Chapter 491: The Way Home (4)
After that night of long talking, Ryan and Faras rested in the imperial capital for a day, and took time to visit friends at the Cathedral of San Nebiro, and on the third day, Ryan brought his wife and father back to Cassano through the teleportation magic array, and the news of the safe return of Lane and others had already reached Cassano through teleportation magic when he arrived in the imperial capital, so when Ryan came out of the teleportation magic array, he was once again warmly welcomed.
Looking at Elendor in front of him and his elf wife Shaina behind him, Ryan walked over with open arms and hugged Alendor heavily, while Faras walked towards Shayna and whispered to her. After a few pats on Ryan's back, Allendo let go of Ryan and said with a smile, "I heard that you are making a big show in the underwater world this time?
"Why!" Ryan shook his head in denial, "It's just that some of the older palaces have been smoothed out so that they can rebuild them as they wish." โ
"Haha, that makes sense. After Allendo said this, he turned sideways and got out of the way, and at the same time pointed to Vivian and the others behind him and said, "Well, if I don't get out of the way, I guess they will eat me." โ
Allendo's words made Vivien and Adela blush slightly, and the two of them stepped forward, not talking to Ryan but greeting Faras first, but were taken away by Faras with one hand, which made Ryan, who was going to hug left and right, slightly disappointed, but he also knew that there was no need to rush, so he said to Adams and Flanna who came up behind: "These two years, you have worked hard!"
After chatting with two of his most powerful friends and subordinates, Ryan looked around, but could not find Galib and Catherine, and Elendor seemed to guess Ryan's thoughts, and he explained: "Teacher Galib took Catherine over the Hengduan Mountains back to her hometown at the end of last year, and they didn't say when they would return, but they would definitely come back before the hater. โ
"Oh. Ryan nodded, with the strength of Teacher Galib, it is estimated that there is no one who can make him suffer in this plane, so Ryan has nothing to worry about their safety, but he can't ask Teacher Galib for advice at the first time, Ryan only feels a little pity, but fortunately, he has obtained the divine power of two gods on this trip to the bottom of the sea, and if he spends more time, he may be able to gain a lot.
After a warm and brief welcome, Cassano's dignitaries gathered in the council chamber to listen carefully to Ryan's account of their trip to the bottom of the sea, this time Ryan did not mention anything other than those private things, not even about his own promotion, but only said lightly that he had helped Ticilis win the New Year's sacrifice, and then the Naga royal family, who had fallen in the human world, ascended the throne as the new Empress Majesty.
With that said, Ryan began to listen to Allendo and the others tell him about the development of Cassano and the situation on the continent two years after he left. With Alendor and others in the town, Cassano is naturally calm, and the caravans from the south to the north used to come and go through the small town of Mori, but after that area became a battlefield ruin, everyone invariably chose Cassano as a transit point, which naturally made Cassano's economy grow rapidly.
With money and enough land, Cassano developed much faster than Ryan expected, a city on the rise, population naturally became the biggest demand, coupled with the presence of the legendary powerhouse of Elondo, no one would dare to make trouble here, so dwarves and naturalized orcs quickly integrated into the city.
The weapons and farming tools forged by the dwarves were all high-quality, and both the imperial capital in the north and Mochizuki Castle in the south were in short supply, and many caravans brought enough wine to buy the iron tools they made from the dwarves. The orcs are brave and good at fighting, and as mercenaries, they can often defeat three or five thieves at a time, and they have also become the favorite of the commanders of various caravans. As for the small number of elves who settled in Cassano, in addition to teaching magic in the magic guild and making artworks, there were also many people who organized a song and dance troupe, and the elves' handsome appearance and natural voice became popular all over the south of the continent almost overnight.
After the people who stayed behind in Cassano finished briefing on the situation here, Ryan repeated what he said to Luke in the imperial capital, an open Cassano is very much expected for the people here, but Adams and others are also worried that Ryan's full liberalization will lead to foreign forces taking the opportunity to infiltrate Cassano, which may complicate the thriving situation here.
