"Wheel~Wheel~"

In a daze, Lekwin didn't hear the sound of a wooden wheel crumbling on the ground for a while.

'Who am I?' Where am I? What am I doing? ’

His mind was foggy, his thoughts were intermittent, and the only thing that remained constant was the constant burning pain in his chest. Whenever he was a little more conscious, the pain became extremely intense, and the pain made him faint directly.

After a while, he woke up again, felt a sharp pain, fainted again, and so on.

I don't know how long it took, but when he woke up again, the pain in his chest finally began to ease and became bearable, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "The most difficult moment has passed, and my life should be saved." ’

Soon, he noticed that there were large and small stones all over him, which made his back hurt, and he wondered in his heart: "What is the situation now?" ”

He didn't move, his eyes slightly open a slit.

It was already dawn, and it was noon, and he was lying on a large wooden cart full of crimson stones, drawn by two gray horses, followed by three men. A coachman dressed as a horsewhip with a strange iron stick stuck in his waist. The other two men were dressed in strange cotton robes and carried two strange iron rods on their backs, exactly like the guards at the entrance of the mine last night.

'Oh~damn it~' Leckwin cursed in his heart.

At that moment, the voice of the tall, thin guard came over.

"Hi ~ Jack, did you say that guy in the car is also here to grab something?"

The short guard turned his head to glance at Lekwin, who immediately closed his eyes and pretended to be dizzy, but his ears were secretly pricked up, and he was now extremely curious about the identity of this group.

After a while, a hoarse voice sounded, and from the direction from which the voice came from, it was the short guard: "Very likely." I even suspect that this guy is here to find out our secrets, otherwise how could he have found our mine in one fell swoop? ”

"Hey~ It's really possible!"

Leckwin heard the tall and thin guards insulate, and then the surroundings fell silent, followed by a faint feeling that the two guards were turning their heads to look at him, which made his heart furious.

After a long while, the tall and thin man's voice suddenly sounded: "Jack, do you think we should secretly do him, lest he use rhetoric to confuse the master?" ”

Lekewin's heart was pounding when he heard this, he was now seriously injured, and he still had a terrifying iron rod in his hand. If you really want to do something to him, he won't be able to fight back at all!

Just when he couldn't help but want to beg for mercy, the voice of the short guard sounded: "No, even if what he says is out of the sky, it is impossible to hide it from the master's eyes." In front of the master, the more lies he tells, the more wrong he becomes. ”

"Hmm~ that's what you said." The tall and thin man agreed, and the murderous intent in his voice subsided.

"Whew~~" Lekwin quietly breathed a sigh of relief, only to feel that the whole person was a little prostrate.

The two guards and the coachman would still talk from time to time on the road, but they didn't bring the topic to Leckwin. Lekwin was very worried about his current situation, and in order to figure out the situation as soon as possible, he listened with his ears pricked up all the way, for fear of missing a word.

As the carriage drove along the flat dirt road to the Bishui River, Leckwin finally figured out an idea.

These people turned out to be the survivors of Nilogaard City, and they gathered around the surviving academy magicians, and they were actually preparing to rebuild Nilogaard! Of the three, the one who mentioned it most frequently was called 'Master', and his tone was quite respectful, and it was certain that this Master should be the leader of this survivor colony.

'Master...... Guru...... There are not many magicians in the Nilogaard Academy who can be called masters, and each of them is a well-known magician, and I don't know which master these people are talking about? ’

Lekwin was extremely curious about the identity of the master, but he was not in a hurry, because he would soon be brought to this master by these people.

After arriving at the Bishui River, Lekwin was carried off the wooden cart by two guards, and was rudely thrown onto a wooden boat by the two.

He quietly opened his eyes and looked around cautiously.

Not far away was a rudimentary dock with at least a hundred people on board. There were laborers, there were guards, and those guards had iron rods in their hands that were exactly the same as those in the hands of the cave guards.

