Chapter 315 [Heavy Burden +] and Arrival
After leaving the town council, the naturalization process has come to an end for the time being, and the next step is to wait for the results to come out.
Gothe turned to look at Bard, who had been with him all morning, and expressed his gratitude: "I have troubled you today."
If Bard had not mentioned the matter of naturalization and recommended him as a guarantor, Knight Gerald, the process would not have gone so smoothly.
"What the hell!" Bard waved his hands repeatedly.
Gothe looked at the time and saw that it was already the lunch point, so he took Bard to a nearby tavern and treated him to lunch as a token of his gratitude.
The tavern was filled with the aroma of food and malt liquor. There were already many customers and only two empty tables were left.
Gaud sat down at one of the empty tables, and then ordered two "shepherd's pies" with local characteristics in Holder Town: a pie made with minced lamb and mixed vegetables cooked into a filling, and then covered with a thick layer of mashed potatoes and baked.
Such a sumptuous lunch only costs 5 Silver Dragon Coins.
From this aspect, we can also see the prosperity of the Plantagenet Dynasty and its abundant supplies.
After lunch, the two said goodbye to each other, and their interaction was actually over.
Gaode chose to return to the Swan Hotel.
After borrowing a pot from the back kitchen of the hotel, he returned to his room and started mixing magic potion.
He spent 307 gorse coins to buy the magic ingredients, but he always felt uneasy if he didn't mix them into potions as soon as possible and take them.
Furthermore, Gaode still doesn’t know anything about the specific assessment at the Sea Sentinel.
Joining the Sea Sentinels is related to his future roots in the Plantagenet Dynasty.
Hence, he still attaches great importance to this matter. In order to be more sure, it will definitely not go wrong to master a few more spells.
Just do it, because the magic potion only needs to be stewed in one pot, and there are no operational details to pay attention to in the whole process. Soon Gothe prepared all eight magic potions and put them in potion bottles.
After thinking about it, he decided to start building the spell model of [Heavy Burden] first.
This is still a functional spell.
But its function is too practical: increasing the creature's weight-bearing capacity to three times.
In this world, in terms of somatosensory, Gaode feels that the most scientific point is that space storage equipment or space storage ability is too precious.
So far, he has only seen the so-called storage space in Flora, and it has many restrictions and the space is extremely small.
Although the lack of storage equipment has caused a lot of inconvenience in life, as long as you think about it carefully, you will feel that it is indeed reasonable.
After all, time and space are at the highest position in any extraordinary power system.
The power of the time domain has always been something that only the strongest can master, and any equipment involving the time domain is regarded as an "artifact" by the world, without exception.
Why is the space storage equipment that is closely related to the space field so unpopular?
Furthermore, if this world is really like what he saw in the novels of his previous life, where every mage has a space ring in his hand, the world's business system will probably collapse in an instant.
Maritime and land transportation, trade routes, and gateways will no longer exist.
The simplest example is that the Plantagenet Dynasty relies on the Sword Coast and the passes of the three major rivers in the east. It collects an unknown amount of customs duties from ships every year, which is an important source of wealth for the Plantagenet Dynasty.
But once there is a proliferation of space storage equipment, it will be impossible to collect tariffs at all, because you have no way of knowing what is contained in their space storage equipment.
In fact, let alone Gaode or a first-level mage, even a fourth-level mage like Sunaifa still has to carry items on his own back.
Thinking about it this way, the [Heavy Burden Technique], which can improve the ability to bear weight, is extremely practical for the mage in this situation.
No matter how much stuff you need to bring, at least you won’t be able to slow down your movements due to the weight.
Thinking like this, Gothe had already taken the newly prepared [Heavy Burden] spell potion and started building the spell model.
Three days flew by.
Gaode came to the town council again.
"Congratulations, from today on, you are an official resident of our town of Holder, that is, a subject of the Plantagenet Dynasty."
The staff member known as Lid had a smile on his face, congratulating Gaude, and at the same time handed over a beautiful "naturalization certificate".
Sure enough, as the staff said, he successfully passed the naturalization review after answering that there were no major questions and having a guarantor.
Gaode received the naturalization certificate.
The certificate is made of high-quality parchment paper, with silver decorative patterns around it, outlining a gorgeous and regular frame.
The words on the parchment are in exquisite hand-written cursive characters, and the ink is black and shiny.
The certificate states Goode's name at the beginning, followed by his date and place of birth, which is as accurate as the town of Hogan.
In addition, the date of submission of the naturalization application, the guarantor, and the date of approval of naturalization are also recorded in detail: Nolan calendar year 9657, the 4th of the Frostgold month.
The bottom of the final certificate is printed with the seal of Holder Town Council, and next to it is the highly recognizable signature of the relevant person in charge.
"From today on, you will be able to obtain the rights that a subject of our Plantagenet Dynasty deserves, such as freely purchasing land and real estate, and joining all walks of life to start a business without any hindrance." After Gothe received the naturalization certificate, Lid also introduced Gothe to the rights he enjoyed.
In the Plantagenet dynasty, nationality was a strict threshold.
If he is not naturalized, he will not be able to enter many industries, including but not limited to those related to the political field, the military field, and the education field.
The Sea Sentinel that Gothe wants to join is related to the military field.
"Sorry to trouble you." Gaode saluted to express his thanks.
"No, it's just a matter of duty." Lid waved his hand and glanced at Gothe's extremely young face inadvertently. After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but ask more: "I remember you said you wanted to become a Dornish Sea Sentinel?"
Gothe nodded slightly, "Yes, what's the matter?"
Leed sighed and revealed some secret information to Gothe, "To be honest with you, although you have been naturalized and become a subject of this country, and you are said to be able to obtain the rights that our Plantagenet dynasty subjects deserve, you know that there must still be a gap between native-born subjects and foreign naturalized people."
