Hitchgarnas, the capital of the Republic of Langson, is the first place that Weiss and the others will go to after leaving the border province of Goering. The reason why they arrived here first was because the first city they passed west was when they left the province of Goering.

Perhaps it was because of the relationship between the people who founded the country that year, and the three countries of Xiyanzhou all made a move similar to "the Son of Heaven guarding the country" without exception when they set their capitals. The capital circle of the Three Kingdoms is gathered in the middle of Xiyanzhou, and from the big map, it looks like they are going to gather together to "fight the landlords".

And in addition to the geographical location, there are two other things that Weiss has come here to do. The first thing they did was to sell the "mountain goods" they had collected in the Jaeger Forest.

When she was in Goering City before, Adele went to inquire about the local market and found that the people who collected things in the border province were some "second-hand dealers", who bought them at a low price, and then went to the mainland to sell them at a high price, while although the price on the black market was good, the risk of getting into trouble was also high. In the end, it was decided to sell it to the National University of Langson.

The National University of Langson is part of the famous Prometheus Institute, with a large number of subordinate institutes, and these research departments that receive research funds from the state are very rich, and many second-hand dealers in the province of Goering eventually sell to them. Anyway, Weiss and they also plan to go to this world-class city to have a look, and the surname Suo bypasses those annihilation merchants and delivers them directly to the door.

Riding the guide train to Hitchganas, Weiss regained some of the feeling of the earth, if the South Fengzhou where he once stayed felt like Renaissance Europe to him, then the West Yanzhou has completed the second industrial revolution, and has initially reached the level of the early and even middle of World War II. At the same level, there are also Ling Lan's hometown Donglinzhou, the dwarven territory of Zhongpanzhou, and the elves' ancestral land Shentear Island, all of which belong to developed areas.

"The train, I really didn't expect to be able to ride it again in my lifetime!"

"Have you been on it before? How do I remember that there is no railway in Nanfengzhou?" Hearing Weis's emotion, Adele was a little puzzled by this, and Weiss had to hurriedly change his words.

"Uh...... I've only heard of it before, but I didn't expect to be able to sit on it in my lifetime. ”

"Speaking of which, my master once told me to use my own feet to travel all over the world as much as possible, is this considered a violation of the teacher's discipline now?" Ling Lan suddenly asked her companion a little nervously, and Lena patted her shoulder and said comfortingly.

"What is afraid, he can't see. ”

"I'm actually very supportive of being grounded, but we've got to rush a little bit now. ”

"Why?"

"Because the freshness magic I applied to those plant specimens and monster organs is about to expire, this magic needs to be soaked in a special potion to be most effective, and my magic level is very limited, if we don't hand it over to a professional right away, these things will quickly rot in our hands. ”

After weighing the benefits a little, Adele and Weiss decided to spend 200 Ronson coins to take the car directly to Hitchganas and sell all these things in their hands. The value of plants and the like is not high, but the tentacles of those 16 tyrant eels can definitely make a small profit! These purple cucumber-like tentacles still emit quite strong electric shocks until now, and I think those weapon development teams and Chengren product designers should be very interested.

The train arrived in the capital city of Hitch Ganas in the evening, and after getting off the train, the four of them first found a budget hotel to stay, and prepared to carry their things straight to the national university the next morning, but when they arrived at the bus station the next morning, they were told very unfortunate news.

"The tunnel leading to the school has collapsed?"

"Yes, it collapsed. The staff at the bus stop replied.

"What is the reason? Can it be fixed?"

"Yesterday at noon, it is said that there was a small accident in the engineering college when testing a new type of guide gun, a student first accidentally kicked on the knob of the gun mount, causing the muzzle of the gun to rotate 90 degrees to aim at the mouth of the tunnel, and then hit the trigger headlong again, directly to the mountain. Fortunately, there was no traffic in the tunnel at that time! The tunnel will not be repaired until tomorrow afternoon at the latest, and it will definitely be opened to traffic the morning after tomorrow. ”

"Uh...... Is there any other way?" Weiss asked, touching the sweat on his head.

"There are other routes, but they are also in lockdown now. The school escaped a few wild monsters last week, but they haven't been caught yet, so the winding mountain road can't be used. Tunnel 2 is still intact, but three days ago, a tanker truck transporting liquid fertilizer overturned in the tunnel, and a large amount of harmful gases were produced by the mixing of various raw solutions, so the tunnel is now unusable. ”

After thinking about it for a moment, the very talkative staff member added.

"It's a common thing, and there's no need to make a fuss. ”

“...... Well, it looks like there must be a lot of 'gunners' in this university. ”

After a moment of silence for the more than 50,000 students of this school, Weiss and his companions had to return to the hotel with the "mountain goods" they were going to sell, and then wonder how they would spend the next two days.