For everyone's concerns, Ryan has already thought of countermeasures, the reason why Cassano can appear today's status is inseparable from Ryan's strong rise, it can be said that as long as Ryan is still there, his strength is enough to maintain a huge advantage, there is no need to worry about other forces plotting against Cassano, the simplest example is the New Year's sacrifice battle in the underwater world, Shadurellna, who is standing on the opposite side of Ryan, and more than 100 legendary powerhouses around her have fallen in successive battles, and it seems that all the legendary powerhouses in the land world add up to only more than ten people, if someone attacks Cassano desperately, I am afraid it is not enough for Ryan to slap downใ
If there are no security concerns, why should Cassano worry about someone else's infiltration? As a member of the Six-Party Alliance, Cassano acts as an intermediary, not its existence, and the other five parties may not join it, so from the moment the Six-Party Alliance is established, Cassano's future is already doomed, the faster Cassano's development pace, the faster the integration between various ethnic groups and races on this continent, the penetration of Cassano will not let Cassano be assimilated by others, but will only make the infiltrated forces have to follow Cassano's pace, and finally achieve the purpose envisioned by Lane.
After saying what he had thought in his heart, Ryan realized that five or six hours had passed since he had returned to Cassano, and now that it was getting dark, and it was almost time for dinner, so he clapped his hands and said to everyone present, "All right, let's stop here today." As for what I said before, even if you want to implement it, you can't do it in a day or two, and it will take a long time, maybe decades, or even hundreds of years. So let's stop worrying about it and let's have a meal together tonight!"
Ryan said this, and of course the others had no objections, so everyone rushed out and walked towards the restaurant. Halfway through, Ryan meets a familiar face, but it's Barbara, his first student. Originally, Barbara was supposed to come to greet Ryan in person, but according to the arrangement, it was her turn to teach at the Cassano Magic Guild today, so she had to come in the evening. I haven't seen her for two years, Barbara's height has grown a lot, and her face has become more beautiful, compared with the image of a few years ago, Barbara is now slim and elegant, and she is already a young girl full of youth.
"Teacher!" Barbara stood on the side of the road and saluted Ryan respectfully, behind her, was the adult red dragon Wallace who had signed a dragon guardian contract with Barbara, at this time Wallace appeared in the form of a human, although he had not seen him for a few years, his appearance was still such a sloppy old man's image, but when Wallace saw Ryan, his face suddenly changed, and the previous sloppy and cynical appearance disappeared in an instant, replaced by a face full of incredulity.
Ryan smiled, he knew that Wallace probably guessed that his strength had greatly improved, although this guy was not good at his own strength, but he had been squatting on Dragon Island for the longest time among the three adult red dragons, so he had a very keen insight into particularly powerful characters, who let those old guys who stayed on Dragon Island each have a lifespan of more than 10,000 years, according to the convention that the older the dragon clan, the stronger the strength, even if the guy of this age does not step into the realm level, he is afraid that he is at the peak of the legendary powerhouse, and the invisible pressure they bring to Wallace is exactly the same as that from Ryan's body at this timeใ
"You, you ......" After saying a few unrelated words, Wallace scratched his head and couldn't help but say, "It's not that I'm wrong, right?"
Ryan smiled noncommittally and nodded at Wallace, and then continued to say to him: "Wallace, you have worked hard for the past two years, without your help, Barbara would not have progressed so fast in the past two years, I look at the insignia on her chest, it seems that she has been successfully promoted to a magister." The reason why Ryan said this is because Barbara's previous strength may be able to compete with the Magus, but the competition does not mean that the competition does not mean that the Magus will win, and it also does not mean that the Magister can pass the test of the Magister, just like Ryan can defeat the Magister with an oppressive attack even though he only has the title of apprentice.
"Of course, I passed the Magister test at the beginning of this year, and now that the Cassano Magic Guild is short of teachers, I go every few days to teach some basics. Barbara quickly explained to Ryan why she didn't go to greet him today, although she knew that Ryan wouldn't care, but as a student, she had to do what she had to say and still do what she had to say.
Barbara's strength is too poor, and her knowledge is far inferior to Wallace, so she didn't find out what level of Ryan's strength standing in front of her at the moment has reached, anyway, she is used to Ryan's progress much faster than herself, so even if she can sense something wrong from Ryan, she doesn't take it to heart, Barbara just feels that her contract guardian always looks cynical on weekdays, why did she suddenly become a demented stupid person today?
"Very well, I've been away from Cassano for the past two years, so you're going to have to worry a little more. Oh, by the way, what about Serres? Why didn't they see anyone. Ryan said and asked about the whereabouts of the other Seres who had signed a guardianship contract, and he didn't want Wallace to get too entangled in his promotion area, so he quietly changed the subject.
"Oh, Serres said he wanted to find a place where no one was around to concentrate on practicing, and Uncle Elendor said he was likely to break through the legendary realm in the near future!" Barbara looked envious, after all, her dream at this time was also to step into the legendary realm, just like her teacher Ryan.