Chapter 4 Midwinter City
As one of the few main cities on the Endless Continent, the City of Long Winter is also the most remote and smallest main city. It belongs to the Golden Empire. Although the City of Long Winter is one of the smallest among the main cities, it is still a big city covering an area of hundreds of miles.
When I approached the city of Late Winter, I felt majestic. On the left is the Pamir Mountains and on the right is the Uchas Mountains. A small section of city walls were built on both sides, and a huge city gate was inlaid in the middle. The city gates were made of black metal, and they were naturally made without any flaws. The momentum of light gave people invisible pressure. Not far from the door, a moat diverted water from the Uchas Mountains on the right. A moat that was dozens of meters wide spanned the north gate of Late Winter City, forming the first line of defense at the gate. It is said that there is also a similarly spectacular moat at the south gate.
The city of Long Winter is built in a basin at the junction of two mountains. It has a very good geographical location, fertile soil, pleasant climate, and warm spring all year round, but the terrain is quite strange. From the sky, it seems that it was artificially excavated a circle with a slightly lower middle and slightly higher surroundings. Legend has it that it was the trace left by two mysterious masters after a long time ago. Later generations established the city of Long Winter in this small basin with low terrain.
The mercenary group slowly drove into the city of Late Winter from the north gate. Han Feng and Ryan had never seen such a prosperous city, with people everywhere, many people even carrying magic pets.
Although the city of Late Winter is the smallest main city, it covers an area of more than one million people and has a migrant population of nearly two million. Late Winter City is divided into four areas: southeast, southwest and northwest. Each area has a city gate. The east gate and the west gate lead to the Pamir Mountains and the Uchas Mountains. The north gate is the gate where Han Feng enters the city, leading to the edge of the mainland, the south gate leads to the inland, and the south gate is often the most prosperous area.
The mercenary group escorted the caravan to the east of the city along the way.
There is actually no obvious division between the north and the east of the city. The City Lord’s Mansion is established here. It is said that the City Lord is a master who has broken through the ninth level and entered the legendary level, but almost no one has seen it. The City Lord doesn’t care about the affairs in the city. The big and small matters in the city are usually handled by his think tank.
The front row of the north and east of the city are various commodity markets. The largest auction houses in the city are located here, and many handicraft workshops are established here, such as weapons stores, armor stores, clothing stores, and pharmaceutical stores. The back streets are the main residences in the city. Most adventurers live here. After all, adventurers are damaged and injured, and it is inevitable that they will be convenient whether they buy armor, repair weapons or buy medicine.
At the junction of the north and east of the city, Hanfeng noticed an old man sitting alone in his own small courtyard carved with wood, with a focused expression.
The old man had a square face and silver hair. Although he did not have the demeanor of a white beard and chin, he had the appearance of a childish face. On his amiable face, he had a pair of bright eyes and a whole set of gray cloth clothes, which looked simple and generous. His exposed arms were still so youthful, as if he contained endless energy in his strong body.
The old man suddenly stopped his hand and raised his head and smiled kindly at Han Feng. The smile seemed to contain something elusive.
The cold wind was stunned, and the old man's warm smile never dissipated in the cold wind's mind for a long time.
The further you go east, you will find that the lower the store level, the worse the house you stay, and the bad situation becomes more and more dirty, because the most corner of the east of the city is the poor kiln, where poor families live.
After the goods were handed over, the mercenary group returned to the mercenary group's headquarters in the west of the city.
In the center of the city of Long Winter, a huge magic fountain appeared in front of Han Feng and Ryan, and the two couldn't stop from ear to ear for a long time. The magic fountain was filled with a rich elemental aura, and the falling water splashes shone under the sunlight, like beautiful pearls falling from the sky. Some of the fountains here are like a water column, and some are close to each other. From a distance, they look like a castle made of water!
With the magic fountain as the center, the sub-bases of the three largest forces on the continent are lined with the "Magic Source" of Spellcasters Association, the "Extreme Force" of the Warriors Union and the "Exploration" of the Adventurer Organization.
If the City Lord's Mansion and two other buildings are added, the six buildings are faintly vaguely with magic fountains as the array eye, echoing each other from a distance, forming a regular hexagon with a hint of mystery.
Lao Zheng and his mercenary group are one of the six large mercenary groups in the middle of winter - the Ashes Mercenary Group.
