Just as Doris and the other members of the Lady of Grace church set out to deal with the crisis they were now facing, outside the window of Belis's office, Leo seemed to melt into the shadows of the surrounding buildings as if he had turned into a shadow, and then traveled through the shadows at great speed, returning to the city above the docks in a moment.

Feeling the spiritual interference and pressure formed by the Turing magic array in the city, Leo had to pass through the shadow next to a small apartment building on the edge of the city, quickly dissipating the witchcraft formed by the power of shadows, and his body changed from a cloud of darkness back to a normal human form.

However, Leo's face was extremely pale and ugly, and he did not immediately walk out of the shadow of the wall, but leaned on the wall of the apartment building for a while, as if recovering from his physical discomfort.

This was the first time Leo had used the shadow sorcery of Shadow Jump over long distances, and it had been a smooth exercise this time because he had been on a ship for a small area before, but he also found some problems in the process.

For example, when casting a shadow jump over a long distance, the shadow power consumed will also be doubled, and the short distance from the dock civilian area to the city above actually consumes nearly one-third of his shadow power. If he continued to perform the Shadow Leap, the shadow power in his body would be completely consumed at most at a distance of about two hundred meters. Therefore, the Shadow Jump is only suitable for small areas of movement and dodge during combat, and although it is a bit more troublesome to cast intermittently, it will not cause too much of a drain on the power of Shadow.

In addition, unlike the shadow avatar walking through the shadows, Leo now directly lets his body walk through the shadows, which is a great burden on the body, even with his current powerful body that has evolved several times, he can't withstand the pressure brought by the shadow walking, and as soon as the witchcraft is lifted, the body feels extremely tired and dizzy, as if after carrying the steel all day, he has been smashed hundreds of times with an iron rod, and he can't even stand steadily, he can only lean against the wall to support his body from falling.

The last problem is that the shadow walking is easily disturbed by external forces, just like just now when he entered the city, he was affected by the Turing magic array all over the city, even if this Turing magic array is not functioning, only some spiritual energy remains, but he can't force through the shadow of the urban buildings shrouded in spiritual energy under the interference of this spiritual energy, and can only move near the edge cliff, where it is not affected by spiritual energy.

It took about five or six minutes for Leo's body to return to normal, and although the exhaustion remained, the dizziness in his head had disappeared, and it did not affect his normal movements.

Immediately after returning to normal, Leo mentally assessed the pros and cons of the witchcraft of Shadow Jump, its value, and the solution to its side effects. In the end, he decided that if he wanted to use the witchcraft of Shadow Leap without any obstacles, unless his psionic level and physical evolution reached the level of an eighth-level psionic, he would always be affected.

"It seems that further improvements are needed. Leo thought to himself, although this magic is not suitable for long-distance movement, it is smooth to move in a small area, and the consumption of shadow power is also very small, as long as the casting speed can be a little faster, like the witcher's magic seal, then this magic will play an extraordinary role in battle.

After feeling that his body was almost recovered, Leo walked out of the shadow of the apartment building, at this time the sky had already darkened, and only a gorgeous sunset could be seen in the sky in the distance, and it was estimated that in another ten minutes, the chance would be completely dark.

At this time, a municipal worker took a bunch of keys, opened the street lampshades on the side of the road one by one, and lit the brazier filled with wood with a special device to illuminate some of the dim ones.

Although most of the buildings in the city of Vinaya are equipped with electric lights due to the technical support of the General Chamber of Commerce, there are only two thermal power stations in the city, and the electricity generated by these two power stations is not enough to support the electricity of all the people in the city, so the street lamps in the city still use old brazier street lamps.

Although the brazier street lamp is old, because of the special wood used, the fire is large and bright, and it can completely illuminate the surrounding area, while the unlit area is even darker.

After Leo stepped out of the shadows of the walls, he did not walk in the streets under the lights, but walked along the shadows on the edge towards the city run by the governor of the French Empire.

Originally, he was going to call a horse-drawn carriage, but he was surprised that he had gone out for a long distance and never saw the carriage walking on the road, and afterwards he asked a passer-by, only to learn that the carriage and rickshaw traffic would stop at night in the city of Venaya, and the only thing that could be used was the steam bus with a fixed track.

However, in the evening, it is the time for workers and employees of the docks, factories and shops to leave work, and at this time the steam bus is almost full, and even on the railing outside the bus, there are still some people who are unwilling to walk, which has become a scene in the port of Vinaya.

The city controlled by the French Empire was located on the other side of the city, near another river dock, which was much more regular than the areas controlled by the Kingdom of England and the United Kingdom.

The buildings here are all unique to the Flange Castle Building, using blocks of specially polished stone, spires, small windows, iron gates and all other features are imitating those castles all over the Flange Mountains. Although this kind of castle architecture looks a bit rigid and ugly, it is very practical, not only can withstand the occasional storms, but also can convert any dwelling into a bunker in the event of a national conflict, and after the wall is built, the buildings that are connected together can easily form a line of defense, and the governor's palace in the center of the city can be tightly protected.

Because there are very few shops in this part of the city, not many people want to wander here, the streets are deserted, and the police of the French Imperial Administration patrol back and forth from time to time. Unlike the other two city districts, where the police all wore cloth uniforms, the police here were all dressed in breastplates and steel helmets that were more ornamental than practical.

In addition to the lack of people on the streets, the police here are also very strict about strangers on the streets, and Leo has been investigated four times by patrolling police since he entered the city controlled by the Francoian Empire. The first time, in order to avoid trouble, Leo patiently made up a lie to explain the purpose of his visit, but after that, he simply used the Yaksi seal to deal with the policemen, and it was not until the city where the Fran nobles lived that this temporary investigation of the documents did not happen again.

