Mystery: Undead don't die from passing fire

Chapter 199 Blind student, you have discovered Huadian

Woo!
The steam locomotive, emitting a lot of smoke, dragged one car after another into the platform, getting slower and slower.

On January 1, the steam train that Ember was on finally arrived at Conston City, the capital of Jianhai County.

The straight-line distance between Backlund and Conston City is more than [-] kilometers, and the actual mileage of laying the railroad tracks is much higher than this. After all, it is impossible for this road to be smooth all the way, and it is impossible to walk all the way in a straight line. After all, Railway companies must consider economic interests, and will pass through as many cities as possible when laying railroad tracks, so detours are inevitable.

Although Ember and the others did not need to stop at other cities along the route, it still took more than a day to reach Conston City.

The girl in a pure white dress inlaid with golden lace walked out of the carriage behind Ember. Her long golden hair was casually tied, and she fell down softly and shinyly; Like the purest gemstone; the girl's facial features and her face form a thrilling beauty, with an elegant and pure temperament.

"Is this Conston?"

Audrey looked around at the surrounding environment, her eyes sparkling.

Ember swept around and asked suddenly:

"There seems to be no one here?"

The platform of Conston City looked spacious and bright, but there was no one there. It was a bit too empty, and it was hard not to make people wonder if something happened here.

Carrying the suitcase, Annie, the personal maid beside Audrey, explained softly:
"Mr. Ash, this is the platform for the special train. There are no normal people. Ordinary people are on another platform."

Ember nodded silently, slightly dispelling the doubts in her heart.

This is a platform specially built for special trains. In such a world ruled by nobles and Extraordinary, such things are not uncommon. After all, rulers always enjoy many privileges.

The big golden retriever Susie is looking around curiously. Everything in this city makes Susie feel extremely novel.Compared with Audrey, Susie didn't have to hide her mood even more. She wagged her tail from side to side, showing the joy and excitement of her owner.

Ikanser Bernard came to them with a team of members of the Heart of the Machine team, and greeted them with a smile:
"Good morning, Viscount Black, Miss Hall."

"Deacon Ikanser, good morning."

Audrey nodded slightly reservedly, and replied politely.

Deacon Ikanser explained:

"The special train will stop at the platform for repairs and supplements, and it will depart tomorrow morning. Before that, you can have a good day in Conston City. Of course, we have already booked a room at the 'Blue Sea' Hotel, you can also go first Go get some rest."

After a pause, Ikanser smiled and said, "But I don't think you guys want to listen to my nagging here, the exit is here."

Ikanser pointed in a direction, and a group of people just happened to greet him from that direction.

One of them was dominated by young people, and they seemed to be in good spirits. However, it could not be seen from their clothes that they were Ikanser's colleagues in Conston City and members of the Mechanical Heart of the Church of Steam.The leader was a man about the same age as Ikanser, with a broad forehead, serious brown eyes, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He looked refined and stern with some unknown severity.

On the other hand, most of the people were dressed like servants, both male and female.The leader was a middle-aged and elderly gentleman who was meticulously dressed. His shirt was white and straight, his thick gray-blue vest perfectly held his stomach, and his long tuxedo had clear lines and no flaws.

This gentleman was wearing a pair of shiny leather shoes, a pair of white knit gloves, a few strands of silver hair on his temples, deep nasolabial folds on his face, and extremely serious light brown eyes.Perhaps because he lived by the sea, his complexion was dark, but he looked healthy.

"Bruce, long time no see."

Ikanser greeted the leading man with a smile, and at the same time offered to extend his hand.

The man called Bruce hesitated for a second before reaching out to shake Ikanser, but he quickly withdrew his hand as if electrocuted.

Ikanser's face turned dark, what are you afraid of?Are you afraid that I will eat you? !
Bruce saw that Ikanser's expression was a little bad, so he quickly changed the subject and said:
"Ikanser, everything is ready, don't waste time, come with me."

Ikanser looked a little pale, but still shook his head and explained:

"Wait first, you arrange someone to take them to the hotel first."

He turned his head to look at Ember, the three of them and the dog, as if he wanted to greet them to come along.

Then he saw that the middle-aged gentleman had successfully connected with Ember and the others.

"Viscount Black, Miss Hall."

