The next morning, the citizens of Alexandria clearly felt that the atmosphere was different from before. There are several times more soldiers patrolling the streets than usual, and many checkpoints have been set up at some key intersections to check passers-by.

In the early hours of last night, the Prince's Mansion at Fort Thuley suddenly collapsed, destroying nearly a third of the buildings and causing unknown casualties - this is the only thing that can be confirmed, and there is no other news leaked out.

The Church moved quite quickly, and as soon as it sensed a subtle change in the city, it immediately sent people to protect the papal envoy. When Julian returned to the hotel, he found more than a dozen Knights Templar soldiers on duty outside the door, forcing him to find another way back to his room.

"The hosts. Dante breathed a sigh of relief at the sight of Julian climbing in through the window, "Those church soldiers tried to force their way in several times, but I stopped them on the grounds that you were resting. I'm still worried that I won't last long. ”

"Pack up and get ready to leave. Julian said briefly. He took off the coat he had worn all night and took out another coat of a completely different style from his luggage.

"Are you hurt?" Dent frowned when he saw the blood on Julian's clothes.

"Out of the way. Julian replied succinctly.

The master and servant silently packed their bags. Dante did not ask if the assassination had been successful, as Julian had been informed of the safe return and the tension in the streets, nor did Julian ask Dante what to do with the four female corpses, as he knew that Dante was an expert at it.

When Julian changed his clothes, he had to untie the two long swords hanging from his waist. When the palm of his hand touched the black hilt of one of the long swords, a trace of fear rose in his heart. It was the Tears of Repentance, the magic sword he had taken from the top of the Tower of the Seven Sins, the Tears of Repentance, which could speak to his heart!

The reason why last night's assassination operation went so smoothly had a lot to do with the terrifying power that the "tears of repentance" had lent. Although he had long known that this cursed magic sword contained immeasurable power, Julian was still a little underestimated before his first actual battle, and with just a slight swing of the sword, the resulting crescent-shaped sword pressure had instantly devoured the lives of dozens of guards and destroyed a third of the prince's mansion. This is why Julian is deeply afraid of the sword: he is not afraid that the power of the "tears of repentance" will kill him, but that one day he will be manipulated by the sword and hurt the people he cherishes.

But it's useless to worry about what hasn't happened. Julian shook his head, clearing his mind of the mess.

Although I didn't want to walk with the holy soldiers of the church, it still played a lot of role in getting out of this tense atmosphere. Using their status as papal envoys, Julian and Dante swaggered through guò checkpoint after checkpoint, surrounded by dozens of Knights Templar and clergy, before leaving the unsettling imperial capital.

However, less than 20 minutes after leaving Alexandria, Julian and Dante had the strategy get rid of the holy soldiers and return to the outskirts of Alexandria.

The two went to a horse training farm and bought two fast horses.

"Master, I'd better buy a donkey. Looking at Julian's high-headed horse for him, Dante refused.

"Why?" Julian frowned, his expression looking rather displeased.

"It's a taboo violation, and it's miserable for people to know. Dante explained. In the secular society of Olopa, knights and squires have a taboo that is absolutely not allowed to cross the thunder pool by half a step: that is, the knight's squire is absolutely not allowed to ride the same or higher mount as the master, otherwise it will damage the knight's absolute authority status, if there is disobedience, the squire can be executed, and the knight who fails to stop or let the squire do it in time will be stripped of the title of "knight", and even expelled from the noble household. So when the knight himself rode a horse, his attendants could only ride donkeys, and if the knight was in a hurry, he usually threw his attendants down and did not equip them with horses. Because no one will joke with their lives and honor in order to save a little time.

But Dante meets a master who treats taboos as nothing.

"Get on the horse or fuck off!" Julian was furious.

"Okay. Dante mounted his horse in peace. For these two men, who had committed serious crimes and been put to death, the so-called life and honor were nothing more than a passing moment.

The master and servant rode fast horses all the way to the northwest.

Their destination was the Imperial Tomb, more than 300 kilometers away from the imperial capital of Alexandria. Because Empress Ipeia told them that the sword that Patnin had entrusted to the Emperor had been buried in the Imperial Mausoleum along with his body, it was better to have a clear destination than to wander around, although I don't know whether it was true or not.

At about 14 o'clock in the afternoon, they crossed a forest, buried their blood-stained clothes in the woods on the way, and walked to a wide trade road. But Julian and Dante didn't go far before they were caught by a carriage parked on the side of the road, and they quickly reined in the reins. Because the carriage was drawn by a horse, and the carriage was almost identical to the one that Dante had used to dispose of the bodies of the four female soldiers last night, Dante remembered that he had pushed the carriage off the edge of the cliff and the bodies inside into the sea, and it was impossible for him to be here.

Julian told Dante to stay on guard, and dismounted himself and went over to investigate. But as he approached the carriage, a familiar female voice suddenly came from the carriage: "Don't be nervous. Carriages of the same style abound in the imperial capital. ”

Just as Julian and Dante were fluting, the roller shutters of the carriage were opened, and out of the carriage came a petite woman, who, though wrapped under her cloak, knew that she was the Empress Ipeia herself.

"You're slow. The concubine had been waiting here for almost two hours. Empress Ipeia lifted her lips lightly, but did not pull down the rain hood of her cloak.

"Why are you here?" asked Julian.

Ipeiya laughed and said, "You two only know the approximate location of the Imperial Tomb, but you don't know that in order to prevent someone from robbing the tomb, there are several fake Imperial Tombs built near the real Imperial Tomb.

"I'm not talking about this, you, as the empress of the empire, left the country behind and ran out on your own, is it okay?" Julian was a little surprised by the empress's audacity.

"The concubine has never really held the real power of the empire, so what does it matter if she is not in her position? Besides, according to the style of Yulie and Genio, the news of the death of a prince and the disappearance of a puppet empress will be temporarily blocked until the battle between the two of them is decided. Ipeia smiled bitterly.

Although Ipeia said it lightly, it made Julian feel the bloody power struggle that was about to take place or was taking place in the seemingly prosperous imperial capital behind him.

At this time, Julian noticed that the car behind the empress was empty: "Empress, you came here alone?"

"That's right. The concubine said before that there was no credible person around. There is no exaggeration. Ipeia cast a trusting look at Julian, "Although it is a bit dangerous to do this, since you have Mr. Envoy by your side, the concubine will definitely be very safe." It's unbelievable that you alone can deal with more than 200 well-trained guards and a knight of the Prince's Palace. ”

"Your Majesty, you don't want to know the process. The knight of the guard had seen my face, so he had to die. A fight to the death is not a fair duel, and being bound by too many knightly honors is only on the side of death. Julian's ambiguous answer, obfuscating the events of last night's assassination, made no mention of the role of the Tears of Repentance. "I have a question, though. Julian changed his words, "As for Liebernan, Prince of Fort Huley, is he really a tyrannical and cruel evil king?"

"Mr. Envoy, do you regret it now?" asked the Empress.

"Nope. Julian shook his head, "There is no room for regret, and there is no room for regret." But rest assured, Empress, at least for now, I have not wavered. ”

"That's fine. The Empress kept smiling, walked up to Julian, she took out a parchment map from her cloak and spread it out, pointed to a place above, her eyes were like magnets, and she sucked Julian's eyes, "Although the destination is the Imperial Tomb, before going to the Imperial Tomb, we must first go to this place." ”