the city wall alone, which is 1.7 times the area of Meteor City in the Eastern Continent and about 2 times the size of Melinder, the imperial capital of the Hawke Empire. Its city walls are also towering into the clouds, much higher than the Tide City that Regnar climbed.
Strangely enough, when Regnar saw this city. Inexplicably, he began to think about how to attack the city. Although he has not received any systematic military training, and he is not talented in commanding marches and fighting. But at any rate, he also learned a lot of military knowledge intentionally or unintentionally in the past few years.
Taking into account the height and thickness of the city wall, the population in the city, the defense within the city, and various information. Regnar came to the conclusion through rough estimation: This is a city that is almost impossible to capture from the outside. If you don't count Malolite and Kevin, who has been missing, at least with what the Hawke Empire currently has. Two hundred thousand troops were unable to capture the city head-on. The only feasible way... seems to be siege. According to the information in his hand, Regner estimated that even if the siege did not take five to ten years, he would probably not be able to siege it.
Thinking of this, Regnar also understood that although the two empires seemed to be on the same side, it would be very difficult for either side to destroy the other. This is a war about region and culture. It may not be too difficult to destroy a country, but the culture of the north and the south will not die because of this. As long as cultural differences and regional differences exist, differences will still exist. And as Malolite said, as long as there are differences, there will inevitably be disputes, and disputes are the seeds of war.
"Some people are afraid of war and hate it, and some people are eager for war... Human beings are really different from other races. We... are cheap enough..." Regnar sighed, and then lowered his head and walked into the Millennium. ancient capital.
As the intelligence said, it may be the arrogance of the southerners at work. The security in the thousand-year-old capital is not particularly strict. Regnar estimated that he could sneak in easily even if he didn't disguise himself.
Regnar was not particularly anxious about this operation. Anyway, he had already been delayed for more than ten days on the way to the thousand-year-old capital, so he might as well spend two days in this city to experience the customs and customs of a foreign country. Also very good.
Therefore, Regnar found a hotel that looked relatively clean and relatively cheap to stay in. When he was in the battlefield area, Regnar had set his identity as a wandering mercenary. When he arrived in the thousand-year-old capital, Regnar had set his disguise as a country youth who came to the thousand-year-old capital to look for opportunities. After all, mercenaries are also a group of people with powerful force that cannot be underestimated. This status is easy to attract attention in a sensitive city like the thousand-year-old capital.
In the next few days, apart from asking about Sartre, Regnar wandered around the thousand-year-old capital.
And in just a few days, Regnar also saw the cunning and indifference between people hidden behind the prosperity and vicissitudes of the thousand-year-old ancient capital.
Although he had been online for less than three days, Regner had already been deceived twice, tricked by store owners four times, and once seemed to have offended a low-level mage unintentionally. As a result, in order to avoid exposing his identity, Regnar had no choice but to be pushed to the ground without any resistance and beaten. Fortunately, it was a low-level mage. Although this guy seemed arrogant and domineering, he didn't dare to really cause any problems to people. So it was okay to let Regnar hold his head and be kicked and punched twice.
Apart from these unpleasant experiences, Regner felt that his luck was very good. Because through the past two days of inquiring, he also learned that Sartre would hold a five-day banquet in his mansion the day after tomorrow, which seemed to be a place to show off the Regnar he wanted from Kilron. A set of equipment.
Moreover, due to a shortage of manpower, Sartre had to recruit a few temporary workers who were quick and agile. It is said that the treatment is not bad, including food and accommodation during the banquet (of course there are leftovers from the banquet), and after the completion of the work, each person will be rewarded with fifty silver coins.
Regnar couldn't help but feel secretly happy when he heard the news. This was really a pillow for him when he fell asleep! I was worried about where you hid those things, but I didn't expect you to take them out yourself, and also gave me a reason to enter your house. Ouch, that’s so thoughtful!
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Kilroan had many heirs, and his grandsons numbered in the hundreds. Therefore, although some princes and grandchildren have the blood of the imperial family, this status does not bring them much convenience. Some of them live on the outskirts of the thousand-year-old ancient capital like ordinary civilians, and some of them understand that there is no way out in this thousand-year-old ancient capital with a royal signboard. Some of them choose to join the military, and some choose to go to other places to become local officials. The earth emperor.
If calculated according to the order of succession, Sartre's situation should have been similar to that of the princes and grandchildren mentioned above (except for the top ten in the line of succession, the twenty-three princes and grandchildren like Sartre are actually the same as the thirty-three princes and grandchildren). , there is not much difference between the forty-three princes and their grandchildren).
