474 "The Great Cathedral of Ash"

As Artoria said before, although Salisbury does not have any features other than the Great Cathedral, it has everything and lacks nothing.

There are a dazzling array of products, a variety of buildings, beautiful scenery, and leisure places, such as fountains, streams, pavilions, gardens and other facilities, making every fairy who comes here feel like they are here. It's like a vacation. People come and go with smiling faces. You can tell at a glance that the happiness index is not low.

In such a city, Li Ge and Artoria are just two insignificant individuals in the crowd, with no elements that can attract the attention of others.

At least, this is the case for Li Ge and Artoria, who have used illusions to disguise their true appearance. No one can detect their abnormality and no one looks at them.

The two of them walked around the city like the most ordinary tourists, not doing anything conspicuous at all.

The most conspicuous thing the two of them did was probably shopping here, right?

"A map of the whole of Britain is enough for two people to have enough food and water for a month, as well as replacement clothing and toiletries, as well as some convenient tools that may be used on the road. Have you already bought these?"

Walking on the leisurely street, Li Ge confirmed the supplies he had put into the storage space of the Dimensional Rubik's Cube and asked Artoria who was walking next to him.

"Everyone has been bought." Artoria shrank back a little, and even said cautiously: "Isn't it a bit unnecessary to buy my share too?"

No wonder Artoria said that.

She is a goblin, not a human, so she does not need to eat in the first place, but Li Ge bought food for two people. This was undoubtedly a waste of money in Artoria's opinion, not to mention that Li Ge bought it as soon as he bought it. That's a whole month's worth.

In addition, Rige also bought clothes for Artoria, which were far different from the village girl clothes that he was wearing now. Although they were not very gorgeous, for a country elf, they were very different. It is already a very luxurious style.

In addition, Li Gelian had bought all the toiletries for Artoria, which made Artoria, who had never paid once from beginning to end, feel very embarrassed.

Of course, Artoria was more shocked by Li Ge's aura than she was embarrassed.

After all, the act of just throwing away gold no matter what you buy is really too impactful for a village girl.

In response, Li Ge smiled.

"It's definitely right to buy it first. Who knows whether it will be used later, or whether there will be another chance to shop like this in the future?" Li Ge said nonchalantly: "You don't have to think so much, gold is not very important to me." For valuable things, I was originally worried that the fairy country of Britain would not be able to trade gold. Fortunately, fairies also like gold and silver treasures, so we were able to buy them so smoothly."

"But..." Artoria still looked like she couldn't accept it.

"Just treat it as if you picked it up." Li Ge said to Artoria like this, and said: "Didn't the goblins in Tintagel take away the treasures around you in the same way?"

Artoria suddenly stopped talking.

Li Ge didn't say anything more to Artoria. He raised his eyes and looked forward.

There, there sits a majestic building that exudes a serious atmosphere that is different from the surrounding buildings.

"That's the Great Cathedral, right?"

Li Ge spoke as if talking to himself.

"...That's right."

Arturia, like Li Ge, set her sights on the majestic church-like building, and her tone was surprisingly complicated.

"That is the center of Salisbury and Bell Hall, the oldest giant building in Fairy Britain - the Great Cathedral of Ashes."

---"棣".

This is a name that means a lot to Artoria and all the fairies in Britain.

In the distant past thousands of years ago, another savior appeared in the fairy country of Britain.

Lord of the world.

He has eradicated many disasters and saved many goblins.

He has prevented war and created peace.

Like Artoria, who holds the Staff of Choice, she is a fairy from Paradise, and possesses a "gun" with the same properties as the Staff of Choice, and has made a lot of contributions to Britain, the fairy country in later generations.

In order to pay tribute to this savior, the fairy kingdom Britain. The first huge building built in the city, the Great Cathedral in Salisbury, was named after the Savior and was called the Great Cathedral.

As for the Bell Ringing Hall mentioned by Artoria, as the name suggests, it is the hall where the "bells" are stored.

"Bell" refers to the pilgrim bell.

Today, the five pilgrimage bells whose whereabouts are still known are located in bell halls in Salisbury, Gloucester, Norwich, Oxford and Orkney.

Salisbury's Great Cathedral also functions as a bell-ringing hall, and the top of it houses the pilgrim bell kept by the Wind Clan.

The savior of the previous generation and the Pilgrimage Bell, when these two existences are related to the great church, it is no wonder that Artoria's tone becomes so complicated.

"【clairvoyance】."

Li Ge secretly activated the magic.

This is a sensory-enhancing magic that can make your eyesight soar and see distant scenery.

With the effect of this magic, Li Ge's eyes were like looking into the distance through the lenses of a telescope. His field of vision suddenly jumped up and stretched forward.

After a while, Li Ge saw the door of the big church.

