Chapter Ninety-One: The Wonder of Bolden
Military transports parked next to wide roads add a special touch of color to the streets of Leyland.
The military community has always had a good reputation in Waterl.
This is closely related to the initial composition of the Wattle army and the propaganda given to them by the kingdom, when the Wattel kingdom was first established on the plateau, both commoners and so-called nobles often had no way to escape their military career, and the Wattle kingdom has always had a very strict control over the discipline and regulations of the army, so every Wattel is well aware that the military is actually a symbol of glory and justice.
As Hugg had seen when he first arrived in Bolden with the Fifth Chasseur, the young girls always had a crush on the soldiers, and this was the epitome of the Waterl's affection for the army.
But in Leyland, it's different.
At least for the "insider" of Shug, seeing the kingdom's army appear on the territory of the Wattle nobles, there is some association.
Luckily, it wasn't the Ymir Legion who was here.
If those elite soldiers in black uniforms were walking here, I am afraid that there would be no one on the road at all.
"It's a hunting regiment."
Ellen, who had been in the army, was very familiar with the formation of soldiers, so he immediately gave his professional judgment: "There is a badge on the vehicle, well, it is the Fifth Chasseur...... Some of them did train near Bolden during this time."
"It's them."
Shug nodded, looking at the soldiers who were standing by the transports chatting, the young men all carrying their own weapons, and standing straight even when they were relaxed.
As for the discipline and appearance of the members of the Fifth Hunting Regiment, Xiuge had seen it before.
Now it seems that even during the training and rest period, these lads did not show any slackness.
The moving vehicle was not stopped, and under the watchful eyes of the soldiers, Xiug finally arrived in front of the largest alchemy shop in the "Kiss of Rylan".
It's not really appropriate to say that it is an alchemy shop, because an ordinary store will never have such a large scale, it looks more like an exhibition site for nobles, and the façade is also extremely elegant and luxurious, and the silver lettering carved from precious metals is fixed above the gate, Xiuge only glanced at it, and found that there are many magic rituals attached to this metal sign alone, and they may even have been permanently treated, and only in this way can they be able to resist the rust of metal and all kinds of weather.
"Strange ...... of Bolden"
Xiuge softly pronounced the words on the signboard, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "What a big man."
The Wattles have always considered their country to be the heart of the Lowe Plateau, and Bolden is the heart of the entire Lordel Kingdom...... With such a name, the meaning of it is very clear - the wonders and wonders of the entire Lowe Plateau will converge here.
But that's the only name that deserves its astonishing scale.
If it was any leisure time, Xiuge would definitely have a good visit here, but now, the things that weighed on Xiuge's mind and the soldiers of the Fifth Chasseuring Regiment who stood at the door of "Boldon's Strangeness" made him have to dispel this idea. ….
"Sir, Balldon's Odds is temporarily unable to accept regular customers."
Seeing Xiuge walking towards the gate, the two soldiers of the Chasseur guarding the gate immediately stretched out their hands to stop them, they didn't even ask if Xiuge belonged to which family - this kind of thing was meaningless to them.
"What's going on? I need to buy some alchemy goods urgently."
"I'm sorry, but regular customers are not allowed in this place at this time."
The soldier mechanically explained, "According to the material mobilization order, the Chasseur will currently count the goods and inventory in the major alchemy shops in the city."
"Material mobilization order?"
Shuge raised an eyebrow, then turned to look at the transports parked nearby.
In this way, it is very likely that these vehicles are here to pull things...... It seems that the Fifth Chasseur probably wants to empty this place.
"Is no one allowed to enter?"
Xiuge frowned, and then he took out his brand new mage credential and pendant: "I have here the latest voucher document issued by the Mage Council, and I really need to buy some items at present, which I can check for you."
Not to mention, the new version of the certificate and the grading pendant made by the council are still very eye-catching, they look magnificent in the bright skylight, and immediately attract the attention of people nearby.
The two soldiers looked at each other, and one of them immediately stepped forward and took the document from Shuge's hand with both hands.
"Please wait here."
With that, the soldier walked through the gate with his papers, and his vacancy was immediately filled by another sentry.
Although these soldiers belonged to the Fifth Chasseur Regiment, Shuge could not see a single familiar face.
This is a very normal situation, after all, the size of a chaser regiment is very exaggerated, even the fifth chasting regiment, a carefully selected elite unit, its number of regular soldiers can be as high as more than two thousand, and the personnel who carried out missions in Lone Wolf Ridge and escorted Xiuge back are only a part of them.
Beside him, Ellen and Igor's two bodyguards are very relaxed, they are very good at these soldiers, and they also trust all the work arrangements they make here, among which Igor has even talked to a resting soldier, both of them seem to have St. Steele blood, and the villagers are naturally very cordial when they meet.
Eren asked in a whisper, "Mr. Shug, I remember you said earlier that your magic was just getting started?"
Xiuge replied in a low voice, "It's true that I'm just getting started, and I've only read half of the basic book."
"Huh?"
"I mean it...... But my teacher might be in the council, so I'm more open?"
"Oh......"
Eren nodded, he knew that the teacher Xiuge was talking about was most likely the young female mage who had separated from him at the intersection of Waibin Avenue before, and he didn't discuss anything else, just from the image...... It is indeed a person who will be popular.
As a bodyguard who had been in aristocratic circles for a long time, he had heard a lot of things...... Therefore, he has already made up a series of bizarre stories in his mind in an instant. ….
