Along the way, Ryan and the others were cautious everywhere, and immediately put on guard at the slightest disturbance, lest they be ambushed by Senate's men again, but to everyone's surprise, until they entered the free paradise, nothing happened.

Looking at the familiar streets, Ryan remembered the last time he met Flanner, and Flanner also remembered his unbearable experience, but all this has passed, Flanner has now become the logistics director of the Ryan mercenary group, and in fact, Ryan has not put too much energy into the management of the mercenary group at all, and those daily affairs are basically handled by Flanner, from this point of view, Flanner can be regarded as the deputy head of the entire mercenary group.

Colin and Thomas looked out of the car window, they were in this city for the first time, and the prosperity of Paradise of Liberty, as the commercial center of the entire continent, was far from being comparable to the Thor Fortress, even the imperial capital. The two of them pestered Franna, who was in the same carriage with them, and listened intently as Franna told them about the paradise of freedom, and they wanted to experience it for themselves.

"Hurry up, hurry up. Several mercenaries hurried past the carriage in which Colin and the others were riding, and one of them shouted loudly: "Mr. Chilaviv has something important to announce, and it is almost noon, and I will not hear what he says if I go late." ”

"As far as you're the most troublesome, if you had listened to me earlier, we'd have already arrived at Liberty Square, and maybe we could have taken a good spot. Another mercenary said.

"Alright, alright. The third mercenary said impatiently, "Don't say a few words, let's go." ”

The mercenaries walked away quickly, but their conversation caught the attention of Ryan's party, who jumped out of the carriage and walked straight to Franner's carriage, who also peeked out of the carriage window with Colin and Thomas's support.

"Listening to the words of those mercenaries just now, it seems that something big is going to happen in this free paradise. ”

"Yes. "Normally, Chilaviv would never appear in public, and if he really wants to appear in Freedom Square, it will probably involve the entire Freedom Paradise, just like when the mercenary group was recruited to go north." ”

"Then let's go too. ”

"As you wish. Franna nodded, his body was no better than Colin and the others, and the wounds on his body were still a little painful, so Ryan asked him to rest more if he was fine. In contrast, Colin and Thomas could have been running around a long time ago, and even Ryan, who was actually the most seriously injured, is now largely back to health.

Ryan and his carriage headed towards the square in the center of Paradise of Liberty, which was the most prosperous place in the entire Paradise of Liberty and where various celebrations were held. When Ryan and the others arrived, the central square that could accommodate 200,000 people was already densely packed with people, of course, Ryan's carriage couldn't enter this area at all, more than a dozen chambers of commerce such as the Dorlock Business Alliance sent people to maintain order here, Ryan got off the carriage a street away, and walked slowly to the square.

It seemed as if the time had not yet come, so Ryan and the others waited quietly for a while, and during the time they waited, more people poured in, surrounding the entire central square. The sun slowly rose overhead, and the time finally reached noon, and at this time, the melodious sound of bells came from the square, which made the people crowded in the whole square slowly stop talking and focus on the platform in the center of the square.

Chilaviv appeared in front of everyone on time, this was the second time Ryan had seen the legendary figure, Chilaviv was still dressed in snow-white clothes, but slightly different from the last time, he was followed by a full eight people, twice as many as the last time.

"It seems that Chilaviv is not optimistic about the current situation in the south, otherwise he would not have sent more men to protect himself. Ryan thought to himself, "I don't know how I can convince him, I guess it's very difficult to meet him, right?"

At this moment, a clear bell was remembered again, and Chilaviv raised his hands in the air, signaling everyone to be quiet. After the entire central square slowly fell into silence, Chilaviv spoke: "Hello all the inhabitants of the Free Paradise, merchants, mercenaries, and people from all walks of life! I am Chiraviv, the president of the Dorok Business Alliance. ”

Chilaviv's voice spread through a colorful amplified magic array throughout every corner of the central square of Freedom Paradise, and everyone's eyes were focused on him, although most of them didn't know what Chiraviv was going to say, but everyone believed that what Chiraviv was going to announce next was definitely an earth-shattering thing.

"A few hundred years ago, we were a small village with a population of no more than 100 people, and it was extremely desolate.

