The sun shrouded in the sky, giving off bursts of blazing heat, the clouds thinned, and the birds flew high and low around the airship, and were slowly flung off to the tail.

After a long sea voyage, the group disembarked at a port somewhere in the Kingdom of Durin, where they took a steam airship to the capital of the Kingdom of Durin.

And now, the capital is already looming!

Looking through the narrow cross-shaped window of the airship, a hazy city looms into view.

Looking down from the sky, on the vast plain, countless clouds of smoke slowly rose out from around the shadowy city, like solidified pillars of clouds and smoke.

Black, white, grey......

"A hundred years ago, the royal city of Durin Porso was not like this. Now it is surrounded by various factories. ”

Someone next to him said with emotion, turning his head to see that it was Zachary who walked to his side at some point.

"Durin has fallen."

He whispered, as if remembering something.

"Whether it's the royal family, or the kingdom as a whole, they've lost the grace of the old Dulin people of a century ago."

Charles didn't respond, but he knew what was being said.

The kingdom of Turin in the history books was once a devout and religious nation, rich, sincere, and everyone seemed to be the staunchest supporter of the Church of Thorns.

Now, however, it is no longer glorious, chaotic and the emerging industrial revolution has brought not new life, but decay.

Being in this realm, the whole kingdom feels like a hazy city outside the airship, cold, messy, and a little dead.

That's right, dead air.

As far as the eye can see, the city called the royal city of Porso, the legendary pure white city that countless people have praised and longed for, there is no charm at all.

The overall white style of the royal city should have looked neat. It used to be true. It's just that at this time, it is like a range hood that has been used for many years, and the originally smooth and dazzling surface has been covered by layers of gray and black dirt.

"This is an ancient city."

Charles did not have the monk's nostalgia, but he was equally disappointed.

In fact, in this world full of supernatural powers, he thought he would encounter that kind of special, strange city.

However, what he sees now is no different from the gray and white painting style of the 19th century that he remembers.

……

The steam airship doesn't look big, but it's pretty solid standing in it. It's a bit like a hot air balloon in memory, but it certainly can't be that way.

Hot air balloons aren't that fast.

There was not much difference between the journey and the time when they were on the boat, and they spent nearly two months on the ship, and in this airship, only two days had passed!

Two days, half a kingdom!

Charles speculated that there might be a magical element to this.

Of course, he doesn't know exactly how. There wasn't much to talk about, except for some of the crew on the airship, just Zachary, Connie, and Charles.

True, they now belong to the "charter flight".

"I didn't have this kind of treatment in my previous life, but now I enjoy it."

Muttering to himself, staring out the window at the sky, Charles was a little apprehensive about what would happen to him.

The reason for coming here is to advance him to the ring, and this thing has been confirmed.

But he can't be sure what the specific promotion method is, how to advance, and what else will happen before the promotion.

Charles didn't believe that he had been brought all the way here just to make a cut, and if that were the case, Zachary could have done it anywhere.

……

As the city grew in a slow flight, the dark city grew larger and stronger, and eventually, the airship entered the smoke area of the factory, and the window became hazy.

But after a while, the smoke cleared, and when you looked out, the city came into view.

The outermost part of the royal city of Porso is a dense circle of factories, which can be seen from a long distance. Beyond the factory area is a cluster of low-rise buildings, from which you can faintly see the dilapidated and chaotic layout and shape of these buildings, a bit like the old houses of the Middle Ages.

Further in is a white-to-black area that Charles has just likened to a range hood in the city's largest area, with similarly cluttered but denser and lifeless looks.

Behind it is a relatively neat area of the city, with black lines of roads that crisscross and divide the white town into several sections, with occasional garden squares and high-rise buildings.

Finally, in the middle of the city, the outer streets are dotted with manor houses and neat houses. Looking inward, there is another blank area, vaguely looking like a ring-shaped square, pale and empty.

In the center of the square stands a towering white minaret, high enough to overlook the city, with a pale gray glow of white and a black-dotted window that glows in the sun.

If memory serves, it was the Tower of Porso, where the royal family of Turin lived.

……

The general structure of the city is clearly visible from above, but as the airship slowly descends, everything in sight grows larger, and eventually, this enormity evolves into a "world".

The airship finally docked in a white brick plaza, which should resemble a memory airport, except for the one at the foot of the Charles, there are still many airships of the same shape around.

It was painted with the same shape of the logo - it was the pale tower of Porso.

"Although it is obviously not open to the public, in fact, as long as you have money, the Polso United Airship Company opened by the royal family will not care whether you are a nobleman or a commoner."