The main base of the Ashes Mercenary Group is in the city of Late Winter. It is a mercenary group born and raised in the city of Late Winter. It has always developed well. The core combat team members are about 3,000 and non-combatants are about 5,000. They have always been engaged in commercial transportation, protection, security maintenance and a few ruins exploration. The mission is completed very high, and the reputation is good in Late Winter City.
Half a year ago, the regiment commander Reston led the three elders and three hundred elites from various professions to the residence of the Night Song Forest Elf Clan, exchanged magic items and searched for the remains of the legendary Goddess of Life Temple, but has not returned yet.
Not long ago, the group leader had already gained a lot of money, and the group leader and others should return to the base within two months.
There are currently less than 500 core combatants stationed in the city of Late Winter. Some time ago, the medium-sized Red Wolf Mercenary Group wanted to occupy the headquarters of the Ash Mercenary Group in one fell swoop when the leader, the three elders and major elites were not around, and seize the local sphere of influence and business sources of the Ash Mercenary Group. Fortunately, the Ash's intelligence personnel discovered it in time and developed in the city of Lshwinter for so many years, which made the Red Wolf's raid failed and was eventually destroyed by the Ash.
Although Ashes survived the raid of Red Wolf, they were also seriously injured in their vitality, with more than 200 deaths. Nearly 100 people were seriously injured and disabled, and most of the rest were injured.
Fortunately, the Ashes Mercenary Group is very popular in the city in the middle of winter, and the atmosphere in the group is good, no one takes the idea of burning all the jade and stones to take advantage of the opportunity to destroy Ashes. The most important thing is that I heard that Ashes's son Reston has gained a lot in Yege Forest. He successfully broke through level 9 and entered one of a small number of people with extremely strong strength on the continent. The anger of a legendary strongman is not so easy to bear, so it is better to be a favor.
"Huces, please take your two children to the east wing for rest. Tomorrow I will go to the slums to find some talented children, and the day after tomorrow I will take them with other selected children to the association for testing." The deputy commander was thinking about it and showed regret on his face, "You go and see how Brad's injury is going tomorrow, and comfort him."
"Okay, I understand." Hughes immediately looked a little sad when he heard Brad and took his two children to the east wing.
The three of them stopped in front of a row of three-story bungalows. Hughes and his two children picked up a random room. The room was very simple, with two beds, a small round table, three chairs, several ink paintings hanging on the wall, and a clenched fist sign was engraved on the door, with a "xi" under the sign.
"You two remember the number of your room. After you have determined your profession, you can design the sign on the door according to your profession characteristics and preferences. The east wing is for the preparations to live in the combat personnel, and the room layout is the same. Don't go wrong. The canteen is straight to the left, the bathroom and the cottage are on the right, the martial arts field is on the right, and daily necessities are collected in the warehouse on the left of the canteen. The things in the resident are all provided for free, of course, except for the bar and the material market. I have something to do, so I'll leave first. If you don't understand, go to the first room on the second floor of the West wing. You can rest early, and I'll come to you the day after tomorrow." After that, Hughes turned around and left, looking a little anxious. I thought it was time to find Brad as mentioned by the deputy commander.
The two of them ran to the cafeteria first, and after confirming that it was indeed free, they quickly finished more than a dozen servings of barbecue under the surprised gaze of the canteen uncle, and left, took a beautiful bath, hugged their own quilt and daily necessities and returned to their room.
The two of them had long been used to remembering them in the same bed, but they were not used to sleeping separately. The two beds were not far apart, so they just got together.
"Ryan, you're asleep. This quilt is so warm. This is the first time I've eaten so much." Han Feng turned around and covered his lower half of his face with the quilt, revealing only a pair of smart eyes.
"No, Hanfeng, what do you want to do in the future?" Ryan turned over and faced Hanfeng.
"I don't know, it depends on the distribution in the group. I don't have any special thoughts. As long as I can eat enough, I'll be fine." Han Feng said without thinking and asked back: "Ryan, what about you? Uncle Hughes and the deputy leader seem to value you very much."
"As for me, I don't know, I want to be a earth warrior like Uncle Morrie." Uncle Morrie looked like holding a shield to resist the wolf pack.
"Why? It seems that the deputy commander wants you to be an archer." Han Feng thought that Uncle Hughes and the deputy commander always stared at Ryan's hand.
"Hehe, I won't tell you. Go to bed early." Ryan smiled and said without saying anything, turning over.
"Okay, good night." Han Feng didn't bother him, closed his eyes and slowly entered his dream.
Chapter completed!