Chapter 443: Hospitality
Just like what Lynch had experienced in his vision, Middenheim had a huge drop in elevation. After entering the city gate, one could see the undulating highlands and lowlands.
The streets were filled with individuals, with humans and dwarves being the most common, and occasionally one or two elves or halflings. They didn't seem to want to stay for long, and often came and went in a hurry.
People from all countries were bustling in the streets, and as Lynch had seen, troublemakers would be hung on the city walls.
As soon as Sorian entered the city, he jumped off the carriage and excitedly walked along the criss-crossing streets and arched bridges, rudely pushing his way through the crowd, greeting his compatriots, and being surrounded and welcomed to the neighborhood where more dwarves gathered.
Teclis wisely hid his face. Reasoning with dwarves was difficult for some races. Unfortunately, the dwarves of Middenheim were the second largest race. It seemed as if several clans from the Dwarf Fortress had made their home in the City of the White Wolf.
The tall, narrow houses of Middenheim stretched out like an undulating wave to the center of the mountain, the highest peak.
Two magnificent palaces face each other across the square. They have almost no walls, and only rely on columns and marble decorations to block the cold wind. They can be said to be "bare walls" in another sense.
From Lynch's position, he could vaguely see what was happening inside the palace, and any elf could do it.
The palace of Grand Duke Middenheim is as grand as a dwarf's palace. Even a giant can walk into the palace without lowering his head.
The grand dukes of successive generations stand on both sides of the aisles in the palace. Judging from the layout, it can be seen that it is indeed the work of dwarves, except that the dwarf ancestor gods have been replaced by human ancestors.
From Arthur, the "King of the Teutons" in the Sigmar period to the Grand Duke of Middenheim in modern times, all are listed here.
It's just that the Barbarian King who built the fortress probably wouldn't want to see Mitgard become Middenheim. He was once a champion in slaying monsters and hunting undead magic masters, but the old wolf will always be replaced by a new wolf king when he gets old.
The dragon sword of the past has been broken by Sigmar, and the descendants of Arthur have been integrated into the empire.
Only the sacred fire of Yurik still burned opposite the palace.
Unlike the Elector's palace, Lynch could see that the White Wolf Temple was gradually expanded. Silver flames were floating on the top of the mountain, and the circle of stone tablets closest to the flames was probably the original "temple".
It was they who witnessed Artur's coronation as king, and it was they who witnessed Sigmar climbing Mount Fuschlag alone and challenging the old king to a duel beside the White Wolf's sacred flame at the top of the mountain.
Today, after Sigmar bathed in the holy fire, was crowned as the new king, and finally became emperor and established the empire, the simple stone tablets have not been removed. Their outer layers have several loose outer walls made of reliefs, and above them there is a dome that can shelter from wind and rain.
The entire city was built on a plateau, so every time the carriage passed over a floating bridge, Eugen would feel obviously uneasy, perhaps he was worried that the bridge would suddenly collapse and the carriage would fall into the sunken valley.
Countless bones can be seen in the ravines between the cliffs. I guess people often experience the huge height difference of Middenheim in person.
Lynch failed to find the famous "Cheetah Knights". As the personal guards of the Grand Duke of Middenheim, they were probably all on the front line. " The Witch Forest ate a village! When we passed by Schlager Village, no one existed. After we saw the words "Mist" and "Mercy" carved on the trees, we sped up and fled to Middenheim."
"What's new about that? Every year people disappear in the woods. You should worry about the plague in Tilia. The plague at sea is getting worse. Now you have to pay twice as much to go to sea."
The villagers of Middenheim seemed to have a more colorful life than the people of Erengrad. Lynch could hear the legends of the central mountains in the east, the secrets of the Laurentlauren Forest in the north, and the stories of the beastmen and greenskins in the west.
No wonder Middenheim became independent from Middenland. Although it was the largest commercial center in the north of the empire, it stood alone on the side of the central mountains and completely lost contact with other cities.
There are also dwarf clans who remember their homeland - Karak Kazarak. In fact, they have never forgotten their homeland.
A quick inquiry in the tavern will reveal the "mysterious disaster" that drove the dwarves out of the central mountains. They have lived with Middenheim for 2,500 years, and will continue to do so.
There was a group of dwarves tinkering with machinery in the big square. It was not until the pile of scrap metal slowly floated up that Lin Qi realized that it was the prototype of an airship.
The square in front of the temple had been nailed with circles of metal rings. Yurik's priests did not drive them away, but just stared at the crumbling airship with a covetous look.
They seemed to have gotten used to the Dwarven engineering. After all, Dwarven artifacts were always more reliable than machines made by Greenskins. Before this thought came to mind, the airship in mid-air exploded.
The brilliant fireworks made the entire city pause for a moment, and the White Wolf Priest skillfully raised his giant shield to block the metal debris splashing towards the temple.
Passersby on the street were also not surprised and just passed by cursing.
On the contrary, the strangers who had never seen the world showed normal reactions. The screams stopped abruptly before they lasted long. Few people could withstand the contemptuous gaze of the Midden people for cowards, and most of the hot-blooded people knew shame.
By the time the hot air balloon took off and was crashed by a passing Pegasus, leading to a fight, Lynch would no longer be surprised.
This city is not what Lynch imagined.
The fighters were eventually knocked to the ground one by one by the knights who arrived, and were taken to the city wall. It seemed that the unfortunate guys hanging on the city wall had new friends.
Regardless of the process, Middenheim's law enforcement efficiency is indeed quite high. The team originally planned to stay in Middenheim for a week, but was vetoed by Lynch . Eugen will have to leave tomorrow after selling the goods.
As they were looking for an inn to stay in, Lynch saw Pastor Sigma's bald head again.
Maybe they thought they were very hidden, but the "Purple Hand" had been keeping an eye on them ever since they entered the city.
But the team in the city couldn’t contact the Supreme Mentor, and they couldn’t even contact one of the three great mentors.
The members who could exercise decision-making power never returned after going out that night. This is normal. The upper level will naturally not let the lower level know their whereabouts, but they have been missing for too long now.
The only good news is that their old rival, the "Red Crown", is also in chaos. The "Purple Hand" has long monitored the "Red Crown"'s attempts to cause chaos. Until now, the "suspicious individuals" who are inciting have not been able to unite together.
This is a very normal situation. The "Red Crown" has always been loose. Without a strong individual to firmly control all procedures, their actions are just a mess.
(End of this chapter)
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