Monarch of Evernight: The City of Forty-Two Blue Waves

bsp;This is a natural phenomenon among extremely poor werewolf communities. They cannot afford the elderly, and resources will go to the main fighters and newborn children and teenagers who can fight to maintain the existence of the population.

However, with such a population structure, as long as there is enough food and sufficient training, a large number of qualified warriors will be obtained faster than normal.

Finally passed through the huge shantytown and came to the castle gate. The city gate on the side of the City of Blue Waves facing the peninsula is even more majestic when viewed up close. The nearly fifty-meter-high gate tower has the feeling of blocking out the sky and the sun. There are three taller arrow towers on each side, and there are three layers of shooting holes distributed up and down. , the top platform can accommodate more shooters.

The city walls are made of huge stones, some weighing several tons. Such stones are not uncommon and can be found everywhere on city walls. Only werewolf coolies could carry and place such heavy stones with their bare hands.

The humidity caused large vines to climb on the surface of the city wall, and patches of moss covered the bottom. There were many blades of grass peeking out from the stone gaps on the city wall, and there were even a few small trees growing tenaciously.

These mottled greens add a lot of historical vicissitudes and precipitation of time to the city of blue waves. This huge city looks more like a work of art. But on the other hand, it is obviously in disrepair, otherwise the vines and vegetation growing on the walls would be a taboo for city defense.

It can be seen that the City of Blue Waves has not experienced war for a long time. Such a magnificent city has no use at all. It is more like the product of Duke Bone to leave a permanent mark in history. Only the Bone Duke, who has ruled the entire Emerald Sea for more than three hundred years, can mobilize countless manpower and material resources and spend decades or even hundreds of years building such a city.

Before entering the city gate, Qianye suddenly raised his head and looked at the city tower. His eyes paused on the two arrow towers for a moment, then continued walking towards the city as if nothing had happened.

This small movement immediately made several werewolf nobles become nervous. The high priest who followed Qianye saw all this and gave the nobles a sharp look. He waved his hand to summon a young and strong werewolf warrior and whispered a few instructions in his ear. The werewolf warrior immediately ran away, as fast as lightning, disappeared into the gate tower, and climbed all the way to the top of the city.

Qianye turned a blind eye to all this and walked towards the city at an unchanging pace.

The main road in Bibo City is very wide, much higher than the standards of human cities. On both sides of the road are rows of stone buildings, three to four stories high. These buildings are built according to werewolf standards. Four floors is equivalent to six floors for humans.

Most of the shops on both sides are shops, but they look a bit deserted, with very few people, and the goods sold are very poor, just ham and leather goods, swords and armor, etc. There are very few industrial products, and even less complex products that require a large industrial system to be processed.

Seeing that Qianye was paying attention to the shops, the Great Sacrificial Bento led the way first, pointed to a main road to the side, and said: "That side is the most prosperous commercial street in the city. There are all kinds of supplies in it. It can be said that the prosperity of the Emerald Sea is all there. This place. If you are interested, you might as well go and take a look."

"That's fine." Qianye nodded.

This horizontal avenue is tens of meters wide, only slightly narrower than the main avenue. There are many shops on both sides, and it is indeed more prosperous than the main avenue. Qianye casually walked into a nearby liquor store. The deacon came over immediately, and all the waiters came around. After the deacon saluted, he held a large bowl of wine and said: "This is the best wine in the shop. In the past, it was reserved for the Duke. Please taste it!"

Qianye took the wine bowl and took a sip. He found the taste spicy and slightly sweet, so he could only say it was okay. This is the wine exclusively for the Duke, so you can imagine what the other wines are like.

The wine shop looks grand from the outside. It has three floors, but it is very rough when you walk inside. There are several tables and chairs in the hall for people to drink. Behind the counter, there are rows of wine barrels stacked up, making it look like half of the store is being used as a warehouse. The wine utensils are also lackluster. The sea bowl is made of stoneware, and the others are of the same material.

Qianye went to the second and third floors and looked around. They were all warehouses, filled with wine barrels, and the spicy smell of wine hit his face. If it were in the Empire, a store of this size would never be laid out like this. The second and third floors could be used as historical display and rare wine exhibition areas. But thinking about the werewolf's habits here, it's generally good to have wine, so why bother to appreciate it?

Although it may make people feel offended to say this, in reality, appreciation and so-called taste can only be cultivated when you have money and leisure.

After walking out of the wine shop, there was a butcher shop next to it. There was nothing more than a variety of air-dried bacon. The shop was filled with a stinking fishy smell, and I didn't know where it came from. It seems that the werewolves don't care about this.

There are several butcher shops on the whole street. It seems that werewolves also rely on food. In addition, there are also a lot of armor shops and weapon shops. Qianye took a quick glance at it, but there was nothing that caught his eye.

More than halfway through the commercial street, Qianye saw a shop selling force guns, and couldn't help but feel at ease. He walked into the shop called Thor's Wrath with great interest, and what he saw was a wall of various force guns. Most of these firearms have the rough and bold style of werewolves, and even the grips are larger than the specifications commonly used by humans. The muzzles of many guns are as thick as fists, and the exceptionally thick barrels look very powerful.

