Wangshan Fortress, also known as Pandora Fortress, is an important frontier town in the northern part of the Faral Empire. In the early Quaternary period a long time ago, the Yara continent was still in war, and the Faral Empire did not exist. At that time, there were several small kingdoms that ruled the southern part of the Pandora Mountains. They often fought with each other, and their territory changed almost every year. However, no matter who occupied the foot of Pandora Mountains, they would feel sincerely afraid of this mysterious and powerful neighbor around them. In order to prevent the imaginary Butte wizards rushed down the Pandora Mountains and invaded their own territory, these small kingdoms let go of their hatred and jointly built such a fortress on the necessary path to descend the Butte Plateau, named Wangshan Fortress.

The fortress was built very strongly and hugely, covering an area of ​​80 square kilometers. It was surrounded by towering and heavy city walls on all sides. The houses inside were all made of stone buildings, which looked very solid. According to the previous agreement, each of the small kingdoms would send a force to garrison in the fortress. No matter how wars were between countries, these troops were not allowed to be mobilized, and they existed specifically to prevent the Buttes. However, two very interesting things happened afterwards. First, it took forty years to build the fortress. During these forty years, several small kingdoms had a long time of their lives.

This cooperation found that several other countries were not so worthy of hatred. So after many helps each other, the royal families formed deep friendships, and began to stop war and live peacefully, and even intermarried with each other. This lasted for three or four hundred years. The royal bloodlines of these small kingdoms were mixed with each other and could no longer be separated. Finally, they simply merged together to form a medium-sized kingdom. The name of this kingdom was called Faral, which is the origin of the current Faral Empire. Therefore, it can be said that if there was no Fortress of Wangshan, there would be no Faral Empire today.

As for another interesting thing, it is the value of Wangshan Fortress. Since the establishment of Wangshan Fortress, it has not experienced any war. But the tower wizards of Butt have no intention of paying attention to what their neighbors are thinking. Their interests are only magic and research. As for the neighbors to build fortresses or demolish fortresses, the mages are not even feeling at a glance, let alone preparing to invade the Kingdom of Falal. Therefore, as time goes by, the fortress’s harshness becomes increasingly relaxed, and more and more civilians, including merchants, farmers, and doctors.

Civilians such as students and technicians quietly moved into Wangshan Fortress. They cooperated with the garrison to seek opportunities to make money, making the Wangshan Fortress more and more lively. After hundreds of years, the Kingdom of Faral had become the Faral Empire. The territory was also getting bigger and bigger. At this time, the emperor of the empire finally understood that Master Butte would not have the idea of ​​invading him, so he simply ordered the function of Wangshan Fortress to be transformed from a militarized fortress into a civilian city. The descendants of the troops stationed in the city and the civilians who moved into the fortress to earn gold coins became the first residents of Wangshan City.

So when many years later, this thousand-year-old fortress was presented to the people of the adventure group, the girls saw the solemnity of military use and the flexibility of civil use from the building. The two completely opposite feelings were integrated into all buildings, but they did not make people feel abrupt and weird.

Looking at the mountain fortress from a distance, the only thing you can see in the dim light is the towering city wall. The stone walls more than 20 meters high are composed of huge rocks. The wind and frost of time have turned the originally blue-white boulders into gray-black. The city walls are not straight lines. Each side of the walls are neatly sagged inward, making the fortress look like a regular square, but rather like a polygonal star. At each top corner and every side of the polygonal star wall,

A dense arrow tower was built, which was completely imagined. Thousands of years ago, generations of soldiers were stationed in the fortress, always guarding against enemy attacks. Of course, their efforts were destined to be meaningless. The arrow tower and guardrail were still there, but the city walls and arrow towers in the north were occupied by emerald green climbing plants. They grew happily along the walls, covering up the original sternity and solemnity of the fortress, and put on a layer of vitality and vitality.

It was already dark, and there were no pedestrians outside the fortress. There were only a few soldiers wearing standard leather armor at the gate, busy inside and outside the gate, preparing to close the city gate at night. Through the open gate, you could vaguely see the lights in the fortress and the occasional pedestrians coming and going under the lights.

