Ryan knew that the independence of the Free Paradise was a mixed blessing for both the Empire and the Senate rebels. In this way, although the imperial capital will receive a large amount of taxes every year, at least Senate's power will not be able to expand to the south, as long as the imperial capital firmly grasps Seabreeze City, then the line of free paradise - Seabreeze City will become a blockade line to limit Senate's territorial expansion.

When Ryan was in the military camp of the imperial capital, he had learned in detail about the situation in the south of the empire from that extremely real topographic map, the territory of Senate was far less large than the area occupied by the imperial capital, and the two sides could not be compared in terms of population, although there were several small lords on Senate's side to join, but they were all concentrated in the area centered on Seke City.

To the east of Seker is the town of Mori, which has little room for maneuver due to its proximity to the sea, and to the north it is directly facing the imperial capital, both of which are not suitable for large-scale expansion, and can only be done to the south or west of Seker. However, if Senat wants to expand his territory, and to extend his influence to the Silent Forest at the southern end of the continent, he must occupy the Paradise of Freedom.

Now that Paradise of Liberty has declared permanent neutrality, putting the city in a position of transcendence, Senate has coveted it for a long time, but he does not want to have a strong opponent out of thin air, because if Senat does not want to face the imperial capital and Paradise of Liberty at the same time, he will inevitably have to expand to the west.

In this way, the focus of the entire continent is on the most important city in the west, "Mochizuki City", located on the edge of the Silent Forest, known as the Magic Capital. Mochizuki Castle is one of the most important cities in human history, dating back to the time of ancient wars. The name of the city comes from the Elven language, and is closely related to the name of the capital of the elves, Demon Moon City.

The name Demon Moon City is a long list of elven words, which probably means the city given to the elves by the gods, but I believe that no one will have the patience to recite that long piece of tongue-twisting elven language, and I don't know who gave it the name of Demon Moon City, so it spread. It is said that the elves learned magic from the gods and later passed it on to humans, so in order to commemorate this event, the human magicians built Mochizuki Castle on the edge of the silent forest where the elves lived, and named it Mochizuki Castle, which means that you can see the Demon Moon Castle from afar.

As the third largest city in the south, the residents of Mochizuki City almost know a little bit of magic, it is simply a magical world, there are special magic schools to teach magic to young people who are interested in the path of magic for free, although not everyone will become a real magician, but over time, Mochizuki City has finally accumulated a large number of magical talents.

Ryan hadn't been to Mochizuki City, but the city had been introduced to him by his magic teacher, Dranay, who had been curious about the city since he was in his hometown of Fog Town, and according to Drane, the entire city was run by a Council of Six.

This Council of Six, as the name suggests, is a loose organization composed of six archmages, and the daily affairs of Mochizuki City are resolved through negotiation between these six archmagers. What interests Ryan the most is that the six archmages have different specialties, and each of them has their own areas of expertise, which must only be the case in the magical capital. If they were in the imperial capital, the number of Great Magisters would definitely not be small, but the types of magic they specialized in might not be as complete as Moon City.

Mochizuki City, the capital of magic, is similar to the Paradise of Liberty in some ways, although it is nominally an empire, but in reality it still acts on its own, not even paying taxes. And the magic guild of Mochizuki City and the magic guild of the imperial capital still have a lot of grievances, not to mention anything else, didn't Master Blair of Mochizuki City lose to Master Victor of the imperial capital, which made Victor famous in one fell swoop.

Ryan told everything he knew about Mochizuki City, and Faraz also made a small addition after Ryan finished speaking, after all, the latter was one of the best students of the Royal Academy of Magic, and the Royal Academy of Magic and the Mochizuki City Academy of Magic have been rivals for 200 years, and they are probably very familiar with each other for a long time.

The next goal of Ryan and his party seems to be very clear, as long as Mochizuki City can declare permanent neutrality with Free Heaven like this, it will inevitably block all the four directions in which Senat can expand its territory, so that Senat will naturally fall into a disadvantage when the land and population are not as good as the imperial capital, which is also the ultimate goal of Ryan's mission to the south.

