There are so many words that can be used to describe Merlin Leho that it's scary.
Among the Vann folk, even ordinary farmers, miners or hunters can pull out a series of words related to Merlin Lehe from their heads anytime and anywhere.
Even a fool who lives on the street can use his trembling voice to praise Merlinle and a few words when being questioned by the committee's executors.
Although there are many people who don't like the Legal Committee, the vast majority of people will be cautious in praising and praising Merlin-Lehohe, where the Legal Committee is headquartered.
What would a huge magical city look like that has been polished by countless wizards, architects and various craftsmen for hundreds of years?
Those who have never actually been to Merlin Lehe are not qualified to talk about these things. Even those officials and nobles who have seen the world and visited many prosperous cities cannot accurately describe this ancient and beautiful city.
The appearance of a prosperous magical city.
"Magic Pearl", "Star of the North", "Tears and Favor of the Goddess Mel"...
Titles like these give the city located in the cold world an extra layer of fantasy.
However, the real Merlin-Leho is more impressive than the "great city" that many people imagine.
Although Merlinlehe is indeed a city in theory, its actual size is more exaggerated than other large cities in Vann.
This magical city uses a more typical inner and outer city structure.
Its core inner city, which serves as the headquarters of the Legal Committee, is already comparable in size to Bolden, the capital of the Kingdom of Walter. This inner city is dotted with various expensive magic mysteries that are continuously in operation.
The Mysteries are ancient, powerful and stable enough. After countless years of continuous maintenance and debugging, they have formed an absolute balance. They can not only protect the safety of the inner city, but can even provide transportation for facilities and buildings of all sizes.
Plenty of magic.
The important laboratories, libraries, conference halls and many important magic alchemy workshops belonging to the Legal Committee are also located here.
Different from outside rumors, those who can enter the inner city are not limited to mages, scholars or craftsmen. In fact, there are many ordinary residents who can enter the inner city and carry out activities there. After all, if you want to maintain a huge city,
It is absolutely not enough to rely solely on those who are the social elite and slow, cumbersome magic puppets.
However, anyone who needs to stay or move around in the inner city for a long time needs to wear a magic pass issued by the Legal Committee. These special documents with complicated rituals attached can directly prove the identity of the holder, and can also allow the legal authorities to pass.
Committee members follow up.
If someone enters the inner city without carrying the proper documents, it will directly trigger the reaction of those secret rituals. The whereabouts of these people will be exposed, and they will directly lead to the pursuit of magic puppets, mage enforcers and even sword-wielding hermits.
In comparison, the outer urban areas of Merlin Lehe are slightly looser and more like a prosperous city.
Although the highest jurisdiction over Meilinle and the outer city is also in the hands of the Legal Committee, most of the time, it is the collaborators who are closely related to the Legal Committee who appear in people's field of vision.
Various large-scale chambers of commerce, mercenary groups that have signed long-term contracts with the Legal Committee, large-scale factories that require a large amount of labor to support, embassy districts actively contracted and built by different large kingdoms...
Of course, the areas and places found in other large cities are naturally indispensable.
There are residential areas, commercial areas, and of course multiple huge squares that integrate different functions such as dining and entertainment.
In the recent past, due to the continuous influx of St. Steele refugees, the places used to support the residents' daily life have gained unexpected vitality. Some "entertainment" projects that were not allowed by Merlin and the mages in the past quickly appeared and took shape.
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In these port areas near the sea, there is a special industry that is not available in other coastal countries and cities.
"Here, do you see those ships? They're the ones with the slender sea snakes painted on their flags."
On the deck of the Windless One, Wei Lin, wearing a windbreaker, reached out and pointed into the distance. There, there were several large ships with dark blue flags moving slowly. Just now, these large ships sent out magic signals and used
The onboard mystery conveyed his identity to the Windless One fleet.
"The residents of Merlin Lehe generally call them 'sea beast ships' or 'sea whale ships'. The purpose of these ships going out to sea is to hunt giant sea whales and other magical creatures..."
Shuge squinted and estimated the size of these "sea beast ships", and then said: "They seem to be about the same size as military gunboats."
"It will even be bigger."
Wei Lin smiled and said: "After all, they don't exist for fishing. If you want to hunt those ferocious magical sea beasts, you need not only large ships, but also a lot of manpower... There are not only fishermen and sailors on these ships, but sometimes even
You can also see mercenaries and mages carrying a large number of weapons."
As a mage who has lived and studied in Merlin for a long time, Weilin is very familiar with all this. She added: "In Van'en, there are no ships that can efficiently hunt those magical sea beasts and bring back important materials.
There are many, so there will be a large number of alchemy workshops and caravans stationed in the outer city of Merlin Lehe, especially near the port, and some very famous chambers of commerce have even set up their headquarters here."
She withdrew her gaze and smiled at Xiuge: "When I was a stream-level mage, I even had the idea of going out on a boat to participate in sea beast hunting. Of course, my mentor did not allow it."
Shuge noticed that after officially entering Merinle and the surrounding sea areas, Weilin seemed to have changed. She seemed particularly energetic and talked a lot more. She now seemed to be visiting with friends.
Just like traveling around his hometown, he constantly introduces various things and situations about Merlin Lehe.
Of course, Xiuge already knew about these things Weilin mentioned.
Two days before arriving here, he deliberately dug out many pictures related to Merlin Lehe from his accumulated memories to study, but even so, he still inevitably felt a little excited at this time.
mood.
Looking through other people's memories is still different from seeing it with your own eyes.