The big wooden cart that had just pulled him was unloading ore by the river, and after the ore was unloaded, the laborers loaded the ore in small carts and pulled the ore to the wooden boat where he was staying.

There was a lot of noise on the docks, but Lekwin had a good ear, and he pricked up his ears and continued to eavesdrop on the conversation.

From the conversation, he knew that the large wooden ship was dedicated to transporting 'hematite', and that it would transport the ore to a place called the 'Steel Smelter'. He also heard the voice of the short guard, who was explaining his situation to one of the guards on the side of the wooden boat.

Lekwin could hear clearly, and when he reached Nilogaard, he would be taken over by the city's guards and sent to a place called the 'fortress'.

'Steel smelter? What is a factory? How does that sound weird? These people also speak strangely. Leckerwin felt that the people in the docks were not speaking in the same way as the rest of the mainland, and that words often came out that he didn't understand.

After waiting for about half an hour, the wooden boat was loaded with iron ore, and in the sound of oars, the wooden boat full of ore floated quickly down the current.

Such a large ship can carry more than a dozen truckloads of ore, all the way down the river, basically without much effort. When the ore is unloaded, it is not difficult to row the empty boat upstream...... Yes, that's a good idea. Lekwin couldn't help but admire in his heart.

If all the ore had to be transported by horse-drawn cart, it would be a delay.

The journey of the mine ship was not far, and after about 20 minutes, the wooden boat began to turn and make its way towards the city of Nilogaard on the shore.

Lekewin glanced at the shore and was stunned to see a huge gray chimney standing in the middle of the city, the chimney was at least 20 meters high, and smoke was billowing from the chimney head.

There was no fire in the city, but what was such a big chimney for? Leckerwin became more and more incomprehensible.

Soon, the wooden boat docked, and two guards approached Lekwin.

Lekwin immediately closed his eyes and feigned dizziness, he felt himself being lifted, and when he reached the dock, he was thrown into a donkey cart with an iron cage, and the donkey cart carried him all the way in the direction of the north of the city.

In the iron cage, Leckwin squinted his eyes again.

Along the way, he saw a large number of building debris, with a large number of burning marks left on the wreckage, and along the way, he saw hardly a single intact building.

'The city of Nilogaard was ruined, but how could a huge city be destroyed at once? It is rumored that the monster did it, but how can the monster have such great destructive power? The more Leckwin looked, the more frightened he became.

After more than ten minutes of driving, Lekwin finally saw the intact building on the side of the road, but it was a high wall.

He knew the wall, and he had been to Nilogaard a few years earlier, and he had stood outside it, in awe of everything that was inside.

'Is Nilogaard College still intact?' Am I going to enter the academy and face the magic masters? Leckwin's heart trembled, he was terrified, he didn't know what fate he was going to face.

The donkey cart led him slowly through the gates of the academy.

Inside the gate, what you see is a large area of simple bungalows, the outer walls of these bungalows are gray, very smooth, I don't know what is used to pile up, there are many pedestrians on the road between the bungalows, everyone comes and goes in a hurry, looking very busy.

'Ding Ding ~ Dang Dong ~~'

Inside one of the huge houses, there was a frequent sound of metal colliding, and the sound was non-stop, non-stopping.

"That's a blacksmith's shop, right? Why is the blacksmith's strength so great, and the hammer has not stopped breathing for so long? The more Lekwin listened, the more shocked he became, he had always thought he was very strong, but compared to the blacksmith in the blacksmith's shop, he was dwarfed.

At this moment, a shout suddenly came from behind the donkey cart: "Let go!" Let's get it! ”

Lekwin followed the sound and saw a carriage speeding by, the carriage behind it was open, and a black thing was neatly placed in it. At first, he didn't understand it, but when the carriage passed by him, he suddenly smelled a familiar iron smell in his nose, and he was shocked.

'It's actually a piece of iron, such a big piece, at least a thousand pounds, right?! How much is this worth? ”

Don't look at the many iron tools in life, but everyone uses them piecemeal, such as scissors, needlework, ordinary peasant families, if there is a pair of iron plows, it is already a great wealth, and it is used as an heirloom! It's the first time I've seen such a large piece of pure iron as a carriage and Lekwen's age.

