Soul of Burning Steel

Starfall 834, October 15th.

On the outskirts of the main city of Moldavia, a floating airship full of gifts slowly landed in the empty lift field built with magic. The turbulent air flow accompanied by the sound of the wind elemental magic furnace core running, scattered dust and dust on the ground. The frost blows away.

Since the advent of the magic tide, the small problems such as "insufficient pressure of the magic furnace core" that have plagued the Imperial Technology Association to popularize airships have disappeared with the wind. In the concentration of elements that are several times that of the past, even the magic power made of the cheapest materials The furnace core can also provide enough power for the huge airship, so in less than half a year, not only birds can fly freely in the sky, but also human steel creations.

Under the instructions of the ground guides, the airship that had just landed had already docked stably in the lifting field. Columns of white air were discharged from the pod area near the furnace core, and the incomparably exquisite magic energy equipment inside could be heard Gradually stop the operation and discharge the excess magic elements. Anyone who knows the goods can know from the smooth and noiseless pressure relief sound that this small airship less than 100 meters long uses the most advanced and expensive [Glorious Class] third airship without cutting corners. Supercharged furnace.

Albert Warner walked out of the airship with the help of his servants. The wind blew the corners of his coat and swayed endlessly. The old nobleman with gray hair pressed his chest, and there was a golden streak there. Refined coat of arms.

Means the coat of arms of the Imperial Royal Ambassador.

The seemingly aged imperial ambassador refused the continued support of the servants. He walked down the steps of the airship. Albert looked around the lift field. In this empty and flat landing place, there were several other magical creations of different shapes. .

——The Starlight Ship of the Far South Elves, the Flying Fortress of the Dwarves, and the Holy Light Ring of the Holy Mountain in the Far Sea.

It seems that I am not too late. An irrelevant thought flashed through the ambassador's mind. He looked at the special magic creations of these major forces for a while with curiosity. Because of the advent of the magic wave, the magic energy technology of almost all forces has broken through several technical barriers. And the bottleneck, the empire is also collecting information on these creations that have the same effect as the airship, but it didn’t take long for Albert to look at it, the messenger team was ready, and the group was guided by the guides of the Moldavian leader. , walked towards the main city not far away.

"Do you need a carriage instead, Mr. Ambassador?"

Before setting off, a young guide wearing a black uniform asked respectfully: "We have already prepared, so don't mind."

"No, no, I want to see the scenery of Moldavia along the way."

He politely declined the other party's kindness. Albert really wanted to see with his own eyes what this city, which had become the center of public opinion, was like. As a nobleman known for his carefulness and prudence, he clearly understood that from the details of a territory, The character of its lord can be seen in it.

Joshua Van Radcliffe, this is the target of his visit this time, and before meeting the young legendary powerhouse, Mr. Ambassador wants to know more about him.

Between the airship elevator and the main city of Moldavia, a brand new rock avenue was built. The solid rock flattened and solidified by magic is enough to support an iron armored mountain dragon running wildly on it, and the small number of envoys just like this Walking slowly on the avenue, Albert could clearly observe the current situation around the main city.

- The city is expanding.

With just a quick glance, the experienced ambassador can see that the city is undergoing a large-scale expansion operation. In the open spaces around the city, there are many workers in strange overalls who are busy leveling the land. On the ground, excavating the foundation, the prototypes of the roads have been specially planned by magic, and that is the prototype of the main road in the future. It can be seen that there are already one or two buildings that are built at a faster rate and the skeleton has been repaired, and noticing Albert's eyes, the young guide explained with a smile: "That is the knight branch of Winter Castle Academy, Lord Lord It is said that the expansion of the city is centered on colleges, hospitals, and mana factories, so they were completed relatively early."

Nodding his head to show his understanding, Albert couldn't help but take another look at the building whose skeleton had been repaired.

Winter Castle College, the college headed by Nostradamus, the president of the Royal Wizards Association of the Empire, how could he not know about it? But when will this civilian mage academy have a branch of the knight department? No, since there is a knight department, there will naturally be fighters, alchemy, theology... there may not be so many, but it certainly means that the scale of this academy, which is not favored by the nobles of the imperial capital, is much larger than that.

Is there really enough money, or is it some kind of compromise?

Keeping this news in mind, Mr. Ambassador narrowed his eyes, and not long after, he arrived at the city gate.

"hiss--"

The sudden chill swept across, Albert shuddered, and couldn't help but take a step back, and behind him, the accompanying personnel and servants were even more unbearable, and their feet seemed a little weak. The well-informed old aristocrat glanced at the seemingly ordinary steel city gate in surprise. He observed the surrounding tall and solid city walls that seemed to have been refurbished not long ago, and seemed to sense something.

