The carriage drove smoothly into the southern gate of the imperial capital, Ryan and Faras looked out of the window, and saw the city of Fernando after a long absence.

When they entered the Imperial Capital area yesterday morning, Ryan and they met Bacon of the Royal Knights patrolling, the squadron leader who had been born and died with Ryan was naturally very happy after seeing Ryan, of course he knew what Lane and his party were going to the south for, and now they were naturally surprised to see Ryan return to the Imperial Capital with a large group of Magister-level figures such as Blair from Mochizuki City.

After a simple arrangement, Bacon had his lieutenant continue his tour with 200 knights, while he personally led the remaining 300 knights to escort the convoy to the imperial capital. And last night, the messenger sent by Bacon arrived in the imperial capital, and when he learned that Master Blair had led the team to the imperial capital, Luke attached great importance to it, and he not only arranged a reception overnight, but also immediately informed Victor.

So when the Mochizuki City exchange group arrived outside the city at noon today, the first thing I saw was Victor and his party waiting there, and after a simple and grand ceremony, Victor personally led Mochizuki City and his party into the imperial capital. Ryan and the others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, their mission to the south had finally come to an end.

The carriage drove into the imperial capital, and it was a familiar and unfamiliar city as far as the eye could see, familiar because he had lived here for a while and knew the people and customs here well, but strange because a large number of buildings were destroyed by the orcs to attack the city, so many of the buildings were newly built after the departure of Ryan and them.

"Let's go to the Imperial Capital Magic Academy. Faras whispered to Ryan, "Master Blair is good to us in Mochizuki City, now it's our turn to be the master, we have to ......."

"This is natural!" Ryan agreed casually, he lifted the curtains of the carriage completely, looked at the busy scene on both sides of the street outside, and couldn't help but admire: "We have only been gone for a few months, and now the imperial capital has completely changed, as if we have come to a new city." ”

Faras also poked his head out of the window slightly, looked at it and said, "Yes, I really hope that the mainland can remain peaceful, because only in this way can those civilians live a peaceful life." ”

"Don't worry, with Victor's Thor's Wrath, and General Orlando's Royal Knights, anyone who dares to peek into the imperial capital will be punished. ”

"Hmph, don't even talk about my father, is my father dispensable?" Faras pouted and said, and Ryan held the curtain in one hand and held Faras in his arms with the other, and he said proudly: "Of course not! No matter how powerful Victor and Orlando are, they are only to deter those with ulterior motives outside and inside, but it is Luke who really improves the lives of ordinary people." ”

"That's pretty much it. ”

"Oh yes, when are we going to see Uncle Luke......"

"I hate it, when is it, and you still call it uncle?"

"Ah, what should I call it?"

"Stupid, you should call me ......"

A merchant in a leather jacket stood by the street, silently watching the carriage in which Ryan and Faras drove by, and he shouted a few rough words, beckoning a few coolies he had hired to unload the wagon and move it into the nearby general store.

When a cart of sturdy furs had been loaded into the grocery store, the merchant took out a shriveled money bag from his bosom, counted dozens of copper coins from it, and handed them to the coolies one by one. With that done, the merchant sat down on the frame of the carriage and drove it around the side alley.

The alley led to the back door of the groceries along the street, and the merchant drove his carriage into a courtyard, where there was already a man waiting, and when the merchant jumped out of the carriage, the man immediately caught up with him, took the whip from the merchant's hand, and drove the horses to feed them.

The merchant rudely patted the dust on his body in the courtyard, and swaggered into the room in the middle of the courtyard. A large bucket of hot water had already been prepared in the room, and a medium-looking woman was waiting there, and when the merchant walked in, he didn't say much, but took off his clothes and jumped into the big barrel.

The woman rolled up her sleeves and took a piece of the room to rub his back, but the woman's face was not the look of a wife to her husband, but a kind of deference, as if she were facing her boss.

The merchant quickly washed and walked out, after taking a bath, the skin on his body suddenly became different, originally with his identity, every day in the wind and rain, naturally dark, but now the merchant's skin looks very white, obviously very well maintained, and usually only nobles do this.

The woman immediately dried his body and combed his long hair to his head, revealing the true face of the merchant, Raphael, Senat's right-hand man and the head of the continent's number one killer organization, Soul Eater.

Raphael sat in a chair and enjoyed a massage with his eyes closed on the woman behind him. He has only been in the imperial capital for half a month, and his external identity is a businessman who deals in furs, in the eyes of the tax collectors of the imperial capital, he is just a small merchant who buys furs from some herdsmen in the west and then transports them to the imperial capital for sale.

This time Raphael came to the imperial capital, because Senate ordered him to infiltrate the imperial capital in person and preside over the intelligence network of the Soul Eater in the imperial capital. At the same time, it is necessary to use various means to delay the retreat of the development of the imperial capital as much as possible, so that Senat has enough time to train the army and accumulate strength.

Due to the failure of Raphael's mission to capture Seawind City, Senat suppressed him again, so that he had to risk coming to the imperial capital, on the surface, it seems that Senat entrusted Raphael with a heavy responsibility, but in fact, Senat took this opportunity to collect the power that originally belonged to Raphael, Raphael's strength was insufficient, so it was naturally impossible to fight against Senat, but he also hid the lineage he had cultivated for so many years, and let Senat take away the power that was not very important in his hands.

As long as the souls are still in his hands, and as long as the soul eaters are still at his disposal, Raphael is not worried that Senat will abandon him. As for Senate suppressing himself, it was expected by Raphael for a long time, because he had too much power at his disposal during Senate's departure from the South, especially the intelligence system under the entire Senate system.

If Senat doesn't make trouble, then as long as Raphael is ambitious, he can soon cover Senat's ears and eyes with false information, and gradually empty him, as a hero, Senat naturally does not allow this to happen, so whether Raphael is loyal to him or not, Senat will suppress Raphael, first take these forces in his hands, and then decide Raphael's fate according to Raphael's performance.

This is also the biggest reason why Raphael obediently handed over all the power on the surface and came to the imperial capital in person, he must not let Senate feel at ease with himself, otherwise he will be like that Steven sooner or later, as long as Senat can replace Steven with Karina and control the power of his subordinates, then this descendant of one of the seven kingdoms hundreds of years ago with Senat will disappear silently.