Chapter 788

New calendar year 2535.

Tuk tuk tuk!

Kalodi was awakened by the knock on the door with a splitting headache, but when he opened his eyes it was dark, the air was humid and stuffy, the bed board and the whole room were shaking slightly, and the narrow cabin he was in made him feel dazed for a moment before he remembered that he was not there Comfortable home too.

Last night I was so hungover that I lay down all night without even taking off my clothes.

There was another voice outside the door: "Carlodi, are you awake?"

"woke up."

Kalodi got up quickly, and the first thing he did was to check the submachine gun that he never left even when he was sleeping. The black gun body is firm and reliable, reflecting a faint metallic luster in the dark, and the tentacles are cold, but it adds a bit of confidence and sense of security to him.

As a gunner, the soul gun is his second life.

The appearance of this submachine gun is exactly the same as the mass-produced submachine gun sold by the Mechanics Union, at least on the surface, there is no difference.

In fact, it is a special model equipped with expensive and rare dimensional magazines, which store three different bullets, with a total of 20,000 rounds. Whether it is lethality, rate of fire or range, it is higher than ordinary submachine guns. .

It's called "Black Star", and it was an adult gift I got on my eighteenth birthday last year.

He stroked the body of the gun and lost his mind for a moment.

"Callodi?"

Another crisp and lively female voice sounded, "The boat will arrive in Gotham soon, come out quickly, we are waiting for you."

Just by hearing the sound, one can tell that its owner is a young girl, at least not too old.

A pretty face appeared in Kalodi's mind, and he quickly inserted the submachine gun into the holster on the outside of his thigh, patted it to make sure it was very firm, and then went to open the door.

A man and a woman stood outside the door.

The man was about twenty-five years old, with an extremely handsome face, more beautiful than most women, tall and tall, wearing an elegant enchanted robe, it was easy to mistake him for a woman at first glance. If you take a second look carefully, you will find that his demeanor is not feminine at all, his body is surrounded by the breeze all the time, his pupils are a strange blue color, as if a hurricane is brewing in his eyes, and will erupt at any time.

Anyone with a little knowledge can recognize him as a storm warlock who is not easy to mess with.

Standing beside him was a younger woman, her pretty face was a bit green, she was only seventeen or eighteen years old, but her figure was well developed, even wearing a tight dark purple leather armor could not conceal her beauty. Talented, the whole body is permeated with the breath of youth.

The two look somewhat similar, obviously a pair of brother and sister.

"Harmon, Feraya."

Carlodi scratched his head and apologized a little embarrassedly, "I drank too much last night. I have never drank so much before, so I overslept."

Warlock Harmon nodded gently, expressing his understanding.

Fei Laya said angrily: "We have knocked on the door three times. If you don't come out again, we will break in. We are afraid of seeing something we shouldn't see."

"Is there anything you shouldn't see..." Carlodi was afraid that she would misunderstand, so he quickly explained, "You can come in and look at it as you like."

Seeing his bewildered look, Filaya immediately laughed and said, "I'm kidding you!"

Kalodi breathed a sigh of relief.

Harmon seriously warned: "Carlodi, if you don't drink well, try to drink as little as possible in the future. Extraordinary people must stay awake and vigilant at all times, even when sleeping. Although the boat is safer, accidents may happen , Beware of those who have evil intentions."

"Yes, I remember." Carlodi nodded solemnly, "Thank you, Brother Harmon."

In fact, he also understands these experiences, but the ship is getting closer and closer to Gotham City, and he is getting more and more nervous. He wanted to relax in the bar on the upper deck last night, and Firaya was there, so he couldn't help but drink too much up.

"Don't talk about this, we're going to the deck soon, we won't have a good seat if it's late." Filaya urged.

Carlodi was also a little anxious, "Let's go."

The three of them went out from the middle cabin and boarded the uppermost deck of the ship.

When they arrived, there were already many people on the deck, and the best positions were occupied by people. They could only stand on one side of the ship's side. Fortunately, they were on the side that was closer, and the view was also very good, and it was facing the shield. the direction of the island.

