28. Land of Chaos
Elevenn and André sat on the roof of the slow-moving carriage, four eyes looking at the stone gate in front of them, which was not very tall, but full of quaint flavor, this largest city in the Storm Bay region looked far away like those commercial cities in the hinterland of the Holy Del Empire, full of Gothic water chestnut spires and boxy temples of all kinds, although most of the residents who lived in the city were not sincere believers, and even a few villains could be called unbelievers like Elivan, but the major temples were unwilling to give up their branches in Bay City, becauseIt is ironic that the "merciful" gods love "salvation", although this magnificent "salvation" can often be bought for only a few hundred gold coins. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
On both sides of the city gate, on the left and on the right, is placed the national flower of the Holy Del Empire - the Lantu flower and the symbol of the empire - a sculpture of a bald sea eagle with wings spread and ready to fly, but this artwork that should be repaired by someone seems to have not been cleaned for a long time, and it looks like two stained broken stones, which fully demonstrates the disdain and complete spurning of imperial power in this ghost place, and it is no wonder that after the black lion Rogge slaughtered the city, the people of the Holy Del Empire not only did not reproach this butcher, but called him " heroes who have preserved the glory of the Empire".
Unruly and unruly has always been the tradition of Bay City, whether it is the indigenous people of Langtu who grew up here, or the criminals of various countries who were later exiled here, once they enter this area, it is like entering a country within a country, some people say that this is a paradise of sin, a hell of order, but in fact, it is not, at least in Eleven's opinion, the first impression left by Bay City on him is actually good, at least compared to those ignorant guys who believe in feudal traditions in other places and take this as a code of life, the "evil guys" here It actually gave him a feeling of the ordinary people he had seen in his previous life.
It is a feeling called "freedom", not physical freedom, but spiritual freedom, a feeling called "enlightenment" left over from the collision of progress and conservatism, and even the "city council" is very similar to those pioneers who actively sought their place in the already rigid hierarchical society when capitalism was first born.
Although their style of doing things is far from true "civilization", Elevenn likes to deal with them, he likes those "councilors" who wear silk and satin, but still have a temperament like bandits, and are not afraid of the heroism of the heavens and the earth, although he will never be friends with these guys, but this does not prevent him from helping them when necessary, not for the city, but for the germ of the idea of "fairness and truth about the world" that he still ignores.
This is actually the second thing that Elivan desperately wants to do in addition to the hatred of the Mogedin family in his heart, from his growth in this world until now, although he has seen more than one high-ranking "god" with his own eyes, he still has those "rebellious" thoughts in his heart: this world should not be like this, and man should not be born as a "lamb" raised by "gods" , only for that trace of sincere faith, maybe more people like such a stable, and god-blessed life, but Elevan, who has lived in the society of the previous life for more than twenty years, is not used to it, he does not like this kind of life, if he can, he does not mind replacing those "gods" to return the power to choose life to the world that is regarded as a "lamb" and a life that is humble to weeds and earth.
"The infinite possibilities of life are the most beautiful light that can bloom in the fire of our life!" Elevenn muttered to himself, he looked up at the sky, above the boundless sky, in the glorious kingdom of God, there were countless pairs of cold eyes watching this world, Elavin shook his head, and the different color on his face became gentle again, "It shouldn't be like this!"
"What? You've been talking to yourself since just now, is something going on?"
Andrei, who was sitting cross-legged next to Elivan, asked angrily.
"No, no, I just don't think the legendary "City of Chaos" is not that bad!" Elevenn smiled, he was still wearing that simple and capable hunting outfit, with a gray cowboy hat on his head, like the wild style of those western cowboys in film and television works, but according to Fei Le's words, Elivan's own temperament does not match this hunting outfit, you know, the aesthetics of the elves are always very convincing in this regard, and they consider it "beautiful" It would soon be popular across the continent, and the short elf who had died had more than once frowned and suggested that it might be better for Elivan to change into a set of mage robes, and the result was that every time he received a violent beating from Elivan.
