Chapter 30: The Athletic City of Cárdenas

In the end, Karl didn't go to open up the territory, and left directly. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In Pachuari's words, Carl doesn't have the ability to manage a territory now.

There were many pedestrians on the road, many of them heading to the main city of Cárdenas.

In a small town not far from Cárdenas, Carl stayed to rest and dine in an inn where there were a lot of people and a heated discussion about something.

Karl sat down on an empty seat in the corner, and Yarman stood behind his man with a shield.

"You sit down too. Karl said.

"Yes. Yarman heard the order before finding a seat to sit down.

Soon a waiter came over with a menu.

Karl casually ordered two dishes and pulled the waiter back: "What are they discussing?"

As he spoke, he pointed to the lively crowd.

"Haven't you been to Cárdenas known as the 'City of Athletics,'" replied the waiter.

"First time. ”

"Whenever there is a major festival, all parties will fund various competitions, such as the annual New Year's Eve festival. ”

Karl nodded knowingly and placed a silver coin on the table as a tip for him.

"Can you tell me about any of the larger events?" asked Karl, with some interest.

"Of course, sir. The waiter became very enthusiastic when he got the tip, "The biggest event is the world's first martial arts meeting held by the warrior guild, many famous warriors will come here to show their style, and then there is the best youth competition held by the official empire, among which those who stand out can get the attention and solicitation of all forces, and the rewards themselves are also very rich." ”

"The world's No. 1 martial arts club?" Karl's eyes widened.

"It's just a gimmick. The waiter coughed lightly, and as a local, he was a little embarrassed by the name of this kind of braggartical competition.

"What about the best youth contest?

"There are many items in this competition, including individual battles, team battles, war chess deductions, and art displays. Among them, individual battles and team battles use the rules of Hiravis, and the strength and magic that contestants can use have a level cap, and high-level contestants only have an advantage in endurance and physical fitness, and the rest is all based on skill. ”

It's kind of interesting.

After lunch, Karl walked along the road that gradually widened, and after passing a dividing line, the gravel pavement became more than twice as wide as the stone pavement, large enough for four carriages to travel side by side.

Although it was already winter, all the leaves had fallen off, but on the side of the road where people and cars came and went, it did not seem dead and silent, but there was a sense of hidden vitality.

Carl's mood also became cheerful unconsciously.

The huge city was already close at hand, and a huge male stone statue could be seen from a distance, its upper body could no longer be hidden by the buildings, its left hand holding a laurel wreath, its right hand in the form of a fly, and an eagle of the same stone soaring to take off.

Through the city gate, you can see the dense storefronts on both sides of the neat street, all decorated with festive red envelope colors, and the shadow of the tall city wall gradually envelops the crowd in the reflection of the setting sun.

A clerk-like guard sat behind a desk at the city gate, and one of the guards next to him was shouting while beckoning the people in line to come in and out, holding an alchemy prop and shouting—

"Don't be crowded, fifty copper coins per person, enter the city after registration!"

"Line up, line up!"

One gold coin is equal to ten silver coins, and one silver coin is equal to one hundred copper coins.

The effect of this prop is to amplify the sound, which Carl has seen in the Alchemy Guild in Felton City, and the structure is not complicated.

Karl followed the procession to the city gate.

"You're a mage?" asked one of the guards, seeing Karl's outfit and a leaf on his chest.

"That's right. Carl nodded.

There was a look of envy all around.

"You've registered with the Mage Guild, so you don't have to record with us anymore, you can just go in. The guard said courteously.

"Where's my retinue?" Karl pointed to Yarman behind him.

"This ......," the guard couldn't help but hesitate as he looked at the tall, mighty, heavily armored Yarman.

Karl took out a small money bag and threw it to the guards, which contained a dozen silver coins.

He's very rich now, very rich.

"You and your retinue don't have to pay a fee to enter the city. The guard's face bloomed with a smile as he spoke, and he quickly put away the money bag.

Forcibly ignored Yarman.

