Chapter Eighty-Seven: Between the Mountains
Lacey did not cheat on Charlotte. Next, Charlotte, who was heading north, experienced first-hand the information provided by Reis.
They have encountered robbers who can't survive and block their ways, wasteland with a lot of land that no one cultivates, they have encountered deliberate harassment by city guards and tax collectors, and they have seen the desperate resistance of the losers in the political overturn.
The old order is crumbling, and the new order is being created. At this time when the old and the new intersect and power is distributed, chaos arises. The privileged classes, such as the aristocracy and the wealthy merchants, were like a terrible dye vat that stained the lighthouse with their colors, and the lighthouse, which had once sworn to benefit the people, quickly degenerated.
The high-level of the lighthouse and the former enemy, you have me, I have you, which is black and which is white, can no longer be distinguished.
But it is clear that, as far as Charlotte has seen along the way, the lighthouse clearly lacks the experience and means to govern. They abolished some of the original institutions, parted ways with the Empire of San Lorenzo, and if they really couldn't get rid of it, they changed the name of the law.
This approach, which seemed to Charlotte to be utterly stupid, seemed to have had a somewhat brainwashing effect, and the middle and upper echelons of the lighthouse were basking in the joy of victory, and they were complacent, but they lacked the necessary talent and experience to admit a part of the original aristocratic and wealthy merchant class.
Then, he was completely fooled by the group of resentful and lawless guys. The changing laws and biased judgments make the reign of the lighthouse seem absurd and chaotic. And the most laughable thing is that compared to the noble lords who are constantly fighting in the surrounding areas, the order here actually looks good!
- It's simply a worse world than anyone!
Charlotte, who had seen the fair and orderly rule of Icewind Castle and Erosana, felt a lot of emotion. In just a few years, the once prosperous San Lorenzo Empire was on the verge of extinction, and almost all of this was affected by the dispute between Mesfield and Elbert in the water capital of that year.
Traveling all the way north, Charlotte also inquired about Elbert and Gloria in many ways.
The former has not been heard from at all, and the few pieces of information that have been found to be nonsense in the streets and alleys, while the latter, although Charlotte has also inquired into the history of the murder of the mage several times, it has to be said that the information obtained is pitiful.
No, I should say almost nothing.
Charlotte was very sure that person should be Gloria who left a message for her, and judging from the strength shown by the other party, if it wasn't a coordinated crime, then this mysterious person was obviously extraordinary.
Neither of these things progressed at all, and Charlotte couldn't have stayed where she was for information that didn't know when it would appear. Although he was concerned about Elbert's safety and Gloria's message, his eagerness to rush to Erosa never changed.
On this day, the Charlotte four arrived in the middle of the lighthouse-controlled area, and they miscalculated the distance and had to camp in the wilderness.
However, the existence of the mansion technique avoids the hardships of camping in the wilderness. This variation spell can create a high-end villa, which not only has the function of comfortable use, but also has the effect of early warning, counterattack and other spells, which can be said to be one of the classic spells in travel.
Charlotte uses materials in the glades to perform mansion skills, while the three daughters are responsible for finding water and hunting for food.
Walking through the mountains, Lolita uses a spell to split through the thorns that stand in her way, and you don't need to look down to hear the faint sound of tinkling water ahead. In their experience of adventure over the years, it meant not only an abundance of water, but also a lot of food.
The mountain roads are difficult to walk, but they are much better than those deserted villages and chaotic towns. Lolita has been sullen lately, and at one point wondered if she was suffering from depression.
Although the town of Falling Hammer where she lives is known as the hometown of Lori that gentlemen yearn for, it is also considered a simple folk style, and although she came to Icewind Castle later, although it is disciplined, it is not too depressing. Genki Girl can be like a fish in water in the above environment, but she is bored with the indifferent, chaotic and ruthless society of the lighthouse.
It's not that it's out of line, it's just that I can't lift my energy in my heart.
Vivien understands Hime-you's emotions, and in fact, even the usually calm beautiful girl thinks that the dangerous underworld is better than the current San Lorenzo.
Vivien secretly analyzed and came to the conclusion that it might be because of the different expectations.
"What do you say about the teacher's research?" Lolita couldn't be idle, breathing the fresh mountain air, deliberately stepping on those difficult mountain paths, and the vitality girl quickly forgot her tiredness and became lively.
"I don't know, but I think it's going to be a lot of difficulty. Vivien replied cautiously, "After all, even Her Majesty Sylvia has said that if you can form a complete system of meditation, processing, and magic eyes, the teacher may be able to raise the Root Throne with these three methods." ”
"It's hard to imagine, if the teacher really lifts the root, then wouldn't we have two great backers? I used to complain that the starry sky meditation method taught by the teacher was too difficult, but I didn't expect it to have such an effect!"
Lolita grinned, and Vivien glanced at her, guessing her thoughts.
"You're not going to think about lifting the roots faster than the teacher, are you? You know, we haven't started learning memory processing yet. ”
"Wow, how did you guess that you were the roundworm in my stomach?" Lolita's eyes widened exaggeratedly, and she asked Elle, who was pulling the petals of a wildflower, "Elle, how is the teacher's research? ”
Elle's eyes rolled, as if she was thinking, and quickly gave an answer, "I don't know!"
Just when the two girls felt that this spell book was too incompetent, Elle said, "But he has a lot of research topics, not only the in-depth analysis of the three secret methods, but also the conception and study of new spells. Over the years, he has also been obsessed with the coins of fate. ”
Vivien and Lolita knew this, and on several occasions at night, they had seen Charlotte rummaging through coins and calculating something on a virtual screen full of formulas. It looked like a Frankenstein who had gone mad.
"I hope the teacher will not be like Lord Heywood, who is trapped by the ability of the Destiny Coin to avoid death. Lolita sighed, feeling that coins were really coins, and even the constant law of cause and effect, when used, looked like gambling with her own life.
- If you win, you will be exempted, and if you lose, you will die, because you simply do not know whether the conclusion reached by the formula is correct or not. If you think about it, isn't this a cheat?
In this regard, Wei Wei Anxin agrees.
At this time, the mountain stream was already in sight. In late autumn and early winter, the clear springs in the mountains tinkle, they meander and twist, and when they meet the washed round stones, they ripple with greetings, and they leap into the distance.
Because of the climate, a layer of mist wafting by the stream, coupled with the coniferous jungle and the chirping of birds in the forest, make this scene feel like a fairyland.
Vivien and Lolita almost stopped breathing, their eyes wide as they stared at this rare mountain beauty, the peace and tranquility here, making them feel how stupid and ridiculous the people outside were fighting for power and profit.
But there will always be someone who will spoil this rare peace.
"That idiot!" Elle snickered as she leapt from the side, pointing to the corner of the mist.
There was a pop and pop sound from time to time, and when Vivien and Lolita stepped in, they saw a young man not much older than them practicing fireballing.
The fireball appeared in his hand and went out in less than a second. The young mage was sweating on his forehead and his body was shaking. The clumsy spell-casting skills and infallible spell-casting gestures made Vivien and Lolita feel ridiculous, and with that overly serious look, Lolita couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Hey, stupid guy over there, are you practicing spellcasting?"