The ghostly wail rang in his ears, and Ayton was ajoked by the bleak sound, and when he opened his eyes, he found himself in a narrow space.

A glimmer of light shone through the gap in the slender curtain, providing a faint light.

He was half-lying on an animal skin blanket, surrounded by luxurious arrangements, and in the carriage, most of the curtains had been drawn on the windows on both sides and the exits in front of him, blocking the dazzling sunlight and not seeing the outside scene.

"Master, are you awake?"

"Where am I now?" Ayton rubbed his sore eyes, his head feeling groggy.

"Huh, master, have you lost your memory?" Mei'er tilted her head and squinted at him.

Scattered memories flooded into his mind, and Ayton felt a pain in his head again, probably the after-effects of the battle in the Asahi Mountains, and he still hadn't recovered.

"Wait, where's Ariel?"

Ayton suddenly remembered, and reached out to the seat next to him, but he could only feel the faint residual warmth of the animal skin cushion, and there seemed to be a faint smell of blood wafting in the air

Ayton panicked and opened the curtain and rushed outside, the sudden bright light making his eyes squint.

"Hey, brother, are you awake?"

A crisp voice came, and Ayton opened his eyes, only to find Ariel standing in front of him intact, surrounded by several bleeding corpses, including the old man who had driven the carriage for them.

Although she didn't have an accident, Ayton still frowned, "Ariel, what's going on?"

He remembered that he had come out of the Asahi Mountains before, and he was afraid that the forest elves would continue to pursue, so he directly spent a lot of money in the town to hire a carriage and rushed from the Land of Thorns all the way to the direction of the Yaolan Emperor Capital.

The coachmen here heard the news of the rebellion of the Marquis of Thorns, and were willing to take the two of them all the way south.

I couldn't bear the sleepiness on the way, and fell asleep on Ariel's lap in the carriage, the girl's body fragrance and comfort were like the best hypnotic drugs, I don't know how long I slept this time, and it seemed that I had a very bad dream. When she woke up, she found Ariel standing in the middle of a dozen corpses.

Ariel looked at Ayton innocently: "I met a few thieves who wanted to rob, this coachman began to want to leave us behind, I was afraid that they would wake you up, so I killed them all." ”

Ayton glanced at the outfits of the people in the pool of blood, it was indeed a few humans with rudimentary weapons, but it should be a civilian who had recently fallen in distress, and when he saw someone passing by, he had bad intentions and was killed by Ariel

"How long have I been asleep?" Ayton didn't feel sorry for the deaths of these people.

But the battle didn't wake him up, and it wasn't good to sleep too hard.

Ariel touched her chin and stretched out her hand to count, "Hmm... It's almost a day and a night, and you didn't wake up during the meal, or I fed you."

At the end of the day, Ariel's cheeks flushed, and Ayton was surprised, and he looked around and said, "It's been more than a day, and where are we now?"

"It's out of the land of thorns, we crossed the Emerald River not long ago, that river is really very clear, it's a pity that you were still sleeping at the time" Ariel glanced at Ayton with some resentment, but her heart was more moved, and she was able to sleep until now, which shows what he had experienced before and how tired he was.

Ayton touched his head: "I'm sorry, let's take a look next time we have a chance." ”

Ariel leaned over and buried her head in his arms, "Brother, don't tell me I'm sorry..."

From leaving Thorn City with the others that day, being chased by the Ford Family Knights along the way, to returning to Thorn City, and then going out with the army to destroy Vonovich's alliance, and finally returning to Thorn City to rescue Birodis and rush to the Flower Language Forest with her.

For three days and three nights, he did not rest, during which he continued to sneak, assassinate, and fight. Persisted until he left the Asahi Mountains, his mental strength had already been greatly overdrawn, and he was in a coma for a day and a night, which was quite normal.

Ayton smiled lightly, no matter what, both of them came back safely, it was the best result, and patted Ariel on the back: "Let's get out of here first, try not to cause trouble on the way." ”

Ariel nodded obediently and sat in front of the car to take on the role of the coachman, Ayton opened the curtain and returned to the carriage, calling the little succubus in his mind.

"Mei'er, is that dream your ghost?"

Mei'er laughed: "Yes, master, isn't this ability very interesting, it's the same as the real thing, whatever kind of dream you want to have in the future, Mei'er can do it." ”

"You can control my dreams?!" Ayton was once again shocked by Mei'er's ability, you know, the higher level of controlling dreams is controlling the mind, and finally controlling people, turning others into a puppet.

"Don't be nervous, master, Mei'er can't control you now, even if she can control you, she won't do that, a thoughtless wood is too boring. ”

Hell, I know what you think, Ayton muttered to himself, and his guard against Mei'er deepened.

Lying on the carriage cushion, no longer sleepy, I watched Ariel driving the carriage in front of me.

