Chapter 160: Abberline Syracuse
"Father?" Looking at the people hurrying in the distance, Sid said in surprise.
"Dad, come on, brother, you can't kill * people, you can't grab the money~~" Aya gloated a little.
"Uncle Barron......" Terra shouted to the approaching middle-aged snow elf.
The snow elves ignored them and walked straight in front of me with their men. This group of men and horses were all dressed in noble clothes, and it was obvious that they were not small, and they bent down at me, and said respectfully, "Your Excellency, Earl, ......"
"You are?" I said to him.
"I'm the lord here, Barron." He said.
"But I don't see any towns, do I?" I asked.
"Well, Abberline Snow is ahead." Barron said carefully.
"Syracuse? This place should be good, but Barron, this is your son and daughter, they're ruthless. I laughed.
"I hope that adults will forgive you, you adults have a lot, don't be like children." Barron said with a sincere fear.
Seeing his father so respectful to me, Sid and the others were not upset, and stood honestly behind Barron.
"What a child, they're all eighteen. I'm only eighteen years old. I said.
"This ......" Barron listened to my tone, thinking that I wanted to punish them, and sweated profusely, "Your Excellency, you are young and promising, how can they compare with you...... I hope that your lordship will raise your noble hand and spare them......"
"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to blame them." I smiled and said, "Let's talk as we go, by the way, how do you know I'm an earl?" ”
Barron was relieved to see that I didn't blame Sid for them. When I got into the car, I got on my horse and followed the car. Sid and the others also mounted the horses they had brought and followed behind the convoy.
"That's right, sir......"
"Don't call me sir, call me Layton." Seeing this temperamental uncle calling me an adult again and again, I really can't help it.
"Is that good......" Barron was stunned for a moment.
"Barron, I call you Barron, you call me Layton, isn't that good~~"
"Oh...... Lord Layton, no, Layton, that's right. My son has been naughty since he was a child and likes to get into trouble everywhere, so I sent someone to follow him every day. Today he met you, and when he heard that you were the Earl of Layton from Dirkcula, I came as soon as I got the news......"
That's the case, it seems that the son of the city lord usually causes a lot of trouble, and there are special people around him who are secretly following. Otherwise, grab an earl today, and maybe go directly to the trouble of the Sauron monarch tomorrow. As we walked and talked, Mai Tian also asked the lord of Syracuse a lot of professional questions and various statistics about the city, although the weather was cold, Barron was still sweating profusely by Mai Tian's questions, and constantly contacted his officials to report one accurate figure after another.
From this data, I can fully appreciate what a rich place Abberline Syracuse is. There is no war here, people live in affluence, and it is not comfortable to live and work in peace. That's why the children of rich families run around every day with nothing to do.
As we spoke, we arrived at Syracuse in Abberland, and strange to say, as soon as we entered the confines of Syracuse, we suddenly felt the temperature around us chill. This area is covered with snow all year round, and the snowflakes are large and small, and rarely stop.
The answer to this question can be found in the squares of Syracuse. Unlike other squares, Syracuse has a gazebo in the square. It's unbelievable that the weather is so cold, and they still build such a pavilion.
But as soon as we walked into the gazebo, we understood. Originally, this pavilion was built to protect the only water source in Syracuse, and there is an ancient well in the pavilion, which is the guarantee of the water source on which the people of Syracuse depend. Although melting snow can also make water, snow water is not as sweet and refreshing as the water in this ancient well, and I tasted a sip of well water from Barron himself, and it tasted very good. Barron proudly said that drinking the well water from this well for a long time will not only prolong life, but also make the skin whiter and whiter. I believe this, look at the skin of the snow elves, all of them are like cream, and the girls are all beautiful, and they are all white and ugly.
"This is the holy water of our snow elf race, but ......" Speaking of this, Barron's face was embarrassed.
"But recently, the water level has dropped a lot, and some of them are in short supply." Mai Tian said.
"Ah, exactly, Miss Mai, how do you know?" Barron asked, surprised.
"It's very simple, just look at the color of the well wall and you can see that the water level was so high that you don't need to bend down with a rope to hit it. Well, you see, these ropes and this wheel are all newly built. Mai Tian said.
The sea snake and I looked into the well, and sure enough, the wall of the well was white for a long time, which was obviously the color of a long time of soaking. Only the stone at the mouth of the well is gray. And the reel at the mouth of the well is also newly repaired, and it is estimated that the city lord also likes to watch our players' web forums, imitating the construction of Chinese reels.
"Miss Mai is really smart." "Yes, a month ago, the water level was very high, but suddenly overnight the well water dropped dramatically, and it is still falling," Barron praised. I'm so worried that maybe one day this holy well will dry up......"