The middle-aged gentleman took off his hat and pressed it to his chest, saluted with the most standard gesture:
"My name is Derek Woolley, and I am the steward of all the estates and villas of the Hall family in Conston."

Undoubtedly, this middle-aged gentleman with a large group of servants was a housekeeper, who had come to greet Ember and the others.

Ikanser's expression froze, and Bruce's faint voice immediately came from beside his ears:
"I know that lady, the most shining gem in Backlund, she is the daughter of Earl Hall, the second largest shareholder of Conston Coal and Steel Consolidated. And in the city of Conston, the coal and steel consortium's words It’s better than the king, so I don’t think you need to worry about it.”

Audrey smiled and said:

"Deacon Ikanser, you can go ahead without waiting for us."

"Ok."

Ikanser sighed, and said helplessly, "I'm just pretending to be sentimental."

"Then, goodbye, Viscount Black, Miss Hall."

"See you tomorrow, Deacon Ikanser, Mr. Bruce."

The two sides said goodbye to each other, each merged into two crowds, and walked towards the exit one after the other.

As soon as they left the station, Ikanser and the others took the carriage and left straight away. It was obvious that they came to this city with a clear purpose.

On the other side, Ember and the others had already arrived at the luxury carriage with the hall family crest parked by the roadside.

Audrey held out her right hand in a light gauze glove to Ember modestly, and let him lead her into the carriage.At the same time, use the other hand to gently press the gauze hat inlaid with blue ribbons and silk flowers to prevent it from being blown away by the wind—because it is close to the middle sea, the wind here is always very strong.

The old butler stepped forward respectfully and opened the car door for them himself.Shoes with roses inlaid with ribbons stepped on a thick brown carpet, and the girl's eyes swept over the wooden cabinets containing red wine, white wine, champagne, Ronzi, and Blackland, as well as the crystal-polished cups. Sit down by the window.

Because of work, Earl Hall, who is the second largest shareholder of the Conston Coal and Steel Consortium, often needs to come to Conston to work, and this carriage is obviously prepared to meet the needs of Earl Hall. He can have a drink or two on the way.

Ember followed closely into the carriage and sat down opposite Audrey, while Annie sat beside Audrey.

When Susie got into the car, she glanced left and right, then silently squatted down at Ember's feet.

Woolley got into the car and asked:
"Viscount Black, Miss Hall, are we going to the villa or the manor?"

Ember said casually:
"Go to the nearest one."

Audrey nodded slightly, echoing:
"I also think it's better to be closer and more convenient."

"Ok."

Woolley replied respectfully, and gave instructions to the driver outside.

Amidst the whipping of the reins, the carriage drove slowly down the street.

Audrey watched the flashing scenes through the window, and already had a certain impression of the city.

And it wasn't until this time that Audrey finally saw the true appearance of this city, and also realized the difference between it and Backlund.

There are many chimneys and blast furnaces everywhere, like a man-made steel forest, full of visual impact.Although there are many factories in Backlund's factory area, they are completely insignificant compared to Constant.Constant, the second largest city in the Loen Kingdom, is more representative of industry than Backlund, the capital.

The buildings here widely use concrete and steel bars, and are taller, larger, and denser than the similar ones in Backlund.And perhaps because of the abundance of mines here, many places here are contaminated with coal ash, including human body surfaces, but the air quality is actually better than that in Backlund—because of the strong sea breeze.

The carriage traveled through the reinforced concrete jungle of the city, passed through the streets, and finally drove into the lake forest area.

Like Backlund's Queens District, Constant also has its own 'Noble District', which is the Lake Forest District.

It is close to the sea, but it is in two completely different directions from the port and the factory area. It is extremely luxurious to enjoy a large green park in the city, even forests and artificial lakes!

When the carriage circles the artificial lake and walks through the forest path covered by leaves, it seems to enter the primitive dense forest from the steel forest all at once, and the surroundings are full of vitality and the breath of all things competing.

After more than half an hour, the carriage finally arrived at its destination - a luxurious villa by the sea.In terms of area alone, this place is larger than the Hall family's luxury villa in Queens, and it can even be called a small manor.

Entering the villa, Audrey suddenly asked:

"Mr. Woolley, is there a Church of Evernight here?"

