This full-day tour of the imperial capital ended almost perfectly with the guide of Bard. The reason why it is said to be almost perfect is mainly because Vivi is very unhappy in Anxin, because she really can't figure out why Ryan would accept a scrap material that is not good at anything, and the impression that Bard left on Vivian before is too bad, and what Vivian hates most in her life is the kind of self-righteous messenger of justice.

In the evening, when Vivien was alone with him in Ryan's room, Ryan slowly spoke his thoughts, and Bard's words of "dreams and reality" really moved Ryan, since as long as he said a word, he could give others a chance to realize their dreams, so Ryan would not be stingy to speak.

If Bud behaves well, then Ryan is tantamount to picking up a talent for nothing, but in case Bud is useless, then Ryan treats Bud well, because it is tantamount to giving others a signal: even scrap materials like Bud can be reused, and if you think you are better than Bud, then hurry up.

Vivian burst out laughing after listening to Ryan's explanation, that Bard thought that Ryan had given him the opportunity to realize his dream, but why didn't Ryan take advantage of Bard's intentions?

Relieved, Vivien went back to her room and had a good night's sleep, and the next day, everyone woke up early, because today would be the draw ceremony for the entire tournament. According to the information from his subordinates, the number of people who signed up for this Royal Athletic Tournament exceeded 7,000, and this number had not been reached for nearly 150 years, except in the early days of the establishment of the imperial capital.

Everyone in the imperial capital regarded this competitive competition as the beginning of the entire empire regaining its honor, and the reason why the imperial capital wanted to hold this conference again also had this meaning. After the orcs attacked the imperial capital, the vitality of the imperial capital was greatly damaged, and the entire empire was naturally greatly unstable, and the most infuriating thing was the incident in which Senat announced his separation from the imperial rule.

Now that the imperial capital has slowly recovered, 500,000 recruits have been trained, and the entire city has taken on a new look, it is natural to restore the imperial capital's dominance over the entire empire, so there is also this royal competition. Among the 7,000 applicants, although there were only 300 people from the imperial capital area, all of them were selected from the army, and they were all recognized as strong people in the army.

Due to the change to the original format of the tournament this time, the archon Faraz also ordered the abolition of the ban on re-entry after participating in a competitive tournament, allowing everyone to sign up for the tournament as long as he was a subject of the Empire. Of course, it is obvious that Faras did this, after all, the imperial capital tried its best to hold a conference, but let outsiders control the top of the entire competition, and the emperor not only failed to achieve the intended effect, but would be greatly embarrassed in front of everyone.

According to the experience of previous competitions, only brave and strong warriors and pious knights have won the most championship titles, so Faras would select the best talents from the imperial army and the Royal Knights to compete, if it were not for Orlando and Victor's prominent status, Faras would not have let them make a move.

The whole lottery ceremony was not held in the arena, because there were too many people participating, so Ryan and the others hurried to the lottery site - the central square of the imperial capital after breakfast. Today, Her Majesty Queen Catherine and Grand Consul Faraz will take part in the draw ceremony from the Royal Viewing Deck, and the rebuilt Imperial Capital Centre Square will be named Catherine Square to commemorate the thrilling battle three years ago.

Ryan's position to watch the draw today is quite good, of course, this is not occupied by Ryan's subordinates early, but the imperial capital specially arranged this way, after all, Faras's invitation letter made it very clear that this competitive competition can be participated in as long as the people of the empire are involved, and the overlord of Cassano personally led the team to the imperial capital, and also signed up for the competition, wouldn't it show his greatest sincerity to the imperial capital?

Before leaving, Ryan knew that he couldn't avoid those endless political entertainments, and sure enough, after they came to Catherine Square, the officials in charge of the reception of the imperial capital rushed up, and of course they didn't need to be polite to them as Ryan, that is, Adams came forward and sent them away with a few words.

Ryan sat on the side of the viewing platform, an area of the imperial capital dedicated to the Cassano Plains. Those who can have this kind of privilege on the royal viewing platform are only a few places in Mochizuki City and Freedom Paradise. Like Mochizuki City, that is, Mayne, who had a fight with Ryan back then, led the team, and as a high-level magician, he didn't sign up at all. As for the free paradise that declared neutrality, it was simply a task issued by the Merchant Federation in the Mercenary Guild, and then the mercenaries who took over the task came together, and the chubby guy who led the team was said to be a butler of a certain merchant group owner in the Merchant Federation, and it was the kind that basically didn't speak, and it didn't count if he said it.

