On his way to the Arena of Honor, Avi arrived at the Courier Bureau again, and a day later, more news came about the division of the Oguna Empire.

The first message is about titles. It is said that the original Oguna Empire is still controlled by Electrium IV, and now the original Oguna Empire's title for itself remains the same, but they call the divided country the "Western Rebels", which shows that in the eyes of Electrium IV, the other party is not even a country.

Most of the cities and castles in the Westlands were out of the control of Electrium IV, splitting nearly two-fifths of the empire's territory. Among them, the Golden Hoof City in the west actually remained neutral, and the city lord Marquis Baldwin did not join Golia's formation, but at the same time remained humble to the emperor in the east, which really made people not know what he wanted to do.

The "Western Rebels" called themselves the Holy Oguna Empire, in which the original high priest Golia became the "Holy Maiden of the Empire", in charge of domestic affairs, and the original lord of Doret City, Xiu Mo, was also named the protector general, commanding the entire territory. The emperor of the St. Oguna Empire was Manfret, the youngest son of Electrium IV, who was only six years old, and none of the ministers in the Greencones knew how Golia had taken Manfret, the youngest prince who lived in the deep palace, captive.

St. Goliath declared that the real Electrochromum IV was dead, and that she was still sitting in the emperor's seat as a stand-in.

The Emperor of the Holy Oguna Empire also seems to be a puppet, and the main power falls into the hands of the Holy Maiden Golia and General Shumo. However, the day after Golia declared independence to the west, she had already signed a friendship agreement with the bordering kingdom of Sahlins, the Papal States, and the Duchy of Deraman! The Kingdom of Sarins had always had friction with the Oguna Empire before, and there were frequent battles on the border, and now that the empire was divided, the Kingdom of Sahlins was of course the first to stand up and support it.

Although the Papal States were only a city, their popes had great influence on other kingdoms and principalities, and Archbishop Arthur Auerbach personally came to the city of Doret to form an alliance with Goliath. It was affirmed by the Papal States, and it also strengthened the prestige of the "Western Rebels".

As for the Republic of Marveil, it also immediately issued a statement that it remained neutral on this matter, hoping to respect the civilians of the two empires, continue to make friends with the two countries, and sign a trade agreement. Moreover, the "rebels in the west" are called West Oguna, and the original empire is called East Oguna, and the word "empire" is secretly removed - the Senate's decision is not surprising, because the territory of the two empires after the split is no longer as vast as the kingdom of Sarins or the kingdom of Cose, but the empire is still diverse, so other countries still call Oguna an empire.

After learning the latest news from the messenger bureau, Avi considered whether to write a letter to his mother as well. But after thinking about it, Avi decided not to write it, so as not to worry about her situation.

As soon as he left the Courier Bureau, he headed for the Arena of Honor.

There is a fierce competition going on in the four-way ring in the City of Honor, and according to the host, the two fighters who are dueling are not the champion fighter Patrick. After a few inquiries, Avi asked where the fighters were resting. He told one of the arena managers that he was a friend of Patrick's, that something had happened to his family, and that he had to see him. Seeing that Avi didn't look like a bad guy, the administrator led him to the gladiator's rest area and found Patrick wearing a mask.

"This is the letter that Senior Fide asked me to hand over to you. Avi said in Patrick's ear, looking down.

Patrick sat down on his stool and opened the letter.

When he read it, he immediately stood up, clutched the letter tightly in his hand, and looked at Avi with his eyes through the mask. Avi knew that the other party didn't trust him a little, but he didn't know what was written in the letter, so he had to say, "No problem, right? If you don't get it sooner, the Moon Shield Mercenary Group will come back!"

Patrick ran out of the arena with Avi in his arms, while a staff member shouted behind Patrick, "Hey, where are you going, your fight is about to start!" but the champion fighter ignored him.

Patrick took Avi to his own place, a nondescript house. However, there were a lot of championship prizes and various weapons in the private house, and Patrick took off the enchanted armor "Dragon Blade", changed into ordinary civilian clothes, and then disassembled the armor and put it in a large backpack. In addition to the armor, he also put some bits and pieces in his backpack, and it looked like he was really planning to leave here and go somewhere else.

"Pick a weapon. Patrick pointed to his stacked weapons, not thinking that Avi's Quenched Knight Sword was of much use.