Not to mention the two weirdos sitting on the roof of the car, the business district of Bay City did not suspend business because of the arrival of the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce, in fact, because the day Elevan and they entered the city happened to be the first day of the "big gathering" of the business district, so the convoy could only try to make a way in the surging crowd, but with little success, and in the end the convoy could only be wrapped up in pedestrians of different races and dressed in strange clothes.
Due to the fact that the overall productivity of the El continent is not high, even the famous Bay City, its business district layout is similar to that of medieval Paris, the design layout is not reasonable at all, some places are narrow and can only allow one person to pass, but in other places the road is wide enough for dozens of adults to walk side by side. In this sense, the original designers and builders of Bay City were not professionals, at least in the eyes of Elivan at the moment, the city's planning was a disaster, and without knowing the scale of the sewers, he could even imagine what a chaotic scene it would be in the event of a natural disaster.
This point is not to mention that Bay City is not comparable to the old "commercial capital" Bordeaux City, and even the original "pearl" mage city Sam can't be compared.
What's worse is that the degree of development of civilization determines the specific way of commerce, at this time in Bay City, barter is also a very common way of buying and selling, so Elevenn covered his nose more than once, watching those elated farmers, driving ox carts or donkey carts, pulling a large group of screaming livestock walking next to the convoy, what is more excessive, livestock trading is always two-way, and the business district of Bay City has not set aside a special trading location, so on both sides of the street, from time to time there will be a simple pigsty or other things, that kind of sour tasteIf Andre hadn't specially summoned a fresh breeze around Elivan, the kid would have probably gotten into the carriage.
Thankfully, due to the existence of magical civilization, the ground of Bay City is at least paved with thick stone slabs, and it is reinforced very tightly, so there will be no situation where muddy water mixed with all kinds of filth flows everywhere after rain, and because of its proximity to the sea, the disposal process of urban garbage is also very perfect, so although the number of residents is dense, the whole city looks quite tidy, in fact, if Bay City really smells like medieval Paris, Elivan will definitely turn around and leave, and to hell with any sprouts and thoughts。
Because of the large number of people on the street, the difference between pedestrians and vendors is almost unclear, some small merchants who do not enter the stream carry their pockets and sell their goods to the people next to them, and even more, the fellows who resemble fur merchants actually drape those furs directly over their shoulders and stroke them back and forth with their hands proudly to show the smoothness of their goods, while those who can have their own "shops" To put it bluntly, the merchants of the street stalls built up of three logs are already very good, they gather together in twos and threes, squatting, or sitting on the ground, placing their things on the wooden table in front of them, and from time to time they stand up and bargain with the customers, the crowd is full of voices, but there is also a hint of prosperity in the chaos of this business district, you must know that it is much more difficult to make a market of this scale in the ghost place of Storm Bay than in Bordeaux City.
Thinking of this, Elivan couldn't help but be more interested in the mysterious "City Council", there are few rulers in the El Continent who care about the lives of ordinary people in these years, and the so-called nobles are also nine out of ten who only know the wind and snow, and the pretentious waste, so unless it is a generation of heroes, or a ruler with lofty goals, he will never spend his thoughts and resources on something similar to the market, "City Council" It's obviously not the former, so this team that suddenly appeared more than twenty years ago must have some ulterior secrets, or rather, plots!
However, this is also the reason for Eleven's doubts, in the vast northern frontier, there are not many borderlands with better conditions than Storm Bay, if they really have the will to split the country and vassal marquis, why can't they set the initial location in this ghost place! Even if these guys operate successfully, what can they do if they swallow up all the three small principalities around Storm Bay? Further north is the border of the Holy Del Empire, and to the south is the Duchy of House, which is now taking advantage of the prosperous trade routes of Bordeaux City to step by step, and its military strength can rank among the top five in the north.
It is even more impossible to go west, although the second largest country in the north of the country, the Marlborough Strait Alliance Nation, is unwilling to accept the hot potato of Storm Bay, but if they really want to invade the Union State without knowing whether they want to invade the Union State, the Marlborough 1st Heavy Cavalry Regiment, the 2nd Beria Chasseur Regiment, the 3rd Shulua Heavy Infantry Regiment and the newly established Lehman Fourth Magic Regiment, the four legions with a total of 230,000 professional soldiers and millions of reservists will definitely make the "City Council" Knowing why the flowers are so red, you must know that with this kind of military strength, even in the face of the Holy Del Empire, which is now dominating the northern frontier, it cannot be said that there is no power to fight.