Although the Cassano overlord with the pseudonym Fabia occupies a territory that is not very large, and the population he rules is not very large, but it occupies a very important position, judging from the map, if the Seke City of Senate is a traffic artery connecting the north and south in the east of the continent, then the Cassano plain in the west of the continent is also a traffic artery connecting the north and the south.

Especially after the orcs occupied Sunrise City, it was difficult for the imperial capital to contact the sea breeze city in the south, losing the sea transportation, and being firmly controlled by Senate in the eastern part of the continent, the imperial capital could only regain its rule over the southern lords through Cassano.

If the imperial capital now has the enclave of Cassano, the royal knights of the imperial capital can march to Mochizuki City or the city of Freedom Heaven within 2 days, and create pressure on those lords in the south to the greatest extent, and lose this place, then the imperial capital's control over the southern part of the continent will completely disappear.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Ryan and his party have received preferential treatment in the imperial capital, if it weren't for the fact that the imperial capital is now faintly divided into three factions, Catherine, Faraz and Orlando, I am afraid that officials of sufficient weight would have come to the door long ago. And Ryan declined the banquet of the three political factions that night, which also made the three parties misunderstand his intentions, thinking that Ryan was waiting for the price to sell.

Therefore, Orlando did not contact Ryan again in order to avoid suspicion, as a soldier, he would not be involved in the political struggle, and the dinner party invited Ryan just because of curiosity, after all, a magician unified Cassano alone, which can be regarded as a glorious deed, although Orlando, as a soldier, learned all about the process through the scout, but after all, the retelling of the parties is more real.

Faras's side naturally had to worry about Catherine's methods, and at the same time, in order to succeed in the first battle, she urgently negotiated with her subordinates, preparing to come up with a condition that was enough to attract Ryan. As for Catherine, she didn't intend to win over Ryan at all, Cassano's independence or falling south would make the imperial capital worse, and it would be more in line with Catherine's plan.

Ryan couldn't have imagined that all kinds of things had happened in the imperial capital because of his arrival, and as for the murder on the street on the first day, it had been suppressed by Farass with the power in his hands. If Ryan kills innocent civilians, Farath will definitely not sit idly by, but Ryan killed a group of guys who usually do bad things and now take the initiative to provoke, so Farath selectively ignores them.

Now Ryan is sitting in his seat, looking at the crowd of people below with a bit of boredom, this is not the first time he has seen this kind of scene, when he was sniping the Beast Emperor with all his strength here, Ryan also witnessed a similar scene, but the people in the audience are fighting bloodily, and the ground is also covered with corpses. If he had a choice, Ryan would even wish he hadn't seen it again for the rest of his life.

However, for Vivien, it was the first time she had seen such a spectacular scene, and she naturally couldn't help but be amazed from time to time, at least 600,000 people came to Catherine's Square today, which was more than the entire population of Cassano combined. Even the well-informed Adams kept sighing, and after coming to the imperial capital, he also experienced the insignificance of Cassano, and his heart was full of feelings.

The only ones who could sit in the first row with Ryan were Vivian and Adams, and the entourage like Barbara, Sophie, and Bud could only stand behind them, and even Julia, who had been depressed all day, was attracted by the magnificent scene in front of her, not to mention those who had never left Cassano.

The draw ceremony finally began, and Archbishop Red, accompanied by eight high-ranking magicians, walked to a large wooden barrel filled with folded notes, where the names of the 7,672 contestants were placed, and Red had to draw out the small notes with their names one by one in order to determine the venue and opponent of their match.

Due to the large number of participants, the imperial capital adopted the method of dividing the competition venues, and arranged a full 16 competition venues in different locations in the imperial capital for the participants to conduct the knockout round. Each group of 128 people is a one-on-one match, and the winner of the group advances to the next round by defeating their opponents, while the eventual winner of the group advances to the next round.

This will lead to the next round, which is the final round of about 60 people, and they will be drawn again to compete for the final championship. Of course, according to the consistent rules of the imperial capital, anyone who can enter the second round can be reused by the imperial capital, or receive a generous bonus.

The whole lottery process is boring, but also worth looking forward to, many people have tears in their eyes after drawing a good lot, but there are also people who scold after being divided into a group with strong opponents, as for Ryan, he has been laughing with Vivian beside him, occasionally listening to the entourage behind him talk about some players with good strength, and even casually comment on the names of those people, as if he didn't take the lottery to heart.

In fact, now Ryan wants to see more of Faras, who has been separated for three years, but he is afraid that he can't help but recognize Faras on the spot, so he controlled his desire with great willpower, and during the entire three and a half hours of the lottery ceremony, he didn't even look at Faras, who was at the top of the viewing platform.