Chapter 18 The First Night
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The neutral land of Reala is a narrow corridor on the edge of the coast of the southeastern continent. The coastline of the Sea of Mist to the south, the towering Pandora Mountains to the north, and the other half is an endless desert. It is the territory of Batom, the country of sand. The eastern and western boundaries of Reala connect the Faral Empire and the Federation of Neville. The longest length of the entire Reala territory is 780 kilometers, the widest position is 140 kilometers, and the territory area is about 60,000 square kilometers.
There are only about four million people living on this 60,000 square kilometers of land. A small half of these people, about one million and seven million people are concentrated in three super metropolises, among which the capital of knowledge has the largest population, reaching 870,000 permanent population. Free city ranks in the middle, with more than 600,000 citizens. The population of criminals like the City of Innocence is actually quite large, and the number is incredibly close to 300,000.
Among them, the two cities, Free City and Knowledge City, both take themselves as the core and radiate their own sphere of influence to the outside, that is, develop small and medium-sized cities that establish attachment attributes. These affiliated cities are densely spread around the metropolis like spiders, providing the necessary nutrients for the development of the city. The remaining 2.3 million people in the neutral place live in these affiliated cities and their affiliated towns.
For 60,000 square kilometers of land, four million people are really small, but this is also affected by the situation of the entire Yara world. For the entire Yara world, the area of this territory is far greater than the population needs. Some scholars have even studied that even if the number of humans increases tenfold to 1.8 billion people, the maps and resources controlled by the four major forces dominated by humans are barely enough, so it is not an exaggeration to describe the Yara world with a wide land and sparse population.
Although such a low population density will bring a lot of benefits, there will also be some corresponding disadvantages. The biggest disadvantage is of course transportation. Due to the sparse population, the gap between cities or villages is often large areas of wilderness. People travel between two cities. Not only is it inconvenient to supply, but it also takes a lot of time and energy. The second disadvantage is safety. A large number of wild beasts and low-level monsters live in the wilderness, which brings endless trouble to ordinary people and even low-level professions. There are even some thieves who escaped the clearing of the two cities, hiding and surviving in the cracks of the city, waiting for opportunities to rob travelers. Therefore, the security here is not as good as imagined. Valuable items often require large troops to escort, but this also brings unlimited business opportunities to mercenaries and adventurers.
The wedding sending team set out from the knowledge capital in the northwest of Reala and heading to the coastal city of Free City, which is east of Reala, which takes about 600 kilometers, and the journey is very long. Fortunately, the two metropolises are connected by a very flat road. If only a few people ride horses, they may be easily reached in three or four days. However, for a fleet of horse-drawn carriages, this time may be extended to more than ten days.
The convoy left the east gate of the Capital of Knowledge in the morning and walked within the cover of the capital of the Holy Capital. The road was calm and there was no accident. When the sky turned dark, the captain Aerland, who was responsible for arranging the itinerary, was very experienced and happened to arrive at the outskirts of a small village called Tiaoshi Village. Tonight, the convoy was 80 people stayed in the village overnight. Of course, the only small hotel room in the village was definitely not enough. However, after negotiations, the convoy successfully obtained the right to use a large area of open space outside the village's mill as a temporary campsite.
"It's great not to camp by yourself." Seeing the guards not far away, Aerland scolding the escort members who were busy camping. Vivian sat on the hay on the ground with a comfortable face, leaning against Catherine's arms and said in a gloating tone: "It's really an extremely correct choice to come out with them. At least we don't have to do all the work."
"It seems like we're going out together. You've helped you when camping." Catherine was carefully helping Vivian tie her short blue hair that was a little scattered into two ponytails. When she heard Vivian's words, she couldn't help but pull her braided on the side: "You lazy guy are the ones who laughed at them the least."
"Hehe, I'm in poor health." Vivian did not shy away from talking about her illness. At this time, she shook her head with a slutty expression on her face and said, "Sister, you're not so cruel that you're going to let a seriously ill patient go to work."
"Don't move around, or if you leave again, don't look for me." Catherine patted Vivian's shaking head: "You guy, why didn't you see you shouting that you were in poor health and need to eat less."
"The patient needs nutrition," Vivian raised his arms to show his muscles: "Look, it's because I ate that snack last night that I have the strength to walk the entire journey today."
