The night in the Iron Ring City was freezing. Even with a heating brazier in the room, Rhodes still couldn't feel the real warmth. This reminded him of Black Hammer Castle. The ancestral castle was built on a hot spring.
In summer, you can't feel the difference from the outside world, but in winter, it's a world of difference. It's freezing cold outside, but it's a warm and peaceful scene inside the castle. Even in the master bedroom where the hot springs are directly affected, servants and lords don't need to wear them.
Jacket, freedom to walk and rest.
According to the butler Muros, the reason why our ancestors chose to build the city here was because of the hot spring. In winter, whether it can get enough temperature is the difference between life and death. The warm current of the hot spring is like the blood of the human body. In the castle
The internal circulation ensures that the temperature of Blackhammer Castle does not drop too low. You must know that it is almost the northernmost point of Kislev, and further north, no civilization has set foot.
If I must say it, it is only the Norscans who live in the mountains in the north, but those barbarians are no different from wild beasts to the people of the Old World... Their men live with wild beasts, together with their war horses
They took baths, tamed huge mammoth war elephants to fight for them, ate raw meat, and drank blood. Such humans have long been excluded from the ranks of civilization. Some Snokans moved south from the north in the past few hundred years and became members of the empire.
Mercenaries gradually integrated into the imperial society. However, these people were no longer real Snoka people.
Rhodes was thinking about this, and as he listened to the castle's midnight bell, he began to feel sleepy.
When he woke up the next day, the dwarf Alves was already waiting outside the door. He wanted to take the Lord of Blackhammer Castle, who had come from afar, to see the Order Arena in the Iron Ring City, where the darkest and bloodiest place was.
The scene also allowed Rhodes to understand the folk customs and culture of Iron Ring City. Even though the entire northern border has a similar culture, there are still slight differences in each place. Rhodes knew that Alves’ real purpose may be to make himself
Familiarize yourself with the arena. After all, tomorrow, he will be fighting the most ferocious savages. There is nothing wrong with getting familiar with the arena in advance.
The Arena of Order is located in the center of the Iron Ring City. It was almost noon when we arrived here. The amphitheater rose from the ground at the end of the road, with various shops and brothels on both sides of the road.
Like Blackhammer Castle, Iron Ring City is also a ring castle, that is, with the castle as the center and a circle of towns around it. Almost the entire northern border has this style. From a distance, the tall castle stands on a low
In the middle of the group of short buildings, there is quite a medieval style. But this is not for visual beauty, but for its practicality.
In the North, wild beasts and alien beasts have invaded for many years. Castles are the main means of defense. Once encountering alien beast invasion, people will immediately hide in the castle. They will not return until the castle defenders defeat the alien beasts.
Urban life. However, due to limited funds, it is impossible for the lords to expand the castle to a large enough scale to accommodate these civilians. This is also incompatible with their identity and status. They must be distinguished from the civilians. Therefore, the people living in the castle
They are often their guards and retinues, and outside the castle are the civilians and refugees who come to make a living.
Judging from the hundreds of years of history of the kingdom, no lord has the strength to surround the entire town, because it requires a lot of manpower and financial resources. In this era, building a circle of city walls is not a trivial matter.
A huge project.
"Come on, King of Blackhammer Castle, let me take you to visit the oldest and largest building in the Iron Ring City - the Arena of Order."
Alves walked in front and introduced with great interest. Caroline was like a curious little girl, full of curiosity about everything, as if there were countless things that made her curious every day. Rhodes couldn't help but feel sorry for Varry
I feel worried. I don’t know how the Lord of Heidelberg feels now. Although my daughter is traveling outside, it is not an adventure, but it is no safer than being in the castle. But this Heidelberg witch is so willful...
If there were popcorn or other snacks in this era, Rod was sure that Caroline would be walking down the street holding her snacks.
"The Arena of Order, its antiquity can be traced back to the early days of the Iron Ring City. Iron Ring City soldiers who were keen on competition built this arena to relieve their boring time when they were stationed in the north. When it was first built, it
It was just a square platform, with spectators sitting on the surrounding stone benches to watch competitive gladiatorial games. It could accommodate no more than a hundred people. Later, with the advent of peace, a steady stream of civilians moved from all over the place.
Here, the size of the arena has also been continuously expanded, and it was finally built into what it is now. It is round, which can accommodate the largest number of spectators, and at the same time, every corner of the stands can see a panoramic view of the game."
Alvis introduced. Rhodes noticed that this dwarf always looked forward when speaking, respectfully, unlike others who always focused on the beautiful Frost Witch. From this point of view, Alvis
Si is more gentlemanly than those noble nobles. If it weren't for his deformed legs, Rhodes thinks that this guy can become a wise ruler. Perhaps even Iron Ring City is not the current Lord Aubrey.
But it is his younger brother. But it is assumed that these are meaningless. The deformed body determines his fate. It is lucky to be the local financial controller. You know, many dwarfs will be killed after birth. People think
, deformed people are most likely the product of being contaminated by Chaos, and must be killed and burned as soon as possible. Alves can survive to this day and become the financial manager of Iron Ring City, so he must have a secret family past.
, but this is not what Rhodes is gossiping about.
"To a certain extent, the Arena of Order is the bloodiest place in the entire Iron Ring City. If the data is collected, I can be sure that the number of beasts and humans who died here in the past hundred years must exceed the total number of people who died in the war.
So much so that ghosts have been floating in the basement of the arena for many years. Of course, that is just a legend, I have never seen it with my own eyes. Haha."
Alves introduced with a smile. He was observing Rhodes' expression, but from the side, Rhodes had no expression at all. According to Caroline, the lord of Blackhammer Castle was not smiling at all except being manly. Of course.
Everyone who is familiar with Rhodes knows that their lord is not stern, but is very serious in front of strangers. In private, he plays well with soldiers and warriors, and he is always smiling towards his family.
Everyone in Blackhammer Castle knows that Lord Rhodes’ daughter Denis is the happiest and most free-spirited princess in the North.