Age of Mysticism

   While Luke, Agatha, and Alec were discussing how to start this mission, in some remote corners of New Moon City, eagles soared into the sky.

   Then fly to the west.

  The news of the imperial mission's arrival in the western region quickly spread throughout the western region with the wings of Xinying.

   One of the many west-going letter eagles flew across the desert, passed the burnt wood camp, and then crossed the mountains and entered the Harmutu Basin. The topography of the basin is easy to retain water, and it is nourished by inland rivers and lakes. Looking down from the air, it is a large oasis.

   There are large and small villages scattered in the oasis, with reclaimed farmland, grazing livestock, and camel teams carrying goods along the trampled paths. There are also castles standing in dangerous positions, and the flag representing the family is flying at the highest point of the tower.

  The oasis is divided by yellow sand and streams, forming a natural dividing line between noble territories. There are heavily armed soldiers patrolling the banks of the stream, and the precious water source is the private property of the lord, and stealing water here can be hanged for a serious crime.

  Xinying continues to fly westward, the stream is slightly wider, and the abundant water not only breeds a more lush grassland, but also sparse trees. But the sky is still filled with dust, people who go out must wrap themselves tightly.

   Moving forward, a rammed earth city wall appeared on the open land in front of it. Inside the city wall was a bustling city that was rarely seen in the western region.

  Prosperity is only relative.

  Most buildings in the city are low rammed earth houses, with blue and white striped tarpaulins on top of the houses, which can not only shade and cool down, but also collect rainwater in rainy days.

  Slightly taller houses, the decoration on the outside is very particular. Wood and wooden crafts are luxury items that show status in the desert, and a layer of gold powder adds to the sense of wealth.

  The central part of the city is a garden with a large number of transplanted trees and cultivated flower beds, where various birds and small animals inhabit. There are also slave farmers watering the plants inside. They carry wooden buckets to hold water, use wooden spoons to water the roots of the plants, count silently in their mouths, and they will be punished if they water more or less.

  In the middle of the garden is an artificial lake. In the middle of the clear lake is a small island. There is a castle built on the island, and a bridge connects the castle and the garden outside.

  Xinying landed on a tall tower of the castle, and the falconer who was waiting here took out a roll of notes from the wooden tube on Xinying's claws, and immediately ran down from the tower after confirming the sealed message.

  In the attic on the top floor of the middle building of the castle, a tall and burly man looked out through the open window. The lush gardens and the sand-yellow city present an extremely sharp contrast.

   "Earl Ould, you are probably the only one in the entire western region who has the financial resources to maintain such a large lake and garden, especially those tall trees, which consume a lot of water."

  The man turned around, revealing obvious features of a barbarian. If Viscount Iskran was here, he would be able to tell his identity at a glance.

  Er Guya, once went to Raging City as a special envoy of the Duke of Celtic.

   Earl Ould, with a gray beard and hair, was standing beside Erguya. He was wearing the traditional costume of the desert nobles in the western region, and the main color of blue and white was the color of the Ould family.

   Earl Ould was very respectful to the special envoy of the Celtic Grand Duke: "In the deserts of the western region, ordinary rich people use wood to display their wealth, and even richer people display their wealth with water.

   A place with more wealth is more attractive to wealth!

  The annual Harvest Festival will be held soon, and many lords and leaders are looking forward to visiting here. "

Erguya was not interested in listening to Earl Ould showing off his wealth. He said directly: "You already know the purpose of my visit, Lord Earl. My Lord Duke has been persecuted by Augustine, and the barbarian army is in the Tedgar Hills Fight against the main force of the Empire.

   But it’s not just my Duke’s war. Augustine’s goal is to eradicate the Blade Brotherhood that checks and balances the imperial power. Augustine broke the covenant of his ancestors, and he could turn his noble titles into commodities for money. The time has come to fulfill your responsibilities as a member of the Brotherhood of Blades. "

Earl Ould turned around and sat down on a chair, and then said in a difficult way: "Baron Erguya, I know what you said is true. After the war started, I also donated several considerable sums of money to the Tedgar Hills in a row. property.

  As for your request that I send troops to attack the Crescent Oasis...

  You know the situation in the western region, everyone sticks to their own oasis, and everyone wants to **** other people's oases. I personally do not have the ability to attack the New Moon Oasis, even as long as I send out my army, someone will definitely attack me.

