Chapter 396 Vanya
Bright sunlight shone down from the sky, a slight breeze blew through the safe passage, and on the simple and tidy city walls, legionnaires held their posts with spears in hand.
In front and behind the crude city wall, a large number of Sinar caravans were slowly passing through the wall. The merchants communicated with the inspecting city defense troops and confirmed the number of people in the chamber of commerce and the general situation of the goods.
Ordinary workers leaned against the carts, taking the time to rest in silence, the pack animals moved slowly forward, waving their tails leisurely, and the bards traveling with them sang relaxing and pleasant music.
The adventurers and extraordinary people from Sinnar who came to Donnar for various reasons looked curiously at the simple city walls built deep in the buffer zone in front of them, and also carefully looked at the legion soldiers on the city walls.
As a pioneering corps sent by the Road Committee, they are all selected elites, enough to suppress most riots. As long as they are not caused by mid-level extraordinary people, they can easily suppress regular riots.
In fact, they are the confidence of the committee to set up the border line in the buffer zone. The simple city wall only serves as a mark and reminder, and its actual role can only be said to be better than nothing.
Sitting in a carriage, Vanessa swung her legs and looked thoughtfully at the legionnaires on the city wall.
However, she did not stare at them for too long. After all, these legion soldiers were not easy to deal with. If she stared at them for too long, she might be stopped.
Although she was a fourth-level spellcaster, Vanessa did not think that these legion soldiers could stop her, but she had to enter Donnar after all, so there was no need to create a conflict with them.
Just as she looked away, with a loud roar, a visible and extremely strong storm passed by from above.
However, although the storm was very loud, no one present was panicked at all, simply because they were used to it.
They were still busy with their own things, only Vanessa and a few others raised their heads and looked at the sky.
In the sky, a faint magical barrier emerged, isolating the entire storm from outside, and not even a trace of wind came in.
Although it was not the first time she saw the magic barrier in the sky, a hint of greed and desire flashed in Vanessa's eyes, but she still suppressed her thoughts well.
"Ma'am, it's our turn. This is your first time at the committee, right? Do you need me to explain it to you?"
An adventurer wearing light armor and dressed neatly came to Vanessa. He gave a handsome and gentle smile and said.
Here we go again, so annoying.
After hearing his words, Vanessa shifted her gaze from the sky to him, smiled, and spoke gently.
"If it's not too much trouble for you."
"No trouble, of course not."
After understanding Vanessa's words, the adventurer also hurriedly spoke.
The adventurer then began to explain to Vanessa the restrictions the committee imposed on outsiders like them.
At the outer border, the committee will register the approximate number of people and cargo of the entire caravan, and send it to the other side of the border wall through special means.
At that time, if they reach the other side of the border wall and the number of people and the goods do not match, all people including the goods will be detained. At the same time, the committee will send out a cavalry squad to hunt down the members who have escaped.
Since the opening of the commercial channel, no one has been able to escape the pursuit of the Wind Knight.
However, this is not important. As long as you follow the Chamber of Commerce obediently, there will be no big problems. The key point is to get behind the border wall.
After arriving at the border wall, the War Committee will give everyone who enters the border wall a special crystal. This crystal is very important and is an important certificate for entering and exiting the committee.
If the crystal is not found during the inspection by the committee's soldiers, they will most likely be detained as spies.
At the same time, the crystal must be registered once in seven days in the nearest town. If there are special circumstances, an explanation will be required. Generally speaking, as long as it is not intentional, it is not a big problem to delay it for a few days.
In addition, crystals can also be used to call for help. According to the committee's regulations, as long as the crystal is activated within the committee's territory, the War Committee will send personnel to rescue.
This is the new regulation of the War Council after the safe passage was opened.
Although the people of Sinnar who come and go do not like this rule, it is a mandatory requirement of the committee and they can choose not to come if they do not accept it.
Faced with the huge profits from commercial trade, the Chamber of Commerce of Sinnar finally bowed its head and accepted the committee's regulations.
Hearing the information that Vanessa already knew clearly, which was even less accurate than her own, she did not get impatient but continued to communicate with him with a smile on her face.
After the caravan merchants submitted the list and were briefly checked by the soldiers, the entire caravan was allowed to pass.
As Vanessa was passing through the city wall, she suddenly raised her head while chatting with the adventurers, and her eyes met with a military spellcaster on the city wall.
Facing the gaze of the military spellcaster, Vanessa gave a friendly smile. The military spellcaster was a little surprised and smiled hesitantly as well.
The caravan that Vanessa was in soon disappeared here, and on the city wall, the military spellcaster watched Vanessa disappear from his sight, then turned around and returned to the room behind him.
Then a message was sent to the border wall through the data network.
A few days later, at the border wall, when the caravan Vanessa was in was preparing to cross the border wall, Vanessa, who was not a member of the caravan but simply accompanying them, said goodbye to the caravan members and some reluctant adventurers, and entered the war committee independently.
Vanessa took the food coupons she had exchanged and began to wander aimlessly along the committee's transportation network, as if she had no purpose.
However, although it is said to be wandering aimlessly, in fact, the towns that outsiders like Vanessa can visit are relatively limited, and they can only travel to towns that are open to the public by the War Council.
So Vanessa found the nearest open town and settled down there first.
Since there were many outsiders coming and going in the town, Vanessa inquired about the news of other open cities while wandering around like an ordinary outsider, tasting the various special desserts of the committee.
In addition, Vanessa also wandered around the town, looking at this and that, observing this town which was completely different from the city of Sinnar.
After wandering around this open town for more than ten or twenty days, Vanessa finally stopped asking around, packed her luggage, checked out of the room, found a caravan and paid for a seat, then followed the caravan slowly south, preparing to head to the next city.