As he walked down the ladder, looking at the surroundings of the "parking airport", Zachary said casually: "The annual revenue that this place brings to the royal family is enough to maintain the education system of the entire kingdom. ”

"So we should be thankful to the royal family." Connie nodded in agreement. Little did she know that the bandage man who had kidnapped her was a member of the royal family.

The three of them walked out of the airport, left the place called the third berth of the Porso steam airship, hailed a black carriage on the street where the mooring was located, and then hurried towards the church of San Cassel in the capital.

The wheels tumbled and occasionally shook because of the uneven ground, but when the carriage reached a wide street, such bumps were rare.

Different from the slightly narrow road just now, the road under your feet is the main road of the capital, and the whole body is paved with smooth green bricks, although it is inevitable that there will be some silt on it due to the constant trampling of people, but in general it is already very good.

Inside the carriage, listening to the noise outside, the middle-aged monk sitting opposite the Charles said: "When we arrive, we will go directly to the archbishop, and she will naturally answer some questions to you at that time." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Before Charles could respond, Connie questioned suspiciously.

It seems that just by waking up "from a sleep", the attitude of the people around him towards Charles has changed greatly, which is really confusing.

"It's a church secret, I can't ...... it"

As Zachary spoke, a loud shout was heard outside, and they turned their heads down the glass window.

A young man in a suit was waving a flag in the middle of the road, and the carriage slowed down and turned to the side of the road. Charles could clearly see that behind him, a very strange black iron bump was moving slowly.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Under the shouts of young people, the black box-like "car" soared forward in the middle of the blue brick road, the noisy sound of gear turning was very obvious, and the space of the canopy was cramped, and a young gentleman sat on it.

"It'......," he said, looking a little odd.

"An epoch-making product of the Black Gold Company."

Connie replied, "They claim that this thing called the Steam Car can free up manpower instead of a horse-drawn carriage, but it seems to me that the Black Gold Company is blowing louder." ”

"Slower than walking, what's the use of asking for this?" Her tone was full of confusion.

"The aristocrats loved it." Zachary made a faint assessment.

Under the monkey-like gaze of the two, the young man holding a small flag took the lead in opening the way, wearing a top hat, and the triumphant owner of the car sat on the black leather seat in the "steam car", slowly floating in front of him, gradually moving away, leaving only a white mist exhaust behind his buttocks.

After watching for a long time, the group continued to hurry.

……

The city looks dilapidated and gloomy from the sky, but when it does, the charr realizes that it's actually pretty good.

First of all, it was lively, the main road was built wide and bright, but the carriages were still slow to walk on it, because there were so many people on the road.

There are gentlemen in tuxedos and crutches, and ladies in long skirts and light gauze hats. They walked gracefully along the edges of the road, stopping to say hello to someone they knew once in a while.

There are also sturdy workers dressed vulgarly, with their sleeves rolled up to their elbows, standing on both sides of the road and chatting with their co-workers.

Of course, there are also some beggars who are unclothed and emaciated. Sitting in the shadows of the buildings on both sides to avoid the strong sunlight above, he will carefully raise the broken basin or saucer in his hand in the face of every passerby.

It can be said that there are all kinds of beings, and everyone has it.

The second is "fashion".

Compared to the quiet and old city of Pita, there are all kinds of novelties here.

Floating airships, steam road clocks, various securities companies and group unions, slow cars, and newspaper sellers waving their arms and shouting on the side of the street.

As the horse-drawn carriages drove deeper into the city, shops with glass windows appeared on both sides of the road.

Toys, dresses, clocks, and even steam items, they sell everything. You don't have to enter the store, you can see it clearly when you turn your head in the middle of the road.

Charles had even seen a shop selling lingerie for women.

And these are not even thought of in the city of Pita.

……

The carriage kept moving forward, and finally broke away from the main road, and walked for a while through a relatively narrow alley full of tall buildings on both sides.

In the pure white marble square, there is an endless stream of figures wearing white monks' robes, sitting on benches, or walking in the square, or looking up at the sky with their hands behind their backs, or reading books with their heads down.

A huge, angel-shaped fountain statue stands silently in the middle of the square, sword in hand, wings high, and the lines of water in it glow in the sun.

In the depths of the square, the towering cathedral, surrounded by four white spires, stands majestically and occupies a large area, at least two or three times higher than the surrounding buildings, and several times wider, blocking the oblique sunlight and creating a large shadow on the square.

The slightly rounded church building resembles the Baroque style in memory, with neat and dense arched round windows, a slight curvature of the whole building, and realistic relief decorations on the outside, which looks both grand and delicate on the whole.

The carriage stopped at the edge of the square and stopped moving.

After getting out of the carriage and paying the money, Zachary smiled at Charles.

"Let's go, I think Archbishop Feligi has been waiting for a long time."