It was halfway through the morning, and the sun had risen to a very high place.

In late autumn, the weather is cool.

There is not a cloud in the sky, and the sea is relatively calm, with only a little sea breeze blowing on the face, which is very comfortable.

The horizon can already be seen directly in front of the ship. As the ship advances, the horizon gets closer and bigger in the eyes, and soon becomes an endless coastline, from west to east, across the route in front of.

"Shield Island is here!"

"Shield Island is ahead, and we are about to disembark."

Cheers erupted from the crowd on deck.

The three of Carlodi were also very happy. They boarded the boat from Albert Bay, sailed south along the west coast of the New World, passed through the city of La Paz, arrived at the Wind and Thunder Islands near the South China, and then traveled from the narrow gap between the New World and the South China. The "Torijos" canal passes through, turns back north, and reaches the city of Costello.

Castro is the human stronghold farthest from the empire. Starting from here, it goes all the way north along the east coast of the New World, without stopping ports and strongholds, until it reaches Shield Island.

The whole voyage is three weeks.

Except for the three stopovers, Kalodi almost vomited from living on the ship.

They still boarded the ship from Albert Bay, and only took half of the journey. Some passengers boarded the ship from the Empire, and lived on the ship for a month and a half. lock up.

Filaya cheered happily, looking at the Shield Island ahead.

Soon, the outline of the city appeared on the horizon, and some tall buildings could gradually be seen clearly.

"Look!"

Firaya pointed to the front and said excitedly, "That should be Gotham City!"

Both Kalodi and Harmon opened their eyes wide. Kalodi is a gunner, and the first master soul fused is Night Owl, with better eyesight and can see farther.

Immediately, he found a huge shadow standing on the horizon in the distance, straight up and down, like a curtain covering this area. The location of the shadow curtain is the west side of Gotham City, which seems to be located in the bay.

"What it is?"

Kalodi was horrified. You must know that the ship was dozens of miles away from Gotham City, but this shadow could be seen, which shows how huge its size is.

As the ship approached, soon someone also saw the vision.

"What is that black shadow?" Someone on the deck exclaimed, pointing to the shadow curtain in the bay, everyone's attention was drawn to it.

"My God!"

"Goddess!" Some people became frightened and couldn't help worrying: "What happened to Gotham City?"

"That's the Dark Sky Array."

A crew member explained loudly, seeing everyone looking at him, his face was a bit smug: "Two years ago, Speaker Renn set up this magic circle on the 'Island of Truth' in the Gulf of Shield Island, turning the entire The island and the sky are covered, and no one is allowed to approach. It is said that a magnificent magic temple is being built on the island, and it will be completed soon."

The passengers' faces were stunned.

Most of them are ordinary people, coming to the New World for the first time.

I chose to take a boat instead of a teleportation array because the economy does not allow it and the news is relatively closed. I don’t know much about Gotham, but I am attracted by the growing fame of Gotham City and the many legends about its prosperity. Board the ship, trying to find a way out in this emerging land.

There are not many extraordinary people like the three of Kalodi among the passengers.

"It turns out that there is the magic temple!"

Filaia was very curious.

She is a first-level shadow warrior, and she can see more clearly than ordinary people. After visual inspection, she was startled, and couldn't help saying: "You can see it from such a distance, it must be higher than the wizard's tower, this magic temple is too big, right? "

Harmon was also full of admiration, his eyes filled with awe.

He is a follower of the goddess of magic.

Kalodi whispered: "It should be more than 300 meters high, and it is much wider and several times larger than the wizard's tower. If it is built, it will definitely be the largest temple of the goddess in the mortal world, and it will be bigger than the Temple of Truth in Northriel." Big, and much bigger."

"Carlodi, have you been to Northriel?" Firaya turned her head back.

"Uh, no." Kalodi looked shy, "But I've read about the Temple of Truth in books, and I've always wanted to go there but never had the chance."

"I want to go too, let's go together when we have a chance." Filaya immediately suggested, with a look of longing.

Kalodi readily agreed, "Okay!"

