Chapter Seventy-One: The Virgin of Steel
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The city of Giffen is located in the territory of the Kingdom of Sligana, a larger and wealthier kingdom. As the caravan of Donghezi marched along the avenue, the road was lined with endless stretches of farmland, and many farmers were working in the fields under the scorching sun and stepping on the piercing grass and rocks. From time to time, you can see people in colorful costumes, surrounded by a group of servants, patrolling the fields. That posture was much more majestic than that of the old Baron Haril. Because no matter how heroic the old baron is, as long as he goes out, he looks like a rustic old village chief. Alas~ the place is small, the location is partial, and it is very poor. I can't do it.
Thinking of the dead old baron, Dong Hezi couldn't help but feel a little emotionally impermanent. But if he hadn't walked out of the small place of Harmonville because of this, he wouldn't have gotten a good thing - the Mist Scepter.
These days, Dong Hezi has been thinking about letting go of this spell scepter. Because it's very different from the average magic wand, staff, etc.
Whether it is a simple magic wand or a complex magic staff, it is charged before it is used, but the magic wand can only store the same spell, while the wand can store a type of spell that is related to each other, and can even rush into unrelated spells. It's like a collection of different magic wands. But no matter how many spells and spells you put in, as long as you run out, they are gone, and you must recharge them again. To put it bluntly, it's like an extra spell slot to carry around.
However, the spell scepter in his hand is different, although it can only cast a few spells per day, it does not need to be recharged, and after use, it will automatically slowly recover the spells consumed, and it will only take 24 hours to prepare them again.
And this feature is very similar to the "Demon Scattering Order, Wind Suppression Order" that he refined! These two sigils are also spells that can be used several times every once in a while, and after use, they slowly recover on their own.
The most surprising thing is that the scepter and the sigil have different structures, but there are similarities, and this may be an opportunity to explore how the world works!
This is like the relationship between an elephant and a diplodocus, although the two are completely different in terms of age and classification, but there are similarities in the tectonic characteristics, when the elephant stretches out its trunk to roll up the leaves on the tree to eat, it is similar to the diplodocus stretches its neck to the leaves on the tree. And both are the largest compared to other animals of their time. Therefore, the status and habits of the Diplodocus at that time can be deduced by the status and habits of elephants in nature and some habits. He even studied the interaction between elephants and their surroundings to deduce the basic composition of the environment in the Diplodocus period. Although these derivations may not be accurate, they can draw a basic outline for future research.
It was Dong Hezi who was also concentrating on studying the mechanism of action of the water mist scepter, in order to improve his charms. It's just that engaging in research is not as simple as talking about the laws of the universe and appreciating an epiphany with a stroke of a pen. Therefore, when the caravan approached Giffin City, Dong Hezi's research had not yet made any progress.
The caravan owner stood at the top of a hill, pointed to a majestic city under a high mountain more than ten miles away, and said, "That's Giffen City!"
In front of me was a huge maroon mountain, like a whole huge rock standing majestically in the endless hilly area. Its lofty summit was surrounded by a great mass of clouds, as if a peerless king above ten thousand people was being embraced and worshipped by countless subjects. Surrounded by mountains, a tall and magnificent city snuggled up in its arms like a richly dressed little prince, and many tall towers followed the mountain's upward gaze until a huge triangular mage tower stood on a jutting boulder halfway up the mountainside. Dong Hezi watched the giant tower glow with a soft white glow from top to foot, and he could feel its powerful mana fluctuations from a long distance. The top of the towering tower glows bright red, like a torch highlighting the light background of the blue sky and white clouds, which is particularly gorgeous. Dong Hezi secretly estimated that the height was comparable to a building with more than ten floors!
I was amazed by this comparison, and then looked down the mountain at the mage towers of different shapes, or like square pillars or barrel towers, and found that each of them was more than eight stories high! At the foot of the mountain is a large city, with strange shapes and colorful roofs from afar, just like a city in a fairy tale. Then he turned his head and asked Grimm: "I thought that the Mage Tower was all dull and boring tube buildings, but it could still be so gorgeous? You~~" but saw Grimm's expression a little gloomy.
