Otherworldly Apprentice Lich and Foot Knight

But this is indeed the capital of Mangtan, with a tall city wall, but it is no longer the black bricks and stones of Blackstone Castle, but a gray stone wall, and it is taller than the city wall of Blackstone Castle, but it is not yet majestic. Size—is it bigger than a town?

"El Syndra, a huge city with a population of 20! The pride of Mantan!"

Although Zhou Lingke and Xia En are in the carriage and the other is standing beside the carriage, their expressions and moods are similar at this time: "..."

20 people?Ayutthaya?Although I know that the world cannot be measured by the standards of modern international university reading, but the difference is really too big.But anyway, they finally arrived.

According to the system of this country, after entering Elsindra, Zhou Lingke and Xia En will be separated. Xiaen is regarded as a foreign garrison, and cannot enter the city gate, but must be taken to Elsindra by the city guards. Report to the sheriff of La, and then go to the military headquarters to complete a series of procedures, and finally get a position in the barracks here.As the person transferred here, Zhou Lingke will go directly to the official post house in Alcindra, waiting for further orders.

However, the first thing they have to do is line up at the city gate. There are three types of people entering the city: people from the city returning to the city, businessmen, and business people. The passage for returning to the city is the fastest and most relaxed, but only if you There is an identity certificate (with magic power), the queue of merchants carrying goods is the longest, and the inspection of entry and exit is the strictest.Because the line of people who come in and out on official business is the quietest and the most orderly, and those with higher titles must line up in front of those with lower titles.And Zhou Lingke was sitting in the most common car provided by the post station, and the beast riding was also an ordinary beast riding in the post station. The person accompanying the car was just a soldier from the northern border from the emblem, and he himself did not have any title. Magician, therefore, he was unlucky to be at the end.

Even some latecomers, after seeing his situation, jumped in front of him very simply, and even gave him a contemptuous look.It's fine to jump in the queue, it's the law, who made Zhou Lingke lose his title, but why do you still give him the wrong look?Could it be that Alcindra also discriminates against outsiders?But looking at other people, some people who Zhou Lingke looked like were obviously foreigners, but they didn't "enjoy" the same treatment as him...

"They probably misunderstood." Zhou Lingke was looking around. The leader of the guard sent by the commander of the fortress saw his confusion. He knew the strength of this mage and didn't want him to have any negative effects on Mang Tan. Any bad thoughts.

"Misunderstand?"

"I misunderstood that you are the son of a certain country nobleman, who was sent to the capital to enjoy the blessings by my father who abused his power."

"Uh..." Zhou Lingke looked at the guards—they were all soldiers with certain titles. They might not be comparable to the elite guards in the capital, but they were not comparable to ordinary soldiers; and then looked at himself—he didn’t have any titles. , Official position, just a bare pole, and it looks young, or even delicate and tender; the carriage-the dusty carriage, is similar to the bus on the earth.He really looks like a country noble young master who has never seen the world. Thinking of this, Zhou Lingke couldn't help laughing.

"It's not like Mang Tan." The team leader was still explaining.

"what?"

"Abuse of power. Just more or less, especially in small places."

Seeing that the team leader even explained that his forehead was sweating, Zhou Lingke nodded quickly and took over the words: "I understand, I understand. There can be no complete integrity. In any system and in any country, there will be people who use public tools for private purposes. , it’s just how much and the severity are different. By the way, is there anything here..."

"Master Nick!" Zhou Lingke was about to ask the other party about matters after entering the city, when he heard someone shout.

There are actually quite a few people named Nick, but if you add the mage, then Zhou Lingke is sure that it must be calling him.Sure enough, there was a young man running towards him under the tower, shouting all the way, "Nick...uh...you are Master Nick, right?"

"Yes."