Of course, Shug didn't know that the honest-looking, silent bodyguard beside him was already speculating about the complicated relationship between himself and Wei Lin, and he looked up, and then saw a familiar figure walking out of the door in front of him.
The hood, the cane, and of course, the featureless and unusually aloofed face.
"Mr. Clotz, I haven't seen you in days."
The mage nodded at Shuge, accepting his greeting, and then the soldier who had left before walked up and handed Shuge back his mage credentials.
"Keep up, it's a mess inside, there's no shopping guide to entertain you right now."
Krautz whispered, then paused his cane, and without waiting for a response, turned and walked towards the store.
Seeing that the soldiers gave way out, Xiug hurriedly chased forward, and Eren wanted to follow, but was stopped by the soldiers who stretched out their hands, so he had no choice but to stay outside.
The first thing that connects the interior of the store is a very ornate hallway, and the cabinets on both sides are filled with a variety of collectible magical items, but Klautz's pace is so fast that Xiuge has no choice but to speed up his pace.
"It's nothing to look at, it's mostly flashy toys."
Krautz glanced at Schugg, then commented sharply on the items in the cupboards: "Unless you think you or your family need something...... It can automatically capture the user's needs and walk over the urinals themselves, otherwise don't waste time on them."
Xiuge nodded.
In fact, when he heard Clautz's words, the figure of old Zeke first came to his mind.
While a walking urinal sounds very pickled, as a pragmatist, Shug doesn't seem to be that bad either.
As if he had guessed Shug's idea, Krautz suddenly sneered: "It's not as good as you think, the mind detection ritual attached to it is non-stop, that is, as long as the user has an idea, it will definitely come, regardless of the occasion and time."
「……」
Hearing this, Xiuge immediately dispelled the idea of learning about this kind of commodity.
Obviously, in this world, magic, as a part of the productive forces, also carries the boundless imagination of human beings, and this commodity is indeed ...... for the aristocracy It's too early.
"I heard this morning that the Council relaxed the screening of spellcasters and the recruitment of wild mages, but I didn't expect you to be the first to benefit."
"It's better to be in time than to be in time."
"Interesting statement."
Perhaps because he wasn't in the barracks now, Master Krautz was a little less serious and more humorous than before.
At this time, the two of them had already arrived in the inner hall of "Bolden's Strangeness", where Xiuge saw many soldiers of the Chasseur Regiment who were busy and the mages and physicians who accompanied the army, as the sentry on duty outside the door said before, they were busy counting all kinds of alchemy materials and items at the moment, but if they found items on the list, soldiers would immediately come forward to seal them.
"The war is about to begin, and the Legislature has reached an agreement with the Deresans, and they are working together to blockade the plateau with important supplies, including crystalline ore, magical supplies, and alchemical materials." ….
"So the country is ready to go to war?"
"That's all there is to it."
Clotz nodded, "These merchants and those big-eared goblins...... I'm afraid they're all going to be out of luck, especially the big-eared goblins, they're too speculative, so they're the focus of control now, and maybe in a few days, you'll see news of a batch of goblins being executed."
"Execution? What crime?"
"Treason."
Krautz pointed to a corner of the hall, where he saw a large amount of alchemical materials being sorted and processed, and the mage explained, "Do you dare to imagine? In the case that the state has issued a material mobilization order, there will still be a large number of strategic materials deliberately hoarded, and this is still in the Lailan district."
Xiuge saw that there was indeed a symbol of the god of commerce in the corner of the goblin merchants and caravans, and whether it was the goblins who decided to hoard these materials or not, they had made up their backs.
"Well, I do have to procure something, it shouldn't touch the ban, right?"
"If it had been three days ago, you might have been taken to the side for questioning by now."
Clautz raised his staff, and a magical message entered Huge's brain.
"But Princess Sophia thinks you deserve some support...... But you have to be careful and don't go too far."
After saying this, Krautz stepped aside, and the mage apprentices there seemed to have made some new discoveries and needed to ask him for instructions.
So Xiuge walked to the corner, where the alchemy materials had already been packed into dozens of different chests, large and small, and several mage apprentices were checking the items and writing magic labels on them.
Clutez had apparently greeted him, so the two apprentices immediately approached and asked what exactly Shug needed.
As a result, the list of items that had shocked Gerald, the shopkeeper in Salem, was once again listed in front of the apprentices, of course, this time Xiuge deliberately deleted some of the alchemy materials that didn't seem right, after all, he still needed to live in Boorden City in the future.
The contents of the list obviously puzzled the apprentices, but they were still Warter's soldiers after all, so they immediately went into action, and while they counted and searched for items that met the requirements, Xiuge wandered around the other places, and quickly
, he has something new.
Two good quality magic books.
All are covered with black and waterproof treatment, produced in Saint-Stiel, its surface is outlined with dark gold ink to outline the image of the fine-scaled sea snake, which looks mysterious and noble, and there are three fountain pens dedicated to the inscription of magic patterns and magic models, which are also high-end.
In addition, Xiuge also took a fancy to some alchemy bombs and new firearms produced in Waterl's workshop, but unfortunately these things have now become important strategic materials, even if Krautz said hello, Xiuge has no way to reach out.
While Xiuge was staring intently at the tightly guarded metal boxes filled with alchemy bombs, the apprentice who had been in charge of counting the alchemy materials came over.
"Sir, according to the check, there are two of the eight items on the list, and the rest are either on the danger list, or they are too tricky and un......popular."
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