Chapter 36: The City of Bones
As he remembers, the periphery of the Bone City stands a city wall nearly ten meters high, and the heavy city crossbows on the wall reflect the afterglow of Yin Hong in the setting sun, and behind the strong city wall, it protects a large city with a population of 100,000.
In front of the city gates of large cities, the level of activity is far beyond the reach of small villages and towns, and a large number of people and horse-drawn carriages come and go under the city gates.
There is nothing new in the construction of the city gate in this era, and it is very similar to the Western medieval style in the original world of Xiuin, except that the heavy giant crossbow on the city wall that relies on the soul crystal as a power source maintains the characteristics of this world, and all the technological products in this world seem to have an inseparable relationship with the soul crystal.
There were two groups of soldiers in front of the city gate, and when they saw the badges on the two carriages heading towards the city gate, the soldiers of one of the teams showed some disdain on their faces, but among the soldiers of the other group, their captain stepped forward, and when the carriage approached, he gave a military salute to the carriage and said, "Kassel, the captain of the infantry team of Bones City, has seen Baron Schuck!"
The carriage came to a slow halt, and the curtain lifted, revealing the old face of Shuk, who was in his forties but sixty years old.
Seeing Kassel, Shuk said with a surprised expression, "It turned out to be Captain Kassel, I didn't expect you to come back so quickly, I thought I would arrive in Bones City before you." ”
Cassel and his infantry regiment had already set out from Fort Lysing one day, but as an infantry regiment, the return to the city of bones was very fast.
Finding the carriage stopped, Xiun looked out of the window and saw Kassel. He and Jack in the car both greeted Captain Cassel, after all, for Xiuin, the night he encountered the attack of the Sharp-Horned Demon Wolf was also thanks to the presence of Captain Cassel, otherwise he might have lost his life.
"Master Xiuin, and old fellow Jack!" Captain Cassel's face was full of smiles, he and Jack had a good friendship, and this time on the territory equivalent to him, he could still entertain this old fellow with some landlord friendship.
"Then now I will lead the way in front and lead the Baron into the city!"
Captain Cassel raised his hand slightly, and a total of eight men behind him immediately stood on either side of the two carriages, one on the left and one on the right, while he himself led the way to the castle of the Count of Fell in the city.
Led by Captain Cassel, the carriage began to slowly enter the city of bones.
As the carriage passed through the city gate, Xiun noticed through the window that the other group of city guards next to the gate looked at them with unfriendly eyes, and there was some disdain in them.
Jack also noticed this, and whispered to Xiuyin, "Young Master Xiuyin, don't care about those eyes. ”
"Hmm. ”
Xiu Yin didn't say anything after answering, that kind of look he had seen a lot in the original world, and in his hundreds of failed job search experiences, contempt and contempt were not uncommon.
"Huh?" said a sigh of surprise in Xiuyin's heart.
When his gaze shifted from the soldiers who were defending the city to the soldiers who followed the vehicle into the city, he discovered that the soldier next to the carriage he was riding in was actually the night hunter that night!
Originally, Xiu Yin did not intend to take a closer look at the soldiers who were following the carriage, but when his gaze swept over the soldier's body, the longbow he was carrying behind him immediately gave Xiu Yin a sense of familiarity.
The soldier seemed to sense Xiuin's gaze, and turned his head to look at the window of the carriage, where the eyes of Xiuin and him were now facing each other.
"It's a beautiful face and gentle eyes. Xiu Yin sighed in his heart.
The last time they met was at night, and he didn't know the soldier's face, but at this time, through the afterglow of the setting sun, Xiu could see the soldier's white face, and his eyes were green, like two small crystals.
The two met for only a moment, and while a good-natured smile appeared on Xiuin's face, the soldier remained indifferent, as if he was not interested in Xiuin's smile, and after looking ahead again, he ignored the carriage.
Xiu Yin touched his nose, "That soldier is really boring. After muttering a little unpleasantly, his gaze fell on the streets of the Bone City.
The carriage entered through the south gate of the city of bones, and the castle of the Count of Fell was in the southeast corner of the city, and after entering the city, the carriage traveled east along a wide street, and at the end of the street was the castle of the Count.
Although Xiu Yin already knew that Bone City was very huge and prosperous in his memory, after witnessing it with his own eyes, he still felt some shock to the city.
The wide streets are several times wider than the country lanes of Fort Lyxing, and the shops on both sides are selling all kinds of goods, and the names on the plaques of the shops are also strange, such as the Frog Grocery Store, the Strange Man Workshop, the Dwarven Brother Guida Canteen, and the Dream Hunter Tavern......
"People here still have boring names. ”
Xiu Yin looked at these plaques and thought silently, if it were him, he would have to give some domineering names, such as the Terminator, the Avengers, the Phantom Pain, etc., at least Xiu Yin himself felt that reading it had a sense of momentum.
Suddenly, a two-story building caught Xiuin's attention, and on the roof of the building was a flag inlaid with an eagle with outstretched wings, and the gilded eagle reflected the golden glow in the dim light.
"Uncle Jack, what is that place?" Shoin noticed that he hadn't noticed it in "his" memory, so he asked Jack beside him with confusion.
"Oh?" Jack looked at the window on Xiuin's side, a look of envy on his face, "That's the headquarters of the Knights of the Bones, which Bone City is proud of!"
"Knights of the Bones......" Xiu Yin repeated the somewhat domineering-sounding name.
"Hehe, the Knights of the Bones, the trump card of the Dominion of Haidel, even in the entire Starlight Kingdom, the combat power of the Knights of the Bones ranks among the top five in all the cavalry organizations!" Jack said this with admiration and envy on his face, when he was young, he was working hard to be able to join the Knights of the Bones, but unfortunately it was not easy to get in.
After passing the headquarters of the Knights of the Bone, less than two hundred meters away, they came to the castle of Count Fair.
"Lord Baron, the castle has arrived!" Captain Cassel's voice sounded in front of the carriage.
Huin stepped out of the carriage with Jack's help.
Although it was not the first time to visit, when Xiu Yin stepped out of the carriage, he had his back against the setting sun, and the whole castle stood in front of Xiu Yin like a giant.
The tallest building on the castle was four storeys high, one of the highest in construction at the time, and at the top of the castle was a statue of an eagle with wings, the family emblem of the Earl of Fair.
The outer walls of the castle were only a meter or two shorter than the walls of Bones City, and Xiu knew how much land there was behind this wall, and this castle alone occupied almost half of the land equivalent to Lai Xing Castle!
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