Chapter five hundred and sixty seventh tower guard, visitor
After summer begins, the weather gets hotter day by day.
Even though Ansu belongs to a northern country as a whole, the southern border located in the extreme south of Ansu still has hot summers, and this year, summer seems to be coming earlier than before.
The sign of Flowing Mars has become a frequent visitor in the night sky, and the giant sun stays in the daytime longer and longer. The sky, which was originally dark at four or five o'clock, is now full of morning glows at the same time.
In the fields on the northwest border of Lu'an City, a tall tower stands quietly on the plain. A slight magical glow flashes in the gaps in the base of the tower. Occasionally, a stream of light slides through the outer wall of the tower. A huge crystal floats at the top of the tower, and several strange-shaped metal brackets extend out from the top of the tower. The rune device at the end of the bracket faces the brilliant morning glow and slowly rotates in the breeze.
It was a beautiful and sunny summer morning.
The tower guard, Gerin, woke up from his sleep. After washing up briefly, he came to the upper floor of the tower in a thin shirt and shorts.
The brighter the sunlight shines through the crystal window of the work room into the room. Outside the window, a group of wild doves are flying across the sky.
"…These stupid doves…I hope they don't shit on the signal gainer…"
Gerlin muttered, throwing the cakes that he had not finished eating the night before on the heating table, then pressed the frost rune substrate into the energy card slot on the wall, and at the same time opened the ventilation duct in the studio.
The fresh cold wind blew into the room from the ventilation duct, dispelling the rising heat and refreshing the tired Gelin.
The tower guards exclaimed with satisfaction that the new installation, which was sent to the city last month, was indeed easy to use.
He couldn't help but remember the "advertising" he saw on the Magic Network terminal before, and the words of Cod Family Communications Company as his signature.
Magic brings convenience to life.
When I first came into contact with this concept, most people were confused and shocked. Even the tower guard Gerlin, who had been dealing with magic devices all day long, never thought about what would happen when magic became a part of daily life, but it was realized in such a dazzling way.
The magic device is not only the private property of the lord, nor is it just the "public" industry. The cheap and convenient civilian magic device is entering the people. Although it is still very slow, and although it is temporarily still the privilege of the citizens of wealthy big cities, it is truly entering the lives of ordinary people.
And they really bring convenience.
The metal device outside the window was slowly moving. The tower guard came to the observation position and watched the huge steel bracket slowly rise into the air. The rune structure tower at the end of the bracket was like a sharp corner facing the sky full of the morning glow. Then he returned to the workbench and activated the magic net terminal on the workbench while taking out the record book and carefully wrote the first monitoring record of the day on it:
"... Fire Moon 30, sunny, breeze, Lu'an Magic Net Hub Tower, the first monitoring record, the gainer is running normally, the magic crystal is running normally, the magic net broadcast signal..."
Green raised his head and saw a preset signal screen appearing over the activated Magic Net terminal. The identification marks from the Hosman Hub Tower and the signals from the lower relay tower were flashing one by one.
"The broadcast signal of Magic Network is normal, and the strength is excellent..."
Green recorded it carefully without any carelessness.
He is an extremely serious and careful person. It is precisely because of this that he can get the job of "Towerkeeper". This job is simple and boring, and requires high magic knowledge, but his income is very good. It is just suitable for Gelin. Gelin, who has five children, also needs this job.
This magic net hub tower is one of the three hub towers in the entire northwest region of the Principal of Cecil. It is an important node for maintaining magic net transmission from Luan to Hosman. Relying on the huge magic crystals and gain devices on the top of the tower, this tower provides signal transmission and reinforcement services for more than a dozen unattended small relay towers in the plains, and also supplies energy to the southern part of Luan City, which is extremely important.
In addition to Glen himself, there are two tower guards working together with Glen, but one of them is responsible for the night shift, and the other has gone out to check the unmanned relay tower on the plains.
In addition to the three technical tower guards, there is also a small military station on the lower floor of the tower, with ten fully armed "tower guards" responsible for guarding the place. The tower itself also has its own magic shield. All of this is to ensure the safety of the magic network on the northwest border.
As far as Green knows, this tower will have some staff in the near future, and by then, it will be more lively here.
"It's hard to find someone who can be proficient in operating these magic devices..." The tower guard muttered, pressing the inspection confirmation button on the Magic Net terminal to send a security signal back to the Magic Net Control Center, and shook his head, "I hope it's a graduate from Cecil Academy..."
The crispy aroma of the sweet cake gradually floated over. Gelin felt a rumbling in his stomach. He stood up and walked towards the heating table.
As a person who doesn't like to communicate very much, he does his breakfast alone. Only during dinner, when the three tower guards are all inside the tower, will he follow him to the lower floor and have a meal with the tower guards at the station.
But just as he got up, a shadow suddenly flashed through the window, attracting the tower guard's attention.
Magic goddess!! Could it be that a large group of pigeons came to the gainer to shit, right?
