When Will described his experience of escaping from Nova City, he did not mention in detail which door it was.
It was only later that Mo Gan asked him specifically for questioning, and he was able to get a more accurate location, as well as all the doubtful points before and after the incident, all of which were sorted out.
Based on Will's direct personal experience when he and his sister went out of town for training consecutively, Nova City's unique traffic order system in Cole's territory was implemented on paper, and it was not much different from the writing outlined in external publicity.
Therefore, according to usual principles, there should be several knights on duty on the city wall day and night that night.
Even if he is hard to see in the dark, Will may not necessarily see the whole picture inside and outside the city. If the defense is normal, at least someone will come forward when the teenagers and girls are fleeing in a panic, or they can fight against the arrogant black cavalry as if they are entering an uninhabited land...
This is not the case.
What's even more amazing is that according to Will's description, the black cavalry seemed to know that no one would stop them, so they rushed in with a big stab and went straight to the city wall. I don't know what they did.
Those people didn't even care about the shadows near the city wall, so they missed a pair of siblings who were still young and had little experience in escaping.
This situation proves that Nova City's lack of defense is part of their plan.
Mogan looked up and saw that the east city gate was the same as the west gate where they were just now. There were light-armored knights with no expressions evenly distributed on the city wall.
It was not only their clothes that were neat and tidy, but also the immovable aura exuding from their bodies, as well as the threat that Mo Gan sensed instinctively.
After all, a dragon is a beast, so Mogan partially trusts the intuition contained in his blood and regards it as a useful instinct.
The people on the city wall must be people with a certain level of strength, regardless of whether they are vases with silver pewter spear heads.
So one year later, Nova City's defense has been penetrated as it was when the Mirandi siblings left. In fact, it has no real effect, or does it have a normal and strong defensive function?
If necessary, Mo Gan doesn't mind causing a little trouble to try out the "fire", and he can confidently escape using his most familiar tricks, but it's not the time for him to play with fire for such a few clues.
After all, this is the territory of an important target.
Everything needs to be done with extra care.
As a confirmation, Mogan lowered his head and glanced at the temporary access order in his hand, observing it carefully for a moment with a cautious and critical attitude.
In addition to the customary official seal and special ink to generate your own portrait, there is also information such as the duration of the temporary movement order.
At first glance it looked simple, but Morgan quickly discovered that this gadget was difficult to completely fake.
Just because what is imprinted on the corner of the paper is not a symbol, but a special magical ability.
The knight responsible for checking the passage orders that can be seen at the east city gate also proves this.
In addition to observing whether the pedestrian's appearance is consistent with the information on the paper, the knight also uses a small square to click on the corner of the paper and returns it after completing the trivial operations.
This should be some kind of mass-produced magic prop. Mo Gan also saw something that looked completely bright at the queue at the city gate just now. The city defenders had the same division of labor and the operating procedures were the same.
The Mirandi siblings are local civilians, and there will be no restrictions on their access. Even if the knight on duty does not recognize them as the children of the knight captain, the identity certificate they carry can be equivalent to a pass order, which is also a unique long-term residence style.
According to the announcement that Mogan confirmed before the review, Nova City's verification of identity was extremely detailed, even a little extreme.
Even if you enter the city, if you are lucky, you will be interrogated by the patrolling knights in the city. At this time, you must either show your ID for another review, or directly show your pass order.
If not, you can only be asked to go back for interrogation of the purpose or even the reason for not carrying the certificate. If the result is bad, the identity is unclear, or the corresponding documents are delayed, the most serious case may even be directly detained and imprisoned.
This kind of measure is really not lax.
After passing the door, Mogan showed the pass, and as expected, he saw the knight in charge of inspection holding the cube and comparing it, and a light that seemed to be yellow but not yellow suddenly flashed out.
Then it is released directly.
Morgan himself was half a mage and felt an extremely warm magical power, and there was obviously something more sensitive to this than him.
"There was a flash next to it just now. What I saw was the magic power of the earth element."
Dolanduo had been resting quietly. After receiving a direct signal from Mogan, he used his unique vision to gently remind him and then commented.
"There are actually very few tribesmen who specialize in this kind of magic. I haven't seen a few of them. They are rarely in the tribe. Mainly compared to water magic and wood magic, they are more..."
The elf seemed to hesitate.
"Compare to what?"
