[Chapter 95: Tilan Capital]

After demonstrating the magic of alchemy to David, Newton did not continue to teach about alchemy.

The addiction to teaching was greatly relieved. Now his mind was all shifted to the raw materials of the Hammer of Judgment. He wanted to study this material that he had never seen before in his free time.

“By the way, where are you two going next?” It

was not until this time that Newton remembered to ask David and Sharon where they were going. He had talked for more than a night before, but he didn’t think about it. He reached an agreement with David in a daze.

“Tilan Capital.”

Newton was temporarily added as a member. The speed of the three people and two horses would be affected to some extent. Fortunately, they were not far from Wangbei Town. After arriving in Wangbei Town, Newton went to buy a horse as soon as possible.

Then the three of them rested in Wangbei Town for a night. The next day, before dawn, they set out on their journey again, galloping all the way to the Tilan Capital in the south.

The journey was smooth. During the occasional breaks, Newton would seize the time to study David’s Hammer of Judgment, and David would make full use of the agreement between the two. No matter what he saw, he would ask this temporarily hired consultant about it to deepen his understanding of the world.

Generally speaking, in addition to the initial questions about the distribution of power in the entire continent, some differences between the various countries can also be found.

For example, the rise of the Kingdom of Tilan is not long. Two hundred years ago, the Kingdom of Tilan was one of many small kingdoms and small principalities, and it was not noticeable among countless human kingdoms.

But in the past hundred years, the rise of the Kingdom of Tilan has been very strong, and it soon became the country with the largest land area outside the Sodurunma Empire.

In addition, the rise of the Kingdom of Tilan indirectly prompted the establishment of the New Ailan Federation. The essence of that federation is a union of countless small countries, which was born to counter three powerful neighbors.

The Holy Kingdom of Gaunt is more like a religious country, and the religious atmosphere of the whole country is very strong;

the Sodurunma Empire is the most powerful and longest-standing human kingdom. Although this empire has undergone countless changes in countless years, and even the position of the emperor of the empire has changed several families, the empire still continues and always maintains its powerful strength…

Listening to all kinds of miscellaneous information, David’s image of these names in his mind gradually became fuller, no longer just knowing the names as dry as before.

At the same time, he also knew that even small countries living in the cracks of big countries have good military strength. Knights, court mages, and royal alchemists are almost standard in all countries. In

powerful countries with vast territories like the four major human kingdoms, some powerful lords will recruit mages and alchemists to serve them and form a knight group that is absolutely loyal to the lord. A

typical example is Dudley Morgan, the lord of Iron Tree Castle, who has a well-equipped and powerful Iron Tree Knights under his command.

Of course, the most powerful armed force of the Kingdom of Tilan is the Knights of Tilan, which is much stronger than the Knights of the Iron Tree. This Knights Order was the sharpest sword when the Kingdom of Tilan conquered the entire north.

David curiously asked more about the Knights of Tilan. Although the old alchemist did not say much, David was able to analyze from just a few words: the physical fitness of these knights of the Kingdom of Tilan might be much stronger than he expected; the top war horses in this world might not be worse than the top war horses in Azeroth.

As for weapons and protective gear, he did not ignore the sets of armor that Fording helped to sell. Among them, Gregory’s armor was mixed with some special metal, which greatly increased the defense of the armor.

He did not think that the main force of the Kingdom of Tilan would not be able to get what Gregory could get. Maybe this kind of armor is just a standard configuration in their hands, and it is very likely that they are wearing an enhanced version.

“If you don’t come out, you really don’t know anything!”

David felt that he was really a country bumpkin who knew nothing, and he made the right choice to come to the capital this time.

Even if nothing was accomplished in the end, it was not a wasted trip just based on this intelligence information.

As they gradually approached the capital, the road gradually became wider and flatter, and there were more and more pedestrians on the road. Occasionally, they could meet caravans heading to the capital. The main source of income for most caravans was to transport various specialty products from remote cities to the capital of the Kingdom of Tilan for sale.

Because there were more pedestrians on the road, it was not convenient for David and Sharon to continue galloping on horseback, and the speed of travel slowed down.

But even so, after many days of long journey, they finally arrived at the capital of the Kingdom of Tilan, the Royal City of Tilan!

“It’s a very majestic capital.”

Unlike the Iron Tree Castle, the capital of Tilan has a magnificent city wall. Only by entering the city wall can you see the outer city of the capital.