Soon after, the ship turned to the west and entered the "Xiawan" of Shield Island Bay, which looked like a huge eagle's mouth opening to the east. The ship sailed in the lower bay for half an hour, near the north of the Eagle's mouth, and passed through the "Xiawan" less than three miles wide. Strait, sailing into the "Upper Bay" of Shield Island Bay.

Gotham City is on the right side of Upper Bay.

A city wall tens of miles long was built along the coast, with no end in sight at a glance. Fortunately, the upper deck of the ship was very high. Looking over the tall city wall, one could see tall buildings rising from the ground. The streets were so wide that dozens of horses Horses run side by side.

The streets are full of traffic and pedestrians.

The architectural style of the city is completely different from that of the empire. Low houses are rarely seen, and buildings tens of meters high can be seen everywhere, with at least seven or eight floors.

There are also many buildings with more than 20 floors or even 30 floors, and they are very dense, aggregated into huge communities.

In the commercial center of the city, there are dozens of skyscrapers over 100 meters high, the tallest of which is over 300 meters high, only slightly shorter than the wizard tower in the middle which is built on a high ground.

The shapes of these skyscrapers are unique, and none of them are repeated. Many of them are covered with glass curtain walls.

The eyes of the people on the ship were all straight.

They had never seen such a city before. Gotham City was different from any other city in the world, but they couldn't describe what kind of architectural style it was. They only had one feeling in their hearts.

That is shocking!

This is exactly as they expected. The shield bird was still a desecrated land full of undead before. What can it be built in just a few years?

Dare not compare with big cities like Modu or Northriel, it would be nice to be able to build a rough city base, and everyone is mentally prepared to enter a dilapidated small city.

In the end, I saw a bustling city that I couldn't even imagine in my dreams!

Sharp-eyed Kalodi makes a new discovery.

In Gotham City, there is a 100-meter-high spiers built every three kilometers or so. Their shape is somewhat similar to the wizard tower, but their diameter is much smaller. It comes out, and a turret is installed on the top.

Harmon also noticed these turrets, and said in a low voice, "Those should be the rumored electro-optical cannons."

Carlodi nodded.

He looked at most of the city, and he could see hundreds of electro-optical cannons within his field of vision, forming a huge fire coverage network, leaving no dead ends, able to attack every area in the city, including the ground and the sky.

As extraordinary people, their news must be better than ordinary people.

Since Xinxiang Floating Void City was taken back by Chairman Ren more than two years ago, the Scourge has not stopped attacking Gotham City. Battles occur almost every day, and every month there is a large wave of undead offensives, in which the Liches of the Seal of the Dead Knot participate, sending troops to the city to raid.

However, the Scourge never caused major casualties.

Most of the undead raids were detected immediately, and then the electro-optical cannon fired, easily destroying the enemy.

It is the existence of these electro-optical cannons that guarantee the safety and development of Gotham City.

Of course, the Knights of the Holy Lance also played an important role.

Kalodi looked to the north, where there was Abraken, and turrets were built on the narrow and flat Abraken peninsula, covering the entire peninsula. The foundations of the city under the fort began to show its scale, and two bridges spanned the Strait of East and connected to Shield Island.

There are also many turrets built along the west coast of the Shield Island Bay, and the land has been purified and turned into endless fertile farmland.

Obviously, Gotham City is already exploring a new continent westward.

But the most eye-catching thing is the shadow curtain, which just stands in the very center of the bay, about the same distance from Shield Island, Abraken, and the coast of the western mainland.

At this time the ship was already far away.

You have to look up from the boat to barely see its top. Half of the sky is covered, as if a large piece is missing from your field of vision. It’s so dark that you can’t see through what it’s like inside. It’s inexplicably overwhelming. , out of breath.

Kalodi and the Harmon brothers and sisters looked at each other, seeing the surprise and doubt in each other's eyes.

This is not like a temple!

During the three-person exchange, the ship docked at the "Red Hook Pier" on the west side of the bay. After entering the berth, the crew shouted: "Gotham City is here, everyone get off the ship."

