【Mission】Section 2 Jack (II)
After they entered the city, they found that the majesty they had seen outside the city was only the tip of the iceberg, the world inside the city walls was bigger than they imagined, the building they thought was a castle before was actually a city, the first thing they saw in front of them was an endless field, all kinds of crops of various colors were scattered, forming a square array, there were several ditches between the phalanxes, looking for its source along the ditch, and found that it was radiating from the center of the castle in the distance, and then they also noticed that the three towering cylindrical towers that they had seen outside the city before that seemed to be very close to them were actually a long distance away from them, which is the heart of the castle. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Is this ......" Roy asked Hissar, looking at the unseen field outside the city.
"This is the agricultural area of the castle, and the vegetables and medicinal herbs that the people in the castle need are grown here, and everything in the castle is self-sufficient, so the people who live in the castle do not need to go to the world below to suffer. There was a hint of jealousy in Hisar's words.
"We still seem to be getting attention. Jack looked at the people working in the fields and looked at them in amazement, "What are the conditions for these people to be selected into the castle?" Jack remembered that the inhabitants of the various villages he had seen outside the castle were living very simply, and the people inside the castle were obviously living in much better conditions.
"Leave these guys alone, they're not 'people' anymore. Hisal said coldly.
"What does this mean?" Roy asked.
"There's no time for small talk, so let's explain as we go. As he spoke, Hissar jumped straight into the field, not caring that he was trampling one crop after another, "Go straight from the field, or you'll have to go around in a big circle." ”
"But......" Roy couldn't bear to spoil it, looking at the landscape, "won't they be angry that we trample on their crops?"
"Just step on it, they're just a bunch of brainwashed machines, they only know how to serve the royal family, and they don't have the leisure to mix other emotions. "Hissar said in the tone of an eyewitness to the fact that if they want to live in it, they must first be brainwashed into obedient tools, and this is the condition for entering the city." Even if they wanted to resist, the curse of the hundred years would only make them weak and obedient. ”
A few of the warriors who were standing at the front of the group and did not want to take a long detour heard this, and resolutely jumped into the field after hearing this, while the others followed suit when they saw that someone had already gone down, and finally nearly half of the warriors had already stepped into the field, so the rest of the people, including Roy, were reluctant to go down. After a long time, they finally walked through the field and walked to the gate of the next area, Roy looked back and found that the original magnificent field had been half destroyed by them, and the inhabitants of the city, whom Hirsar called "not a human machine", were crouching down to pick up the crops that could still be saved, and Roy was a little unbearable to see this, "Is it really as he said?" Roy thought to himself.
After leaving the agricultural area, the group found that they had entered a corridor similar to the one they had entered before, and Hissar explained that the interior of the castle was divided into six circles, the outermost circle was the agricultural area, then the processing area they were about to see, then the living area, then the noble area, and then the palace area and the forbidden area in the palace. There are several corridors connecting the areas, and they are walking on one of the five corridors leading from the agricultural area to the processing area.
Entering the processing area, everyone was shocked once again - all kinds of new and strange goods were dazzling, and Roy even saw the banner of their Knights of Light being weaved, it seemed that their banner hanging on the wall was all transported from Miller? Everyone in the city was very busy, some were busy processing the handicrafts in their hands, some were busy striking iron, some were busy walking between the shops, and some were busy pushing the goods one by one into a huge circular pattern on the ground in the center of the processing area.
"What is this doing?" Jack asked, gesturing to the men who were pushing the goods into the circle.
"It's a conveyor through which the goods that have been processed here and are destined for other places are transported to the trading hub below to the trade hub of Arelasin, and then the people of Arelahim transport the goods to the towns and ports of Mill to other countries. This passage cannot be used to teleport creatures, as the teleported person is bound to die. ”
"Teleportation?!" Jack wondered, "this spell is beyond common sense! how is it possible to do this? Teleportation between two places so far away......
"Because it's not magic at all, it's magic. ”
"Magic?"
