Chapter 21 This is really medieval! [Seeking further reading]

Author: Diligent worm who loves to dream

Chapter 21 This is really medieval! [Seeking further reading]

With the expectation in his heart, Chen Xuan kept moving forward without feeling tired at all.

Once the trek actually started, Rebecca's physical advantages became apparent.

Her steps were brisk and she looked very alert.

Chen Xuan is not the only one who is eager to reach Magtan City as soon as possible.

In fact, Rebecca Miri also had the same hope in her heart. She was thinking about her mother and brother who lived on the underworld.

And she still has a few hundred crowns in savings in the city. Although it is not enough to go to the Catman Temple for baptism, it is enough to sustain expenses for a period of time.

The slave contract only limited herself and did not affect the wealth she had accumulated before.

This is also the little freedom Rebecca Miri has left.

Continuing forward, the terrain slowly descends, leading to neat and flat fields planted with some kind of grain.

The fertile soil in the forest only needs to cut down the trees, dig out the roots, and simply loosen the soil to turn it into farmland.

It's just that the crops in these fields are not growing as expected. They can be described as "crooked melons and cracked dates". There is an obvious lack of care and attention.

If you look down from the sky, these fields look like beautiful patches dotted on the edge of the forest.

It's full of a shabby, backward feeling.

Occasionally, alfalfa fields and alder bushes can be seen, decorating the land with different colors.

In the distance to the north, you can see the outlines of foggy blue mountains, towering above the strange green forests and outlining the horizon.

Chattering mallards, coots and herons hide in ponds beside alder bushes.

I have to admit that the closer to the town, the more normal the scenery becomes.

The monsters seem to exist only in another world, not to the level of "Zombie Rising".

…

Four hours later, they finally arrived at the outskirts of Magtan City.

I only took one break along the way to replenish food and water.

During the process, we also met several farmers driving ox carts and carrying wooden shields and iron forks.

There was also a group of adventurers riding mountain horses walking in the opposite direction with Chen Xuan.

Although Colo Leon's farm has been destroyed, the monster crypt in the Eya Forest is still considered a "monster spawning point" relatively close to Magtan City.

For the sake of magic core and materials, there will always be adventurers coming one after another.

There was no communication between the two parties, except for a slight exchange of glances.

Both of them were wearing jackets, and they looked like fellow adventurers in a hurry.

On the contrary, the "interception" crossbow in Chen Xuan's hand attracted many curious eyes because of its rather avant-garde and novel shape, but it did not cause any trouble.

After all, there are a lot of fancy weapons in the city.

Moreover, towns are not only settlements, but also the centers of regional order.

Adventurers don't dare to be too presumptuous here.

Currently, Chen Xuan's location is said to be on the outskirts of the town, but in fact it is still several miles away from Magatan City.

Not far ahead are villages and farms surrounded by triple walls.

The tall sentry tower is equipped with crossbows and catapults reinforced with iron sheets.

There were spiked horses on both sides of the road, as well as village guards holding long hook knives.

The villages and farms on the outskirts of these towns are like a star ring, surrounding the city of Magtan.

They are also the first line of defense for towns and cities!

From the high point here, you can already see the distant view of the city.

The real Magtan City is much larger than Chen Xuan expected.

A conservative estimate is that it is at least a bit larger than the county-level city of Blue Star.

It lies on the ground like a very irregular mottled scar.

The rammed earth road extending from the west passes directly through the village and gradually becomes wider.

This road is just one of many surrounding roads.

The city of Magtan is an important intersection of all road lines.

Entering the village, an unpleasant smell hit your face, as if you were passing by the door of a public toilet.

Here, Chen Xuan saw a chicken with two heads, a cow with four eyes, and a strong mule with a bulging back and a size comparable to a heavy draft horse...

The villagers are mainly humans, with a small number of wild boars and bearded dwarves.

To be honest, maybe because he was mentally prepared for it, when Chen Xuan saw these foreign races, he didn't feel surprised in his heart.

The main reason is that the lifestyle of these guys is almost the same as that of humans, and there is no sense of incompatibility.

In exchange for two pieces of French bread with the packaging torn off, Chen Xuan and Rebecca boarded a mule train into the city.

The cart filled with straw has the unique stench of cow dung.

They sat alone on one side, and soon a farmer in rough linen clothes got on the car with a few coins, fruits and grain, and leaned far away from the two of them.

"Crack!"

The clear sound of whips sounded, and the mule cart headed towards Magtan City.

…

More than half an hour later, they finally arrived at Magtan City.

The mule cart stopped outside the city to undertake the task of transporting goods to the traveling merchants who were traveling nearby.

Chen Xuan and Rebecca got out of the car and looked at each other.

In front of them is a city tower with a height of more than 20 meters, and their location is the West Gate.

The two huge steel gates at the front and back are hung by thick nooses and can be lowered separately in an emergency.

There are tooth-shaped walls on the tower, with braziers and rattan baskets filled with arrows.

Every five or six meters away stood an archer with a long bow on his back, looking listlessly into the distance.

It seems that no matter what world you are in, daily grinding is inevitable.

Two tattered flags fluttered in the wind, with the emblem of a bird holding a wrist on it vaguely visible.

At the city gate, there was a group of town guards wearing light leather armor and holding two-meter long spears.

Traveling merchants followed the baggage trains into the city, and farmers carrying sacks or coarse cloth could also be seen everywhere.

There are also many bohemian adventurers gathered in groups at the announcement table at the city gate, looking at the latest news announced inside and outside the city and commissioned tasks with high rewards.

Chen Xuan even saw a big adventurer who was over two meters tall.

Sitting on this guy's shoulders was a dwarf spellcaster holding a magic orb, haggling attentively in front of a traveling merchant's stall.

Beside him was a pure priest wearing a plain white striped robe with blue edges and a monk's hat, who was calmly and indifferently gazing at the sky reflected by the double sun.

On the road, those sexy and plump female hunters and warriors are also very common.

In addition, there are various alien races with very strange shapes and appearances, all of which are decent-looking and wear different styles of clothes and armor.

Vulgar shouting and talking were intertwined, making it noisy like walking into a market.

At Chen Xuan's signal, Rebecca took his arm and walked into the city.

Perhaps it was the first time he saw Dongfang's face, so the guard looked at him a few more times.

But that's all. I didn't stop him out of my way.

Entering the city, the air was still filled with the faint smell of manure and sour sweat, and occasionally the complex smell of feet and bad breath. The overall feeling was only a little better than in the village.

Underfoot is a hard road paved with gravel, covered with a layer of mud-like dirt, and the ditches on both sides are gurgling with smelly water.

Chen Xuan said, this is really medieval!

Front row tip: Some readers always have to read fantasy novels based on the ancient and medieval times.

It doesn’t look at regional differences, it doesn’t look at social background differences, it doesn’t look at differences in various factors.

To be honest, unless it is a historical article, I don't think there is any need to argue.

The settings of fantasy novels have been very perfected over the years.

The light novels of my childhood are all over the top.

Foreign classics also include The Witcher, The Lord of the Rings, etc.

If you have to focus on the Middle Ages, you can go to the History Channel to find Western historical novels.

Apart from anything else, the Witcher series has many settings that are not in line with those set in Europe at the same time, but it is a world with wizards, dragons, and water nymphs!

It can’t be exactly the same as Blue Star!

Anyone who has studied history in high school knows about the changes in Western society and the development of capitalism.

It is nothing more than violent accumulation of capital and the rise of middle-class craftsmen.

Not to mention the middle-class, religious, ignorant aristocracy and royal power in the past.
Chapter completed!