wandering fairy

The three Donghezi followed the caravan into the city.

When I passed the city wall, I found that its width was equal to its height, which was comparable to the ancient city wall in Xi'an.And the population inside is only 5 to [-] people.

Dong Hezi carefully observed the detailed structure of the city wall, and found that there were no gaps or traces of overlapping bricks and stones, and the entire city wall seemed to be "carved" from a whole piece of rock.Moreover, there are various unknown complex structures on it to house various war equipment.For example, a large ballista that is two points larger than a bullock cart, a caravan-like four-wheel thrower, a small bunker for mages to fight, and other unknown things.It looks quite complicated and diverse.

The ancient city wall of Xi'an was funded by the central government at that time.According to them, the city wall was only funded by the local duke and tens of thousands of citizens.Because of the existence of mages, this costly and protracted project suddenly became much simpler.

"Will there be a mage construction team?" Dong Hezi asked Grimm on a whim.

"Of course there is." Grimm introduced: "Mages need money to eat, and moreover, they need money to learn arcane arts. Many mages are eager to take on this kind of work - they don't have to risk their lives, and they can still have a good income. So many mages are organized together to specialize in this kind of project. For example, the famous Vargas mages will build a variety of buildings for dignitaries from all over the world, from leisure holiday farms to dedicated huge private fortresses, They even took over the right to build military fortresses in many kingdoms. The people inside are all mages, which is much more comfortable than going on an 'adventure journey' outside!"

Dong Hezi nodded silently. If there is money to be made, who would be willing to take his own life to "take risks" with food, food, and hunger?

The caravan passed a broad avenue.

It's so wide, it's wider than two basketball courts!It is more than enough to carry out a four-wheeled carriage race on the straight road.It is really puzzling to build such huge streets in such a medium-sized city.

There are three or four-story buildings on both sides, extending along the abnormally wide avenue, as if solemn and thick guards stand on both sides of the street, making the whole avenue extremely neat and dignified.

In a trance, there is a feeling of returning to the earth in the 21st century.

The end of the street is just ahead - there is another tall building in the style of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, but it is fully twice the size of the one in Paris!

When the caravan passed under it, Donghezi saw various lifelike mythical patterns carved on the huge rectangular gateposts and thick stone beams, as if a series of vivid comic strips were displayed in front of his eyes.It's just that there is no decoration, it is only carved from blue-gray rock.

As soon as he passed through this imposing "Arch of Triumph", a strong wave of spells rushed towards his face like a gale!

A broad golden temple stands in front of you, shining golden light in the morning sun, as if thousands of lights are radiating from the temple itself, which is extremely magnificent and gorgeous.

Its shape looks like that of an Islamic mosque, with a huge square six stories high as the lower part, and a half-circle dome that is enough to cover a large hotel as the upper part.This magnificent dome is also covered with glittering and gorgeous decorative layers. After asking, I realized that it is not a layer of gold leaf, but a layer of gold nuggets as thick as a little finger!

And the lower wall of the square is covered with golden reliefs. From a distance, it seems that there are overlapping golden wheat waves blowing in the wind, symbolizing the prosperity of the harvest.Around each side of the relief, there are lovely emerald green vines and flower stems forming a border, and seven or eight half-person-high big red roses are connected to it.The flowers are crystal clear, gorgeous and moving, like the perfect fit of countless rubies.In the sunlight, it reflects a colorful brilliance.

"Those roses are not made of rubies, are they?" Donghezi said to himself.

"That's made of rubies." Grimm replied casually.

Dong Hezi secretly lamented that people in this world are really willing to spend money on religion. A gold nugget is enough to feed a family for a year. It would cost at least tens of thousands of dollars to cover the huge dome of this temple. .There are at least a thousand gemstones that make huge roses.Such extravagance can be achieved in a medium-sized city, but what kind of extravagance would it be in a larger city?

I also saw crowds of peasants gathered in the vast square in front of the temple. Their clothes were very simple. The clothes in good condition were only in good condition, and the clothes were clean and washed; There are even many tiny holes in the clothes.If it weren't for the joyful smiles on their faces, they would really be mistaken for a group of "beggars with better conditions".

