The royal capital of the Bair Empire, probably the oldest city among the many super empires, it is the place where the country originated, and even the empire was named after it, yes, the city name of the royal capital of Bair is Bair.

In order to distinguish it from the name of the country, the Baier people habitually call their capital the royal capital, and outsiders will also call it the royal capital of Baier.

The capital of King Baier covers an area of nearly 1,000 square kilometers, including dozens of small and medium-sized satellite cities, including rivers and mountains, and if a person intends to walk from outside the city to the national capital to meet His Majesty the Emperor, he must first prepare enough food rations and tents for half a month.

And the largest city area is not the Diluo district where the palace is located, where the security is too heavy, and the over-established Oros has run it into the country's premier military district, plus those princes who have frequent infighting live there, and people with a little political sensitivity will not choose to appear there.

During the day, the carriages that rode along the wide roads were carved with the coats of arms of a certain nobleman and official, and the knights on patrol would come forward as long as the idlers stayed here.

Even so, the incidence of serious crimes here is still the highest in the country, and it is even more chaotic here as the emperor, who is "old and anxious" to see a truly qualified heir, is silent about the cannibalistic competition between the princes and seems to show his acquiescence.

And a prince often has the support of gangs, big businessmen, and nobles, who will not do it themselves, and it has become the most common profession here to be assassins and spies, and it has become a professional habit to kill witnesses who are in this business, so. After sunset, not to enter the Diluo district, commonly known as the palace district, has become an unspoken rule of the people of the royal capital.

The result is a very strange situation. The main roads here are bustling with people during the day. The streets are empty at night, and the black-clad and cloaked men on the roofs of the houses come and go, and even say hello to each other.

"Oh, isn't this the Grand Knight of Kama under the Four Princes? Where to go this time? ”

"It's not that the Thirteenth Master recently recruited another archmage, I heard that it is so powerful that it affects the balance of power, and the boss of my family wants me to try his quality, and if it is a parallel import, he will be killed directly. If he's really good, teach him the rules of our business. ”

"What a coincidence, that's what my mission. Go together, go together. ”

"Of course, there will be no less rewards for teaming up to complete tasks, why brush alone, isn't that a bit silly? By the way, I heard that guy has two brushes, do you have any information over there? Share it. ”

A man in black and a grayman chatted like this, watching them meet to brush the boss together. It's just a pair of bosom friends.

But I'm afraid outsiders would never have thought that the left eye of the man in black was blinded by the gray-covered man. In that fight, the Grey Hood also lost the little thumb and middle finger of his left hand, and they were not only not friends, but mortal enemies who were still fighting each other yesterday.

"Let's go!"

"Together!"

"It's his turn!"

When the two turned around, they saw a black cloak, a red cloak, and a purple mask, it seemed that the team of five people was about to be full, and tonight it was the rhythm of forming a group to fight the dungeon boss.

And these members of the happy group, who fought yesterday, have become brothers and sisters today, and maybe, tomorrow's gutter can see the bodies of half of their members, and most of them are caused by these temporary teammates, after all, every slightly "famous" thug has a heart-warming bounty.

Third-rate killers, gangster thugs, bodyguards of wealthy businessmen, untamed deserters, and even street hooligans and black market boxers, I am afraid that as long as you can think of the underworld, you can see it here.

As the emperor's "death date" is getting closer and closer, acquiescing to Cheng Dù becoming more and more relaxed, and even the result of putting away the knight patrol at night, is that the competition among the princes has become white-hot and superficial, and they spend a lot of money to buy murderers, regardless of their background or even their strength, as long as they can complete the task and live, they are naturally good dogs worth spending money on.

Yes, good dogs, people in other parts of the royal capital call this increasingly tragic royal fight "dog fight", and the princes stand on a high platform, throwing gold coins to let the people below kill each other, isn't it the same as the popular dog fighting gambling in some regions?

However, this "dog fight" is becoming more and more extensive, and even has a tendency to sweep the entire royal capital.

“…… Without the breath of the living, the Holy Light Healing is ineffective, and it may die violently at any time. ”

This was secretly leaked by a senior physician of the Royal Academy of Medicine, and on the afternoon of the day he was paid a large sum of gold coins, he was taken away by the Royal Knights, and then executed that night.

The healing effect of the Holy Light is to return it to its "normal" state, so it is simply a cure for external injuries and ordinary poisonous wounds, but it is almost meaningless for the reconstruction of limbs and the treatment of pain after a period of amputation, because the Holy Light will judge that the person is already in normal order, how can it change again.

And for a "dead person" like the undead, who is full of negative energy, the holy light that restores "normal life" is naturally a mortal enemy.

In the same way, if the person dies of old age due to the exhaustion of his vitality, his normal form is that he is about to die, and the last breath of being hung by the drug, the holy light is naturally meaningless, and blindly using the holy light to stimulate the last life force will die faster.