"No, I can do it. ”

Patrick didn't say much, he packed up his backpack and put it next to the door of the house, then walked out of his house and locked it.

"When we get that shield, we'll come back here for a while, and then leave the City of Honor right away. Sure enough, the letter mentioned about the moon shield, and in addition to telling himself about it, Fidel also told the champion fighters.

Avi nodded, and he followed Patrick to Eddie's house. Patrick gives Jimmy and his mother some money and tells them about Eddie's death, though he doesn't say that he was killed by the mercenary group's civil strife.

Eddie's wife sobbed silently and sat in the doorway, her hands covering her heart, unable to accept the reality. Jimmy, on the other hand, didn't shed tears, just sat next to his mother, gently comforting the other party.

"Dad said that being a mercenary means that you will always encounter danger, and if you die, don't be sad for him!" Although Jimmy is only seven years old, he is very strong, and even the tone of his voice is very firm, which surprises both Avi and Patrick.

"Eddie asked me to tell you when he was about to move out of here, to leave the City of Honor immediately, I don't know why, but these were his last words. Avi said on the side.

Jimmy nodded and said, "Okay, we'll follow my father's last words, and I'll take care of my mother in the future." ”

Avi didn't expect a seven-year-old child to behave so strong when he lost his father. He remembered Eddie's approachable personality, all the mercenaries under him had great respect for him, and the loss of this respectable captain made him feel very sad in his heart.

Patrick and Avi didn't stay long, they came to the outside of the headquarters of the Moon Shield Mercenary Regiment, reconnoitred, and decided that it was safer to come to the side of the headquarters and climb over the wall to enter.

The two came to the building next door, quietly climbed over the walls of the headquarters, and jumped in.

Patrick walked in front, while Avi kept an eye on him. There were no mercenaries stationed at the headquarters, and the doors to every room were closed. Avi didn't know which room was Russell's wife, Josephine, so they had to check them one by one.

It didn't take long for Avi to find a particularly clean room with some women's clothes inside, presumably where Josephine used to live. Patrick and Avi closed the door and took a closer look at the room.

There was a simple infantry-type moon shield hanging on the wall, the shield made of wood with iron trim was not at all comparable to the all-steel cavalry-type moon shield of the cavalry squadron, but there was only such an inconspicuous, ordinary-looking shield in this room, if not it, then who else?

Patrick walked over and gently removed his shield. This shield is of a modest size and ordinary shape, not much different from a normal round shield - except that the moon-shaped loss can tell others that this is a unique weapon of the Moon Shield mercenary group.

"The letter did mention that the life weapon was placed in this room, so it shouldn't be wrong. Patrick lifted the shield, which was neither heavy nor light, and there were some signs of parry on its surface.

Avi also took the shield, and when he looked closely, there really wasn't anything special about it. Just as Avi was about to take a look in the other room, a voice suddenly echoed in his head.

"Ah, this feeling is amazing, it's the same as that necklace, the same feeling!"

Just one sentence, no other voice was heard. Avilen paused for a moment before realizing that it was the voice of Ben Nicott, the heir to the mage.

Ever since waking up from a coma from the last blow to the head, Avi had wondered if he was mentally handicapped - a strange voice had come to his head.

In fact, after many adventures, Avi began to believe that there is an unknown mysterious power in this world. In particular, the memories he saw after touching the hedron barrier convinced him that there was indeed something as mysterious as magic.

It's just that the voice just now was so clear, as if it was saying to myself in my ear, could it be that my brain has been taken over by something strange?!

Patrick saw that Avi suddenly fell into a daze, he pushed his shoulder and said, "Let's split up and look for other rooms to see if there is any gain, if there are no other moon shields, then this shield is a real life weapon." "Actually, for a champion fighter, there is no huge attraction for life weapons. A gladiator who wins in the Arena of Honor, he already has wealth, prestige, and all kinds of weapons, and besides, the shield is not his favorite equipment, he just wants to find the strongest opponent, not the strongest weapon.

Avi came back to his senses and nodded.

The two split up and searched other rooms at headquarters, but found nothing. Just as he decided to leave, Reeves unexpectedly appeared in front of Avi.

"You're not," Reeves didn't have time to shout when Patrick covered his mouth and pressed him to the ground.