The west gate of Wilsk City is thousands of meters away from the original old city gate, and its scale is much larger than the original mud brick gate.

Although it was already lunch time, the Ximen location was still busy with traffic. In addition to transporting goods and supplies, there were also a large number of merchants or carriages from the chamber of commerce and other cities.

As residents and tourists. People who come here can be roughly divided into two categories. One is to purchase Mergil elf goods from merchants, and the other is to pay homage to the gods. Most of them are tourists from surrounding cities.

Of course, there are also some religious people with ulterior motives among those who do good things.

In addition, among the complex crowd, you will also see some scattered dwarves, southern elves, wetland lizardmen, little goblins and even the orc tribe in the southern area that has refused to establish contact with any humans until now.

These aliens all came here with some purpose or mission, and the purpose was naturally to contact the gods. However, they are different from the curiosity-based ideas of humans. In fact, these aliens are all

The invited guests were not invited by officials from the Principality of Michael, but by members of Argasburg who had been staying in the city of Wilsk.

As for the reason why Algasburg is worried about the foreign races around the area, no one seems to know except Chris and a few local high-level principals. Although this morning, when the first batch of foreign envoys arrived, it caused a

It caused quite a stir, but it was protected by Algasburg, so even those in the city who hated foreign races or human supremacists did not dare to have any evil thoughts.

As for these aliens, except for the orcs, they all have some contact with humans, but they all live in the southern part of the continent. But for the residents of the Principality of Michael, which is divided into the central part of the continent, these aliens

It is still very rare and unfamiliar. People of foreign races who come here will not be subject to any discrimination, at least on the surface, because the controller of this city will never allow this kind of thing to happen. For this reason, she can do whatever it takes to come.

Eliminate the troublemakers.

After all, the Principality of Michael is actually not very repulsive to foreign races. After all, there are mostly merchants and chambers of commerce in the southern part of the principality, so because of this influence, everyone is more willing to deal with foreign races. Especially people like the dwarves or the southern ones.

Elves are civilized groups with unique culture and skills. Things that seem worthless in their eyes may become very popular if they are exchanged for human society, and vice versa. Therefore, in the streets and numerous shops in the city,

, it is often seen that some foreign races use large pieces of gold, silver and gems in exchange for some food or spices, or ethnic groups like dwarves or southern elves in a relatively closed society will choose to exchange their own handicrafts.

goods.

The dwarves are special, because the dwarves from anywhere in the world are good at smelting and forging, and the dwarves from the southern tribe have some contact with the principality. After all, most of the weapons of the corps in the principality are

They are all written by dwarves, so among the many foreign races, dwarves are one of the most favored ethnic groups by the principality officials.

Another alien race that is valued by the principality is the southern elves. Although they are also members of the elves, they have formed a branch with the elves of Isheka because they have lived in the jungles and wetlands of the south for a long time.

.The unique culture and habits have created the unique abilities of the southern elves, and accordingly, the most products in their territory are often related items such as herbs, plants and animal materials, and this type of things is very important to the principality.

For the alchemists, it is definitely a treasure among treasures. Similarly, some of their magic props are also favored by the magicians in Ravensburg, so when the envoys of the dwarves and the southern elves arrived at Port Bova

When they landed, the principality had already sent out a large team to welcome them.

The hustle and bustle in the city of Wilsk has been going on for a long time. The daily increase in the number of people and the unimaginable consumption of materials have also made the city's municipal work department lament. However, the bustle like a never-ending festival has also made most residents

They had forgotten that the principality was undergoing an invasion, and the pressure on the Mariaburg front in the northern part of the principality was being put under. In order to increase the number of troops for the northern war, Chris almost diverted most of the original fighting force in the city, and even

The city guard also transferred a large number of people to help escort the supplies, so of course the serious shortage of manpower caused some security problems. For this reason, Chris had to invite the Algasburg garrison to help.

Although the people were not used to these strangely dressed guards from other countries at first, the efficient and advanced management plans and systems of the garrison satisfied most of the people within one day. Let’s not talk about anything else, at least the people in the city

The small shop and tavern operators finally saved the "bribery" provided to the city guards. The remaining city guards could only be sent to the newly built noble residential area to take care of the noble gentlemen, and most of the city guards

Some areas are still completely taken over by the garrison.

