The city of Sarn is located in the territory of the Azmeri Kingdom, but this city is not completely under the jurisdiction of the kingdom, but part of it belongs to the Eastern Storm Ocean Company on the continent of Palmers.

Since more than fifty years ago.

This powerful military organization, with a large number of warships and troops, forced the five small kingdoms on the continent of Wraeclast to sign unequal agreements on open treaty ports and tariffs.

This relatively backward continent has also become a dumping place for commodities and cheap spell raw materials from other continents.

The city of Sarn has also become an external tentacle of the international power, the Syndicate Federation, firmly nailed to the political and trade center of this large island.

As the group entered the boundaries of Sa'en City, they were greeted by endless stretches of farmland on both sides of the road, and some farmers were working on the soil after the winter harvest.

On the vast and undulating fields, as far as the eye can see, there is no vitality of spring, no lushness of summer, and no fruits of autumn. The paths and ridges in the fields were as distinct as the green tendons of a scrawny man, and a foraging vole sprang out of the wheat straw that was haphazardly piled up in the field, and after being alert to look around, he ran into the depths of the field.....

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 Valen.

Thinking of the dead old baron, Shaman Chen couldn't help but feel a little emotionally in his heart.

But because of this, he finally got out of the small place of Caruso Town.

Standing at the top of a hill, Vasily pointed to a great city on the mountainside a few miles away and said, "That's the city of Sain!"

Surrounded by mountains, a tall and majestic city sits like a crown of clouds and mist, and many thick towers stretch upwards along the mountain.

At first glance, it looks like the layers of resonance pipes of an organ.

Shaman Chen looked at those towers, most of them glowing with soft colors from top to foot, and he could feel their powerful mana fluctuations from a long distance.

Descending along the mountain road, the wizard towers of different shapes, either hexagonal pillars or star-shaped watchtowers, found that the average height of each tower was more than ten floors!

On the flat side of the mountainside is a huge bustling city.

From afar, there are colorful walls, sculptures and eaves of different shapes, like a city with all kinds of exotic styles.

Chen Xuyuan turned his head and asked Vasily: "I thought the wizard tower was all dull and boring regular tube buildings, but it turned out that it could be so full of artistic style? You~~"

But he saw that Vasily's expression was a little gloomy.

Shaman Chen knew that this return had evoked some sad things for him.

Now.

Although they came back with a lot of loot and goods, Vasily was already unaccompanied, not to mention that the money~ might not be enough for him to learn a few fourth-order spells.

So Chen Xuyuan deliberately diverted the topic and distracted him and said: "The environment around this Sarn City is very good, there are open fields, shrubs and plants dotted everywhere near and far, and there are lush green forests in the distance. The snow-capped hilltop behind the city and a wide canal and freshwater lake outside the city are crystal clear and pleasant. Next to it~~~ Hmm, why is there an independent castle complex over there?"

He will point his finger away.

Everyone saw that on a large hill three or four miles away from the city of Sarn, there stood another majestic castle with a burly shape.

On its perimeter, it is surrounded by a variety of stone fortifications that are also 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.

It's just that.

There were no towns on its outskirts, as if a mighty beast led his men into a vigilant group, in contrast to the noisy city of Sarn on the other side.

Shaman Chen patted Vasily on the shoulder, interrupting his low mood: "What is that castle? Why is it left alone next to the city of Saan? Wouldn't it be better to build it in the city of Sahn?"

Vasily let out an "oh" and replied in a bad spirit: "That's the castle of the local lord, Duke Bartholomew." ”

Shaman Chen muttered, "Why didn't he build the castle in the city of Saan? ”

Vasily laughed and said, "Nobles and wizards, who wants to be subordinate to each other?"

The procession walked slowly along the broad hilly road in the direction of the city of Sarn and the ducal castle, and along the way many roads overlapped with the paved trade road.

Slowly, there were more and more travelers on the road, and everyone had a tired and relieved look on their faces, as if they were ready to "relax, relax" in the city of Sahn.

These perennial merchants knew each other more or less, so the meat-flavored jokes between men began.

Bursts of evil laughter sounded from time to time, and in a trance, the green grass leaves on the roadside and the dew drops of small shrubs all looked delicate and juicy.

What a beautiful early spring time~~ until I met another gorgeous noble convoy.

The burly soldiers, wizards, and warriors on tall horses, with serious expressions, waved the banner of the nobles with flowers, and walked down another main road. When they came to the intersection of the two roads, they happened to be next to these Chen shamans and the caravan on the road.

Everyone hurriedly drove the carriage to the side first, and some anxious people shouted: "Hurry up and get out of the way, don't you see the flag of Duke Bartholomew?"

Someone else added, "Hey, there's Duke Maligaro's banner." ”

As he spoke, someone on the side cheered in a low voice: "Look! That's Miss Zana, the daughter of Duke Maligaro, and it's a blonde beauty of Peugeot! ”

Then the men secretly laughed.

Eddie and Vasily, who spent a little money on the road and hitched a ride with a businessman, seemed to be suddenly infected by the surrounding atmosphere and brought up their interest in getting a glimpse of what was going on.

The two of them immediately looked like cats smelling fishy, stretched their necks from the big cargo boxcar, and hurriedly went out to see what was going on.

"It's really ~~ really beautiful. Eddie admired sincerely, and measured the figure of the blonde female warrior on a white horse with his eyes intently: "The best of the beauties with eight heads and proportions~"

Shaman Chen went out to take a look, but saw a large group of duke's guards and their horses—all dressed in colorful and gorgeous robes and cloaks, neatly passing by.