Chapter 571

The Ragnar Empire.

This was a very powerful military country.

Like the neighboring Mithra Kingdom, it was a country established by the former Brave, but it had existed much longer than the Mithra Kingdom, and its heritage was also very deep.

It had once declined.

It had once been weak.

But under the test of time, it successfully survived and eventually became the most powerful country in the entire human world, and was considered the most powerful human country. In terms of military ability alone, even the Mithra Kingdom, which had always been taken care of by the Protoss, was slightly inferior to it.

If it were not for the fact that the Mithra Kingdom was a country established by the strongest Brave who successfully defeated the Demon King a thousand years ago, and received a lot of care from the Protoss, perhaps the Ragnar Empire would have already flattened the Mithra Kingdom a long time ago and occupied the land of the Mithra Kingdom as its own.

Today, although there was a gradual tendency to be surpassed by the Mithra Kingdom in the past, there was no doubt that the Ragnar Empire was the most powerful military country in the human world.

The most powerful and prosperous thing in this country was its military force. The most popular thing was also its military force.

Unlike the Mithra Kingdom, which allowed the nobles to establish their own private armies and knights, the Ragnar Empire also gave the nobles the right to establish armies and knights, but required the nobles to establish them in the name of the state, and were not allowed to own private troops.

In other words, in the empire, all the armies and knights established by the nobles were, strictly speaking, owned by the state. The nobles had the right to establish, convene, and order, but they did not have the right to own them. Once the empire needed them, all the armies and knights had to accept the empire's deployment and could not be regarded as private troops.

Of course, there were strategies and countermeasures. Although the nobles of the empire could not own private armies and knights, it was inevitable that they could form guards and the like in their own name.

It was not like the nobles could not even have a guard, right?

Based on this reason, the nobles of the empire would generally cultivate their own exclusive guards and secret forces, and the higher and more powerful the nobles, the more they would have such a tendency.

For example, didn't the Lefferoot family secretly cultivate elite assassination forces, death soldiers, and spies?

The other nobles were like this, and all of them had the habit of cultivating their own private troops in private, which could be regarded as a custom of this country.

The royal family of the empire also chose to turn a blind eye to this behavior.

Because the more the nobles cultivated these talents, the stronger the military of the empire would be. As long as the armies and knights they owned still belonged to the empire, then these talents cultivated in private would definitely serve the empire in the end.

Just like this, the empire had always urged and advocated the development of the military, which led to the birth of a military power.

Especially the imperial knights of the empire, which was an expeditionary army of hundreds of thousands of heavily armored knights, the strongest knights of the empire.

With the cavalry in front of them, they could conquer the world. This was the praise the other countries had for this group of knights, or it could be said that it was their evaluation and fear.

In front of this army, even the Royal Guards of the kingdom could be engulfed, which showed how powerful they were.

Meanwhile, the leader of the empire's knights was precisely the empire's number one knight family, the patriarch of the Bigusler family.

This head of the family was the strongest knight in the Empire, a Legendary powerhouse who was known to be second only to the kingdom's Alidia — Lockett Bigusle.

But ever since the kingdom's Alidia Albe became famous, this strongest knight of the empire was no longer the strongest, and was questioned by many.

However, ever since the kingdom's Alidia Albe became famous, this Empire's strongest Knight was no longer the strongest and was questioned by many people.

Especially recently, rumors about the strongest knight in the empire had gradually spread in the imperial capital.

"The leader of the knights of the Bigusler family seems to be suspected of treason."

"It's said that someone found a letter in his room with the nobles of the kingdom."

"It's said that someone found letters in his room with the nobles of the kingdom."

"I don't know. Anyway, many people are talking about it."

"I don't know. Anyway, many people are talking about it."

"That seems to be to collect evidence of the knight leader's treason. That's why they pay frequent visits."

"Now, there are even many people coming out of the palace, going in and out of the Bigusler family."

"Now, there are many voices of doubt even within the ranks of the imperial knights."

"Sigh, what's going on?"

"The strongest knight of the empire is actually colluding with the kingdom and committing treason. What a nightmare."

"That person from the Renit family has been building up support for himself, saying that he can't hand over the empire's strongest military force to a traitor who might have committed treason. He has spoken many times in the knights and the palace, saying that Bigusler should step down from his position as the head of the knights."

"That's not strange at all."

"Originally, the head of the Renit family was very dissatisfied with Bigusler. He has suggested many times that his family should take over the position of the head of the knights."