"My name is Bodar, and I'm the attendant of Steward Bolivi." The boy bowed and took out a piece of golden paper about three inches long and a half inch wide. He handed it to Zhou Lingke, but the one who reached out was the captain of the guard ( He knew that Zhou Lingke didn't know these things at all), the captain of the guard took the piece of paper, looked at it twice, nodded to Zhou Lingke after confirming something, and showed Zhou Lingke's transfer order to the young man along with the piece of paper, " Great! You are finally here! Let's go into the city!" The boy said, and after returning the transfer order to the captain of the guard, he took out a small silver flag with a dragon pattern on it from his arms, and stuck it in Zhou Lingke's flag. On the roof of that "bus".

And Zhou Lingke found that before the boy planted the small flag, the people in front of him had already moved out of the way, most of them looked at this side with curiosity and eager eyes.

Dude and magician, the difference in the severity of people is so huge.By the way, the dragon is the symbol of the highest military position here. Is Master Polivi the highest military position?

——Not only Master Bolivi, but also Master Cruda, even though he didn't show up to command when he was in the fortress, but followed the orders of the fortress commander.

The car went all the way into the city very smoothly. Of course, the soldiers guarding the gate checked the ID and made a record. Bodar didn't show any intention of bullying others.Zhou Lingke is used to this, because it shows that they have privileges but abide by the rules.

After entering the city, there was a team of guards from Master Bolivi's family, as well as the car of the same master's family. The reason why they stopped here was because the road at the city gate might be blocked. Someone took over, and the captain of the guard was more at ease.After he took his leave, he left with his soldiers.Zhou Lingke looked at the back of them leaving, and the pain in his heart was indescribable.Of course, it was mainly the back of Xia En who left... The words they both said along the way could be counted on both hands, but at least they could still see them, but now that they have reached their destination, they just say goodbye?

But just now he was still happy for others' compliance with the rules, and now it's his turn, so he immediately changed his attitude?Zhou Lingke shook his head, laughing at his double-sided standards in his heart.

"Excuse me, is there anything about Master Nick that makes you feel uncomfortable?" Bodar immediately became nervous, thinking that he had done something wrong, or something offended Zhou Lingke.Although his master was a kind mage, but because of this, the old mage always warned them not to be contemptuous, because most mages have their own habits and even eccentricities, and they must be extremely careful and respectful. Treat every mage carefully, otherwise once you offend them, the consequences will be unpredictable.

"No, I'm just... just my neck is a little sore." Zhou Lingke twisted his neck again, "I'm doing exercise."

The boy blinked his big eyes, and was even more sure that the words of Archmage Bolivi were true, because the mage in front of him was really weird.

Zhou Lingke got into the car of Master Bolivi's house. It was indeed more spacious, and the car ran more smoothly. The car probably still smelled of incense.In his previous carriage, there was always a human body odor that had been used for a long time and seeped into the leather and wood, and the stench of leather, even if the windows were open all day to ventilate, it would not help.

"There is the gate of victory." When Zhou Lingke's gaze shifted to the window, Gul'dan immediately raised his finger and pointed outside, "Soldiers walking under that gate when they set off for battle herald victory."

"It's very beautiful." Zhou Lingke subconsciously looked at the door of victory, but when he was with us, his expression was almost weird, "Is that made of wood?"

"Kalagoni wood, it has stood for 500 years, but even after 5000 years, it will not rot." Gul'dan was looking at the gate of victory with shining eyes, and did not notice Zhou Lingke's expression.

"It's oddly shaped."

"Hmm! I heard that it was established by the sage Laelke Zasida when the country was founded more than 500 years ago. From design to construction, even many of the patterns on it were painted by him himself!"

"That's really... awesome." It's so good that no matter how you look at it, it looks like a memorial archway. Zhou Lingke lived in a small alley when he was a child. Although the meritorious archway was demolished and moved away when I was ten years old, I walked around it every day when I was a child, and I would never admit my mistake.Although the archway in front of me is a bit out of shape, the pillars are too thick, the gate tower above is crooked, and the overall proportions are weird, but it is definitely a Chinese-style archway!