And in a sense, when the Holy Light has no effect on an old man or a sick person, it is a death notice in another sense, although the Royal Knights of Bayer acted quickly, immediately eliminating the source of information and blocking the circulation of information, but this confirmed the authenticity of this information from one side.

In this way, when all the princes fell into ecstasy and madness, the nobles of the great fiefdoms and the leading figures of various industries in the country could no longer sit on the mountain and watch the dogs fight.

After all, now that it is clear that the new monarch is about to succeed to the throne, it is time to make the final bet and even come to power himself, and the reward that can be obtained by helping an emperor ascend to the throne is calculated as a rate of return. It would probably make any businessman gamble his family's fortune and life. And for the aristocracy. This is also a big gamble, if you win the bet, your title and status will skyrocket, maybe you can still hold power, and if you lose, the bet will ...... In fact, it is nothing for the big nobles, that is, they are extremely disgusted by the new monarch, but the big nobles who have a big territory are not hated by the king, but less, as long as they don't form a deep grudge, they quickly and obediently roll back to the territory as a turtle with a shrunken head. In the future, it will be okay to be a man with his tail between his legs.

When the big nobles, merchants, and even the bigwigs of the military and civil officials all took action, although the country at least maintained a stable face because the emperor was not dead, the entire upper echelons took action, and the internal chaos was completely chaotic.

Fortunately, with the emperor's usual ruthless methods in the past, they still did not dare to tear the layer of paper on the bright surface, so that the chaos was confined to the palace area...... How is this possible, if chaos can really be charged, then the chaos side can already shake hands with the order side and make peace.

What they say is that they must not affect the citizens of other places. But big businessmen drive their own chambers of commerce to fight their competitors with all their might, and the whole market will fluctuate wildly. The actions of the gray forces under the control of the aristocracy can make the entire alley uneasy, not to mention that a single transfer of the military can make half the city panic and sleep poorly.

The people are not stupid, especially when homicides occur every once in a while, and when a noble gentleman who used to mix well suddenly dies on the street, rumors in the streets and alleys naturally spread.

And I don't know when the news of the emperor's imminent death has become no secret, and even if it can be understood that the emperor's majesty has used this special way to find a suitable heir, how can ordinary people who expect a quiet life to expect such chaos to continue, especially when the current war is still ongoing.

Yes, in the midst of war, or in the melee with several countries.

The so-called vanguard of jihad had been half-crippled by the rampaging dragons, but it still existed within the borders of the country, but it seemed to have been forgotten by the world.

However, the defense line of Rainy Night City encountered good news, due to someone's misdeeds, the pro-Davi Undead Lord and his army were swept away, and before the new Undead Leader arrived or was assigned, and before the Undead Monarch who did not participate in the coalition shirked the relevant responsibilities, the defense of Rainy Night City was temporarily stabilized.

And when the contract warriors of the Western Front take time out, it is impossible to limit the strength that has spare time, and naturally it will be replenished into the Eastern Front, and Rainy Night City will probably enter a slightly stable period, and it is at this time that the Grand Duke of Dragoon dares to go busy with his own affairs.

And the last one to fight...... Mage Country!

Yes, they are still at war, at least on the surface, the Mage Nation has taken out a fortress in Byr with a forbidden spell, and the dragon knights and archmages on both sides are fighting on the front lines, and the agreement on paper has not yet reached the table, and the two sides are naturally still at war.

Even due to the victory of the wars in various places, and the people who lost their relatives in the fortress, holding banners and asking the king to crusade against the country of mages for them, coupled with the fact that people used propaganda against the enemy country to guide and vent the people's anxiety and fear, the people were even more hostile to the country of mages.

As for the real crusade? Even if you don't know the real situation, just because the new heir to the crown is still undecided, no big man is willing to put his energy into such a thankless task, and in this stormy time, Shirley came here as the ambassador of the Mage Country, which naturally attracted a lot of attention.

As a commercial and educational center, the district of Cathon, which covers an area more than three times that of the royal palace district, has become increasingly prosperous in the more than 30 years since Oros succeeded to the throne, where in previous years it was a place where merchants from all over the world gathered, and it was also the most prosperous urban area, in order to avoid helpless disputes, especially when a prince colluded with a foreign spy to murder his brother and failed, all the diplomatic embassies moved to the commercial district near the palace district.

Considering the current situation, her arrival is indeed very low-key, she quietly entered the hotel by night, but her identity is destined to be unable to keep a low profile.

When a carriage with the emblem of the Mage traveled several times a day between the commercial and palace districts, and the carriage stopped at the outer hotel where the foreign envoys lived, it was natural that even ordinary citizens knew that the ambassador of the enemy country was coming.

Then the rotten eggs and rotten fruit in the city were out of stock......

From the perspective of the Bayer people, this is actually quite understandable, and they also need a channel to vent their grievances. So every time the carriage passed through the city, it was like whack-a-mole. And the young people who were not happy even chased to the hotel. Although the soldiers guarding the gate did not let them in, they just threw some non-lethal rotten fruit, and those guards who were also unhappy with the country of mages would pretend not to see it, and the result was that there was "cannon fire" outside, and no one dared to approach the windows outside the hotel.