Of course, if it were placed elsewhere, then this kind of behavior would be very dangerous in the eyes of any lord and would never be tolerated. After all, traditional noble lords would rather let their cities be in chaos or even hire ruffians.

Letting the army of another country take over the security of the territory, even if you are an ally with the best relationship, you cannot do it, because doing so is tantamount to putting your head under the sword of others, and when you die will just depend on their mood.

Although she encountered numerous objections at the beginning, Chris still defied all odds and allowed the garrison to take over the city defense. This was not because Chris trusted Algasburg, but because she had taken a fancy to the city.

The power hidden behind formed a special deterrent, so even if he handed over the ownership of the city to Algasburg, they might not dare to reach out and take it.

As for the garrison, they actually don't want to take this trip into troubled waters, because their purpose has been completed, and the rest could have taken a "vacation" here before the headquarters issued new orders, but now they can only

Being able to brave the scorching sun to patrol the streets and stand guard became the job of the Algasburg police, but what they had to face were more noisy and red-faced vendors or trivial matters about whose chickens, ducks and geese were stolen again.

, the more serious ones are nothing more than some thefts or robberies with rough techniques and full of loopholes, so for this group of well-trained garrison soldiers, anyone with a normal mind will be a little dissatisfied with this. But okay.

The compensation given to them by Chris was very generous, so for the sake of such generous extra money, everyone did not say anything more. After all, although Algasburg is very wealthy, not every household in it

They all wear gold and silver as rumored by the outside world.

At this moment, the garrison guarding the west city gate encountered some minor problems, because there were some riots among the bustling crowd outside the city gate. The cause was that a very strange vehicle came near the city gate, and those unscrupulous people outside the city gate

This caused some panic among the people.

The soldiers of the garrison had naturally seen all kinds of strange things, so they quickly recognized that the vehicle turned out to be a steam-powered vehicle.

Steam power has also been developed in Algasburg, but people there do not like this inefficient product. But relatively speaking, everyone does not think that there is any country in the outside world that can develop such a thing now, so

The soldiers of the garrison inevitably became wary of him.

It wasn't until the soldiers went over to inspect that a middle-aged gentleman in a classic suit and a top hat in the car explained to the soldiers the purpose of their visit, and then the soldiers agreed to let them enter the city. However, only people could enter the city. This car was the same as the locomotive.

Large and small steam vehicles cannot enter, because even if the soldiers let the vehicle enter the city, it will cause more riots. After some discussion, the people in the vehicle agreed to drive the vehicle to the gate near the city gate.

The military garrison is parked at the station, while people in the car can enter the city on their own.

After the steam car died, the middle-aged gentleman took a few young people into the city on foot. However, the others dispersed to play after entering the city. Only the old gentleman took a girl in a dress and drove to the city hall in a carriage.

"Ah, there are elves there!" The girl sat on the carriage and looked at the elves shopping on the street. She muttered: "Judging from the hair color and skin color...the jungle elves in the south? Is it Lernis? Or Wajir?"

?Yeah, there are lizardmen there! The blue scales are the lizardmen tribe in Mara Swamp?! Ha, the little guy over there...could he be a kobold from the neutral tribe?"

Seeing the excited girl dancing, the middle-aged gentleman had no choice but to clear his throat to signal her to be quiet. However, the girl didn't seem to hear the middle-aged gentleman's warning, and even put her hand on the carriage door handle and tried to get out of the carriage.

The young gentleman finally couldn't help but used the cane in his hand to knock off the girl's hand that almost opened the car door.

"Calm down, Thea, your rude behavior is not the behavior of a lady at all." The middle-aged gentleman scolded dissatisfiedly.

"But...Mr. Wilson, I am not a lady..." The girl named Thea defended pitifully while rubbing her hands.

The middle-aged gentleman whom the girl called Wilson still stared with a straight face at Thea who continued to pretend to be pitiful. Then he knocked the ground with his palm dissatisfied and warned: "Don't think that pretending to be pitiful is useful to me! Since you admit that you are not a lady,

Well, then I won't treat you like a lady." After saying that, the gentleman Wilson picked up his cane and made a motion to hit it.

After seeing this, Thea quickly hugged her head and huddled in her seat. At the same time, she peeked at Wilson from time to time with her eyes hidden under her arms. However, although it seemed that the two of them were at war with each other, in fact both of them had cheerful expressions on their lips.

with a smile, and then Wilson quickly put the cane back, and then Thea sat up straight and began to communicate with Wilson.

