Industrial Revolution of the Mage Lords

Chapter 260 One-day Tour Guide

Yurio got up early on a holiday, quickly washed up and prepared to go out.

Father Colen poked his head out of the kitchen and called out to him: "Little Yurio! Why are you going out so early when it's your day off? Stay and have breakfast with me before you leave..."

Yurio was stunned for a moment, then turned and walked into the kitchen which was warmed by the stove. The mechanical arm flexibly picked up a piece of butter-covered pancake directly from the steaming pot on the stove, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed it carelessly.

"Hmm... Dad, your cooking skills are really getting better and better. Why don't you just stop being a teacher at the school and apply for the job of head chef at a convenience store in the market area?"

Father Coron laughed heartily at the somewhat exaggerated compliment, and could not help but gently tap Yurio's brassy metal prosthetic leg with his spatula. "Come on, you're going out on your day off, and in uniform. Does the lord have another mission for you?"

Yurio nodded and said succinctly, "A guest from Jackdaw Town will be invited to the territory today. The lord personally appointed me as his guide to greet him."

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"Eye of Illusion" Kim Gavin squinted his eyes and walked out of the huge war beast. It was his first time riding this magical alchemical vehicle, which made him feel extremely novel.

When he received the invitation, he originally planned to use flying magic to cross the Jackdaw Ridge and arrive directly, but in the end he underestimated the height of the Divine Ridge Mountains and the temperature of the border wasteland area.

Not to mention flying directly across the towering snow-capped mountains, his own magic reserves as a high-level spellcaster were not enough for him to reach the pioneer territory. It was not a wise choice to visit an unknown spellcaster territory alone when his magic power was almost exhausted.

Riding this strange alchemical carriage was obviously a better choice. Although it was running through the rugged mountains and forests, it was extremely stable and fast. It only took half a day to set off at midnight yesterday, and arrived at the destination when the sun rose the next day.

As soon as he got off the war beast, a familiar figure came up to him, stretched out his flexible and powerful mechanical prosthesis and shook hands with him.

"Welcome to the Northern Frontier Territory! Mr. Eye of Illusion, I am the person designated by the lord to guide and receive you. Do you still remember me?" Yurio said with a polite smile.

The Eye of Illusion nodded and smiled back, "Mr. Yurio, of course I remember it, and I can say that I was deeply impressed..."

After saying that, he pointed at the other person's mechanical prosthesis that shone with metallic luster and winked teasingly.

Yurio was not sensitive to the reserved banter between spellcasters and said seriously, "War beasts are not allowed to travel in the city. They will damage the smooth roads. So you..."

"We can just walk to the lord's castle... I also want to take in the scenery of the territory along the way."

The Eye of Illusion showed no airs of a lord's guest and walked casually into the city. Yurio quickly followed him and walked side by side with him.

The young high-level spellcaster quickly understood what the other party meant by "smooth roads." The streets throughout the territory were exceptionally flat and spacious, with not a single pothole or muddy spot to be found, let alone the usual filthy, stagnant water. The road surface seemed to be paved with the gray cobblestones commonly found on riverbanks, with the gaps filled with mud, but without any dust or debris, as if it had been cast and solidified into a single, smooth, and flat surface.

What surprised him even more was that there was not only one road leading to the lord's castle. Every few hundred meters, there was a neatly crisscrossed intersection, just like a chessboard square drawn with a knife and a pen. There were also eye-catching road signs at the intersections, which were forged from luxurious metal materials.

Along the way, they passed by two small street gardens. The Eye of Illusion couldn't help but stop for a moment, watching the groups of children laughing and playing in the gardens accompanied by their parents.

There was a crisp jingling sound behind him. As he turned around, he saw several young men who were obviously dressed as apprentices, riding on a strange metal frame with wheels, speeding past him with laughter.

The residents here seem to be well-educated and are extremely polite and civilized. Even if an old man sweeping fallen leaves passes by, he will stop what he is doing, smile and take off his hat to greet the two of them.

There were no little beggars gathering around with their black hands stretched out, no streets filled with sewage and filth, and even when entering the city, there was no entry tax checkpoint set up by the lord's private soldiers at the city gate.

"Is this... truly a pioneering territory beyond the border?" The spellcaster couldn't help but sigh in surprise. "Even in Alayeh, the most prosperous magical capital on the entire continent, I've never seen anything like this..."

He politely leaned over to Yurio and asked, "This should be Mr. Kel'Thuzad's family territory, right? I wonder how many generations it took to establish this prosperity and wealth in the northern wasteland."

Yurio was stunned for a moment, then pondered for a moment before slowly answering, "That's not the case. The Frontier Territory was built about two years ago, and it was built and managed by the Lord himself. Just like these roads you walk on and those exquisite little gardens, they were only started and completed a year ago."

He paused, subconsciously straightening the collar of his uniform, and continued, "In the beginning, life here was quite difficult. It was all thanks to the lord himself who paid for food and built houses for the people. In the first winter, we didn't have a single case of death from freezing or starvation..."

The Eye of Illusion keenly noticed that there was an unconcealable pride and complacency in the other party's tone, as if he was proud to be a member of the territory and felt proud of the vibrant and prosperous scene of the territory before him.

Mr. Kel'Thuzad actually didn't run his own wizard family territory... but simply started from scratch in the northern wilderness with a pioneering order, and built a huge pioneer city with a population comparable to the capital of a small kingdom in the south... This is too incredible!
The streets were lined with lush trees planted in neat rows. Sunlight shone through the gaps between the lush leaves onto the ground, revealing spots of mottled golden light. He did not see any low, dilapidated wooden shacks - the residents here all lived in square gray stone brick houses, each of which was two to three stories high and almost identical in style, either single-family or townhouses. It was obvious that they were built by the same group of stonemasons.

In just two years, Mr. Kel'Thuzad transformed a barren and pristine land into a private territory as prosperous as Alayeh. How could he have done it if he hadn't relied on the power and help of his family?
Filled with confusion and surprise, the Eye of Illusion finally, at Yurio's polite urging, reluctantly ended its walking tour of the territory and arrived at the lord's castle area. After calmly accepting the body search by several castle guards, it officially stepped into the lord's castle.

"Those lord's personal guards who searched me were emitting strong blood power uncontrollably from their bodies. It seems that they are all blood warriors and wizard followers trained by the lord. Judging from the intensity of the emitting power, they seem to have used high-level blood potions to transform and awaken..." The Eye of Illusion sighed silently in his heart. At this moment, he finally had the real feeling of visiting the territory of a spellcaster and began to feel a little nervous unconsciously.

Yurio pushed open the carved door of the reception room, raised his hand as a gesture of invitation, and led the Eye of Illusion in. He soon saw the spellcaster lord sitting in the main seat at the end of the long table - Mr. Kel'Thuzad, the only real agent of the Magic Network Forum.

"Welcome to my frontier territory!" Harvey stood up and said with a smile, "Mr. Eye of Illusion."

(End of this chapter)