Chapter 563 (1/2)
”This is really... Amazing.”
Standing under the tower, Loren looked up at the bustling, heavily guarded city gate and the castle on the hillside in the distance.
As the capital of the Principality of Byrne, red blood castle is naturally the most magnificent city of Byrne; As early as many years ago, the scope of the city wall was insufficient, which contributed to the rise of the lower urban area, and became the residence of aristocrats and upper class society within the heavy barriers.
The lower urban area of red blood castle is a settlement outside the city wall, including fairs, houses, shops, taverns, inns and even all kinds of workshops. Most of the area is the residence of civilians and some craftsmen; The prosperity of large and small stalls is not even lower than that of eboden.
In addition to the wines of different years produced by various Earl led vineyards, even the wild treasures of lottel, the amber of ancient wood forest, the metal products and stone tablets of dwarves, the olives of sakran, the wool of ellemans, boy's horses and Arles' fur... And even the long knives of overseas Asur elves can be seen here.
The red blood castle built near the mountain and the palace located at the top of the castle are by far one of the oldest buildings in Byrne and even the whole empire. It is said that the first generation Duke of Byrne had the help of dwarves when building the castle, so he was able to build the whole city directly on the rock wall of the hill.
Although this is basically a legend in Byrne, the present-day principality of Byrne has long been unable to find a dwarf; In particular, the high towers and walls built directly on the mountains are indeed the technology of building cities that only short people have.
The palace of red blood castle is located at the top of the hill like a spire, while the Church of the Holy Cross Church, the knight barracks, the local wizard college, the strongholds of various trade unions and chambers of Commerce, and the courtyards of nobles and rich people
Even governor Byrne's mansion is also located in this exquisite and magnificent ”Rock Castle” like art.
Towering walls like mirrors, magnificent towers and gates, towering spires and palaces... In addition, it's really hard to see red blood castle without sighing; This is a completely different grandeur from Golovin.
If you want to explain, it is more ”three-dimensional” and ”exquisite”, more aesthetic, and the prosperity is still equal to that of Western Saxony.
It would be a big mistake to underestimate the city because of its prosperity and delicacy - compared with the flat giant city of Golovin, the long-standing red blood castle is a solid fortress that can face 100000 troops and siege on all sides without fear!
At least in this era, there are no catapults and catapults that can break rock walls; Witches' spells and alchemy weapons are not enough to create an earthquake that can collapse a mountain;
In the face of such a strong city that is easy to defend but difficult to attack and has few weaknesses, it seems that there is no good way to break the city except to besiege and wait for the enemy to starve to death.
In the history of the Principality of Byrne, the red blood castle has indeed experienced several sieges, including Eckhart I, the second generation subject to Byrne; It is rumored that he stayed under the red blood castle for too long, which is also one of the important reasons why he chose to negotiate peace with Bain.
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But now what really makes the black haired wizard sigh is not the magnificent castle and the prosperous lower urban area, but the ”dazzling” decorations on the city gate.
The whole row of prisoners hanged alive, skinny and of different shapes, hung on the wall with ropes.
Among them are old people, women, young craftsmen, begging children... All of them were stripped naked and wrote an extremely conspicuous word in the position of their torso with plasma.
traitor.
On both sides of the closed city gate are piles of decapitated remains, or decaying bones that have been decayed in the hot sun for too long; Their heads were stacked in piles, silently warning every passer-by.
In another world, this kind of thing is called ”Jingguan”.
It's a bustling market, but almost everyone's expression is very depressed. They lower their heads and hurry. Acquaintances don't greet each other. They frown and don't dare to say a word more. They can't even hear the cries of businessmen;
It's about to enter the midsummer, but the atmosphere is depressed as if winter has come, cold and piercing.
Even standing in the middle of the street, Loren could clearly feel the restless atmosphere, revealing a smell of fear. People were in danger. It was like locking the whole red blood castle with shackles.