Chapter 154

The Nachumer River is the longest river in the empire, originating from the mountains of the world, stretching for tens of thousands of miles from west to east, flowing through eleven provinces and duchies, and merging into the endless sea in Modu.

The Duchy of Longsand is in the middle and lower reaches of the Nachumer River.

The ship entered the river from Dongting Lake and went down the river. There were more than a dozen cities built along the banks of the river. Every city is almost the economic or political center of the province where it is located, with a large population and well-developed river transportation.

Amidst the roar of steam, the ship sailed for half a day, leaving the Duchy of Longsand and entering the adjacent Brambles.

Brambles is a province, and its capital, Isrek City, is also built along the banks of the Nachumer River. This is a more prosperous city than Longshande. Not only is it huge in size, but the population living in the city is more than three million, nearly three times that of Longshande.

Isrek is the most important city in the middle of the empire, bar none.

In the entire empire, its city size and population can be ranked among the top five. This is the largest railway and water transportation hub in the empire, connecting nine provinces or duchies, and the transportation network radiates more than half of the country.

Such an important city, with a much higher status than Longshande, naturally has a holy soul wizard sitting in it.

This holy soul wizard is revered as "Duke of Purple Flame", and his name is "Magna Elan".

Like the Duke of Silver Star, she is also a woman.

However, the situation in Isrein is more similar to Modu. The Duke of Purple Flame is not the lord of Isrek, and never interferes in the governance of the city.

This duke became famous very early. Before the establishment of the Supreme Council of Chemetis, he was already a holy soul wizard, and it has been more than 1,400 years.

When the Supreme Council was established, the Duke of Purple Flame was a member.

She chose Isrek, but she only had to take away a small part of the tax collection rights, and still let the empire send people to manage the province and capital of Bramble. After hundreds of years of accumulation, the floating city was slowly established. .

After the Floating Void City went to heaven, Duke Ziyan stopped the right to collect taxes, and even gave up his duke title voluntarily.

Today, the Duke of Purple Flame is equivalent to a false title. People still call him this because of habit. It has been too long and has not been changed.

Duke Ziyan is one of the most mysterious among the holy soul wizards.

Few people know her origin, nor what she usually does, and people can't see the floating city in the sky in Isrek City.

This floating city has never been opened to the public. It is said that Duke Ziyan is the only one in the city.

Because it hadn't appeared for so long, the citizens of Isrek even wondered if the floating city had already flown away.

In the evening, Ren's ship arrived in Isrek and was going to spend the night here.

Ren did not disembark, but stood on the deck and enjoyed the bustling city under the sunset. The Nachumer River runs through Isrek and divides the city in two. There are long piers on both sides, and a large number of ships enter or leave at any time.

On the wharf, hundreds of thousands of workers are still busy.

Ren's eyesight is extremely strong, and he can see far away. I have to say that Isrek is indeed more developed than Longshande.

"Pity."

A female voice sounded beside him, "The Duke of Ziyan actually gave up such a big city. If His Excellency the Duke could choose Isrek as his territory, the floating city would have been established long ago."

Ren turned his head to look, and it was Pansil who was speaking.

She is the captain of the secret fire guard who went to Modu with her this time, a seventh-level elementalist.

Ren had met Pansier before. When he secretly reported Sir Ebrey, Pansier also participated, but no one was caught in the end.

There are usually five or six members of each secret fire guard, and the captain must be a high-level wizard.

There are thirty secret fire guards under the Duke of Silver Star, and each member is an elite trained in the wizard's tower, much stronger than ordinary extraordinary people.

Ryan has already seen all of Pansil's players.

One of the other four is a fifth-level wizard of all spirits, and the remaining three are all third-level wizards. There are five people in total, and their strength is quite impressive.

However, except for Pansil, the other wizards seemed to be a little unhappy with Ren.

Especially those three wizards, who were not very old, and still had some hostility in their hearts. Although they hid it well, they still couldn't escape the eyes of Ren's soul.

He didn't need to think about it to know that it was because of Viola, or he was not convinced that he was canonized as an earl.

On the contrary, Captain Pansil has a good attitude towards Rennes.

For most of the day on the ship, she followed Renn almost all the time, fulfilling her duty to protect the Earl of Glamorgan, and at the same time restraining her team members so that they were distributed around the ship to be alert to possible enemies.

At this time, Ren looked at this ordinary-looking woman. She was in her early forties and had a gentle temperament, which was somewhat similar to his mother Malinda.

"Captain Pansil," he said with a smile, "When Your Excellency the Duke entered the Supreme Council, Duke Ziyan had already given up the title of Duke, right?"

Pansil nodded.

"According to the laws of the empire, the Duke should have been able to choose Isrek as his territory at that time, why not?" Ren asked.

In fact, he could guess the reason.

It is nothing more than the problem that the two dukes cannot coexist. There are seven floating cities in the empire, which are distributed in different cities. Even if the relationship between the two holy soul wizards is good, they will not tolerate another floating city on their own territory. Empty cities exist.

One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, let alone two tigresses.

Ren knew this well, he just wanted to find a topic, chat with Pansier, and get close to the relationship.

The strength of this seventh-level wizard is extremely strong, and the number of magic seals in his soul exceeds 20. He is definitely the best among wizards of the same level, and he belongs to the kind of person who hides his secrets.

Ren can kill the seventh-level shapeshifting wizard, but he can't guarantee that he will be able to deal with Pansil.

After arriving in Modu, he had to rely on the other party, and she was the eyes and ears arranged by the Duke of Silver Star by his side, so it would never be wrong to have a good relationship with her.

Pansil smiled gently, and was about to speak, but saw that Ren seemed to have discovered something, and his expression changed slightly as he looked in the direction of the pier.

She followed her gaze and saw a witch boarding the ship.

The silver-clothed knight guarding the entrance of the ship seemed to be completely invisible to her and allowed her to board the ship without stopping her.

This witch is very tall, with long curly black hair, pure black pupils, and clear eyes. She wears a black and white simple and elegant robe. A little imperceptibly arrogant.

Seeing her, Pansil felt a great threat in his heart, and immediately raised his vigilance.

At the same time, I felt that Ren's reaction was a little strange.

What she didn't know was that Ren's heart was shocked at this moment. This witch was not a human at all, but a giant dragon!

Not only a giant dragon, but also an extremely rare legendary dragon species - rainbow dragon!