Chapter 1072 Gathering
Cecil 3, 15th of Resurrection, Resurrection Day.
That crucial international meeting was finally scheduled for the sixth day after the end of the Recovery Day holiday, and the approaching date of the meeting also gave this year’s Recovery Day a different meaning—starting from the beginning of this month, government affairs at all levels The hall started all-round publicity, explaining to the citizens the upcoming major international events and the role of the empire in this event in an easy-to-understand way, so that even the most uninformed people can Knowing this big event, some poetic people connected this meeting with the recovery month, and had some good expectations for the future.
As Mr. Godwin Orlando, a great scholar, said in a newspaper issue-the world is about to end the history of mutual alienation, and people who should have joined hands will be truly united in this spring. The first ray of sunshine after the end is as warm as this spring.
At the same time, as the meeting time approaches, this year’s Cecil City’s Recovery Festival has some other changes that are different from previous years—more foreign faces appear in the city, bringing more stories about foreign lands. information.
In fact, Cecil City has always been full of foreign faces—as the world's first magical city, and also as the world's first open and international city, Cecil City's outstanding technology The treasury and the incredible business order have always attracted those guests with keen eyes and sense of smell. Visitors from afar seeking knowledge and money are always in an endless stream, especially after the completion of several main railways in the empire, foreign visitors entered Cecil. After that, the cost of travel was greatly reduced, so that the gray elf merchants who were very rare in the southern region became frequent visitors of the imperial capital, so it can be said that all kinds of foreigners are one of the characteristics of Cecil's imperial capital.
What makes this year's Recovery Festival different from previous years is that some more distant guests have shown up in town.
In the central city, the shopping streets are decorated with lights and festoons. Citizens decorate their shops and streets with colorful curtains and various neon lights. The light poles next to it and the outer walls of the buildings make the tradition and modern atmosphere wonderfully blended together. The children happily ran around on both sides of the street, and the noise of laughter spread throughout the streets and alleys.
A pair of pale yellow, feline eyes gleamed under a white hood, watching this incredible human city with interest, and the face around them was covered with a fine and smooth brown and white. Fluff, under the fluff there is a rough but soft female face, after seeing a street "magician" shoot a series of colored light bullets into the sky, which made the children around cheered, this picture is a mix of feline The double features of animal and human female could not help showing a slightly surprised expression, and the cat-like vertical pupils also slightly dilated.
"This is unbelievable," said a slightly hoarse voice from under the hood, "Wenna, I didn't expect that there would be so many mages in the human world—even standing on the street and performing magic missiles for children.
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A petite child-like figure stood beside this "feline lady". Hearing this, he tried to raise his head and looked at the "childhood playmate" who was almost two meters tall beside him: "Camila, you I made a mistake—that’s not a mage, he’s probably an entertainer invited by a nearby store, maybe even a staff member in the store, that’s not real magic, it’s just a low-power light emitted by a magic terminal Just play."
While speaking, this petite lady—Wenna Baizhi, the leader of the gray elves, shook her head: "The number of mages in the Cecil Empire is no more than ours, even if we count our witch doctor priests, The number of mages in Cecil is not as good as that of Ogure, but their magic technology is very developed, and everyone holding a magic terminal is at least equivalent to a mage apprentice or a low-level mage. Of course, it is said that the group of mages on Typhon's side is It's huge, but there are magicians who might appear on the street..."
The tall "feline lady" called Camilla showed a look of surprise on her face: "You know a lot—didn't you say that the gray elves only dealt with the Cecils in the western region in the past, and they didn't know about the human empire as a whole? What about the situation? But I think you even know a lot about the people of Typhon.”
Wenna Baizhi sighed when she heard the words: "Oh, I really haven't had much dealings with the humans in the east, but don't forget, Meili is studying in this city - she only gave me the second half of last year. I wrote dozens of catties of letters... You can never imagine how detailed the text in those letters is, and I can even piece together the wear marks on the surface of every floor tile in this city..."
Camilla immediately showed a look of shock and admiration, as well as great doubt: "Are you serious? Then you can fight for me..."
Wen Na was stunned for a moment, then looked up at the orc leader helplessly: "Camila... Has anyone told you that your sense of humor is a problem?"
