Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 196: Magic City Alaye

The summer sun is so bright that it is a little dazzling, and the air is fresh with a hint of flowers and grass.

A luxurious four-wheeled carriage with two horses was moving steadily on a straight hardened dirt road. A conspicuous red flame and golden ring emblem was emblazoned on the carriage. This was the official logo of the Dragonstone Chamber of Commerce, the leading chamber of commerce in Orland.

Harvey, along with Tommy and Wayne, who were chosen as his personal guards, secretly crossed the mountains from the Pioneer Territory and arrived at his own warehouse in Jackdaw Town. Then, they were secretly taken to the branch in Daeus by the Dragonstone Chamber of Commerce convoy that was waiting there in advance. Then, through the internal teleportation array of the Federation set up in Daeus, they directly arrived at Orland, the wizarding kingdom closest to Alayeh.

Thanks to the convenient teleportation array, this long and tortuous journey only took them less than three days.

From the moment they arrived in Orland, they no longer chose to go to Alaye through the Federation's teleportation array. Instead, they gladly accepted a luxury carriage donated by their old acquaintance, Mr. George Santos, and leisurely drove along the smooth road built with funds from the Federation to the Magic City. They only needed to spend the night in the post town hotel along the way.

When Tommy and Wayne were in Daus, they quickly learned how to ride and drive under the guidance of the Chamber of Commerce's groom. Now they took turns driving the carriage, allowing Harvey to sit safely in the closed carriage and rest.

"Sir, although this carriage can carry a lot of people, its speed is too slow." Tommy's mouth was busy all the time. After awakening his bloodline talent, he naturally wanted to get close to his bloodline master.

Harvey was half-lying in the softly cushioned carriage, with the flesh puppet he had brought with him sitting beside him. Seeing the "Smart Guy" sticking his head in again to chat, he couldn't help but smile and asked the steady Wayne, "Wayne, tell me, how does this carriage compare to the bicycles made in our territory?"

Wayne curled his lips and answered honestly, "If I'm driving for you, my Lord, a horse-drawn carriage would be more suitable. I personally prefer bicycles, which are more flexible and easier to control..."

He pondered for a moment and added, "But generally speaking, none of them are as good as your latest development... the Magic Car! Although I was only given a chance to test drive it once, I'll never forget the feeling of speeding at lightning speed. It was simply exhilarating!"

The heavy mechanical device, shaped like a horse, allows the driver to sit on it in a riding posture. By turning the two horizontal handles on the front of the vehicle, the driver can activate the steel beast and let it travel at an extremely fast speed through the rugged mountain roads in the dense forests of the north.

Coupled with the blood warrior's super vision and reaction ability, he can control this magical mount to quickly avoid all obstacles. The movement speed is so fast that it is not an exaggeration to describe it as flying close to the ground.

Tommy, who wasn't lucky enough to get a chance to test drive the car, looked at Harvey eagerly and pleaded, "Sir, when can we get our own Motocar? Commander Pierce said it was a war vehicle you customized for us. Is that true?"

Harvey smiled wryly. "Building it is easy, but getting it moving consumes a huge amount of liquid magic energy. The few times we arranged for you to test drive it almost exhausted the liquid magic energy stored in the military factory. Don't even think about it anytime soon... When the shield machine drills into the core of the magic vein in the Divine Spine Mountains, you will each have a magic motorcycle."

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It was still early, and the carriage was moving smoothly along the way. Soon, they could see the majestic and huge city on the horizon... and the Sky Realm Magic Tower that was floating above the entire city like a white giant.

Tommy exclaimed quietly while driving: "My God, these women are so beautiful! Look at the clothes they wear, they are completely different from ours, they look very expensive, and the colors are so bright, wow..."

Wayne explained to the country bumpkin Tommy in the same low voice: "See? Those wearing dark black robes with patterned emblems on the collars and cuffs are the spellcasters mentioned by the adults. Those guys wearing pure white robes and soft hats are the damn church members..." As for more ordinary travelers and pedestrians, most of them wore light and short-sleeved clothes, and the difference in identity between them and the spellcasters could be seen at a glance.

Harvey also poked his head out and chuckled. "Don't be too nervous. In Alayeh, no spellcaster or priest can casually cast magic and attack others. However, spellcasters and priests have the same status as mortal nobles, so don't offend them lightly. Otherwise, the Federation and the Church will jointly punish you, with fines at the very least and imprisonment at the worst."

The ground city gates of Alayeh are always open, without any guards on duty, allowing the tide of people to come in and out freely. This is also a symbol of the strength of the magic city and a symbol of the city's atmosphere of freedom and tolerance.

Not long after driving his carriage into the city amidst the traffic and crowds, Harvey saw a group of young men in dark blue magic apprentice robes surrounding a formal spellcaster next to a small square garden, watching him use his magical powers to catalyze a field of newly planted flowers and plants.

"These people should be the students and teachers of the Alayeh School of Magic, the continent's top magic school..."

When Harvey first embarked on the path of magic, he also fantasized about using his own talents to enter this top magic palace and begin his own exploration of truth and knowledge.

After he had saved enough money to pay for the private school tuition for magic enlightenment, he learned from his part-time magic tutor that the Alayeh School of Magic was not something a child from a small country town could easily dream of, especially a child from an ordinary small landlord family like Harvey.

It's not just the Alayeh School of Magic. Harvey is not even qualified to attend the Orland Royal School of Magic. And the Daes General School of Magic, which has enough enlightenment results for him, does not have a separate major in necromancy that is suitable for him to study.

In the end, he was forced to choose the Duchy of Saint Valen where his hometown was, and attended the Necromancer Academy, which had difficulty enrolling students.

If you want to enter these high-level magic academies, it is not enough to rely on your own talent. Your background also needs to be considered. At least for the descendants of long-standing wizarding families, it is much easier to study than for people like Harvey.

Thinking of this, Harvey was silent for a moment, lowered the curtain of the carriage, raised his hand to press the shoulder of the flesh-and-blood puppet sitting beside him, and quickly entered the state of connection between soul and spirit.

The puppet's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, and a strange light flowed in its right eye. After a slight squirming sound of flesh and bones, the two people in the carriage, including Harvey himself, suddenly completely changed their appearance.

Wayne and Tommy, who were sitting outside driving the car, had already been carefully instructed by Harvey. When Harvey knocked on the car and looked inside, they found that their lord had completely changed. They reported nonchalantly, "Sir, the meeting place agreed upon by the Federation is ahead. We'll be there soon..."

Harvey didn't want to waste too much time. According to the prior agreement, after arriving in Alaye, someone would be waiting at the Federation's Foreign Affairs Department to welcome them for a short rest.

After that, immediately go to the Federation Headquarters in the Sky Domain to conduct this closed magic duel!

(End of this chapter)