When Dong Hezi knew that this return had aroused his sadness again, he thought that when he was in Harmonville Town, this kid always boasted to himself that when he returned to Giffen City, he must drive in slowly in a gorgeously decorated four-** car like a standard baron, so that those female mages who hate the poor and love the rich can take a good look! Now he has returned with a lot of gold coins, but he has no status as a nobleman, not to mention that the money has to be used to learn arcane arts, and there is no extra share to use to soak women.
So he said, "The environment around this Giffen City is very good, there are open meadows and shrubs nearby, and lush forests in the distance. The top of the mountain behind it is covered with snow, and there is a wide canal outside the city, and the water is clear and pleasant. Next to it~~~ Hmm, why is there a castle complex over there?"
He looked away, and saw another great castle of great shape on a large hill three or four miles from the city of Giffen, surrounded by buildings of various colors that were as tall as solid buildings. At the outermost point are five or six stories high, extremely thick walls. At first glance, it looks like a group of mighty heavy armor warriors are arrayed to guard the magnificent castle in the center. However, there were no towns on its outskirts, as if a mighty beast led his men into a lonely group, facing the gorgeous and lively city of Giffen opposite.
Dong Haozi patted Grimm on the shoulder, interrupting his low feelings: "What is that castle? Why is it left alone next to Giffen? Wouldn't it be better to build it in Giffen?"
Grimm let out an "oh" and replied in a bad spirit, "That's the castle of the local lord, Duke Sauers. β
Dong Hezi muttered, "Why didn't he build the castle in the city of Giffin? β
Grimm laughed and said, "Nobles and mages, who wants to be subordinate?"
The procession walked slowly along the broad hill road in the direction of the city of Giffen and the Duke's castle, and along the way there were many more roads that came back and forth with the great trade road. Slowly, there were more and more people on the road, and everyone had a tired and relieved look on their faces, and it seemed that they were ready to go to Giffen City to "rest and recuperate". Most of these caravans knew each other, and so the men's gossip began. Bursts of evil laughter rang out from time to time, and in a trance, the grass and small shrubs on the side of the road looked delicate.
What a beautiful early spring time~~
Until they meet another majestic and luxurious army.
The burly soldiers on tall horses walked from another road with a stern expression and a colorful banner. When we came to the intersection of the two roads, we met these caravans.
Everyone hurriedly drove the carriage to the side, and some anxious people shouted: "Hurry up and get out of the way, don't you see the banner of the Duke of Sauers?" and someone muttered: "Hey, there is also the flag of the Duke of Tracy." β
As he was talking, someone on the side exclaimed, "Look, that blonde beauty is the daughter of Duke Tracy, it's really beautiful! A sneaky laugh followed.
Grimm in the caravan was really sensitive to the word "beauty", and immediately looked like a cat smelling fishy, and hurriedly went out to see what was going on.
"It's really~~ It's really beautiful. He exclaimed in admiration, staring greedily at the blonde warrior on a black horse: "It's perfect, if only it were so full and perfect under the armor." β
Dong Hezi went out to take a look, but saw a large group of knights and their horses wearing colorful and gorgeous robes walking neatly by. However, from the edges of their robes, which were wide in shape and painted with various symbols and lines, they did not wear heavy armor inside, but rather chain mail or even thick leather armor. The spear head is long and large, which can be used as a diamond-shaped broadsword with the same length as an arm; the long-handled axe has a sharp spear head with an "S" shaped axe, and the back has a beak-shaped curved blade that can be outlined, and some long-handled knives resemble pheasants, but the part where the knife and the handle meet has a beak-shaped curved blade, and the other end of the handle is connected to the spearhead, which can be used as a double-headed weapon. There are also all kinds of strangely shaped weapons, and almost everyone has a different hand. And they all walked silently in the cold light of a forest of blades with straight faces. It makes people afraid to look up and look at each other.
But there is one person who shines brightly.