Dolanduo was very embarrassed, "When assigning tasks, the tribe members didn't want to be given the ability of earth magic by the mother tree. Because it is said that it is very labor-intensive and often has to leave the tribe to work - we were born in the forest, and we don't have to work alone." For houses that require rock and soil construction, a tree house is enough.”
It turns out that elves also reject business trips.
However, the word "endowed" made Mo Gan particularly concerned and he was relatively concerned about it.
Could it be that within the elves, magic is not a natural and random endowment, but the result of deliberate arrangements by Dolando's so-called "Mother Tree"?
Morgan decided to drop the topic for now.
Entering the city, everything suddenly became clear.
Pedestrians were coming and going on the street. Compared to the affluent town of Windsor, it was not luxurious, but the number was several times greater. If you randomly found two people approaching each other, the average gap between them would be two or three meters.
There are the most vendors setting up stalls at the entrance to the city, mainly leaning against the city wall, shouting and selling various handicrafts. A series of stalls are hung with a dazzling array of small objects, which is the most popular among tourists.
And such simple small handicrafts are the only types of goods in this area:
At least around here, there are no magic materials or tools and weapons for sale.
This is because the urban planning of Nova City has strict requirements and restrictions. Each area has specific standards for the type of goods depending on the security level, and cross-regional sales are not allowed.
The pass order system has been implemented in Nova City for a long time. In fact, it is quite special. This system refers to the ban of the Kingdom of Lestus.
The various rules headed by these two are all the result of the drafting started thirty years ago.
Nova City is a city of innovation and change, and there are very unique historical reasons why it has become such an unusual mixture of structures and policies.
From a structural point of view, Nova City is a city with completely separated rights and functions, divided into DC area, XC area and the central island of the artificial lake.
When an outsider sees the schematic map inside the city, it is difficult not to immediately think of:
If you ignore the dividing line of the East XC area and just look at the panoramic view of the city, the artificial lake and the central island, it is like a true miniature of Lake Augustus and the surrounding urban area.
This is not entirely a coincidence.
Mainly because of old things.
Since taking office, Queen Cole has made many reconstruction instructions for some cities that need post-war reconstruction, and Nova City is one of them.
As early as before the war, Nova City was the most prosperous city outside the royal capital Asun, and it didn't even have the prefix of "one".
Just because an enemy who went deep into the interior and tried to sneak attack on Asun City was discovered in Nova City, causing a conflict. Overnight, the peaceful city of Nova became miserable.
In the out-of-control battle, most of the buildings in the former Nova City were destroyed. Two-thirds of the civilians who failed to evacuate accounted for half of them because of the simplest impact.
This was a signal that the war had reached a complete stalemate and was irreconcilable, and it also turned Nova City into a city where no one died for a long time.
Even if they are born in the magic continent, most people live their own peaceful lives and are not obsessed with having extremely low limits and consuming a lot of power.
This is where the danger of magic lies.
All that Morgan can see directly now are buildings rebuilt after the war. The location of Nova City is too convenient and famous. It is also the first semi-destroyed city to be completely rebuilt after the war.
The city of Nova, destroyed by war, is unlike any other. Most of the cities on the front line have already been evacuated to avoid disasters caused by magic out of control.
Nova City, which was suddenly attacked, did not have this kind of luck. When the evacuation warning came, manic magic began to sweep through the city, and most people were killed here.
Because of this, after the attack on Nova City, the actual fear of war among civilians for a long time came from this disaster with no location limit, and it was widely spread.
The first restoration of Nova City can also provide spiritual strength to the traumatized people.
In order to boost people's morale and make a difference as soon as possible after taking office, the Queen even specially mobilized a large number of magicians to help complete the design and construction as soon as possible, spending a lot of money to stabilize people's hearts.
According to Mogan's knowledge, they even included a powerful earth mage, who seemed to be a big shot named Rodriguez.
Mogan didn't know him, but he also knew that at least this magister had a good reputation in Nova City, and there was a faint tendency to become the hometown of celebrities.
Because in the royal capital of Asuncion City, where the small commodity trade is the most active, some people even sell his statues on the streets, and the decorative stickers are the symbol of Nova City.
The DC area is the most normal city style, with Nova City's local knights as the main patrol guards. It accommodates most of the civilians and market areas, and there is a constant flow of people every day.
The XC area is controlled by dedicated personnel. Compared with the DC area, there is one more pass level. It not only requires proof of identity, but also requires a special access permit and a more rigorous review.
