Chapter 60: Palace of Heroes

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When Thales finally stepped into Dragon Clouds City, the first thing that attracted his attention was not the rough and unrestrained architectural style of this ancient city.

In fact, unlike Yongxing City, which relied on the urban area and city walls to build buildings, Longxiao City was built on a gentle slope of a mountain peak. The layout of the city followed the mountain, stretching all the way up, appearing natural and smooth.

Similar to the experience in the Lombard Army Camp, Thales was deeply impressed by the people of Exeter in Dragon Clouds City who rushed to besiege the city gate to watch the excitement, like watching the Prince of Stars.

"A Prince of the Imperials!" A rough shout rang out from the crowd, prompting a noisy and chaotic response.

According to Puttilai, this place should be full of civilians who are busy preparing for the winter and preparing to enter the city for the last time to exchange, sell, and buy.

Just let him catch up.

Thales could only lower his head and sigh.

He hasn't been so "popular" in a long time.

Although the mood of the civilians was much better than that of the soldiers, and the people in Longxiao City were not as disgusted with Xingchen as Heishaling, but the news that the heir of Longxiao City was assassinated in Xingchen had obviously spread long ago.

This caused Thales and the others to encounter another washout from comments to abuse, and even flying debris-the people of Exeter are much more "enthusiasm" than the people of the stars.

"If that king has the guts, don't send..." An angry voice sounded in the crowd, Thales couldn't see it clearly, and was hurriedly escorted away by the entourage before he heard the second half.

He could only faintly hear the voice of "Let that coward do it himself", and countless responses of approval or refutation, sounded behind him.

"Maintain order and isolate the crowd! We need to get to the Palace of Heroes as soon as possible!" Nikolai loudly reprimanded his subordinates and soldiers unceremoniously: "Those who charge without permission, you know what to do!"

Fortunately, there were white blade guards and soldiers from Dragon Clouds City to separate the crowd, otherwise Prince Xingchen would have fled into Dragon Clouds City in embarrassment.

Although it's not much different now.

"Their displeased expressions." Thales looked at Wyatt and Rolf who were facing the enemy, and sighed helplessly on the horse: "It's as if I killed their prince."

"Think about it in your shoes," Puttilai said loudly in the noisy environment, "If you die in the Northland today, then Exeter will send someone to Eternal Star City to apologize tomorrow... I think I might also have an unhappy expression .”

Thales gave Puttilai a white look, and the latter didn't seem to care about the prophecy just made for His Royal Highness.

"Thank you for your kind words, Mr. Deputy Envoy." Thales replied angrily: "If you lose your job in the future, I suggest you try your luck in the Western Wilderness. The Duke of Falkenhaus must be able to negotiate with you."

"The owner of the four-eyed skull, the Guardian Duke of the West Wilderness of the 'Unwelcome'?" Putillai snorted, "Thank you for your recommendation."

Thales could only snort coldly.

But both of them know that the real test is far from here, not from these simple people.

"Are you ready? Imperial?" Nikolai's voice came from the front, with disdain: "This will be very tiring."

"What?" Thales looked up in astonishment.

Soon he knew why.

Dragon Clouds City is built in layers along the mountain and its slope, spiraling upwards.

They had to climb all the way in the city, passing through layers of barriers separated by thick inner city gates-there were seven or eight such inner city gates between each area.

"I've heard about the structure of Dragon Clouds City," Huai Ya gritted his teeth, observing the surroundings vigilantly, "It is said that such an inner city structure is easier to defend, even if the enemy breaks through the gates of Dragon Clouds City, the city walls and gates will The archers can also turn around and attack the incoming enemies layer by layer, and the soldiers can block the enemy's attack wave after wave behind the city gates."

"Because of the slope, the invaders also have to face the disadvantage of a costly upward attack.

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"I dare say that this arrangement was of great help when faced with the siege of the Eastern Continental Army during the Third Continental War."

"So, this city is not much better than Broken Dragon Fortress," Thales looked helplessly at the panting horse sitting down, and the noisy onlookers outside the guard line also upset him Luan: "Citizens have to climb uphill all the way for a walk—not to mention the enemies who are attacking."

"And the nobles also had excuses and reasons, hiding in the city and trembling," Ada stepped on the stone bricks under her feet, her figure was light, but she still hummed dissatisfiedly: "Let their people outside the city suffer .”

