Pillars of Ita

The Seven Seas Traveler moved forward slowly with half sails. After entering the ridgeline from the north of Sintaan, the weather improved and the temperature began to rise. The sky was also breezy at a thousand feet, and the climate was pleasant.

The vast black forest is rolling along the hills, and the lakes and mountains come into view. Surrounded by the mountains, there is a lowland and a lake, sparkling like a gem.

The front suddenly opened up and out of the valley, a large field appeared first in the field of vision, interlaced in color, dotted with barns and farmhouses, and in the distance there was a row of windmills, shaking their snow-white fan blades.

There was also a tall machine in the field, billowing black smoke, plowing.

It's not that Fang Plover has never seen a magic machine for agricultural use in Kaolin-Ithurion, but here is the border of the empire, so he saw one.He had long heard that the empire was the home of alchemy and the kingdom of magic, and seeing it today is indeed a well-deserved reputation.

It is indeed a place of pilgrimage for craftsmen.

It is also the birthplace of the great alchemist Eddard.

Although the empire of the great alchemist did not exist before his death, after his death, people established this country on the land where he grew up.The artisans also mostly admit this, and Ed the Great Alchemist is the pride of the Empire.

But Fang Yuan saw that something was wrong with the tall machine at the moment. Although the smoke was billowing from the chimney, it didn't move.A group of people are surrounding it to check, looking down from the sky, those people are as small as ants.

And people quickly saw the floating ship floating in the sky, and waved in this direction, signaling them to help.

"Descent altitude."

Fang Plover turned around and said to Miss Tata.

"Understood." Miss Fairy's voice was as flat as water.

The Seven Seas Traveler descended slowly, hovering at a height of 30 meters, and the ship came to a stop immediately. The veteran sailors who have been here for decades dare not say that they have done better.

Seeing this, the people below also let out a tsk tsk in amazement.

Fang Plover then stuck his head out and asked below, "Everyone, what direction is Tagli in?"

"Go south here, and you'll be there in half a day."

The villagers looked up at the Seven Seas Traveler, and replied in a loud voice, "Mr. Captain."

Fang Plover looked in that direction, and then asked, "Is there anything else I need help here?"

The villagers then pointed to the machine. "This thing is broken, Mr. Captain," they begged. "Can you do me a favor and drag it back to the village. The craftsmen's association won't arrive until the afternoon."

"Wait, I'll come down and have a look."

Fang Qiu only responded.

He jumped and turned overboard.

Jieta, who had already been instructed by the side, hurriedly added a levitating technique to him. Guril's magic book lit up in Miss Naturalist's hand, and a whirlwind rose, holding a Fang Plover coat flying and slowly descending from the air.

The villagers were even more surprised when they saw this scene.Floating ships are common to them, but most of the locals are merchant ships, and the first officers of the sailors on those ships seem to be different from the current group.

After Fang Plover landed, everyone could see the logo on his collar.

"It's an alchemist!"

In Corin-Ithurion, the locals like to call alchemists artisans, but in the Empire, the title is back to its roots.But it is not surprising, after all, this is the birthplace of alchemists.

In Oshu, formal alchemists and apprentices are not uncommon.However, every fifth level of the Craftsman Association has a gold star, and only one platinum morning star rises above the square plover coat - no matter where it is, craftsman experts above level 25 are respected.

The crowd turned their heads to each other's ears, looking at him with awe-filled eyes, "It's a third-order alchemist."

From the apprentice, to the silver medal, to the gold medal, and then to the platinum morning star, after the First Battle of the North, Fang Ling re-approved the craftsman level in El Pashin, and now he is in the third rank of alchemist.

During the discussion, Fang Plover had already climbed onto the tall machine, checked it briefly, and found that it was just a small problem. He opened the inspection window, threw a clockwork fairy in, and quickly cleaned it up. problem.

Then he straightened up and kicked the machine hard. With a 'bang', the big guy made a muffled sound, and then his whole body trembled, and the sound in his body continued, like asthma.

Then, in the eyes of everyone's astonishment, the tall machine vibrated and restarted——

Fang Plover clapped his hands before jumping from above, and after landing, he said to everyone, "Okay, just a nut is stuck, maybe it's loose somewhere, but this thing was originally designed. Margin, you should be able to drive it back yourself.