Camilla looked serious: "No, my sense of humor is very strong among the orcs - all the people call me 'humorous and cheerful queen'."
Wen Na: "...you say so, so be it."
Camilla felt a little baffled, but she didn't feel any signs of anger from her friend's attitude, so she quickly shook her head indifferently, and said casually, "Aren't we going to see Meili today? I also I haven't seen that child for a long time. The last time I saw her was at the ceremony of the Ancestor Peak, and she was only this tall at that time..."
The orc leader bent down to gesture, but soon realized that the height was not enough, so he simply squatted down: "...about this high."
"It's almost okay, it's almost okay," Wen Na immediately glared at the other party, "Stella is even taller than that!"
"Sorry, I can't tell the difference," Camilla squatted on the ground, at eye level with Wenna, "Speaking of which, are we really not going to see her?"
"We'll go tomorrow, and today we're going to meet Princess Hetty—although we're not here for an official state visit, the mission will stop at Cecil City after all," Wenna shook her head, She looked beyond Camila's face covered with soft down and looked at the street in the distance. In her vision, a dazzling picture was playing over the radio device at the end of the street. The general content seemed to be introducing the upcoming The international meeting held at Outpost 112 of the Silver Empire, and the introduction of the foreign races that will attend the meeting, she saw the faces of gray elves, as well as tall orcs and small dwarves, "I heard that the mission of the dwarves Also in the city, but not in the same area as us."
"The elf outpost is located on the border of the wasteland, and to get to the outpost, you have to pass through the land of humans—this city is the only eligible transportation node in the northern part of the continent. After all, it is easier to take the magic train than to trek in the wilderness," Camilla said, suddenly seemed to notice something, and looked around, "Wenna, why are some people passing by Will you look at the two of us curiously?"
"They're looking at you." Wenna glanced at her friend. "Beastmen don't often appear in the human world—especially after crossing the Holy Spirit Plain. Beastmen like you are even rarer than gray elves."
Camilla suddenly looked surprised, and at the same time pulled her hood subconsciously: "What! Has my disguise been discovered? How did they see it?"
Wen Na looked behind Camilla helplessly: "You have been flicking your tail outside for a long time—don't you feel chilly?"
"So it is!"
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In the eastern part of the city, in the industrial area, a construction site is under intense and busy construction. The huge magical machinery is roaring. In this season of warming weather, hurry up to catch up with the construction progress delayed by winter—even though the festive atmosphere is already strong, But for Cecil, who is developing rapidly, many projects in this city will not be completely stopped due to holidays.
Short and stocky, with a yellow beard and messy hair, and wearing a black light armor, Balamo Heigan stood in the open space by the roadside, staring at the huge mechanical grabs as if lifting them. Like a ball of cotton, he easily moved the heavy steel and earth to the predetermined position. The dwarven emissary from Forge City blushed with excitement, and hit the shoulder of his partner with his thick arm: "Hi! !Paladin!! This thing seems to be stronger than our rune stone giant! No wonder you want to understand the magic technology of the Cecilians and introduce them to the city of the forge - I am convinced by you , I will go back and speak to His Majesty Morton with you!"
"You were convinced by the facts, not by me," Paladin Huishanyan, who was also short and stocky, with a gray beard and hair, said in a rough voice, his voice was like thunder in the mountains, and he looked at those The eyes of the heavy-running machinery were also excited, "I saw their mechanical ships in Baiyu Port, and I knew at that time that these powerful things would change the world sooner or later—look at these steels, Look at these stones, and look at those beasts of machines, our Ironstone Hills and Forge Mountains are full of occasions where these beasts can be used... The only pity is that these things don't seem to be cheap."
"Yeah, they are not cheap. There are many good things in this world, but they all have clearly marked prices—the machines and medicines of the Cecils, the ores and crystals from the eastern part of the continent, the medicinal materials and rare woods of the elves. Guys who stay at home in the city can’t imagine how much these things cost,” Balamo Heigan fell silent as he spoke, and showed a serious expression after a short thought, “But if according to Gawain Se The promise made by His Majesty Syl, after becoming a member of the alliance, the trade cost between countries will be greatly reduced, and many things that were originally listed as restricted exports will also be released. Restarting and opening up, the transportation cost of bulk trade products will also become very low.”