When he got closer and saw the inscription on it covered by the shadow of the door eaves, Zhou Lingke was even more sure that it was him and Xia En's senior who built this thing.Because there are two Chinese characters on it - Wangxiang.Looking back, they happened to enter from the north gate, and the archway faces south.

"See those two symbols above?!"

"Ah? Ah! I saw it!"

"It means victory! The soldiers who walk below will be blessed with victory!" Gul'dan explained excitedly.

"Yeah, that's great." No matter how the fellow explained to the people of this country 500 years ago, his true meaning has already disappeared in the history here.Could it be the same with him and Sean in the end?He died with a name composed of weird symbols. A hundred years later, the words written on his tombstone actually have little to do with him.Relatives and friends will never know what happened to them, even when they cry.Zhou Lingke took a deep breath to drive away those bad emotions, he began to observe more around, and found more traces of the East here.

The architectural characteristics of the East and the West are different, and they each have their own aesthetic feeling. The most obvious feature of Chinese architecture is the large upturned cornices. Even ordinary people who have never studied architecture know this.Then when you see flying eaves on a Western-style building, no, that is not a flying eaves, that is...a weird roof made of mud bricks, which does not have the flying and leisurely feeling that Chinese-style buildings should have. A ridiculous hat was put on the roof.

There are also flags and flags, like the rectangular flags hung in ancient Chinese taverns or inns on TV, with the word "wine" on it, or a Yuelai Inn or something like that.Shouldn't there be one in the West?But here you can see many such flags, waving in the wind.

By the way, there are clothes.There are a lot of men here who wear cross collars and long sleeves, but they are both left and right, and... the belt is still Western style, and the hem is either very short, reaching above the thigh, or there is no hem, and they are wearing trousers (or leggings).These men generally have civil servants' bird badges on their bodies, and the fabrics used to make these clothes are obviously higher than others.In addition, there are very few people with long hair, which is tied up with flowers (men).

If you look carefully, you can find traces of the Chinese style of hate here, but it is only similar in shape, which makes people feel indescribably weird.

"Why do those people tie their hair up like that?"

"That means they have royal blood, and only royals wear that hairstyle."

Gul'dan looked up in admiration when he answered, but Zhou Lingke could only "...".It's not that he discriminates against looks, but a pretty boy can barely look good with that hairstyle. Just now, there was a black and fat middle-aged uncle with a circle of small flowers tied around his hair. That's really... Let Zhou Lingke look at it Complicated feelings.However, the 500-year bloodline has continued, and there are quite a few people with royal blood in the capital.

However, all this shows that the person who came was an ancient man?Rather than modern people like them.It still means that the person who came here is a guy with a bad taste, and he must make the combination of Chinese and Western so...he couldn't find the words to explain it.

"Nick! Nick?!" The other door of the car suddenly opened, and Master Polivi jumped into the car suddenly, startling Zhou Lingke, "Great! You are finally here!"

"Master Bolivi, you've lost a lot of weight." Zhou Lingke was pulled by him. He didn't meet the old man many times, but he could still clearly feel the old man's weight loss and fatigue.

Master Polivi smiled. He had calmed down a bit, but he waved his hand to the young attendant first: "Gul'dan, sit in front and tell him to go directly to the palace."

"Yes, master." Gul'dan saluted, quickly got out of the carriage, turned up to the front and sat down with the driver.

"The palace?"

"..." Master Bolivi grabbed two silver balls from his small pocket, and as he recited the incantation, the silver balls turned into silver threads and wrapped the carriage, "I need you to see a patient, my friend."

"Patient? But I'm not a doctor, and I don't know much about plagues and viruses." It can almost be said that he is cheating on building the magic tower, because he has two cheating devices in his head.But cure?That's a miracle.

"I know, it's just that he wants you to look at him, he...is the king of Mangtan..."

"May I know what disease he has?"

Master Polivi took a deep breath: "Disease X."

"!!!"