   Sorry, please apologize to the Duke of Celtic for me, and you can take a donation from me and leave. "

  Erguya had been to several nobles before coming to see Earl Ould. Their answers were exactly the same as Earl Ould's, they were all concerned about their own safety.

  The aristocratic collars in the western border of the empire are very fragmented, and they can be regarded as big nobles who can support three or four thousand soldiers. Those nobles who only have more than ten or dozens of soldiers in their hands cannot be counted. But no matter whether it is a big aristocrat or a small aristocrat, they all face very great pressure to survive here.

  Where there is no order, fists and swords are order.

  All the nobles are trapped in their own piece of land. The lack of resources makes them only able to protect themselves, and they don't have much spare power for attacking.

  Letting Uld alone lead the troops to attack the Crescent Oasis is simply to die.

"What the Tedgar Hills lack is not money, but an ally to fight against traitors." Erguya sat next to Earl Uld and persuaded: "The Brotherhood of Blades is a community of interests. If the Tedgar Hills are captured by Augustine, they will The next step is to let the army invade the western border.

  Can you stop the joint attack of the Western Army and the Northern Army of the Empire? "

   Earl Ould knew that Argut was right.

   It has been a while since Alec, the second prince of the empire, arrived at the New Moon Oasis. He came to the western region in the name of suppressing bandits, but does the suppression of bandits need to send a prince?

  The eyeliner who was placed in the New Moon Oasis reported that Alec integrated the military forces of the empire in the west and reorganized them into the Western Army of the Empire. Now there are trains transporting military supplies into the Crescent Oasis every day, and the strength of the Western Legion of the Empire is getting stronger and stronger.

  The pressure on the nobles of the western region is also increasing day by day.

   It can be foreseen that when the empire frees up its hands in the Tedgar Hills, the good days of the nobles in the western region will come to an end.

   "Baron Urguja, I know what to do as a member of the Brotherhood of Blades, but... I can't do it alone.

  For this harvest festival, I can help you invite powerful nobles to come here. As long as you can persuade them to send troops, I will definitely send troops to fulfill the powers and responsibilities my ancestors entrusted to me. "

   "Okay, as long as they come, the task of persuading them will be handed over to me!"

  Er Guya is happy to take this step.

  A big harvest festival cannot attract those powerful nobles to attend in person, but with the invitation of the Earl of Ould and the Duke of Celtic, they should give this face.

   Bringing all the great nobles together to talk is definitely more efficient than visiting and persuading one by one.

  At this time, the falcon trainer walked in with a note: "Master, there is an urgent message from New Moon City."

   "Bring it!"

  Earl Ould took the rolled note from the falconer, and after confirming that the seal had not been opened, he undid the seal and unfolded the note.

  After seeing the contents of the note, Uld's brows not only wrinkled tightly.

  Er Guya immediately asked, "What happened to New Moon City?"

Earl Ould handed the note to Erguya, saying: "The empire sent a mission to send an envoy to the west, and they have arrived in New Moon City. The chief envoy of the mission is Princess Agatha of the Empire, and the deputy envoy is Viscount Meteor, governor of Raging Waves City.

  For such a heavyweight mission, Emperor Augustine really valued us nobles in the western region too much. "

   Erguya listened to what Earl Ould said, and immediately read the contents of the note.

   A few days ago, there was unconfirmed news from New Moon City, saying that the empire might send people to participate in the Harvest Festival in the near future.

  According to the current form of the empire, it is considered normal to send people to participate in the Harvest Festival to appease the lords of the western region.

  But they never expected that the standard of the mission sent by the empire this time would be so high.

  The chief envoy is the only princess conferred by the empire.

  The deputy envoy is Meteor, the governor of Raging City who holds the economic lifeline of the empire.

   It can be said that the specifications of this mission have been stretched to the limit and cannot be filled any more. Earl Ould, who had just discussed sending troops to conquer the "traitors", suddenly changed his tone and called Augustine the Great.

  Full of honor and pride.

   also gave Ergu Ya a sense of crisis.

  He immediately said to Earl Ould: "My lord, there is one thing you must pay attention to. Agatha manages the Imperial Secret Service, and Meteor is also a senior spy trained by the Imperial Secret Service. They are best at assassination and subversion.

