After summer, the weather is getting hotter day by day.
Even though Ansu as a whole belongs to a northern country, the southern border located in the extreme south of Ansu still has hot summer, and this year, summer seems to come earlier than before.
The Fire Constellation has become a frequent visitor in the night sky, and the duration of the giant sun in the daytime is getting longer and longer every day. The sky that was originally dark at four or five o'clock is now full of morning glow at the same time.
In the wilderness on the northwest border of Luan City, a tall tower stands quietly on the plain. A slight magical radiance flickers in the gaps in the base of the tower. Occasionally, a stream of light slips through the outer walls of the tower, and a huge crystal floats. At the top of the tower, several metal brackets with strange shapes extend from the top of the tower. The rune device at the end of the bracket rotates slowly in the breeze facing the brilliant morning glow.
It was a beautiful, sunny summer morning.
The tower keeper Green woke up from his sleep, and after a simple wash, he came to the upper floor of the tower in a thin shirt and shorts.
The brighter sunlight is shining into the room through the crystal window of the workshop, and outside the window, a group of wild pigeons are flying across the sky.
"...these stupid pigeons... wish they didn't shit on the boosters..."
Green grunted, and casually threw the unfinished pancakes from the night before on the heating table, then pressed the frost rune substrate into the energy card slot on the wall, and opened the ventilation duct of the studio at the same time.
The fresh cold wind blows into the room from the ventilation pipe, dispelling the gradually rising heat, and refreshing Green, who is still a little tired.
The tower keeper let out a sigh of satisfaction and praised that the device sent by the city to install it last month was really easy to use.
He couldn't help but think of the "advertisement" he saw on the magic net terminal, the sentence that Kede Family Business Company used as a signboard
Magic brings convenience to life.
When they first came into contact with this concept, most people were stunned and astonished. Even Green, the tower keeper who dealt with magic devices all day long, never thought about what it would be like when magic completely became a part of daily life. It is a vision, but it is achieved, and it is achieved in a dazzling way.
Magic devices are not only the private property of the lord, nor are they just the property of the "public". Cheap and convenient civilian magic devices are entering the common people. It is really entering the lives of ordinary people.
And they really bring convenience, too.
The metal device outside the window moved slowly, and the tower keeper came to the observation position, watching the huge steel support slowly rise into the air, and the rune structure tower at the end of the support was like some kind of sharp corner facing the morning glow. Sky, then he returned to the workbench, while activating the magic net terminal on the workbench, he took out the notebook and carefully wrote down the first monitoring record of the day:
"... On the 30th of the fire month, sunny, breezy, the Luan magic net hub tower, the first monitoring record, the booster is operating normally, the magic energy crystal is operating normally, and the magic net relay signal..."
Green raised his head and saw a preset signal screen appearing above the activated magic net terminal, on which the identification mark from the Horsman hub tower and the signal from the lower relay tower flashed one by one.
"The magic network broadcast signal is normal and the strength is good..."
Green recorded carefully, without any sloppy.
He is a very conscientious and careful person, and it is for this reason that he was able to get the job of "Tower Keeper". Lin, Green, who has five children, is also in need of this job.
This magic net hub tower is one of the three hub towers in the entire northwest region of the Principality of Cecil. It is an important node to maintain the transmission of the magic net from the Luan area to the Horsman area. It relies on the huge magic energy crystal and buffs on the top of the tower. This tower provides signal transmission and reinforcement services for more than a dozen unattended small relay towers in the plain area, and it also supplies energy for the southern area of Luan City, which is extremely important.
In addition to Green himself, there are two tower guards working with Green, but one of them is responsible for the night shift, and the other has gone out to check the unmanned repeater tower on the plain.
Except for the three technical tower guards, there is a small military station on the lower floor of the tower, and ten fully armed "tower guards" are responsible for guarding here. The tower itself also has its own magic shield. All of this is to ensure the safety of the magic net in the northwest border.
As far as Greene knows, the tower will increase its manpower in the near future, and by then, it should be even more lively here.
"It's hard to find people who can skillfully operate these magic devices..." The tower keeper grumbled, while pressing the inspection confirmation button on the magic net terminal to send a safety signal back to the magic net control center, he shook his head , "I hope it's from Cecil College..."
The crispy scent of sweet noodle cakes gradually wafted over, and Ge Lin felt his stomach growl. He stood up and walked towards the heating table.
As a person who doesn't like sociability, he handles his breakfast by himself. Only when the three tower guards are in the tower at dinner time, he will go to the lower floor and have dinner with the tower guards at the military depot. .
But the moment he just got up, a shadow suddenly flashed from the window, which caught the attention of the tower keeper.
Goddess of magic! ! Wouldn't it be a flock of pigeons coming to the buffs to shit? !
Green hurried to the window and stretched his neck to look at the distant sky. He didn't see the pigeons that always caused trouble for him, but he saw several huge raptors that looked like eagles rising higher and higher. Fly to the east under the higher rising sun.
