Since watching the gladiatorial tournament in Oakbee City, little Peter has had nightmares for days. Each time the ending is a picture of him being torn to pieces by the beast in the frantic roar of the audience.

At last he was looking forward to the day when he would leave the city of Okoby, and when the carriage had left the shadows of the city of Ocoby, little Peter breathed a long sigh of relief and felt his whole body loose and slumped down in his chair.

The carriage drove along the straight avenue, through an unknown number of villages and rivers, through an unknown number of peaks and fields, and finally came to the border.

When the group crossed the border and officially set foot on the land of the Holy Empire, little Peter realized that if the environment in the Krent Empire was comfortable and comfortable, then as soon as he entered the territory of the Holy Empire, he felt that he was greeted by desolation and the tension of the hurried pedestrians.

Uncle William handed over the tax to the heavily armed and ill-looking soldiers who had stopped them, and then raised the reins, and the carriage drove into the city gate with a ticking sound.

The whole city smelled of decadence and decay, and the numb crowd crouched in the doorways of their houses, staring at them with blank eyes. Soldiers patrolled the streets lazily, and occasionally a few women hurried through the streets covering their cheeks with their face shields and wearing loose robes.

Household garbage and sewage can be found everywhere in the city, and there is a strong stench in the air that is disgusting.

Little Peter turned his gaze back to the chair in the carriage and gasped, as if a dead and unsettling fear was surrounding him, and he always felt depressed.

The old man looked at the scene in front of him and felt the lifelessness and dilapidation of the entire city, and couldn't help but sigh: "Hey, the Holy Empire has fallen like this because of the imperial power and divine power. After saying that, he clapped his hands and sighed vigorously, his face showing loss.

The carriage wandered around the city for a long time before it found the only hotel that was open in a corner, and when the carriage was parked, the group walked in with the old man on their backs. The hotel looked dilapidated on the outside, but inside it was relatively clean and tidy, and the hall on the first floor was empty except for the owner and a waiter.

After seeing their group, the waiter said hello lazily, walked over slowly, and led them into the room.

The room was not what little Peter expected, and it looked good, at least better than most of the hotels he had stayed in. The old man picked the largest room to live in, and the others hurriedly followed behind.

The old man was able to make the bed that had just been cleaned by little Peter with Eva's support, and Uncle William went to the fireplace and lit the wood, and a warm air gradually spread throughout the room. The old man tightened the fur on his body, rubbed his hands, and said, "We are now stepping on the territory of the Holy Empire, and this place is not the same as the Krent Empire, so we must pay special attention to safety. William, you and Peter Jr. go out and find out what the Holy Empire is doing right now, and Eva and I are waiting for you here. ”

William nodded, threw his bag on the wooden table beside him, and then carefully touched his body, and then raised his neck at Little Peter, who nodded and walked out after him.

Out of the hotel door, little Peter shrunk his neck and let out a hot breath, he rubbed his hands vigorously, and then crossed his hands over his chest, bowed down and followed Uncle William in the same way.

They had traveled halfway through the city to a tavern, pushed open the door, and entered. As soon as he entered, a wave of heat rushed towards him, and little Peter couldn't help but moan in comfort, and quickly stomped his feet, exhaling desperately into his hands.

Uncle William observed the crowd in the tavern and walked to a remote corner. Little Peter looked around and saw that there was only one corner of the tavern where there were not many people, only one or two drunkards lying on the table.

As soon as he sat down, Uncle William ordered a large glass of ale, took out a coin and threw it to the waiter, and little Peter shook his hand to signal that there was no need for anything, and only listened carefully after the waiter had left.

However, he got bored listening to it, and most of the discussion in the tavern was information that was not worth noting. He looked up at Uncle William, only to see him shrug his shoulders and smile as if he was in full swing.

Uncle William turned around and patted a drunkard lying on the wine table behind him, and when the drunkard raised himself in a daze, he came up to him, pointed to the large glass of ale he had just ordered, and said to the drunkard, "Hey, man, how are you doing? I have a bottle of wine here that I can't drink, I can't waste it, do you want to?"

The drunkard twisted his neck and stretched, and then he muttered in confusion, "Yes, yes, you can't waste it." Now it's good to drink something in this world, so give me the wine. ”

William handed him a large glass of ale, and waited for him to finish it before he continued: "How do I think the prices here are so high, you must know that such a glass of wine is not worth anything in other places." ”

The drunkard burped and muttered, "Yes, everything here is more expensive than outside." Blame the damned bandits and robbers, who wantonly plunder everything they see. So you can see the consequences, if we want not to go hungry, we have to spend a lot of money. ”

William shrugged his shoulders and sighed, "Hey, bandits and robbers, are they so close to here, don't the lords care about this?"

The drunkard shook his body and tried his best to keep his balance so that he didn't fall on the table all of a sudden, he first laughed and then cursed and said, "Cut, what can the lord do, what can he do if he will oppress us mud legs." He saw that the robbers and bandits did not all flee from the wind every time. ”

William frowned and thought hard for a while before asking, "I see that there are quite a lot of soldiers in this city, but I don't seem to see a single priest, is the situation so serious now?"

After hearing this, the drunkard was clear-headed, quickly turned his head to look around, and then lowered his voice and whispered: "In the past few years, you also know that the contradiction between the Holy See and the emperor has become more and more serious, resulting in the entire empire is not peaceful. A few days ago, a gang of rogues attacked a church. When he said this, he couldn't help licking his lips and said, "That's miserable, I heard that no one is alive and dead." Didn't the emperor make an order to send soldiers to guard the property of the Holy See? ”

Little Peter was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask: "But isn't the property of the Holy See only guarded by the Knights of the Holy See? When will it be the turn of the royal family?" ”

The drunkard glanced at him disdainfully, pouted, and said, "The Holy See Knights have been recalled by the Pope and the gods have protected his old man, okay, of course, the priests outside can only stay in the church and wait for the rescue of the Empire." ”

William sighed in his heart, rubbed his eyebrows with his hand, and then asked, "Then how many robbers and bandits are around here?"

The drunkard staggered down on the table and said in a daze: "I haven't been much lately, I heard that I have all gone to Kansas Province." Hey, let me tell you a secret, I heard a ranger say last time that it seems that the recent bandits and robbers are all played by His Majesty the Emperor's personal guards. Haha, but it's my business, drinking. After saying that, he fell drunk on the table and couldn't wake up.

Little Peter looked at the drunkard and stared at Uncle William with a worried face, William shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile: "Isn't it just a bunch of bandits, it's okay, don't worry." ”