"Wow, is this the imperial capital of the Shenyao Empire?

After leaving the small village, Loki and the others arrived at the imperial capital after a day's walk, as expected. As one of the three major empires on the continent, the imperial capital of the Shenyao Empire is naturally majestic, which makes Reem, who has never seen much of the world, quite excited. But in fact, even if you have seen the world, as long as you have not been to the imperial capital before, you will sigh when you see the scene in front of you.

The architectural style of the Shenyao Empire is similar to that of Loki's original plane of the Celestial Empire, full of strong Chinese characteristics. The designers of the imperial capital have put a lot of thought into the design of this quaint city, and the ubiquitous Chinese characteristics can be felt in any corner of the city.

The walls are made of vintage earth and stone, and are full of heavy atmosphere. You may think that there is something unusual about the earth and stone city walls, but in fact, except for the Shenyao Empire, the walls of the other two imperial capitals on the continent are all made of steel. Although the large-scale smelting technology of steel on the mainland is not yet fully mature, in the eyes of behemoths like the three empires, it is not a luxury to take steel to surround the imperial capital with walls. It's just that the designers of the imperial capital of the Shenyao Empire thought that a cold thing like steel had no beauty at all, and it was better to look at the old-fashioned earth and stone city walls. The abandonment of steel for the sake of beauty and the choice of earth and stone to build walls have been talked about as a joke by other countries on the continent for a long time. It wasn't until a certain time that the Bright Alliance united the Holy Sakura Empire to make a surprise attack on the imperial capital of the Shenyao Empire, and the people on the continent saw the unfathomable strength of the Shenyao Empire.

It is said that when the Polar Ice Empire received the news that its long-time hardcore ally, the Shenyao Empire, had been raided, the Generalissimo of the Polar Ice Empire at that time couldn't sit still, and immediately led a large group of people to the Shenyao Empire. It's just that when they arrived at the imperial capital, the battle was already over, and the combined forces of the Bright Alliance and the Holy Sakura Empire were defeated and fled, while the walls of the Shenyao Empire did not show even a single scratch. Since then, people have learned that this powerful empire, which is famous for its many strong men, has actually carved a condensed and simplified version of the protective barrier on every brick of the city wall! The barrier used to protect the city in other countries is actually only used to protect a brick here?! Although due to the reduction of the area, the defensive power of the barrier has also been greatly reduced, only about one-ten-thousandth of the original, but the city wall guarding the imperial capital is composed of billions of bricks! It is no wonder that under the indiscriminate bombardment of thousands of magic crystal cannons of the coalition army, there is not even a trace left on the city wall.

Walking into the vermilion city gate, Emperor Shenyao, who sang and danced, appeared in front of everyone. Intrigue and intrigue, carved beams and painted buildings, needless to say, the architectural style of red walls and green tiles makes Loki miss it very much. However, although the whole city is full of antiquity, it does not mean that there is no trace of high-tech here. All the roads here are magically applied to prevent dust from rising, so even if you are riding a horse here, you don't have to worry about the people behind you eating a mouthful of dust. Although this is just a very simple little magic, any second-order magician can cast it, but to cast such a magic on every road, there is still a strong atmosphere of "Uncle, I am not short of money, and there is no shortage of people".

As for the taverns and inns that are commonplace in costume dramas, I won't repeat them one by one. However, it is worth mentioning that although it looks like a retro building, the facilities inside are not as simple as in ancient times, with electric lights, running water, toilets, but no refrigerators and air conditioners. This made Loki a little unaccustomed, and it seemed that he had to go to other planes to get drawings for the production of refrigerators and air conditioners, which must still be very marketable.

