sjar Chapter 122 Hu Gu Zhi City
Chapter 122 Hu Gu Zhi City
Cecilia relied entirely on teleportation to travel the entire way.
I am also afraid that my magic will run out and I will not be able to protect myself.
You have to keep some magic every time you teleport, and the teleportation distance will never reach the maximum.
The distance of the teleportation magic limits Cecilia's travel.
Always teleport a certain distance and then stop to rest and wait for magic to recover.
After all, it's not necessarily faster than driving.
Cecilia, who was eating dry food to fill her stomach, realized later that it was a bit unexpected that Gallup, a tyrant, did not kill Valken directly, but instead sent Valken to the south to recruit soldiers.
I've been out for three days, and I haven't seen Gallup do anything.
Could it be that he is still looking for her in Petra?
Gallup is not that stupid.
In the end, Cecilia was unable to catch up with Valken and his group.
The environment becomes worse as you go south, and the cities become more sparsely populated.
It is rarely seen even in villages and towns.
It is the opposite of her original world. The south of her world is rich and has a pleasant environment. The south has been a good land since ancient times.
The southern part of the Kingdom of Anatolia is not rich at all. When Cecilia passed by this village, the children in the village were so thin that they were unrecognizable, the adults did not look strong either, and there were rarely any elderly people to be seen.
The land in the south could not grow crops, and the grain from the east and west was sold to the south at high prices.
Although the terrain of Aslade City is not conducive to planting, they can transport minerals to the outside in exchange for food.
South...
Wherever Cecilia looked, she could not see what this land could bring to the people here.
Sandstorms, drought, and scorching sun.
If technology were more advanced, we might be able to make profits through methods such as solar power generation.
Cecilia always felt something was wrong.
Her original world also had harsh geological environments. If she remembered correctly, the fruits in the northwest were particularly sweet because of the abundant sunshine.
While resting in a village, Cecilia asked the local residents, "Why don't you consider growing some fruit?"
The villager was only in her early thirties, but her skin was dry and dark, and she looked like she was in her fifties or sixties. She said as if she had heard a joke, "Fruit is something that the nobles eat. They grow it in their own estates. We ordinary people have never seen what fruit looks like, let alone how to grow it."
no.
Whether in Petra, Clifton Port, Aslade City, or Tanayun City, where are there no fruit sellers?
Cecilia suddenly discovered.
Yes.
After passing Tanayun City, the further south they went, not only did the variety of food become fewer and fewer, she had indeed never seen any fruit.
This is not a disaster that this land has brought to them.
This is a man-made disaster caused by the authorities here.
It was not that he was blind to the suffering of the people. It was precisely because he saw it that he was able to apply for financial subsidies from Petra year after year.
Over the years, the hardships of the people in the south became a means for him to make money.
People in the south rarely leave the land where they live to see the outside world, which gives Duke Babbitt the opportunity to weave a huge nightmare for the people in the south.
Cecilia took a deep breath.
But dare not expose it.
She didn't know what means Gallup was using to find her. In the short term, at least until she was sure whether there was an epidemic or not, she couldn't go back so quickly.
Freya said that she exchanged the fortune of the entire human race for the black magician.
But in Cecilia's opinion, this country itself has many problems, not to mention that the demons are now launching an invasion offensive near the Wakadi Mountains.
Can't the black magician see that the future of this country is not so bright?
She really wanted to meet this legendary big shot.
You will see it eventually.
Along the way, perhaps because the South was backward, or perhaps because Duke Babbitt was worried that the people would cause trouble after learning news from the outside world, Cecilia did not see any newspapers anywhere in the South.
As a result, she had no idea of the situation in the Wakadi Mountains.
It was not until Cecilia reached her destination, Huguzhi City, that she caught up with Valken and the others.
Huguzhi City is located next to the largest Lake Nosha in the south. As the largest city in the south, it is naturally also the main city of the Dukedom of Babbitt.
Thinking about how this guy had been taking advantage of others in the South for many years, Cecilia tried to calm herself down.
Cecilia understood that each duke kept the main city of his territory away from Petra, on the one hand because he was worried about the king's backstab, and on the other hand to conceal his own little thoughts.
For so many years, the king has not worried about rebellion from these dukes because he has control over the army.
These are naturally no problem for other places that recognize the laws of the Anatolian Palace.
Before entering Hu Guzhi City, Cecilia already felt something was wrong.
There are too many people on duty outside the city.
There aren't so many people outside Petra, right?
Once we entered the city, there were even more problems.
When in Petra or the city of Aslade, Cecilia felt that the orcs and giants were treated unfairly.
Only when I arrived at Huguzhi City did I realize that there are always people better than you.
This was on the street, and Cecilia could see countless orcs. Many of them were kneeling and crawling on the ground after being whipped, while the onlookers on the side watched and laughed at them.
Cecilia clenched and unclenched her fists.
She hadn't found Valken yet.
Under such circumstances, it was good enough that Duke Babbitt did not raise troops privately, but he also recruited soldiers.
Recruit the old, weak, sick and disabled to fight on the front lines?
She didn't understand that the original book described Gallup as a tyrant but not a weak ruler.
What was Gallup thinking when he sent his men to the South to recruit soldiers?
Cecilia found a place to stay on her own.
The hotel owner's attitude was not very good, especially when he found out that she was from a foreign country, his attitude became even worse.
After taking a short rest, Cecilia strolled around the city.
After this visit, Cecilia finally knew where the financial subsidies applied for by Duke Babbitt over the years had been spent.
Duke Babbitt's private property can be seen everywhere on the street.
It wasn't that Cecilia asked or the system prompted her, but the emblem of Duke Babbitt was clearly hung on the store door.
The badge even took up most of the door front.
Cecilia observed that Duke Babbitt's business was very extensive, and his shops had a wide variety of products.
He asked for money from Petra and started his own business selling the goods to the people of Huguzhi City.
Cecilia couldn't find a suitable word to describe the Duke.
It is extremely easy to get information in Hu Guzhi City.
Cecilia had been here for less than two hours, and the phrase she heard most often was -
“As long as you have money, you can find everything here.”