"It's your horse that's going the whole way, idiot." Catherine rolled her eyes: "Okay, I'll beat you up if I'm messing around."
"Thank you, sister." Vivian jumped up and shook her head, and satisfied with Catherine and kissed her heavily on the face: "I like sister the most."
"Uh, did I see something I shouldn't have seen?" Panis happened to pass by with the sheep that had been dealt with, and immediately covered his eyes with his hands and said, "I saw nothing, don't kill me to silence me."
"I don't have time to chase you now." Catherine glared, stood up and patted the dirt, and pulled Vivian to the camping construction site: "Why are you back with such a thing?"
"Help, Aerland said he was too busy and asked me to help buy." Panis acted as a gesture to poke Vivian with the horns, but was driven away by Vivian's staff: "I see this sheep is the cutest and has the most melodious voice, so in order to reward it, I will use him to make dinner."
"Why do you want to kick you so much when you say anything?" Catherine asked in confusion: "And the most valuable point is that you have not been kicked to death yet."
"Because I run fast." Panis replied naturally: "Or how do you think I'm running away? It's trained in the flying kicks of countless people. This is also a reflection of the rewards that can be achieved through hard work. Yes, it must be like this."
"Catherine." Lina came over with a mace: "Come on."
"Wait, what are you doing with a hammer?" Catherine looked at Lina with a headache: "And what is your image?"
At this time, Lina had some information about why, she tied her long silver hair behind her head into a single ponytail. She held a mace in her hand and looked weird, as if she was holding a sword. She said indifferently: "I am me, come on."
"Really, if you don't stare at me for a while, you won't know who you have become." Catherine smiled helplessly: "But where to tell me, you should tell me."
"Freya." Lina signaled to the carriage with her eyes: "The disease has improved."
"This is really good news." Catherine breathed a sigh of relief: "It can be said that the best news I heard today. Let's go and talk to her."
"Catherine, you haven't come to chat with me all day." Freya's voice was still intoxicating: "One day, loneliness and loneliness always surround me. I raised my head and looked up at the sky through the fifty-centimeter car window..."
"What's going on? Didn't she say she's cured?" Catherine asked Lina quietly: "Why are you still like this?"
"It's just getting better." Lina said lightly: "It's all right if I didn't say it."
A "bang" sound scared everyone around him. After careful look, I realized that Vivian had a stick hit the car door: "Tell me well."
"Ah, it hurts so much, don't knock my head." Freya screamed in the carriage, perhaps protecting her head with her hands, but then she made a puzzled voice: "No, now you can't knock me. Well, although your shadow has always been in my heart, I am still fearless, like cedars, even in the bleak autumn wind..."
"Bang" another staff, Vivian gritted her teeth and said, "Guess if I dare to break in and knock you."
"Ahhhh, I was wrong." Freya muttered aggrievedly: "Don't knock me."
"Okay, the treatment is over." Vivian exhaled, stood aside with her staff: "Freya, what the hell are you doing? Why haven't you heard from two years?"
"I'm going to study." Freya's speech finally returned to normal for a while: "I'm very busy, and I've been away from the Sanctuary, so I can't contact you."
"Or learn guns and machinery?" Catherine asked, "Follow the master before?"
"Yes, that master is very powerful." Freya exclaimed: "The gun technique is simply beyond imagination, and the level of mechanics is also exaggerated."
"There are such a powerful person in the capital?" Catherine said in surprise: "And your president is relieved to entrust you to that master? It's hard to imagine that the president is willing to leave you for so long."
"Because that master is very powerful, and his father respects the master very much." Freya explained: "So of course I feel relieved."
"Okay, this doesn't matter." Catherine waved her hand: "I was really shocked when I heard your news. Tell me about you, when did you actually find a boyfriend? And you are going to get married? You, the betrayer, aren't honestly telling you what happened?"
"Hehe." Freya's laughter was filled with sweetness: "Actually, we had an engagement since we were very young, but I have never felt love for him. Do you know? Love is a fairy who fell into the mortal world, and no one knows when it will come, but when Wisctor came to my father to talk about letting us get engaged, I knew that love came without warning. At that moment, although at night, I felt a ray of warm and bright sunshine..."
"Bang", another staff.
Chapter completed!