The Larnaca family is the only ducal family in the Holy Empire.

It is also a family that has existed since the establishment of the Holy Empire.

The structure of his family is very special, consisting of several branches, which assist and restrict each other.

The head of each family is selected through competition, and the candidates are selected by the younger generation in the branch. Although it is a selection, it is an independent registration. After registration, these candidates will be selected.

Entering into a competition similar to the method of raising gu, after completing the competition for several years, the one with the best performance will be selected to become the head of the family. The remaining losers will be gathered in a small room and executed by the previous leader.

And the people of the failed branch are required to retaliate in any form as a last resort. For safety reasons, the relatives of the executed person will even be imprisoned to maintain the peaceful operation of the family.

It is precisely based on such cruel rules that this family can survive.

The Holy Empire has been established for more than two million years, and apart from the Solomon family, only the Larnaca family has survived.

Even the Asgra family, where the Duke of Avalon belongs, was established during the turmoil during the founding of the Holy Empire.

The mysterious Larnaca family's influence in the Holy Empire, including its strength in all aspects, is stronger than that of the Asgra family.

Lowi City is a town built in the territory of the Larnaca family.

The neat streets are decorated with flowers on both sides. Only when there is room for financial resources in the town, money will be spent on such things that have no big effect. If you are financially strapped, you will not want to decorate the sides of the streets.

.As you can imagine, this is a prosperous town.

But what is different from this prosperity is that there is something strange everywhere in this town. It is still noon, and the shops everywhere have closed their doors and windows. There are intensive banging sounds in the residential area, and some sales are relatively expensive.

The shop that sells items is reinforced with a magic barrier outside the shop. The pedestrians walking on the street are in a hurry, with lowered eyebrows and dark eyes, like predators who are afraid of each other in the jungle.

Debdala was walking on the street. He noticed something unusual, but did not ask anything.

After his father's death, he became relatively mature as he could not be relied on.

Carrying the magic sword wrapped in dark cloth on his back, Daibudala walked towards the relatively dark place in the town.

The dark street, built in another corner of the town, is different from the clean streets we saw before. It is synonymous with darkness and dampness. The old wooden boards exude a musty smell, and the damp ground also exudes a stench. Clothes

The ragged man sat casually in the wet ditch, occasionally raising his eyes to stare at Daibudala.

This was not a kind look, and Daibudala could feel it.

No matter how prosperous a town is, there will always be a dark side. This is inevitable, just like there will always be lazy guys among people. Under this mentality, greedy people will always create

They come out of such a place to gain benefits for them.

However, this place still reveals something strange.

Compared with the garbage left on the messy ground, it is obvious that there are too few people left here.

Judging from the traces left on the ground, it was obvious that he had just left not long ago.

"What is this town preparing for?"

"Are you a foreigner?"

An old man with his head lowered slightly raised his head and looked at Debdala.

His eyebrows were low, but the despair revealed in his eyes was so obvious in the shadows.

Debdala noticed the missing trouser leg on the left side of the old man and his right arm that was so bent that it lost its function.

"Yes." His answer was undisguised.

The reason why I came to this street is to understand things.

The magic sword guided him here, but it didn't guide him what to do.

Debdala has questions, so he has no choice but to investigate on his own.

No one paid attention to the conversation between Debdala and the old man. They lowered their heads. Like the old man, their bodies were all disabled.

"Are you rich? If you are willing to pay me, I will answer any questions you have, provided that I know the questions." The old man said, "I know you are a noble, and I once served as a steward for a noble. Even if you wear ordinary clothes, you can't hide the temperament you have developed."

Debdala took out a gold coin.

At that moment, the look in his eyes changed.

It was a greedy look, and a look that wanted to rob, but they did not act, but watched quietly.

Debdala once again noticed something unusual. If it were another town, the robbery would have broken out long ago, and they would not be so quiet.

But the people here restrain their desires.

It's surprising that he feels this way.

The old man stood up with his hand on the old box next to him, staggered on one leg and came to the front of Debdala. He stretched his hand forward and made a begging gesture, with a look on his face. An ugly, flattering smile.

"The annual Peace Day is coming soon, and people in the town are making preparations." The old man explained.

"Peace day?" Debdala asked.

The nobles did a lot of selling dog meat with sheep's heads.

Judging from the changes taking place in the town, this peaceful day does not mean peace.

