On the Seven Towers

After nearly a week of trekking, Xiao Chen and his party finally reached their destination.

Following a riverside road and turning a gentle slope, the city of Suero appeared in front of Xiao Chen. When Xiro talked about Suero, he was always a little proud. Therefore, when Xiao Chen imagined the appearance of this large trading city, he had already combined those ancient cities on Earth and thought about it in a big way. However, when he really stood in front of the city, he was still shocked by the appearance of the city.

This city is actually not very big. The part surrounded by the city wall only occupies the top of a small hill. Xiao Chen estimated that the length of the city wall on the Suero side would not exceed one thousand meters, but the amazing thing is that the height of the city wall is about thirty meters, which is unimaginable on Earth. The city wall is made of stone, and there are several towers dividing the wall into several pieces. The top of the city wall is covered with battlements for shooting, and there are towers taller than the city wall standing behind the city wall. The tower is a slender cylinder with no roof, only a circle of concave and convex parapets, and the tower body is covered with many shooting holes from top to bottom.

In such an era, this is a fortress with amazing lethality. Xiao Chen thought so.

However, the most eye-catching thing on the entire city wall is that there are some patterns drawn with unknown materials at intervals. At this time, it was the evening of autumn, and the light of the setting sun shone on these circular magic arrays, reflecting a dazzling light.

"This is the largest trading city in the northwest of the kingdom, the gem of the Black Mountain - Suero." Xiro saw Xiao Chen and his friends standing on the hillside, observing the city from a distance, and happily introduced it to Xiao Chen: "Suero is most famous for these high walls. The nobles and merchants here are very rich and afraid of death. As soon as the last war with the empire ended, they paid to rebuild the city walls. They asked the craftsmen to build the walls very high, higher than all the houses in the city. A few years ago, they also instigated the governors here to add magic circles on the walls to improve the anti-magic effect of the walls. In this way, they can hide behind the walls to count money, which is safer."

"Why build the walls so high? For magicians, the walls will not be too big an obstacle, right?" Xiao Chen asked.

"For top masters, no wall can stop them from entering, but the wall is mainly used to deal with normal warriors, who are the main force of the war." The bard Galdo interrupted, "Ordinary soldiers can't climb such a wall, and even low-level warriors have a hard time climbing it. The difficulty of siege is greatly increased."

"Have you ever seen such a siege?" Xiao Chen didn't have many opportunities to talk to this Galdo. After walking for four or five days, he didn't really know what kind of person he was. He just found that he and Luo Ling were quite familiar with each other.

"The lords on the continent, for their own bread and gold coins, use trivial matters as an excuse to fight every day. I have seen too many battles to count, and the wall is just a small weight on the scale of victory.

"Yes." Xi Luo agreed with emotion, "I have personally experienced three wars, and I don't know when the peaceful and happy days will come back."

"To live a peaceful and happy life, relying on walls alone is useless." Galdo said.

"Does it rely on a strong army? "Xiao Chen asked.

"Or countless gold coins?" Xi Luo smiled.

"Neither." Galdo shook his head and said solemnly: "Only true faith can bring ultimate happiness. If everyone sincerely believes in the same true God, what reason is there to fight each other? Now those lords are all God's people on the surface, but they do all kinds of dirty things that blaspheme God behind the scenes. "

Xiao Chen used to hate these weird things the most, but now he is about to become a real magician, and he has to maintain enough awe for some unknowable things, especially Galdo's current appearance, which makes Xiao Chen see a kind of awe-inspiring piety in his eyes. However, what is faith? What is God?

Galdo closed his eyes and murmured silently, as if praying. Xiao Chen looked at him speechlessly. Finally, Xi Luo broke this strange silence. He pointed to the field below the city and said: "God is too far away, and the city wall is right in front of you. Look at these people outside, who doesn't want to squeeze into the city wall? "

The name Suero not only belongs to the fortress on the mountain, but also to the part outside the city wall. Large areas of houses and stalls, some exquisite and some simple, start from the foot of the city wall and expand on the plain in front of Suero City. There are large houses with walls, and dog kennels made of wood or rags. Countless heads are surging in this slightly messy area, and convoys are entering this place from all directions.

Ciro explained: "Most merchants and civilians live outside the city. There are actually quite a few decent hotels and warehouses here, and the prices are much cheaper than in the city. However, a magician like you is not suitable to live here. We have to go into the city later. "

"There is not even a wall here. If a war breaks out, what will happen to these people?" Xiao Chen asked in confusion.

Ciro and Galdo looked at each other and answered inexplicably: "Escape for your own lives. Who will care about the lives of the nobles in the city?"

