In the early morning three days later, the two said goodbye to Patterson and the members of the Sword Mercenary Group, then left the base and set off towards York City.
After walking out of the subway gate of the base and waving goodbye to the two red-haired guards, they rode horses and galloped on the grassland. At this time, the sun had just risen from the east. Under the blue sky and white clouds, the undulating outline of the grassland and the clumps of forest branches and leaves in the distance ahead.
The rising sun cast a golden halo, and the clear water of the Elgar River not far to the south flowed quietly along the direction of the two of them. The two galloped for a while, then slowed down and let the horses walk instead.
Admire the beautiful scenery in the wilderness.
The deputy leader of the Sword Mercenary Group came to the base with a few mercenaries the afternoon before. At this time, the leader Ert was able to get out of bed and walk around after careful treatment by the doctor. Mr. Patterson was in the base conference room.
A briefing meeting was held on the man-eating lion incident.
At the meeting, Captain Elt first reported the whole story of the mercenary group tracking the man-eating lion that was attacked at night on the grassland. Then Steven and Kate set out from the base to find the mercenaries who were entrusted by Patterson to resist the lion.
The process of the soldier's whereabouts was also introduced in detail.
Then the two traced the traces left by the man-eating lions to their lairs, and briefly described the battle process between the man-eating lions and the lionesses. After killing all the lions, they searched the cave and found the bones of the mercenaries.
They talked about it for a while, and finally explained their conclusion that the man-eating lion was a mutated elemental creature, that is, a magical beast.
Everyone involved in the meeting knew something about biological mutations caused by elemental tides, but they were still shocked after hearing this speculation!
Patterson and the members of the mercenary group did not expect that they would encounter the Warcraft that had only appeared in newspaper news so soon. After hearing the two men's deductions, they who attended the meeting were full of shock and excitement about the disaster caused by the Warcraft.
Uneasy, Elt and the deputy captain said they would report this information to the Mercenary Guild and City Hall of Poni City as soon as possible.
Patterson also stated that he would report this situation to the head office and decided to increase the compensation fee paid to mercenaries killed by Warcraft within the scope of his authority. This is an additional fee in addition to the employment fee.
Steven and Kate also decided at the meeting to donate all the double employment money they received this time to the Sword Mercenary Group to pay the relatives of the mercenaries who were killed by the cannibal lions. This move won the Sword
The mercenary group was sincerely grateful, and Patterson also expressed his admiration.
After another night of rest at the base, the two left Patterson and the mercenary group. The next step was for the deputy leader of the mercenary group to lead a team to find the man-eating lion according to the map marks left by the two.
Lair, bring the corpses of the mercenaries and the man-eating lion back to the base.
In addition to the huge threat to humans from Warcraft, the general carnivores on the grassland are not dangerous to the armed human team, so the two of them are relatively reassured about the team heading towards the man-eating lion's lair.
Instead of following them, he said goodbye to everyone and set off towards York City.
Four days later, the two of them trekked all the way to York City, a small city formed by the Pawnee Railway. The city is about the same size as Daru Town, but it is expanding. The cement stone roads in the city are not wide, and there is no gas.
Street lights and most buildings along the road are of wooden structure, showing the brief history of the city.
But in front of the two of them, the city exuded a vibrant atmosphere. Travelers from the Grant Continent usually took the steam train from New Westin Port to York City after arriving in the southern part of the New World, where they purchased the interior of the New World.
Various specialty products, after some rest and entertainment, you will embark on the road to Pawnee City.
The road was very lively with people coming and going. The vendors on both sides of the road enthusiastically hawked the specialties of the New World and also promoted various industrial products from the New Westin Port.
The two led their horses through the crowds of people and arrived at one of the few cement and stone brick buildings in the city, which was the railway station.
They found the hotel chain in Pawnee City next to the building, returned the horses to the hotel stables, and after completing the formalities, they went to the front desk to book a room. They planned to rest for a night and go to buy York City the next morning.
Steam train ticket to New Westin Harbor.
The two traveled a long distance and did not participate in the lively nightlife of York City. They simply had dinner in the hotel and then went back to their room to rest. After a night's rest, the two got up early in the morning and walked out of the hotel in high spirits after breakfast.
, passed by a few drunkards lying on the roadside and snoring with wine bottles in hand, and walked into the train station that had just opened.
The steam train from York City to New Westin Port departs at 9 a.m. every day. If you miss the morning train, you will have to wait until the next day.
Although the vast majority of passengers have expressed protest and dissatisfaction with the fact that there is only one train per day, the reason given by the railway company is that this is the New World, and due to technical conditions and environmental restrictions, only one train per day can currently be operated. They also promised to wait until
After the railway to Poni City is opened to traffic, additional train frequency will be considered to meet the needs of passengers.
A long queue for buying tickets had already formed outside the newly opened ticket window of the station. The two of them immediately joined the queue. After waiting for more than an hour, they bought tickets for the first-class carriage on the train, and then
They entered the platform through the ticket gate.
The front of the steam train roared into the platform with white steam gushing out, and slowly stopped beside the platform with more than a dozen gray carriages.
Passengers who had not purchased seat tickets rushed toward the carriage doors with their luggage. There were no seats in these carriages, and passengers could only stand or sit on the ground. Of course, the fares were much cheaper.
The two of them leisurely found their car by comparing the car and seat numbers on the paper tickets. Later, they entered the car and put their backpacks in the luggage compartment at the end of the car before arriving at their seats.
The two men still carry their swords on their backs. Swords with scabbards can be brought on the train, as can flintlock guns and pistols, but the flintlock guns must be inspected and not loaded with projectiles.
The steam train started on time at 9 o'clock, a whistle sounded, and the steam locomotive with more than a dozen carriages spewed out large streams of white steam, wheezed and vibrated rhythmically, and slowly drove out of the platform.
The scenery on both sides began to accelerate and recede behind. Although the average speed of the steam train was not as fast as the galloping horses, its speed was constant and endless. It could arrive faster than any animals or horses during long distance travels. This is what humans have achieved in the industrial age.
An epoch-making invention and creation, it, like the steam sailboat, created a new way of human mobility and accelerated the discovery and colonization of the New World by humans on the Grant Continent.