Woolley explained:
"Yes, there is a church of the Church of Evernight in the Lake Forest area. But in Constant, there are indeed relatively few believers in the Church of Evernight."

Audrey nodded thoughtfully. In the past, the environment she was in was mostly believers of the Church of Evernight.Because both Backlund and East Chester County are the traditional missionary areas of the Church of Evernight.

Even in Backlund, where the royal family that believes in the Lord of Storms is located, the Church of Evernight still has a large number of believers, because most of the nobles and people are believers of the Evernight Goddess.And East Chester County is located in the northeast of the Loen Kingdom, close to Winter County, and the people there are almost all night believers.

In contrast, most of the coastal cities believed in the Lord of Storms. For example, the overseas colonies were almost all churches of the Church of Storms, and the Church of Evernight only had churches on a few important islands such as Dynos Island.

Similarly, in those large industrial cities and the factory areas of other cities, most of the workers believed in the Church of Steam.

As Constant is an industrial city near the sea, the missionary difficulty of the Church of Steam and the Church of Storms is obviously lower than that of the Church of Evernight.

Ember said thoughtfully:

"This may also be related to the strategic layout of the Loen Kingdom."

"Eh?"

Audrey blinked and asked curiously, "Why do you say that?"

Ember glanced at Audrey and asked:

"Among the four kingdoms of the Northern Continent, who is the biggest enemy of the Loen Kingdom?"

"The Feysac Empire." Audrey said without hesitation.

The four kingdoms of the Northern Continent were all countries established at the end of the fourth era and the beginning of the fifth era, and the four kingdoms have continued to this day.In the past 1000 years, the Loen Kingdom had frictions with other countries, but they were limited to frictions. Only the Feysac Empire had actually broken out many all-out wars with the Loen Kingdom.

At the end of the Fourth Epoch, the Loen Kingdom suffered a disastrous defeat in the 20-year war, and handed over a large piece of land north of Sonia Island and the Amanda Mountains to the Feysac Empire.And the headquarters of the Church of Evernight, which was originally located in the hinterland of the Loen Kingdom, is now at the forefront of the Feysac Empire.

This war was undoubtedly the biggest humiliation for the Loen Kingdom. There was no one in the kingdom who didn't want to get back face from the Feysacs.Taking back the territory north of Sonia Island and the Amanda Mountains was also the greatest vision of the successive kings of the Loen Kingdom.

"Correct."

Ember nodded slightly, and explained:

"The biggest enemy of the Loen Kingdom is the Feysac Empire, so we must always be on guard against the attacks of the Feysacs. The Church of Evernight is responsible for defending the northern part of the Loen Kingdom, and the Church of Storms is responsible for the defense of the Sunya Sea area, the Jianhai Sea and its coast. The city is under the responsibility of the Church of Steam. In the event of a war, the three major churches will launch a counterattack against the Feysacs from their respective areas of responsibility."

Audrey immediately understood what Ember was implying—

If the Feysacs launch a sneak attack, the three churches must do a good job of defense and be ready to launch a counterattack at any time.

But on the other hand, if the Loen Kingdom decides to declare war on the Feysacs, then the three major churches will also need to cooperate with the Loen Kingdom to launch an attack on the Feysac Empire from the Jianhai, Amanda Mountains, and Sunya Sea at the same time.

As far as the three major churches are concerned, although this may be suspected of being used by the royal family, it is perfectly in line with their interests.Because the three major churches need to preach in the Loen Kingdom, they naturally hope that the Loen Kingdom will be stronger and stronger.

And if the Feysac Empire can be defeated in one fell swoop, while the Loen Kingdom expands its territory, the three major churches will also gain more believers.

Conversely, if the Loen Kingdom is wiped out by the Feysac Empire, the three major churches will lose the opportunity to preach, and even die because of it...

Thinking of this, Audrey was suddenly taken aback.

Because she suddenly discovered that if the Loen Kingdom was really wiped out, both the Church of Evernight and the Church of Storms would lose their only missionary country.But there is a church that doesn't have to die along with the Loen Kingdom—the Church of Steam!
This is the only orthodox church on the North Continent that can preach across two countries on a large scale in an open and aboveboard manner.This means that even if the Loen Kingdom is destroyed by the Feysac Empire, the Church of Steam can continue to preach in the Republic of Intis.

(End of this chapter)