"I used to be a noble butler, and the noble I worked for was executed by Duke Roskov after the end of peace. Roskov Jie Larnaca is the lord of this territory."

"So, Peace Day is the day to kill nobles?" Debdallah said, "No, you just said it is after the end of Peace Day, and residents of all walks of life in the town are fully prepared. It should not only affect the nobles. matter."

"You are so smart, Your Excellency!" The old man showed his yellowed teeth, "When night falls, and between the dawn of the next day, all the laws and regulations in the territory of the Duke of Larnaca family will become invalid, and everyone can do it. What you want to do, resist the nobles, kill, humiliate women, rob, these will be legal things. And the local nobles will be supervised by the Duke of Larnaca that day, and all territorial soldiers are not allowed to participate in the battle. The nobles The private troops in the territory can only be used for defense."

"What a terrible system." Debdala understood the behavior of the residents in the town.

"But this system has lasted for hundreds of years and is quite effective." The old man sighed, "Unlike other territories, the Larnaca family does not arrange to check the status of each territory. When the peace day ends, Larnaca The families will be liquidated. In the towns with the most deaths, the nobles who manage them will be executed. Even because of the existence of this day, the crime rate in the past has been reduced a lot, and people's emotions have been released, and people will Use restraints on weekdays.”

"The town with the most deaths often means there is a problem in the territory."

Debdala nodded silently.

Although it is a bad system, it explains human nature very thoroughly.

In peacetime, the beastiality hidden in the hearts of the people in each territory is released. If there are no external factors, the death toll is actually about the same. The reason that can cause the death toll in the territory to surge is often

The casualties caused by the collision between the people's resistance to the nobles and their private armies. In addition to this reason, Debdallah believes that the gathering of these gangs of evil forces and killing together is also an external factor leading to this reason.

No matter what the reason is, this means that the territory managers have failed in their duties.

"In that case, why don't you ask me for gold coins secretly."

Debdala stared at the old man's mutilated legs. The old man in this condition asked for treasures and took gold coins in front of everyone, so it was not easy to escape.

"Violating laws and regulations is a serious crime on weekdays, and you will be hanged in the square! Executioners are everywhere. There are already many people executed on this street, otherwise those guys would have pounced on me just now. I am in full view of everyone

The reason for asking for this gold coin is to explain the origin of the gold coin. It will be peace soon. My legs and feet are inconvenient, so I have to ask Boss Ma to protect me. But if a gold coin cannot explain the way out, Boss Thomas will be angry.

of."

One gold coin can be exchanged for more than 10,000 copper coins in this town.

The old man often only gets a few copper coins from begging every day. If he begs in private, he will have no way to explain how he got the gold coins, and he may even get into trouble because of doubts.

"Who is that Thomas you are talking about?"

"It's the boss here." The old man lowered his voice, "I heard that this time, Boss Thomas is planning to attack the nobles. You are a noble. I don't know if you have any connection with the nobles here, but it's best to leave as soon as possible.

You have to be good. Otherwise, don't end up like me."

The killings of the Larnaca family often leave no room at all.

The old man was considered a servant who was affected. Because he had no blood connection with the nobles, he kept his name, but in that massacre, he also lost an arm and a leg.

"I will consider it." Debdallah replied. Judging from Thomas's actions, no matter what the outcome of this attack, the fate of this territorial noble will not be good.

"If you want to find a safe place, which place do you think you can consider?"

He asked another question.

"Where is the safe place? I walked outside the city, dug a hole and spent the night. If I wasn't discovered by the ferocious beasts in the wild, I might be safe."

Debdala nodded. Seeing that Debdala did not ask any more questions, the old man also jumped and staggered away towards the distance. Behind him, there were a group of people with unkind eyes, but their eyes were just innocent.

It's just bad behavior, no one takes any action.

After leaving, Lanfrick did not do what the old man said.

He came to the center of the town, overlooking the scene in the city from a tall building.

"So, what on earth am I here to do?" Debdala murmured.

The magic sword did not respond.

Night fell slowly.

Lowe City was eerily quiet.

The street lights originally arranged at the street level were not lit either.

Everything is replaced by darkness.

A flash of light at midnight broke the silence.

This is the signal for the beginning of the scheduled "Day of Peace."

The quiet atmosphere was torn apart in an instant, as if the peace of the previous moment was an illusion.
To be continued...