Xiao Chen and his entourage, who had received a lot of information about the Holy Maiden, hurried to the Holy Maiden City, because they could leave the supply convoy behind and march, so their speed was faster, and they arrived at the foot of the Holy Maiden City one day earlier than originally planned.

Ethelit had already taken his leave, and having learned of General Montaño's death, he had long wanted to rush back to deal with his affairs.

Even if the world that Xiao Chen and the others have seen is far from being comparable to the people of this world, but on one of the slopes of one of them, when they look at the goddess from afar, they are still infected by the beauty of this city. Because the Western Continent has long been a unified country, and there are saints ruling here, although there are political changes, there are few large-scale wars, so most cities do not have towering walls like the Eastern Continent.

The same is true of the City of the Holy Virgin, which is very large, with a river running through it and dividing the city into east and west.

In the center of the city, there is a huge white tower nearly 100 meters high, the tower looks simple and historical, and there are many huge windows on each floor, and the light should be able to shine into the tower in large quantities. This is the center of the entire republic: the White Tower.

In ancient times, the White Pagoda was the place where the saints lived and ruled the whole country, but now that the specific government affairs have been handed over to the Sage Society, the saints live in the palace not far from the White Pagoda. The White Pagoda itself became the place where the Philosophers would work and meet, and was the administrative center of the Republic.

The White Pagoda is built on a hillside on the west bank of the river, and the surrounding buildings are lined up from top to bottom.

"The tall house on the west bank of the river near the water is the palace of the Holy Maiden. Bruders said.

Xiao Chen looked over there and saw that the palace was a building complex composed of a square main building and three or four auxiliary buildings of varying heights.

The houses of the palace are also white. It should be said that most of the houses in the whole city of Virgen have inherited the color of the white tower, dark or light gray, plus the green of the trees growing in it, which constitutes the main color of the whole city of Virgen. According to Brudes, this is to pay homage to the saint who remains forever pure.

"There is no purer city than the Holy Virgin City, although it only looks like it, after all, it is a political capital. Bruders said this, but his tone was full of pride.

They arrived here at 10 a.m., and there were not only many vehicles coming from all roads to the heart of the continent. A train was even seen spewing smoke and heading for a train station in the east of the city.

There were also a number of steamboats passing by the river and anchoring at the wharves on the east or west banks of the river.

There are two bridges on that river, one of which is very quaint, a stone arch bridge with a large span, and the stone bridge has five holes in the river, the largest three in the middle, which can be easily passed by large steam ships. Such a bridge was only possible in the wizarding world, and Xiao Chen was sure that it must have used some kind of supernatural power to become what it was now.

The other bridge is a steel bridge based on stone pylons, which is similar to the bridges on the earth, and is full of the style of the Industrial Revolution.

Feeling Xiao Chen's gaze, Brudes said: "The east city of the Holy Maiden City is the old city, thousands of years ago, when the Holy Maiden was the capital here, it was from the west city that the city was built. Later, due to the needs of development, many houses were built on the west bank of the river. Xicheng is a new town, but it has a history of more than 1,000 years. "The stone bridge was built more than 2,000 years ago by the Holy Maiden to make it easier for the residents of the East and West Cities to travel between the East and West Cities, and its name is naturally called the Holy Virgin Bridge. ”

"How was that bridge built?" Xiao Chen asked.

"The piers were built by manpower, of course, but when the deck was laid, everyone thought it would not be possible because the spans between the piers were too large. Later, I don't know what method the saint used, but the foundation of the bridge was built overnight. ”

"It feels like magic. Xiao Chen said.

"We also think it's magic. But even if it's magic, as long as it's done by a saint, it's her divine power. Yolanda said that after that interrogation, she was still sealed with magical powers and brought all the way here.

Bruders decided not to get involved in the topic, and he diverted and said: "As for the steel bridge that has been completed for less than eight years, it was all built by workers brick by brick, steel by steel, and since the advent of steam and electricity, the world has changed so fast that people can't understand it." ”

He added: "However, if there is anything new, it will still be placed on the Xicheng side, such as the railway station you see, which was built on the outskirts of Xicheng nearly ten years ago. There are also many factories in the west, and in just over a decade, Xicheng District has more than doubled. ”

Yolanda said, "Look at the chimneys that are emitting black smoke." There really shouldn't be such a thing in the city of saints, if we can use magic openly, and use those magic arrays, we don't need to make the city so smoky. ”

Xiao Chen said, "Is this the focus of the conflict between you, the executor magicians, and those big families who control the Sage Guild?"

Yolanda said: "At the moment, magic is an unsightly thing, where is there any contradiction. It's just our private thoughts. But there is a more efficient way, and there is no reason not to use it, right? The Eastern Continent must also use magic for production, right?"

"You're wrong, most of the royal families and nobles over there just use magic as a weapon to maintain their rule. Luo Ling said.

"It's a waste. Yolanda and Brudes said in unison.

Xiao Chen realized from the reactions of the two that the battle between magic and industry in the Western Continent was not a dispute between the two productive forces themselves, but a struggle for power between two groups of people representing two forces.

The apparent task of the inquisition is to deal with wizards who use magical powers, but when the power of industry rises, the magic of those half-wizards is very powerless in the face of roaring machines. How many people would really risk using such power? If the adjudication organs do nothing more, this era will become their final glory.

After the discussion of the people, it was decided that Bruders would lead them into the western city first, and go to visit the sage Asimiro where Brudes served, and then Asimiro would arrange for them to visit the holy woman.