The passengers could not wait to disembark.

Standing on the land, Kalodi immediately felt extremely solid. After walking a few steps, the feeling of lightness under his feet quickly disappeared.

The Red Hook Wharf is ten miles long and hundreds of meters wide. The water area of ​​the wharf is surrounded on three sides by a tall city wall that extends out, roughly resembling a huge hook. The color of the city wall is reddish, hence the name. All berths and ships are protected inside this big hook.

There are several wide passages under the city wall, which are usually opened for cars and pedestrians to enter the city.

"Where are we going?" Firaya looked around excitedly.

Harmon glanced at Carlodi.

The two brothers and sisters came to Gotham to gain insight, to see if there is a chance to make teammates, and have been hunting the undead, and Kalodi claimed to be the same.

"Let's take a stroll around the city," Harmon said.

"good."

Carlodi did not object, and the three of them walked through the city wall passage, and suddenly, a unique, prosperous and beautiful city with a new look rushed towards them.

Observing the city from a distant ship is a completely different experience than being in it.

The wide streets are smooth and clean, without any bumps or potholes. Cars, carriages and pedestrians each have their own roads, and there is no chaos at all. At each intersection, there is a tall signal light with three colors of red, green and yellow. All people and vehicles must pass according to the instructions.

Carlodi took a few glances and quickly understood.

Stop when the light is red, and move forward when the light is green. Yellow light seems to be a warning.

No matter where you go, lush trees are planted on both sides of the road, like a forest, and there are flower beds under the trees, which not only serve as the isolation zone of the road, but also look pleasing to the eye.

Every road, every block, has signposts.

There are trash cans and street lamps not far from the roadside, and these street lamps are all crystal lamps that consume magic energy.

Harmon has a wide range of knowledge, and the more he looks at it, the more shocked he becomes.

The maintenance of these infrastructures requires a lot of manpower, and the cost is definitely a huge figure. If the whole city is like this, it is absolutely not enough without millions of gold shields a year.

With such a huge investment, the first impression of Gotham City is that it is clean!

I didn't smell a bad smell along the way, and I occasionally saw garbage, and soon people in work uniforms cleaned it up with tools.

The second impression is speed!

The cars on the road are driving extremely fast, and the pedestrians are also in a hurry, but orderly.

The whole city is running at high speed, and everyone is involved in it, playing their own role, but they are not as numb as the lower-level people in the imperial city, they are ruddy, energetic, and exude a vigor and vitality.

When you walk out of the port area, you arrive at the trade area, and the building in front of you suddenly becomes taller.

"so far!"

Looking at the wizard tower in the center of the city in the distance, Firaya couldn't help sighing.

"Anyway, there's nothing urgent. Let's watch as we walk." Harmon said with a smile. He was already fascinated by this city and wanted to see more novel things.

Kalodi agrees.

The three of them were about to continue walking when a green-painted car stopped on the side of the road. The driver rolled down the window, and it turned out to be a dwarf. He asked courteously in Imperial language, "Guests, do you need a taxi?"

"taxi?"

It was the first time they had heard the word.

It was only then that I discovered that there were quite a few of these cars on the road, all of the same style, and their exteriors were all painted green. The signs on the roof and the sides of the car body were written with the words "taxi" in Imperial, Elvish, and Dwarf languages. Words are very conspicuous.

The dwarf driver smiled. He obviously often met guests who came to Gotham City for the first time, and explained enthusiastically: "Guests only need to pay, and I will take you to the place you want to go in the city. This is a taxi."

The three immediately understood that this was the imperial bus, but it was a private version.

Something as expensive as a car can still operate.

Rafia was very interested and asked, "How do you pay for the car ride?"

"The starting price is ten copper lisos, and every mile beyond three miles is three copper lisos." The dwarf driver pointed to a mechanical device on the car, indicating to use it to calculate the price.

This price is quite expensive for the common people of the empire, and few people are willing to take it.

But it is very affordable for extraordinary people.