Also remember to wait for the craftsmen's association to arrive and let them overhaul it. "

The villagers let out a cheer.

Fang Wei waited for them to calm down a bit before asking again, "By the way, have you heard of Holfin College and know how to get there?"

The villagers were all stunned.

But they shook their heads quickly. Several old people seemed to have heard of the name, but their memory was vague, and they couldn't point out the exact location for a while.

Fang Plover couldn't help being a little disappointed, declined the other party's enthusiastic retention, and returned to the boat.The Seven Seas Traveler set sail again and turned in the direction of Tagli.

And Fang Plover, who returned to the boat, was a little confused at the moment, "Sylved, did you remember it wrong, we have come all the way to ask people, but we have never heard of that place, is that academy really near Tagli? ?"

He asked the little miss, his naval officer.

"It should be right here," Sylvede frowned slightly, opened the map and looked at it, "I only know this place about the Duchy of Hart. Father, he will never lie to me."

"When did your father come here?"

"About 20 years ago," the noble daughter replied, "I was not even born at that time, and I also read about this experience in the travel notes he wrote later. My father and the founder of Holfen Academy are close friends. Friends, that family should be in the city of Tagri..."

Fang Yan thought for a moment and replied, "Then let's go to Tagli to see."

Sylvade nodded slightly.

Tagli is a small town on the border between the Duchy of Stag and the Oshur border.

Surrounded by forests, the city has towering spires and towers. The architectural style of the Empire is very different from that of Cowling-Ithurion. The style is darker and more solemn.Because this is not only a country of knowledge, but also a land under the shroud of divine power.

The Church of the Sun is the largest church in the empire. Most of the towering towers and churches belong to the church.The believers of the God of Knowledge are mostly concentrated among alchemists and magicians.

However, unlike the imperial city with many factories and thick smoke billowing from the chimneys in Fang Plover's impression, the territory of the Stag Principality is actually a different scene. In fact, he has noticed this since before——

The forest is dotted with several pinnacles reaching up to the sky, as well as some buildings of unknown significance.

Those are the Xingyue Towers.

A spire belonging to mages and sorcerers.

"A stag is a stag,"

Sylvade got off the boat with everyone.

At the same time, she told others about the history of the Stag Principality, "In the Empire, people think that the Stag is a creature with magic in winter. The Stag Principality is named after this because it is a country established by magicians. ."

"Sorcerer?"

Luo Hao asked in surprise.

He originally thought that Oshu was the birthplace of alchemy, the country of craftsmen, and the holy place in the minds of Ataria alchemists.

This is the biggest business card of the empire.In addition to the kingdom of theocracy, or the land of the sun god, although there are some fame, they are not as popular as the former.

But Fang Plover had heard of it.

The law of all laws, the law of all laws, refers to Angela, the god of knowledge, and the guardian of this scroll, the believer of the god who records history, besides alchemists, there are also many magicians, warlocks Make with elements.

The Oshur Empire was founded on the magic of magic.

But this is not only due to the efforts of the craftsmen, but also to the magicians and warlocks. In addition to the headquarters of the Craftsmen Association, the empire also has seven magician and warlock families, which symbolize the The seven schools of magic.

Elemental, Foresight, Alteration, Mind, Spell, Protection and Summoning.

Among these seven families, each family holds at least one legendary-level magic book, and a legendary-level naturalist has been born in history.

In fact, to this day, the descendants of these people still carry on the intellectual lineage they left behind in these families.

Sylveder nodded lightly and continued, "The Sorcerer family that established the Stag Principality did not have the glorious past of the Seven Sorcerer Family..."

in her description.

The Sorcerer Family that established the Stag Principality actually came from one of the Seven Sorcerer Family at the earliest, but it was not the main branch, but a side branch.

Those people have something to do with Griffin, the feather of the griffin, among the seven families, and are a branch split from the school of spells and summoning.

This branch, in an opportunity to make outstanding contributions to the empire, gave the empire this land.And after that, these people established the country under the name of 'Stag' on this land.

and become its master.

Hundreds of years have passed since then, and there is no relationship between the branch and the trunk.The Stag Principality was founded on the basis of magicians, and the magician family in the Principality also flourished naturally.

