177. The Portal of Teleportation
When registering, Surdak casually glanced at the account book, and found that the price of the low-rise ordinary single room in the Song of the Wind Hotel was seven silver coins a night, if it was a top-floor aristocratic luxury view room, it would start at least one gold coin, and the price gap between them was really very large, and he would spend fourteen silver coins for only two nights here, and if it was Handanar City, the money should be able to make him live in the 'Maple Pudding' hotel for a week.
The waitress of the inn took Surdak up to the second floor of the hotel, the grand swinging staircase was covered with a thick velvet carpet, the whole hall was resplendent with gold, even the handrails of the stairs were wrapped in gold ornamentation, and the walls around it were covered with beautiful frescoes, the lower left corner of which was marked as a view of a certain area on the plane of Warsaw.
Surdak even saw the entire outline of the Gandaur Mountains in a mural, like a giant lizard dormant in a tributary of the waters.
The room is in the innermost corner of the second floor of the hotel, after the waiter opens the door of the hotel, the decoration of the room is also very gorgeous, the only drawback is that it is a little narrow, in addition to the simple washing room, the room can only put down a large bed, but on the other side of the big bed there is a protruding balcony, on which there is a rattan table and wooden chairs, in addition to a set of exquisite ceramic tea sets on the table, there is a simple copper-clad parchment book.
The balustrade outside the balcony is filled with flower pots, which are planted with many golden ornamental sunflowers.
Very chic room, before Surdak walked into the room, a waiter caught up with Surdak and gave Surdak a bronze medal that was the only way to go to the stable in the backyard of the hotel to take away the horses that were fostered there.
Surdak handed a stack of copper plates to each of the two waiters, who gladly accepted and left happily.
Tipping waiters is always necessary no matter where they are, and the amount looks similar.
In his room, Surdak took off his dusty leather armor and boots, wore only a linen shirt and shorts, and stood on the balcony looking into the distance, and the central square of the town hall appeared in front of him.
In the center of the square stands a huge gate-shaped building, the door looks a bit like a triumphal arch, but the overall look is taller, the frame of the whole building looks at least forty meters high, if it is more specific, it is like the height of a twelve-story residential building, the whole building exudes a majestic magical atmosphere, there is a huge magic vortex in the semi-circular huge arch, and a large amount of magic power is sucked into the void along the vortex.
The main body of the portal is made of boulders, and the surface of the wall is covered with grooves of magic runes, and the grooves are poured with magical red copper.
Surdak could even clearly feel that the countless fragments of mana floating in the square were constantly fluttering, and they were all attracted by the huge vortex of the portal portal, and countless mana gathered in the portal, standing in the distance and stopping to watch, people couldn't help but have a shudder in their hearts.
A group of cavalry warriors were riding out of the portal, they were dressed in black armor, and the black knights' spears hung on their saddles, and the whole team came out of the portal silently, and these knights slowly walked into the town hall square along the hollow-shaped passage in front of the portal.
The town hall square was temporarily divided into several areas by some iron cables and columns, and some members of the logistics department, holding wooden planks in their hands, were diverting the knights who came out of the portal and entering a certain position in the square to stand by.
A regiment of heavy cavalry came out of the portal, and then a large number of strategic materials were transported out of the portal, and it was not clear what it was, only oak barrels, which looked unusually heavy, crashed into some flatbed trucks, and were pushed out of the portal by a group of infantry fighters, without any stops, and quickly left the Civic Center Square directly along the dedicated passage.
Many Epson citizens gathered outside the fence of the town hall square, surrounded by large bags and small wraps, and the queue of people almost clogged the streets on all sides of the square, and the scene was like a grand rally of 10,000 people.
Not long after, the melodious bell finally remembered in the square, and the citizens waiting outside the fence began to commotion, and everyone picked up the salute around them and began to slowly pour along the hollow-shaped passage towards the portal gate.
And those who came out of the portal without soldiers coming out of it, nearly a hundred tax collectors stood in the passages of the square, waiting for the citizens to pour in from outside the square, and the tax collectors needed to check their identities, check the pass vouchers and check their luggage, and make a certain amount of valuation according to the salute they carried, and extract a tenth of the total tax from the citizens
Taking advantage of this opportunity, a group of nobles walked into the square from the other side, they didn't seem to be in a hurry, and even some people in the crowd were still talking and laughing, and the attendants followed behind the nobles with some simple luggage, and when this group of nobles passed by the guards, they just nodded slightly to them, and without even any communication, they passed through the portal door, and the attendants followed closely.
Then a group of young swordsman academy students walked over, they lined up in a neat line, orderly through the portal door, this group of people was almost more than two hundred students, Surdak carefully observed for a long time, only to find Hathaway and Beatrice, two female swordsmen in the crowd, their eyes were obviously attracted by the huge portal door, and they had been staring at the magic vortex inside the door.
The two young female swordsmen were not too conspicuous in the crowd of academy students, and Hathaway's beautiful face was almost expressionless, only the moment she walked into the portal of teleportation, she finally turned back and took a deep look in the direction of Handanar County.
Beatrice, on the other hand, was a little melancholy, but also a little excited, crying and laughing at the same time, and it was a little difficult to understand what was going on in her heart......
After this group of academy students passed through the portal, some of the minor nobles passed through the portal one after another.
In the end, it was the ordinary citizens who were waiting in the passage with the teleportation pass in their hands, in addition to the teleportation qualifications, they also had to pay a certain tax on the goods they carried with them before they could leave Epson City.
He didn't expect the portal to be so popular, and the citizens who were waiting for the teleportation every day were actually crowded.
It seems that it is necessary to line up in the square early, otherwise I don't know if those who are in the back of the queue will be able to pass tonight......
Surdak sat barefoot on the chaise longue, poured himself a cup of tea, took out a piece of oilcloth, dipped it in some animal fat, and carefully wiped the set of monster leather armor and long leather boots.
There is hardly a starry sky in Epson, perhaps due to the gray clouds over the city, and only a few of the brightest stars in the night sky twinkle dim......