Solomon's private property, Gaton Heavy Industries, is a private enterprise based on steel forging, but it is actually an arsenal built by Solomon inside the heavy factory. This secret arsenal is located in a small town on the western side of the Republic, in a place known as the town of Holy Springs.

Despite the small size of this town, because it is located on the border of the Republic, and there is no influence of any cyborg council in the west, the development of this town is vibrant, and it is fully equipped. Often, the minimum scale of the establishment of an airship port is at the level of the main city, but this holy spring town has its own independent airship port, and it can accommodate large airships of 1,000 people to dock.

Alan stood on the deck of the airship, watching the airship from Falling Silver City slowly dock in the harbor. At a glance, he saw Mr. Farian, who had been waiting in the harbor for a long time. Alan smiled and waved his hand, and when the airship was safely docked, he walked down quickly.

"I'm sorry to wait." Alan smiled and shook Farion's hand.

"What the city lord of Allen said, I also want to thank you for taking the risk of doing things for my little master. Let's go, the little master has been waiting in the mansion for a long time, please come here. ”

Farlian led the way, and with Alan got into a steam-powered car parked outside the harbor.

The roads in the town are very clean, and the shops on both sides of the street are unusually busy, and the people who pass by have kind smiles on their faces, which can't help but make Alan impressed with Solomon's ability to govern. Although this town has its own mayor, anyone can imagine that the actual ruler of the town is Solomon Mani.

The journey to Guyton Heavy Industries was not long, and the steam-powered car stopped in front of a seemingly old factory. The guards on both sides naturally recognized their vehicles, so they went forward to check the documents and let them go directly.

"City Lord Allen, please come here." Fallon got out of the car and continued to lead the way in front of the head. Led Alan through the main entrance of the factory.

As soon as he entered, Alan heard the roar of a huge steam engine and felt the heat wave coming to his face. The factory was in order, and heavy machinery was placed in turn in the dozens of meters high, and Alan could see that the finished guns and swords were taken out of the huge machinery in batches, and then encapsulated in a metal box that had already been prepared. Seal it up. In the corner of the factory, equipment boxes were stacked randomly, which made Alan ask curiously.

"Why, these equipment are placed at random like this, and they are not afraid of any problems?"

Farian replied with a smile: "To tell you the truth, the orders we received are very urgent, and the little young master in order to prevent the arsenal from being discovered by the family, so the customers contacted are some people who urgently need equipment and don't have many ways." It's all about racing against time. So these equipment seem to be placed randomly, but in fact, they are all according to the order. It doesn't take much time here to be loaded and sent out. ”

Alan nodded, but for the thoughtful Solomon, the construction of the arsenal so unabashedly must have arranged everything in the town, otherwise he would not have dared to rush the work so blatantly.

Passing through the factory area, it is the residential area of Gatton Heavy Industries, which provides the best welfare treatment for Guyton employees, not only providing food, clothing, housing and transportation. There is also a certain amount of money to receive every month, and the most important thing is once the balance of the order is paid. These employees receive dividends according to the amount of effort and rating. So the whole Guyton Heavy Industries is a hot scene. Alan personally visited the entire factory, and his admiration for Solomon deepened.

At this moment, Solomon had already prepared tea in his office and waited for Allen's arrival. It's the same as it was in the airship conference room a month ago. Solomon's office was also filled with charcoal fires, and the whole house was steaming. Solomon, on the other hand, was still wrapped in his coat and watched as Alan walked into the room with a pale face.

Farian smiled and bowed, then closed the door and gently withdrew.

"Sit."

Solomon said, "In the last few days, I have been worried that the matter of the Silver City has not been settled, and you will not come here. Now it seems that I was overthinking. ”

"There's still a lot going on, but you can't afford to delay it. And the choice of the escort still needs to be carefully considered, it just so happens that Fasqi has finished his work here, and we will return to the Inquisition together. Alan explained.

"So, the city lord of Allen wants to ask for a team of guards from the Inquisition." Solomon said this. His eyes couldn't help but ripple with color, "If that's the case, then it couldn't be better." If you want to say that the place where the strong gather, there should be no second place in the territory of the Republic except for the Inquisition. Moreover, your status is special, and the Inquisition places great importance on your potential, so the level and strength of this escort team are naturally not low. I was worried that you didn't have the right candidate, but now I'm much more relieved. ”

"We do have this plan, after all, Fasqi and I are both from the Inquisition, and it shouldn't be a problem to borrow a few masters from above. So I won't delay here, and it's best to leave as soon as possible. Alan said.