Kalodi opened the door without hesitation and sat up. The Harmon brothers and sisters sat in the back row and found that there was a cushion under the dwarf driver's buttocks. He raised himself up and could see the road ahead. He asked, "Where are the guests going?" where?"

"Take us for a stroll in the city." Kalodi thought for a while, and said, "Then recommend a good hotel for us, not too expensive, preferably in the inner city, closer to the magic area."

"okay!"

The dwarf driver responded happily, pressed the meter in front of him, and the car started to move.

The three of Carlodi noticed that the green light from the meter turned into red light, which should mean that there are guests in the car.

"Is this the first time for the guests to come to Gotham?" The dwarf asked casually while driving skillfully.

"Yes……"

Kalodi, who was sitting in the co-pilot, became a little nervous. He found that the speed of the car was too fast, passing other cars quickly and leaving them behind. In less than a minute, there were several times when I passed by cars on the road, and if I made a slight mistake, I would collide with them.

If there is a car accident at such a fast speed, even if he is a transcendent, he will probably die.

Carlodi hurriedly said, "Please drive slowly."

"Don't worry, I'm an old driver. I haven't had an accident in driving for more than two years." The dwarf raised his hand nonchalantly, and adjusted his sitting posture by the way.

Having said that, the three of Kalodi are still worried.

"We want to see the scenery of Gotham, you can't see clearly after driving so fast." Filaya said very unhappy.

The dwarf glanced at the girl in the rearview mirror, had no choice but to slow down the car, and asked, "Guests, how many laps shall we take in the trade zone first?"

"Okay." Kalodi nodded.

The dwarf lowered the car window so that the three of them could see the outside more clearly, and said cheerfully: "The most worth seeing place in Gotham City is the trade area except the magic area. The magic area cannot be entered by ordinary people. The city is too crowded, and only the trade zone has gathered a large number of extraordinary people. In the past two years, businessmen from all over the world have settled in the trade zone, and the city lord has specially built several super tall office buildings, which are about the same height as the wizard tower. It is only rented out to those companies and businessmen. It is said that the monthly rent for a room the size of a bedroom is a gold shield, tsk tsk tsk..."

While speaking, the car drove into the trade zone.

Sure enough, as the dwarf driver said, the three of Kalodi quickly saw the towering skyscrapers, and when they observed them closely, they could better appreciate the size of these buildings.

When the car passed by downstairs, they had to poke their heads out in the car to see the whole building and feel their own insignificance.

The traffic in this area is very dense and there are many pedestrians.

Humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, and some rare intelligent races, everyone is either well-dressed or dressed as an extraordinary person. They come and go in and out of the building, and their temperament and demeanor are completely different from ordinary people. It seems that people who can come to this place are faintly superior and enter the upper class.

The three of them are extraordinary people, and they are in it, but they lack confidence in their hearts.

This kind of feeling is like a countryman entering the city for the first time. It was novel at first, but the more I saw it, the more guilty I felt, and I felt that I didn't belong here.

There was silence in the car.

The dwarf driver sensed the emotions of the three of them and said with a smile: "Actually, we Gotham people don't like to go to the trade zone. It's too high-end, everything is expensive, and there are often conflicts and fights. It's more dangerous, and the inner city is safer. Some."

Filaya asked curiously, "Will there be battles in the trade zone?"

"Of course there is!"

The dwarf driver scratched his beard and said with disdain: "Those extraordinary people come from all over the world, there are all kinds of people, all of them have eyes on the top of their heads, and they don't follow the rules in order to make money. Fighting, thinking that Gotham City is a place where you can run wild like other cities, hehe..."

"What happened?" Kalodi asked.

"Of course they were all suppressed by the Knights of the Holy Lance. Those charged with minor crimes will be locked up and expelled when the time comes; those charged with serious crimes will be killed on the spot, and none of them will end well if they dare to use force in Gotham City." The dwarf driver's face Full of pride.

"They don't look at whose territory Gotham City is?"

"In Gotham City, the city lord is the only master. Who dares to refuse?" The dwarf snorted twice. "Now the trade zone is only a little messy, and safety is guaranteed. You don't have to worry."

