Leipzig, the city of knowledge, Blacksburg district.
A long time ago, when Leipzig was not called the "City of Knowledge", it was the military port and fortress of the Herasl Empire.
For the Herasl Empire, there are no enemies to speak of in the south. On the contrary, the north - whether they are elves, giants or dwarves, are all enemies worthy of vigilance.
Therefore, the port style here is completely different from that of the Glass Island.
There are no workers and cranes coming and going to unload goods, as well as various low warehouses that are full of fish smell, with peeling walls and rusted locks.
Instead, there are dark and cold iron and stone fortresses, as well as surveillance towers and sentry guns scattered everywhere - terrifying machine guns standing densely on the walls. You can also see a special anchor-grabbing machine...
"what is that?"
Aleister stood on the deck and asked casually.
Captain Erwan, who was guarding her, immediately replied: "That was a device that was once used to capture and control dragons."
"...Have the Star Antimony people ever fought against the giant dragon?"
"Maybe, but that's not important."
The ferocious-looking half-lizard captain replied with a smile: "The key is to make people believe that they are protected - look, our mighty port is even ready to fight the dragon! How mighty, ha!
Ha ha!"
Hearing the captain's words, the other sailors also laughed.
According to the rules of the Theocracy, it is impossible for a passenger ship traveling between Theocracy and Star Antimony to have any locals from Star Antimony on board.
This is to prevent active or passive smuggling... After all, as long as they take the Theocracy's things and put them down at home, and take a breather, it can be considered a kind of smuggling.
Because of this confusion of behavior, locals who want to trace smuggling will encounter a lot of confusion and resistance. The Theocracy is also prone to being blamed for the mess, so it simply cuts it across the board.
Naturally, the sailors didn't have any resistance when hearing this star antimony joke.
"When I first walked this line, it must have been eighty or ninety years ago," the second officer here is an elf, he joked, "At that time, there were these grappling hooks. After all these years
, I have never heard that a giant dragon is going to attack Leipzig... these grappling hooks must have never been launched, and the machines inside must have been rusted."
"Yes, we are at the beach after all!"
Someone laughed. Then there was a burst of laughter.
Their dilapidated boat was parked at the gate, and after waiting for a long time, the gate finally opened slowly.
"……Huh?"
Selene was a little curious: "Aren't they going to question us? Then what are we waiting here for?"
"The review has been completed, miss."
Captain Erwan obviously responded to this question not just for the first time: “When foreign ships are about to sail into the port, they will be observed with clairvoyant eyes by the beholders inside the port.
"There are two beholders in total. When both beholders confirm that there are no ambushes lurking in the ship, no bombs or dangerous ritual items are planted, neither the captain nor the sailors are threatened by control, and there is no special supernatural power left on them -
-For example, if the path of love has the ability to deceive people, they will notify their masters to open the gate.
"Only when both gates are confirmed to be opened at the same time, will the gate be confirmed to lift; when both gates are confirmed to be lowered, will it be lowered..."
As Captain Erwan spoke, the heavy and huge black stone gate began to slowly creak and creak, and the accumulated ocean current washed out from the inside. A new and magnificent world gradually unfolded before his eyes like a scroll.
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"It sounds... quite troublesome."
She narrowed her eyes slightly and raised her head to look at the heavy black stone gate: "Isn't the passenger flow here high?"
This thick obsidian gate is more than ten meters thick. Compared with a thin gate, it is more like an inkstone standing on the water. If it opens the gate once, it will probably consume a lot of energy.
It is also a kind of wear and tear on the life of the device itself.
"Only large boats go here, Miss Crawley."
The ugly and fierce Captain Erwan was guarding Aleister like a pug at the moment.
Aleister just raised a topic casually, and he immediately picked it up eagerly: "Those boats all go through another small door - but in fact they are all the same in essence, they are all so solid
Big black pillar."
"A show of force, right?"
Aleister said with narrowed eyes.
"Yes, I praise your wisdom."
Captain Erwan flattered: "As long as it comes out like this, people will be scared...and it is also a kind of 'pressure does not suppress people'. You can't cause trouble for them."
"Because it's not about looking for trouble against a particular person, nor is it necessary to follow the rules and go through those annoying procedures - it's just about entering the door. This door is here, and everyone passes through it, and there is no problem.
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"But in fact, as long as the sentry at the port thinks that the situation is not right, he can lower the gate at any time... In a sense, it is equivalent to handing over his life to others. Once such a pass is passed, how much will it do to Leipzig?
Instill a little awe.”
Captain Erwan said as the shabby ship staggered past the fully raised lock gate.
This thing hangs high in the sky, giving people a strong sense of fear - especially when foreign ships sail inward. Due to the improvement of sound insulation performance, they suddenly sail from the bright sea into the dark and quiet
that moment in the realm of.
If such a heavy piece of solid obsidian were to fall suddenly, it would be like a pestle and mortar, crushing the ships below into scrap metal.
The passengers inside must be in a healthier situation than the patties in the hamburger.
This sense of quiet oppression caused the passengers in the cabin to fall silent.
Aleister clearly felt Selene suddenly grab her arm, and her breathing became heavier. She turned back and glanced, and saw that Selene's pupils had turned into horizontal pupils.
When he was completely engulfed in darkness, Captain Erwan's curved and grinning mouth looked a little more terrifying.
"——This door was called the 'weight of knowledge' by the Count of Leipzig."
"It sounds really heavy, so heavy that it can't be endured for a lifetime."
Aleister's voice sounded faintly.
"Hahaha, you are right!"
The captain's cheerful voice sounded, his pupils reflected dark golden light in the dark environment, and Aleister's eyes also lit up with a faint red light.
"So it actually has another name...
"——We generally call it, the guillotine of the arrogant."
When the ship sailed into the darkness for a long time, the heavy stone gate suddenly roared down and hit the river bed hard, causing a wave of waves.