The content of the exchange between the two was nothing more than about the recent changes in the city, rumors from the outside world, and the occasional aliens seen on the street. Of course, although it was an exchange, Wilson, as a teacher, took the initiative most of the time.

He explained some academic concepts to Thea, such as the social environment of the southern elves, or the living habits of the lizard people, etc. Although these contents sounded complicated and a bit verbose, Thea listened with interest and even dug out the contents.

I brought out a pen and notebook to record.

The name "William Drucker" does not appear in the conversation between the two. It seems that the two of them are old acquaintances with William. However, for Thea, whenever she hears this name, she always

It was a mixture of happiness and sadness. Although he seemed to miss the other party very much, he felt a sense of fear and sadness for some reason. Wilson was also somewhat similar, but he didn't see Thea in the same way. At the same time, he also noticed Thea's state, so

William's name was no longer mentioned in subsequent conversations.

The distance from the newly built West Gate to the City Hall is not that far, but the carriage took nearly twice as long to travel on the road. The main reason is that many of the roads along the way are too crowded, and the newly built streets are also a bit complicated, so even if

This local coachman often took the wrong route. But fortunately, the carriage finally arrived at the city hall smoothly, and then Wilson and Thea followed the guide into a small reception room in the city hall.

.And in this reception room, William has been waiting for a long time.

When the receptionist closed the door and left the room, Wilson shook hands with William and said: "I'm glad to see you are alive, Drucker."

"Yeah, I've been very busy recently, and I haven't written to you yet..." William also held Wilson's right hand and said.

The two looked at each other and smiled, then let go of their hands and hugged each other directly.

"I'm very happy to see you are still alive, William, my good brother." Wilson sighed excitedly.

"Me too." William patted the other person's back and then joked with a smile: "But you seem to be older... Sean."

When Nelson heard his good brother say that he was old, he suddenly left him behind and retreated elsewhere. Then he straightened his bow with a disgusted face and sat on the sofa nearby. William didn't care about this behavior of the other party.

Instead of complaining about his behavior, he straightened his crooked clothes and then came to Thea and said with a smile: "Nice to meet you, Miss Kruger."

"Hello, Teacher Drucker." Thea politely saluted William and then followed him to the sofa and sat down.

After William sat down, he called a maid to serve tea. Then after the maid left, William looked at Sean, who was still stern-faced, smiled and said, "After the people from the garrison told me your name just now, I still

I thought it was a mistake, but I didn’t expect that someone like you, who stays in the library all day long, would take the initiative to go out. Could it be that the end of the world is about to happen?"

"What? You don't welcome us?" Wilson pretended to have a sad expression, and then complained: "It seems that you have completely devoted yourself to that young lady, and even your own good brothers have begun to dislike it... I really make friends.

Accidentally…it’s a mistake to make friends.”

William didn't care about the other party's slander, because he knew it was just Wilson's joke. It seemed that his old friend had something troublesome recently that caused him to be in a very bad mood. So in order to avoid aggravating the other party's bad mood, William decided not to go as usual.

She had to quarrel with him, but turned to Thea who was tasting snacks and asked: "I heard that you came by steam car? Why not use a carriage? Has the parliament agreed to publish the steam car?"

After hearing William's series of questions, Thea put down the dessert that was brought to her mouth with some disappointment, then lowered her head and said nothing with red eyes. But just when William felt strange, Wilson said in a serious tone:

"We were in a hurry, so we took the risk of coming here by steam train. William, there is something wrong with the Parliament."

"What's going on?!" William suddenly felt that the other party was not joking, so he asked eagerly.

"The library materials at the headquarters have been stolen." Nelson patted Thea on the shoulder and comforted her who suddenly shed tears.

"Is it related to you?" Although Nelson only answered with one sentence, William discovered the cause of Thea's abnormal state from their actions.

"Yes, Teacher Drucker... I'm sorry..." After saying that, Thea stood up holding back tears and solemnly apologized: "It's all my fault..."

William motioned for Thea to sit down expressionlessly, then picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea to calm down a little. After resolutely rejecting all the worst plans in his heart, William cautiously asked Wilson: "

What exactly is going on?"

Wilson sat down the crying Thea, and then he said softly: "The matter does have something to do with Thea, but it also has something to do with you. The reason is that Thea met a talented young painter six months ago.
To be continued...