Her pair of golden eyebrows are like a pair of beautiful golden thin swords, with a hint of compelling sharpness in her beautiful lines. Her bright eyes furrowed slightly as she glanced at the people in the caravan who were looking at her, and the frowning look had a special seductive heroism. And the tip of her beautiful straight nose adds a hint of naughty color to her beautiful arrogance. And her seductive red lips, taut with displeasure, made her smooth, pointed chin even more attractive, and the men were eager to take that part in their hands and kiss it wantonly.
Grimm was already half-stupid: "Big, I've heard that she's big for a long time." I didn't expect it to be so big!If she didn't have that armor, how would she fight?" Between the words, it was like a cat staying by and watching its master kill fish, trying to get close and steal something fishy, but he didn't have the courage. I had to call the itchy meow next to me.
Dong Hezi looked along his squinting eyes and saw the beauty's round and swollen breasts. The strangest thing is her armor, which resembles the high-strength plastic riot suits used by the police on Earth, and the large pieces of blue-gray armor are naturally connected by some leather armor, as if they were born to be connected like this. The blue-gray surface not only lacks the luster of metal, but also seems to be lightweight. Its shape is even more bizarre, especially the armor on the chest has made a full shape like a perfect tattoo of the chest! The eyes of the people around them were staring at the twin peaks that looked like jade bowls upside down, secretly admiring the perfect example of standing up but not falling, big but not bloated.
Seeing the blonde beauty walking over with a wisp of incense, Grimm felt itchy and uncomfortable, so he leaned into Dong Hezi's ear and said, "Master, I can have this kind of woman in my life, even if I am willing to chop me into meat puree." What do you think this woman is in bed?"
Dong Hezi laughed quietly: "I'm afraid you can't handle her." Look at your body, she can push you 10 feet away with just a gentle push, and her two long legs will only wrap around you, and your waist will be broken. β
Grimm smiled wickedly, "Is it that powerful?"
Dong Hezi squinted her eyes, looked at Lan Hua seriously for a while, and said, "Her body has begun to become violent. And judging from her skeleton, she has a high level of martial arts talent, and she already has a fairly high level of martial arts. β
"How tall?" Lelin poked her head out at some point, glancing at the beauty's back.
Dong Hezi groaned for a while and said, "A little taller than you." β
Le Lin hurriedly asked, "In what aspects?"
Dong Hezi said slowly: "Some things can be seen from her eyes, her gaze is powerful and soft, she must have been able to flexibly grasp the key points of her own martial arts and change them at will." And your gaze is fierce, and correspondingly, in terms of martial arts, it seems to be more than fast and less flexible. β
Of course, Le Lin was not convinced, and asked with a beautiful nose and lips: "Who said that I am not flexible enough?
Dong Hezi smiled and said, "Your flexibility is a sense of speed generated by the strength of hardness, but you have not grasped the subtle relationship between the mutual transformation and natural connection between various martial arts principles. It's just a good body to stiffen them together. Of course, you are invincible when you encounter someone who is not as fast as you, but once the opponent's reflexes and shooting speed are not weaker than yours. You're going to win. β
Le Lin hurriedly asked, "What are the specific aspects?"
Dong Hezi slowly shook his head and said: "That's a lot, it's not something that can be explained clearly in a few words, let's talk slowly in the future." Then he pointed to the wonderful man who was fading away, and asked, "How did she make that armor? It's not easy to make that curved shape." β
The caravan owner didn't know when he had come over, and said with a smile on his face: "That's not ordinary armor, it's a special arcane leather armor." The material is not steel, but cowhide or rhinoceros made from cowhide or rhinoceros that are stacked on top of each other using special arcane methods. It weighs the same as leather armor, but its protection is completely comparable to full-body armor made of stainless steel, and I heard that a few armors also have magic resistance. Its shape has been modified with arcane art, so it can be bent so beautifully. β
Dong Hezi asked curiously, "How much does it cost?"
