In extremely poor werewolf communities, this is a natural phenomenon. They can't afford the elderly, and the resources will go to the main fighters who can fight and the newborn children and teenagers to maintain the existence of the population.
However, with such a population structure, as long as there is enough food and sufficient training, a large number of qualified fighters will be obtained faster than the normal range.
Finally, through the huge shanty town, came to the gate of the castle. The city gate of the city of blue waves facing the peninsula is even more magnificent when viewed closely. The nearly 50-meter-high gate tower has a feeling of covering the sky and the sun. There are three taller arrow towers on each side, and there are three layers of shooting holes on the top and bottom. , the top platform can accommodate more shooters.
The city walls are made of huge stones, some of which weigh several tons. Such stones are not uncommon, and they can be found everywhere on the city walls. Only werewolf coolies can carry and place such heavy stones with bare hands.
The humidity caused large vines to climb on the surface of the city wall, and patches of moss at the bottom. Many blades of grass protruded from the cracks in the stones on the city wall, and even a few small trees grew tenaciously.
These mottled greens add a lot of vicissitudes of history and the precipitation of time to the city of blue waves. This huge city looks more like a work of art. But on the other hand, it is obvious that it has been in disrepair for a long time, otherwise the vines and vegetation on the wall are taboos for city defense.
It can be seen that the city of blue waves has not experienced war for a long time. Such a magnificent giant city has no use at all, and it is more like the product of the Duke of Bones who wanted to leave a permanent mark in history. Only the Duke of Bones, who has ruled the entire Emerald Sea for more than three hundred years, can mobilize countless manpower and material resources to build such a city in decades or even hundreds of years.
Before entering the city gate, Qianye suddenly raised his head and looked towards the city tower. His gaze stayed on the two arrow towers for a while, then he continued to walk into the city as if nothing had happened.
This small movement immediately made several werewolf nobles nervous. The high priest who followed Qianye saw all this, stared at the nobles fiercely, waved for a young and strong werewolf warrior, and whispered a few words in his ear. The werewolf warrior ran away immediately, and disappeared into the gatehouse as fast as lightning, climbing all the way to the top of the city.
Qianye turned a blind eye to all of this and walked towards the city at an unchanging pace.
The main road in the city of blue waves is very wide, much higher than the standards of human cities. On both sides of the road are rows of stone buildings, three to four stories high. These buildings are all built according to the standards of werewolves, and four floors are equivalent to six floors of human beings.
There are mostly shops on both sides, but it looks a little deserted, with few people, and the products sold are also very poor, nothing more than ham leather goods, swords and armor. There are very few industrial products, and even more complex products that require a large industrial system to process.
Seeing that Qianye was paying attention to the shops, the high priest led the way first, pointed to a side avenue, and said, "Over there is the most prosperous commercial street in the city, and there are all kinds of goods in it. It can be said that the prosperity of the Emerald Sea is here. My lord If you are interested, please go and have a look.”
"Alright." Qianye nodded.
This horizontal avenue is tens of meters wide, only slightly narrower than the main avenue. There are many shops on both sides, and it is indeed more prosperous than the main avenue. Qianye casually walked into a nearby wine shop. The deacon immediately greeted him, and all the waiters also surrounded him. After the deacon saluted, he held a large bowl of wine and said, "This is the best wine in the store. It used to be reserved for the duke. Please taste it!"
Qianye took the wine bowl and took a sip, feeling that the taste was spicy and slightly sweet, so he could only say it was okay. This is the wine exclusively for the duke, and one can imagine what other wines are like.
Looking at the atmosphere from the outside of the wine shop, there are three floors, but it is very rough when you walk inside. There are several tables and chairs in the hall for people to drink. Behind the counter, there are rows of wine barrels piled up in a straightforward manner, completely using half of the storefront as a warehouse. The drinking utensils are also lackluster. The sea bowl is made of rough pottery, and the others are made of the same material.
Qianye went to the second and third floors to have a look. They were all warehouses, full of wine barrels, and the acrid smell of alcohol came to his face. If it were in the empire, a shop of this scale would never be arranged like this. The second and third floors could be used as exhibition areas for historical exhibitions and rare and famous wines. But thinking about the habits of werewolves here, it is generally good to have wine, so how can you care about appreciation
Although it may make people feel uncomfortable to say this, in reality, appreciation and so-called taste can only be cultivated when you have money and leisure.
Walking out of the wine shop, there is a butcher shop next to it, which is nothing more than all kinds of air-dried bacon. There is a smelly smell in the shop, and I don't know where it came from. The werewolves didn't seem to care about that.
There are quite a few butcher shops on the whole street. It seems that werewolves also depend on food. In addition, there are also many armor shops and weapon shops. Qianye glanced at it hastily, but there was nothing that caught his eye.
Halfway through the commercial street, Qianye actually saw a shop selling force guns, and couldn't help but feel the same. He walked into this shop called Thor's Wrath with great interest, and he saw all kinds of force guns on the wall. Most of these firearms have the rough and unrestrained style of werewolves, and even the grips are a circle larger than the specifications commonly used by the human race. The muzzles of many guns are as thick as fists, and the extra thick barrels seem to be quite powerful.