"I think the first batch of people built this city purely for military purposes, but no one thought that it would become the capital of Exeter one day." Thales glanced at the pedestrians who stopped by: " Don’t people who live here feel tired?”

"To some extent, this city also naturally excludes merchants. This kind of layout is neither suitable for business nor for shops, whether it is transporting goods or expanding business-can you imagine the cost of transporting a load of firewood to the inner city? Is it enough to carry three loads of firewood?" Marquis Shiles of Commas seems to have gotten used to this way, but he still shook his head and said, "Of course, this is the time for us Commas people to play."

"So the higher the inner city goes, the more powerful people can live there, right?" Thales sighed: "It's really clear and easy to understand the stratification."

Under Putilei's introduction ("Compared with a few years ago, there should be no major changes. In fact, I doubt that Dragon Clouds City has changed much in the past hundred years" - Putilei), they passed through many places on the way. There are few distinct areas: the shield area that looks like a slum, the hammer area where civilians live, the sword area where markets and squares are located, the bow area where everything is miscellaneous, the arrow area where temples and religious places gather, courts, prisons and other departments The Spear District, where workshops and shops are gathered, the Armor District, where the nobles are located, and so on.

"Why don't they build another area and call it the 'Magic Gun Area'?" Thales complained angrily about all the areas in the city named after the types of weapons.

"I think, when Nakaju renamed and renovated Dragon Clouds City, the magic gun probably hadn't been invented yet." Puttilai replied indifferently.

"When was the magic gun invented?" Thales rolled his eyes: "Who invented it? Why is it named so?"

"The magic gun has been around for nearly three hundred years, and other parts are easy to obtain," Puttilai said with a smile as if he knew what he was going to ask, but deliberately opposed him: "Only the core The location is a strategic resource, its source...you will know sooner or later."

"As for naming...nobody knows."

Thales pouted.

Magic gun...

Magician.

Mana.

magic.

He suppressed the doubts in his heart and tried to shift his attention to the current matter.

"Well... the name the Exeters gave to the town is really unimaginative."

"If they don't have enough material to name the city, I have another suggestion." Looking at the mount climbing hard, even Thales couldn't help feeling a little tired, and let out a long breath: "Legendary Anti-Magic Armed Area."

"If you want me to say, you've been chattering since just now," Puttilai finally took out his pipe again, glanced at Thales with a little deep meaning, took a deep breath, and said the truth smoothly: "It's because of the upcoming The situation we are facing..."

"And are you nervous?"

Telston was at a loss for words.

hell.

Under the eyes of the rest of the mission, Thales shut his mouth embarrassingly.

They finally "climbed" the last stretch of the Ax Zone.

No matter where he went, the sky-blue double-star cross flag held by Genard behind Thales was the target of all eyes. There were crowds of people who came to watch him all the way, and the soldiers maintaining order in Dragon Clouds City were overwhelmed. The naturally loud voices and fiery personality of the people from the North made the scene even more chaotic.

This gave Thales no opportunity to observe the contents of Longxiao City carefully, so he was escorted into the highest inner city by the white blade guards, and the gates were closed to isolate the turbulent crowd.

Thales frowned and took a deep breath.

With the help of Huai Ya, he dismounted, stepped on the rough and hard black stone floor tiles in the Northland, and slowly raised his head.

In front of you is a palace.

So, that's... Thales thought blankly.

"Let me bid farewell to you here, dear Your Highness Thales," before he had time to observe the palace carefully, the Marquis of Shiles from the Commas Alliance came to him, bowed his head humbly, Said: "You have to be mentally prepared."

"According to the plan……"

The Marquis of Comus smiled:

"Your Majesty Nuen, you may have some..."

"rough."

Thales smiled awkwardly, then took a deep breath of cold air, and nodded.

rough?

certainly.

Marquis Shiles and Nicolai exchanged glances, and led Commas's troops away in another direction.

Just when Thales was about to look up and take a good look at this palace, which might be Exeter Palace, the palace door opened slowly.

A group of more ornately dressed, but still heavily armed northerners came out from the palace gate.

"In the name of His Majesty Nun Walton VII, King of Exeter..."

A resonant voice sounded from the group of people: "I am here to welcome the guests of the stars."

"His Majesty is looking forward to your arrival."

