Iron Country, Orsenburg.

Dorothy took a deep breath of the magical particles that filled the air of Ossenburg, and sure enough, she was still more accustomed to the air of her own country.

"Ahem... That's why I don't like to come to the Iron Country. ”

"I guess it's industrial exhaust gas."

Qiao Xiu patted Ciri on the back, telling the unaccustomed spellcaster lady to feel as good as possible.

The special air of the Iron Nation did take a toll on Ciri, and even Deathwing, who was standing on her shoulder, let out a strange coughing sound, and her figure gradually became blurred.

"Industrial exhaust gases? Filling the air are magic particles from the alchemy factory, which are a little unaccustomed, but harmless to the human body. "Dorothy is a big believer in this as a local.

"Harmless." Joshua glanced at Orsenburg.

This is the first time Qiao Xiu has come to the Iron Country, and the difference between this country and Nolan and Falosi is... Everywhere there is a landscape of 'steel is power'.

The architecture is all made of dark colors, without the colorful feel of Nolan and Fallosi, and there are 'chimneys' sprayed with pale gray glow particles everywhere.

This view can also be seen across the river of gears in Nolan, but the entire city of Orsenburg is made up of various alchemy factories.

"The air is filled with fragments of protocrystals, and according to the research of the Nolan Necromancer Guild, humans can indeed cause a certain failure of their breathing ability when they are in it."

An old voice sounded behind Qiao Xiu, accompanied by a few more 'coo' sounds.

"But... I think I'm fine..."

Duoluxi looked at the dirty old man standing behind Qiao Xiu.

It's hard to imagine that Qiao Xiu actually called the gray-clothed man, one of the Seven Sages of Nolan, for the acquisition of this Chamber of Commerce!

The Sage of Nolan had come to visit the Iron Country, and the local lord should have come to greet him personally, but the Grey Man didn't care about these 'unnecessary rituals'.

"Where is the headquarters of the Silver Flower Chamber of Commerce?"

Qiao Xiu stopped a magic guide car for the post station on the side of the street, and Orsenburg, as one of the most prosperous cities in the Iron Country, seems to have fully popularized the magic guide car.

"Block 22."

The man in gray sat in the co-pilot seat without politeness, and Joshua, Ciri, and Dorothy could only squeeze into the last row.

The design of this magic guide car was originally designed to only seat two people in the back seat, although Qiao Xiu sat on the far left side, and Ciri, who was sitting in the center, still attached to Qiao Xiu's body.

"Yes, today's breakfast is honey bread."

Qiao Xiu could clearly feel the temperature coming from Ciri's body, as well as the vague fragrance.

"What honey bread?" Ciri didn't understand Qiao Xiu's words for a rare time.

"Nothing."

Qiao Xiu shook his head, then told the driver who was sitting in the driver's seat the location of the twenty-second block.

………………

Dorothy sat in the magic guide car and returned to the headquarters of the Silver Flower Chamber of Commerce.

The front door of the Chamber of Commerce is still as depressed as before, and there are no customers at all.

When Dorothy pushed open the door and walked inside, she found that there was something strange about the atmosphere inside.

"Miss, you... Coming back? ”

A maid cautiously came to Dorothy's side and said.

"What about the others?"

Dorothy glanced inside the comptoir and found it frighteningly cold.

After her father's failed business, the number of employees in the firm was reduced from more than 100 to more than 40 attendants, but now there were only three people in the entire hall of the firm.

The one who spoke to Dorothy was Dorothy's personal maid.

"They're all... Left, the eldest lady heard that you had angered Lord Aitke, and it was rumored that Lord Aitke was very angry and was ready to demolish our shop. The maid whispered in a fearful voice.

Really?

Dorothy had no idea that her escape would turn out to be such a bad outcome.

She looked at Qiao Xiu behind her, who didn't seem to care about these things, and glanced at the interior of the firm.

"Do you have a basement here? Or a vault or something? Qiao Xiu asked.