And even in the face of this situation, the rest of the delegation was very negotiable, but as the ambassador, Shirley was very difficult to understand.

"Why are you so calm?"

"Answer: I am used to being pitted."

Roland's old team is used to being cheated, but Shirley is full of troubles.

"I'm just an ordinary mage. Serving in the discipline inspection department, he didn't even know the assessment of the archmage, he was inexplicably appointed by his superiors to be an ambassador, even if he was sent to a hostile national capital, he obviously had a private agreement but couldn't make it public, and the windows of his temporary residence were attacked, and none of them were good, and the wind was cold at night, and he was asked by the old emperor there several times a day to discuss serious matters, but he was pulled to play chess with him, but the opponent's chess skills were super bad, and he always regretted stealing chess...... (500 words of less province complaining)"

If it weren't for the relationship between the two countries, maybe there would really be a war, and she couldn't help it.

"I can bear it there! I've had enough! I quit! ”

Well, Shirley, who is not good-tempered, has already exploded, but she can't bear it the most. But it is......

"Obviously, I am just a puppet ambassador on the surface, and the main work should be in charge of Deputy Ambassador Roland. But how did he just set off and disappeared! As a result, all the work fell to me! It's annoying enough along the way, and now there's so much going on, why can someone be so irresponsible. ”

“…… Such a familiar roar, such a familiar complaint. ”

Colony looked at Shirley who had fallen into a state of anxiety with sympathy, it seemed that people who had been with Roland for a long time would come here for a few days every month.

“…… I saw my past self. ”

Looking out the window in the chaos, Lilith pondered whether the "past me" in her mouth was the royal princess who was later hostile to the people of Bayer, or the countless jobs lost by her boss in Sulphur Hill City, and her colleagues were completely unexpected, busy all day long and sad to urge the housekeeper.

"Don't worry, Sister Shirley, the teacher should be here soon, and he shouldn't forget such a big thing...... Probably. ”

As a disciple, Cohen still has to protect the honor of his mentor, but when he remembers that his master has always been unreliable, he finally reveals his lack of confidence in his mentor.

"What a chaotic place, I ......"

"Miss Yawen, His Royal Highness Roland told me that this is an old empire in the earthly world, slow and arrogant about new things and changes, and their prejudice against the dark elves has not changed, and according to the ancient custom, the measures taken against the dark elves in the city are to burn first and then investigate, from this point of view, they are simply a bunch of uncivilized barbarians, without any sympathy at all......"

As soon as the Storm Eagle began to speak, it became endless, but due to the lack of manpower, Mo Momo, who had been transferred to help Yawen, looked at him expectantly.

Did he anticipate this? Did he mention me? Did you say what you want me to do? ”

“…… Well, I'll just say the point: 'If they want to go out on the streets to enforce the law, they should sue them that this is not their territory, and it is also a felony to pretend to be a law enforcement officer to harm others, and they should know what it is for law enforcers to break the law.'" ’。 ”

"He didn't even think of this, but he didn't think of our current situation?"

The legal side that was about to move was calmed down by the message, but what was more troublesome was the current ambassador of the Mage Country who had been driven crazy by the pressure, she had played bad chess for three hours with a stinky chess basket that kept regretting chess, and on the way back, she also suffered the baptism of "egg storm", and now her reason is on the verge of collapse, and now when she hears the name Roland, she will directly detonate.

"I've had enough, I'm not right for this ambassador! I'm going back to China now! ”

Cohen, who had a little conscience, hesitated for a moment, but finally persuaded the other party.

“…… Sister Shirley still asked the emperor to resign first, which means that the carriage has to pass through the city once, so I don't know if they still have ammunition, and the fruits here are out of stock every day. By the way, it's almost dark, and the weirdos running around on the roof beams are coming out again, and there is a good chance that the carriage on the road will be attacked. Sister Shirley is also going to go with a mask, in fact, I still have the leftover mask cloth from last time......"

"Little Cohen! Has anyone ever sued you that you are as annoying as your master! ”

Well, the ambassador has completely exploded, but ......

"Ahem." The Storm Eagle, as an elder, cleared his throat and looked at Shirley with sympathetic eyes.

"His Royal Highness Roland's original words, 'If Shirley doesn't do it, tell her that her research funding for the next fifty years will not be approved, all the ratings will be failing, and the daily task of cleaning the toilet as a mandatory task is waiting for her. That's right, this is job bullying, welcome to complain to the discipline inspection department after returning to the headquarters, well, just want to complain to Roland, who has just taken over as the head of the discipline inspection department, he is the top boss of your top boss. ’”

"Damn Roland! I thought you were a good person! ”

Well, this is still such a familiar roar that everyone here can't help but fall into memory.

“…… If Roland is a god who hates the priesthood, with his old man's hated strength, he should already be the main god by now. (To be continued......)