"How about going to the talent market?"

"Talent market?"

Hearing these familiar "foreign words" from Adele's mouth again, Weiss felt very inconsistent for no reason, and Adele carefully explained to Weiss, who was "less knowledgeable".

"It's a market where you can buy talent, but it's not a human trafficker, it's a place like an agency. ”

"Don't tell me that there is a pawn owner in that place?"

"Of course you can!"

Today, the armies of developed countries are rapidly moving towards mechanization, and the needs of the transformed modern armies for chess pieces are not as good as before, and only archers, warlocks and assassins are still popular. Needless to say, the strongest air defense unit, thanks to them, the world's fighter has never been able to develop. The Warlock's magic is also very flexible on its own, and it has its own advantages with the slightly bulky guide cannon, and the Assassin is a powerful reconnaissance unit that can be useful for the future.

In comparison, the other combat pieces are in a more awkward position. Some heavily armored field troops would rather accept dancers into the art troupe than powerful chess pieces such as knights and chariots into the combat troops, and ordinary people are ready to return the contempt they have received for 500 years to these once arrogant powerhouses.

"Where the republic is still massively using chess pieces, there are only mountain troops and battalions of the presidential guards. The former is generally deployed in the Osi region, and I won't mention the name of the meat grinder in that place, while the latter requires superb strength and an innocent and reliable family background, and ordinary people can't get in. At present, there are 5,800 chess pieces in the republic, including 133 kings, which are public data, but less than forty percent can enter the army. ”

"Why does it sound like they're not as good as those in Nanfengzhou?"

"It's really not as good, not only the Republic, but also the other two countries in Xiyanzhou are also only picking good moves. In order to maintain 'peace', the casualty figures in the Osi region must be controlled within a range that can be accepted by the people of the other side. The republic and the federation are not hereditary like the empire, and the president and the speaker of the parliament will change it!"

As Adele said, the armies of the three countries did not leave enough place for their pawns, and there were many people who were not willing to go to the front line perfectly, and the vast majority of them had to fend for themselves. In order to prevent these strongmen from becoming a hidden danger to social order, the political axes of various countries allow them to accept private employment (there is a limit on the number of employees), and at the same time, they also organize "Wang Qi League" to encourage these guys to engage in team sports activities, which can be regarded as enriching the entertainment life of their own people.

"Our current priority is to recruit some new team members as soon as possible, the last time we fought with those Emperor [***] students we had a very difficult fight because of the small number of people. Anyway, I'm idle now, so it's good to try my luck, maybe there is a guy who can make people shine!"

According to what Adele said, Weiss went to the "talent market" with her with the mentality of "try it out", but what made him "shine" was that he didn't see a single one, but people were "blind" everywhere.

When the four of them came to the innermost floor of the "senior talent area", there were about 40 people standing in the hall, all with numbered plates on their chests, obviously all of them were applicants, but these guys generally looked very down, and some of them even had torn clothes.

Don't look at the status of the chess pieces seems to be much worse than before, but in fact, they are not so miserable that they are about to lose their jobs. Many high-end places and upper-class people will hire these guys as bodyguards or thugs, and those who go to the professional league with Wang will get an appearance fee even if they lose, and some well-known strong teams can even go abroad to compete, gaining fame and fortune, and prosperity! Those who can mix up with the virtue in front of them are basically some notorious guys.

When they saw four young men enter, and three of them were beautiful women, they all flocked to them like wild dogs that saw food. Several sisters and aunts also wanted to "charm" Weiss, trying to twist their bucket waist out of the effect of "water snake waist", but the result was terrifying. In addition, the inability to maintain their size also proves from the side that they were very old when they got the chess pieces, and generally this kind of one is not too strong.

Maybe it's that Weiss's little white face is very deceitful, and the three beauties around him are really stylish, so most of these guys mistakenly think that he is a rich boy and brother, and they come to recruit bodyguards for the façade. There are also some people with good eyesight, and they found that the four of them are all chess piece owners, so they concluded that Weiss may be the "king", and if they can team up with the opponent to play in the league, it is obviously a good way to earn appearance fees.

Additional Setup Tip: What exactly do the pieces give?

When a person obtains a chess piece, in addition to obtaining the corresponding special skills, his greatest gift is the growth space of "doubling" and a new starting point. 12 years old is a basic age, but many people feel that it is risky to take it at this age, and think that 15~18 is the most suitable age group.

The sooner you get the pieces, the greater your future growth. But some people have average talents, so they can only rely on hard training, and practice a little "ability" before going. Some people who are obsessed with chess pieces but are not confident will even practice hard for decades before going, leaving them with very limited room for growth.