When the artificial gravity system was stabilized again, Hao Ren and his party set out on a journey to Fireplace City again.Now Willy knew why there weren't any soldiers from the Iron City or Free City on this road—they had been notified by their families to go to safety early.It was a good thing, he no longer had to worry about being captured by his enemies and his head becoming a collection of some jazz."
You can predict gravity......
When did the Ascension occur?
”Nangong Sanba asked Willy."
The Scholars know how to predict," Willibi described gestures, "they will watch the flashes of light in the depths of the cavern, they can hear distant sounds, and they can alert the Ascension before it happens."
Sometimes, however, Mother Earth would suddenly lose her powers, and for that, the Bachelors who failed in their predictions would have to endure a whipping to make up for their mistakes. ”By this time, they had been walking on the Kingdom Road for a long time, and Hao Ren suddenly saw that the road ahead was cut off by a "city wall" made of steel plates, plastics, tires, and other rubbs, several meters high, held in place by wire and rivets, topped with a row of light bulbs, and the city gate was a metal fence with two sharp steel nails.Willie happily pointed ahead, "This is Fireplace City!"
”Hao Ren looked at the garbage wall, and only after a long time did he hold back a sentence: "It's very ......
Characterful. ”On a wooden tower at the top of the city wall stood sentry soldiers, and when they saw a stranger approaching, they immediately raised their spears and bows and arrows and shouted about the identity of the comer, Willy immediately stepped forward, raised his hands and showed his armor: "I am Willy of the Mormo family!"
Open the gates and let us in!
”"Willy?"
One of the soldiers on the ramparts recognized Willy's face and burst out laughing, "Haha, look, our 'warriors' have returned from the battlefield, and both arms and legs are there!"
”Another soldier noticed Hao Ren and his party following Willy: "Who are those?"
”"They're my friends," Willy replied as he tried to make his voice sound a little more majestic, and he straightened his chest and shouted aloud, "I've vouched for them to be protected in Hearth, and to open the gates at once!"
”The soldiers on the city wall seemed to be eager to continue to laugh at Willy, but as if they were afraid that the other party had a little aristocratic element after all, they still pulled the mechanism to open the two fences at the city gate.Hao Ren followed his young guide into this "Fireplace City", he found that this so-called "city-state" was actually just an old and dilapidated factory, the original wall outside the factory was about to collapse completely, so the locals used metal plates and all kinds of garbage to fill the old wall site, and built a new city wall, and the city wall has a large open space, this open space should be the original factory open stockyard, now it is covered with all kinds of iron huts, has become the city of the city's military camps and civilian towns.The original factory building is located in the center of the fireplace, it is a three-storey reinforced concrete building, the main body is still intact, you can still see a few unbroken windows, and the roof of the factory is fluttering strips of cloth dyed in red and green: there is no doubt that this is the palace of the lord of the city, and the castle of the nobles.Many of the soldiers walking around the civilian city greeted Willy when they saw it, mixed with ridicule and mockery, not all malice, but also rarely kindness.The soldiers who dared to taunt directly wore another insignia other than the military insignia on their chests, while the ordinary soldiers who only had the military insignia on their chests did not dare to go too far after seeing Willy.Hao Ren then guessed that the second type of emblem should be the logo of the children of the nobility.Willy was supposed to be a nobleman, too—but he looked like he was about to lose that glory.In front of the "castle", that is, the gate of the old factory, Willy took a few deep breaths, and then summoned up the courage to step forward: "I will take you to my father, who is the governor here. ”Hao Ren followed the young man into the factory, which had been abandoned for at least hundreds of years.The factory had been completely transformed, and the huge machines were useless, now draped in planks and tin sheets, and used as bases and partitions for various sheds and staircases, and the whole factory looked like a strange, densely stacked cage.Willie led the group to the top floor of the factory, where things were a little better: it was the original office area, with neat offices and breakout rooms.Willy stopped in front of a red door, straightened his armor, and then knocked cautiously on the door.After getting permission from the people in the room, he pushed open the door and motioned for Hao Ren and his party to follow him.A middle-aged man with thinning hair was sitting behind a desk in the room looking through papers, he seemed to know who was visiting, so he didn't raise his head: "I really didn't expect you to come back alive - I thought you would die in the scrap iron alley, so that your blood can at least maintain the dignity of our family a little." ”"Father," Willy bowed his head, as if accustomed to the taunt, "I'm back. ”The middle-aged man closed the document in his hand: "I should have said that you are not a member of the Mormo family, you are just a low-ranking soldier living in the iron camp, so I want to know what you are going to do when you come back without going to the barracks to report, but coming to me first." ”The middle-aged man looked up at Hao Ren and his party, and these strangers in strange clothes made him frown: "I heard that my son brought back some unidentified homeless people from outside, and I thought it was a guy as bad as him......
Who are you?
”"Travelers from out of town are passing through here," Hao Ren said in a flat tone, "and we will fight alongside your son in exchange for permission to rest in your castle." ”"Together?"
The Governor of the Castle repeated the word with a strange expression, "I guess I saved this shit fool from the battlefield." ”Willie bit his lower lip and suddenly took out some colorful pieces of cloth from his arms: "Father, I really fought!"
This is the loot I brought back!
”These pieces of cloth were the emblems he had pulled from the soldiers of the Iron City.The Governor of the Castle did not smile at the sight of the emblems, he simply took the pieces of cloth from Willy's hand with a straight face, and slammed them to the ground."
Only a beggar would pick up the garbage discarded by someone else from the ground," the governor rebuked Willy, "and there is not a drop of blood on your sword, and these insignia were given to you by their master?"
”The poor young man was silent, and he picked up the pieces of cloth with shame on his face, and could not utter a word in his mouth."
It's useless, you just follow those wizards and listen to their crazy words, you're not even as good as your two sisters, it's a good thing you're just an illegitimate child, otherwise I'd have died of shame for you," the Castle Governor muttered angrily, but he still restrained his bad expression when he looked at Hao Ren, "As for you......
You've helped the Tower Kingdom on the battlefield, and FireHearth welcomes brave warriors like you.You can find a place to rest in the tin area on the ground floor of the castle, and you can come and go as you please, but don't wander around the castle at will. ”Hao Ren had a lot of questions in his heart that he wanted to ask the man in front of him, but he found that the other party was probably not the kind of character who was easy to communicate with, so he pressed what he thought in his heart for the time being, and decided to inquire about the situation of this "world" in other places in "Fireplace City" first.They said goodbye to the governor of the castle and left the place under Willy's leadership.The young son of the Governor did not find the slightest comfort or relaxation in this meeting, and in fact he left his father's room almost in sweat.Lily asked curiously, "Looks like your dad doesn't like you very much?"
”"I'm just an illegitimate child, and in the Tower Kingdom, bastards are not considered family members, and the law says that we must be in the same position as the lower parent of our parents, even the bastard of the king, let alone me," Willy smiled wryly, "My father wanted me to be a soldier, but I wasn't there for that.I prefer to be with the academics, they tell stories from the past of this world, and I think it's more fun than fighting. ”Hao Ren's heart moved: "The story of the past of this world?
Can you let me meet the 'Bachelors'?
”Willy nodded happily, "Of course, I can arrange for you to meet Master Oro, he is the most knowledgeable person in this place - although my father doesn't like him, Master is still highly respected in Fireplace City." ”(To be continued.) )