Chapter 586: Midehillburg City

The date of 1765 on the inscription meant De La Rui Ang was still in a full-scale war with Kasenrike. This tower was probably an outpost of the Kingdom's army back then, but as the front line advanced and the new border was established, it was abandoned.

The traces of fire Xia De saw in the tower just now should have been left by hunters passing by here a long time ago.

"This really is Midehillburg!"

This was what made Xia De most excited.

Besides Priest Ao Gu Si, Xia De's friend Captain La De Si was also serving in the Wind Path, and the sister of Miss White, Miss Black, whom he was looking for, was also vacationing in Midehillburg.

"I don't know if there's a chance to meet acquaintances."

He didn't leave immediately, but walked around the tower again, finding that this lighthouse was actually near the mountainside of Xikaer Mountain. Behind the tower was a cliff slope that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and standing here, looking over the lush forest trees and towering mountain rocks, he could actually see the huge steam city stretching to the north under the mountain.

The city under the mountain was divided into small squares by streets. In the sun, the city built against the foot of the mountain extended toward the distant plain. The chimneys sprayed black fog toward the sky, and he had to squint to barely see small black dots moving in the city.

The railway passed through the west of the city, connecting the northern plains of the Kingdom and the entrance to the mountain of the Rommel Mountain Range. This was the most important railway line in the southeastern region of De La Rui Ang. Through this railway, the trade goods and travelers between De La Rui Ang and Kasenrike did not have to detour around the giant mountain range in the middle and east of the Old Continent, nor did they have to climb over the peaks. It can be said that in the peaceful era of 1853, both De La Rui Ang and Kasenrike attached great importance to this city.

Compared to when he first poked his head out under the sea in Cold Water Port and first glimpsed the Cold Water Port wharf, glimpsing the huge city lying under the mountain from the forest at this moment gave Xia De more shock:

"It seems the area of Midehillburg is not smaller than Tobeisike at all."

Because the distance was too far, it was difficult for Xia De to identify the buildings in the city. The only thing he could see clearly was the huge church outside the city center square. He knew that was the Nature Church of the 【God of Nature and Evil Thoughts】, the 【Lord of All Things】. He had inquired about the history of Midehillburg and knew that the first to establish faith in this city was the God of Nature, the 【Lord of All Things】, among the five Orthodox Gods.

"After saving the priest, I can walk around here."

Following the instructions on the old tower, Xia De struggled to move forward in the forest where there was basically no road. Moving in this primitive forest was even more difficult than he thought, but fortunately, he didn't go in the wrong direction. About twenty minutes later, he finally saw houses and cooking smoke in the forest. After another ten minutes or so, he finally arrived at the foot of the mountain and entered the southeastern area of Midehillburg.

Midehillburg was built against the mountain and was a city at the foot of Xikaer Mountain, an important mountain in the Rommel Mountain Range that spanned the middle and east of the Old Continent. Initially, this was built to resist the attack of the Kasenrike people. But with the changes in the relationship between the two countries and the several southward advances of the border, Midehillburg eventually evolved into a large city in the southeast of the Kingdom and became an important transit station for entering and leaving the two major kingdoms from the east of the Old Continent.

Unlike Tobeisike and Cold Water Port, the terrain of the "Mountain City" Midehillburg was generally not flat. Because it was located in the northwest direction of Xikaer Mountain, the whole city presented a trend of being high in the southeast and low in the northwest, and then extending toward the plain.

The foot of the mountain was not a village, but directly the suburbs of the city built against the mountain. And because of the trade needs of passing through the Xikaer Mountain pass, the infrastructure maintenance of the old city area at the foot of the mountain was quite excellent, and there were many official institutions of the City Hall, and even the Midehillburg Railway Station was at the foot of the mountain. It didn't look like the initial urban area of Midehillburg at all.

This urban style of an inland city near the mountain was also completely different from the coastal port and the Kingdom's capital. Although chimneys spraying black smoke could be seen everywhere in the city, at least the greening here was much better than the two cities Xia De had stayed in.

Although the sky was still covered with a thin fog because of the steam industry, almost every street that could allow two carriages to drive side by side had street trees.

It's a pity that Xia De was in no mood to experience the urban scenery of the mountain city this time. He was still thinking about Priest Ao Gu Si.

Because he had never been to Midehillburg before, after Xia De took a carriage from the suburbs into the city, he first inquired about the location of the post office from passersby, and then bought a local tourist map at the post office.

The special border location made there many foreigners in this city. When buying the map, the Midehillburg post office staff in uniform thought Xia De was also here for vacation from the southern capital and enthusiastically introduced the local scenery to him.

But when Xia De started to inquire about the location of the Dawn Church in a standard Tobeisike accent, the other party realized that this was someone from a big city in the capital.

Although the Outsider never thought that living in the capital was more noble than other places, in fact, cities like Midehillburg and Cold Water Port were indeed "countryside places" compared to Tobeisike.

Priest Ao Gu Si once said that after the old priests and fathers summoned by the Five Gods Church arrived in Midehillburg, they would temporarily live in the local church, and only then would there be further arrangements. Although nominally they were summoned to "have a meeting and collective study," it was obvious that this matter was not right.

Xia De believed that the Church had already discovered the disappearance of Priest Ao Gu Si. Since the Church couldn't save the priest, it showed that the trouble of this matter was far beyond his imagination.

"In Cold Water Port, I encountered a huge tsunami that submerged the city. In Tobeisike, it was a God's Descent. I don't know what will happen in Midehillburg. It can't be more excessive than Tobeisike, right?"

He moved toward the local Dawn Church located two blocks away while flipping through the map in a hurry, and the voice in his heart asked softly:

【Should there be nothing more dangerous than facing an Evil God directly?】

Xia De looked at the map and continued walking. When he turned to the residential street area with three-story apartments on the other side at the corner of the block where the timber trading company with a metal sign hung, he gave an answer:

"Yes, I can even attend the Evil God's banquet, what am I afraid of God's Descent? So, the matter Priest Ao Gu Si encountered will definitely be solved smoothly. After saving the priest, I want him to take me around this city. Didn't the priest say he had been to Midehillburg when he was young before leaving?"

Walking on the misty street, listening to people with various accents and languages walking by his side. Xia De looked down at the map, a bit puzzled why after the Dacheng Player ended, he couldn't even rest for a night before throwing himself into the adventure again:

"After saving the priest, I must let him treat me to dinner at the best restaurant in the city." ===== CHAPTER 587 =====

Walking on the misty street, listening to people with various accents and languages passing by, Xia De looked down at the map, feeling somewhat confused as to why, after the Dacheng Player ended, he hadn't even been able to rest for a single night before being plunged back into an adventure:

"Once I rescue the priest, I must make him treat me to a meal at the best restaurant in the city."