Vanessa followed the caravan south and also visited the towns they passed by.
After arriving at the southernmost and most remote city among all the cities opened by the committee, Vanessa bid farewell to the caravan and settled down in this city.
She first went out of the city during the day and stayed in the city at night. After a few days, Vanessa went to the city hall. Relying on her identity as a fourth-ring spellcaster, she easily spent a large sum of money and obtained the right to use a piece of wasteland outside the city from the city hall.
After obtaining the right to use the wasteland, Vanessa checked out of the hotel, purchased some materials from the city, left the city, and headed to the location of the wasteland.
She used magic to build a tree house in the wasteland and lived there.
In addition, apart from returning to the city every seven days to update the crystal information and buy some daily necessities, Vanessa has been staying in the tree house she built.
However, her leisurely life did not last long. Because she often bought high-quality desserts and sugar, after living a carefree life for a while, the money she brought was not enough.
So Vanessa began to think about how to get funding.
After learning about the laws and regulations of the committee, Vanessa took the extraordinary materials she grew to the city hall. After passing the review of the city hall, Vanessa began to sell various low-level extraordinary materials from the plant system to the outside world. At the same time, she also undertook some simple commissions.
Relying on this skill, Vanessa successfully settled down here as an outsider supernatural being.
Although as an outsider, Vanessa cannot enjoy the various benefits of the committee, but she still lives a very comfortable life with a fixed income by selling the extraordinary materials she grows.
After Vanessa brought the extraordinary materials and underwent review and inspection by the city hall, the city officials naturally noticed Vanessa's strength.
There are not many mid-level extraordinary people in the entire war committee. How come a foreign mid-level extraordinary person suddenly settled here?
The City Hall decisively sent Vanessa's message to their superiors.
After being reported through various levels, Vanya's news soon reached the provincial three-level parliament. After a brief discussion by the three-level parliament, one of the province's commissioners, Orlit, who was in charge of the affairs of outsiders in Sinnar, came to the city.
Orit, who once came from Sinar and took the initiative to defect to Roland from the Tower of Truth, is one of the very few spellcasters who have been promoted to the fourth ring through the trials of blood and fire.
As a fourth-ring spellcaster who was promoted in the war to retake the northern wall, Orit was naturally promoted to a committee member.
At the same time, he naturally made remarkable achievements in the subsequent all-out war with the Green Tide, and was successfully appointed as one of the senior officials at the provincial level, mainly responsible for the province's education and strange equipment industry.
Furthermore, because he is a Sinnar, Olit can communicate with the Sinnar more easily than the Donnar, and therefore, he is also one of the senior officials in charge of the affairs of outsiders within the province.
So, after receiving the news from Vanya, a foreign fourth-ring spellcaster, Olit, who was also a fourth-ring spellcaster and happened to be working nearby, took the initiative to take over the task and came over.
As someone who had grown up almost all the way with the War Committee, Orlit naturally inherited the War Committee's simple and efficient style of doing things.
After arriving in the city, Orit did not waste any time and quickly obtained detailed information about Vanya and her current address from the city hall.
Afterwards, Olett did not go to visit Vanya immediately. Instead, he chose to rest at the city hall for an hour.
As a Sinnar man and a spellcaster who was once ignored in the Tower of Truth, Orit was very clear about the bad habits of Sinnar spellcasters.
The spellcasters of Sinar are very concerned about etiquette and face. If they rush over, the other party may not want to see Orlit.
So, he chose to take a break, take a simple shower, change clothes, and adjust his state. At the same time, he also bought some gifts.
After everything was ready, Oulite went to where Vanya lived alone.
Olit put up a shield and flew quickly towards where Vanya was. After flying to a distance of two hundred meters from the ground, he landed, holding the gift, and walked forward step by step.
The distance of two hundred meters was not long for Oulite, and he soon reached his destination.
Oulite used his magic to push away the bushes that were blocking his vision, and walked out of the bushes. Then, a tall tree house appeared in front of him.
The tree house is naturally embedded in a big tree.
Looking at the tree house, Oulite narrowed his eyes slightly.
In Sinnar, basically only spellcasters from the Tower of Truth school would build tree houses this way. Many schools whose research involves life or wood elements would also do this.
Outside the Tower of Truth, basically no spellcaster would build it like this, so, is this a spellcaster from the Tower of Truth?
While thinking, Oulite slowly walked towards the tree house.
As they walked up a small hill, a breeze with a hint of fragrance blew past, and the hat on Oulite's robe was blown off.
"Who?"
As a familiar voice came from the front, Oulite subconsciously looked up.
Right in front of us, a young girl was standing in a flower field, among countless vibrant, gentle and beautiful flowers. She turned sideways, holding down her long skirt with her left hand, and her soft long hair slowly floated with the breeze.
There was also a hint of obvious hesitation in her bright and lively eyes when she looked at Oulite. Then, she brushed a few strands of dishonest hair behind her ears with her right hand, revealed a sweet smile, and said.
"Hello~Are you having any trouble?"
Hearing the familiar words that seemed almost exactly the same as in his memory, Oulite was stunned, staring stupidly at the girl in front of him.
The girl tilted her head slightly and looked at him with a somewhat suspicious look. When she tilted her head, a breeze blew and the white hat on her head was blown away by the breeze.
"Eh."
The girl subconsciously stretched out her hand and tried to grab the hat, but the cunning breeze suddenly changed direction, preventing her from grabbing the hat.
The girl's voice also woke up Oulite. Looking at the white hat floating in front of him, Oulite decisively reached out his hand and caught the hat.
Oulite held the hat, looked at the girl, and said.
"Vanya, long time no see."
"Ok?"
Vanya blinked.
(End of this chapter)