The royal capital of the Bayer Empire is probably the city with the longest history among many super empires. It is the place where this country originated, and even the empire got its name from it. Yes, the name of the city of the Bayer Royal Capital is Bayer.
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In order to distinguish it from the name of the country, the Bayer people habitually call their capital the Royal Capital, and outsiders will also call it the Bayer Royal Capital.
The capital of Bayer covers an area of nearly a thousand square kilometers, including dozens of small and medium-sized satellite cities, including rivers and mountains. If a person plans to walk from outside the city to the capital to meet His Majesty the Emperor, he probably needs to prepare enough
Half a month's worth of food and tents.
The largest urban area is not the Dilo District where the palace is located. The security there is too tight and Oros, who has made too many enemies, has run it into the country's leading military district. In addition, the princes who have frequent internal fights live there.
, no one with even the slightest political sensitivity would choose to appear there.
During the day, the carriages riding on the spacious road are usually engraved with the family crest of a certain noble or official. As long as idlers stay here for a long time, the patrolling knights will come forward.
Even so, the incidence of major crimes here is still the highest in the country. With his age and age, His Majesty the Emperor, who is "eager to see a truly qualified heir", remains silent about the murderous competition among the princes, which seems to show
With my own acquiescent attitude, things are even more chaotic here.
And a prince often has the support of gangs, big businessmen, and nobles. They will not do it themselves, which makes assassins and spies the most common professions here, and those who do this can easily kill witnesses.
It has become a professional habit, so it has become an unspoken rule for people in the royal capital not to enter the Diluo District, commonly known as the Palace District, after sunset.
As a result, a very strange situation occurred. The main road here was full of people and traffic during the day, but at night the street was empty, but the men in black and cloaks on the roofs of various houses came and went, even among each other.
You can also say hello casually.
"Oh, isn't this the Grand Knight Kama under the Fourth Prince? Where are you going this time?"
"The Thirteenth Master recently recruited another master. I heard that he is so powerful that it affects the balance of power. My boss wants me to test his quality. If he is a parallel import, I will kill him directly. If he is really powerful, teach him a lesson.
He practices the rules of our trade."
"What a coincidence, my mission is also this. Go together, go together."
"Of course, the rewards for completing tasks as a team will be huge. Why do it alone? Isn't that a bit silly? By the way, I heard that guy has two skills. Do you have any information? Share it."
A man in black and a man in gray started chatting like this, and they looked like they were going to play boss together. They were just like a pair of close friends.
But I am afraid that outsiders would never think that the left eye of the man in black was blinded by the gray Pengke. In that fight, the Gray Pengke also lost the little finger and middle finger of his left hand. Not only are they not friends, they are
Dead enemies who were still fighting each other yesterday.
"Let's go together!"
"Together!"
"It's his turn!"
The two turned around and saw a black cloak, a red cloak, and a purple mask. It seemed that the five-person team was about to be full, and tonight it was time to form a team to fight a dungeon boss.
And these members who happily formed a group, who were fighting each other yesterday, have become brothers and sisters today, and who knows, the bodies of half of their members will be seen in the gutter tomorrow, and most of them are caused by these temporary teammates.
Yes, after all, every slightly "famous" thug has an exciting bounty on him.
Third-rate killers, gangsters, bodyguards of wealthy businessmen, unruly deserters, and even street gangsters and black market boxers. I'm afraid you can see every conceivable dark force here.
As the emperor's "death date" gets closer and closer, the acquiescence becomes more and more relaxed, and even the knight patrols are put away at night. The result is that the competition among the princes has become fierce and superficial. They spend a lot of money to buy the murderers, no matter what.
No matter the origin or even the strength, as long as it can complete the task and survive, it will naturally be a good dog worth spending money on.
Yes, good dog. People in other parts of the royal capital call this increasingly fierce royal internal fighting "dog fighting." The princes stand on a high platform, swinging gold coins and letting the people below kill each other.
Isn't it the same as the dog fighting betting that is popular in some areas?
However, this "dog fight" became more and more involved, and even had a tendency to sweep the entire royal capital.
"...There is no breath of the living, the holy light treatment has no effect, and he may die suddenly at any time."
This was secretly leaked by a certain great doctor of the Royal Medical College. On the afternoon of the day when he received a large sum of gold coins, he was taken away by the Royal Knights and executed that night.
The therapeutic effect of the Holy Light is ultimately to return it to its "normal" state, so it can cure trauma and ordinary poisonous injuries almost immediately, but for the reconstruction of a broken limb after a period of time, it can cure the pain almost as much as
It's meaningless, because the Holy Light will judge that the person is already within the normal order, so how can he change again.
And for "dead people" like the undead who are full of negative energy, the holy light that restores "normal life" is naturally the mortal enemy.
In the same way, if the person's vitality fails and dies of old age, his normal form is that he is about to die. The last breath he takes is taken by drugs. The holy light is naturally meaningless. Blindly using the holy light to stimulate the last vitality will lead to death.
Faster.
