Just as Doris and other members of the Elegant Lady Church set out to deal with the crisis they were facing, outside the window of Bellis's office, Leo seemed to have turned into a shadow and blended into the shadows of the surrounding buildings.

Then he crossed and moved through the shadows at an extremely fast speed, and returned to the city above the dock in a moment.

Feeling the psychic interference and pressure caused by the Turing Magic Array in the city, Leo had to walk out of the shadow next to a small apartment building on the edge of the city, quickly dissipating the witchcraft caused by the power of the shadow, and his body also

A ball of darkness transformed back into a normal human form.

However, Leo's face looked extremely pale and ugly after returning to normal. He did not immediately walk out from the shadow of the wall, but leaned against the wall of the apartment building for a while, as if recovering from physical discomfort.

This is Leo's first time to use the shadow witchcraft of Shadow Leap over a long distance. Because he had experience in small-scale movement when he was on the ship, he performed it smoothly this time, but he was also in the process of performing it.

, some problems were found.

For example, when performing a long-distance shadow jump, the power of shadow consumed will also increase exponentially. Traveling from the civilian area of ​​​​the dock to the city above, a short distance, actually consumed nearly one-third of his shadow power. If

If he continues to use Shadow Leap, the power of shadow in his body will be completely consumed within a distance of about two hundred meters at most. Therefore, Shadow Leap is only suitable for small-scale movement and dodge during combat, and should be used intermittently.

Although it is more troublesome, it will not cause too much consumption burden on the power of shadow.

In addition, unlike the shadow incarnation that travels through the shadows, Leo now directly allows his body to travel through the shadows, which puts a huge burden on the body. Even with his current powerful body that has evolved several times,

Unable to bear the pressure brought by the shadow travel, as soon as the witchcraft was released, my body felt extremely tired and dizzy, as if someone had hit me with an iron rod hundreds of times after carrying steel all day.

Well, I couldn't even stand stably. I could only lean against the wall to support my body and not fall down.

The last problem is that shadow travel is easily interfered by external forces. Just like when he entered the city just now, he was affected by the Turing Magic Array all over the city. Even though the Turing Magic Array was not operating and only retained some psychic energy,

However, he cannot forcefully pass through the shadows of urban buildings shrouded in psychic energy under this kind of psychic interference. He can only move near the edge of the cliff, where he is not affected by psychic energy.

After about five or six minutes, Leo's body returned to normal. Although the physical fatigue still existed, the dizziness in his head had disappeared, and it did not affect ordinary actions.

After returning to normal, Leo immediately evaluated the pros and cons, value and side effects of the shadow jump witchcraft in his mind. In the end, he judged that if he wanted to use the shadow jump witchcraft without any obstacles, unless his

The psychic level and physical evolution must reach the level of an eighth-level psyker, otherwise, he will always be affected.

"It seems that further improvement is needed." Leo thought to himself. Although this witchcraft is not suitable for long-distance movement, it moves very smoothly in a small area, and consumes very little shadow power. As long as the casting speed is

If it can be faster and can be cast with a gesture like a witcher's seal, then this witchcraft will play an extraordinary role in battle.

After feeling that his body was almost recovered, Leo walked out of the shadow of the apartment building. At this time, the sky had darkened, and only a gorgeous sunset could be seen in the distant sky. It is estimated that in another ten minutes, the chance will be completely

it's dark.

At this time, a municipal employee took a bunch of keys, opened the lampshades of the street lamps one by one, and used a special device to light a brazier filled with wood to illuminate the dim light.

Although most buildings in Vinaya City are equipped with electric lights thanks to the technical support of the General Chamber of Commerce, there are only two thermal power stations in the city, and the power generated by these two power stations is not enough to support everyone in the city.

Electricity is used, so the street lights in the city still use old brazier street lights.

Although the style of the brazier street lamp is very old, because it uses special wood, the fire is very large and bright, and it can completely illuminate the surrounding area, while the areas that are not illuminated are even darker.

After Leo walked out of the shadow of the wall, he did not walk on the street under the lights, but walked along the shadow on the edge towards the city managed by the Governor of the French Empire.