Firaya's eyes lit up, and she sighed, "Chairman Ren is really amazing!"

"That's right!" The dwarf driver slapped his thigh and said proudly, "I've met Lord City Lord, not once, but three times!"

When it comes to the city lord, the dwarf seems to have opened up a chatterbox.

He was frothing while driving, from the time he met the city lord to the battle more than two years ago, and the time the death lord was scared off under Gotham City, he said it with joy, as if he saw it with his own eyes. General, as well as various Gotham city novelties, future plans, legion secrets, etc.

There is nothing in Gotham City that he does not know, and the three of Kalodi listened with gusto.

The taxi unknowingly made several laps in the trade area, and the mileage on the meter was constantly beating. It was not until more than an hour later that the taxi stopped in front of a luxury hotel in the inner city. The dwarf driver reluctantly saw them off. .

Carlodi paid the fare of twenty silver crowns without frowning.

Harmon looked at the ten-storey hotel in front of him, with a red carpet at the entrance, and a magnificent welcome lobby inside, which was several grades higher than the hotels they usually stayed in.

"Is it too expensive to live here?" Harmon hesitated.

Filaia was also a little uncomfortable.

"It's okay, we're only staying for a few days, and I'll pay for it." Kalodi waved his hand very grandly, and took the lead into the hotel.

Harmon and his sister looked at each other with some doubts in their hearts.

Kalodi is so rich, why did he take a boat to Gotham City instead of teleporting directly from the Empire?

The hotel waiter greeted him warmly. Carlodi directly booked the most expensive penthouse suite and took the elevator to the top floor. The luxurious suite opened the eyes of both siblings. There is also a wide balcony outside the suite, with a wide view, facing the high ground in the city, and you can see the castellan's fortress and wizard tower above.

Under the service of the waiter, the three ate a sumptuous lunch on the balcony.

When Harmon saw the price of the meal, even though he was a third-level warlock, his strength and knowledge far surpassed that of ordinary people, he was taken aback.

However, Kalodi is not in a high mood.

When he was eating, he also looked at the tower frequently, as if he had no appetite and didn't eat much.

"Carlodi, you..." Harmon hesitated to speak.

My sister and I met Carlodi in Albert Bay. This handsome young man who was only 19 years old obviously left home for the first time and had a conflict with someone. He and his sister helped him out. After communicating, we found that the other party We all want to come to Gotham City, so we go together.

Kalodi is a second-tier shooter, and there's nothing particularly outstanding along the way.

His younger sister, Firaya, gets along very well with him. They are the same age, only one year apart, and they have a faint affection for each other during the contact on the boat.

Harmon didn't object to this. He could see that Kalodi had a decent character and was worth making friends with. He was also a devout follower of the goddess of magic just like himself.

But in Gotham City, Kalodi seems to be different.

He has something on his mind!

It's not that what he said was just coming to Gotham City to take a look and gain some insight. He must have more important things, and his status is not ordinary, but this is his privacy, and Harmon can't rashly ask.

In fact, Fei Laya also saw it.

Regardless of her brother's winking at her, she asked directly: "Carlodi, are you an imperial nobleman?"

"Probably." Kalodi didn't know how to answer, "But..." Before he finished speaking, someone knocked on the door of the suite, and the voice of the hotel waiter came in: "Dear sir, you have a visitor .” The waiter’s words trembled.

"What guest?" Kalodi asked.

Harmon became alert. He sensed that there were several people outside the door, all of whom were powerful Transcendents.

The waiter outside the door did not respond.

A few seconds later, a gentle female voice said, "Sir Carlody, please meet me at the Highland Fortress."

The door of the room opened automatically.

The three of Kalodi saw the people outside the door clearly, and there was a stunning beauty standing there, behind her, surrounded by four Transcendents in silver armor. The hotel waiter backed away in fright, his face was pale, and his whole body was trembling.

Both Harmon and Filaya almost jumped up, they recognized the identities of these extraordinary people.

These four are Holy Gun Knights!