In the early morning, it started drizzling in Kosol, an important western town in the Kingdom of South Germany.
This is a large city closest to the continuous mountains of the Alandi Mountains among the Western countries, known as the [fortress built on the mountain].
Since seven hundred years ago, the first Earl of Moratti, known as the [Alpine Trail Blazers], migrated from the distant southern coastline with his subordinates, burying the first brick and stone here, and passing through the rest of the world.
Independent small fortresses, booming mineral towns, territories annexed by the Unified War, and today's Forgotten City and other stages.
Countless people come and go, life is like a passing passerby, only the howling wind and rain, the jungle among the mountains, accompanied by the ancient city walls, and it remains unchanged since time immemorial...
And today, there will be new guests here... or, in other words, new masters.
"A natural fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, the first Earl of Moratti is really good at it."
Bar, who was wearing a large rain-proof hat on his head, covered most of his face, looked at the silent scenery around him, while silently sighing at the wisdom contained in this ancient city.
This is actually his second time to visit Kosol City.
When he was young, he traveled to the mainland and was here. However, at that time, he was young and energetic and devoted himself to martial arts, and his main focus was on the more famous local martial artists, and he did not pay much attention to this city built on the mountain.
But this time it's different.
With a special mission and a rich accumulation of life experience, Barr could see the viciousness of the location here at a glance.
The city of Cosol was stuck on the only gentle canyon mountain road to enter the Alandi Mountains from east to east, which was about the only gateway to enter and exit the mountain.
It would be fine if a small number of people were operating in the mountains. Any transportation of slightly larger scale, especially the rich mineral transport in the mountains, would not be able to escape the clamp of this fortress.
In the past, the lords here earned a large amount of gold coins by mining themselves, which also made Count Moratti's lineage stand out for a while.
However, that was the old almanac from a long time ago.
More than fifty years ago, the Kingdoms of South Germany announced their founding a country in the turmoil. Count Morati was involved in the war when it was founded and was eventually massacred by the victors, and the city was replaced with a new owner.
The mineral mining rights were divided up by the winners, and the main source of wealth in Kosol City was thus transformed into providing various services to those transport teams.
However, mineral resources will sooner or later be exhausted.
As the various mineral veins around the mountains gradually dried up due to the crazy and uncontrollable mining of the people who took turns to take turns, the place gradually became quiet from the hustle and bustle of people.
Although guarding a mountain range and the villages in the mountains rely heavily on it, the city of Kosol will not be considered to have fallen into a barren state.
However, the economy is in a downturn and does not produce much food, so the disadvantages of maintaining a small number of permanent populations have become unavoidable problems.
The only advantage is that all forces in the melee seem to have forgotten that there is such a city in the mountains, so that it will not become an unlucky person who is fought back and forth for occupation by government forces and various rebel forces.
After the historical story was over, Barr and his subordinates finally arrived at a luxurious manor.
As a mountain city, it is not easy to find the ground, and this manor with active ground occupies the largest flat area in the city.
There is obviously only one person who can live here, that is, the current controller of the city of Cosol, Zuel Guera, "Mayor".
This person who is named mayor is actually more like a feudal lord who has changed his name. Because his official position can be passed down from generation to generation within the family, it is just to follow the trend of the times, so he has a layer of skin.
In fact, as long as you leave the core area of the government of the Kingdom of Southern Germany, the same is true in other places, and it has been stuck in the semi-feudal era more than two hundred years ago.
This is the common result of the historical situation and the long-term intervention of external forces, in order to prevent this land from being truly unified.
There are many warlords and lords, so naturally there will be constant wars.
All rebels were backed by secret support from overseas forces and local lords, and they were said to be endless and could not be wiped out by saying that they could not be wiped out.
It can even cause a sudden wave, which will make the central government breathless.
But this has nothing to do with Barr.
He is now working for the Twilight Church and striving for the great cause of "save mankind", so the more chaotic the Kingdom of South Germany is, the better.
Take off the rain hat, take off the raincoat on your body, and hand it over to the young maid who came to greet him. Barr and his group walked through the cumbersome and luxurious corridors and finally met the "nominal" owner of the city in the living room filled with gold jewelry.
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Although in many ways, the other party was a very important partner of the church for a long time, to be honest, Barr did not have much sense to the mayor.
"Hmph, if it weren't for the general's order, I really didn't want to pay attention to the stupid fat pig in front of me."
As a master of martial arts, someone who will be a guest of honor no matter where he is, is extremely disdainful of this mayor.
Because the other party really doesn't have the same way that a ruler should have.
As the master of the city, Zuer is not tall, at most just over 1.7 meters tall, but he weighs at least more than 300 kilograms, and he is a pool of fat meat mixed on a huge lounge chair.
Even because he was too obese, he even had a little difficulty in speaking, and even all movements needed the help of his maid to complete.
At the same time, the mayor who took over the power from his father was like many lords in the West, ignorant and superstitious.
At least on the surface, he was completely impressed by the great [Twilight Prophet] means, and even willing to dedicate his own city to the church as a base for development.
Although he couldn't guarantee that he had any other plans, such as using external forces to clear out the bastards who secretly emptied him, since they fell into the hands of the skeleton mages, no matter what kind of calculations he had before, the mayor was basically destined to be all
It's going to be given in vain.
"No matter whether it's a chicken that can't be lost, or a fool is delivering goods to his door, since he's targeted by the church, this guy will definitely not be able to escape."
By the way, Bar even felt a little sympathetic to the fat meat in front of him, after all, he was given a free gift.
But he thought he was better than Zuer, who had to help people count money after he even had to pay for his ancestral property.
Barr felt that if he was his ancestor, he could beat him twenty-four times a day and even add some more food.
However, if you simply come from the perspective of a partner, Zuer is great.
"I, I have issued the orders of Lord Prophet...cough...cough..."
Zuer, who seemed to have difficulty speaking, shook his fat, finally smoothed his breath and continued:
"Instructor Boyaka (Bal Pseudonym), I appoint you... as the chief of the police station in Kosol and also as the commander-in-chief of the local militia. This is your appointment letter."
From the maid, he took the official appointment document signed and stamped by the mayor. Barr checked and confirmed that the most important appointment and removal was not a problem. He immediately nodded to the "main mayor" who had no value anymore.
He said some polite words perfunctorily.
"Thank you for your dedication to the church, and the great prophet will surely know everything you have done for the great Twilight!
There is still a lot of work to do next, so I won’t continue to disturb you.”
In view of having to take the other party's name first, Barr maintained his last politeness, then turned around and left.
This time, when he looked at this ancient city again, he felt that it was different immediately.