After entering this city, Leo found that the Turing magic array on the ground was not arranged in this city, and it was obvious that someone in the Fran Empire had stopped this. However, this is good news for Leo, without the influence of the spiritual energy of the magic array, his spiritual network can be used smoothly to check the situation in this city.

Although, in the residence of the aristocratic district, there will also be some items that interfere with spiritual energy to prevent someone from snooping with extraordinary powers, but Leo did not plan to use the spirit net to spy on the situation of the aristocratic residence, he just used the spirit net to find the wild cats in this urban area.

From Doris's conversation with her men, Leo could easily tell that another Graceful Lady Church sect lurking in the city did not have a good relationship with her sect, and it seemed that the sect seemed to be suspected of framing Doris's Graceful Daoist sect.

Although it sounds like the other party is just a person, since the other party will go to the two local snakes of the Holy Blood Society and the Doris sect, it is obviously a plan, so it should not be a lone wolf.

Now Leo is going to hear about the wild cats that inhabit this city, find the shrine or altar of the Graceful Lady, and find out the Graceful Lady believer who believes in the way of thieves, just as he did before when he found Doris.

It didn't take much time for Leo to find a colony of feral cats, and he was lucky enough to find someone to feed them. The man was dressed as a servant, and looked very ordinary, but it was not difficult to see from the light posture of this man when he walked that he must have undergone very strict training as a thief, and after he had fed the cat, he quickly performed a religious ritual that revealed his status as a disciple of an elegant lady.

Leo did not immediately arrest the man, because he could tell from the man's behavior that he was not a nobleman, but a low-class man who had been at the bottom for many years, and this man did not match the knightly nobleman described by Doris who believed in the way of thieves.

So, he chose to follow the man and see where the man was ultimately headed.

After the man had finished feeding the cats in one place, he moved to another place where the cats had been fed and continued to feed the cats.

After feeding seven or eight wild cats repeatedly, the man had almost finished feeding all the wild cats in the city, and then he ended feeding the cats and walked to a wooden house leaning against the edge of the cliff.

After putting his things in the hut, he saw him follow a path on the edge of the cliff to the back door of a splendid manor, and after greeting the guards at the back door, he walked straight into the manor.

"Doge's Palace?" Leo could easily tell from the size and architecture of the ornate manor in front of him that it belonged to the Doge's Palace.

Unlike the other two districts, where the Doge's Palace was built in a very low-key manner, the Governor's Palace in the port of Venaya was built in great style. The entire Doge's Palace, which occupies half the size of the city controlled by the Fran Empire, has a separate garden, an artificial lake for boating, and even a small forest dedicated to the collection of wild beasts for leisure hunting, so that those who live here can enjoy hunting without leaving the port city of Venaya.

The building materials used in the entire Doge's Palace were all transported from the quarries of the French Empire, and the architectural design of the Doge's Palace completely imitated the Jiying Hall of the French Royal Palace, and all the sculptures inside and outside the building were made by masters, and the paintings hanging in the Doge's Palace were even more famous.

The reason why the French Empire spent so much money to build the Governor's Palace in Port Venaya was to use the magnificence and grandeur of the Governor's Palace to tell all merchants from all over the world who came here to do business that the French Empire was still the first power on land, and it still had strong strength and had not declined.

But as everyone knows, this kind of forcible pretending to be wide has become a manifestation of weakness, making merchants around the world feel that the French Empire is like a twilight old lion that can still roar twice, and may be replaced by a new male lion at any time.

Although the merchants from all over the world laughed at the naïve behavior of the French Empire in their hearts, they also had to admit that the French Empire still had the strength to fight against any powerful country in the world, and the banquet invitation of the French Empire in the Governor's Palace in the port of Venaya was also the default status symbol of these merchants.

In the underground market of Venaya Harbor, an ordinary invitation to a banquet in the Governor's Palace costs a whopping 100,000 Vinaya dollars, and an invitation to a festival banquet is more than a million Vinaya dollars, and it is still priceless.

Right now, the Governor's Palace is holding a birthday feast.

As one of the most important festivals in the French Empire, the Birthday Festival was created to commemorate the birth of the knight king, and the festival lasts for a total of three days, representing the three-day process of the knight king from childbirth to birth. Although the people in the medical school believe that it is impossible for a normal person to give birth for three days in a row, whether it is physical or psychological, it cannot support such a long time, but the French Empire believes that this just shows that the mother of the knight king is not an ordinary person, but the incarnation of some kind of god, so the knight king is also a descendant of the gods.

Perhaps in order to deepen the impression that the Knight King is a descendant of gods, in every birthday celebration, there will always be a drama about the birth process of the Knight King, and the royal writers of the French royal family will add a large number of mythological stories to the drama, such as the gods before the Knight King is born, they visit in turn to pay tribute, showing the status of the Knight King, and after the Knight King is born, the stars shining in the sky immediately dim, so as to show that the Knight King is more brilliant than the stars and so on.

At this moment, the sound of music coming from the garden of the Doge's Palace showed that the drama about the birth of the Knight King was now taking place in the gardens of the Doge's Palace, where most of the people were concentrated, and where the guards were mostly in the gardens to protect the Doge and the invited guests, while the defense in other parts of the Doge's Palace was much more lax.

Leo did not perform another shadow leap and enter the Doge's Palace, but found a suitable place to sit outside the walls of the Doge's Palace, and then cast shadow sorcery to create a shadow-like shadow avatar, put his mind into the avatar, and drilled into the Doge's Palace through the shadow.

Strangely enough, Leo was ready to be attacked by a psionic device, but when he entered the Doge's Palace, he was surprised to find that there were no psionic interference devices installed in the Doge's Palace, which meant that his witchcraft would not be affected in any way.