Secrets of the Empire

"Hmph!" Ymir raised an eyebrow beneath his helmet and gave a satisfied snort. Finally, someone with an eye for quality? Not bad at all! Unlike some useless lord who did not even recognize the Empire's famed Senate Guard.

"That shouldn't be possible! The Empire's Senate Guard died out before the Empire itself! After Sifus, Guardian of Swift River Fortress, retired, the Empire no longer had the Senate Guard's legacy!" Reno tilted his head and carefully examined Ymir's equipment. The Senate Guard's strength did not just come from their personal power; half of it came from their gear! Yet everything this fellow wore seemed to match the Senate Guard armor described in the books, especially those densely packed enchantment patterns.

"Sir, you know my ancestor?" Ymir was intrigued. Recognizing the Imperial Senate Guard was already no easy feat, and there were even fewer people who remembered Sifus, Guardian of Swift River Fortress.

"A descendant of Sifus, Guardian of Swift River Fortress and captain of the Imperial Senate Guard? No wonder! Then the armor you are wearing should be the legendary Blood Mist Set, right?" Reno nodded in understanding. After Swift River Fortress was reclaimed, the Empire recovered forty-nine sets of Senate Guard armor and buried them with the fallen guards. With Sifus's retirement, both the legacy and the methods for crafting the armor were lost. Of all the armor sets remaining in the world, only Sifus's legendary set known as Blood Mist remained!

"Ah!" Ymir was stunned. How did this man know everything? The Blood Mist Set had earned its name because Sifus wore it while charging into enemy formations, always stirring up clouds of bloody mist across the battlefield! Ordinary people would never know that title. Was this Governor of the Northern Territory really so knowledgeable?

"Heh." Reno smiled. The