"If these promises can be fulfilled," Paladin Huishanyan grumbled, "open up the southern and northern continental routes... The former circumcontinental route lasted only a short time, but the glory at that time is still left in the history books It was an exciting time in the records of the world... It is indeed a feat to bring the circum-continental route back to the world today, but I am not very optimistic about it."
"Really?" Baramo Heigan said casually, "This matter is good for everyone."
"Yes, it is good for everyone-because everyone does not have ships that can be used for ocean voyages at this time, but this is another matter for the two human empires. Connecting the circumcontinental route means not only Cecil, even the Typhon Empire must open its own ports and shipping routes, and complete the docking with the shipping route system of the Cecils—I have no doubt that those mechanical ships are capable of running around the entire continent, but only if The Typhon people can really accept the conditions of the Cecil people. After all, as far as we know, Typhon’s national power has been hit hard now, and it is not even able to build a few more new ships. If they open the sea route at this time, the entire There is no doubt that the dominance of the circumcontinental route will completely fall into the hands of Cecil... In the future, if the Typhon people recover and want to compete for the share of the ocean, it will not be so easy."
"The biggest regret is not that I can't get the treasure, but that I was able to return with a full load, but I was unable to intervene for a while and missed it... The truth in the mountains is also useful in the sea," Balamore shook his head, and then looked at it with a little surprise. Looking at his partner, "I didn't expect you to have thought about this matter so far - Typhon and Cecil are far away from Forge City."
"But now the whole world is going to be connected. You came here on the magical train. You know that the distance between thousands of rivers and mountains will be shortened sooner or later." Paladin Huishanyan spread his hands, "Few people in Forge City will look at Throwing away from the mountains, but we always need someone to understand the changes in this world, fortunately I usually have a lot of free time, at least I can think about the future more than those guys who only know how to deal with stones all day."
"The future...the future is not so easy to understand," said Baramo, blowing the beard at the corner of his mouth, making those proud hairs fly up, "I feel like my brain is already functioning today Enough is enough, and in order to be in good spirits tomorrow, I think the two of us had better have a drink next."
Paladin's eyes lit up immediately: "It's exactly what I want, and I have a suggestion - don't waste your time in any bar, the real good wine will not be placed in those fancy counters, I know there is a cold wine shop in the city The place where the frost resistance potion is, that's so powerful..."
Palamo cast a skeptical look: "Frost resistance potion? Are you sure? That thing sounds like some kind of alchemy potion..."
"Trust my judgment, I have tried it in Baiyu Port, the human alchemist is more genius than you imagine," Paladin's eyes are bright, his voice is like a bell, and he looks proud as if he invented those frost resistance potions So-so, "Fifty-two-degree sauce-flavored type—it is said that even the northern dragons can't resist the delicious taste in those small bottles!"
Palamo looked at his partner's nostalgic face, and he didn't doubt the other party's judgment on fine wine at all. After dispelling his doubts, he could only sigh: It really deserves to be Cecil, the capital of human new stars. Potions are so unusual...
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When the envoys from the north and the west gathered at Cecil City, a transfer station near the elf stronghold in the northeast of the Gondor wasteland, giant eagles from the Silver Empire were also flying across the clear blue sky.
The air in the northern region is much colder than that in the south. Although the high-altitude airflow is blocked by the breeze shield, it seems that there is still a trace of coolness seeping in. Persetia Chenxing narrowed her eyes slightly. She shared the vision of the giant eagle. The elf outpost in the distance has come into her sight.
Those shiny antenna installations and streamlined roofs and towers all point to the blue sky, looking slender but powerful.
A huge flock of dozens of giant eagles flew in formation around her, looking quite spectacular.
The voice of the pilot elf came from the magic brooch: "Your Majesty, we are approaching outpost 112 and will land in fifteen minutes."
"Understood." Persetia simply replied, her gaze swept to both sides at the distant outpost.
Cecil is to the west and Typhon is to the east.
"It's been more than seven hundred years..." the ruler of the Silver Empire whispered to himself, "Humanity has been divided for seven hundred years before I knew it... I thought I would never see them come back Together."
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