In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, everyone rode as fast as they could along the way. After spending most of the day, they finally arrived in Venice.
Ask was quite disappointed that he did not encounter any pursuers from the prison guards.
What on earth are you regretting? Albrecht silently complained in his heart.
The city-state of Venice was built on numerous islands in the northern Adriatic Sea.
In the early Quaternary Period, the urban area of Venis was still on the mainland. Later, with the continuous invasion of the West Solomon Empire by the barbarian supernatural army, the residents of the nearby West Solomon were forced to flee to many islands near the coast and blew up the bridge connecting to the mainland, maintaining only shipping and waterway transportation and supply.
Finally, they managed to survive the barbarian wave at the end of the Quaternary Period and held out until the rescue from the Eastern Solomon Empire arrived.
In the middle of the Fifth Age, with the decline and retraction of the Eastern Solomon Empire's national power, Venice gradually gained an autonomous political status from the strict control of the empire.
The most famous autonomous benefit is that Venice has adhered to the free port and tax-free policies for hundreds of years, which attracted a large number of Italian and Canadian consortiums to invest in Venice, eventually turning Venice into an offshore financial center for the entire West.
In terms of economy, developed multinational banks, securities markets, funds and trusts, insurance, financial leasing and futures business, as well as various financial derivatives, are almost concentrated in this archipelago city-state on the northern coast of the Adriatic Sea. The princes and nobles of various continental countries are also happy to deposit their property in the Bank of Venice, or hand it over to professional managers for operation and value preservation.
As for politics, as the white glove for Italian financial groups to carry out capital operations, the Venetian city-state could even openly challenge the Holy See in its heyday and independently implement a relaxed policy towards extraordinary people. This is why the emperor of the empire gave priority to cooperation with the Venetian city-state rather than military negotiations.
After all, the Saxony family also has assets in Venice!
They rode their horses to the coast and saw from afar a giant bridge spanning the sea, which had been blown into two pieces hundreds of years ago.
This is the famous "Venice Liberty Bridge", which completely separates the Venice Islands from the mainland.
"How do we get through?" Albrecht was worried. This northern Frankish knight was also here for the first time and had no idea how to get into Venice. "Should we cut down some trees and build some canoes to paddle across?"
"Then you will be sunk by their shore-based artillery." Ask complained.
"What then?" asked Albrecht.
"Go to the Thieves Guild," Ask said.
In the original game world, when players enter a new town map, the first thing they do is to find the Thieves Guild.
Once you find the Thieves Guild, you can find out which places and NPCs in the city can accept quests, where the secret black market and illegal gatherings of supernatural beings are, and most importantly, how to pay a ransom to the guards and lift the wanted order if you accidentally kill a resident's chicken. All of this can be figured out in one go.
Ask walked to the shore. The saltwater lake here was full of large reeds, which looked desolate and quiet. He led everyone to walk along the reed field for about 1 kilometer and finally found a simple pier. A thin and capable young man was sitting on the boat smoking.