Arnold looked at the gate of Fortagen City not far away, and was slightly surprised, the gate in front of him was even more magnificent than Lionheart Fort, the capital of the Cold Mountain Lord.

If you look backwards, you can see the huge figure of the city of Vortagen, a city at the foot of the Black Rock Peak, surrounded by harsh climates, but with a prosperity that many cities can hardly match.

Through the development of a large number of minerals, the income of the Fortagan Territory far exceeds that of the Cold Mountain Territory, even the Snowlun Territory, which is famous for its commercial development, is not as good as it, and because of the developed mining, the Vortagan City has a prosperity that breaks through the geographical environment restrictions.

The city is very large, and the city is divided into four districts: the Black Stone Palace, where the lords live, the gold district of the upper class, where the nobles gather, the silver district, which gathers merchants from all over the world, and the bronze district, which is the largest citizen settlement. Outside the city, a moat was dug around the city, and water was brought in from the River Lidi, which flowed through the city. There is also a 30-foot-wide Lidi River in Ximu Town, but it is only more than 10 feet wide here, and it is an extremely precious water source for the Futa Genling. In order to protect and make good use of the river, the Ruperta family did not have any less strength, on the one hand, they introduced the river water into the city through the aqueduct, so that the city of Vortagan has a different coolness from the outside world, on the other hand, they also strictly forbade anyone to pollute the water source, for this reason, they even signed a treaty with the upstream Leng Shan Territory, in exchange for the mineral share of the Cold Mountain Territory to prohibit the pollution of the Ridi River.

However, at the moment the Ridi River is not in danger, but the city is filled with adventurers from all over the world, and the overcrowded city has become a hidden danger for the city of Vortagen.

Just like now, Arnold didn't expect that when he arrived in Vortagan City, he would have to go through an entry check, and the burden caused by too many adventurers to the city had already made the Rupert family have to restrict the entry and exit of people.

Looking at the long queue in front of him, Arnold sighed silently, and if he continued to line up like this, he was afraid that he might not be able to enter the city after waiting for a morning.

"Ahh

The rest of the queue was also sweating hot, and the heat made them irritable. If someone else had complained like this, those rough-tempered mercenaries would have done it a long time ago, but Lily—for the sake of the beauty, they all chose to endure it in silence.

No, maybe they would rather see Lily whining, a female ranger with a hot body and cool leather armor, definitely the best cooling benefit in this weather.

"Hey, what the hell are they doing, do they have to check for so long when they enter the city?"

Arnold's face was black, and now Lily looked unreliable again, I don't know if she was in this nature, or if she deliberately used this posture to deal with her better.

"Be quiet, you just call it hotter. ”

No, it's not hot at all. The men in the team all stared at Arnold silently, silently retorting in their hearts.

It's better to fan the wind a little bit bigger, yes, it's a wonderful shaking.

Perhaps for these men, Lily is not a cooling beauty, but a weapon that makes them suffer from heat stroke.

"People can't bear it! This ghost place, there is not even a tree, and there is no shade if you want to enjoy the shade, I really can't bear it anymore!"

The veins on Arnold's head bulged out, and it seemed that after leaving the hostel, Lily had become more annoying and more agitated.

Just when Arnold was about to have a seizure, a chill suddenly emanated, and he immediately looked at the source of the cold, and the rest of the team also turned their gazes.

"If you don't mind. A tall and thin mage stood behind Lily, with a chilling ice ball condensed in his palm, of course, this chill was nothing less than the gospel of salvation in the current hot environment, "Allow me to dedicate this ice flower to you." ”

"Ice Flower?" Lily looked at the mage suspiciously, "Is this obviously a ball?"

The tall and thin mage smiled, and then moved his fingers around the ice hockey, and the ice ball began to unfold layers of petals, and gradually, it really turned into a blooming ice rose.

The people around were all amazed by the tall and thin mage's hand, and they all expressed their admiration. Only Arnold furrowed his brows, looking at the tall and thin mage carefully, after all, he had been around Serena for many years, and he would not be fooled by such a trick.

Lily, too, smiled and took the Ice Rose, but she didn't look surprised.

"Allow me to introduce myself. The mage bowed to Lily with a graceful demeanor, "Kelsusa Winterkonling, a mage from the Blackwater Realm. ”

"Blackwater Collar?" Lily asked, holding the ice flower, tilting her head, "from so far away?"

"Yes, I originally planned to go to White Horse City, and I passed by the Forta Genling, and I originally wanted to come here to see the famous Black Rock Peak, but I didn't expect to encounter such an accident. Krsusa smiled, his smile more like a reserved nobleman than a mage, at least, there was a big difference between the image of the mage Krsusa and Arnold had seen.

Moreover, what Arnold is even more concerned about is that from the Blackwater Territory to White Horse City, will he pass through the Vortagen Territory? Even if he walks from the Dragonbone-Dakata Mountains, he should take the Holy Helm Territory into the Snowren Territory, which is closer, and the route of the Vortagan Territory is a long detour.