Compared with the Iron Tree Castle, the outer city of the capital of Tilan is much better-although it is still chaotic and full of various smells, it can be seen that it has been planned and rectified. The civilians living in the capital are also in a much better mood, and everyone seems to be very busy.

Sharon led the horse and followed the surging crowd through the city wall into the city. She kept looking at the civilians around her and said, “The people here seem to be living well.”

“That’s because you’re walking on the main road.” Because of the ban in the city, Newton, who also got off his horse, explained to the naive Sharon why this place looked good: “This road and the surrounding blocks have a lot of people coming and going, and anyone entering the capital must pass through these main roads, so the Kingdom of Tilan will properly manage these roads.” After

Newton explained a few words, Sharon understood that these streets were the facade of the Kingdom of Tilan. If they were too ugly, the ruler of the Kingdom of Tilan would not look good.

“Since it’s a facade? Why not manage it well?”

“This is already very good.”

Newton’s answer made Sharon silent. The smart girl understood a lot from this sentence: The Kingdom of Tilan, one of the strongest human countries on the continent, also thought that such a facade was good enough, so what would some weak countries be like? What would those remote cities be like?

“If you want to see the worst of these big cities, you have to explore the center of the outer city.” According to Newton, these areas surrounding the inner city are roughly divided into several squares with the main roads of the royal city as the boundary. The closer to the center of the square, the worse the living environment.

“What should we do next?” Sharon, who already had an idea in mind, was ready to take some time to go deep into the civilian area to take a look. Although she knew that the environment there would definitely be terrible, she still wanted to see it with her own eyes, provided that it would not affect David’s business.

“Let’s go into the inner city.”

Compared to the relaxed entry into the outer city, which was basically allowed in after a simple questioning, the interrogation at the inner city gate was much stricter.

This also led to the fact that although there were fewer people entering the inner city than when entering the outer city, there was a queue and they could only move slowly in.

David looked around and saw that most of the cars in this team were caravans. Most of the goods brought by these merchants were transported to the inner city for the enjoyment of the truly wealthy nobles in the kingdom.

In addition, there were no nobles queuing here because they had a dedicated passage and did not need to wait for interrogation like David and ordinary merchants.

Fortunately, the speed of interrogation was fast enough. After moving slowly for half an hour, it was finally David’s turn.

“Where are you from? What are you doing in Tilan? Why do you want to go to the inner city?”

David answered these questions truthfully: Iron Tree Castle, Winter Village, coming to Tilan to submit a village and town certificate and apply to upgrade the territory level.

“Apply to upgrade Winter Village to Winter Town?” The surprise on the face of the inner city guard was very obvious. He looked at the documents in his hand and looked at David a few more times: “Are you the village chief?”

“Yes.”

The guard looked at Sharon and Newton who were following David. After confirming that the two were with David, he did not ask too many questions, but continued to ask David: “Why not handle it in Iron Tree Castle?”

“Winter Village is the newest land developed by the Kingdom of Tilan. I believe this new territory belongs to the Kingdom of Tilan, not to Iron Tree Castle.” Of course David couldn’t tell the truth. At this time, he puffed out his chest and held his head high, and said the excuse he had thought of long ago. He looked as if “I am wholeheartedly devoted to the Kingdom of Tilan.”

The guards in the inner city looked at David’s posture and found it very funny. They didn’t try to hide their smiles at all. They handed the documents in their hands to David and waved their hands to indicate that he could go in: “Remember, don’t cause trouble. The people who live here are not people you can afford to offend.”

“Okay!”

David led Sharon and Newton into the inner city. After walking ten meters away, he heard the guard’s mocking voice behind him: “Country bumpkins from the north.”

“Hahaha, maybe he will become a noble lord soon.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. It’s not that easy to become a noble. Do you really think you can become a noble just by enclosing a piece of land with the development order?”

“You are actually jealous… But then again, that girl is really beautiful.”

“Do you have any ideas about that girl? She is just a country girl, it should be easy to deceive…”

“Forget it, I’m not that lord…”

As the distance gradually became farther and farther, coupled with the noise of the surrounding environment, David could no longer hear what was said behind him. He just turned his head and looked at Sharon while leading the horse.

“I have a hunch.” According to the normal plot development, will the next plot be about robbing a commoner woman?

Sharon looked at David, then turned back to look at the guards who were no longer clearly visible: “How about I go out of the city and wait for you?”

“It shouldn’t be that serious…” David remembered the information Newton had provided earlier and decisively rejected Sharon’s suggestion: “Besides, some problems may be a good thing for us.”

(End of this chapter)