Chapter 21: It's Really Middle Ages! [Seeking to follow-up]
With the expectation in his heart, Chen Xuan kept moving forward without feeling tired at all.
Once she actually started trekking, Rebecca's physical advantage was revealed.
She walked briskly, looking wary.
Chen Xuan wasn't the only one who was eager to arrive in Magdam City as soon as possible.
In fact, Rebecca Miri is also looking forward to it, she is worried about her mother and brother who live in the dark street.
And she also has a few hundred crowns of savings in the city, although not enough to go to the temple of the cat people for baptism, but enough to maintain expenses for a while.
The slave contract only limited her, and did not affect the wealth she had previously accumulated.
This is also the little freedom that Rebecca Miri has left.
Moving on, the terrain descends slowly, leading to a neatly flat field where some kind of grain is grown.
The fertile soil in the forest can be turned into farmland by simply cutting down the trees, digging up the roots, and simply loosening the soil.
It's just that the crops in these fields are not growing satisfactorily, which can be described as "crooked melons and cracked dates", and there is an obvious lack of care and care.
Viewed from the sky, these fields look like patches dotted on the edge of the forest.
It's full of ragged and backward feelings.
Occasionally, alfalfa fields and alder bushes can be seen, decorating the land with different colors.
In the distance to the north, you can see the silhouettes of misty blue mountains, towering over the strangely shaped green forest, outlining the horizon.
Noisy mallards, white-browed birds and herons hide in the pond next to the alder bushes.
I have to admit that the closer you get to the town, the more normal the scenery painting style becomes.
Monsters seem to exist only in another world, and they have not yet reached the level of "zombie siege".
……
Four hours later, they finally reached the outskirts of Magdam.
There was only one break along the way to replenish food and water.
During this period, I also met several farmers who drove ox carts and carried wooden shields and iron forks.
There was also a group of adventurers riding mountain horses who walked in opposite directions with Chen Xuan.
Although Chloe Leon's farm has been destroyed, the monster cave in the Eya Forest is still a "monster farm" relatively close to Magdam City.
For the sake of the magic core and materials, there will always be adventurers who will come and follow.
The well water of the two sides did not interfere with the river water, and there was no communication, but their eyes collided slightly.
Both of them were dressed in garments, and they looked like fellow adventurers in a hurry.
On the contrary, it was the "interceptor" crossbow in Chen Xuan's hand, because of its avant-garde and novel shape, which attracted many curious eyes, but it did not cause any trouble.
After all, there are more bells and whistles in the city.
Moreover, towns are not only settlements, but also centers of regional order.
Here, adventurers don't dare to be too presumptuous.
At present, the place where Chen Xuan is located is said to be on the outskirts of the town, but in fact it is still a few miles away from Magtan City.
Not far ahead are villages and farms surrounded by a triple parapet.
Tall watchtowers were erected with iron-reinforced crossbows and trebuchets.
On both sides of the road are spiked horses, as well as village guards armed with long hook knives.
The villages and farms on the outskirts of these towns are like star rings that surround the city of Magdam.
They are also the first line of defense for the town!
From the high vantage point, you can already see the city in the distance.
The real Magtan City was far bigger than Chen Xuan had predicted.
According to conservative estimates, it is at least a few points larger than the county-level cities of Blue Star.
It lay on the ground like a very irregular mottled scar.
The rammed earth road that runs from the west runs directly through the village and gradually becomes more spacious.
This road is just one of many roads in the surrounding area.
The city of Magdam is an important junction of all road lines.
When you enter the village, you will be greeted by an unpleasant smell as if you have passed through the door of a public toilet.
Here, Chen Xuan saw a chicken with two heads, a cow with four eyes, and a sturdy mule with a bulging back that was comparable to a heavy horse......
The villagers are predominantly human, but there are also a small number of wild boars and bearded dwarves.
To tell the truth, maybe he had been mentally prepared, but when Chen Xuan saw these aliens, he didn't feel surprised in his heart.
The main thing is that the life style of these guys is almost the same as that of humans, and there is no sense of disobedience.
In exchange for two pieces of torn French bread, Chen Xuan and Rebecca took a mule cart into the city.
The straw-covered body has the characteristic smell of cow dung.
They sat alone, and soon another peasant dressed in crude linen clothes got into the cart with a few cents and fruit and grain, and leaned far away from them.
"Smack!"
The whip sounded, and the mule cart headed for the city of Magdam.
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After more than half an hour, they finally arrived in Magdam City.
The mule cart stopped outside the city to take on the work of transporting goods to the nearby traveling merchants.
Chen Xuan and Rebecca got out of the car and glanced at each other.
In front of them was a city tower with a height of more than 20 meters, and where they were located was the west city gate.
The front and rear two huge steel gate gates are suspended by thick nooses, which can be lowered separately in case of emergency.
The castle tower has a toothed battlement wall, and there are braziers and rattan baskets filled with arrows.
Every five or six meters stood an archer with a longbow on his back, listlessly looking into the distance.
It seems that no matter what world you are in, daily grinding is indispensable.
Two tattered flags fluttered in the wind, and the emblem of a bird on their wrists could be faintly seen on them.
At the gate of the city was a group of town guards wearing leather light armor and holding two-meter long spears.
Traveling merchants followed their wagons into the city, and peasants carrying sacks or coarse cloth were everywhere.
There are also many bohemian adventurers gathered in groups by the bulletin stand at the city gate, watching the latest announcements inside and outside the city and the high-reward entrusted tasks.
Even Chen Xuan saw a hunky adventurer who was more than two meters tall.
On this guy's shoulder sat a dwarf spellcaster holding a magic bead, intently haggling in front of a wandering vendor's stall.
Beside him, a pure priest wearing a plain white and blue-edged striped robe and a monk's hat was quietly and indifferently staring at the sky against the double sun.
On the road, those sexy busty huntesses and female warriors are also common.
In addition, all kinds of alien races with strange body shapes and appearances are all dressed in different styles of clothes and armor.
The foul shouting and scolding mingled with the chatter, and the noise was as if they had entered a market.
Rebecca took his arm and walked into the city at Chen Xuan's signal.
Perhaps it was the first time he had seen the eastern face, and the guards looked at him a few more times.
But that's all there is to it, and I didn't meddle with it.
Entering the city, the air is still filled with a faint smell of feces and sweat, and occasionally a complex smell of feet and bad breath, and the overall feeling is only a little better than in the village.
Beneath your feet is a hard gravel road, covered with a layer of dirt that resembles silt, and the ditches on either side are bubbling with stinking water.
Chen Xuan said that this is really medieval!