Gelin hurriedly walked to the window and stretched his neck to look at the sky in the distance. He did not see the doves that always caused trouble for him, but he saw several huge birds of prey, like eagles, flying towards the east under the rising sun.
And the outlines of the figures can be vaguely seen on those eagle-like raptors.
After a few seconds of stunned silence, the tower guard realized what those raptors that had never seen before were mentioned in the notice document a while ago. The giant elf eagle he had heard of in the story.
After a brief shock, Glen immediately ran to the workbench and called the highest control center with the Magic Network terminal. With the internal contact channel enabled, the communication was connected almost instantly, and a girl with linen hair appeared in the holographic projection.
Grelin said quickly: "This is the Luan Hub Tower that just witnessed the entry of the elf giant eagle, please notify the lord."
"Received, thank you for your report."
After hanging up the communication, Gelin breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he did not miss this sighting. Although he knew that there would be sentry towers nearby to notice the giant eagle of the elves, he still did not want any mistakes in his work.
The tower guard returned to the window and looked at the giant eagle flying by the giant eagle in the sky. The giant eagle of the elves flew over the extremely fast speed. In just a few minutes, the huge figures had turned into a few small dots in the distance. They quickly couldn't see clearly in the backlight of the rising sun.
Green withdrew his gaze, but his eyes suddenly flew past the slowly running magic device outside the window, and his eyes suddenly stopped.
...It is really worthy of being a giant eagle, this "weight" is more than a pigeon!!
The tower guard looked at the "giant eagle remains" on the gain device bracket with a look of surprise, and suddenly felt that this clear summer morning seemed not so beautiful.
He returned to his workbench, took out a piece of letter paper and wrote it in a simplified manner. Compared to the keyboard of the Magic Net terminal, the tower guard, who was a scribe, was still used to this traditional writing tool:
“To Cecil Magic Technology Institute and Magic Application Design Bureau:
“…It is recommended to add protective covers to high-altitude outdoor magic devices or to add a full-area shield on the top of high-altitude facilities. The interference of birds is an annoying situation, especially their feces…”
A burst of burnt smell drifted into Gerlin's nostrils, and the tower guard jumped up in shock: "Oh my breakfast!!"
Now, this clear summer morning is really not beautiful at all.
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The vast fields and jungles swept quickly below, rivers and lakes scattered on the endless land like gems dotted on the plains, cities and villages are spreading between rivers and mountains, and wide roads connect all settlements like arteries. They are like canvas shining brightly in the sun. Every inch of color on the canvas is blooming with endless vitality in the midsummer.
The giant eagle flew across the sky, and everything on the earth shone in the eyes of the eagle.
Under the influence of the druid spell, the eagle's vision was shared with the sons of the forest sitting on the back of the giant eagle.
"The mage tower looked so strange just now," an elf ranger turned his head and said to his closest companion. The unique elf spell guided the airflow at high altitude so that they would not be disturbed by the strong wind or affected by the wind. "It doesn't look like the style of the four kingdoms, nor does it look like the mage tower of Violet. And the crystal on the top of the tower is used for. It always feels that it is constantly releasing energy, but it cannot sense any specific spell effects."
"The Duke of Victoria mentioned that there are many strange things in this land in the south," another elf ranger shouted from the other side, "It is said that they were brought by Duke Gowenceciel."
A messenger who was guarded by the rangers couldn't help but sigh: "Speaking of this, I haven't seen the famous human duke yet. When he died in battle, I was still by my mentor."
"I have seen it once, from afar. When the leaders of various countries swore in front of the magnificent walls, I was a guard of honor, but I guess he certainly didn't remember me."
"Then there is no doubt, I definitely don't remember that your face is not unique..."
Sonya Frostye listened to her friends' conversation, but her attention was all on the ground below.
There was a slight white light in her eyes. Under the magic effect shared by the field of vision, the eagle could see it, and she could see it too.
"A large number of newly built roads...a large number of newly expanded cities...there are strange machines in the fields, incredible, incredible," Sonya marveled, "the human nobles in the Silver Fort said that the southern border was deserted for a century...but now it seems that it is recovering at an astonishing speed."
Near her, a Ranger Guard asked with concern: "High-level messenger, how is your eagle?"
Sonya Shuangye stroked the feathers of the giant eagle under her and nodded: "Gugu is in good condition, he says he is much more comfortable now."
"Gugu may be a little unacceptable to the environment," said another messenger. "This place is north after all, and the giant eagle is not adapted to it. It is normal for occasional diarrhea. In fact, the situation is already very good. At least we are not here in the coldest winter."
"The weather that even the giant eagle can't adapt to..." Sonia shook her head, "I really don't know what's good about the north..."
At this moment, the elf ranger who was flying at the front of the team suddenly shouted loudly: "High-level messenger, it's time for us to fly south!"
Under the command of the owners, each giant eagle made a loud roar, and then the entire team turned neatly to the south.
This day was the 30th of Ansu 737th, the 30th of the Fire Month.
The elves' messengers came to the southern border.
Chapter completed!