"It's not unreasonable for the water level to drop, it's usually a ......change in the strata," Mai Tian thought, and suddenly she pointed to a snow-capped mountain in the distance outside the city and asked, "What kind of mountain is that mountain?" ”
"It's our holy mountain, and we go to worship it every year." Barron said.
From a distance, we saw a beautiful snow-capped mountain like Mt. Fuji, and the snow on the top of the mountain seemed to be connected with the white clouds in the sky, and the scenery was very charming.
"It seems to be a volcanic ......," the sea serpent expressed his opinion.
"Yes, it looks like a volcano. Lord Barron, it's nothing if the Holy Well is dry, and if this volcano erupts, you Abberline Snow City won't be able to keep it. Wheat Field said to Barron.
"That's a snowy mountain...... How can it be a volcano? "Barron had never heard the term volcano.
"Alas, it will not be clear for a while. It turns out that let's go to the mountain and have a look, in case it is really an active volcano and is about to erupt. Then the city of Abberland is going to have a great migration. Mai Tian said to me worriedly.
"Yes, Witch-sama." Looking at the wheat fields that were worried about the country and the people, I said to her seriously.
We carefully explained the seriousness of the matter to Barron and planned to go up the hill to have a look. Although the sacred mountain is heavily guarded, outsiders are never allowed to enter. But for the sake of the people of Syracuse in Abberland, Barron has also decided to go with us on a trip to the Holy Mountain to find out the truth. So, our group waited for the mighty march out of the city and walked towards the holy mountain.
In this kind of place, it is not easy to climb a snow-capped mountain. At my suggestion, everyone changed into spikes, got a few pickaxes, and followed me step by step to the top of the mountain.
A white snow fox stood at the foot of the mountain, watching us drift away in amazement. Barron said as he followed behind me, "Strange, there are quite a few animals on this mountain. Because hunting is forbidden on the sacred mountain, there are many animals, but today you can't see any animals. ”
"That's right, the animals have always had a good premonition. I guess they're about to erupt as well. I said as I crawled.
"Count Layton, do you say that volcanoes can really spew fire when they erupt?" Barron still doesn't believe our previous description of the volcano.
"Not only fire, but also smoke...... Quite a thick smoke......" the sea snake said with a smile.
"Flames, thick smoke, and a large amount of magma erupting, such a large volcano, it is no problem to drown your little snow city." Wheat Field's words are not alarmist.
"Then we have to speed up, I am responsible for the lives of the people in the city." Barron became serious.
"No problem, walking......" I quickened my pace.
Finally, our group came to the top of this sacred mountain, a huge crater. I cautiously led everyone to the edge of the crater, where there was no snow and some heat could be felt. Standing on the edge and looking down, I could faintly see a hint of red, crimson magma surging in the depths of the volcano.
"Come on, you're right. It's an active volcano, and it's ...... It looks like it's about to squirt......" I said to Wheat Field.
Wheat Field took out a telescope, looked into it carefully, studied it for a while, and handed the telescope to Barron, who looked down in the posture of Wheat Field and shouted in surprise: "God! There's really fire down there! ”
"I said Lord Barron, you have to think of a way, at this rate, I estimate that the volcano will erupt in the next few days." Mai Tian said solemnly.
"I ...... What should I do, what should I do? "Baron's rush is rounding and turning.
"Let's move the people out of Abberline first. After the eruption, come back and see if you can still live in it, if not, I'm afraid you'll have to find another place to build a new town. I patted Barron on the shoulder.
"The situation is urgent, it is said that it will be within a few days, but it may also explode within a few hours." Wheat Field continued.
"I immediately order, the whole city urgently assembles!" Barron made up his mind, this wasn't child's play.
It's hard to go up the mountain, it's easy to get down, it's so easy that you just need to take out a small white stone, use it, and you're back in the city with a bang. Back in the city, Barron didn't bother to entertain us, and hurriedly convened an urgent city-wide assembly order. The people gathered in the square and obeyed the arrangement of the lord of the city.
The Lord of Barron impromptu told the people what I had told him about the volcano, and then ordered everyone to evacuate Syracuse within three hours and take refuge in the nearby neighboring city of Fabre.
Under the command of the Lord of Barron, a great migration began.
"You see, I told me it was a volcano, and my father always wouldn't listen to me." Sid said to his sister Aya.
"Brother, those three people are quite amazing, they can actually recognize them. Do you think they will come from another world? Aya said to Sid.
"I guess they must be from there, he knows more than we do." Terra said too.
"Yes, there must be something wrong with them. They know what kind of socks can be put on their heads, they know that this sacred mountain is actually a volcano, we have to go to them and find out where they came from! Sid whispered to two of his men.