A man with a short shaved head, a tough face and a cold expression, looked at Thales for a few seconds with his lips tightly pressed and his eyes squinted, before he said calmly:

"His Royal Highness Prince of the Stars."

Thales couldn't help feeling tense.

coming.

Nikolai laughed loudly, stepped forward and hugged the leader.

"Have you completed your mission, dear guard leader, my friend Nicolai?" the man asked softly, seemingly with deep meaning.

"Of course," Nikolai also said with authenticity, "The Star Prince we want is already here."

Thales frowned.

Then, the leading man with a short cut came to Thales and saluted him.

"Welcome to Exeter, and her brightest pearl—Dragon Clouds City, Your Highness Thales from the Stars."

Thinking of Gilbert's teachings and Puttilai's reminder on the road, Thales quickly returned the greeting with a smile.

"I am Lord Byrne Michael," said the short-haired Northland man, about forty or fifty years old, wearing a thick robe, with a serious face: "Before I was awarded the title, I was also a member of the White Blade Guard. Now I am the officer in charge of His Majesty Nuen, and I will be in charge of arranging your reception in Dragon Clouds City."

"Thank you for your reception, Lord Michael." Thales nodded.

"Let me introduce to you who are here for the first time," Michael turned around with a straight face, and raised his hand towards the majestic palace behind him: "The residence of the lords in the North from ancient times to the present, from the humble mountain houses in the age of kings , to the stone fortresses of the imperial age, to the majestic palaces of today."

"For thousands of years, it has witnessed the history of the Northland, the rise of Exeter, and the children of the North Wind and the Dragon, prosperous and prosperous."

Michael solemnly said the next words:

"The Palace of Heroic Spirits."

Palace of Heroes?

Thales slowly raised his head.

It was a huge palace with simple style and heavy color, grand layout and rough shape. It was built on the hillside. Even counting from the ground of the inner city where he stepped on, it was nearly eight or nine stories high, and the building materials were quite unique—— Giant wood, rough stones, animal skins, and metals are all stored in it, and many places are even roughly polished.

Typical northern style, vigorous and powerful, heroic and wild.

In front of the huge palace gate stands ten pillars more than ten meters high, supporting the majestic roof of the palace. The pillars are engraved with the stories of the heroes of the Northland in the past dynasties. The carving style is simple and unrestrained.

On the road from the inner city to the front of the palace gate, there are eight stoves several meters high. Even in broad daylight, the fires are burning fiercely, seeming to illuminate the small square in front of the palace gate all day long.

The surrounding area is full of tall, fierce-looking white-bladed guards and guards of Dragon Cloud City. Different from the well-organized and strictly distributed guards of Xingchen, their positions seem to be scattered and their patrols are irregular. However, under Ada's reminder, Tai It was only then that Ernes was stunned to discover their characteristic of "loose on the outside and tight on the inside, completely leaving no dead ends for defense".

Compared to the Star Fuxing Palace, which is quite creative in shape and half a pyramid, the palace of Dragon Clouds City, from the architectural style to the staffing inside, looks more like a majestic palace in a story.

The red dragon flag on a black background flutters high above it.

Flying below the national flag, there is another flag: a dragon spear pierced from the clouds - Walton's family emblem, the dragon spear in the cloud.

Red and black, coupled with the natural snow color, in Thales' impression, there is no palace more like this.

Thales shook his head: It's really a veritable Palace of Heroes.

At this moment, Thales raised his head, his eyes were suddenly attracted by the top of the palace.

There is a stone bridge protruding from the top floor of the palace, flying into the air and leading to another mountain peak.

Thales stared.

It is that stone bridge.

The stone bridge leading to the cliff of the sky - the palace of the "Queen of the Sky".

Only then did he notice that at the starting point of the stone bridge stood a huge statue, which might not have been clearly visible from a distance because of his vision.

It was a giant black stone statue of a male warrior.

I saw that the warrior on the statue was heroic and majestic, holding a scary-looking spear in both hands, neatly armored, muscular, and majesticly condescending, overlooking the Palace of Heroes.

Presumably—Thales thought to himself, from that angle, he could have a panoramic view of the entire Dragon Clouds City.

Lord Michael, who was in charge of the reception, was very patient and waited quietly for the foreign prince until he noticed Thales' gaze.