Security in this area is stronger, and locals need to stay long enough to enter freely, because it is the base for gatherings and parliaments, and accommodates most of the nobles and officials in the city.
At the same time, Mogan also investigated earlier that this area has been in the hands of Albert Talanik for a long time, including most of the officials who obey his instructions - in layman's terms, this is Talanik. Nick's family's back garden.
As for the islands in the central lake, they are known to be the residence and offices of the inspectors.
There is another landmark building that is relatively unknown to the public, which is difficult for Mogan to ignore.
It is a well-known fact that there is a hidden prison in Nova City.
Speaking of which, the "Demon King of Man" that Everest once mentioned is among them.
Mogan was also very impressed by the person that the great magician suddenly proposed, and even felt that he might have mentioned this person to him on purpose, to tease him, rather than sincerely wanting to have any effect.
——Because capturing the Demon King of Man was one of the achievements of his heroic father Lincero.
Everest has always been weird, and Mogan doesn't know what he is thinking. Sometimes Mogan even doubts, making himself wonder if it is also part of his fun.
But there are certainly more key points to note related to the fact that the prison is hidden.
Because Mogan knew something actual that has not yet been written down in the public record.
They were mixed between half-truths and half-false rumors, but they were finally restored and confirmed thanks to some of Mogan's exclusive verification and verification channels.
Almost all the buildings in Nova City today are exactly twenty-nine years old, and the structure is personally controlled by the queen who hopes to create a building that meets the requirements and seeks a breakthrough in maintaining balance.
Everything developed vigorously.
The reason why a dead city that had been demobilized was able to revive was not only due to direct personnel and material support, but also because the state's investment in it attracted many speculators pursuing business opportunities, which further continued to generate positive benefits.
As a new city, Nova City basically only has complicated special orders with complete functions and special decisions learned from others.
There were no variables in the rebuilding process, except for one thing, which was also the very first task.
During that raid, the rampant magic created a vexing geographical environment.
It is located under the central lake, and the raging magical power makes it impossible to lay a foundation, occupying a vast land in the city plan.
Therefore, this chaotic place deep underground was once the biggest problem in the reconstruction of Nova City.
In order to make it stable, at the beginning of the reconstruction project, most mages contributed to repairing this ruins.
The magister who seemed to be very respected came here just for this matter before he was dragged into working as a laborer, and he completed the task within one month.
The summary in the public record is simple.
While the city next to Lake Augustus was struck by magic, it also gave birth to a unique phenomenon, which was the calm artificial lake.
"Still calm" is not true.
However, since the underground chaos has been covered up by the artificial lake, according to the Magister's inference, people's lives are basically ruled out as a threat, and the hypocritical cover-up has become a fact on the surface.
At the beginning of the project, there was even talk of changing the address. After all, magic is always dangerous, and the construction task required by the Queen cannot be completed, so it is better to bypass this place.
But even if you want to do this, the fact that the location of the city is different from the previous city will be discovered sooner or later. If you scratch the cocoon a little bit, someone who is interested will discover the fact.
Using Nova City as a landmark would also defeat the purpose of declaring that peace has arrived.
——You know, for a long time after the war ended, the existence and use of magic were rejected in many areas that had experienced the war because of its overly strong influence.
People fear being unable to grasp the powers of understanding, whether or not they are now directed toward them.
The reconstruction of Nova City is imperative.
As the second city of the Kingdom of Cole, it once accommodated countless remnants. Although a large part of them left this sad place, a large part of them wanted to return to their homeland.
This is a symbolic return migration after the war that cannot be missed.
In order to maintain balance, this state of war sequelae must not continue. And simply wanting to whitewash peace and cover up problems for the sake of covering up problems is naturally not the most correct decision.
The dilemmas before us seem to be unreasonable and will cause major hidden dangers...
So, someone made an extremely bold decision - to use the macroscopic results of this destructive magical relic to build a hidden landmark with a special purpose and a corresponding plan.
The product as a result of utilization is the most amazing hidden building under the artificial lake today.
Nova Prison.
A cage holding prisoners was placed in the center of the city. It was at the same coordinates as the inspector's residence, only the altitude was different.
Located in a dangerous place where Dazzling Magic cleanses everything, it can accommodate and deal with all dirt, and it can also completely quell some sins that are too natural to be dealt with in a place where the sun cannot shine.
