After more than a month of secret investigation, the "Shadow Death", which has just been established for only 2 months, has found a lot of things, this organization with the exact name of Ryan's short sword has been hidden in the dark forever since it appeared, and the entire organization is almost all a one-line connection, except for its leader Sophie, not to mention outsiders, even the internal personnel are completely unclear about how huge the potential of this organization is.

If someone carefully examines Cassano's records in the last 2 months, they will find a lot of clues, a huge amount of funds have been allocated in the name of inexplicability, many excellent warriors have also mysteriously disappeared, and there is also a forbidden place in the Iron Fist Castle, anyone who steps into it will quickly lose their way, even those who have lived here for decades......

I have to admit that this organization called "Shadow Death" is not as famous as an ordinary mercenary group in the mercenary hall of Iron Fist Castle, but its members have enough things to make the most powerful mercenary group on the continent look sideways: all kinds of enchanted weapons and armor made of Mithril, stealth scrolls used to hide their whereabouts, and a lot of money that will never be exhausted......

With the support of a powerful mage like Ryan, the entire territory of Cassano as a backing, and the help of Victor and the legacy of the Grand Magus Delaney, it is not very difficult to arm such an organization to collect intelligence and act secretly in a short period of time.

At this time, Sophie, the leader of the "Shadow Death", was standing respectfully in Ryan's magic tower, while her master, Ryan, was sitting at his desk, slowly reading a thick set of materials that Sophie had put together. This information elaborates on how some people with ulterior motives inside Cassano colluded with external hostile forces and created a series of evil deeds, and the tragedy of Brady's village was also implicated.

Originally, the three Cassano families stood side by side, and naturally each had a group of people enjoying their power, but when Ryan unified the entire Cassano by force, the original circle of interests was ruthlessly divided, and this group of characters who lost their power were naturally dissatisfied. In addition, Ryan trusts Vivian more, and almost two-thirds of the power of the entire Cassano is handed over to the council headed by Adela, Vivian, and Adams, and in doing so, it naturally cuts off the way for others to gain power.

These people knew that their strength was limited and it was impossible to confront Ryan head-on, so they could only endure. Unexpectedly, when Ryan left Cassano for the royal capital to participate in the Royal Athletic Tournament, people began to contact them, and some time later, an organization called the "Southern Liberty Alliance" officially appeared, and a huge conspiracy against Ryan and his ruling class was officially launched.

This group of losers in the Cassano power struggle still has a certain amount of power within Cassano, although they can't influence the situation in Cassano, but it's no problem to make some small moves, so there will be a lot of soldiers wearing Cassano army to loot outside, and naturally there is the tragedy of Brady's village.

Of course, these are only a small part, in fact, neither the rebels of Cassano nor the Southern Liberal Alliance think that this can shake the foundation of Cassano, they just do this to satisfy their own desires as much as possible, and to create as many hostile people as possible for Cassano.

What really affects Cassano's current stability is that this group of rebels spread rumors everywhere in the territory, sowing discord between Cassano's army and his people, dividing the relationship between Cassano and the imperial capital, and also trying to alienate Ryan from the rest of Cassano. If it were other rulers, maybe the conspiracy of this group of rebels would have succeeded, but their opponent was Ryan, a powerful magician, after continuously demonstrating his strength, many Cassano officials who had already had a little idea before were honestly loyal to Ryan, because even if they could take away power, it would be impossible to withstand Ryan's forbidden spell, unless they had the personal protection of the ** division day and night.

The failure of the conspiracy made the group very frustrated, but soon there was a plan against Lane, that is, to assassinate Vivien and Adela, as long as the two women died, then the continuity of Lane and Cassano would be interrupted in an instant, and Lane, who had lost his ruling foundation, wanted to regain control of Cassano's situation, and he must re-establish his cronies, and this opportunity also happened to bring this group of rebels to power.

The plan sounded good, but unfortunately they still failed, the reason was the sudden arrival of Faraz, and many things that happened after that, of course, Ryan and they were already very clear, so Ryan quickly turned the pages and slowly looked at the list of people appended at the end of the information.