There were soldiers wearing armor and holding spears standing guard there.

"Human?"

Li Ge saw the identities of those soldiers.

Yes, they are not goblins, but humans.

Salisbury is the only city in Britain, the goblin country, that allows humans to enjoy independent rights. Humans living here do not need to be loyal to any goblin, and only need to obey the orders of the clan leader of the Wind Clan.

The clan leader of the Wind Clan also recruited humans into Salisbury and formed a guard composed mainly of humans.

Unfortunately, this does not mean that there are no humans as slaves in this city.

The only people who can achieve self-reliance are the humans living in Salisbury.

Naturally, humans with owners brought from other places by other goblins do not receive such good treatment.

"Hurry up! You despicable human being!"

At this time, a rather gorgeously dressed elf happened to pass by Rige and Artoria, cursing the humans around him as he walked.

"I can't even move anything if I ask you to help me. You're walking so slowly. It's just a waste of my time!"

"Go faster! And hold on tight! If you dare to break something, I'll send you to Oxford!"

"What a useless guy!"

The human being who was treated with such curses could only fearfully carry the luggage that was too heavy for him, while sweating profusely and trying to keep up with his master, panting like an ox from exhaustion.

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Li Ge, who had canceled the use of [clairvoyance], watched this scene silently, with an expressionless expression.

"Rige?" Arturia had already sorted out her mood at this time. Looking at the expressionless Rige, and then looking at the scene where Rige was watching, she seemed to understand something and whispered. : "Don't you like it?"

"...It doesn't count." Li Ge was silent for a while, and then said calmly: "If it's just this kind of scene, I've seen a lot of it."

There is still slavery in the Akasha continent, and the world of the King of the Undead is not a world that attaches much importance to human rights. Therefore, Li Ge has seen many similar scenes.

But whether it is the continent of Akasha or the world of the King of the Undead, although there are slaves, they are not all.

On the other hand, this fairy country, Britain, is not a slave.

Humans who are slaves are only a minority, and humans who are considered slaves account for 99%.

Even Li Ge had never seen this kind of treatment in which almost the entire race was reduced to a slave group.

Thanks to this, Li Ge remembered the treatment of human beings in many original works, and his voice became colder unconsciously.

"To be dominated by fairies like this, it would be better if there was no human race in the first place."

Arturia smiled bitterly at Rige's remarks.

"Fairies will not allow humans to perish?" Artoria said: "If there were no humans, there would be no fairy country today."

Why do you say that?

the reason is simple.

"Fairies are the sprites of the planet. Not only do they live long, but their vitality is also extremely tenacious. They don't need to eat, and they don't need to consume any resources to survive. As long as they don't lose their names, their will, and their own value of existence, then fairies can do it. Keep surviving."

"In other words, fairies are existences that do not require enjoyment, entertainment, or efforts to survive."

"They are omnipotent, but they don't deliberately work hard and grow. Therefore, no matter where they go, goblins don't have their own civilization."

Arturia looked around at the exquisite buildings.

"The reason why fairies like this can build such a city and get so much entertainment is because of humans."

"Although humans are full of weaknesses, are short-lived, cannot heal injuries, and need to eat. Once attacked, they will die immediately. But it is precisely because of this that humans have almost tried every means in order to survive and prosper."

"In order to fill their stomachs, human beings will farm and go to the fields. They will gradually accumulate rich farming knowledge and grow lots of food."

"In order to protect them from rain and storms, they will build houses, construct buildings, and finally study aesthetics."

"So, human beings can create a prosperous civilization and create a lot of entertainment, which can not only satisfy physical needs, but also satisfy spiritual needs."

"Fairies don't need to satisfy their physical needs, but they will want entertainment and have spiritual needs."

"Thus, humans can survive in this country."

In a nutshell, goblins are a group of creatures that have nothing but power, but they have a heart that wants to relieve boredom and have fun in the world.

They don't have much entertainment, and they can't make any decent entertainment, so they need humans who can make these things.

Goblins raise humans for their own entertainment.

Whether it is to torture them and listen to their screams to please themselves, or to train them and let them create interesting things, even if the attitude of goblins towards humans is different, the starting point is still the same.

To fairies, humans are just hobbies used to pass boring time. Even if they are not slaves, they are still objects, not equal beings.

For this reason, the queen controlled human beings, even the population was controlled and distributed to various cities according to a certain proportion. This was undoubtedly an act of distributing materials.

The cities in the fairy kingdom of Britain may not have been built by human hands, but they must have made use of human imagination and creativity.

Including this Salisbury, every building here is full of the style of human society. You don’t need to think about it to know how the goblins squeezed humans to make them come up with the design plans for these buildings. Come.

This is the role of humans in this world.

This is the position of human beings in this world.