Long before coming to the imperial capital, Loki had seen the general diagram of the imperial capital, which was roughly composed of five parts, and the largest part accounted for nearly one-third of the imperial capital, needless to say, anyone could guess that it was the imperial palace. About a quarter of the way was where Loki was headed, Imperial Capital Academy. To be honest, Loki was quite surprised to see that just one academy actually occupied a quarter of the imperial capital, it really deserved to be the largest academy on the continent. Since after the last sneak attack on the imperial capital, many large and small military fortresses were built around the imperial capital, so the number of garrisons in the imperial capital was not large, accounting for only about one-tenth of the area. However, there are many high-level magicians stationed in it, so the combat effectiveness is still not to be underestimated. The rest of the area is commercial and residential. However, it is worth mentioning that there are not many nobles in the residential area, because there are clear regulations in the imperial capital that no manor can be built, which makes it very uncomfortable for the nobles who like to be extravagant and wasteful to support the façade, so they have purchased land outside the imperial capital to build a manor. That is also the purpose of this provision. If there is no such provision, the residential areas of the imperial capital will inevitably be "occupied" by major families, and large and small mansions will be built. The common people will have to move out of the imperial capital. In the long run, it will definitely not be conducive to the economic development of the imperial capital. After all, economic development cannot only depend on the money of those nobles, right? Although the nobles have money, the commercial area must always have service personnel, right? Moreover, a nobleman's mansion is enough to build dozens or hundreds of commoners' residences, and in order to ensure that the population of the imperial capital is sufficient, this is very necessary.

Due to the vast area of the city, Loki easily found the Imperial Capital Academy. Since it is in the enrollment stage, there are people coming and going at the school gate. Loki managed to find the teacher's recruitment office in the crowd, and pushed through the crowd to make a clear indication to the man who looked like a teacher.

The Imperial Capital Academy is the largest academy in the whole continent, and it is also one of the landmarks of the Imperial Capital of the Shenyao Empire (nonsense, it accounts for nearly a quarter of the imperial capital, isn't it a landmark?!), so it has always been the key supervision object of the Imperial Family of the Shenyao Empire. After all, this is equivalent to a business card, and if the business card is black, who will read it? Because of this, Loki did not suffer from the difficulties often found in novels. It is said that the status of the official teacher in the academy is quite high, and that no matter how old the student is, as long as the teacher has evidence of the student's disrespect to him, he can inform the academy to force the student to withdraw from the school, and if the student takes any revenge on the teacher's family, the academy will notify the royal family to punish him. On this point, the royal families of each country have agreements, so since the three royal heirs who were deposed in the first year of the academy's existence, no student has ever dared to be disrespectful to the teacher.

Of course, words can't be said too absolutely. There must be loopholes in all rules and regulations. Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it hasn't happened, as long as you don't find evidence. However, the people who can serve as formal teachers in this academy are all junior masters above the fifth order, and there are not a few masters of the seventh and eighth orders, and it is almost impossible to be disrespectful to them without being caught.

After signing up, Loki was taken to the academy. Because the academy sets the level of recruiting teachers above the fifth order, and although the small masters of the fifth order on the mainland are not rare, they are not a big cabbage, and each country has every way to envelop the masters in their own territory, so generally speaking, there will not necessarily be one teacher in a year or two, and the bored front desk teacher will personally take Loki to the assessment location.

In order to avoid teaching students who are all nerds or showmanship, Imperial Capital College encourages students to compete in their spare time. There are twenty or thirty arenas in the whole college, considering that there are too many different majors in the college, so different arenas have different environments, which is convenient for students to choose. There are the most ordinary arenas, arenas built on water, arenas similar to the gladiatorial arenas of ancient Rome, and even arenas specially prepared for command students, which use magic projections to simulate the battle of leading leaders. What left Loki speechless the most was that in a huge lake in the academy, that is, directly below that water arena, there was also an underwater arena, specially prepared for those Sea Clan students and some students who were good at underwater combat.

As for Loki's assessment location, it is the only faculty arena in this academy. This arena covers an area of not much, that is, tens of square meters. However, the field is inscribed with space magic, and its real area is enough to cover a square kilometer, and various environments can be simulated according to requirements. I heard that this arena was built by the first dean himself, and the tenth-order master really made an extraordinary move, anyway, Loki is completely unable to create such a thing now, even if he has all kinds of knowledge provided by the system, it is still not good, after all, the gap in strength is too big.

"So, may I ask Mr. Liu Yue, what kind of venue are you used to fighting in?" asked the male teacher who led the way.

Fearing that the news would leak out, Loki reported the name he had when he was a human.

"Hmm...... Actually, I don't pay much attention to the venue, as long as it's not a sky venue or a water venue. Loki shrugged.

"Alright then, I'll set you up in the ring. The male teacher said to Loki after operating in a hut carved with magic arrays on the side, "Now you can go in, I have already reported what you asked for the assessment, and the teacher in charge of the assessment will come to you later." ”

Loki nodded, motioning for the three girls to wait in place, and he stepped into a magic circle in the arena.