"This is Wangshan Fortress." Catherine's expression was very complicated. Her family was once an ancient noble of the Faral Empire. She had a large fiefdom in the north of the empire, including a region adjacent to Wangshan Fortress. Therefore, even though the family had declined a long time ago due to the failure of political struggles, the Knight Girl had never set foot in the northern territory of the empire, but the memories imprinted in the deep blood made her feel a sense of intimacy and deep nostalgia after seeing Wangshan Fortress. Catherine sighed quietly and said, "It is said that my great-great-grandfather liked to come here very much when he was a child. At that time, every day I gathered here to go to Butt or the caravan that had just returned from the plateau. I could always buy a lot of novel toys here, which was very attractive to children. However, when my great-grandfather was at home, I never came here again, and it has been going to this day."

"Pai Pa", Panis silently patted Catherine's shoulder to show comfort, and changed the topic and said, "I remember that even at night, as long as the city gate is not closed, it will be very lively. Sometimes, even if the city gate is closed, there are still caravans or travelers who have not had time to rush back to enter the city and spend the night outside the city, waiting to enter the city the next morning. But today is really strange. Not to mention caravans outside the city, even travelers can't see one. Is there something going on?"

"From the performance of those soldiers, it doesn't seem like something is wrong." Catherine shook her head and said, "Anyway, she has to go into the city. After entering, she will find a hotel and ask the owner of the hotel."

"Can't you just ask the soldiers?" Lina said in confusion: "Why do you have to be as troublesome as you said, "My sister."

"You don't understand this. The Faral Empire is different from Neville." Catherine shook her head and said, "This country is known as the country of knights and is established by the army. Therefore, the troops - whether it is royal or local troops - have strict military regulations. Apart from mechanical inquiry, they will not communicate with those who enter and exit, which is very rigid."

As Catherine said, the group soon arrived at the city gate. Before they could reach the door, they saw that except for the two new recruits who were cleaning outside the gate, eight fully armed soldiers inside and outside the city gate were arranged on both sides. Everyone stood upright and motionless, and their armor and helmets were neatly organized. Even everyone's expression was almost the same, but they had a stern face and almost no expression. If they were put on a layer of green coat, most people would probably think that this was just a few sculptures.

"I am Catherine of Nelli's Adventure Group." Catherine took out the mark representing the Adventure Group and handed it to the two soldiers who were in charge of entering and leaving the entrance and exit inspection. As soon as she spoke, she scared her teammates. Not only because Catherine's expression and movements suddenly became very strange, full of the unique stereotypes and coldness of the ancient nobles of the Faral Empire, but also because her tone suddenly became noble and arrogant. What surprised everyone was also because when she opened her mouth, she was a series of common words with a strong Faral northern accent. It is hard to imagine that the girl in front of her had never passed the north of the empire and rarely even stepped into the territory of the Faral Empire.

Although this expression, tone, and accent are not often seen, the soldiers have heard the instructions of their superiors, so the soldiers standing guard have become more straighter, and the two captains who took the lead in the inspection have become more respectful. Since the origin of the Faral Empire is in the north, it is recognized throughout the country that the northern nobles are more orthodox and older than the southern nobles. Therefore, a person with a standard northern aristocratic lingo, no matter what his superficial identity is, will be subject to the empire

The soldiers were cautious. After all, no one wanted to offend the ancient and arrogant and rigid northern medieval nobles, even female members of the nobles were no exception. So the two captains with cold expressions immediately became respectful, and their original intention of making things difficult was instantly hidden deep in their hearts. After simply checking the authenticity of the adventurer's emblem, they half-beared and put the group of seven people into the city. Even the elf Moor only glanced at the elf Moor without asking any questions.

"Ha, sister, you actually do this." After entering the city, Lina covered her mouth and whispered: "Is this the so-called noble wisdom?"

"Well, it's not." Catherine shook her head as usual, and her speech had returned to her original accent and tone: "Those two captains probably saw that we were young and looked like we wanted to make things difficult. I think their best way to make things difficult is to prevent us from entering the city tonight on the grounds that it was already closed. Instead of waiting for them to make things difficult and then use the status of legendary pros and advanced adventure groups to suppress them, it is better to use some small means from the beginning to fundamentally dispel their ideas of making things difficult. In this way, both sides have left enough room for maneuver and not embarrass either side. In fact, this is just the most basic way of communication. In Faral's aristocratic education, you have to learn these skills from a young age, so I do this just instinct and not wisdom."
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