"Our negligence, Mr. Ambassador, because this will become the inner city of the new main city, so the generous lord used the keel as a beam frame a few days ago, and asked the engineers to renovate this piece of the city wall." The young guide hurriedly sent someone Going to support the accompanying envoys who were a bit unsteady, he said with a trace of apology: "I'm really sorry, because it was a recent incident, and our locals are also used to Longwei, so I really didn't think of it..."

"...It's okay, I lost my composure."

He took the refreshing nose bottle from the entourage and sniffed it. Albert was shocked. Although he knew the name of the lord's dragon slaying, he never thought that he would be so extravagant as to use dragon bones to reinforce the city wall. Joe How many dragons did Xiuya kill to have so many dragon bones?

What is even more surprising is what the guide said - what does it mean that the locals are used to Long Wei, and can Long Wei still get used to it? ! This is the coercion released by a powerful creature at the top of the biological chain. Unless you can see giant dragons every day, how can you get used to it!

Albert Warner is one of the powerful figures of the Warner family. He once represented the Northern Empire as an envoy to many forces and countries. In fact, the city is not that shocking, even if the keel is used to strengthen the city wall, it is only a luxury for him, but he also knows that this city was just the main city of an earldom.

Almost twenty years ago, when the previous Earl of the Northlands was still alive, Albert also visited Moldavia once. Although the main city at that time was not dilapidated, it was absolutely bustling. The old aristocrat is true Unexpectedly, in just twenty years, a generation of lords, the whole city would undergo such a big change.

Feeling emotional in his heart, Albert entered the city.

The loud voices of people instantly entered the ears of everyone in the mission. The footsteps of the crowd proved the prosperity of this city. Many adventurers and newly immigrated local residents made the main city, which was gradually lifeless due to the approaching winter, become There is a lot of energy, not to mention engineering crews renovating old buildings everywhere.

"The main city is undergoing a complete renovation."

The guide actively explained that he looked very proud of it: "The old sewers, damaged streets, Akashi lamps, and old buildings that have been built for more than 300 years. The order of our renovations is not fixed, but the speed is very fast. If Mr. Ambassador comes back in a few months, we will definitely finish the renovation."

"It's really good."

Nodding slightly, Albert felt that the enchanted ring on his left hand was warning him—this meant that one or several magic circles were watching him at this time, but the old nobles who had lived in the imperial capital for a long time did not It's strange. As the residence of a legendary powerhouse, it's normal for the main city of Moldavia to be surrounded by magic circles all the time.

"Then continue to lead the way."

Having said that, Albert smiled: "Slow down, I want to observe the city slowly."

"Yes, my lord."

The envoy continued to move forward. Due to very low-key reasons, no crowd noticed the slow-moving troop. Walking on the solid granite stone road, Albert couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

How much does it cost to expand a city? That is an astronomical figure that is enough to make the nobles dizzy. This kind of project will take more than ten years, or even decades to carry out slowly, unless the noble family ruling the city has hundreds of years of savings.

Does the Radcliffe family have this savings? Of course not, but its current ruler, Joshua, is a legendary powerhouse.

That trumps everything.

As early as in the imperial capital, the old noble heard that this famous young legend had reduced a large black forest around the Great Ajax Mountains to ashes, and relocated his family cemetery on a mountain peak there, as Moore Davia's new apex overlooks the entire Northland, and if ordinary knights were to do this kind of project, it would take hundreds of lives or even more to wipe out the monsters in the Black Forest, and it would cost a lot of money. There are countless more.

But Joshua only took ten minutes to complete all the tedious work. With such great power, things like expanding the city are just a matter of effort for him.

Thinking so, walking all the way, Albert and others came to the periphery of the Lord's Mansion.

And a large group of priests seemed to have known the news that the envoys were coming, and they were waiting here.

Before Albert could ask in doubt, why the church personnel were here, hundreds of calculated amplitude magic spells fell on him like this.

Righteousness like a rainbow, Inexhaustible Heart, Blessing of Courage, Iron Will, Fearless Glory—such buff spells were cast on him, turning Albert and others into big light bulbs surrounded by various halos in an instant.

Why?

Being suddenly attacked, Mr. Ambassador, who was a little at a loss, thought in great confusion.

But there is no answer.

Calvin is serious, and the second half can only wait for tomorrow... This chapter will be revised later

As a reminder, October 15th is the protagonist's birthday.