These wrinkled bumpkin farmers squeezed out of this majestic and magnificent temple is really incongruous.But the senior priests standing on the tall steps did not have any dissatisfaction. They were wearing golden robes and raised their hands with smiles to signal the noisy crowd to quiet down.

From the tall and huge gate of the temple came out a few people wearing weird costumes, and behind them were a group of people holding various musical instruments, large and small, like a group of acting teams.They came to a specific open space in the square, put down the instruments, set the order of the characters, and then began to play music.

Following their performance, the farmers began to yell excitedly.Sitting in the car, Dong Hezi vaguely heard them shouting in unison: "Kill it! Kill it! Kill it!"

Dong Zhezi turned around and asked Grimm, "What are they shouting about? They seem to be trying to kill someone?"

"Oh, it's the killing of the Hohenstaufen." Grimm said, "That's the temple of the earth goddess Yatori, and they hold a ritual of killing the Hohenstaufen every spring to ensure a year-round harvest. It seems that today is just a rehearsal, to satisfy those farmers who came from afar. It is estimated that the official performance will start tomorrow when the duke lord and other lords under him arrive here. The scene is more than ten times bigger than this."

"Wait." Donghezi interrupted: "What is Hohenstaufen?"

"A kind of thing like grass, but they only grow underground, absorbing nutrients from the roots of crops. Because they are rarely exposed to the ground, it is difficult to clean them up. Only the talismans that come to the goddess of the earth every year to pray for the blessing of the goddess Wen, after taking it back, it is specially used to detect the Hohenstaufen in the ground. However, the effectiveness of this rune can only last for ** months, and you can only ask for it once a year. If anyone does not have this thing, the harvest of that year will be It's over."

Dong Hezi wondered: "So every farmer needs a talisman? Then tomorrow, wouldn't all the farmers crowd here? I wonder how the street is so wide."

"No!" Grimm corrected: "The ones who came were only those who were extremely devout or those with rich labor at home. Most of the runes were directly given to the lords who governed the various territories, and they issued them to their subjects. .So tomorrow will be the main event. Let’s come and have a look together then? It will be very lively.”

"Isn't that looking for death?" Dong Hezi smiled and said, "I'm a fake priest now. If I wander around on the real priest's site and my real identity is not seen through at a glance? Then all previous efforts will be wasted. Besides, the boss only ordered I have a day off today, and I might be leaving tomorrow, so how can I have time to watch that? Let’s find a Temple of the Goddess of Earth to watch the excitement after leaving the Principality of Hereford.”

The caravan turned north into a street two carriages wide.

It is also very lively here, crowded with small vendors selling all kinds of novelty things, from simple specialty bread to all kinds of toys and small pets.Farmers from all over the country are here to pick and choose and bargain, and it seems crowded and lively.

Much like a temple fair during the Spring Festival.Donghezi thought to himself.Then we saw some interesting scenes.

"Come and see, here are the best holiday fireworks!" A middle-aged man in a red rudimentary mage robe was standing on a wooden platform half a person's height and yelled: "Fireworks can form the most beautiful set of poems, and Launched up to 100 feet in the air. If necessary, you can also customize poems! This is the best gift for your lover and relatives. It is high quality and low price, and you will be satisfied."

"Kids, come and see!" Next to him was another middle-aged man wearing a rudimentary mage's robe, holding up a toy windmill that emitted colorful brilliance from the top and shouting loudly: "This is the latest rainbow windmill, which can cultivate people. The potential to cast rainbow spells! It is the latest invention of Dujes, the evoking magician of Giffen City! Children who are interested in the great mage's path, buy one to prepare for your future."

Immediately, it attracted some young curious children and a large group of teenagers who had not experienced much in the world. They watched eagerly the brilliant seven-color brilliance the size of a washbasin radiated from the rotating windmill, and desperately pulled for the hands of their parents. Ken leaves, must buy one.