What's more, Xiuge really wanted to see what the huge magical city he had described many times in words would look like.
As the Windless One sailed, magic signals began to float in the sky. Soon, the three gunboats and two armored ships in the fleet successfully handed over the escort mission, and through the use of magic balloons
, after a tight barrier composed of large airships and many new warships, the Windless One officially entered the bay of Merlin Lehe, and its guardians also became two smaller Legal Committee ships.
Boat.
"At that time, I was wanted in Salem City. I thought I would never have the chance to come back..."
Looking at the two escort ships flying the flag of the Legal Committee, Weilin gently twitched the corner of her mouth.
Xiuge turned around: "You still like it here, right?"
"certainly."
Wei Lin nodded decisively: "Although I have had the surname of the 'Ernst' family since I was a child, in the final analysis, I spent most of my life in Merlin...it is who I am.
A true hometown.”
After saying that, Weilin breathed a sigh of relief. She suppressed the slightly out-of-control look on her face, and then said to Xiuge: "Okay, we will talk about other topics later... It's time to change the dress, I hope you can
Committee, please don’t let the most annoying officials receive us.”
In this way, Xiuge returned to his cabin and took out his set of washed clothes.
Before he could put it on, an extremely strange feeling enveloped him, and a slight buzzing sounded in Xiuge's mind, as if the entire Windless One had just passed through an invisible wall.
The metal disc hidden in Xiuge's body trembled slightly, and magic ripples spread throughout Xiuge's body instantly. This is the standard reaction of the metal disc when dealing with the perception and invasion of external magic. Xiuge was already very familiar with this.
As the headquarters of the Legal Committee, Merlinlehe's cost of protection is naturally not comparable to that of ordinary cities. The magic barrier that the ship just passed through is probably enough to crush the city defense ceremony of ordinary large cities.
Already.
However, the role of this invisible wall containing astonishing magic power is not to block and isolate attacks from the outside world. According to the reaction of the metal disk, the real goal of this ritual is probably to check and search the visitors.
traces of magic.
A clear feeling of panic spread into the depths of Xiuge's mind.
Shuge frowned. He turned around and came to the luggage he had packed. He took out the huge kettle containing "Giustina". Normally, as long as Shuge made this move, "Giustina" would
It will actively get out of its temporary residence, but this time, it behaves extremely cautiously and "reservedly".
"are you OK?"
Xiuge was holding the kettle. He could feel a slight tremor coming from inside. The little thing hiding in the kettle was obviously shaking.
"Justina" naturally gave a negative answer.
At this moment, it was like a cub that was frightened by a predator or natural enemy. There was nothing else in its mind except fear and fear. Facing Shuge's questioning, "Jus
"Tina" appeared extremely confused, and the panic that had appeared before did not appear again.
"strangeness……"
The scene in front of him reminded Xiuge of a scene that appeared not long ago.
That was the picture of destiny that he spied from the transformed Giustina when he was about to escape from Salem City - he remembered that he saw a rather petite figure floating in the huge ice lake...
"Ice Lake, could it be Merlin Leho or St. Steele?"
Xiuge put his fingers on the kettle while thinking.
He channeled some of his dark abyss magic power inside, and this power that had the same origin as "Justina" immediately stabilized it.
"Perhaps there are other things and places in Merlinleho that can be related to 'Giustina'?"
Xiuge gently shook his palm, and with the construction of several magic models, a series of protective rituals mixed with the magic power of the dark abyss were applied to the kettle. This move finally brought "Justina"
Enough sense of security.
There was a knock on the door, and then Wei Lin's voice floated in.
"What took it so long? How are you preparing?"
"Okay, I'll come right away."
Xiuge responded and then stuffed the kettle back into the suitcase.
…
Merlinle and the bay in the afternoon exude a breathtaking beauty.
In the eyes of ordinary people, this place seems to be no different from the bays in other countries, but in the eyes of Shuge and other spell casters, there are extremely regular lines of magic floating under the swaying blue water.
The characteristic of "order" not only exists in the magnificent city that exudes magical light, but also exists in everything around the city.
Seabirds with huge white wings and long dark purple beaks are constantly hovering above the ship. They are not afraid of the magical steam floating from the ship, but are keen to quickly pass through the heated smoke, with agile bodies.
These steam clouds are easily cut into clouds of different sizes, and the seabirds chirp happily as a result.
It seems that they regard this behavior as a fun game.
“Mellingle and the bay are very beautiful at sunset.”
Wei Lin looked at the seabirds flying in the sky and said slowly: "When the sun slants through the sea water, even ordinary people who cannot use magic have the opportunity to see these beautiful and orderly lines..."
As she said that, Weilin raised her head and looked at the oppressive sky. There, a thin cloud of mist happened to drift by, so the chaos and deep terrifying shadow was exposed again, and was reflected in Weilin's eyes.
deep.
No one could look directly at the shadow of the black sun for a long time, so Wei Lin quickly lowered her head. Shuge saw her take two sharp breaths, and her face seemed to become a little bleak.
On the deck, the passengers who came to Merlin Lehe for the first time were staring at the strange scenery in the distance. The members of the Sword of Dawn were greedily scanning everything, wishing to record everything they saw.
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While the crowd around her was enjoying the scenery, a hand gently pinched Wei Lin's wrist, and then, a slightly cold magic power swept across quickly, quickly clearing away the chaotic feeling caused by the black sun.
"Don't be pessimistic, there is still a chance for everything."
Wei Lin heard words coming to her ears: "We came to Merlin Lehe just for this matter, right?"