Chapter 15: The Imperial Capital

The target light at the other end flickered.

Helo walked out of the [door], and as soon as he took a step, the whole person fell to his knees.

He shook his head vigorously, trying to shake off the damn dizziness.

And complained a little inarticulately: "Vomit, vomit, this is too dizzy!" ”

This is more uncomfortable than motion sickness, obviously the time of the shuttle distance is in an instant, but the sequelae are too strong.

"I'll get used to it after a few more visits!"

Mena laughed, he didn't feel any discomfort, after all, the strength of his soul was higher than that of Helo, and he had used the [Gate] to teleport a lot over long distances, so he had long been used to it.

At this moment, watching Helo eat deflated, it has a different taste.

"Let's hope..."

Helo, who was lying on the ground and relieved for a while, raised his head.

He breathed in the air so hard that even the calm soul energy in his body began to throb.

There is no fishy smell of the port, no eerie feel of the Black Forest, and no dilapidated old capital of Galle.

I finally left that hellish place.

Southern of the Empire!

Never again!

Helo looked like a dirt bun entering the city, observing the whole square, in the square stood dozens of stone pillars, all of them shining brightly, and with each flicker, someone would come out of the stone pillars.

And each magician's outfit is different, and it's all strange!

This made Helo even more excited.

It's like a game world! The sorcerer's outfits are both peculiar and personal, and each outfit is unique.

Strangely, though, he didn't see soul beasts or horcruxes.

It stands to reason that when you come to the wizard circle of the imperial capital, soul beasts and horcruxes should be very common.

But most of the sorcerers had nothing on them.

Very few sorcerers carry things that are only boxes of equipment or cloth bags.

"Let's go, this is just the periphery of the imperial capital, a buffer zone used to supervise defense, and the real imperial capital still needs to walk some distance to get there."

Mena took Hlo's hand and walked out of the plaza, giving way to the teleportation point behind him.

Helo found that there were many of the same squares here, with many stone pillars and beautiful carvings.

The sun is sprinkled on it, forming a quiet and beautiful rendering atmosphere.

All the magicians who come out of the [door], and occasionally there are familiar magicians who will also travel together.

Mena and him, all of them walked out along the wide gravel path.

"Why don't you summon soul beasts to hurry, everyone is a magician, shouldn't time be very precious, if you go to the imperial capital, won't you waste time if there is an emergency?"

There was no end to the road ahead, and there were even low-lying and high slopes, but all the magicians were walking calmly.

Back in the familiar place, the smile on Mena's face never disappeared:

"Wizards who choose to teleport here usually have enough time to spare.

There may be no money or weak magicians among them, but there are certainly not many of them, why are you not strong enough to wander around? Isn't it good to stay in the tower honestly?

Once you're strong or rich, you can choose to set up a separate waypoint in the tower for a fee.

As for why this place exists... That is also the lesson of blood.

After the failure of the Great Expedition, there was a split in the Empire's Sorcerer Order, and those heretics would hunt down teleported comrades in the Imperial Capital!

In order to prevent this from happening again, the thirteen tower lords united with other grand dukes to establish a buffer zone on the periphery of the imperial capital.

With the help of thirteen towers, lay the forbidden soul realm in the buffer zone.

You can't use any soul spells or summon soul beasts here.

But... Since the Grand Duke handed over the soul magic formula of the [Gate] to the Tower, many magicians with similar circuits can pay to learn how to make it, which has also led to the existence of many [Private Doors] in the corners of the imperial capital.

If you can enter the tower, you will know that some mutual aid associations, action associations, and families will have their own [door].

So the buffer zone is a safe zone designated by the tower, where you don't have to worry about being sniped and being smeared.

But if you need convenience and are in a hurry, many magicians still choose to go to the [private door].

There is no forbidden soul realm in the tower, but the tower's supervision will ensure the safety of most of the sorcerers in the tower.

However, in the imperial capital, it is all on its own, and as the center of the empire, the tower does not set too many restrictions.