Originally, he was going to call a carriage, but what surprised him was that after walking for a long distance, he never saw the carriage walking on the road. Afterwards, he asked a passerby and found out that carriages stopped in Vinaya city at night.

Unlike rickshaws, the only thing you can ride is the steam bus on fixed tracks.

However, in the evening, when workers and employees at docks, factories and shops get off work, the steam buses are almost full at this time. There are even some people hanging on the railings outside the bus who are unwilling to walk. This has become a

A view of the port of Vinaya.

The urban area controlled by the French Empire is located on the other side of the city, near another inland terminal. Compared with the areas controlled by the Kingdom of England and the United Kingdom, the urban area controlled by the French Empire appears to be much more organized.

The buildings here are all the unique Franchise castle architecture, using specially polished stones, spires, small windows, iron doors and other features, all of which imitate those castles all over the Franchise Mountains. This kind of castle architecture

Although it looks a bit rigid and ugly, it is very practical. Not only can it withstand storms that appear from time to time, but it can also convert any residential building into a bunker when a national conflict occurs. In addition, after building walls, it can be serialized together.

The buildings can easily form lines of defense to tightly protect the Governor's Mansion located in the center of the city.

Because there are very few shops in this area, not many people are willing to hang out here. The streets look very deserted, and police from the French Empire Management Association patrol back and forth from time to time. Like the police in the other two areas, they all wear cloth

The uniforms are different. The police here all wear chest plates and steel helmets that are more decorative than practical. Although they look majestic, if they really encounter trouble, whether they can catch up with criminals dressed like this is questionable.

In addition to the small number of people on the streets, the police here are also very strict about strangers on the streets. Leo has been investigated four times by patrolling police since he entered the city controlled by the French Empire. The first time Leo wanted to avoid

Troublesome, he patiently made up a lie and explained his purpose of coming here, but then he simply used the Yakshi Seal to deal with the policemen. It was not until the city where the French nobles lived that he temporarily investigated the documents.

It didn't happen again.

After entering this urban area, Leo discovered that the Turing Magic Array on the ground was not arranged in this area. Obviously someone from the French Empire stopped this. However, this is good news for Leo. There is no magic array.

Under the influence of psychic energy, his mental network can be deployed smoothly to check the situation in this urban area.

Although some people would arrange items that interfere with spiritual energy in the residences of the noble areas to prevent anyone from spying with extraordinary power, Leo did not intend to use the spiritual net to spy on the situation in the noble residences. He only used the spiritual net to search.

Wild cats in this urban area.

From the conversation between Doris and her men, Leo easily heard that another elegant lady church sect lurking in the city did not have a good relationship with her sect, and judging from the situation, that sect seemed to have framed Doris.

Suspicion of Silk's Tao of Elegance sect.

Although it sounds like the other party is just one person, since the other party is going after the Holy Blood Society and Doris's sect, he obviously has an agenda, so he should not be a lone wolf.

Now Leo just wants to listen to the wild cats that live in this area and find the shrine or altar of the elegant lady. Just like he found Doris before, he wants to find this elegant lady believer who believes in the way of thieves.

It didn't take Leo too long to quickly find a gathering place for wild cats, and he was lucky enough to find a man who fed these wild cats. This man was dressed like a servant and looked very ordinary. He just walked here.

It is not difficult to tell from Shi's gentle and gentle posture that he must have gone through very strict training as a thief, and after feeding the cat, he quickly performed a religious ritual, revealing his identity as an elegant lady follower.

Leo did not catch this man immediately, because he could tell from this man's behavior that this man was not a nobleman, but a lower-class person who had been hanging around at the bottom all year round. This man was the same as the man who believed in thieves as described by Doris.

The Tao of knights and nobles does not match.

Therefore, he chose to follow this person to see where his final destination was.

After this person finished feeding the wild cats in one place, he moved to another wild cat gathering place and continued the previous feeding behavior.

After repeatedly feeding seven or eight wild cats, the man had almost finished feeding all the wild cats in the area. Then he ended the cat feeding and walked to a wooden house leaning on the edge of a cliff.

