On the Seven Towers

Xiao Chen and his party, who had received a lot of information about the Saint, hurried to the Saint City as soon as possible. Because they could abandon the supply convoy, they traveled faster and arrived at the foot of the Saint City one day earlier than originally planned. .

Esselit had already taken his leave, and upon hearing the news of General Montaño's death, he had long wanted to rush back to deal with his affairs.

Even though the world that Xiao Chen and others had seen was far from what people in this world could compare to, when they stood on a hillside and looked at the Saintess City from a distance, they were still infected by the beauty of this city. Because the Western Continent has long been a unified country, and a saint rules it, although there have been political changes, there have been few large-scale wars, so most cities do not have towering walls like those in the Eastern Continent.

The same is true for the City of Saints. It is very large, with a river passing through the middle, dividing the city into east and west halves.

In the center of the city, there is a giant white tower nearly 100 meters high. The tower looks simple and has a sense of history. There are many huge windows on each floor, and a lot of light should be able to shine into the tower. This is the ruling center of the entire republic: the White Tower.

In ancient times, the White Tower was where the Saint lived and ruled the entire country. But now that the specific government affairs have been handed over to the Sage Association, the Saint lives in a palace not far from the White Tower. The White Tower itself became the office and meeting place of the Sage Association, and was the administrative center of the Republic.

The White Tower is built on a hillside on the west bank of the river, and the surrounding buildings are lined up from top to bottom.

"The tall house facing the water on the west bank of the river is the palace of the saint." Bruders said.

Xiao Chen looked over there and saw that the palace was a complex of buildings consisting of a square main building and three or four auxiliary buildings at random heights.

The palace houses are also white. It should be said that most of the houses in the entire Saint Maiden City have inherited the color of the White Tower. The dark or light gray and white, plus the green of the trees growing in it, constitute the main color of the entire Saint Maiden City. According to Bruders, this is to pay tribute to the saint who always remains pure.

"There is no city that looks more pure than the City of Saints. Although it only looks like this, after all, it is a political capital." Even though Bruders said this, his tone was still full of pride.

It was around ten o'clock in the morning when they arrived. Not only were there many vehicles heading to the heart of the continent from various roads. I even saw a train spitting smoke and heading towards a train station in the east of the city.

There are also many steam ships passing by the river and moored at the piers on the east or west bank of the river.

There are two bridges on the river. One bridge looks very simple. It is a stone arch bridge with a large span. The stone bridge has five bridge holes on the river. The three largest bridge holes in the middle can allow steam ships to pass easily. Such a bridge is only possible in the magical world. Xiao Chen is sure that it must have used some kind of supernatural power to become what it is now.

The other bridge is a steel bridge built on a stone tower. It is very similar to the bridge on the earth and is full of the style of the Industrial Revolution.

Feeling Xiao Chen's gaze, Bruders said: "The east city of the Saint City is the old city. Thousands of years ago, when the Saint established her capital here, the city was built from the west city. Later, because To meet the needs of development, people have built many houses on the west bank of the river. Although Xicheng is a new city, it has a history of more than a thousand years. "The stone bridge was built by the Saint more than two thousand years ago. It was built to make it easier for the residents of the East and West cities to travel, so its name is naturally called the Holy Maiden Bridge. "

"How was that bridge built?" Xiao Chen asked.

"Those bridge piers were naturally built by manpower, but when the bridge deck was laid, everyone felt that it was impossible to succeed because the span between the bridge piers was too large. Later, I don't know what method the saint used to build it overnight. The foundation of the bridge was built.”

"It feels like magic." Xiao Chen said.

"We also think it's magic. But even if it's magic, as long as it's done by the saint, it's her divine power." Yolanda said. After the interrogation, she was still sealed with magic power and was brought here. .

Bruders decided not to participate in this topic. He diverted and said: "As for the steel bridge, it was completed less than eight years ago. It was built brick by brick and steel by steel by workers. Ever since it was built, After steam and electricity, the world changed so fast that it’s hard to understand.”

He added: "However, if there are any new things, they will still be placed in Xicheng. For example, the train station you see was built on the outskirts of Xicheng nearly ten years ago. There are also many factories there. In the west, Xicheng District has more than doubled in just over ten years.”

Yolanda said: "Look at those chimneys emitting black smoke. The City of Saints really shouldn't have such things. If we can use magic openly and use those magic arrays, there is no need to The city is so messy.”

Xiao Chen said: "Is this the focus of the conflict between you executor magicians and the big families who control the Sage Association?"

Yolanda said: "At present, magic is a shameful thing, so there is no contradiction. It is just our private thoughts. But there are more efficient methods, there is no reason not to use it, right? The Eastern Continent must also use magic. Produce it?”

"You are wrong. Most of the royal families and nobles there only regard magic as a kind of military guarantee to maintain their rule." Luo Ling said.

"This is really a waste." Yolanda and Brudes said in unison.

Xiao Chen realized from the reactions of the two that the dispute between magic and industry in the Western Continent was not a dispute between the two productive forces themselves, but a struggle for power between two groups of people representing two forces.

The apparent task of the judicial authority is to deal with wizards who use magic. However, after the power of industry rises, the magic of those half-baked wizards seems very powerless in front of the roaring machines. How many people will really take the risk to use such power? If the judicial authority does nothing more, this era will become their last glory.

After discussion, everyone decided that Brudes would lead them into the West City first to visit the sage Asimiro served by Brudes, and then Asimiro would arrange for them to visit the saint.