Sitting in the car, Tianyang picked up the telescope and looked at the city in the distance.
The city scale of Fort Ares does not seem to be a super fortress, but it is much larger than Fort Skyrim. However, it is a building built on the ground, unlike Fort Skyrim which has upper and lower urban areas.
This city, like the Scavenger City, likes to use dome buildings. This structure should be designed to dissipate heat from the sun. However, the buildings in the War God Castle are generally two or three stories higher than those in the Scavenger City.
Moreover, the distribution of buildings is obviously planned in a unified manner, although when viewed through a telescope, the building density of the Fort of War is very high and it looks densely packed at first glance.
But their distribution locations have been planned and even their colors have been unified, so it doesn't look messy.
The buildings in the War God's Castle have khaki exterior walls and light grass green roofs. In addition, there are a large number of trees planted in the city, making it look a bit less lively than the Scavenger City.
There is also a river in the War God Castle. It enters from the southeast of the city, splits at one-third of the way, and extends into four or five tributaries, thus naturally dividing the city into several areas.
Through the telescope, Tianyang vaguely saw small boats sailing on the river and many bridges connecting different urban areas.
The most eye-catching thing is the statue on the northwest side. Tianyang has seen this statue before, in the Church of the Lord of War in the Sky Fort.
That’s right, that’s the statue of the Lord of War, but the one in the Castle of War is at least a hundred meters tall, much larger than the one in the Castle of Skyward.
It stands in a square. Tianyang guessed that it should be the sphere of influence of the Church of the Lord of War.
After scanning several times, Tianyang put down the telescope and closed the window again.
His figure was reflected in the window, reflecting his newly dyed black and blue hair.
Adolf said that although the Castle of War has the word "War God" in its name, it is not managed and operated by the Church of the Lord of War. Each city lord is a member appointed by the Golden Council, and they take turns to serve as city lord.
The mayor of the War God Castle serves a three-year term and can be re-elected once at most, and must not have any connection with the Church of War. If a violation is discovered, the mayor and council member will be immediately disqualified.
The members of the Golden Court were much more valuable than those of the Thunder Council. Therefore, every city lord was careful to protect his reputation and had no connection with the Church of War.
Of course, the Church of War still has a huge influence in the city, but it is not to the point of covering the sky with one hand.
Therefore, Tianyang also followed Adolf's advice and dyed his hair black and blue, so that his iconic silver hair would not attract the attention of the church when he entered the city.
However, even if it attracted the attention of the church, Tianyang didn't care much. In addition to his current status as a member of the Thunder Council, he still had a few trump cards to play.
At worst, it can just be a matter of snapping your fingers.
Tianyang relaxed, with the Blood Drink resting on his legs. His five fingers lightly and flexibly fell on the sheath of the sword.
As time went by, the parliament's convoy finally arrived at the gate of Fort Ares. Due to the 'Fort Ares Festival', the daily flow of people in Fort Ares was more than ten times higher than usual.
Therefore, the original one security checkpoint has now become five, including a green channel, which is prepared for the important figures in various regions.
Of course, before these characters arrived at the Fortress of War, their information
It has been transmitted and you only need to register and confirm it to pass.
The Thunder Council's convoy drove towards the green channel. Compared with other locations, there were much fewer vehicles here. At least, the queues were not long, unlike other channels where one queue could be several kilometers long.
While waiting to enter the city, Tianyang saw that the walls of the War God Castle were made of gray tungsten steel alloy armor material. The wall was at least 20 meters high, with dense turrets and gun positions distributed on it, and many soldiers walking back and forth on the high wall.
At this time, Adolf's voice rang out from the intercom in the car: "Member Tianyang, are you bored of waiting? After we get into the city, let's go to a hotel first, and then I'll treat you to dinner."
Tianyang agreed with a smile, and then listened to Adolf say: "Don't you think it's strange that a large fortress like Fort Ares has such a short wall, and the buildings in the city are only about four or five stories high at most."
Tianyang nodded gently: "I am indeed a little surprised."
Adolf smiled and said, "It seems you really don't know."
"Oh, what don't I know?" Tianyang asked.
Adolf paused for a moment on the communicator before saying, "In fact, right below the Ares Castle, in the underground area not far from the Ares Castle, there is a den of evil spirits, and it is quite large."
"We have to send people to clean up the War God Castle every year, otherwise the evil gods would have escaped long ago."
"The outer wall of the War God Castle is not built that high because the threat comes from underground, not from the ground. The buildings in the city are only five stories high to prevent the residents from taking refuge quickly if the evil gods enter the city."