After putting the things in his hands inside the wooden house, he saw him walking along a path on the edge of the cliff to the back door of a gorgeous manor. He said hello to the person guarding the back door and walked straight into the manor.

Inside.

"Governor's Mansion?" There was almost no need to make any guesses. Leo could easily judge the ownership of this manor from the size and architecture of the gorgeous manor in front of him.

Different from the other two urban areas where the Governor's Palace is very low-key, the French Empire's Governor's Palace in Vinaya Port is very gorgeous. The entire area of ​​the Governor's Palace occupies half of the city controlled by the French Empire. It has a separate

There is also a garden, an artificial lake for boating, and even a small forest specially opened to stock some wild animals for hunting for leisure, so that the people who live here can do it without leaving the port city of Vinaya.

, you can also enjoy the fun of hunting.

The building materials used in the entire Governor's Palace were all shipped from the quarries of the French Empire. The architectural design of the Governor's Palace completely imitated the Jiying Hall of the Summer Palace of the French Royal Family. All the sculptures inside and outside the building were made by masters.

The paintings hanging in the Governor's Palace are masterpieces handed down from generation to generation.

The reason why the French Empire spent so much money to build the Governor's Palace in Vinaya Port is that it wanted to use the magnificence and grandeur of the Governor's Palace to tell all the merchants from all over the world who came here to do business that the French Empire was still the strongest country on land.

, still has strong strength and has not declined.

But as everyone knows, this kind of forced ostentation has become a sign of guilty conscience, making businessmen all over the world feel that the French Empire is like an old lion that can roar twice and may be destroyed at any time.

A new lion takes its place.

Although businessmen from all over the world laughed at the French Empire's childish behavior of trying to make a fool of themselves, they had to admit that the French Empire still had enough strength to fight against any powerful country in the world, and France

The banquet invitations to the Governor-General's Palace of the Lan Empire in Vinaya Port are also the default status symbols of these businessmen.

In the underground market of Vinaya Port, an ordinary invitation to a banquet at the Governor's Palace costs over 100,000 Vinaya coins, while an invitation to a festive banquet costs more than a million Vinaya coins, and it is still priceless.

city.

Right now, a birthday party is being held at the Governor's Mansion.

As one of the most important festivals in the French Empire, the Birthday Festival was created to commemorate the birth of the King of Knights. The festival lasted for three days in total, representing the three-day process of the King of Knights from childbirth to birth. Although

People at the medical school believe that it is absolutely impossible for a normal person to give birth for three consecutive days. Neither physical nor psychological support can sustain such a long time. However, the French Empire believes that this just shows that the mother of the Knight King is not an ordinary person, but someone.

The incarnation of a god, so the King of Knights is also a descendant of a god.

Perhaps in order to give everyone a deeper impression that the King of Knights is a descendant of God, there will always be a drama about the birth of the King of Knights during every birthday celebration. The royal writers of the French royal family will add a lot of mythological stories into the dramas, such as

Before the King of Knights was born, the gods visited him one after another to offer gifts, showing the King of Knights' noble status. In addition, after the King of Knights was born, the shining stars in the sky dimmed immediately, showing that the King of Knights was more glorious than the stars, etc.

At this moment, the music coming from the Garden of the Governor's Palace showed that the drama about the birth of the King of Knights was now being held in the Garden of the Governor's Palace. Most of the people in the Governor's Palace were concentrated in the garden, and many guards were also in the garden to protect the Governor and invite guests.

guests, and the defense in other parts of the Governor's Mansion seemed to be much laxer.

Leo did not use Shadow Leap to enter the Governor's Mansion. Instead, he found a suitable place to sit down outside the walls of the Governor's Mansion, and then used shadow witchcraft to create a shadow-like shadow incarnation, and devoted his mind to the incarnation.

Inside, you penetrated into the Governor's Mansion through the shadows.

What is strange is that Leo was prepared to withstand the attack of the psychic interference device, but after entering the Governor's Mansion, he unexpectedly found that there was no psychic interference device installed in the Governor's Mansion, which meant that his witch
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