Great time travel

Chapter 23. The magic of the different world is too backward
On the evening of the fourth day after crossing the different world, Ainz, the Lich King, disguised as a "wandering magician", rode in a cat car with an embarrassing appearance and a huge "pretending to be funny" monster. Regret, under the support of a large group of people, finally succeeded in arriving at the human city closest to the main base Nazarick Tomb——Li.The border fortress city of the Kingdom of Yestege, yes.Lantil.

inside.A border fortress city owned by the Kingdom of Yestege, yeah.Rantel is located close to the borders of the neighboring Bajas Empire and the Slan Theocracy. It is the only transportation hub that connects the three major human powers in the world. It has an extremely important strategic position and is also a must for the three kingdoms land.

Therefore, the city is protected by three layers of city walls, so just like its appearance, it is often called a fortress city.

In the peaceful days before, yeah.Because of its unique geographical location, Lantel once gathered a lot of people.But with the Bajas Empire and Li.The wars in the Kingdom of Yestij became more and more frequent, and the kingdom suffered repeated defeats, which made the city a front line for the war between the two countries. It suffered from the ravages of war, and even encountered the army of the Bajas Empire a few years ago. A brutal siege.Although the empire failed to break through in the end.The strong city walls of Lantel, but due to the plundering of soldiers during the siege, almost everything outside the city walls was destroyed.

The former Karn Village was lucky enough to escape the catastrophe of that round of war because it was too far away from the city and deviated from the traffic arteries.

It's been a few years now, yeah.The damaged city walls and towers that were destroyed in the offensive and defensive battles of Rantel in the past have been initially repaired, and the import and export business of the city itself is still very prosperous.However, the destroyed suburban villages could not be restored for a while. Outside the tall city walls, there was a large barren wilderness.Occasionally, I saw some scattered farmers, although they were not to the extent of being naked, but they were patched everywhere and their faces were thin. As for their residences, they could only be described as shacks. Compared with the Karn Village in the country, there is a big gap.

And within the protection range of the city wall.The urban area of ​​Lantil was divided into three concentric circles by three city walls.

The outermost area is a military base during the war, so there are complete barracks, warehouses and arsenals.The innermost area is the residence of military and political officials and the settlements of the rich and powerful. It belongs to the core urban area protected by heavy troops and the last fortress during the war. To give an inappropriate example, it can be compared to the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. , or the castle tower of a Japanese castle.

As for the largest concentric circle in the middle, it is the living area of ​​ordinary citizens, and several markets for trading are also located here.For the vast majority of ordinary people, this area is basically what comes to mind when they talk about this city.

In order to facilitate trade, several squares of different sizes are scattered in the urban area, and many stalls are gathered together to form a special commercial street. From fruits and vegetables, cloth pottery to medicines and swords, all kinds of goods can be sold. Get it here.The commercial street is filled with the accents of various foreign businessmen, and the clothes of passers-by are also strange and full of exotic styles. It is bustling with people coming and going, and it is very lively.

The boss standing in the shop made an imposing hawking sound and tried hard to solicit customers; the elderly woman held a basket and bargained with the merchants, paying every penny for a few fruits and vegetables.Farmers, woodcutters, hunters, and handicraftsmen set up their own stalls to sell their own things. While not interfering with each other, they quietly competed in the volume of their yelling, making the seemingly simple and backward open-air market full of dilapidated and outdated goods. breath.

The tempting aroma constantly emanated from the barbecue stalls by the street aroused people's appetite, and also made Ainz, the Lich King who was lying on the upstairs window watching, couldn't help but feel a little quivering in his heart, recalling the juicy meat on the skewers It's a pity that right now he has lost his human body and turned into a skeleton. Although he still retains a keen sense of smell for some reason, he can no longer enjoy any good wine and food.

——When he was in Karn Village before, he had already done an experiment secretly, and then found to his dismay that the food he ate in his mouth would fall out of his chin again, and the wine he poured into his mouth was spilled all over his body Yes... As for the sense of taste, it doesn't exist at all.

Alas, becoming a lich means that you will no longer be able to enjoy delicious food. This is really helpless——Ainz sighed silently in his heart, then closed the window of the guest room, turned back to the table, and continued to work on his task with full concentration. The study of otherworldly magic items...

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It has to be said that Gazef's warrior commander's face is in his hands.Lantier, a city directly under the royal family, is more or less useful.

