The southern part of the continent is not like the endless prairie like the northern one. The terrain here is much more complex, with forests, forests, peaks, hills, and so to speak, and the further south you go, the denser the rivers and the wetter the climate. In many places, even horse-drawn carriages have ceased to be the main means of transportation, and have been replaced by ships floating on rivers that extend in all directions.

Between the port city of Seabreeze City to the east of the continent and Liberty Paradise, the mainland's largest commercial capital, an avenue was built for the carriages of the chambers of commerce to travel quickly, and this road was built almost along the Rapids River that runs from east to west. The Riptide River originates from the Hengduan Mountains on the west side of the continent, passes through Mochizuki Castle and Freedom Heaven to the sea near Sea Breeze City, and is considered the longest river on the main road.

Many chambers of commerce used this river to transport their goods from Paradise of Liberty down the river to Seabreeze City by merchant ships, and vice versa by horse-drawn carriages. Originally, this east-west communication artery had always been a constant stream of pedestrians, horse-drawn carriages, and ships, but Ryan and the others walked all the way in the horse-drawn carriage, and there were hardly any caravans.

Ryan sat in the carriage, he looked at the rapids not far away from the window, saw the empty river, and suddenly said to Franner, who was walking beside him: "I remember the last time I walked this road, but there were constant pedestrians, why has it become so desolate now? I haven't seen anyone else for half a day?"

Franner replied as he walked: "It's probably caused by the Senate rebellion, right? Now the situation in the south is unstable, many chambers of commerce dare not go out, and due to the fall of Sunrise City, the empire's north-south shipping has been paralyzed, and the goods from the north cannot be transported, and the goods from the south are also difficult to transport. ”

Ryan shook his head slightly, he was worried about the situation of the Empire, the night before yesterday, 5,000 of Sennat's rebels attacked Seabreeze City with the assistance of nearly a hundred Neiying, fortunately, Ryan and his party stopped them, and finally wiped them out, otherwise once Seabreeze City fell into Sennat's grasp, I am afraid that the entire south would not belong to the Empire.

Ryan and the others are now hurrying towards their next destination, and the envoy Robin originally wanted to wait in Seabreeze City for a while, and wait until the smuggling ship that had agreed to hide their identities for them arrived, and then carry out the plan prepared in advance, but Ryan directly vetoed it.

The reason is very simple, that is, now that Ryan and his party have become household names in Seabreeze City, it is meaningless to rigidly follow the original plan. Besides, from the mouths of the rebels who were captured alive, Ryan also confirmed the conjecture that they were Senat's men, in order to get ahead of Sennat, so Ryan and they only rested in Seabreeze City for a day, and then immediately set off in a hurry.

Ryan and the others left in such a hurry, in addition to worrying that the exposure of their identities would affect the mission of this trip, another very important reason was that they really couldn't stay in Seabreeze City.

Because Ryan's performance that night greatly shocked the army and mercenaries of Seabreeze City, and even increased the value of the magician mercenaries a lot, now the mercenary group of Seabreeze City, no matter how poor and small, is proud of having magician members, if a mercenary group does not even have a lowest-level magic apprentice, they will not dare to appear in the bar at all, even if they go, they will not receive any tasks.

Of course, in this incident, the biggest gain is the Wind Mercenary Group, because Ryan's comrade-in-arms Oz belongs to this mercenary group. The fighters of Oz's team, with Oz as the captain, have also become hot figures, and they have added fuel and vinegar to the adventures of Ryan and others that they have heard from Oz and their own imagination.

In this way, one to ten, ten to hundred, after the spread of I don't know how many people, Ryan is no longer a person, in the more outrageous story, Ryan became a giant with a height of ten meters and a waist circumference of ten meters, he sneezed lightly and launched the "Thor's Fury" forbidden spell, and with a wave of his hand, a powerful tornado magic was formed, what dragons, demons, lichs, Ryan was embarrassed to deal with them with two hands, stretched out a finger and strangled to death.

Although the absurdity of these stories is obvious, those listeners just like to hear them, and the more outrageous they say, the more elated they are. Of course, these stories also reached Ryan's ears, and Ryan had to explain it at first, but he only explained it for half a day.

In the afternoon, the afternoon of the day after the Senate rebels attacked Seabreeze, a dozen bards from across Seabreeze gathered and spent hours choreographing a grand opera, Ryan Slaying the Dragon, for a free performance in Seabreeze's central square, which could accommodate tens of thousands of people outside Fernando's Royal Palace.

As a result, the revue became an instant hit, and it was performed for a full fifteen performances on the same day, with more than 100,000 spectators, and the tired bards were almost about to turn into skeletons.

