Carmore is a large city located in the middle of the Empire, and the air here is always a bit harkier than the rest of the country, because it is rich in the famous Carmore steel and blackstone of the Empire, so there are many factories. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoWhenever you talk about Blackstone and Carmore, the people who live in Carmore always start to get excited, and if you express enough curiosity and surprise in front of them, they will talk for half an hour. If you have the patience to listen to their nagging, you will quickly find that they are eager to tell the story of "Carmore steel is the first choice of the Empire's elite troops, what kind of steel is it elsewhere?" and "Carmore's blackstone, even the arena of the Imperial Academy is used, and the entire arena is pitch black." "These two things that make all the Carmorians proud of you pour into your head.

If the elemental machinery were mentioned, their eyebrows would have flown out of their foreheads in triumph. The city of Carmore was the first city in the Empire to be fully built with an Elemental Industry to power the massive mines. They will proudly tell you that Camor is the largest elemental gem producing city in the Empire. (Of course, they all dodge the issue of quality.) ）

The tall black walls of Carmore encircled nearly a million people, and the vast elemental industry continued to devour a large number of elemental workers like hungry behemoths. Although the Empire has popularized the "Elemental Affinity" censorship, which acts like a thin net to catch any civilians who might become "elemental workers", it is still far from satisfying the appetite of the Behemoth.

The need for elemental workers in the Elemental Factory was urgent, and a dangerous figure like Arcarnes was placed in the factory on his first day in Carmore.

The process went so smoothly that Arcanis thought that burning a pack of Imperial vultures would make the huge black beast nervous. At least take a closer look at the white-haired woman, especially the woman with the cat who has a good affinity for the elements. In fact, after learning that Arcanis had a good elemental affinity, the officials eagerly asked a few questions as if they had found a diamond on the beach, and immediately arranged for her to work in a factory. (Her original plan was to show only a general elemental affinity, but failed.)

The questions are simple:

"Where are you from?"

"Hyperion, where there is famine. ”

"Well, you can tell from the accent, your hometown card?"

"Here. Arcanis pulled out a certificate he had borrowed from some hapless fellow.

"Are you trained in elemental combat?"

"Ever since I scorched the blue vultures of other families, I gave up. Arcanis said, and sighed as if it were true, "I, the Elemental Teacher, was merciful and carved some charms on my left hand in an attempt to cure my illness, but unfortunately my left forearm burned and was almost amputated. ”

With that, Arcanis moved his left hand, which had been wrapped in linen.

"It's sad, there are always people who think they know how to demons. ”

"Isn't it? The guy was angry and said I didn't do what he said. I said a few words and slashed me in the face. The blue wolf continued to talk nonsense, the pockmarks on her face had been washed, and Kazkaz had sold her a human mask for two silver coins, and the effect would still be visible to an ordinary acquaintance if he looked closely.

"Hmm. ”

The officer lowered his head and quickly copied something, and he glanced away at the large number of portraits of wanted criminals hanging on the wall, with Arcarnes being the most prominent.

"No severed hands, not half-elves, eyes still brown. ”

Hearing his whisper, Arcanis blinked brown eyes. The official whispered as he picked up the seal and slammed it a piece of paper.

"Congratulations on becoming a member of Carmore, and if you work here for ten years, you will get a residence in Carmore City. ”

In this way, the cunning blue wolf easily stepped into the black city.

Everything went so smoothly that she was given a place to live, albeit in a slum where a large number of workers lived. The streets are full of sewage and feces and urine. Although the cleaners who were inmates would come three times a day in a manure truck, the residents would pour the yellow and white things they had accumulated for the day into the manure trucks through the windows. But there are always impatient people. However, Arcanis likes the chaos here, chaos represents safety, and if something happens, she will drill into a place casually, even if the empire sends a division of troops, it will not be able to catch her.

"Rent a gold coin a month. ”

The old charter lady carried a bunch of keys in her hand and led her into a three-story house that could not be seen by direct sunlight, crammed into a pile of buildings. As soon as she entered the cramped, spired house, Arcarnes felt a pang of breath, and she couldn't help but inhale hard, but the stench in the air made her frown again.

Also, the house is crowded with houses, the ventilation conditions are very poor, and there is filthy air everywhere, I don't know how many people's lungs have been in the breath of air she just inhaled?

There were a few tenants with drooping facial tumors on her face who noticed her face,

"Kids from the country. She said, "I heard that you are an elemental worker, and if you are willing to work hard, you can go somewhere else in three or four months." ”

"Do you have to do it that long?"

"Yes, your benevolent factory owner has already paid three months' rent in advance. Her yellowed eyes stared at the young girl, "Don't pick and choose, this city is willing to take in you homeless refugees, it's already a great gift, and the conditions here are so good." ”

"That's what you're saying. ”

Arcanis entered with her, a small room with only a table and a bed, and a dim ball of alchemical lamp hanging from the ceiling. Other than that, there is nothing.

After the charter woman left, Melly jumped out of her hood. Arcanis sat on the somewhat shaky bed and tore off a piece of bread for it.

It wasn't long before she couldn't stand the murky air and walked to the window, pushed open the glassless window, and poked her head out to look at the slum.

This is truly a cursed place, and there is a terrible stench of sun-dried filth on the streets, which is both unsightly and unpleasant, but luckily it is winter, otherwise the Arcanis with a keen sense of smell really can't stand it. She looked into the distance, Arcanis, who was a working nobleman, and the house she had obtained was already very good. In the distance, there is a large courtyard, which is a small space with houses on all sides, and only a narrow, often covered, entrance.

The blue wolf even doubted that the people inside would suffocate to death.

She felt a sense of security in the winding streets in the distance, and after looking at it for a while, she found it boring and went out to the public water outlet to get water.

It was late in the evening, and it was dark, but it was no different from dark and not dark in Arcanis's eyes, because the sky was always covered with a layer of lead-gray clouds, and unlike Kazakhstan, which has four distinct seasons, it was sunny almost every few days.

The blue wolf was in the house, and after taking the first bath of the escape, he couldn't help but start to miss the life in the academy, the bathroom with the smooth floor in the room, and the soft bath towel. The dark, mosquito-infested, leaky toilet in which she bathed made her feel as if she had fallen into a grave.

Thankfully, all the mosquitoes died without a word after touching her skin, no doubt to Kazkaz. But when Arcanis asked it to get rid of the buzzing mosquitoes, it paid a fee.

So, the blue wolf decided not to sleep tonight, and she sat on the bed in a daze.

In her heart, she always thought of her past life and delicious and exquisite food, and this thought took root in her heart like a weed. It filled her heart with dissatisfaction.

She even had this thought: why should she avenge the other two, even in the wilderness, she was much better off than here, why should she suffer such a sin.

However, thinking of her "promise" to little Ramon, she suddenly became firm, and comforted herself again, she was a person who had learned elemental combat skills in the Imperial Academy. Isn't the work of the factory simple, a promotion or something, it should be casual.