The caravan owner shrugged his shoulders and said, "I don't know." I heard that this Miss Hemina bought a set of equipment at the beginning. Not only this armor, but also flying boots on his feet, a necklace around his neck, and an 'Iron Maiden' waist chain. β
Dong Hezi said in surprise: "'Iron Virgin' waist chain? What is that? The name is so weird." β
The merchant laughed twice and said, "The name is a bit strange, but it has a high protective ability. It is said that when you wear this chain on your waist, you will gain a powerful armor effect, which is equivalent to wearing a whole body of armor made of stainless steel. It's like an 'unbreakable' steel virgin. Hehehe, just kidding. And this waist chain also has the ability to resist elemental damage. I've heard that some high-end goods can also increase spell resistance. β
Dong Hezi was amazed: "Then how much does this cost?"
The merchant said with some envy: "I heard that the money spent is enough to buy one or twenty large estates! These rich people really have no place to use their money, and they do not enjoy themselves, but they are busy every day for the sake of life and death." I'm satisfied with having a big estate in my life. Then he lived this life quietly. No more running around. β
In the distance, the mighty army turned a corner and walked towards the castle of the Duke of Sauers, next to the city of Giffen.
In the evening, Dong Hezi and his party came to the city of Giffen.
At this time, Dong Hezi discovered that Jifen City also had a city wall, and the thick city wall of three or four stories showed a strange golden yellow with a blood-red luster under the reflection of the setting sun. Dong Hezi carefully looked at the city wall and the enemy tower, but felt that the entire city wall was emitting spell fluctuations, and the fluctuations on the enemy tower were particularly strong, and it was estimated that there were powerful spell tools. In addition, there are many powerful ballistae as large as horse-drawn carriages on the city walls, and I heard that they have a very long range, and they are generally used to deal with dragons.
It's just that this is the place where mages are concentrated, where the grand arcane academy is located, and where dozens of surrounding countries are treated with respect. Even an ancient dragon would not dare to attack lightly. As a result, the facilities on the city walls are noticeably undermaintained and are somewhat old.
Although the city wall is in good shape, there are a number of strange styles of enemy towers to "decorate". However, due to the fact that the buildings of the bazaar outside the city are also quite tall, this beautiful city wall is "submerged".
These bazaars were built along the city walls, and there were more than a dozen bazaars of various sizes that surround the city of Giffen. These places are all for merchants and adventurers from all over the world. People from afar gather in the bazaars outside the city to engage in all kinds of formal or unseen trades. Tall restaurants, brothels, and singing and dancing clubs have risen from the ground, giving people a kind of oppressive momentum. Even outside the bazaar, you can smell a rancid smell and a noisy noise.
These things clearly conflict with the quiet environment required for arcane research, but mages cannot do without the materials and funds provided by the merchants for their research and teaching. So the mages of Giffen used the walls to isolate the bazaars from the real city. There is a peaceful environment for study and research in the city.
Of course, in order to prevent idle people from entering the inner city, destroying the hard-won tranquility. The teachers also stipulate that only those who have the qualifications of a mage and their immediate family members within three generations can enter and reside there. The rest are not allowed to enter without permission. This decree is not allowed even by priests, rangers, and troubadours, who are not allowed to enter if they have not studied the arcane.
After listening to the introduction of the caravan boss, Dong Hezi nodded in agreement and said: "It is also very wise for the mages to do this, if the researcher is too close to the merchant, I am afraid that the atmosphere of learning and research will be ruined." β
The boss wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, so he had to hold back and say, "You don't know about this." The mage was born close to the merchants, and there was no distinction between the inner and outer walls of the city of the Three Towers Federation thousands of miles away. The Arcane Academy and the Great Bazaar and the Great Chamber of Commerce are mixed together, and they are not at peace? Even the power of the people can deter the coastal areas of the two continents to the west and south. That's why I said, it's better to tear down the walls and go to the ban if this Giffen city wants to develop. Otherwise, let alone catching up with the Three Towers, even the Arcane Federation wouldn't want to catch up. β
Dong Hezi asked curiously, "In that case, why did the mages who established Giffen City use the city wall to separate the inside and outside?"
The caravan owner corrected, "It's not the mages, it's just a mageβthe High Mage Cruise. He created the whole city of Giffen. Hey, the largest pointed triangle mage tower on the mountainside is his. β
Follow his hand and look halfway up the hill again. Under the low sunset, the top of the red tower looked like a torch radiating a dazzling red blood-colored light.
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