Carl smiled: "It's a New Year's gift." ”

"You are such a generous person. The guard complimented, "Are you here for the race?"

However, he stopped talking about Karl's rank after noticing it.

Karl shook his head: "I'm just passing through here, but I'm still interested in going to various competitions."

"The youth competition is scheduled for the last day of the year, that is, the day after tomorrow, and lasts for three days, with the morning competition and the afternoon rest of the players. The martial arts tournament is held after the youth tournament and is held in one day. The guard said quickly.

Karl snorted and quickly led Yarman through the city gates.

The streets are dyed orange-red with the setting sun, and the number of people on the streets has increased rather than decreased, and it seems that there are many tourists from other places. As a result, the number of guards patrolling the streets has increased, so the law and order situation is very good.

Karl turned to Yarman and said, "You go to the inn and book two rooms, and I'll walk around." ”

Yarman saluted Karl, "Yes, Lord Lord. ”

Then he turned to leave, and Karl had given Yarman some coins long before he arrived, so that he could take care of some business.

Summoners and summons have direct sensing, making it easy to find each other's locations.

There are shops and stalls selling all kinds of food on the streets, and there are also some artists showing their skills on the streets, which occasionally arouses the applause of onlookers, and people will not hesitate to give some copper coins to express their recognition of each other's artistic level.

After walking two blocks, Carl came to the embankment and looked out.

A large river called Yorum runs through the city, and the banks of the river are connected by several bridges, and in the dim sky, the magic street lights on both sides are lit up one after another.

Yorum means the source of life in ancient language.

It's a vibrant city.

"Your Excellency. By this time Yarman had returned to Carl.

"Did you find it?" asked Carl nonchalantly.

Looking at the density of people here, Carl really doubted that he could find an inn with vacant rooms, but if he really didn't have a place to stay, Carl could also go to the Mage's Guild to find a place to stay.

"No, I found it, the Boise Hotel, the location is near the statue of the god of wind, and it can watch the game well, but the price is relatively expensive, it costs a hundred gold coins a night, and there are exactly two empty rooms. Yarman reported.

The god of wind loves freedom and strife, and Cárdenas, as the "City of Athletics", erected a statue of the god of wind in the middle of the city.

One hundred gold coins a day, why don't they grab it!

Carl complained frantically in his heart, but if he thought about it, those rooms were probably for wealthy aristocrats and top professionals, so the price was more reasonable.

"Is there no other place to live?" asked Karl.

"No more. Yarman replied sullenly.

"Then two, six days, one thousand two hundred gold coins. Karl tossed two purple coins to Yarman.

This is an even rarer coin, Amethyst Coins, which have a one-to-one exchange ratio to Gold Coins. The treasure chest that Karl took contained dozens of these currencies.

Money comes easily, and it doesn't hurt to spend it.

Yarman took the money and left first.

Karl descended from the embankment and sat on the bank of the river, his eyes on the flowing water, but his mind was thinking about the magical construction.

In the first two days of coming here, Karl officially mastered the dark magic "Dim", but after getting Pachuali's notes and making comparisons, he found that he had taken a lot of detours, and if the method was correct, the time to engrave the dim runes in Zhihai could be completely reduced by more than half.

Now he is studying the water magic "relief", water magic has a lot of bias towards assistance and healing, and the effect of this magic relief is to reduce the pain after receiving the damage, but it is not useful for treating injuries, but the effect of disinfection is still there.

"Water is impermanent. Karl muttered silently.

A mist rose from the river and gathered on his hands.

Magic has a saying that it is right at the right time and in the right place, and in a place where certain elements are denser, the use of this kind of magic can have the effect of reducing consumption and increasing power.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable that there are more water magicians on the seashore and more fire magicians in the volcanic area.

"Slow ...... Untie. Carl adjusted the rune structure in the psychic power so that the mana could become a stable magical structure after passing through the psychic valve, rather than a scattered mana turbulence.

When Carl opened his eyes again, it was completely dark.

A cloud of mist floated in Carl's palm, and a ring of water magic "eased" the mastery.