"That's right, it's the most primitive ancient magic that has gradually disappeared from the world. Miller's spell level has always been poor, and there are very few people who are proficient in spells, let alone magic. This passage was built by a mage with his life a few years ago, and it is also the golden passage for Miller to protect the economy. Hissar said as he clenched his fists unconsciously.
Realizing that he had touched a sore spot in Hisar, Jack looked around and found a ditch similar to the one he had seen in the agricultural area in the aisles of the processing area, with wells at intervals from the ditch, which seemed to be the source of water for the people of the area. "I found another gutter similar to the one I had in the agricultural area, and it seems to be coming from the center of the city, what the hell ......is this thing," Jack asked Hissar, trying to change the subject.
"This thing is one of the ways that this country uses to control the population. Hissar said in a heavy tone, and hearing him speak in such a heavy tone, Jack realized that he had brought up the wrong topic again.
"What do you mean?" Roy asked, too, with a sudden interest.
"There are very few lakes in Millene, and the fresh water that can be used has been largely poisoned by the king's order, and it is impossible to use it at all, and the most critical water source in the country is in the heart of this castle. It is a spring that flows down from the mountain with a water volume comparable to that of a waterfall, and its water has never been cut off since the castle was built and the water source was discovered a hundred years ago. The king believed that this was a divine guide, so he protected the source of the water and ordered the digging of ditches throughout the island, starting from this source, which took a total of 50 years. When the water could reach the towns on the island beneath the castle, the king ordered the destruction of all other usable lakes, completely monopolizing the water source. From then on, anyone who dared to disobey the king's orders would cut off the groundwater in his town, and the rest of the people would naturally crowd out the rebellious independent for the sake of their lives, so as to achieve his goal of controlling the whole island without a single soldier. ”
Jack listened to Hissar talk about the darkness of the country, and he knew how much the mage in front of him hated the country, but now he was basically talking about the way the country treated its people, and he still didn't know what was going on with him. In the next few areas, they didn't ask any more questions, and after spending a lot of time, they finally arrived at the gate of the palace area.
"Is there a palace ahead?" Roy said, looking at the ornate gate in front of him, which stood out from the gates of each area before.
"Yes, the king must have been waiting for us to come. Hissar said calmly.
"That's big enough!" Jack looked back at the soldiers who were almost tired, and then turned to Hissar and asked, "You said you wanted us to help you subvert the country, and if we kill the king, will it really end all this?"
"This ......," Hissar pondered, as if he hadn't thought so much about it before.
"Hey, hey, what are you talking about, don't you really think that so many of us will rush up and kill that powerless king of another country who doesn't even have an army?
"Sometimes negotiations don't solve problems at all. Jack retorted, "And we rushed in with such a large crowd that anyone who saw it would think we were holding the king hostage." ”
"All right, just the two of us go in with him, and talk to the king first. Roy insisted.
"Well, it's up to you!" Jack compromised, "Hisar, lead the way!"
Hissar Delin frowned when he heard that they were leaving the army behind, but he listened to Jack's opening the door to the palace area, and Roy instructed the other captains to take care of the warriors before following Hissar into the passage to the palace.
"Our mission is finally coming to an answer. Jack thought to himself.
As soon as they entered the passageway, the door behind them closed automatically.
"Hey, what do you mean by that!" Roy questioned Hisar.
"No, I didn't do it......" Hisar panicked for a moment.
"Looks like we're going to have to keep going?" said Jack, turning his head to look at the walls on either side, for some reason he thought the passage was much taller and longer than the ones they had walked before, perhaps only because there were only three people walking on such a wide road at the moment.
They had walked in the passage for a long time—longer than all the ones they had walked before, at least that was what Roy and Jack had thought to themselves—and at last they had reached the end of the passage, and the light told them that the palace was ahead. They quickened out of the passage, and then the whole world suddenly opened up, and they saw that the three towers they had seen in the distance were now in front of them, and under the towers there was a small castle that seemed much smaller than the walls, in fact, this castle was not shorter than the walls of the city, but it was much inferior to the towers next to it.
"Come in, visitors from nowhere!" the voice sounded from the sky, and the gate of the castle in front of them opened by itself.
"What's that voice?" Roy asked.
"That's the damn king. Hissar replied.