Chapter 304 The Star Knights

After a day of rest, Qin Mo and the others finally set off again.

The Rhine originates from the northern foothills of the Alps, flows through Liechtenstein and Prussia, and then empties into the North Sea at Rotterdam. However, Liechtenstein's location is too sensitive, and the Temple has no overt presence. Therefore, the group planned to travel a longer distance, taking a shortcut into Prussia, and then find a branch of the Temple to arrange boats for them to sail downstream. Their Temple robes were too conspicuous, and the Liechtenstein boatmen were unwilling to take them.

The group of seven, consisting of a dozen or so riders, headed northwest along the main road. Once outside the city, they no longer maintained the solemn and dignified image of the temple, occasionally chasing each other on horseback and playing around, making the otherwise tedious journey less boring.

"Qin Mo, is your weapon really broken?" Kelly quietly approached Qin Mo after leaving the city and asked him with concern.

"Hmm! There's a problem with one of the magic circles."

“Then what should we do? It will be a big disadvantage to fight orcs without a suitable weapon. They are tough, thick-skinned, and very strong.” Kelly hesitated for a moment and said, “If you don’t like the vampires’ weapons, the temple has some good weapons, but you’ll need the Holy Maiden to come and help you.”

After Qin Mo arrived in Rome, he inquired about the Temple and learned that it had recruited all the talents who could create magic array weapons and armor under its command. Therefore, the Temple's weapon and armor manufacturing level was quite high. However, their weapons and armor were not sold casually. Only those who had made contributions to the Temple could apply for them. Qin Mo was naturally not qualified. Kelly actually gave him a suggestion: ask Heather for help.

"My weapon only has one broken magic circle, which doesn't hinder its ability to kill enemies. Besides, we're already thousands of miles away from Rome. I can't possibly go back to the temple to find another weapon!" Qin Mo smiled at the kind girl, indicating that he didn't need any more weapons; a "Fire of Joy" would suffice.

Kelly said with slight anxiety, "The main force of the Temple's knights and various subordinate legions are not actually concentrated in Rome, but on the west bank of the Daugava and Dnieper rivers. Therefore, a large amount of military supplies are concentrated in Warsaw, behind the front lines. There are enough weapons to choose from there, as long as the Holy Maiden is willing..."

Qin Mo has gained a basic understanding of the situation in Xizhou against the orcs in the past few days. Warsaw City is located nearly a thousand miles behind the front line and is the support center for the defense line facing the orc territory. From Warsaw, reinforcements can be sent to the entire defense line in multiple directions.

"Thank you, Kelly, but really, it's not necessary. We need to go straight to the front lines. Going to Warsaw would be a long detour, so it's best not to waste everyone's time."

Seeing that Qin Mo had no intention of going to find Heatherine, Kelly had no choice but to give up. Although Qin Mo was a genius in the Temple, she held no position there and was not qualified to freely purchase the Temple's various weapons and armor.

After leaving Liechtenstein, Qin Mo and his group traveled two or three hundred miles northwest and arrived at Strasbourg, a large city on the banks of the Rhine River.

Strasbourg is located where the Il River flows into the Rhine River, and two tributaries surround the city center, forming an island-shaped city.

After Qin Mo entered Strasbourg, he learned why Saint Heather had brought them here to change ships. The city was full of ancient buildings rich in history, most of which were temples, temples of temples.

"This is the second largest port on the Rhine River, after Duisburg in Prussia. Wars used to always break out here. To the west of the Rhine River was France, and to the east was Prussia. The enmity between the two countries could never be resolved. In order to protect the lives of the people, the temple built the Strasbourg Great Temple here and persuaded people to move towards peace. Since then, there has been no more war here."

Although Kelly was young, she knew the history of the temple like the back of her hand. After entering the city, she began to explain to Qin Mo which high priest built the temples along the road and which famous poet or knight once lived on that street.

Saint Heatherine led Qin Mo and the others toward the Strasbourg Grand Temple. Looking at the stone building, which was even taller than the pyramids, Qin Mo couldn't help but sigh in awe.

"Qin Mo, do you think these stone buildings are rare?" Xu Luo asked, noticing Qin Mo's admiring expression.

"Yes! Don't you think this temple is magnificent? And it has a lot of history."

"Is it as magnificent as the imperial palace in the capital?" Xu Luo asked, pursing his lips.

"Oh! Of course not." Qin Mo was taken aback.

"Is it more historical than the capital city?"

Qin Mo shook his head speechlessly. The history of the capital city can be traced back three thousand years, while the Strasbourg Great Temple is only a few years old.

"Then what do you care about? These bumpkins from the Western Continent always build cold, impersonal stone houses. They're so stingy and lacking in grandeur compared to our Great Xia Empire," Xu Luo said with a look of disdain and contempt.

Qin Mo was speechless. He couldn't very well say that traveling all over Europe was an obsession he had in his past life, could he? Everyone else's social media posts were about Luxembourg today and Venice the day after, while his posts were all about small parks and big factories. He dreamed of going to Europe and then showing off on social media.

In this world, people from the Western Continent would be proud to have visited the Great Xia. The capital of the Great Xia is the most prosperous city in the world. It is rich and peaceful. The emperor of the Great Xia governs a land larger than the Western Continent and has a larger population than the entire Western Continent. The Great Xia is the superpower in this world.

Qin Mo smiled, shook his head, and said nothing more. As long as Great Xia doesn't do anything reckless, it will always be a great power with the largest population and land area in the world, making the Western Continent look up to it. It's only natural for the people of Great Xia to feel superior.

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