It can be something fun.

Can be the target of violence.

It can be a toy for playing.

It can also be a tool for use.

Even, it can be nutrients for eating.

"Salisbury is already very good. At least the leader of the Wind Clan has given humans the right to independence." Artoria said lowly.

Sheng said to Li Ge: "If it were a human being in other cities, the treatment would not be so good."

For example, in Gloucester, humans are commodities that can be sold or even auctioned.

For another example, in Oxford, part of human body is a substance that can be put on the table and eaten by people.

Li Ge, who knew the original work, would naturally not know such a thing.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have said that.

"As expected, goblins are not worthy of saving."

After leaving such an indifferent comment, Li Ge turned around and left.

Arturia quickly followed.

"Don't mess around, Li Ge." Arturia observed Li Ge's face and advised her carefully: "I can understand your mood, but even if you make a big fuss here, human beings The treatment will not change either.”

"I know." Li Ge's tone remained indifferent and said, "I didn't want to make a big fuss."

"At least, not yet."

Leaving these disturbing words, Li Ge continued to move forward.

Arturia just followed silently.

But as she followed, Artoria suddenly realized something was wrong.

"Well," Artoria said weakly, "Isn't this the direction to the Great Cathedral?"

Arturia began to have an ominous premonition in her heart.

"This is the direction to the Great Cathedral."

Li Ge actually admitted it frankly.

"You, you want to go to the Great Cathedral?" Arturia said fearfully, "Why are you going to the Great Cathedral?"

Could it be that he was going to meet the clan leader of the Wind Clan?

For the humans in this city?

Arturia started to have random thoughts.

This is also to avoid the most correct answer.

Artoria, who has fairy eyes, has vaguely seen through and seen through Lige's purpose of going to the Great Cathedral.

Sure enough, Li Ge said something that made Artoria's uneasiness completely explode.

"Isn't that the Bell Ringing Hall in Salisbury?" Li Ge said lightly: "The patrol bell is right there. I'll take you there to ring it and have a look."

This tone was as relaxed as saying "I'll take you to see the scenery", which made Artoria turn around and run away without even thinking about it.

"Snapped!"

With quick eyesight and quick hands, Li Ge grabbed Artoria by the back of her neck and brought her back.

"No!" Artoria struggled and shouted, "Let me go! Let me go!"

Such shouting attracted the attention of many passers-by.

"Why are you running?"

Li Ge stared at Artoria with half-closed eyes.

"Can you not run away!?" Artoria shouted while struggling: "You definitely don't want to enter the Bell Ringing Hall in a formal way, do you?"

"Isn't that natural?" Li Ge said bluntly: "You know with your knees, the people of the Wind Clan won't let strangers like us get close to the Pilgrimage Bell, right?"

The Pilgrimage Bell is a symbol of the major clans and is closely guarded and protected by the major clans. How can ordinary people approach it casually?

Not to mention, ringing the pilgrim bell is a necessary condition for the awakening of the savior. Whether it is Artoria now or the savior in the past, their missions need to be completed by ringing the six pilgrim bells.

Especially Artoria, who can overthrow the rule of Queen Morgan by ringing six pilgrim bells. How can the queen endure such a thing? Will the clan leaders loyal to the queen watch helplessly?

In view of this, it is impossible to ring the pilgrim bell without the permission of the clan leader who guards the bell.

That being the case

"Can't we just teleport directly to the Pilgrimage Bell?"

Li Ge came up with a secret that is extremely effective and simple in a certain sense.

"My biography

You've seen sending magic before, right? As long as the Great Holy Cathedral doesn't have any means of hindering teleportation, it would be a piece of cake for me to send you to the Pilgrimage Bell. "

Indeed, as long as the location of the Pilgrimage Bell is known, it will not be difficult for Li Ge, who can use teleportation magic, to find it and ring it.

"But this way we will offend the Death Wind Clan!"

Arturia was still protesting.

"We have already offended the Fang Clan, so what if there is one more Wind Clan?" Li Ge said disapprovingly: "Besides, I may fight against the Queen in the future, and you may also follow your mission to overthrow the Queen in the future. If you and If the queen is against us, then we will be against all the fairy clans who are loyal to the queen."

"In this case, what's the point of offending one or two clans in advance?"

Hearing this, Artoria was immediately choked.

"That's it." Li Ge said immediately, "Let's go find the Pilgrimage Bell."

With that said, Li Ge activated teleportation magic and disappeared into the street.

At the same time, two armies arrived in Salisbury.

"snort!"

Looking at the elf knight opposite him, Woodworth snorted coldly and took the lead in leading the team into the city.

"Follow me."

Gawain said lightly, and then led a large army into the city.

The atmosphere in Salisbury changed.

It became tense.