As for the east, it is the storm sea that connects the east and west continents of El, and no matter how frantic those guys are, they can't say that they want to enter the storm sea and compete with the mysterious krakens hidden in it, according to legend, right? It is said that in the first and second eras, the biggest enemy of human civilization is the sea tribe that retreated into the sea at the beginning of the third era, in fact, on the current continent, people with a little vision can see the biggest hidden danger of this El continent, and even the patriarch of the White Stone Society, the famous grand arcanist-prophetic star warlock-Sabaros Foreman, has said more than once that if the sea tribe really poured out of the nest like the previous two eras, then with the strength of the current civilization of the El continent, it is basically impossible to make a decent resistance, even if the three major empires of mankind, Danmo Snow Mountain, World Island, Barren Stone Plateau, and Northern Frozen Land all the forces join forces, I'm afraid I can only be able to make a draw with the Sea Clan.
Why is this so? Without him, who can count how many fish are in the sea? The number of sea tribes is probably not much less than that.
In short, all the possibilities were tumbling back and forth in Eleven's mind several times, but Elevenn found that if he stood in the current position of the "City Council", no matter how he attacked, he would not be able to find a way to break the situation, and accumulate strength in the area of Storm Bay, the final result could only be the end of being trapped alive.
"So their purpose is certainly not to rip the earth and become king, but is there anything else in this place that deserves their attention?"
Eliven was puzzled, thinking of the deepest part, he was vaguely ignorant, but after all, he was not a person who liked to drill the horns of the bull, so he simply emptied his head and followed Andre to point out the scenery on the street, speaking of which, although the crowd on the street was surging, in the formal shops on both sides of the street, there were actually not as many customers as imagined, and most of the people who came and went were noble ladies wearing sun umbrellas and luxurious robes and some young young masters and young ladies and misses, and it was naturally impossible for them to squeeze around with lowly civilians, so even in the case that the streets were not enoughThese shops from the great powers are still a waste of making a special road for these nobles to place their vehicles and retinues.
So the class is so clearly placed in front of everyone, looking at the entire business district, it is like being divided into two parts by this invisible line, the part that belongs to the common people is vulgar, rude, noisy but full of the vitality of the market, and the part that belongs to the aristocracy is elegant, polite, and soft-spoken in the secret confrontation between you and me, the same life, two completely different postures, there is basically no intersection between each other's worlds, this is how the El Continent has spent two long epochs, until now, and if it were not for Eleven, a variable that no one can see, it would continue like this until the third, the end of the fourth, fifth era.
Is the high development of magical civilization good or bad for this world? This kind of perceptual power firmly maintains the original rules of this world, because it does not need to be changed; the popular technology of the other world pursues faster changes and infinite possibilities, and this rational force ruthlessly throws the so-called noble and low into the dust together, hurting some people at the same time, but bringing the infinite possibilities of life to the whole world; one side pursues the ultimate of individual strength, while the other side emphasizes the overall tenacity of civilization.
Which is better? This is a question of the wise and the wise.
Anyway, the current Elivan saw those delicate and pretentious noblewomen yawning and greeting each other hypocritically, and he showed a look of disdain, only the bloodline theory is definitely the most stupid argument in his heart, and even the same stupid feudal system is more than a step better than it, at least in the feudal dynasty, anyone still has a chance to get ahead, although the low probability is scary.
"See them? Andrey!"
Elivan sat cross-legged on the roof of the carriage, and pointed at the polite nobles with a smile, the latter nodded, and his blue eyes were also full of disdain, although Andre still had half of his human blood, but in the barren rocky plateau of strengthism, there was no strange custom of aristocrats, but when he saw Elivan mention it, he couldn't help but be curious, wanting to hear what Elivan could say.
"Sooner or later, I'm going to kill them all! ”
Elivan really didn't say anything, just one sentence, the murderous aura contained in it made Andre can't help but be cold, "Why?"