And in a certain sense, when the Holy Light has no effect on an old man or a patient, it is a death notice in another sense. Although the Bayer Royal Knights act very quickly and will be eliminated immediately.
The source of the information was blocked and the circulation of the information was blocked, but this confirmed the authenticity of the information from one aspect.
In this way, when all the princes fell into ecstasy and madness, the nobles of the great fiefs and the leading figures in various industries in the country could no longer sit back and watch the dog fight.
After all, it is now clear that the new emperor will succeed to the throne, and it is time to make the final bet or even take the throne himself. The rewards that can be obtained by helping an emperor ascend to the throne, if calculated as a rate of return, will probably make any businessman bet his whole family.
Property and life. And for the nobles, this is also a big gamble. If they win, they
His title and status will increase dramatically, and he may still be able to hold great power, and if he loses the bet...it will actually be nothing to the great nobles. They will be extremely disliked by the new king, but great nobles with large territories will not be hated by the king.
On the contrary, as long as you don't form a deep hatred and quickly go back to your territory and become a coward, you'll be fine if you keep your tail between your legs from now on.
When the big nobles, businessmen, and even the military and civil servants all take action, although the country can at least maintain stability in appearance because the emperor is not dead, but if the entire upper class takes action, the internal situation will be completely ruined.
Messy.
Fortunately, with the emperor's usual ruthless methods and prestige, they still dare not tear up the layer of paper on the bright side and let the chaos be limited to the palace area... How is this possible, if the chaos can really be controlled
, then the chaos side will be able to make peace with the order side long ago.
What they say verbally is not to affect citizens in other places. But if big businessmen drive their own chambers of commerce to attack their competitors, the entire market will fluctuate violently. With the actions of gray forces under the control of nobles, a small thug can bring down the entire market.
The chickens and dogs in the alleys are restless, not to mention that a single deployment of the military can make half of the city panic and make people sleep uneasy.
People are not fools, especially when murders occur every now and then, and when a noble gentleman who once lived well suddenly dies on the street, rumors will naturally spread in the streets.
And I don’t know when the news that the emperor was about to die became no longer a secret. Even if we can understand that His Majesty the Emperor used this special method to find a suitable heir, how could ordinary people who expect a quiet life expect this?
The chaos continues, especially now that we are still in the midst of a war.
Yes, during the war, or in the melee with several countries.
The so-called jihad vanguard has been half-broken by the rampaging dragons, but it still exists within the borders of Bayer, but it seems to have been forgotten by the world.
However, the defense line of Yuye City encountered good news. Due to someone's misbehavior, the undead lords who were pro-Davi and their troops were wiped out. Before the new undead commander arrived or was appointed, there were also undead who did not participate in the coalition.
Before the monarch finished shirking the relevant responsibilities, Yuye City's defense line was temporarily stabilized.
And when the contracted heroes on the Western Front are freed up, the spare troops cannot be restricted and will naturally be replenished on the Eastern Front. Yuye City will probably enter a slightly stable period. It is at this time that the Grand Duke Dragon Rider will
Dare to go about your own business.
And the last target of war...the country of mages!
Yes, they are still at war, at least on the surface. The Kingdom of Mages used forbidden spells to kill a fortress in Bayer. The dragon knights and **** divisions of both sides fought on the front line. There is no agreement on paper yet.
When it comes to the table, the two sides are naturally still at war.
Even because wars in various places have been victorious, there are still people who have lost their loved ones in the fortress, holding flags and asking the king to conquer the country of mages for them. In addition, some people use propaganda against the enemy country to guide and vent the people's uneasiness and peace.
Fear makes the people very hostile to the country of mages.
As for the real crusade? Even if they don’t know the real situation, just because the new crown heir has not yet been decided, no big shot is willing to devote his energy to such a thankless task. And in this precarious time, Shirley, as
When the ambassador from the Kingdom of Mage came here, he naturally attracted a lot of attention.
It is not enough for a capital city to only play the role of a political center. As a commercial and educational center, the Kason District covers an area more than three times that of the Royal Palace District. It has become increasingly prosperous in the more than thirty years since Oros succeeded to the throne.
In previous years, it was a place where businessmen from all over the world gathered, and it was also the most prosperous urban area. In order to avoid helpless disputes, especially when a prince colluded with a foreign spy to murder his brother and failed, all diplomatic embassies were moved to the commercial area near the palace area.
district.
Considering the current situation, her arrival was indeed very low-key. She quietly entered the foreign hotel at night, but her identity meant that she could not keep a low profile.
When a carriage bearing the emblem of the country of mages travels between the business district and the palace district several times a day, and the carriage is parked at a foreign hotel for foreign envoys, naturally even ordinary citizens know that the enemy country
The ambassador has arrived.
Then the rotten eggs and rotten fruits in the city were out of stock...
From the perspective of the people of Bayer, this is actually easy to understand. They also need a channel to vent their dissatisfaction. So every time the carriage passes through the city, it is like whack-a-mole. And the young people who are not happy even
They chased them to the foreign hotel. Although the soldiers guarding the door refused to let them in, they just threw some harmless rotten fruit. Those guards who were also unhappy with the country of wizards would pretend not to see it. The result was "cannon fire rumbling" outside.