There was a third middle-aged elementary mage on the half-person-high platform, who seemed to be in the same group as the two next to him.He was showing a kitchen knife: "This is a kitchen knife blessed with a permanent first-class magic weapon. It is guaranteed to cut meat like a cake. Even a few layers of thick cowhide can be cut. Look!" Then he took out a knife. Four layers of cowhide were stacked and demonstrated: "It is very laborious to cut a layer of cowhide with a general kitchen knife. Look at this kitchen knife! I can easily cut four layers with one knife." It is a slash, like a sharp knife cutting thin paper.It's just that his cutting movements are more proficient than ordinary housewives, and it seems that he often does this kind of demonstration.

It's a pity that there are not many peasant women here, and the peasants who went to the city just watched from a distance - let the poor women of the family make up their minds about this kind of housework.

So the elementary mage turned his attention to the children who surrounded him.Taking the opportunity, he took out a scroll and shouted: "The latest story scroll! It tells the great deeds of the heroic boy who risked his life to slay the dragon and save the beautiful princess. You can see that the picture is very beautiful." Then he chanted a few short spells, and unfolded The reel is like a small screen, and colorful animations appear immediately on it. The characters and scenes in it are constantly changing, forming a vivid story.

The children gathered towards him again with a "huh".After all, the prospect of becoming a magician is not as attractive as the animation.Seeing this, the elementary mage yelled excitedly: "The latest story scroll! It can show the story of the young dragon slaying, come and see it! The quantity is limited, if you want to buy it, hurry up!"

"Slaying the dragon?" Dong Hezi chuckled, and said casually, "It's really an old-fashioned story."

"It's not just old-fashioned?" Le Lin sneered, "It's all nonsense!" She looked resentful and excited: "Using this kind of story to deceive children is completely harmful!"

This startled Dong Hezi: "Why are you so excited? It's just a trick to coax children, why bother with them?"

"Coax the children?" Lelin almost jumped up, and said loudly with red eyes: "How many children have they deceived? A friend of mine when I was young just listened to this kind of bastard story, and then followed in a daze. What kind of dragon did a human adventure team go to slaughter! As a result~they sold it to the dark dragon lord! I heard that the dragon lord was used as a test object and destroyed, and even the soul was made into a soul gem and sold to The devil in the abyss!"

She glared at the mage viciously: "Slaying the dragon? If you have the ability to do it yourself! Why hide in such a safe place and instigate the children to slay the dragon? You should kill the liar! If one day I do Lord, the first thing to do is to catch and kill all the bastards who spread the story of dragon slaying! No one will be left! These people lure others to die, they are simply worse than robbers!"

Dong Hezi suddenly realized that there was such a story.He asked curiously again: "So, the dark dragon lord is not weak? He can actually make a deal with the demons in the abyss."

"It's not weak?" Lelin calmed down her anger a little bit: "The dark dragon lord once captured the mistress of another drow city who despised him and the highest archmage. After sealing their spell ability , stripped their naked bodies, and locked them in a huge bird like two plucking chickens. Then they locked the birdcage at the top of the city for thousands of people to watch, and suffered the most terrible humiliation. Until that Drow City spent half of its wealth to redeem it."

"So powerful?" Dong Hezi smiled and turned to Grimm and said, "Didn't you say that those high-ranking archmages are so powerful in escaping that it's impossible to catch them? How could they be caught by a dark dragon?"

Grimm wrapped himself up in a corner.He who used to like to quarrel with Lelin about mages the most, now he is depressed and doesn't even bother to raise his eyes, he just said casually: "Higher mages are fighting with equipment and helpers. Dark Dragon itself is good at some advanced skills. In addition, its financial resources and influence far exceed that of ordinary mages, so it’s no wonder if they don’t win. You also know that the behind-the-scenes bosses of many chambers of commerce are dragons with stronger abilities.” After finishing speaking, turn your head and go to sleep , neither looking at Lelin nor the mage outside.It seemed that everything around him had nothing to do with him.

Dong Hezi knew that he was stimulated after seeing the three middle-aged mages doing business, so he put aside the rest of the questions and continued to observe the lively market outside.