"Don't you think that the same life is divided into such a stupid class by these fools, which in itself is a kind of desecration of life? I am very unhappy to look at it! So sooner or later I will kill these fools who live to waste and refresh the lower limits of man!"
Eliven took a cigarette in his mouth, and Andre grabbed a flame from the void to help him light it, and Eliven spat out the smoke in a restrained manner, and then said slowly,
"Not now, of course. ”
"You guy!"
André rolled his eyes angrily, then turned over and jumped out of the carriage, after a difficult trek for most of the day, they finally arrived at their destination, the old residence of the "Golden Boat Guild" in the SC district of Bay City, of course, it is now the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce branch in Bay City.
"Come on, come on, boys, get your stuff in quickly, and get some rest tonight!"
Jenn's loud voice soon sounded, and the boys of the escort team began to prepare box by box to unload all the contents of the convoy, and the "moving" work of the "Golden Ship Guild" was carried out thoroughly, and the walls and pillars were almost packed and taken away, so most of the people in the convoy actually had to spend the night in the carriage tonight, but at least the night in this city was much better than in the wilderness.
In a short time, a small bonfire was lit in the large courtyard that was almost empty, and since the neighbors on the left and right had official chambers of commerce, it was certainly not okay to sing or something, but due to the recent busyness, Elivan also specially instructed Jenn to buy a lot of ale and spices, and fruits and other things in the city, and took out all the dried meat accumulated during the journey, and when it was just dark, another bonfire party began again.
Like last time, Eliven and Andre naturally did not participate, at this time the two of them were sitting on the roof at the highest point of the courtyard, looking at the moonlight that was different from Bordeaux City, and the starlight, suddenly, Elavin bumped Andre with his shoulder, pointed to a black tower not far away and the vast shadow spilled under the tower and asked,
"Did you see that tower when you entered SC during the day?"
"Uh... Strangely, I don't have the slightest impression of that place in my memory!"
"Me too!, but it doesn't look like it's been controlled by mental spells, and there are no elemental fluctuations that hide the magic array, so it's probably just a mysterious place in Bay City. ”
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While the people of the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce were happily eating, drinking, and enjoying life, in a dimly lit room in the SC district of Bay City, three shadow-like people were communicating with each other.
"Mader and his incompetent subordinates have all been found, the dead fat man has no body, the survivors have all broken a leg, and they will never be able to eat this bowl of rice again in this life!"
"Bastard, how dare you do this to our Stalker Guild! What the hell is that young man who is the leader of the Bordeaux caravan?"
"Hehe, hey, so your news network is too backward! We, the Council of Destruction, already know who he is! But I can't tell you!"
After a few seconds, a slightly dissatisfied voice rang out.
"You don't have to tease us, Mr. Brooke, if we want to know something, then we can know at last!"
"Oh, no, no, no, how could I be taunting you? We're all in the same boat now, and we have to fight the storm together to make it back alive. ”
"Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense, who the hell is that young man?"
Another old voice urged impatiently.
"Hehe, he is the "enemy of the mage" Elivin Mogedin, the last descendant of the three-hundred-year-old magic family Mogedin, and the lucky one who escaped death that year, and the mastermind behind Sam's destruction, the one who summoned demons! ”
"No matter who he is, no matter how powerful a child is, he is still a child? I have already asked Morf to take him back with his men, and kill all those who dare to get in the way!"
"Hehe, it should have been this way a long time ago, but the Great Elder has asked me to bring this Elivan Mogedin back to meet him, and you better pray that your men are not too impulsive, and it will not be good if you accidentally hurt this "mage enemy" and cause me to fail the task assigned by the Great Elder. ”
The two voices were silent, and after dozens of seconds, the old voice sounded again, "Tina, you can go yourself." ”
"Good!"
Another crisp female voice appeared in the dark shadows, but the number was still three, this strange scene simply made people's eyes straight, but the next moment, all the figures disappeared into the air, and after more than ten seconds, another black shadow fell from the sky, but only a second later, it rose to the sky again, disappearing into the slightly dim night.
This night is destined to be eventful!