Many of the original force guns were covered with metal barbs, and some of them had a sawtooth chopper embedded in them. It was unclear whether they were guns or long-handled war knives. The appearance of these force guns is more like weapons for close combat.
Qianye picked up an origin gun, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help being disappointed. This force gun is heavy in workmanship and solid in material, and it is extremely heavy to handle, making it difficult for ordinary human warriors to use it. However, the original force array of the gun body is very crude, and the engraving is not very good, and the technology used is a technology that the empire eliminated a hundred years ago. The function of the original force array here is to barely condense the original force bomb, and then shoot it out.
Not to mention the series of force arrays in the Empire and the upper continent of Eternal Night that reduced the size, increased the power, and extended the range, not to mention the arrays with additional special effects, only the simplest part of stabilizing the trajectory, Qianye did not see it. If the gunpowder weapon is used as an analogy, then this gun is equivalent to stuffing gunpowder and projectiles into the iron pipe, and then blasting it out with one shot, nothing more.
As for making the gun so thick, one is that the material of the barrel is really bad. If it is not thick, it is prone to problems. Another estimate is that the werewolf also used this gun as a melee weapon, at least the weight and hardness are still qualified.
Qianye put down the force gun and asked, "Is this the best thing?"
The high priest hurriedly said: "Of course not! Here are all the equipment sold to ordinary soldiers. The real strong ones have the equipment directly provided by the Duke's Mansion. The best craftsmen all work in the Duke's Mansion. For example, this gun is the Duke's mansion. Produced by the government."
A chief next to him took off his pistol and offered it with both hands.
Qianye took it and played with it carefully. This gun is much better made, and the surface is decorated with gold veins and gems. The original force array is also much more complicated and refined, and it has all the basic functions it should have, but that's it, there is nothing special about it. It seems that the level of the so-called craftsmen of the Duke's Mansion is the level that any qualified craftsman in the Empire Yongye will have.
It's not surprising if you think about it carefully. The werewolves in the Emerald Sea live in their primitive form. It is basically impossible for them to master the high-end force array technology. Even if they have the technology, they lack the corresponding processing technology. On the other hand, even the werewolves in the upper continent of Eternal Night seem to prefer hand-to-hand combat rather than using force guns.
For a genius like William, Qianye had only fought him once under the Iron Curtain with a force gun. Most of the time, William's battles relied on the ability in his natural form, the strongest being the incarnation of a giant wolf.
Among the four dark races, the use and popularization of force guns among werewolves is the worst. This seems to have something to do with the nature of werewolves, but not quite. Nerubians have stronger bodies and strength, but their use of force guns is not far behind. Many nerubians are particularly fond of hand cannons due to their powerful characteristics, and their power is greatly increased in close combat.
Qianye returned the original force gun to the chief. At this point, there was nothing to see in other shops. The high priest led the way first, leading Qianye towards the Duke's mansion.
The Duke's Mansion is located on the side of the lake in the city of blue waves. The main building is 100 meters high, and you can have a panoramic view of the surrounding scenery. The entire Duke's Mansion occupies a very large area, accounting for about one-fifth of the city's area, and has its own moat and city wall suspension bridge, which distinguishes it from other parts of the city.
Standing in front of the gate of the Duke's Mansion, the high priest said: "Since we received the news that you are coming, we have sealed off the warehouse and craftsman area of the Duke's Mansion, and all the areas where the Duke lived in the main building have also been closed. The way the Duke left, untouched."
Qianye nodded, this high priest was also thoughtful, and handled affairs very thoughtfully.
The city walls of the Duke's Mansion are much better maintained, which is completely different from the situation where vines are everywhere in the outer city. The two huge doors are covered with wrought copper, thick and gorgeous. The gate of the Duke's Mansion has been fully opened, obviously waiting for Qianye's arrival.
After entering the gate, Qianye saw a platform on both sides of the gate close to the city wall. On the platform was a huge winch. Dozens of strong werewolves were standing beside the winch. I didn't expect that the door of the Duke's Mansion would be opened in such a primitive way.
At this moment, Qianye suddenly remembered why he always felt that something was missing after entering the city. It turned out that he hadn't seen the power tower. As the energy supply hub for large-scale mechanical devices, power towers of various styles are standard equipment in almost every city. Even cities on the Evernight Continent have power towers, but the models are outdated, many of which were hundreds of years ago. old antique.
However, a city as big as the City of Blue Waves can accommodate 100,000 people just behind the high walls, and it doesn't even have a power tower. Without a power tower, not only the opening and closing of the city gates requires manual methods, but also various powerful turrets cannot be installed. No wonder all the way in, all you saw were sentry towers, and most of them were werewolf shooters.
So far, Qianye has a new understanding of the closedness and primitiveness of the emerald sea werewolf.
The interior of the Duke's Mansion is more like a small but complete city, with separate warehouses and workshop areas, as well as areas for the servants to live in. The main building is the daily living place of the Duke of Bones. The lobby and restaurant are magnificent, and there is also a large-scale museum, which displays items representing his achievements.
The second floor is concentrated in meeting rooms, study rooms, and warehouses for storing war supplies, and above the third floor is the private residence of the Duke of Bones.