However, the seven major wizard families in the empire are declining day by day. As early as a century ago, the wizards of the Stag Principality were able to compete with the people of the Empire.

Later, several rounds of competitions were held between the imperial people and the principality's mages, and each won or lost in 50 years.Twenty years ago, the competition between the mages of the two countries had reached a fever pitch.

It was at that time that Sir Mawei arrived in the Principality and became close friends with the founder of Holfin College.

Silved said: "At that time, the level of mages in the Principality was already quite high. My father mentioned in his notes that he should be very interested in Holfin College winning that championship..."

This piece of history doesn't really have much to do with people.

But listening to her talk, the grievances and grievances between the mages of the two countries, the 100-year battle, seeking victory in defeat, is as vivid as if it happened in front of everyone's eyes, and everyone can't help being amazed.

But Fang Ping couldn't help but be puzzled when he heard it.

It stands to reason that if Holfin College wins that year's championship, it shouldn't be a nameless person, but why did they ask all the way, and very few have heard of this name.

Even those who have heard of it can't tell why.

He could only think of something that happened in the past 20 years?
He raised this doubt to Sylvede, and the other party held a similar view to him.

But random thinking can't solve the problem, and now we have to find a reliable source of information, first find her father's best friend back then, and the truth will naturally come out.

And it can only be said that it is worthy of being near the border of the empire. Even a small city like Tagli has an air port. It is no wonder that the surrounding villagers are not surprised when they see their floating ships.

Colin-Ithurion's country experience is far worse than that.

After the Seven Seas Traveler was docked at the port, everyone registered at the customs and officially obtained the status of entry.

"When you enter the empire, you will have to register again."

It was Luo Hao's first cross-continental voyage. After this fat man ran back and forth a few times, he was sweating profusely, looking at the piece of paper in his hand and sighing in trouble.

But the Paparals scoffed at this. "Just have fun," he boasted to himself. "What kind of trouble is this, when we went from the Mound of the Giant Trees to Corin-Ithurion, the formalities were much more than you."

This can also be boasted?

Luo Hao looked at the Paparal people and always felt that there was something wrong with this guy's brain.

However, Parker did not boast. The reason for their entry was to participate in the artisan competition, and with the identity of the third-order alchemist Fang Plover as proof, the customs officers did not even check with the artisan association, so they directly accepted their words.

The staff in charge of reception not only did not embarrass them in the slightest, but were full of caution, and finally respectfully sent everyone out of the port hall.

At this moment, Fang Yuan suddenly remembered something.

He turned back and asked the staff member: "By the way, I want to ask one thing. Regarding the founder of Holfin College, where does Mr. Ash-Lynn live in the city now, have you heard about it, we want to go Visit him."

"The founder of Holfin College?"

The staff member first showed a confused look, and then suddenly realized: "Ash-Lynn, you mean the Lynn family?"

But they shook their heads, "The Lynn family is no longer in town."

"Not in town?"

"Yeah," the other party replied, "as early as more than ten years ago, they sold their properties in the city and moved out of Tagri. No one has heard about them since..."

He paused, as if thinking of something, "By the way, the Lynn family seems to have a property outside the city that has not been sold. You may be able to take a look there."

"Wait a minute, everyone."

The staff member dropped this sentence, ran back in a hurry, and soon took out another map and marked a location on it, "It's here, not far from Tagli."

Fang Plover took the map and was a little flattered by the other party's enthusiasm, so he quickly and solemnly thanked him.

But I didn't expect that the staff member was very shocked, and replied respectfully: "Don't say that, dear sir, this is what I should do, and it is my honor to serve you."

It made Fang Plover very embarrassed.

Saying goodbye to the customs staff, after leaving the port, the Paparal people couldn't help shivering, complaining: "The people here speak really creepy."

He learned a sentence vividly: "Dear sir—"

"Oh my god," Paparal shivered again, "Those who don't know think this guy is the savior of the world."

"Parker!"

Fang Plover said angrily.

However, he also noticed a hint of a different atmosphere between the Empire and Colin-Ithurion.

at this place.

It seems that the hierarchy between people seems to be much stricter.

At least in Colleen-Ithurion, even in the face of a high-level alchemist, ordinary people would never show such an attitude.

In fact, he himself didn't like this kind of atmosphere very much, which made him feel very restrained.

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