But I have to say that Sartre was very lucky, because his mother was the daughter of the president of a large chamber of commerce in the thousand-year-old capital. Although the energy possessed by her mother was not enough for Sartre to participate in the competition for the throne, it was still enough to provide him with food and clothing for a lifetime.
That's why Sartre can own a mansion in a fairly good location in the thousand-year-old capital. Moreover, the Stoke Empire's finances have been tight in recent years, and Kilroan has borrowed a lot of money from various chambers of commerce in the thousand-year-old capital. Because of this, Kilron would occasionally grant Sartre's little wish. Regnar's set of equipment was used by Kilron to show off to Sartre.
Oh, of course, the cunning Kilron didn't intend to give it directly to Sartre. After all, he himself was a level 19 magician, so he knew the value of Regnar's equipment. He estimated that he could squeeze out 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins from the set of equipment sent by David, and Sartre was just his first target.
No, after getting the equipment, Sartre also seized every opportunity to show off his collection to others. He holds a collection exhibition basically every six months, and this time, Regner's equipment is the main exhibit of his exhibition.
Regner got up early on the day of recruitment because he was afraid that he would miss this opportunity, so it was naturally better to go there earlier.
But even so, when Regnar arrived at the recruitment location at the back door of Sartre's mansion, there was already a queue of more than 20 meters long. This made Regnar sigh with dark thoughts, whether in the south or the north, the competition for employment is really only the second prince of the empire (Alexander)!
Fortunately, the housekeeper in charge of the review did not simply admit temporary workers on a first-come, first-served basis. He briefly inquired about each applicant, and then directly eliminated those he was not satisfied with.
"There should be a chance." Regnar couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this scene. But it didn't take long before he couldn't help but laugh again. Why should he be nervous about this kind of thing? Even if you don't succeed in applying, what's the harm even if you force your way in? It's just that it's more dangerous when escaping, but as long as the Stoke people are not fully prepared, he is still more than 90% sure to escape with minor injuries.
While Regner was waiting a little boredly, a person not far away caught his attention.
It was a girl who looked fifteen or sixteen years old with a long pale blond ponytail. Her hair color was very similar to that of Inelise, and although her face was not as beautiful as Inelise's, it was already above average. Above is a cute little girl.
It is worth mentioning that this little girl not only has a hair color similar to that of Inelise, but her figure is also similar to that of Inelise. They are both thin and small, and even their breasts are almost flat... At this time, she carried A cloth bag that was larger than his upper body. The original dark blue fabric had been washed and turned white, but it still looked very clean. It just looked very uncoordinated on a skinny girl like her. Regnar was afraid that she would fall to the ground if she leaned back.
The reason why Regnar noticed her was not because this little girl was very similar to Inelis. It's because she was bullied.
Perhaps because of her thin stature, this little girl seemed to have been cut in line by other applicants since she started queuing. Because they are afraid that the quota will be exhausted and they will not be able to get the job. Therefore, almost all the applicants were eager to be interviewed by the housekeeper. Naturally, they did not dare to blatantly break other people's rules and squeezed forward. But sometimes small actions are nothing.
So every applicant standing behind the little girl quietly moved their body forward, and then when they felt that the position was about the same, they would stumble sideways as if they were not steady, and then start again. When they stood up straight, they came to the little girl inexplicably.
And the little girl seemed to know that she had no right to speak, so every time she was squeezed to the back, she would look at the guy in front of her as if nothing had happened, and then purse her lips and remain silent.
And this submissive attitude seems to further encourage the arrogance of other applicants. Later, it seemed that the little girl finally couldn't bear it anymore, and she tried to reason with others. But her pitiful appearance was not a deterrent at all. There were even times when the person behind her roughly pulled her back before she could even say a few words to the person in front of her, and then rushed to her like lightning. Front. It was so fast that even Regnar didn't react!
"This movement skill is incredible! How about you guys come and teach me when you have time?" Regnar couldn't help but complain in his heart. In such a long team, dozens of people, both men and women, were bullying one person here. A teenage girl? Hey! I didn’t expect people from the Stoke Imperial City to be so shameless!
Perhaps because this little girl looked similar to Inelise, Regnar became more and more angry when he saw this scene. Moreover, it didn't take long for the little girl to be squeezed in front of him.
"Um... please... I really need this job..." The little girl saw Regnar's stinky face and groaned angrily, thinking it was for her. She said to Regnar in a pleading tone. He said, tears starting to well up in his dark blue eyes.