Chapter 208: Sneaking into Voris City, Choosing Grols
The dark outline that was seen was not close to where Lu Feng was.
Lu Feng rode the black cloud and flew for more than an hour before reaching a distant island.
After checking, it was found that the area of this island was not too large. It was just a small island derived from the continental shelf. Apart from a small fishing village that relied on the sea for its livelihood, there were only some animals that were characteristic of the Western world.
"Are these the people from the Western Regions? Eagle noses, white skin, and pointed ears. Could it be that these people have elven blood? In the wizarding world, the more famous pointed ears are from the elves and fairies."
Among the fishermen living on the deserted island, except for a few people who have trained some physical skills, Lu Feng did not find any other strong people who could threaten him.
So, Lu Feng used magic to conceal his figure and sneaked into a small fishing village to inquire about things in the Western Regions.
Faced with Lu Feng's strength, these fishermen had no power to resist at all, and he quickly found out a lot of information about the Western Regions.
Although these fishermen are weak, they still know some basic common sense about the Western world.
This is exactly what Lu Feng needs.
The Western Regions are fragmented due to the broken continental plates and many islands, with many countries standing side by side. The political system is similar to that of the Western Allies in Lu Feng's previous life. Now, with the joint efforts of the great wizards in the Pan-Continental Alliance, a brief peace has been achieved.
At the same time, with the emergence of the steam engine, the entire Western Region temporarily entered the steam age.
"Grandmaster, Steam Age, Extraordinary! It seems that these Western Regions are quite interesting!"
The Western world where extraordinary powers exist is what Lu Feng is interested in.
If it was just an ordinary steam age, then instead of wasting time conquering here, he might as well go back to the Trandi sub-continent and develop his own Red Leaf Tower in the surrounding waters!
However, this small island was isolated from the rest of the world, and Lu Feng only knew the specific information about these things through the knowledge in the fishermen's minds.
It is currently impossible to make a correct assessment of the strength of the mage profession in the Western World.
"It would be great if we could find two wizards to come back and do some research!" Lu Feng chuckled and set sail again.
The small fishing village discovered by Lu Feng is a small village near the eastern coast of the Kingdom of Lorendan, belonging to the Reiner Province of the Kingdom of Lorendan.
After leaving the small fishing village, Lu Feng didn't take much time to reach the Reiner Province of the Kingdom of Lorendan.
Flying into the territory of the Kingdom of Lorendan, Lu Feng frowned immediately.
He was flying at a high altitude and encountered a thick black cloud full of irregular particles formed by incomplete combustion of coal.
"It seems that the steam engine in the Reiner Province of the Kingdom of Lorendan has developed very quickly. The exhaust gas produced by the fossil energy burned by the steam engine has begun to affect the natural environment!"
Lu Feng pressed down the cloud and saw a huge city at a glance.
The black smoke from the towering chimneys in the city billowed straight into the sky, forming a dark cloud that blocked out the sun. The falling dust made the entire city in Lu Feng's eyes covered with a layer of black veil.
On the straight road, steam locomotives come and go, and on the edge of the city, airships with Western characteristics take off and land, transporting goods and passengers.
What attracted Lu Feng the most attention in the entire city was the tall white stone tower standing in the center of the city, reaching up to the sky like a pillar of heaven.
"The first city in the Reiner Province, Voris City, the tall tower in the center of the city is the Mage Tower built by the Great Mage from the Western Regions!"
Lu Feng looked at the Mage Tower in the city from a distance in the air and was quite interested.
This wizard tower is not even worthy of a shoe compared to the Verdant Tower, but it is much better than the Red Leaf Tower that Lu Feng built for fun on the Trandi sub-continent.
"My luck is pretty good. I found the right direction the first time I searched! The only wizard tower in Lorendan exists here. I think it will be easier to contact the extraordinary powers of the Western Regions here!"
Lu Feng was far away in the clouds, preparing to sneak into the city of Voorhees.
Sneak into the city, don't shoot!
Lu Feng was not prepared to directly confront the great wizard from the Western Region before finding out the other party's background.