——After Gazef and his subordinates revealed their identities, they guarded the fortress city.The guards at the Lantil city gate let Ainz, who was riding in a cat cart, and other "mavericks" into the city without questioning or checking.

Next, because of the introduction of Captain Gazef, when he learned that the "powerful and wealthy" great magician Mr. Ainz intends to buy a mansion in this city, he even went to hell.The mayor of Lantier was alarmed. He not only took time out of his busy schedule to meet with Mr. Ainz, but also instructed the clerks of the city hall to help introduce them—due to the frequent wars these years, many of them originally lived in Ye.The nobles and wealthy merchants in Lantil city lacked confidence in the kingdom's army, so they sold their properties and moved away one after another.That's why there are so many noble mansions left unused for sale in the city...

Lich King Ainz, a serious gaming geek, is obviously not good at negotiating trivial matters like this. Fortunately, he is not alone now, so he pushed all the matters of buying a house based on the location to the dragon steward Sebas. With a few female subordinates and a large group of cats, they moved into the fortress city.The most upscale hotel in Lantil City, "Golden Light Shining Pavilion", retracts into the room and never comes out.

It is conceivable that the cost of accommodation in the "Golden Light Pavilion" is very expensive, and the cost of purchasing a mansion in the city is even greater - even though the housing price has dropped by several percent due to the impact of the war.The few small purses stolen by the "cat thieves" before are obviously not enough.And the coins recovered from the captives of the special forces of the "Sunshine Code" of the Theocracy of Slane are also pitifully small: these thugs sneaked into the enemy's territory to wreak havoc, not to do business, and they directly did what they needed. Robbery is, naturally not carrying too much property.

Fortunately, the Lich King Ainz, who owns a guild base in the Great Tomb of Nazarick, is not a poor man with nothing, but a super rich man who is really rich.The "YGGDRASIL" game gold coins hoarded in the Great Tomb of Nazarick alone amount to hundreds of millions...

However, Ainz didn't plan to use the game gold coins of "YGGDRASIL" in this world, first of all because it might reveal his identity and bring unpredictable dangers - by fighting with the "Sunshine Code" special forces of the Theocracy of Slane, Also in the fortress city.Observation in Lantil City, he has discovered that humans in this different world are also commonly using the magic in the "YGGDRASIL" game, so it is very likely that other "YGGDRASIL" game players also came to this world and passed it on to this world. Something indigenous to the world.

Since the torture of the captives is still in progress and the information obtained is not sufficient, it is not yet possible to determine whether other "YGGDRASIL" game players are still in this world, let alone whether other players that may exist in this world will Enemy against Ainz and the Great Tomb of Nazarick.So just to be on the safe side, Ainz didn't plan to reveal his identity for the time being.

Secondly, the guild base of the Great Tomb of Nazarick itself is a big money eater. Whether it is to maintain the daily operation of the Great Tomb, or to summon troops and produce magic equipment, it needs to consume a lot of game gold coins.Although there are still a lot of savings hoarded today, no amount of money can bear the expenses of sitting and eating, and there will always be a day when it is spent.So Ainz was not only reluctant to spend the game gold coins, but even had to find a way to obtain game gold coins from another world, so as to maintain the long-term existence and operation of the guild base Nazarick Tomb.

Of course, despite this, various expenses in the fortress city still have to be resolved.Ainz's fundraising strategy was to sell a little of the materials owned by the Nazarick Tomb: As a guild base with forging workshops and many high-level players, the Nazarick Tomb naturally stocked a lot of various materials. After the other players left, all the materials were left to Ainz.

The Lich King Ainz sold what he considered to be only a small amount of mithril and fine steel to a weapon store through the relationship of the warrior commander Gazef, in exchange for a total of two thousand coins issued by the kingdom. gold coins.Enough to spend him in town for a long time.

At this moment, he was sitting next to the small round table in the room, together with the tabby cat Wang Qiu and a cat player who used a cheat to order a full-level alchemist, studying a lot of books that he had just purchased from a store in the city. Time-space magic potion—according to the setting of the game "YGGDRASIL", all kinds of magic potions should be mainly red.But what made Ainz very strange was that although this world used the magic of the game "YGGDRASIL", the magic potions sold in the store were almost all blue liquid.

Ainz, who was puzzled by this, bought a few bottles of magic potions at random, and took them to the hotel room for analysis.