Xiao Chen and his party walked slowly towards the city gate from a ramp with great interest. Along the way, they could see the exotic slums on both sides of the ramp. However, when they approached the city gate, the convoy was stopped by the city guards. Silla stepped forward and explained for a long time, but the other party just said that the commander had an order not to let the suspicious convoy pass.

Speaking of which, this convoy is really weird. It is a group of country folk transporting goods. There is a magician in a robe sitting on the flatbed truck. Next to the magician, there are two bards in fancy clothes, and there is a beautiful man behind him. A woman who makes people want to have wild thoughts. How can any magician personally escort the car? No matter how I looked at it, the captain of the guard felt that this didn't look like a magician's caravan, but more like a country circus.

Maybe this group of people specializes in performing bloody dramas like "Legend of the Magician"? However, because the matter involved a high-status magician, and the middle-aged man who came to negotiate seemed confident and confident, the guard captain decided to hand over this hot potato to his own boss, Suero's city guard captain Gugli. Baron Gowrie.

Baron Gregory arrived quickly. This man in his forties was quite handsome, tall and thin, with short flaxen hair and two moustache. When the baron came from a long distance, he began to look at this strange convoy. He agreed with the captain's judgment that this convoy was unusual, but he would not think it was a circus.

After all, the Baron had seen nobles in the market. As he walked and looked around, he came to a lot of doubts:

First of all, half of these people have yellow skin and black hair. Such people are very rare in the Eastern Continent. He seemed to have heard his cousin who runs sea trade talk about it. Such people only exist in the Western Continent.

Secondly, the temperament of these people is very unusual. This kind of self-confidence is definitely not something that farmers and rural upstarts who immerse themselves in farming can possess.

Third, when he walked in, he realized that the robes of the two "magicians" seemed real. At least the pattern with the faint silver light flowing on it cannot be faked.

There is no small thing about magic. This is what the baron has learned from his ten years in charge of the city guard. Therefore, when he rode up to Xiao Chen and the others with more than a dozen good men, he chose to dismount and walked to Xiao Chen, raised his fist in front of his chest, and performed a military salute, "Hello, sir, I am Baron Gregory Bailey, who is in charge of the city guard. My people reported that a magician came to our Suero, I wonder if it is you? "

Xiao Chen raised his head slightly, showed some airs that a magician should have and was dissatisfied with being blocked, and replied in a lukewarm tone: "Yes, it's me."

At this time, Luo Ling also came up from behind and said, "Why would anyone in this country dare to stop the magician? If it were in our country, hum... it would be miserable."

Baron Gregory was not surprised by the attitude of the magician. He had dealt with many people with eyes in the sky. However, Luo Ling's words confirmed his suspicion, so he asked carefully: " Are you two from other countries?”

"We came from outside the mainland and came to Suero to exchange some experimental materials. I heard that this is a free trade city." Xiao Chen played a white face, so although he seemed impatient, he still spoke calmly.

"Indeed, there are merchants from the royal capital, the empire, and even elves here. But most of the transactions are concluded outside the city. If the inner city can be entered at will, it will be a mess. Generally, caravans need to enter the city. The guarantor..." the baron said with a troubled expression.

Luo Ling stared at Baron Gregory and raised her voice: "You want us to live in the garbage dump outside? Is this an insult? Do you need us to release some magic here to prove ourselves? Look at me , Baron, tell me, do you really think so?"

Luo Ling's tone was urgent, and her eyes seemed to glow.

"No, no. You misunderstood, madam." Baron Gregory felt that those big eyes exuded endless pressure. He felt that his heart began to beat wildly and his body trembled slightly. What's going on? Suddenly there was a thought in his mind, magic! She's using magic on me!

She must be a witch. Only the most terrifying witches can have such frightening eyes. Baron Gregory thought of some folklore. It seemed that if he kept staring at the eyes of the witch, all his consciousness would be taken away by them in the end. Well, A person will become a walking zombie.

When the baron thought of this, he felt a panic in his heart, and a numbness rushed into his mind. He felt a cold sweat suddenly broke out on his back, and his whole body was about to collapse. As a small noble guarding the city and a low-level warrior, how could he As for disobeying the magician's power, "I, I never meant to offend, your noble lord, let it go immediately, let it go immediately."

The team leader was a little surprised by the Baron's rapid change in attitude, and couldn't help but ask: "Sir, do you want to check the things in the car?"

"Asshole. How precious is your time, Lord Magician, how can you waste it on such nonsense? Get out of the way, get out of the way!" Baron Gregory roared angrily.

The baron's performance stunned Xiao Chen, who was still thinking about what to say. He turned around and looked at Luo Ling. Those big eyes were looking at him, very coldly, but they seemed to have a different emotion, and some fatigue?

Is a woman's temper so powerful?

Xiao Chen looked at the city guards who were lining up waiting for them to pass with some confusion. He sighed in confusion and followed the convoy into the city.