The sun lazily showed half a smiling face in the gap in the clouds, and the carriage drove briskly along the wide road.

Ryan stretched a long waist and sat in the carriage for several days in a row, as if even people were numb, and Ryan admitted in his heart that riding in the carriage would be faster than walking anyway, but he still thought it was more comfortable to walk.

Unlike the last time he went to Elmida City, after Lane and his party set off from Elfa City, they walked faster and faster along the way, and the walk became more and more spacious. Three carriages could walk side by side on the main road of Elfa City, and now at least six cars could walk side by side. Ryan heard from Faras that when he reached the heart of the imperial capital of Fernando, the road was the widest in the entire empire, and it was enough to walk eight brand-new carriages side by side.

"Perhaps, this is what an imperial center should be?" Ryan thought to himself.

The sound of horses' hooves in the distance made Ryan retract his thoughts. He lifted the curtain of the carriage, poked his head out, and followed the sound, only to see a dense black shadow in the distance coming towards him.

The carriages on the road almost unanimously drove to the side of the road, giving way to the wide road.

In a moment, a group of black-pressed knights appeared in front of Ryan's eyes, all of them wearing golden armor. Each knight held the reins of his horse in his left hand and a long spear in his right hand. The horses under their seats were also covered with thick leather horse armor, revealing only two horse eyes and four hooves.

Ryan asked Allendo, who was in the same car, strangely, "Why are there so many knights here?"

Alendor thought for a moment and replied, only to be completely overshadowed by the sound of the hooves of the horse's team passing by the carriage.

After the group of knights had walked far away, Ryan asked again, "Allendo, what did you just say?"

Alendor said, "If I'm not mistaken, this place has entered the imperial capital. ”

Ryan asked, "Oh? How do you know?"

Allendo smiled and said, "Except for the imperial capital, where in the entire empire is there a cavalry army that dares to come out so blatantly. ”

Ryan asked, "Is it possible that only the imperial capital can have cavalry?"

"Yes," said Alendo, "Fernando I founded the empire and divided a large number of lords. Each lord has absolute authority over his land, as long as he can pay his taxes according to the rules of the empire, even if he is willing to support a large army. Other than that, there is only one requirement, which is not to have a heavy cavalry army. ”

Ryan said, "Heavy cavalry army?"

"Yes, in the entire empire, only the imperial capital of Fernando can legally have a heavy cavalry army, that is, the Royal Knights. You see that the knights were dressed in heavy armor, and even the horses were dressed in leather armor. If it weren't for the Golden Knights, it would only be a rebellion of a lord. ”

Ryan said, "I see. But why do you dare to say, Elendor, why can't it be the other lords who have rebelled?"

Alendor smiled and said, "Ryan, it seems that you don't have much experience in this area. You must know that to train a heavy cavalry, you need at least a war horse and a set of cavalry special equipment, not counting the usual provisions. Basically, one such heavy cavalryman costs enough gold to feed 20 light infantrymen. There were more than 1,000 cavalry in that group just now, and if a certain lord wanted to rebel, then he could at least support more than 20,000 infantry. There are not many lords who can support more than 20,000 troops in the entire empire, and they are definitely not near the imperial capital. ”

Ryan scratched his head, it seemed that he knew too little about military things.

"Actually, I don't know much," says Elendo. But in any case, none of the dozens of lords of the empire would be stupid enough to have heavy cavalry, even if it was only ten escort cavalry, and the emperor would immediately be punished for treason. Even Senat, who had already defected, had only trained some light cavalry. ”

Ryan said, "Then these heavy cavalry are the knights of the Royal Knights, and isn't the bacon we know in Giethoorn also from the Royal Knights?"

Alendor nodded and said, "Don't forget that Bacon invited us to be a guest." Now that you've come to the imperial capital, it's better to find a time to see them. ”

Ryan agreed, "Okay. ”

Ryan asked the driver who was driving the car outside, "Excuse me, how long will it take to get to the imperial capital?"

The coachman's voice came: "Come on, guest." This is already the confines of the imperial capital. Didn't you see the knights?"

Ryan asked loudly, "Oh, what's going on with those knights?"

The coachman said: "In the imperial capital, every day there will be a squadron of royal knights patrolling, and they will go around the entire outskirts of the imperial capital. If you encounter them, just drive the carriage to the side of the road to avoid it. ”

Ryan shook his head, this is really a strange rule, why do the Royal Knights have to run around?

Ryan lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out the window boredly.

The two sides of the road are planted with trees, neatly arranged together, which is somewhat like the forest of your hometown, but the number of these trees is much less than that of your hometown.

In the gap between the trees, there are looming farms, and a large number of farmers are working hard in the fields along the roadside, not knowing what to plant. Ryan looked at the speeding carriage and couldn't make out what it was, as if he had never seen such a plant growing on a shelf made of twigs and the like.

I don't know how long it took, but Ryan only felt that it was getting dark. Just as Ryan was considering whether to stop and rest, a majestic city in the distance suddenly came into Lane's field of vision.

Ryan was completely conquered by the city with just one look!

The huge thick city walls are coming towards you, giving you a strong feeling of suffocation!

The carriage was moving fast, and Ryan's heart was beating faster and faster, and the city, which had stood for 200 years, kept exuding a trace of life, as if telling passers-by something.

Finally, the carriage drove into the city gates, and Ryan only felt that it was dark in front of him, and it seemed as if there was no light between heaven and earth.

Ryan was wondering, when suddenly there was a bright light in front of him, and it turned out that the carriage had driven into the passage of the city gate. It is said that the city of Fernando had horse-drawn carriages on its walls, and of course the passages inside its gates were also very long.

Ryan looked back at the most solid barrier of the imperial capital, and sighed in his heart, predicting how painful its enemies would be when they faced it.

Although the carriage drove into the city, its speed was not affected in the slightest. Ryan looked at the wide street outside the carriage window, and he suddenly remembered Giethoorn, and yes, only the vast prairie outside Giethoorn gave Ryan this feeling.

Is this the imperial capital? the heart of a vast empire!