When the caravan passed by the three middle-aged mages who were doing small business, Grimm secretly looked at them, his eyes full of disappointment.

When a person has no hope of advancing to the third level of arcane art, will his fate be better than these three?

Grimm didn't know, and didn't want to know.

The caravan arrived at the station, to be precise, it was a large collective stable.

Rows of stables were neatly built on a wide flat ground, exuding a slight smell of wet grass and horse manure.Surrounded by more than 20 four-story high-rise buildings, the combination of tall white walls and deep red fish-scale tiles forms a neat picture.It was only when I got closer that I could see that there were mottled brown marks on the wall, which seemed to have not been cleaned for a long time.

It's no wonder that tall buildings are prepared for passing caravans. With such passers-by coming and going, who has the time to clean up these public places carefully.

According to the rules of the city, passing merchants must settle down here, unless this city is your final destination.Of course, you and your guys can find those fancy hotels to stay in, but the horses and goods must be placed here uniformly for the convenience of town management.

Because no businessman is rich enough to let the entire caravan live in a high-end hotel.Therefore, they all chose to spend the night in the collective stables to refresh.

The owner of the caravan spent a small amount of money to buy several stables and garages, and then took the guys and mercenaries to a four-story building and settled them. Then he quietly ran to Dong Hezi's room and whispered: " I'm going to lend money to the mercenaries right now, and I'll take care of things here temporarily without you. Now you are the most authoritative person in the team, and they dare not disobey your orders. Please help me with everything, from now on I will I will definitely go to the temple of God Aquadi to offer offerings."

Dong Hezi was a little surprised, but in order not to let the identity of "Priest of the God of Air Elements" be revealed, he agreed.It wasn't until the boss went downstairs that he turned around and asked Grimm and Lelin, "I've only known them for a day, and how dare he entrust the entire team to me? This person is too strange."

Grimm had an expression of "you are so strange", couldn't help but smiled and said: "This is normal, there must always be a leader in the team, if the original leader is not there, it is usually a priest or a paladin." Automatic replacement. You are the only priest in the team, who will take over if you don’t belong? Could it be that the mage will do it?”

"That sorcerer seems to be quite familiar with him, so it's only natural for him to manage him." Dong Hezi asked puzzled.

Grimm lay down on his simple, slightly damp wooden bed, and sighed, "If mages had time to take care of these chores, there would be no lords in this world, only mages."

The caravan owner hesitated and walked to the gate of Shimano Chamber of Commerce.

The sharp roof of the first floor stands tall, emitting a breathtaking towering light under the sun, like a passage leading to heaven.But there was another kind of invisible oppression that forced him to breathe poorly.Under the golden light, an inferiority complex emerges irresistibly.

I have struggled for 20 years, and it is still a day when I can't get up and down. I wear my mouth for a little profit every day, go around and bribe people to get through the door, and worry about appeasing the guys and mercenaries who are dissatisfied with their salaries. In order to win over the mage, he must spare no expense.It seems that the scenery is in front of others, but in fact, no one dares to offend anyone, and she must speak well of everyone she sees.Originally, I thought that I could have a prosperous future through exhaustion, but now that people are exhausted, the future of wealth and honor is still early.

Maybe you really have to wait until you die from exhaustion before you can get a little bit of wealth.

But, it has to be like this, a caravan like myself is in the critical period of the development of all caravans, it may rise to become a large caravan, or it may sink to become a "man" of a large caravan.The key to whether it is good or bad lies in the past few years.

He sighed, but why can some people sit in a tall and luxurious room and watch the billowing gold coins rush towards him?

After walking up the tall steps about one floor high and six carriages wide, a towering golden door with a height of two floors stood half open in front of it.The entire gate seems to be cast from real gold, with golden complex flowers cast on it, and between the flowers there is a golden cute baby hugging this golden childish lamb, which looks extremely rich and warm; the open space between the flowers is still scattered. Gold coins, gems, pearls and other items are simply "full of treasures" and the eyes are full of shining gold.

Wealth is really cute.