On the wasteland in late autumn, a majestic team of knights was escorting a carriage south.

Ace and the others had been traveling for twenty days in a row, and according to Takizawa, in another day, the convoy should be able to safely arrive at Burning Sun City, which was the largest city on the Mandala Continent.

Along the way, Ace saw all kinds of customs and customs of the empire, including bustling cities, dilapidated villages, snow-capped mountains, and deserted Gobi.

It must be said that the territory of the New Delhi Empire is really too large.

As the largest empire on the continent of Mandala, New Delhi is extremely rich in resources. Ores, magic stones, wood and the most famous wines.

Along the way, Takizawa told his three children many interesting stories about the imperial capital. Among them is a divocale brewmaster.

There is a famous brewmaster in the imperial capital, and it is said that the wine he brewed "Wakanda" is a treasure that all the nobles compete for.

However, the amount of fine wine produced by this master every year is very small, usually only two or three barrels.

So, in many cases, even if you have money, you may not be able to buy a cup.

Ace grew up in the southern part of the empire, and the winters in Nanyun City are very long, usually lasting half a year.

Therefore, during the long winter months, people often resort to spirits to drive away the cold.

Children who grow up in Nagumo City generally start to learn to drink when they are eight or nine years old.

So generally speaking, when these children grow up, they will not drink too badly.

As soon as he thought of the famous "frieze wine" in his hometown, Ace couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"I don't know what the rumored 'Wakanda' will taste like."

Seeing that he was about to reach the legendary Sun City, Ace was both expectant and uneasy.

Not long after, the group came to a fairly clean and tidy town called "Blacksmith Town".

Walking into the town, Ace immediately understood the origin of the name "Blacksmith Town". Although the town is not big, there are many large and small blacksmith shops.

Walking on the street, you can hear the sound of tinkling iron anytime and anywhere.

Hasa looked disgusted, and whispered to himself: "Why is it so noisy! There was a mess of iron everywhere, it was really filthy and messy. ”

Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, and then sneered and said, "Some people will have to deal with these iron lumps like them in the future!" ”

Ace didn't pay much attention to Hasa's cynicism. Because his mentality had already changed drastically, especially after he learned that he was a rare dark magician, he didn't take Hazah seriously.

Ace has always believed that the weak are not worthy of being their opponents. This can be seen from the black wolf he faced before.

You know, at that time, Hasa was so scared that he almost peed his pants.

Hazah's whisper was heard by a tall blacksmith on the side of the road, and the strong man glared at him, and told him to shut up and never speak again.

"This blacksmith town is very useful to the New Delhi Empire. Nearly one-third of the armor of the Imperial Warriors and Knights was made in this town. ”

As he spoke, Takizawa greeted a few blacksmiths, who were obviously old acquaintances with each other.

Not far away, a bearded blacksmith wearing a heavy black blacksmith suit shouted at Takizawa, "Brother Takizawa, you haven't been to our blacksmith town for a long time." Why, are you here to inspect the work? ”

Takizawa's face was full of respect, and he said with a smile: "I don't dare, this blacksmith town is controlled by your master Nicaro, where will there be any problems!" ”

"Nikaro?" Ace was shocked, and two days before his departure, he had read a lot of books on casting.

This bearded Nicaro is the masterful forger often mentioned in the books, and is as famous as the dwarven forger "Eri-Stark" that he is about to meet in the imperial capital.

Knowing the identity of the bearded man, Ace was naturally a little more in awe of him. That's a rare master-level foundry in the New Delhi Empire.

Takizawa arrives at Eri Stark's blacksmith shop, and the two old acquaintances begin to joke with each other.

Ace began to look around, after all, he would soon be accompanied by these strange-shaped smelting tools every day.

Ace was curiously exploring the various armors in the blacksmith's shop, when he suddenly felt a strange gaze looking at him, and he couldn't help but shiver.

Ace looked back and saw Ari Stark looking at him angrily, seemingly unhappy.

Ace was completely at a loss for this. Could it be that he took it upon himself to look around and provoke this master-level forging master?

"Hey, little guy, listen to Takizawa, are you going to go to the imperial capital to learn forging from that little man of Ari?" Nikaro asked coldly.

Ace felt a little weak, but nodded anyway.

"Hmph, what's so good about that little man, you might as well stay and learn from me. Look at how many blacksmith shops there are in this blacksmith town, and the slightly famous blacksmiths here have all been my apprentices!

How about it, boy of the Monchi family, do you want to stay and learn blacksmithing with me? ”

Judging by Nicaro's expression, it seemed that he was not joking, and it seemed that this superb blacksmith also knew his father.

However, his father had already helped him find a teacher in the imperial capital, so Ace could only shake his head helplessly: "Father asked me to go to the imperial capital to learn casting from Master Eri-Stark, so I appreciate your kindness." ”

"You and your father are really the same temper, both as slow as wood, and they don't turn the slightest.

I don't want a master-level forger like me, I have to go find that powder keg, I really don't know what you think! ”

The more Nicaro thought about it, the more angry he became, and he had already started to curse.

In this regard, Ace could only smile bitterly in embarrassment.

It seems that his father is in the empire and knows many famous people. If nothing else, he knows two of them just as a superb caster.

This can't help but make the intuitive Ace begin to wonder what kind of status his father had in the empire back then?

Why do you know so many people? In the end, how could he only be awarded the title of a lowest-ranking baron, and was assigned to the remote Nanyun City.

Suddenly, an extremely panicked voice came: "Oh no! An armored giant is running here in a rage! ”

I saw a soldier in silver-white armor staggering towards the town from outside the town gate at this time.

Takizawa's originally smiling face suddenly became gloomy. He immediately shouted to the knights beside him, "Gather outside the town, and don't let the giants rush in!" ”