Chapter 136 Embark on a Journey
Joan originally planned to rent a horse at the "Heguang Hotel" and store it at the inn at Leiden Port, and spend a small amount of money to ask the business travelers going south to send it back to Delin Town. But the mates have made better arrangements, and Dick, Roger and Tom pool their money to buy a strong and docile colt for Joan as a parting present.
The horse's mane is like a smooth satin, the whole body is pitch black, except for a prismatic white spot on the forehead, the clear eyes looked at the young mage who was walking towards him, and he actively lowered his head and rubbed it on his arm, as if guessing This is his new master.
Before leaving, Joan thought of another thing. He opened the dimensional bag, took out the "Cold-Blooded Trident", and asked Roger to return it to Weiss on his behalf. After that, he hugged and said goodbye to the three friends one by one, then stepped on the horse and left in the dust. The galloping horse, carrying the young mage, galloped towards the sunrise, gradually faded out of the vision of Dick, Roger and Tom, and finally merged into the golden and red glow of the sky, and disappeared at the end of the horizon.
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In this world named "Vares", more than two-thirds of the space on the planet's surface is occupied by oceans. The two most famous oceans are the "Meteor Ocean" and the "Storm Ocean". Among the continental plates, the smaller one is commonly known as the "New World", and the "Old World" facing the New World across the sea - the official name is the "Atlas Continent".
The terrain of the New World is narrow and long as a whole, and its shape resembles a dumbbell with two big ends and a thin middle. The thin handle of Graberen is the famous "Isthmus of Sword". It is said that this long and narrow isthmus was once submerged by sea water in ancient times, and there was no new continent at that time. islands. Later, the climate of the Vales world changed drastically, causing the ocean water level to drop, and the continental shelf that was submerged below the water surface was exposed to form the "Isthmus of Sword", thus opening up the land communication line between Wilnoa and Graberen. The two islands connected by the isthmus form a new continent.
The "Wilnoya" area located in the southern section of the Isthmus of Sword is the hometown where Joan was born and grew up. The local aborigines divided Wilnoa into several plates according to the myths and epics handed down from the old. Along the east coast, from south to north, there are Muspelheim, Yalfheim, Midgard, and Jotunheim. , Niflheim and Helheim at the North Pole. In addition, there is Vanaheim on the west coast, Asgard on the top of Genting Highlands between the east and west coasts, and "Swartheim" under the "Taigu Abyss" Golden Gallon— —Also known as the "Underdark Region" by surface residents, it is said to be the home of dark elves who fear the sun.
Compared with the old continent, which had many ancient civilizations and more than 300 million human inhabitants, the new continent was developed late, lacking historical and cultural heritage, and no independent and powerful human country. Before the local aborigines had time to complete the unification The east and west coasts of the New World have been occupied by colonists from the Old World. Today, colonies have been established in five of the nine regions of Wilnoa, among which the Muspelheim colony belongs to the "Sea Blue Kingdom" of the old continent, and the Alfheim colony and the Midgard colony are both They are the overseas provinces of the overlord of the Old Continent - the Holy Ashean Empire. Jotunheim and Vanaheim on the west coast are firmly occupied by another powerful country in the Old Continent, the "Kingdom of Fizen".
Since the beginning of this century, the traditional powers of the Old Continent have set off a wave of magical industrial revolutions. The rapid growth of large industries and new technologies has led to a surge in the population of each country, while land has become increasingly scarce and expensive. The old era was washed away by the torrent of capital and industry. People who lost their land had to leave the countryside to find another way out. There are only two ways for them to make a living: either go to the city and live in slums, and try to transform into an industry Workers; or be bolder, exchange all your belongings for a ticket to the New World, and go to that vast and sparsely populated virgin land to chase your dreams. A manor owner with acres of fertile land and hordes of servants.
Every poor man from the Old World has a dream of getting rich in his heart, and every sailboat that docks on the coast of Wilnoa is filled with this "adventurer" for 20 years without a break. Today, the total number of immigrants who have settled in the New World has exceeded tens of millions. In the foreseeable future, the phenomenon of large-scale population migration from the Old World to the New World will continue.
With a superior social organization system, more developed magic and technology, and sharper weapons, the colonists from the Old World quickly established a foothold on the coastal plain of the New World. First, they established settlements and trading posts. Immigrants continue to move in, the population is increasing day by day, temporary settlements are expanding into permanent villages and towns, and relying on ports with convenient shipping and trade to develop a metropolis with more than 100,000 residents. The prosperity is not even inferior to those famous historical cities in the mother country of the old continent . The port of Layton, the destination of Joan's trip, is one of the most famous port cities on the east coast of Wilnoa, and it is also the capital of the Alfheim colony.
In the Alfheim area, there are only a handful of metropolises with developed industry and commerce like Port Leiden, and there are more rural towns like Delin Township, which are surrounded by mountains and rivers, have simple folk customs, and follow traditional lifestyles. It is determined by the local geographical conditions.
The most notable natural feature of the Alfheim area is the rolling jungle. The human settlements are separated by large and small forests. The dense juniper, spruce, fir, red pine and masson pine block the villages and towns. It is difficult to develop a large-scale city without inter-traffic. The colonists from the Old World mainly lived near the estuaries and ports along the eastern coast, and the jungle edge of the central and western regions was the settlement of various tribes of the aborigine "Asa"; There are often elves and goblins who live in seclusion, and humans living in cities and towns rarely have the opportunity to witness these mysterious creatures with their own eyes.
On the morning of March 26th, Joan set off from the town of Delin, located in the south of Alfheim, and headed for Leiden Port on the northeast coast alone. In order to be able to arrive at Leiden College on the first day of school on April 1, Joan had to take some risks and chose a travel route through the jungle and less traveled by.
The protagonist is finally on the road, please recommend a ticket