Chapter 22: The City of Cato
Early the next morning, Sean put various supplies on two horses and led them out of the yard.
Flender kept chattering with Sean, telling him to be careful along the way.
Sister Mia's little hand, pulling her brother's sleeve tightly, growing so big, it was the first time Sean had been away from home for so long, and the girl's eyes were already crying.
Sean turned around and squatted in front of his sister, and said with a smile: "Wait until I come back to bring you delicious ......"
Mia forced a smile to herself, but her mouth pursed again, hugged Sean tightly, and sobbed and said, "Sean, come back early......"
Sean rubbed her head, stood up and nodded at her father, then rolled over and got out of Greystone in a few moments.
Flender looked in the direction Sean had left, his face full of worry.
Mia left Sean, and the tears couldn't be stopped, and when she saw her brother out of Greystone, she ran far ahead until she couldn't see it, and she kept waving.
Deep in the Alps, several people wrapped in black robes are gathering in a cave.
An old man at the head had a withered face, but his eyes were cold, and he looked extremely gloomy.
His sparse white hair and thin figure were wrapped in a wide black robe, like a dry branch that could not resist the wind, as if a gust of wind could blow him down.
Behind the old man stood a person, always inseparable behind the old man.
He was stout, wearing a set of black heavy armor, a black cloak, a heavy flail pinned to his back, and a helmet on his head, which tightly covered his face, revealing only a pair of eyes.
The old man looked at the cave with a solemn face.
He turned to a black-robed man behind him and asked, "Have you heard from Alva?"
The other party hurriedly said respectfully: "It is said that a few days ago, he had been with the Moore gang in Duolong City, and he went into the mountain with them, and then there was no news. ”
The old man glanced at the cave again, and said in a deep voice: "There are Alva's spell marks here, and traces of a fight have also been found outside the cave, it seems that Alva is in trouble here." ”
He sighed, and continued: "It's a pity that the delay is too long, Alva's soul aura has completely dissipated, I used soul tracking, only restoring part of the scene at that time, but the enemy left this area of Dolong City, and it is no longer possible to track the other party." ”
Unbeknownst to Sean, he left Greystone at this time and inadvertently escaped a crisis.
The black-robed man behind the old man thought for a moment and said, "I just checked around, and I didn't find any traces of spell casting, it seems that there should be no wizards involved, I guess it's a vendetta between the gangs of Duolong City, Alva just fell into it unintentionally." ”
When he said this, he thought for a moment and said, "Teacher, I think this is just an accident and should have no impact on our plans. ”
The old man shook his head helplessly and said, "Then leave it alone, by the way, how long will it take for the others to arrive here?"
"The latest batch will arrive in Duolong City in about ten days. ”
After listening to the student's words, the old man said in a deep voice: "Some time ago, our actions in various parts of the Turan Kingdom are estimated to attract the attention of the local lords, and we must hurry up and prepare these days, and start as soon as everyone arrives, and then evacuate the Turan Kingdom immediately." ”
Cato City, located in the middle of the Kingdom of Turan, on the east bank of the Kato River, the largest river in the Kingdom, is also the most developed commercial town of the Kingdom of Turan.
Because of its strategic location, located at the crossroads of waterways and east-west highways, it is not only extremely prosperous in commerce, but also has a large population, and the size of the city is even larger than that of the imperial capital of the Turan Kingdom.
It was not only a prosperous commercial city, but also a military center of the Turanian Kingdom.
Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, during the Orc invasion of the East, Cato City was one of several important fortresses of the human alliance.
The human alliance held off hundreds of thousands of orcs here, and the battle was very fierce, with the corpses of soldiers killed on both sides piled up all over the wide Cato River, almost breaking the river.
It was also here that the human coalition launched a counteroffensive and eventually drove the orc tribal alliance back to the Tanggula Wasteland.
Sean left Greystone and walked past Doron City for two days, and the road was still deserted, with few villages and towns.
But the further east you go, the more towns and villages you have, and the convoys of pedestrians on the roads are endless.
Of course, the journey has also begun to become unpeaceful, and village bandits, road ragepers, and bandit bandits continue to appear.
Fortunately, Sean was just a light rider of Jane, and the large group of thieves would not fight his idea, and the harassment of the small group of village bandits and roadlords was also frightened by the few arrows he shot and did not dare to come forward, so he did not encounter trouble along the way.
He traveled day and night, and the two horses changed constantly, hardly sleeplessly, and finally after six days he crossed the Kato River and reached the city of Cato.
Sean looked at the tall and imposing city walls and was amazed.
It's like the Middle Ages, and the shabby place in Duolong City is simply rural compared to here.
Sean and the two horses were very tired, so he did not go into the city immediately, but found a hotel in the town outside the city and rested for the night.
The next day, Sean left his horse and luggage at a hotel outside the city and walked alone to Cato City.
From the outside, the city looks like a huge military fortress, with tall and majestic walls, steep and towering arrow towers, huge trebuchets and bed crossbows all over the city, and the whole city is filled with the smell of iron and blood.
But once you enter the city, it's as if you've traveled through time and space.
The city is clean and tidy, and classical-style buildings can be found everywhere, full of art. Scenic garden squares, towering heroic sculptures, and magnificent monuments can be found throughout the city.
Walking through the streets of the city, the thick epic feeling is extraordinarily fascinating.
The streets of the city are wide and flat, with shops one after another, and there are various commercial markets along the streets, which is extremely prosperous.
Sean wandered around the city for a day and went to many places, but he didn't find any clues about the wizard.
The next day, in a tavern in the west of the city, he spent two silver coins to get some news from the bartender, and then continued to wander around the city, only this time with a few goals.
The first is the antique market in the city, which is also the first place that comes to Sean's mind.
Although there is a place for wizards to meet and communicate in Cato City, the wizards of the Turan Kingdom are very scarce, and there may be some bitter wild wizards who often come to such places to try their luck with the mentality of picking up leaks.
The extreme development of commerce has made the antique market in Cato City extremely prosperous.
The antique market is located in an imposing quaint building, and when Sean saw this building, he was dumbfounded.
The building is surrounded by tall stone columns, elaborate arcade-like roofs, brightly coloured glass, and spaciously shaped spires.
Seeing this building, Sean suddenly realized why he always felt that something was missing since he came to this medieval-like world, and that was the church.
The Middle Ages in Europe, Sean's previous life, known as the "Dark Ages", were mainly manifested in successive local wars, plagues one after another, and ideological suppression and religious persecution by the Holy See.
The power of the Church penetrates into the economic, ethical, legal, academic, cultural, educational, and artistic fields of society, and has an all-pervasive spiritual power.
But Sean did not find any shadow of religious power here, the ubiquitous churches of the Middle Ages in the previous life, the high bishops and priests, but they were completely extinct in this world.
He could conclude that the building, which had once been a large church, had now become an antiques market, much to Sean's amusement.
Sean stood outside the gate of the antique market for a long time before walking in with a wry smile.