"After all, he's also a Legendary powerhouse."

"It's normal for him to be dissatisfied with Bigusler."

In the streets and alleys of the empire, discussions like this appeared from time to time, making the entire imperial capital feel as if a storm was brewing.

Of course, this was not the only thing that happened in the imperial capital.

"That Monster Bandit hasn't appeared much recently."

"It's true that I haven't heard any news about this for a long time."

"He must have been frightened, right?"

"After all, the palace has already sent out the Royal Knights because of this thief's rampage."

"That's the same as the kingdom's Royal Knights. They belong directly to the royal family and only accept orders from the royal family. Every royal knight is at least level-70 and above."

"Even they have been mobilized. That mere thief naturally wouldn't dare to act rashly, right?"

"That's right."

This was a relatively hot topic in the imperial capital.

It was better now. Some time ago, when the thief first appeared, it was a hot topic.

Now that the thief had disappeared for a period of time, its popularity was naturally suppressed by other rumors.

Compared to the matter of a thief, the rumors of the empire's strongest knight family possibly committing treason were naturally more eye-catching.

However, in recent times, there were some rumors that had begun to spread.

For example …

"Prince Harvey seems to have been remonstrated by many nobles."

"The nobles are all suspecting that this prince might also have close ties with the kingdom."

"Some time ago, didn't Prince Harvey very actively go to the kingdom to marry the kingdom's princess?"

"Sir Bigusle is also a supporter of Prince Harvey. If Sir Bigusle is a traitor who committed treason, then what about Prince Harvey?"

"A while ago, that prince stayed in the kingdom for almost a month."

"That's enough time to do a lot of things, right?"

"Also, recently, the Lefferut family has been claiming that Prince Harvey had secretly attacked them in the kingdom, causing them to lose an elite troop."

"Why would he attack the nobles of his own country in the enemy's territory?"

"It's terrifying to think about it."

Such rumors had gradually replaced the previous heated discussions and spread among the people of the imperial capital.

Under such circumstances, the people of the Imperial Capital lived in fear and unease all day long. Who knew how worried they were?

Inexplicably, a strange thief appeared in the imperial capital and secretly infiltrated the homes of the major nobles.

The number one knight of the empire was suspected of treason and was currently under investigation by the palace. The Renita family also took the opportunity to hit him while he was down and tried in vain to seize the position of the commander of the imperial knights.

Even the prince of the empire was suspected and seemed to have an inexplicable relationship with the kingdom.

All of this told the people of the imperial capital that the recent situation in the empire was very turbulent.

Coupled with the disappearance of the second princess, Capelin, who was regarded as the future pillar of the empire and was known as the Valkyrie, the problems the empire was facing recently were increasing.

The people hoped that the royal family could do something and quickly quell all of this.

Little did they know that behind all of this, there was a hand manipulating everything.

…

"Ha … Ha … Ha … Ha …!"

In one of the alleys of the empire, a violent panting could be heard.

A young girl ran in this alley in a sorry state. She was surrounded by a few guards, but they were all running as if they were fleeing.

"I … I can't run anymore …!"

The young girl cried out as if she was about to cry.

The surrounding guards immediately shouted anxiously.

"Please hold on a little longer! Miss Lenny! "

"They're almost here!"

"Quick! Get out of here! "

"It's dangerous here!"

The guards wanted to take the young girl and leave immediately.

Unfortunately …

"Swish —!"

With a piercing sound, an arrow pierced through the air, passed through the darkness of the alley, and shot violently.

"Puchi!"

With a tearing sound, the arrow penetrated the neck of a guard who was behind the young girl, causing blood to spurt from his throat and fall to the ground.

"Swish swish swish swish …!"

Arrows were shot one after another, hitting the guards one by one.

"Ah!"

"No!"

"Run!"

"Miss!"

The guards were already exhausted. In the face of this sudden attack of arrows, it could be said that they had no strength to fight back. They could only let out a sorrowful cry as the arrows penetrated their bodies one by one, and they fell into a pool of blood.

"Ah … Ah …"

Seeing all of this, the young girl's legs finally could no longer support her under exhaustion and fear. Her legs went soft, and she collapsed to the ground.

"No … No …"

In fear and despair, the young girl could only shake her head while resisting reality, and let out a sob.

Of course, this could not exchange for the enemy's pity and sympathy.

"Swish!"

In the next second, an arrow pierced through the air and shot mercilessly at the young girl's brow.

Just as the young girl was about to die, a figure suddenly appeared.