Many of the Force guns were wrapped with metal barbs, and some even had a serrated chopping knife embedded in them. It was unclear whether this was a gun or a long-handled sword. The appearance of these force guns looks more like weapons for close combat.

Qianye picked up a force gun and looked at it carefully, but was disappointed. This force gun is made of thick workmanship and solid materials. It is extremely heavy to buy and is difficult for ordinary human warriors to use. However, the force array on the gun body appears to be very crude, and the carving is not very good, and the technology used is a technology that the empire eliminated a hundred years ago. The function of the Force array here is to barely condense the Force bomb and then shoot it out.

Not to mention the series of force arrays in the Empire and the upper continent of Yongye that reduce the size, increase the power, and extend the range, not to mention those arrays with special effects. Qianye does not even have the simplest part of stabilizing ballistics. See. If we use the analogy of gunpowder weapons, then this gun is equivalent to stuffing gunpowder and projectiles into an iron pipe, and then blasting it out with one shot, and that's it.

As for making the gun so thick, one is that the material of the barrel is really poor. If it is not made thick, problems will easily occur. Another estimate is that the werewolf also used this gun as a melee weapon. At least the weight and hardness were acceptable.

Qianye put down the force gun and asked: "Is this the best thing?"

The high priest hurriedly said: "Of course not! All the equipment here is sold to ordinary warriors. For the real strong men, the Duke's Palace directly provides equipment. The best craftsmen all work in the Duke's Palace. For example, this gun , is produced by the Duke’s Palace.”

A chief next to him took off his pistol and held it up with both hands.

Qianye took it and played with it carefully. The workmanship of this gun is much better, and the surface is decorated with gold veins and gems. The Force Array is also much more complex and refined, and has all the basic functions it should have, but that's it, there is nothing special about it. It seems that the so-called standard of craftsmen in the Duke's Palace is the level that any qualified craftsman in the Empire will have.

It’s not surprising if you think about it carefully. The werewolves of the Emerald Sea live in a primitive form. It is basically impossible for them to master high-end Force array technology. Even if they have the technology, they lack the corresponding processing technology. On the other hand, even the werewolves in the upper continent of Evernight seemed to prefer melee combat to using force guns.

For a genius like William, Qianye had only fought with him using a force gun when they were under the Iron Curtain. Most of the time, William's battles relied on his abilities in the form of his talent. The strongest one was the Incarnate Titan. Wolf.

Among the four major dark races, werewolves have the worst use and popularity of force guns. This seems to be related to the nature of werewolves, but it is not necessarily the case. The spider demons have a more powerful body and strength, but their use of force guns is not lagging behind. Many nerubians are especially fond of hand cannons due to their powerful characteristics, and their power is greatly increased in close combat.

Qianye returned the force gun to the chief. At this point, there was nothing to see in other shops. The high priest led the way and led Qianye towards the Duke's Mansion.

The Duke's Palace is located on the lake side of the Blue Wave City. The main building is 100 meters high, offering a panoramic view of the surrounding scenery. The entire Duke's Palace occupies a very large area, accounting for about one-fifth of the city's area, and has its own moat and city wall suspension bridge, which distinguishes it from other parts of the city.

Standing in front of the gate of the Duke's Palace, the high priest said: "Since receiving the news that you are coming, we have sealed off the warehouse and craftsman area of ​​the Duke's Palace. All the areas where the Duke originally lived in the main building have also been closed. Now Everything inside is as it was when the Duke left it, untouched.”

Qianye nodded. The high priest was thoughtful and handled matters very thoughtfully.

The walls of the Duke's Palace are much better maintained, which is completely different from the situation in the outer city where vines are everywhere. The two huge doors are covered with wrought copper, thick and gorgeous. The door of the Duke's Mansion has been fully opened, obviously waiting for Qianye's arrival.

As he walked into the gate, Qianye saw a platform on both sides of the gate close to the city wall. On the platform was a huge winch, and dozens of strong werewolves were standing beside the winch. I didn't expect that the door to the Duke's Palace would be opened in such a primitive way.

Qianye suddenly remembered why he always felt that something was missing since entering the city. It turned out that he didn't see the power tower. As the energy supply hub for large-scale mechanical devices, power towers of various styles are standard equipment in almost every city. Even the cities on the Evernight Continent also have power towers, but the models are old, many of which were built hundreds of years ago. It's an antique.

However, a city as big as the City of Blue Waves, which can accommodate 100,000 people behind its high walls, does not even have a power tower. Without a power tower, not only would the city gates need to be opened and closed manually, but various powerful turrets would also not be installed. No wonder all you see when you walk in are sentry towers, and most of the people on them are werewolf shooters.

At this point, Qianye has a new understanding of the isolation and primitiveness of the Emerald Sea Werewolf.

The interior of the Duke's Palace is more like a small but comprehensive city, with separate warehouses and workshops, as well as areas for the servants to live. The main building is where the Bone Duke lives daily. The lobby and restaurant are both magnificent, and there is also a rather large museum that displays items representing his achievements.

The second floor contains conference rooms, study rooms, and warehouses for storing war supplies. Above the third floor is the Duke of Bones' private residence.