Of course, the six-member council in Mochizuki City is not something that Ryan can see when they meet, if Ryan's identity as a magician still has a little effect in Free Heaven, then when Ryan arrives in Mochizuki City, I am afraid that he will throw a fireball out and blow up 10 people, 9 of which are magicians, and the remaining one is definitely a magic apprentice.

Of course, this question is not difficult for Ryan, because Ryan remembers his two old friends, Lille and York of the "Magic Hand", and these two masters who are proficient in the making of magical items, when they were young, were one of the best students of the Mochizuki City Magic Guild, and their teacher was Master Blair, who had lost to Victor.

No one knows which six members of the six-member council of Mochizuki City are, but since Master Blair is one of the most famous magicians in the south and has always lived in Mochizuki City, he should know some about the six archmages, and with such a relationship, things must go a lot smoother.

Lille and York returned to Paradise of Liberty when they retreated from Fortress of Thor, and with Flanna, a companion who was very familiar with Paradise of Freedom, Lane and the others easily found the "hand of magic". Ryan looked at the familiar surroundings and imagined the expressions on his face when Liel and York saw him again, and Flanner was not polite, walking straight to the front of the group and leading everyone to the hall of the Magic Hand.

It was afternoon, and the business of the Magic Hand was quite good, and as soon as Franner and the six of them entered the hall, a man in his mid-30s walked up briskly. The man was about to speak, but Franner recognized him and said directly, "Jamie?"

The 30-year-old man known as Jamie was the one who led Ryan and his party to see Lille, and when he saw Franner and Ryan and Allendo behind him, he immediately recognized them, knowing that these people were friends of Master Lille, so he said in a loud voice: "Great, Master Lille doesn't miss you less." ”

Ryan nodded at Jamie and said, "Please take us to Master Lille." ”

Jamie replied, "Okay, please come with me." With that, Jamie turned to greet the other person standing on the side, and walked out of the hall through the side door with Ryan and his party. The road is still the same road, not even the flowers and plants on the side of the road have not changed much, Ryan still vaguely remembers the scenery here, and also knows that the beautiful environment contains murderous intentions, he whispered a few words to remind his companion, and followed closely behind Jamie.

Soon, Lille's beautiful house appeared in front of everyone, and Jamie knew that Ryan and the others had a close relationship, so he didn't say any nonsense, and directly brought Ryan and them into the house. The room was still full of all kinds of materials, people still looked like they had messy hair, and even in one corner of the wooden table, there was still a large plate of sauerkraut stewed sausage that had been cooled.

"I say, Lille, you forgot to eat again, did you?" Ryan smiled and said to Lille who was intently looking at a magic scroll, "It just so happens that we haven't had lunch either, so why don't you have a treat." ”

"No time!" Lille waved his hand impatiently and yelled, "Don't bother me, damn it, why is this magic array used here, shouldn't it be used by that wind system......?"

Lille desperately searched his mind for the owner of the voice, but he forgot that he only had to look up to see who was talking to him, but Lille was lost in thought and couldn't think of such a simple solution.

Seeing that Liel was deep in thought, Ryan thought that he was thinking about the magic scroll in his hand, so he walked over in a few steps, poked his head out and glanced at it a few times, and then said: "This magic array is used to supply mana to the three earth-based magic arrays around it, but if I do it, there is no need to be so troublesome, I can change the third magic array on the left for a few spells to achieve the effect." ”

"That's possible, if you change it like this, won't it be scrapped?" Lille heard Ryan say this, and immediately retorted: "Oh! How can you change the magic charm of this magic array?

"This magic array doesn't need too much magic power, it can completely activate the magic array system on the entire scroll, this fire magic array contains too much power, and after it is used here, it has to spend a few more magic arrays to help consume a little. ”

"Hey, what you said is a bit ridiculous, but ...... Ah, wait a minute," Lille said in a sudden shock, "God, according to what you say, the whole scroll doesn't need to be so complicated at all, just six, seven, eight...... No, you still need a wind magic array to activate it here, ah, it only takes 9 magic arrays to achieve the effect!"

At this, Lille jerked his head up, only to see a familiar face smiling at him.