Lu Feng imitated the appearance of people from the Western Regions, changed his body shape and skin color, put on suitable clothes, and immediately transformed himself into a person from the Western Regions.
By using some confusing spells, Lu Feng easily sneaked into the city of Voorhees.
As a large city at the forefront of the steam age, Voorhis City has no city walls and people can come and go freely. With the only great wizard of the Kingdom of Lorendan in charge, there are not many daring criminals who dare to cause trouble in Voorhis City.
In the past, criminals who had offended the great wizard's majesty would have been hung on roadside lampposts by the great wizard as a warning to others.
After successfully sneaking into the city, Lu Feng used his powerful mental power to eavesdrop on various news while looking for a suitable identity for himself.
If Lu Feng wants to come into contact with the extraordinary power of this world openly, without a stable identity, everything he does will leave flaws. If he is caught by the great wizard here, Lu Feng will inevitably get into trouble.
With Lu Feng's careful attention, he quickly found a suitable candidate.
In a low grocery store,
A young man with a tired face and bloodshot pupils is buying painting pigments from his boss.
"Grolls, the price of these pigments can't be any lower! As you know, the raw materials for various pigments have been rising recently. If that doesn't work, I advise you to find a job!" said the fat grocery store owner Piong firmly.
Looking at the young man in front of him, Piong's eyes showed regret.
The young man, riding the wave of the steam age, came to Voorhees to make a living, just like when he was young. But the young man was not smart. With his knowledge, he could find a job in a factory in this big city.
Unfortunately, this young man chose the most difficult path of a painter, attempting to create amazing paintings that would shock the world and reach success overnight.
"Brother Piong, stop trying to persuade me! I have talent and I can definitely do it!" Grols stopped Piong from persuading him and said with a firm look.
"Oh, forget it! These paints cost three silver coins in total!" Grols's firm attitude made Pion unwilling to say more.
Young people like this are the most stubborn and only when they hit a wall will they realize their mistake and turn back.
What else could Pion do? Of course, he had to give up his desire to help others and respect Grols' fate.
After taking out all the money in his pocket, including the money for today's meal, Grols reluctantly paid for the paint.
Holding the paint, the excitement in Grols' eyes made him ignore the burning hunger in his stomach and he hurried back to his rented apartment.
"He's a very talented young man, but unfortunately he doesn't understand one thing: painters become famous after they die! If you want to be a painter, what's the point of having no money and power?"
Lu Feng cast a spell to conceal his figure, followed behind Grols, and commented silently.
As the sun sets, the city of Voorhees becomes even gloomier with dark clouds covering the sky. Even before nightfall, many parts of the city have been shrouded in darkness.
Grols was quite familiar with the roads in the city. He crossed half of the city and finally returned to the Fenris Apartment where he rented before the night fell completely.
It's more like a tube building than an apartment, with each building filled with rooms that can only accommodate one person. A bed and a table are all that is in the room.
The space is closed, but the price is cheap. Without any extra source of income, Grols can only afford to live in such a bad place.
There was no bed in Grols's room, but it was cluttered with easels, paints and other items. Any reflective objects in the room and any places where reflections might appear were covered with yellow mud by Grols.
After returning to the room, Grols immediately checked all the places covered with yellow mud. After confirming that they were correct, he breathed a sigh of relief and said grimly:
"Don't even think about it. Once I finish drawing that picture, it will be your doom! You want to kill me? Dream on! Dream on! It's impossible!"
Grols' mental state was very unstable. He took out the paint he had bought and smiled strangely.
The strange smile, the dim light in the room, and his gloomy face were indescribably strange, and also made the room have a strange tranquility. The tube building was originally a noisy place, but Grols's room was unusually quiet.
In this strange atmosphere, Grols took the time to paint.
Various pigments are intertwined and blended on the canvas, and Grols's brush seems to have a strange power to return the chaotic colors to where they should be.
Gradually, as the oil in the lamp consumed,
A dim seaside town gradually emerges on the canvas. Under the cold waning moon, the dark seaside town is dim and dim. In the distance, there are dots of fluorescent light flashing in the sea, as if some wet monsters are emerging from the sea.