This absurd revue roughly tells the story of how Ryan defeated Senate's rebels by himself, and also adds a lot of hearsay stories, and at the end of the show, Ryan alone takes on an ancient red dragon, which brings the atmosphere of the whole square to a climax.

The bards were also inspired, and they took advantage of the fact that they formed a new song and dance troupe, ready to perform the story throughout the continent, and at the same time, Ryan and his people were also enthusiastically sought after by the inhabitants of Seabreeze City, and basically around the Oz house, at least 5,000 boys and girls surrounded it, and chanted Ryan's name in unison.

The final result of the whole incident was to let Ryan and them flee in the wilderness, and with the help of the Wind Mercenary Group, Ryan and the others quietly left Seawind City in their own carriage.

In fact, this is the reason why this can happen, mainly because of the worries that exist in the hearts of the residents of Seabreeze City, they have lived under the wings of the Holy Alliance Empire for two hundred years, and everything seems to have become a certain formula, but this peaceful day was broken overnight, the orcs captured the Thor Fortress, and there were months of fierce battles with humans in the imperial capital, and many southern lords declared independence, among which the most powerful Senat even extended his tentacles to Seabreeze City, how not to worry the people who have lived here for generations。

So intentionally or unintentionally, people regard Ryan and his party as the hope of maintaining their better tomorrow, and the deeds of Ryan and others in the Royal Athletic Tournament have long been spread throughout Seabreeze City, after all, it has been a long time since the south of the entire empire has entered the top three, and the relationship between Ryan and Faras, the relationship between Faras and the Imperial Chancellor, and the invincible head of the Royal Knights Orlando has also become a topic of conversation.

Of course, behind all this, there are still many pairs of invisible big hands pushing it, and the Wind Mercenary Group will naturally spare no effort to build momentum for Ryan and them, anyway, Ryan's former comrade-in-arms Oz now belongs to their mercenary group, as well as the garrison of Seabreeze City, of course, they will not forget Ryan's help to them, and besides, they can win the favor of the few people who are actually in power in the empire through these things, why not?

The carriage had been speeding for a whole day, and Sea Breeze City was already dozens of kilometers away, but Ryan's ears seemed to faintly hear the sound of thousands of people cheering in unison, which made him very confused, if these people could put this kind of energy on resisting the enemy's attack, then there was no need for Ryan and them to make a move the night before yesterday, Seabreeze City has a population of hundreds of thousands, of which there are more than 100,000 young adults, and Senat is only more than 5,000 people, these two numbers can be distinguished even by three-year-old children。

When Ryan whispered this doubt in his heart, Franner made a pun: "People need role models, they need leaders." ”

"There are no convincing people to command them, these people are just a mess, and even if they have hundreds of thousands, they will still be captured by thousands or even hundreds of enemies. But as soon as such a person speaks out, then these people become the most fanatical fighters, and they can tear apart everything in front of them for their leader. ”

"W-how is this possible?" said Ryan, with some skepticism.

"That's why the Pope was able to crown all the nations of the continent back then, and in fact, isn't that what the Church of Light and our great gods of light are all about? ”

"Maybe?" said Ryan, thoughtfully.

"Why can ancient humans defeat the powerful Red Dragon, Beamon, and even Titan? As you said, discipline is a sharp weapon for human beings to gain a foothold on the continent, but how to ensure this discipline? Or how to make others abide by this discipline? That is nothing more than strength, but strength alone is not enough, and others need to be convinced, otherwise no matter how strong the strength of the human individual is, it is just another red dragon or Beamon. ”

"Okay, let's not talk about that. Seemingly reluctant to talk about it, Flanner changed the subject and said, "Do you have confidence in our mission?"

"I don't know, maybe there is?" Ryan was obviously a little lacking in confidence, he lowered his voice and said, "The entire Free Heaven does not have a strict administrator, and I have only met the Chilaviv, who is the largest force in the merchant alliance, and we have no friendship with each other at all, so I think it is rare to be able to sit together and talk about this matter, and even if this Chilaviv supports us, how much time and energy will it take for us to convince others one by one?"

"The most critical point is that now the military power of the empire cannot appear in the south at all, and the line of Seke City between the north and the south is the biggest obstacle, for example, now Senate is desperate to attack the Paradise of Freedom, and our army can only look at it with the eyes of the imperial capital. ”

However, the free heavens may not be willing to obey Senate. I was born there, I live there, and the Paradise of Liberty worships freedom, and they don't like any restraint, and Senate, who is closer to them, is more threatening to them than Senate. The empire only cares about nominal unity, and Senate eats more than to eat the paradise of freedom. ”

"Not bad. "That's probably our only advantage," Ryan said. ”