   You should have heard some rumors about how they took Raging City from the hands of the Cross. "

   Earl Ould replied with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm just happy to receive such a grand reception, knowing that if it wasn't for your arrival, it would be impossible for the eldest princess to come to the west to eat sand.

  I will continue to summon the great nobles to participate in the Harvest Festival. If you can convince us to send troops, capturing Agatha and Meteor will be a fatal blow to the Empire. "

   Er Gu Ya couldn't help laughing: "Yes, if Agatha and Meteor are captured, the imperial court will definitely be disrupted!"

  When Erguya fantasized about persuading the nobles of the western region to capture Agatha and Meteor, and then gathered an army to attack the Crescent Oasis, Meteor received batch after batch of visitors in Crescent City.

  I wanted to rest, but I didn't have time to rest at all.

  Who made him the biggest God of Wealth in the empire now, and after the economic explosion of Raging Waves City spread to the Western Region, people made it even more mysterious.

  Now the governor of Raging City, Meteorite, came to the western region as a deputy envoy. Those who want to build relationships can be said to have tried their best to ask for connections to meet Governor Meteorite.

  After Luke knew that there were too many people who wanted to see him, he simply held a banquet at the largest hotel in Crescent City at night, and invited all the big businessmen in Crescent City.

  Drinking and painting cakes made everyone happy, as if Crescent City would soon become the center of the entire Western Empire just like Raging Waves City.

   The land price of Crescent Oasis doubled overnight.

  Now Luke, it can be said that spitting contains gold, and a casual sentence may affect the rise and fall of a local economy.

  The next day, the mission team left Crescent City and marched towards Harmutu Basin.

  In order to demonstrate the power of the empire, the second prince Alec specially transferred the most elite cavalry to Agatha. Under the scorching sun, the full-armored cavalry reflected dazzling light on their armor. The knights in the procession hold high the large royal emblem, the royal princess banner, the imperial western legion banner, the viscount banner, the city emblem of Raging Waves...

  The banners are flying, and the army is mighty.

   There were camels, horses, pack animals, and vehicles in the team. This time, there were not only missions, troops, and laborers in the Harmutu Basin. Many businessmen and civilians from Crescent City followed the team.

  During the Harvest Festival, sand bandits were rampant. Walking with the army is definitely safer than going alone.

  At this point, the members of the mission left the protection of the empire and officially embarked on the journey to the west. They didn't know what was waiting for them ahead, and they didn't know what they would bring to this isolated western region.

   All chess players enter the game to see who can win the final game.

   While Luke was riding a camel and following the team in the desert, Clear Sky and his party passed through the Harmutu Basin after a week of traveling. The camel team boarded a sand dune, and Kellhain jumped on the back of the camel, holding his binoculars steadily and looking west.

   "Miss Sunny Sky, the alchemy tool you gave me is really powerful. Things that are so far away seem to be in front of my eyes. Is this... such a precious thing, really given to us?"

Clear Sky took out the kettle, opened the mask and took a sip of water, then said to Kyle Hain: "I told you, that telescope is not an alchemy tool, and it is not very valuable in the eastern part of the empire. The western region is really too closed, Supplies are too poor, and I don’t know what’s going on outside.”

Jenferni on the side also said: "If I hadn't come here in person, I really wouldn't have imagined that the Western Territory would look like this. This place is like the ancient times described in history textbooks, but it is indeed in the same era as the place we live in .”

Kyle Hain sat back on the camel's back again. He carefully put away the binoculars, and then said cheerfully: "I heard many travelers say that the east of the empire looks like it. Compared with here, it is another world. But the desert makes us It is difficult for things outside to come in, and even airships are afraid of the unpredictable weather here.

   After I save a sum of money, I will leave here and go outside to see what the world looks like there. I will definitely go to Saint Lun City to find Miss Weatherlight. "

  Clear Sky put away the kettle, and looked into the distance through the yellow sand: "It is not the desert that blocks things from outside, but the human heart, and the greed for power.

   Are we almost on the Steppe of the First Men? "

  Kelhain said: "Quickly, I have seen the grassland, and I must be able to enter the grassland before dark."

  Kyle Hain urges the camels to walk along the dunes.