It took five days to travel from the land of thorns to the emperor in a carriage, and there were occasional ragged civilians on the road, all of whom had come from the north, and the city of thorns was breached, and some of the panicked people went south.

Along the way, although there were only Ayton and Ariel, they lived a very comfortable life, and at night the two lived in the tent and lived a shameless two-person world.

Occasionally, a few homeless people with short eyes saw two teenagers and girls, and they had bad intentions, and they were all cleanly resolved.

Ayton, who had nothing to do, looked at the various drawings given by Bahrain, in fact, he had taken the time to look at them a few times before, but he was immediately stunned by the complexity of the project.

There were outsiders present at the time, and it was too late to take a closer look.

At this time, after careful study for a long time, Ayton roughly figured out that the musket designed by these drawings was no, it had broken away from the category of muskets in the traditional sense, and should be called the 'magic gun' of the new era, the magic guide gun.

The precision parts are not something that ordinary people can create, and there are countless precious metal materials that need to be integrated, which means that once assembled, outsiders will not be able to peek into their technology.

What's even more terrifying is that it also requires a strong knowledge of magic enchantment, and the most elaborate inscriptions are required for key parts, which is exactly what Ayton is not very good at, at most he only creates the materials that the guns are assembled in.

As for the power of this new musket, Ayton didn't dare to speculate, in short, it was definitely very large, enough to subvert the perception of the traditional musket of the dwarves of all ethnic groups on the mainland.

If it weren't for the lack of conditions at this time, Ayton would have wanted to make a musket to play with.

In the blink of an eye, time flies. Before you know it, four days have passed.

The injuries on the two of them had also fully recovered, and even the scars on the side of Ayton's face had healed under the special ointment brought out of the dark cavern, and there were no traces at all.

"Brother, shouldn't you put down those broken drawings first, you will encounter soldiers in front of you not far away" Ariel turned her head and looked at Ayton with a resentful expression.

"Ah, it's here so soon. Ayton put down the drawings and pen in his hand, and some did not come back to his senses.

"We've been walking for a long time, we've been walking for a long time, and if we miss it again, we won't be able to get in today," Arielle said as she stood up with her hips crossed.

Looking around, the space in the carriage was full of scattered drawings! Ayton sat in the middle.

During these four days, Ayton spent his spare time immersed in the various forging knowledge, musket drawings, black-gun-potion recipes, and so on taught by Bahrain.

With drawings and pens in hand, she calculates on the bumpy road, while Ariel takes on the role of solving enemies and the coachman.

"It's been so long. Ayton touched his nose, put all the drawings into the storage space, and sat down next to Ariel.

Ariel gave him a blank look, "If it weren't for you, we would all be in the city." ”

"What's wrong with me, it's not that you're wrong..."

Speaking of this, Ariel suddenly turned her head and glanced at Ayton, her eyes full of resentment.

The latter shrank his head back: "Well, blame me, I shouldn't have forgotten to remind you." ”

"That's right," Ariel said, turning her head after the rain.

While studying the drawings, he did ignore Ariel on the side, and he could have entered the imperial capital at noon today, but Ariel took the wrong path, and he could have reached it by walking west, but they continued to go south, and Ayton didn't pay attention to the time and forgot to remind Ariel.

It was only when it was time for dinner that they saw the gates, but fortunately it was a summer day, the sun was still in the sky, and they still had time to find a place to live, and if they slept on the streets, Ariel's anger he could not imagine.

A moment later, the shadow of the city gate was already faintly visible, and Ariel stood up and looked at the city wall in the distance, there were no people coming and going, Ayton blamed it on the fact that it was not early.

When I walked in, I found that the imaginary city wall was tall and majestic, but the first impression I gave them at this time was some... Passable.

Although the city wall looks taller and stronger than the city of thorns, the guards above seem to be careless, and the management is extremely lax, and the soldiers at the city gate are careless in dealing with the work at hand, looking a little impatient.

This perfunctory attitude alone was quite impressive, and they were even more disappointed that the main street, which looked through the city gates, was full of low, simple houses, the ground was filthy, and the civilians in shabby clothes walked around idlely.

If it weren't for the 'South Gate' plaque on the city gate and the tall walls on both sides, they would have thought they were on the wrong path again.

didn't see the imaginary prosperity, and the two looked at each other in unison.

"Brother, is this really the Blue Imperial Capital? Didn't Lan Keke say that this is much more prosperous than Thorn City?"

"This... Go up and ask, and you'll know."

Ayton's facial expression was somewhat unnatural, and the carriage stepped forward, while Ariel casually surveyed the city gate with her eyes.

The guards at the city gate saw two young men and women driving over, the carriage was not too luxurious, but the men and women sitting on it were extremely handsome, so that they did not dare to slack off in the slightest.

An officer stepped forward with a smile: "May I ask where do you two come from?