February 8, Copper Fire Lane.

Although it was noon, the tavern was still crowded at dusk, and unlike the usual quiet, today it was a little more noisy, but the drunkards were very restrained, creating a comfortable white noise, which was extremely suitable for office and study.

Wade sat quietly alone, with a stack of materials in front of him, and from time to time he took a sip or two of coffee next to him, completely unaware that this was a coerced hostage.

It's been a day since the Nautilus Tavern was invaded by Ricky, and he seems to be used to being a hostage, but the fear of the unknown still hangs like a lock in his heart.

Shadow Footsteps is not a strong organization, it is not only very similar to the mercenary union in terms of system, but also in terms of strength composition, an assassin like him who is barely comparable to a white-robed mage is already considered the strongest, after all, they are only an intelligence organization. However, Khloe, who was stuffed into the barrel by Ricky, may have a chance to attack the legendary "legendary assassin".

However, Wade immediately felt that it was a joke: he had seen the Juggernaut, and he had also seen the legendary warrior, but what was the legendary assassin? Kohler was able to assassinate a white-robed mage who was close to his peak when he was well prepared, which was tantamount to a cross-level assassination. So if an assassin is a legend, what can he do? Assassinate the gods? Just kidding.

This has always been a joke, everyone jokes that this is Miya's prejudice against the Assassins, and they don't want them to be too powerful, so the Assassins have no domain, no civilization element, all they can do is to hide in the shadow world, silently endure the erosion of the energy of the shadow world, and then make a fatal blow.

But jokes aside, he felt that it was a pity for the one who ransacked the shadow footsteps. The other party is obviously a sword master, no matter how bad it is, he is also a legendary warrior or something, and the skill of fusing into the light should belong to the realm, but it is incomparably compatible with the assassin. It would be great if he was an assassin, but unfortunately he wasn't. Bednar had searched before, and there was not a single Assassin hiding in the shadows nearby.

He now felt more and more that it was a premeditated invasion, and that it was mostly a game of the big people above.

Wade knows very well that Jialan, who seems to be an iron bucket, is also undercurrent surging inside, because it is an intelligence department that maintains absolute neutrality, and they are outside the whirlpool, and they can see it very clearly.

The six-member council, the highest in power, had not been involved in politics for many years, and although they had the power to depose the emperor and veto the enactment of policies, they had never received instructions from the parliament since he took over the shadows, and all orders came from the royal family.

The royal family is divided into two factions with distinctive characteristics, one is the "blood theory" headed by the Clark family, and the other is the "true theory" headed by Principal William.

The former firmly believes that "the ability to perceive the magic web flows in the blood", and believes that mages must keep their blood pure, and only in this way can future generations also embark on the path of mages. The most favorable proof of this is that in the aristocratic families that have been inherited for more than 500 years, there are basically one or two direct descendants of each generation who have been tested for mage talent.

Its current patriarch, Gean Clark, also said a conclusion that is tantamount to murder:

“…… As for those nobles who have lost their ability to cast spells for several generations in a row and are unable to become mages, please examine your past, whether it is because of ** and stupidity that the original noble bloodline has been lost, and now the gorgeously dressed are just untouchables with blood in their bones. ”

It is the consensus of everyone that the private life of the aristocracy is chaotic, but it is the first time that he has been scolded in the open, "Your son may not be your son, and your father is not necessarily your father". At this point, the Clark family is still very aggressive.

In contrast, the proponents of the True Theory are much gentler, their magic is one of the ways to explore the essence of this world, and mages are just a group of lucky ones, not enough to be a show-off. Perhaps because most of these people are scholars and teachers of Jialan Academy, they pay attention to etiquette in their speech and demeanor, but they are always on the defensive side and occupy a disadvantageous position in public opinion.

It is not known when the contest between the two sides began, and if you look at the results, the latter seems to have the upper hand. 377 years ago, the Empire passed a decree allowing wealthy commoners to obtain knighthood by donating to the Elemental Tower, and included them in the nobility category, thus expanding the enrollment of Jialan and giving the so-called "commoners" the opportunity to catch up with the nobility.

In practical terms, this made the line between nobles and commoners clearer. Students who entered Jialan through this route were not treated equally, but were bullied and left out in the cold. The most frightening thing is that this seems to have exacerbated the rebellion of the aristocracy, and some of the nobles who originally relied on the "true theory" also favored the theory of blood, believing that their children did not need to live and study with the untouchables.

They also seem to have come to agree with the Clark family, believing that blood is very important, and do not want their descendants to have too much contact with the children of commoners, so that their noble blood will be left out.

When this idea arises, they passively fall into the camp of the descent.

As the head of the intelligence agency, Wade is also well aware that since the promulgation of this decree, Shadow Footsteps has had one more task, that is, to wipe the ass of this group of old nobles. Violence between students was forbidden in the academy, so the violence was transferred outside the school, and almost every year several families of knights living in the suburbs outside the city of Falan were massacred, both as a warning and as a demonstration. In response, the Jialan School will remove the identities of several students of true nobles, and the game between the two sides has been confirmed.

But what's the use of that? The resentment of those nobles cannot be vented, and will eventually fall to innocent commoners. In the end, the game between the two factions only suffers the lowest part of the people.

It's just that Wade never thought that the game would come to him one day.

Shadowfoots has never been involved in factional warfare, they have always only followed the orders of the royal family, and the two factions have never tried to manipulate them. However, this incident made him change his mind.

For no other reason, the guy named Ricky knew too well about Shadow Footsteps.

To what extent?

The other party knew that the Nautilus Tavern was the largest assembly hall, and he knew that he was the leader, and he also knew the location and code of the other three assembly halls in Falan City, and sent someone to fetch some things from those places to show him. What's more, the pile of information currently in front of him was stored in the headquarters enchantment, and he couldn't get it out without him going there himself...... But it really sits in front of you......

Also, the other party knows Mr. Bednar very well, even more than him......

As the head of an intelligence agency, Wade is most proud not of strength, but of his ability to analyze, summarize intelligence, and draw conclusions from clues, which has almost become an instinct. So as Mr. Bednar was subdued that night, he wondered what it was that would have known so well about Shadow Footsteps.

The answer is simple, every boss before the Shadow Footsteps.

So where did the retired leaders go?

He didn't know, but someone knew.

Every member of the six-member parliament knows.

This conclusion made him force himself not to think about it anymore.

Powerful Legendary Force, with an incomparably thorough understanding of the shadows, and Principal William, the leader of the "True Theory" faction...... Combining these three, he knows what the future holds, even without thinking.

Jialan may be about to change, and he is just a pawn in the hands of others, drifting with the crowd, unable to maintain himself at all.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly, maybe this is one of the qualities of being a leader.