But if you die, unleash soul magic indiscriminately, and connive at soul beasts to devour ordinary people, you will be dealt with by the adjudication team! ”

As he spoke, Mena suddenly asked excitedly:

"Do you want to consider coming to [Judgment Tower], as a teaching assistant, I still have a teaching spot!

The early resources are borne by the tower, and for that alone, you can surpass your contemporaries! ”

Helo was also immersed in the concept of a safe zone that Mena had just explained.

It seems that the teleportation of the [door] is very pitted, and you have to waste time going through the official channel to ensure the safety of your life.

It is very convenient to set up a [private door], but you have to pay a fee, and the security cannot be guaranteed.

Suddenly, Mena asked him about the choice between the Mentor and the Tower, and he was overwhelmed.

After breaking free from Mena's hand, Helo asked rationally:

"What kind of soul circuit does the [Tower of Judgment] need?"

In case it does not meet the requirements of the system, there is no need to consider the tutor.

"Also, you haven't awakened the soul circuit yet, you're excited, this time you failed to come out of the semester mission, and it shouldn't be possible to improve your position in the short term, but fortunately, the tower mission gives you enough resources."

Helo felt that this was Mena's original character.

Sorcerer's apprentices are inherently expendable in the tower, and most sorcerers only care about their own interests when they go on missions.

In the future, you will have to be vigilant when you walk out of the tower, and the mortal danger is often not the unknown ahead, but the evil people around you.

Approaching the high slope, Helo saw many wooden doors stuck in the ground.

Each door has a different pattern, and every time someone enters the door, the pattern on the door changes.

"Hold my hand, the target on the opposite side can only be known at the moment [the door] closes, when you get to the place, don't get lost, otherwise you won't see me in your life."

Mena grinned and gripped the doorknob and pulled it out of it.

.....

This is the first time that Hero has seen the true face of the imperial capital [Terra].

The extremely wide and clean stone streets are lined with magnificent Western-style buildings.

Running children with bread, fire-breathing juggling street clowns, masked minstrels...... The streets of the entire imperial capital are crowded with people on both sides, bustling and noisy.

For the two people who suddenly appeared, the pedestrians around them did not show a look of surprise or surprise, and they seemed to have become accustomed to it.

Helo saw the way the people dressed here, the restaurants in the buildings along the street, and the food stalls along the road.

He thought he was back in reality, it was too much like the streets of London.

But then a roaring dragon flew overhead, streak through the clouds.

The snow-white lion rushing by beside him, swaying his silver mane in the wind.

The appearance of the soul beast pulled him back to reality.

"Take you to the Awakening Soul Circuit, see how good you are with my piercing rune, Bao Qi is the apprentice seed of the [Judgment Tower]!"

The mark on Mena's neck flickered, and the giant scorpion 'Entu', wielding its double claws, emerged from the illusory space.

Tilting his head up at the sky, he opened his hideous mouthparts and made the unique buzzing sound of the 'zizizi' bug, and only lowered his head after a catharsis.

On the streets of the imperial capital, Mena did not let it appear whole.

The right size allowed Mena and Helo to sit on their backs.

Paddled with the scorpion's feet, Entu quickly crawled on the stone bricks.

Along the way, Helo had seen no less than a hundred soul beasts, and he was used to this.

At the beginning, his reaction was even better than that of a pedestrian who was not God, and he couldn't help but exclaim when he saw a strange and novel soul beast.

And the pedestrians in the imperial capital are very conscious, and the general walking and living areas are on both sides of the street, and the wide area in the middle will be given up for the convenience of soul beasts and magicians.

And Helo, who stepped on Entu, also understood Mena's original words.

"The [Holy Land Tower] is the true pillar that holds up the heavens of the Empire!"

There are no houses obstructing the view in the distant skyline.

He saw...

Thirteen pillars that rise from the ground and rush into the sky without seeing the peak are really the pillars of the empire in the literal sense, and the visual effect really supports the entire sky.

Even if he was far away, Helo was impressed by the miracle of the Holy Tower.