Familiar names flashed through his fingertips, Ryan looked at the list silently, did not make any sound, and even his face did not have any expression, while Adela and Vivian, who were standing on the side, were flushed, because a third of them were from their families, and some of the positions of the personnel were appointed by the two of them themselves, at that time they just thought that everyone was related by blood, but they never thought that others did not really regard them as a family at all.

"Is power so fascinating?" Ryan sighed and dropped the list in his hand, he took the water in front of him and drank it all, and after a pause, he spoke again: "I have given up all the power, are they not satisfied?

"No, Ryan, it's none of your business!" Adela and Vivien hurriedly spoke, they didn't want Ryan to leave everything here, although they could follow Ryan's side, but without a powerful magician like Ryan, I'm afraid it would only take a few days for this place to become someone else's territory, right?

"Maybe Faras is right, I'm a political idiot at all. Ryan's tone was rather lost, which made Adela and Vivien's hearts very anxious, but they didn't know what to say, after all, many of these rebels had something to do with them, and it happened after Ryan gave them carte blanche over Cassano.

Sophie's eyes rolled quickly, and she quickly thought of something, so she mustered up the courage to speak, "Master, please forgive me for being rude, but I don't think your words are correct, or rather, the words of Mistress Faras. ”

"Oh?" Ryan has always trusted Faras, especially in politics, but today Sophie suddenly said that Falath was not right, which of course will not make Ryan angry, but it is inevitable that there is a little curiosity in his heart, so Ryan pointed to the chair next to the desk and said: "You all sit down, don't be too restrained here, Sophie, you tell me what you mean." ”

After everyone was seated, Sophie said confidently: "For magic, you have put in hard work, and naturally you have achieved outstanding achievements, and in terms of politics, I believe that you have also put in some efforts, but you are not as handy as magic, so you feel that you are not good at politics, right?"

"Yes. Ryan nodded and admitted: "The same thing, Faras can immediately understand the truth at a glance, and even if I have her advice, I am always puzzled, obviously I don't have the talent for this." ”

"No, that's not what I think. Sophie got to the point, and her voice increased a lot: "Allow me to say a few disrespectful words, when it comes to understanding the magic system, you are definitely not as good as Farath, or any of the best students of the Academy of Magic, but your magic strength is far above them, why?"

"It is said that your magic system is not complete, and when you go on adventures with the Faras Mother and their mothers, you will almost only have a few kinds of magic, but even the best students of the Imperial Capital School of Magic must look up to the miracles you have created, isn't it? Master, in fact, the reason for all this is very simple, that is, you stick to the rules. ”

"Rules?"

"Yes, I have seen you make a direct attack to make your opponent defenseless, but what about politics? You act according to the rules set by others everywhere, isn't this trapping yourself to fight with others? Not to mention that you can only be regarded as a novice in politics. ”

"In magic, you give full play to your strengths, so you are almost invincible, but in politics, you use your weaknesses and run after others, if you can easily defeat your opponents, then the perception between your opponent and you is definitely greater than the gap between you in magic, and how can such a person be your opponent?"

"Although I don't know much about politics, I don't think politics is just about intriguing with people, your magical strength, Cassano's army strength, manpower and material resources...... And so on all this should be within the realm of politics, master, you are a straightforward and kind person, but now you have given up your best force, but you are fighting others in the scheming that you are not good at, may I ask, how much price do you have to pay to be able to fight with others?"

"You have a point, Sophie. Ryan couldn't help but nod heavily, he couldn't help but ask Sophie about countermeasures, and Sophie's face was slightly flushed, and her body trembled slightly, obviously she was very excited at this time, but Sophie quickly stabilized her emotions, she lowered her voice to Ryan: "The so-called politics is just a transaction between people, and if the strength is similar, it will naturally sit down and talk slowly, if there is a disparity in strength, why bother with words?"

"Master, it seems to me that your policy after the unification of Cassano is too conservative, and if you do not use force, how can you deter your enemies? As a magician, your humility is a rare quality, but as a lord, your low-key has become synonymous with cowardice. Just like that duel you fought at Mochizuki Castle, you earned the respect of others with a clean victory. And now, as a lion, you have been asleep in Cassano for too long, my master!"