It was the industrious hands of our ancestors who slowly expanded this place, from a village to a small town, and from a small town to a city...... After hundreds of years of development, the city of Yegnas has become the largest commercial city on the mainland, and we proudly call it 'Paradise of Freedom'!"

"Anyone, as long as he is willing to abide by the rules here, can live here freely, he can buy products from any corner of the continent, and he can enjoy the beautiful girls from all over the world...... Here, no one has to worry about their safety being threatened, and our city will not be involved in any strife between any forces on the mainland, in short, the paradise of freedom is a paradise on earth, a paradise for the gods!"

"200 years ago, Paradise of Liberty joined the Empire of the Holy Alliance founded by Fernando I as an autonomous city, of course, this is only in name, and all other matters in our city except for the taxes that must be paid every year are negotiated by the members of the Alliance of Merchants of Paradise of Freedom. It can be said that the Free Paradise is developing faster and better under the management of the Merchant Alliance. As always, we abide by the principle set by our ancestors, that is, to be absolutely neutral and not to participate in any disputes between the forces on the continent. This purpose allowed us to thrive during the terrible Hundred Years' War, and to bring us to glory after joining the Holy Alliance. ”

"However, it is regrettable that after a full 200 years, the original peaceful and stable life was shattered, the orcs invaded the south, and the southern lords became independent...... If it is incumbent upon us to support the Empire, allocate supplies and send additional personnel to the Thor Fortress for the happiness of all mankind, then the dispute between the Northern Empire and the Southern Lords is an internal matter of mankind. The purpose of the Free Paradise is not to involve disputes between the various forces, so when the envoy of the Northern Imperial Capital and the Southern Lord himself appeared in front of me, our Free Heaven Merchant Alliance once again stood at a crossroads, and we needed to make a choice again. ”

"After three full days of discussion, we, the Alliance of Free Paradise Merchants, have made a final decision. Chilaviv's voice was still so subdued, but everyone present held their breath, because what Chilaviv was about to say would affect the future of the Free Paradise, and at the same time cause great changes to the situation on the mainland.

"Now I stand here and announce to you on behalf of all the members of the Merchant Alliance of the Free Paradise, the commercial capital, that the Free Paradise will continue to carry out the purpose of independence, and for this reason, our Free Heaven will break away from the Holy Alliance Empire and become a permanently neutral city. We will not favor any of the forces on the continent, whether it is the imperial capital of the north or the lord of the south, there will be no war in the area where the Free Heaven belongs, as long as anyone is willing to abide by the rules of the Free Paradise, he is our guest and will be warmly welcomed by us, but if anyone tries to annex the Free Heaven and take away the wealth left by our ancestors, it is our enemy. ”

"Now that we have withdrawn from the empire and want to maintain absolute neutrality, then the annual tax paid by our Free Heaven to the imperial capital will naturally be canceled, but this money still has to be collected, after the discussion of the merchant alliance, we have decided to use this money to establish a mercenary army, this army will be responsible for maintaining order in the city in peacetime, and in the event of an invasion by foreign enemies, they will launch a merciless counterattack to ensure the safety of all of us. Of course, this mercenary army will never take the initiative to step out of the free heavens. ”

When Chilaviv finished speaking, the whole central square immediately fell into chaos, and almost everyone's brains were stimulated by Chilaviv's words, they couldn't believe that they were part of the empire yesterday, but in the blink of an eye, they became the citizens of a neutral city, and they had nothing to do with that empire.

Of course, these so-called irritants were only because Chilaviv's words were too unexpected for everyone, but in fact, when everyone present reacted, almost all of them let out enthusiastic cheers, rejoicing that Chiraviv and the Merchant Alliance of Free Paradise had made this decision, and no one wanted to be subservient to others, especially since he had to pay a large amount of gold every year to a king in the north who did not know him.

Now that the Free Paradise had come to its own devices, the inhabitants of the city were naturally elated, and soon the news of Chilaviv's announcement spread throughout the city, and everyone was in a state of excitement. For Ryan, this result is really a bit discouraging, after all, they have spent a lot of effort and lost some teammates, but they can't use any strength to see that Free Heaven is separated from the empire, but in Ryan's heart, they can still barely accept it.