"That's for the best, of course. Come, let's go to the place where Fasqi works, I'll show you the topographical map of the Black Rose Castle, and after reading it, we must destroy it, the less people know about it, the safer it is. Solomon said, slowly stood up, stretched out his hands to wrap his coat, and then had a slightly tired look on his pale face, "My body is really bad, go." ”

Alan followed Solomon and walked slowly towards the depths of the settlement, and the two of them walked through a block of buildings to a bungalow with a single courtyard. When a group of patrolling soldiers outside the door saw Solomon, the leader of the group hurried forward.

Solomon waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, you continue to patrol, I'll just go in by myself." ”

"Yes, please be more careful, young master."

Alan has been observing behind him, the captain of the soldier did not say this sentence out of awe, but Alan saw from the other party's eyes and demeanor that the other party really cared about Solomon, and Solomon's answer did not have the majesty of the superior at all, but the tone of two old friends chatting and discussing.

Seeing the pair of soldiers go away, Alan couldn't help but smile and said, "If you can sit in the position of the Mani family, I believe that sooner or later, the Mani family will be able to remove the last two words of one of the oldest and most powerful aristocratic families in the Republic." ”

Solomon raised his head suddenly, a complicated look flashed in his eyes, he smiled and did not speak, then put his palm on the handprint reader on the electronic door, and then led Alan in.

Unlike the earth-and-stone structure on the outside of the bungalow, Alan didn't realize until he walked in that it was all made of alloy, and the electronic lights on the roof illuminated the surroundings.

As soon as the two walked in, Fasqi greeted them from the inner room: "It's really time for you two to come. As she spoke, Fasqi opened the door and let the two of them in, "The map has been drawn, and I have repeatedly compared the information in the Blood Blade brain to make sure that nothing is lost." However, some places are still very vague, and they should be the forbidden places set up by the old king of the blood clan, and I am afraid that even the blood blade has not been able to enter it. ”

Solomon couldn't help frowning: "The news that the birthplace of the twin flowers is in the castle of the Black Rose was obtained by me through special channels. This message alone cost me nearly half of my savings. However, the channels that provided the message did not provide a specific location. That's why I'm so anxious to get the map out of Bloodblade's head. For it is likely that you will have to search the entire castle, but the Twins are extremely valuable, and it is a place of life and death as can be found in previous historical sources. Because life and death correspond to extreme cold and extreme temperature. The cold poison of the twin flowers is actually a kind of corpse poison, but the fiery petals can provide special life energy, which in turn neutralizes the corpse poison. ”

"So follow this clue, once you enter the Black Rose Castle, go to the corresponding place of death. This should narrow down some of your search. If you can't find it, you'll explore the areas one last time. ”

Solomon unfolded the map in front of him, and then pointed to the place in Bloodblade's brain that he had never remembered: "Remember, do what you can, if you really can't find it, it is providential." I don't have any complaints. ”

Alan looked at Solomon, and then said with a serious expression: "Mr. Mani, please rest assured, since I have taken over your task, then I will do my best to help you fulfill this wish." ”

"Okay, that's enough for you!"

After the three of them finished speaking, I sat down in front of the map and began to carefully analyze the layout of the Black Rose Castle, trying to find some environments that were closer to the dead land, and marking them.

Alan looked at the map and couldn't help but smile wryly, it turned out that the scope of the Black Rose Castle was comparable to a large human main city. If you also count the surrounding affiliated towns, it is impossible to search for them in less than a year and a half. Fortunately, a treasure like the Twin Flowers can only be planted in the core area of the Black Rose Castle, and even if the scope is greatly reduced, it seems that a month is very tight.

Analyzing it, Alan and Fasqi kept the map in mind and looked at some details repeatedly. The two of them were not in a hurry to leave at this moment, after all, if the map could not be memorized, the risk of entering the Black Rose Castle would increase exponentially, so the two of them stayed with Solomon for three days before they memorized every detail of the map, and finally in the presence of Solomon, Fasqi burned the map.

"Both, the stakes are high. When the two of you return to the Inquisition, be sure to speed up your search for a bodyguard, given the size of the map, we'll have to race against the clock for a month. ”

In the airship harbor, Solomon looked at the two Allen who walked onto the airship and instructed.

"Mr. Mani, don't worry!" Eren waved his hand, and the airship spread its solar sails and slowly lifted into the air, then disappeared into the sky! (To be continued......)

PS: I've had a cold recently, and the update is not very stable, but 6,000 words is still fine. It's just that the time of the update will be a little irregular, so please bear with you who are still watching it, thank you!