Of course, the reason he said for wanting to see Black Rock Peak was not unreasonable, but Arnold would habitually pay attention to such details in his heart.

"Have you traveled?" Arnold asked.

"Yes. Krsusa looked at Arnold, but he was about to open his mouth when his robe suddenly bulged, and the beige Forcanster cat came out from under his robe.

Kelsusa hurriedly hugged the cat and held it tightly in his arms, for fear that it would fall. It seems that he cares about the cat very much, and it is clear that the cat is not afraid of falling, but he is extra careful.

However, although Kelsusa was very careful, the Forcanster cat did not appreciate it, and tried to get out of Kelsusa's arms.

"What's wrong?" Krsusa frowned deeply at the cat's strange behavior, as if he was worried, "Is there anything uncomfortable, Mr. Bigswolf?"

actually added "sir......

Not only Arnold, but the others in the line probably had the same complaint in their hearts.

His name is Bigswolf...... Well, the cat named Mr. Bigswolf seems to have a special interest in Arnold, and although he is hugged by Kelsusa, he waves his two beige paws at Arnold vigorously, which is particularly cute.

Then, Arnold's sleeve shook as well, and Beatrice slipped out of Arnold's sleeve. This surprised Arnold, Beatrice has always been very obedient, such actions are rare, the last time Beatrice took the initiative to make a move, was when she reminded Arnold when crossing the sentry post in Creekwood.

After emerging from Arnold's sleeve, Beatrice flapped her wings and rested on Arnold's shoulder, for Kelsusa's height was much taller than Arnold, and Beatrice, who was parked on Arnold's shoulder, was on par with Mr. Bigswow in Kelthusa's arms.

Mr. Bigswolf stared at Beatrice firmly, and there seemed to be a very strong curiosity in those emerald eyes, and Beatrice's red eyes also stared at Mr. Bigswow, of course, there was not so much humanity in his eyes.

"They'......" Lily hesitated for a moment, then suddenly said, "Are you looking at the right eye?"

Arnold and Krzusa remained silent, not incomprehensibly Lily, but as owners of Beatrice and Mr. Bigswove, their pets looked at each other...... Why do you feel so embarrassed as a host?

In the end, it was Kelsusa who took the initiative to break the silence: "It looks like we are really destined!"

Arnold nodded silently, though he didn't want to do it.

"So......" Kelsusa's eyes rolled, and he suddenly showed a cunning that was different from his elegant performance just now, "for the sake of our fate, can you let me cut in line?"

Arnold and Lily were speechless, it turned out that this mage had done so many tricks just to cut the line.

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Although it was a terrible act of cutting the line, the people at the back of the line acquiesced to Kelsusa's behavior - for the sake of Kelsusa, of course, giving each of them a hockey puck to cool off.

And in order to get these ice balls, Kelsusa almost squandered his magic power, and was so exhausted that he almost collapsed.

Because of Kelsusa's weak state, Arnold and Lily had to accept his request and take him to the inn in the Silver District, where they had planned to stay anyway.

"Ahh ”

Arnold couldn't help but frown as he stared at Kelthusa's flushed face, as far as he knew, most mages considered drinking as a precept to keep their minds clear, as alcohol could easily interfere with spell casting.

And looking at Kelsusa's overly smooth face, it is obvious that he is not a good drinker, but right now, he is drinking cold beer, completely like an alcoholic.

Well, the graceful image that Kelsusa had just shown in front of the city gates has partially collapsed.

"Now, I said, Kelsusa, are all those ice hockey balls you made real?" Lily leaned her elbows on the table with her chin in her hands, and looked at Kelsusa with a curious expression, "I remember, elemental magic needs elemental energy support, is there such a water element for you to make ice hockey balls in such a hot place?"

Kelsusa glanced at Lily with some surprise, as if she didn't expect the other party to have such a level of understanding of the elements.

"You're right, elemental magic is indeed different from arcane magic, in addition to magic, it also needs the support of elements. So, instead of condensing the water element in the air into ice, I simply cooled the air quickly and then condensed the air, in other words, it was not an ice hockey puck, but only frozen air. In this way, I don't need the support of the water element, I just need to use my own magic. Of course, it would be very mana to condense the air into a solid state. ”

"That puck is made of air!" Lily exclaimed, but the admiration was obvious to Arnold's ears, "How low is that?"

"Uh......" Kelthusa was stunned for a moment, then smiled wryly, "I can't explain this clearly, but to explain the principle is probably enough for me to talk about it for a day and a night." ”

Arnold silently looked at Kelsusa, perhaps the mage thought that he and Lily did not understand magic, but Arnold could hear that Kelsusa was lying. Ordinary mages, even if they exhaust the magic power of their whole body, they can't directly freeze the air into a solid state, let alone in such a hot weather as the Vortagan Territory, he can do it, there are only two possibilities, one is that he has a unique natural ability to freeze the air, or he is an archmage at the level of the Royal Sky Mage Council.

What is he deliberately hiding?