No one in foreign hotels dares to approach the windows.
Even in the face of this situation, the other members of the mission were very settled, but as ambassador Shirley, it was difficult to understand.
"Why are you so calm?"
"Answer: I'm used to being cheated."
Roland's old team members are used to being cheated, but Shirley is full of troubles.
"Obviously I'm just an ordinary mage. I work in the disciplinary inspection department. I didn't even pass the evaluation of a magician. It's okay to be appointed as an ambassador by my superiors for no reason. It's okay to be sent to a country full of hostility. It's okay to have a private agreement but
It can't be announced
Forget it, none of the windows in the temporary residence were attacked. It was very cold at night. Forget it, the old emperor asked him to discuss business several times a day, but he was forced to play chess with him. However, the opponent's chess skills were terrible and he always regretted playing.
Just steal the chess piece... (Save 500 words for complaining)"
If it weren't for the relationship between the two countries, a war might really break out, and she would have been unable to bear it any longer.
"How can I bear this! I've had enough! I quit!"
Well, Shirley, who is not very good-tempered, has already been furious, but what makes her most intolerable is...
"It was clearly agreed that I was just a puppet ambassador on the surface, and the deputy ambassador Roland should be responsible for the main work. But why did he disappear just after setting off! As a result, all the work fell on my head! It was already annoying enough along the way.
There are so many things going on now, why can someone be so irresponsible?"
"...such a familiar roar, such a familiar complaint."
Kross looked at Shirley, who was already in a state of anxiety, with sympathy. It seemed that people who stayed with Roland for a long time would come here for a few days every month.
"...I saw my past self."
Looking at the chaos outside the window, Lilith fell into deep thought. Is the "past me" she spoke of the royal princess who was later hostile to the people of Bayer, or the one who lost countless jobs to her boss in Sulfur Mountain City?
My colleagues, on the other hand, are totally undesirable, and the miserable housekeeper is busy all day long.
"Don't worry, Sister Shirley, the teacher should be here soon. He probably won't forget such a big thing...probably."
As a disciple, Cohen still had to safeguard the honor of his mentor, but when he remembered that his master had always been unreliable, he finally revealed his lack of confidence in his mentor.
"It's such a chaotic place, I..."
"Miss Yawen, His Highness Roland told me that this is an old empire on the earth. It is slow and arrogant towards new things and changes. Their prejudice against the dark elves has not changed. According to ancient practices, the darkness in the city is
The measure taken by the elves is to burn first and then investigate. From this point of view, they are simply a group of uncivilized barbarians with no sympathy at all..."
Storm Eagle became eloquent as soon as he started speaking, but due to lack of manpower, Momo, who was transferred to help Yawen, looked at him expectantly.
"Did he expect this? Did he mention me? Did he say what he wanted me to do?"
"...Okay, let me get straight to the point, 'If they want to take to the streets to enforce the law, tell them that this is not their territory. Pretending to be a law enforcement officer and harming others is also a felony. They should know what law enforcement officers do when they break the law.'"
"He even thought about this, but he didn't think about our current situation?"
The lawyer who was about to move was calmed down by the message, but what was even more troublesome was the current ambassador of the Kingdom of Mage, who was almost going crazy from the pressure. She had played bad chess for three hours with a bad chess player who kept regretting his moves.
On the way back, I also suffered the baptism of the "Egg Storm", and now my sanity is on the verge of collapse. Now when I hear the name Roland, I immediately explode.
"I've had enough. I'm no longer the ambassador! I'm going back to China now!"
Cohen, who had a little conscience, hesitated for a moment and finally persuaded the other party.
"...Then Sister Shirley still needs to bid farewell to His Majesty the Emperor first. This means that the carriage has to pass through the city once. I don't know if they still have ammunition. The fruits here are out of stock every day. By the way, it's almost dark.
Now, those weirdos running around on the roof beams are coming out again, and the carriages on the road are likely to be attacked. Does Sister Shirley also plan to go there with a mask? In fact, I still have the leftover mask here from last time.
cloth……"
"Little Cohen! Has anyone ever told you that you are as annoying as your master?"
Well, the ambassador has completely exploded, but...
"Ahem." As an elder, Storm Eagle cleared his throat and looked at Shirley with sympathetic eyes.
"His Royal Highness Roland's original words: If Shirley refuses to take on the burden, tell her that she does not need to be approved for research funding for the next fifty years. All ratings will be failed, and her superiors will make it a must-do task.
The daily task of cleaning the toilet is waiting for her. Yes, this is job bullying. You are welcome to complain to the disciplinary inspection department about bad bosses after returning to the headquarters. Well, just complain to Roland, who has just taken over as the director of the disciplinary inspection department. He is your immediate boss’s immediate boss.
Immediate boss.'"
"Damn Roland! I thought you were a good person before!"
Well, this is still such a familiar roar that everyone here can't help but fall into memories.
"...If Roland is a god who hates the priesthood, with his ability to make people hate him, he should be the main god by now." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