"That is the stone bridge leading to the cliff of the sky, on which stands the statue of Nakaru I, which was completed after Naikaru passed away more than six hundred years ago," Michael raised his head and introduced seriously: " Just renovated a week ago."

Thales had a serious expression on his face.

That is... He looked at the heroic man in the stone statue.

The Human Heroes of the End War...

One of those who defeated the Scourge and defeated the Sorcerer.

Founder and first monarch of Exeter.

Nakaru Ax?

The body of the warrior on the statue is covered with snow, and the movement of holding the gun is full of strength, which has a sense of beauty full of tension.

Presumably for more than six hundred years, Naikaru has looked down at his people, his land, and his country with a firm expression and deep eyes?

Thales nodded slightly to Michael.

A cloud drifted past, and the direction of the sun's projection changed a little.

Looking from a distance, the expression of the statue of the hero of Exeter seemed to change from resolute to sad in an instant.

Thales narrowed his eyes, admiring the craftsmanship of the sculptor six hundred years ago.

Just refurbished a week ago - to welcome yourself?

Not too possible.

Perhaps the Exeters were still expecting the fabled Dragon Queen, who disappeared after the End War, to return to see her husband's statue?

Come to visit this country that left her portrait on the flag, and look after this Westland Blade that she left with Nakaru?

"A room has been prepared for you in the Palace of Heroes of Spirits—this place will temporarily serve as your residence during Dragon Clouds City," Michael raised his hand towards the palace gate, signaling Thales to move forward.

Thales smiled: "Of course, thank you His Majesty Nunn for your hospitality."

"And you please come with me." The expression of the man with a flat cut did not change, but what he said made everyone in the Star Mission sink in their hearts:

"His Majesty Nun and the five princes are in the Hall of Heroes, waiting for your arrival."

Thales exchanged a look with Putillai.

here we go.

But just as Thales, Putilei, and Ada were about to move forward, Michael raised his hand lightly and stopped the thin deputy envoy.

"His Highness's entourage, please leave with my subordinates and go to the room for foreign guests to rest." Michael said softly.

"I don't understand." Puttilai stopped and looked at Michael calmly: "I am His Highness's deputy on this trip, and I must follow His Highness."

"I understand your responsibilities..." Michael said slowly with no expression on his face, "but this invitation is limited."

"It was a noble conversation, lord to lord, royal to royal."

"Canxing wants to see Walton and the five great families—His Majesty and the five Grand Dukes only want to see His Highness in person, just as His Highness will only see His Majesty and the five Grand Dukes."

"Therefore, please attend alone, Your Highness Xingchen."

Thales' expression changed.

Alone... Facing Nun VII and the five Grand Dukes?

"As far as I know," Puttilai said indifferently, "this is not the usual etiquette between the two countries."

Although they have initially reached an agreement with King Nun...

But the prince's safety must never be risked...

Xingchen has had enough lessons in this regard.

"Now is an extraordinary time." Michael shook his head.

"You want us to hand over the only heir to the stars, give up his protection, and let him be isolated and under your control?" Puttilai cleverly pointed out the most crucial key.

Behind Thales, Ada, Wyatt, Rolf and the others all became nervous and unconsciously touched the weapon at hand.

Nikolai lightly raised his hand, and the White Blade Guards surrounded them faintly.

"Just like what you said before," the meteorite's face became paler, "you still don't have much choice, don't you, little prince?"

Thales narrowed his eyes.

"Trust me, this is necessary." Michael stared at Thales with burning eyes: "And when it comes to being alone and helpless, with all due respect..."

"The moment you walk into the border of Exeter..."

"Aren't you already alone and helpless?"

Thales sighed softly.

Puttilai didn't speak any more.

This made the traverser realize that his hunt with Nun had already begun.

All right.

Is it said that he will be very "rough" King Nun?

Thales smiled lightly in his heart.

wait and see.

Under Puttilai's livid face and Michael's uncertain expression, Thales smiled:

"Okay, I really can't wait to see His Majesty Nuen."

Thales turned his head, looked at his fellow travelers, and nodded slightly.

"no need to worry."

"I'll be back soon."

After the words fell, Thales stepped forward, and the small figure walked towards the Heroic Spirit Palace, which was quite different in style from the Fuxing Palace, but equally deep and quiet.

(To be continued.)

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