"Yes, follow me."

Dorothy no longer thought about the questions that bothered her, and walked directly to the interior of the comptoir with Qiao Xiu.

The scale of this trading house was much larger than Qiao Xiu had imagined, with a total of three floors, not only shops specializing in selling goods, but also windows such as pawn shops, and a hall on the second floor for selling 'treasures' and auctions.

"The Silver Flower Chamber of Commerce has a history of almost a hundred years." Dorothy came to a dimly lit room inside the Comptoir, where there was a door locked by an inscription: "The most glorious period of this merchanthouse was when my grandfather was still alive, he increased the size of the chamber tenfold, and the trade routes spanned three countries, but unfortunately after the defeat, this was the last place of all the shops. ”

"I can see it."

Qiao Xiu came to the tunnel behind the door, and carved all kinds of strange patterns on the walls of the tunnel, although they had been scratched a lot, some of the patterns were made of gold dust.

"Inscriptions of the elves."

The gray-clad man at the back of the line looked at the murals carved on the walls and instantly recognized what they came from.

"Elves?"

Qiao Xiu thought that these things were just things that the owner of the Chamber of Commerce made to show off his wealth.

"The ancient language of the elves, there are many buildings in the ruins of the Norlan Underground that have these inscriptions inscribed on them." The Grey Man paused and pondered the inscriptions that had been left on it, "These inscriptions used to work, it looks like a large defensive barrier, little girl, who is your grandfather?" ”

"I... My grandfather was just an ordinary businessman. ”

Dorothy didn't expect these strange patterns in her warehouse to make the gray man so ...... Startled.

"But he used to tell me a story." Dorothy whispered.

"Story?"

"What...... The gift of the angel seems to say that his wealth at the beginning was given by an angel who came down from heaven. Dorothy said, "I don't believe in the truth of this story." ”

"Interesting." The man in gray stroked his owl's beard.

Josiu fell silent, Dorothy's words reminded Josiu of the 'High Elves' that the Dark Elves had mentioned.

Dorothy took Josieu to the basement.

It looks like a wine cellar for storing wine, surrounded by wooden barrels.

"In the past, my grandfather kept a lot of treasures here, but most of them were sold by my father, and then it was also turned into a wine cellar."

Dorothy held a glowing primordial hedron that illuminated the somewhat dimly lit basement.

"Treasures? Is there anything left behind? The gray-clad man was interested, and looked around but found nothing more.

"This... There was one, but in my room, I used it as a mirror when I was a kid. Dorothy said.

"I'll show me that mirror of yours later... Although I have heard that 'ruins' have been found in many places other than Nolan, this is the first time I have discovered that the inscriptions in the ruins are being used by people today. ”

The Grey Man made his way to the center of a keg shelf, and slammed his staff into the bricks of the ground.

The owl, which had been standing on the shoulders of the Grey Man, jumped above the staff, and a magic circle of pure white inscriptions spread out around the Grey Man.

The magic unleashed by the Grey is a defensive enchantment.

The reason Qiao Xiu commissioned the Grey Man to come to Orsengburg was because he wanted him to build an enchantment that would protect the crystallization of the World Tree.

The value of this thing is enough for many people to take the risk of stealing or snatching it.

Qiao Xiu didn't think that the current Silver Pattern Flower Chamber alone would be able to hold this crystal.

The construction lasted a full three hours, and when it was completed, pure white Order inscriptions could be seen flickering in every corner of the entire underground warehouse.

"You can put that crystal here, and it'll be safe and sound."

The Grey Man tapped his staff again, and the dirt on the ground suddenly rose into a stone pillar with grooves embedded in crystals.

"Miss Dorothy, I think it's time for you to get to work, too."

Qiao Xiu embedded the crystals in the grooves, and a magical barrier instantly separated Qiao Xiu from the crystals.

The crystallization of this World Tree can be regarded as an official residence in Orsengburg.