Just as he was shocked, the carriage stopped outside the gate of a huge blue-gray fortress, and two guards came over, opened the prisoner cart, lifted Lekwin out of the cart, and moved him into the fortress, where he was locked in the dungeon beneath the fortress.

'Bang dang~~'

The iron door of the dungeon was locked, the guards left, and Lekwin opened his eyes and found himself in a dimly lit basement, there were many iron cages in the basement, some of them were empty, but most of the cages were full of people, and they were all young people with strong bodies, and from their appearance and temperament, none of them were good stubble.

Leckwin was still shocked by the iron matter, and when he saw so many iron cages again, he was shocked again: "My God, isn't Nilogaderi's iron valuable?" So much iron, just to build a cage...... Hiss~ No, this is not ordinary pig iron, this is fucking good steel, grind it, it's a steel gun! What a waste! ”

Here, Lekwin was still concerned about the steel cage, and when the other people in the cage saw him wake up, they turned their heads to look over, and a strong man wearing a wide-brimmed hat laughed: "Look at that~Look at that~~ There's another unlucky guy!" ”

When he roared, everyone in the cage laughed gloatingly.

Lekwen was angry in his heart, looked at the strong man and sneered: "Man, look at your dress, you should be a wizard hunter, right?" Why, can you still catch a wizard in a cage? ”

"Bang dang!"

The strong man was furious, and suddenly reached out and grabbed the thick iron rod of the iron cage, and his square face was seriously deformed in the gap between the railings: "Boy, you wait, soon, I will tear your beautiful face off your head!" ”

"Who wouldn't say big things? Someday, I'll be able to pop your bubbles! "Lekwin looked disdainful and fought hard in the cage, what's the big deal.

The strong man stared at Lekwin for a long time, and suddenly laughed: "You think I'm talking big? Hahaha~ Guys, look, there's another fool! ”

"What do you mean?" Leckerwin was a little weak-hearted.

"The city of Nilogaard was destroyed, and there were only a few thousand people left, but the wealth in the city was too great to count. It will soon be discovered that the place is very weak, and it will not be long before the guardians of the Lord of Fire will arrive to cleanse the city of the remnants of the magicians. When the time comes, I'll show you my methods! The strong man laughed triumphantly.

Lekwin froze, he was really frightened by the strong man.

At this moment, the iron door of the dungeon was pushed open, and two guards in thick cotton robes walked in, one of the guards glanced at the strong man with contempt: "Okay, Freeman, don't scare people, you better think about how to save your head." ”

The strong man Freeman stared at the guards with his eyes fixed on him, and shouted furiously: "Heresy! Thief! Go to hell! ”

"Why thieves?" Lekwin couldn't help but ask, heretics he can understand, because in the eyes of the Flame God Cult, as long as they are not believers, they are all heretics, but thieves? He just couldn't figure it out.

"Because they stole the Thunder Muskets of the Church! This is blasphemy against God! Freeman was furious.

"Thunder muskets? I see! Lekewen's heart lit up.

He finally knew what the iron rods in the hands of these guards were, it turned out to be a thunder musket from the church! This thing is a gift from the gods, the first time it appeared, it beat the army of the Southern Parisian Empire to the head, how can it be done if it is not powerful?

The guard couldn't listen to it, walked up to Freeman, and smashed the butt of a rifle on the back of his hand: "With that tattered thing in your hand, dare to call yourself a thunderbolt musket?" Who stole and who doesn't know yet! ”

"Heretics! Thief! God will punish you! Just wait! Freeman clutched his smashed hand and retreated to the inside of the cage, but his mouth was still open.

"Idiot!"

The guard scolded, ignored the strong man Freeman, turned his head to look at Leckwin, and asked, "Can you go yourself?"

"Barely possible." Lekwin nodded.

"Very good, you come with me, the master wants to see you."