Tick! Tick!
As Grols's painting gradually took shape, the sound of dripping water suddenly came from the small room where there was no water.
It was as if a faucet was not tightened, and the leaking water was dripping onto the ground.
Hearing this strange sound, Grols was not afraid, but became excited with a flushed face. He quickly took out a mirror sealed with yellow mud from behind the easel.
Pointing the mirror towards the canvas, Grols reached out his trembling hand and touched the yellow mud on the mirror.
Snap!
The dry yellow mud fell off, revealing a smooth mirror surface, and the scenery of the seaside town on the canvas suddenly fell into the smooth mirror surface.
Crash!
It sounded like the sound of sea water. Grols, who was holding the mirror, clearly felt that the mirror in his hand had become a little colder, and something slippery was clinging to his hand holding the mirror.
A strange feeling came from caressing, kissing and squeezing.
Grols gritted his teeth and forced himself to hold on.
"I must hold on, otherwise that monster will crawl out of the mirror and I'll be dead!"
A strange atmosphere filled the small room. In the mirror that Grols could not see, countless sharp claws stretched out from the dimly lit mirror, as if they were trying to drill out of the mirror and pull Grols, who had already been marked, into the dark mirror.
Crash!
As the claws in the mirror were restless, in the "Seaside Town at Night" that Grols had invested a lot of effort to draw, the dark sea seemed to boil, and pairs of fluorescent eyes became clearer, as if something was about to emerge from the dark sea.
Reflected in the dark mirror, the sea monster immediately fought with the mirror's sharp claws.
The sea monsters emerged from the water, revealing their strange images with octopus heads, human-shaped fish bodies, and webbed hands and feet. They let out strange howls and fought with the sharp claws stretched out from the darkness.
They tore at each other and strangled each other together.
Some sea monsters tore off the mirror claws, tore them apart, and swallowed them whole; some sea monsters had their limbs grabbed by the mirror claws, and were dragged into the darkness with wails, and fell into silence.
As the two sides fought, the canvas of "Seaside Town at Night" that Grols had worked so hard to paint quickly decayed and the color of the paint faded rapidly.
"Hold on, you must hold on!"
Grols felt the mirror in his hand getting heavier and the canvas in front of him was about to disappear, but the hateful monster in the mirror was still strong. After a moment, a pair of sharp claws stretched out from the mirror and grabbed Grols' hand holding the mirror.
A cold, chilly breath came, and Grols felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, wailing in despair in his heart.
"No, I, Grols, will not die until I have restored the glory of my family!"
But Grols was just an ordinary man, his resistance was so weak, the only hope he had, the painting, had lost its effect, and all he was about to face was death.
One, two. More and more pale claws stretched out from the mirror, making the small room seem to have entered winter, and the breath turned into mist.
"Am I going to die? What a pity, the wish I promised Butler Rhodes has not yet been fulfilled."
Grols was in complete despair.
However, at this moment, a strange voice sounded behind Grols, with a relaxed and particularly cheerful tone.
“Interesting!”
Grols tried hard to look back, but found that his body could not move at all.
He opened his eyes wide and saw only a hand as soft as jade.
Such a handsome hand, if I were to be a model
At this moment, a strange idea suddenly occurred to Grols.
Before he could think about it, he saw the beautiful jade-like hand gently reach out, grab a pale claw that was sticking out of the mirror, and gently pull it.
Grols felt a strong force coming from the mirror in his hand.
The next moment,
Pop! A sound!
A strange black thing with claws all over it was forcibly pulled out of the mirror by that hand.
Lu Feng pinched it lightly, and the magic power in his hands surged, rolling the monster covered with claws into a small ball and holding it in his hands.
The monster that made Grols despair was as weak as an ant in a glass ball in Lu Feng's hands.
"Gudong!"
Grols swallowed hard, stunned.
Tossing the monster in his hand, Lu Feng smiled at Grols with a pleasant expression, and then said:
"Mr. Groles, do you want to understand the meaning of life?"
(End of this chapter)
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