Heading east along the Endless Sea, with the high-speed travel ability of the magic energy ship, it will take half a month to reach the continent of Ophelia.

Charlotte wandered unintentionally in the magnificent landscape of the endless sea, and 14 days later, the Secret Ritual arrived on that beautiful continent with the chirping of seagulls.

The port they chose was the coastal city-state of Ophelia, Yada, a famous port city in the north of Ophelia, whose main color was red and white, which contrasted sharply with the blue sea. This simple, welcoming urban hue brings excitement and warmth to a weary sailor.

The shape of the continent is long and narrow, and there are many rivers and mountains in the interior, which also means that the water transportation of this continent is extremely developed. The unique geographical environment gave birth to the unique political system of the continent of Ophelia, and the most powerful city-states in the continent were almost all established with coastal cities as the core, and multiple satellite cities surrounded the main city, forming an alliance of large and small city-states. Although there was no shortage of wars between the city-states, they were far less brutal than the continents of Valkam and the barren continents of Allahbad.

The rainforests formed by rivers and mountains brought abundant products, and the endless sea that surrounded the continent was an inexhaustible resource, and for the continent, the purpose of defeating the neighboring city-states was more to integrate them into their own internal alliances, so as to form a community of common interests in commerce.

You read that right.

There were no true emperors on the continent of Ophelia, and they adopted a city-state council system similar to that of ancient Greece. Each city has a council that keeps the city running, and its members are elected every three years from among the city's citizens to decide on the city's development and major issues. In addition, the speaker (city lord) of each city is himself a member of the city-state alliance, and they are responsible for adjusting commercial taxes and determining the direction of the city-state alliance, just as the city council is changed every three years, so the members of the alliance are naturally also elected for three years.

Doesn't it seem to be democratic? The so-called election of deputies is naturally to select those who are highly respected among the citizens of the city, but what is a person of high moral integrity? Of course, it is a powerful family that can be regarded as a person of high moral integrity, and although ordinary citizens have the nominal right to vote and the right to be elected, no one will elect a citizen who is illiterate to serve as a city councilor.

In other words, those big families that monopolize knowledge and power are the so-called aristocracy.

The abundant resources of the mainland made the Ophelians worship freedom and wealth, and they are brave and gossipy, and they are keen to participate in all political activities.

There are good and bad things about this system, and the good thing is that the entire continent of Ophelia is full of extraordinary vitality and vitality that ordinary people can hardly imagine, and the Ophelian people are enthusiastic, brave, and chase wealth, making the continent prosperous.

But there are also a lot of bad sides, pick the most representative topic, a few years ago, San Antonio, a powerful city-state alliance on the Ophelia continent, had a war with the Xianunu Empire on the Allahbad continent, when the fleet of the Shanunu Empire was approaching the important island city of San Antonio's endless sea, but the federation actually argued for seven days and nights for a series of things such as war and peace, army leaders, etc., so that the fighter plane was delayed, so that San Antonio collapsed in the war.

This is simply unimaginable in the Valcam continent!

In addition, the Ophelians have a distinctive trait that the citizens of the city-state look down on outsiders, and they seem to have a natural sense of superiority. Unless you have made a great contribution to the city, you will never want to join the city-state and become an honorable citizen for the rest of your life.

This is understandable, as citizens of a city-state would be allocated land by the council, and they could buy serfs who could not make ends meet to cultivate the land for them at a very small cost, in other words, each citizen of the city-state was a small farmer.

Before approaching Aveda City, the Secret Ritual closed the magical power pool and hung up its sails, disguised itself as an ordinary merchant ship. The ship, which could carry up to 150 passengers, had already hired a crew and loaded a lot of cargo from Icewind Castle to cover up.

After following the guidance of the Yada City Port Authority, Lolita and one of the Caravan Leaders of Icewind Castle contacted the Port Authority.

The Seat of Souls is located in the far north of Ophelia, and although they have always kept a low profile, they know that no matter how low-key they are, the Seat of Souls controls a huge power. Maybe there is the eyeliner of the Soul Seat in the mixed docks of Yada City.

Sailors from Icewind Castle carry their goods there, and members of the Secret Order enter the city as caravans. After paying a large amount of business tax, they made a beeline for the market in Ada City, where Charlotte felt a lot of prying eyes along the way, but as time went on, those snooping eyes gradually diminished.

These people may not all be agents of the Soul Seat, but Charlotte does not dare to be careless. If he were Malthus, he would be wary of any caravans from Icewind, and Charlotte would have to be careful to ensure that his infiltration into the Far North would run smoothly.

In the evening, Charlotte, who was pretending to be the leader of the caravan, met with Lolita and the caravan leader who had negotiated a trade, and they booked a room in a mid-range hotel in Yada City.

Without saying a word, Lolita poured a glass of ale wine, wiped her mouth, and snorted, "What the hell is going on with the people in this city? The tone of his voice is always weird, hmph! Aren't we citizens of Icewind Castle as good as the citizens of Yada City?

I really don't know if she should say that she has put herself in the role of a businessman again, or that her acting skills are too superb.

In short, as soon as her voice fell, the outsiders in the tavern showed the same expression as the hero, but the tavern waitress put the pot containing the soup in front of Lolita, and with a bang, the soup in it was directly reduced by a small half.

Lolita subconsciously jumped back, angry and angry, "You did it on purpose!"

"Yada City doesn't welcome rude outsiders!" The waitress looked Lolita up and down for a while, although her appearance changed, it seemed that Lolita was still much more beautiful than the average waitress, so the waitress was even more unhappy.

"You're the one who is rude, aren't you!" Lolita rolled up her sleeves and was about to fight her, but soon, the rumors she heard in the afternoon made her laugh, "Huh, how can a citizen of Aveda come to be a tavern waitress? Let me guess, you didn't get any citizenship of Aveda at all, did you?"

The waitress was so angry that her face turned red and her chest heaved, and Lolita's words poked her sore spot, and she shuddered and scolded back, "Hillbilly! I will become a citizen of Yada City sooner or later, and as for you, you will stay in the countryside of Bing He Fort for the rest of your life!"

"Hmph!" Lolita shrugged her shoulders in response to her counterattack, a haughty expression of disdain.

Most of the merchants who stayed in this tavern were from other places, and anyone who passed through the tavern had heard more or less about the legend of Icewind Castle from others. At this time, when the maid said this, the merchants couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"How dare you say that Icewind Castle is a rural place?"

"Little girl, go home and read more books! Icewind Castle is a miracle city called the three holy places of the multiverse along with the City of Secret Laws and the City in the Sky!"

If the famous multiverse Icewind Castle is also a rural place, then isn't this world full of wild lands?

The maid may have realized something from the laughter of the merchants, and she fled with her face red and tears rolling in her eyes. In this way, Lolita has become a bully.