"Also, if a tall building collapses, it will easily cut off the road. Of course, the original designers probably didn't expect that the building density of the War God Castle is so high now. If an accident really happens, the damage will probably be no less than that of a tall building."
Tian Yang said in surprise: "So there is actually a den of evil spirits under the Fortress of the God of War?"
"That's right."
Adolf said lazily, "Have you ever heard of it? I mean, 'Church War'?"
Tian Yang tapped the Blood Drink with his fingers and said, "I have heard a little bit about it."
"Hey, then you know a lot." Adolf laughed a few times and said, "During the 'Church War', the Church of the Lord of War penetrated deep into this area. In the end, the god they claimed to be was confirmed to be an 'alien god', which led to the 'Second Alien God War'."
"It was just that in that war, because the church's 'alien gods' were relatively weak, they were quickly wiped out. The war church shamelessly sought a way out and negotiated with other churches."
"As a result of the negotiations, the headquarters of the Church of War was finally set up here, because during the war, people accidentally discovered the existence of the evil lair."
"Due to the successive wars, in addition to the War Church, the other three churches were also severely damaged. If the war continued, even if the War Church was destroyed, the other three churches would not be able to recover in a short period of time."
"So the Golden Council played a role in the process and finally chose this compromise. They allowed the 'Church of War' to stay here permanently and take on the responsibility of fighting against the evil gods."
"The Ares Castle was built later and was managed by members appointed by the Golden Court."
"In this way, the 'War Church' survived and became one of the four major sects along with the other three churches."
After listening to Adolf's story, Tianyang finally understood why the Church of the Lord of War had such a great influence but chose to set up its headquarters in the desert. With their capabilities, they could have opened a headquarters in a better location.
It turns out that I had to do it.
The Golden Council and the other three churches also had a good plan. This agreement was placed on the head of the Church of War, so every year, whether they were willing or not, they had to invest resources in this underground lair in order to continuously drain the vitality of the council.
In short, although they will not die, it will greatly slow down the pace of development.
Otherwise, the War Church, which is suspected to have been born out of the "Anti-Light Church", would have been the only one in the world under the conditions and environment at the time, if it had not created a foreign god, and other sects would have had no chance of survival.
At this time, the vehicle vibrated, and it was already the Thunder Council's turn to be inspected.
The extremely simple procedure allowed the convoy to pass through the gate and officially enter the Castle of War in a short while.
Passing through the gate, there is a large square with three statues on it, facing different directions. The middle one of the three statues is a giant, facing the entrance, looking down at everyone entering the city, giving a strong sense of oppression.
The two statues on the left and right are a man and a woman respectively.
The man was tall and handsome, holding a sword in his hand, and his smiling face looked quite sunny.
The female sculpture is wearing armor and holding a huge sword. She looks heroic and there is no sense of weakness at all.
At this time, Adolf's voice came again from the communicator: "This is a statue erected by the 'Church of War'. It is said that these are the three followers who followed the 'Lord of War' to this world."
"They are called the Lord's Imperial Saints. The giant in the middle is said to be named 'Franklin'. The other two, the male saint is 'Maple' and the female saint is 'Su'."
"If you want to know more, you can go to the 'War Church Museum' in the city, but you need to register and apply."
Tianyang withdrew his gaze from the three statues: "No, I don't want to take the initiative to cause trouble."
"Haha, let's go eat then."
After lunch, Tian Yang asked Qiu Mo to inquire about the whereabouts of the Ruby Chamber of Commerce. Although many chambers of commerce have come to the city recently, these chambers of commerce have all been registered, so it is not difficult to find.
At around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Tianyang brought Qiu Mo and Alice to the "Red Rock" hotel. With the help of the receptionist, Tianyang quickly arrived at the room where Yueguang and the others lived.
Knock on the door.
After a while, the door opened. Hongxiu poked her head out to see who it was. She saw Tianyang and was overjoyed: "Sir, you're here?"
Even though Tianyang dyed his hair black and blue, how could Hongxiu, who had been with him for some time, make a mistake
Hongxiu's voice attracted the attention of the people inside, and the sound of footsteps continued.
Yue Guang rushed out first, but when she saw that it was Tian Yang, she stopped and leaned against the wall and said lazily, "Oh, you dyed your hair, be careful that Xi Tong won't recognize you."
In fact, her worries were unnecessary. When the little guy who was carried out by Sun Sun saw that it was Tianyang, he twisted his body and struggled to get down.
Sun Sun quickly put her down. The little thing then ran towards Tianyang with steady steps and called out clearly, "Dad!"