And on those eagle-like raptors, the silhouettes of people can still be vaguely seen.
After being stunned for a few seconds, the tower guard realized what those raptors he had never seen before were mentioned in the notification document a while ago, and he had only heard of the elf giant eagle in the story before.
After a brief moment of astonishment, Greene immediately ran to the workbench and called the supreme control center with the magic net terminal. When the internal communication channel was activated, the communication was connected almost instantly. A girl with flaxen hair Appears in holographic projections.
Green said quickly: "This is the Luan hub tower that just witnessed the entry of the giant elven eagle. Please inform the lord."
"Received, thank you for your report."
After hanging up the communication, Green let out a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, he didn't miss this sighting. Although he knew that there would be guard towers nearby to notice the giant eagle of the elves, he still didn't want any mistakes in his work.
The tower keeper went back to the window and glanced at the sky where the giant eagle flew by. The giant eagle of the elves was extremely fast. In just a few minutes, those huge figures had turned into several distant figures. Small point, in the backlight of the morning sun, it will soon become unclear.
Green withdrew his gaze, but his gaze suddenly passed over the slowly moving magic device outside the window, and his eyes froze all of a sudden.
... As expected of a giant eagle, this "weight" is more than that of a pigeon! !
The tower keeper looked at the "remnant of the giant eagle" on the booster bracket with a look of astonishment, and suddenly felt that this sunny summer morning didn't seem so beautiful.
He returned to his workbench, took out a piece of letterhead, and scribbled on it. Compared to the keyboard of the magic net terminal, the tower keeper who was born as a scribe is still used to this traditional writing tool:
"To Cecil Magic Technology Research Institute and Magic Application Design Bureau:
"...It is recommended to add a protective cover to the high-altitude outdoor magic device, or to add a full-scale shield on the top of the high-altitude facility. The interference of birds is an annoying situation, especially their droppings..."
A burning smell wafted into Green's nostrils, and the tower keeper jumped up suddenly: "Oh my breakfast!!"
Now, this sunny summer morning is really not at all beautiful.
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The vast wilderness and jungle are passing by quickly below, rivers and lakes are scattered on the endless land like gems dotted on the plain, cities and villages are scattered among the rivers and mountains, and wide roads are like arteries. The entire southern border of the settlement is like a canvas shining brightly in the sun, and every inch of color on the canvas is blooming with endless vitality in midsummer.
The giant eagle flies across the sky, and everything on the earth is reflected in the eagle's eyes.
And under the action of the druid spell, the vision of the eagle was shared with the children of the forest who sat on the back of the giant eagle.
"That mage tower just now looks really strange," an elf ranger turned his head and said to his nearest companions. The unique elf spells channel the high-altitude airflow, so that they will not be disturbed by the strong wind, nor will the sound of the wind affect their conversation. , "It doesn't look like the style of the Four Kingdoms, nor does it look like Violet's mage tower. And I don't know what the crystal on the top of the tower is for. It always feels like it's constantly releasing energy, but it can't sense anything. Specific magical effects."
"Duchess Victoria mentioned that there are many strange things in the southern land," another elf ranger said loudly on the other side, "it is said that they were all brought by Duke Gawain Cecil."
A messenger who was guarded by rangers couldn't help sighing: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen that famous human duke yet. The year he 'died in battle', I was still by my mentor's side."
"I have seen it once, from a distance. I was a guard of honor when the leaders of various countries took oaths in front of the magnificent wall, but I guess he definitely doesn't remember me."
"Then don't doubt it, I definitely don't remember, your face has no special features..."
Sonia Shuangye listened to the conversation of her companions, but her attention was all on the ground below.
There was a slight white light in her eyes, and under the effect of the vision-sharing spell, she could see what the eagle could see.
"A large number of newly built roads... a large number of newly expanded cities... There are also strange machines in the fields, incredible, incredible," Sonia gasped in amazement, "the human nobles in the Silver Castle said that the southern border has been deserted for a century... But now it seems , which is recovering at an astonishing rate."
Near her, a ranger guard asked with concern: "Senior Messenger, how is your eagle?"
Sonia Shuangye stroked the giant eagle's feathers and nodded: "Gugu's condition is fine, it says it's much more comfortable now."
"Cuckoo may be a little unaccustomed to the environment," another messenger said. "This is the north after all, and the giant eagle is not used to it. Occasional diarrhea is normal. In fact, the situation is already very good. At least we didn't come here in the coldest winter." of."
"The weather even giant eagles can't adapt to..." Sonia shook her head, "I really don't know what's good in the north..."
At this moment, the elf ranger flying at the forefront of the team suddenly shouted loudly: "High-ranking messenger, it's time for us to fly south!"
Under the command of the masters, each giant eagle uttered a loud cry, and then the whole team turned to the south neatly.
This day is the 30th day of the fire moon in 737 Ansu.
The messengers of the elves came to the southern border.