“And the status of the Sea Sentinel is extremely high here, and it also involves the security and confidentiality of Dorne. Therefore, it does not mean that foreign naturalization will not be accepted at all, but the difficulty of passing the examination to enter the Sea Sentinel is definitely much higher than that of native-born citizens.”
< br/> "You'd better be mentally prepared."
Gothe was silent for a moment when he heard this, and then nodded slowly, "I know, I will try my best."
Him actually thought of what Lid said.
But you always have to give it a try.
"I was not optimistic about you at all, but after knowing your origin, I feel that maybe you have some hope." Li De said with emotion.
The origin he mentioned refers to the identity of "a wandering beggar" mentioned by Gothe.
A first-level mage of this age is not uncommon in the Plantagenet Dynasty, but with this low-level background, it is a bit extraordinary.
This means that Gao De has not enjoyed too many resources so far in his practice, and his potential is unlimited. If he gets the resources of Sea Sentinel, he might be able to soar into the sky.
This is Gaode’s bonus point.
Just like in Gaode's previous life, a student was born in a prosperous capital city and enjoyed the best educational resources and environment; a student came from a remote mountain and studied hard on his own, and finally got admitted to Beijing University.
Although they are both students of Peking University, how can the hardship and gold content behind them be the same?
"As the Holy Empire has grown stronger, in recent years, the Holy Empire's idea of meritocracy has also had a little impact on our country. Gradually, some nobles have proposed to absorb more outstanding foreign talents. This is good news for you." Lid finally mentioned.
"Thank you for your kind words." Gao De thanked him, but he noticed the key information hidden in Li De's words
Does this mean that the assessment of the Sea Sentinel is not a purely rigid index assessment, but will comprehensively consider the actual situation of the individual, including origin, age and other factors?
After leaving the town council and returning to the Swan Hotel, Gothe went straight to pack his luggage.
He did not renew his house, but was planning to leave Holder Town immediately and go to Dorne City.
Although Holder Town is a small town under the jurisdiction of Dorne City, there is still a short distance between the two places.
However, unlike the Principality of Sien, in the Plantagenet Dynasty, except for the three mountain ranges, all other territories within the territory have been fully developed.
Hence, the territory of the dynasty is not only criss-crossed by transportation networks, the roads are flat and wide, the waterways are busy and orderly, and the airways are also unobstructed, making travel extremely convenient. There is also little need to worry about sudden attacks by earth-line creatures along the way, and the security is quite high.
There are three ways to travel from Holder Town to Dorne City: taking a boat, following a convoy, and airship.
It just includes the three realms of water, land and air.
That's right, even a small town within the Plantagenet Kingdom is equipped with airships, a "high-end" thing that is only available in the capital of the Principality of Sien.
In fact, for the subjects of the Plantagenet Dynasty, airships are no longer a rare thing, and ordinary people have more or less experienced riding one or two.
Gaode has always been thrifty, but he is still not stingy when it comes to necessary expenditures. He decisively chose the most comfortable and shortest time-consuming airship.
The airship base requires a huge amount of land, and taking off and landing will produce noise. Therefore, the airship base in Holder Town was built in a remote corner of the suburbs.
Gaode stood on the street and got on an "express carriage" that went specifically to the airship base. Half an hour later, he went directly to the airship base.
Following the bustling crowd, Gothe came to the ticket office on the side of the airship base gate and bought an airship ticket to Dorne City.
Dorne City is the most prosperous city in this area. From Holder Town alone, there are seven batches of airship "flights" bound for Dorne City every day.
The air route from Holder Town to Dorne City is a total of 655 kilometers and takes four hours to reach. It charges a total of 4 gorse coins, which is equivalent to 6 coppers for one kilometer.
Of course, this is the price of the ordinary cabin.
If you want to take the luxury class, the price will go up several times.
Honestly spent 4 gorse coins to buy a regular cabin airship ticket, and then followed the flow of people towards the boarding inspection area.
There were a few stern-looking guards standing there, wearing crisp uniforms and well-polished leather boots. However, the inspection content was very simple:
First, check the identification and receipts. After confirming that they were correct, each passenger was scanned with an alchemy machine that detects magic aura.
While Gothe was undergoing inspection, the extraordinary materials in his backpack that had not yet been used and Bei Feng, who was wearing it at his waist and tightly wrapped in the scabbard, simultaneously bloomed with magical aura.
It's just that the other party asked Gothe to open his backpack and give them a look, and then let Gothe pass. Because Bei Feng could see the shape at a glance, he didn't ask him to draw his sword and show it.
After successfully passing the inspection and boarding the ship, after waiting for another half an hour, the airship named "Holder 87" slowly took off with the sound of the propeller turning and followed the wind.
Compared to the old-fashioned airship we rode in the Principality of Sean before, although this "Holder 87" is not that new, the riding experience is much better.
The most striking contrast is that "Holder 87" hardly caused him any physical discomfort when it took off, unlike before when his head was congested and his ears were ringing.
When the airship rose to the sky, Gothe looked down at the land below, and the scenery was completely different from the past
There were no continuous mountains, instead there were endless vast plains, with wheat waves turning golden; the criss-crossing river network, like the silver blood spreading on the earth, sparkling, with large ships filled with cargo or passengers interweaving on it.
The impression this picture gave to Gaode was just two words: rich.
After Gothe looked at the scenery for a while, he returned to his position and closed his eyes to build the spell model.
The existence of [Dharma Ninja Body] allows him to easily enter the state of cultivation in any environment.
His mind was instantly immersed in the sea of magic stars.
Soon, Gothe opened his eyes again, with a smile on his face.
In the quiet and undisturbed environment of the hotel, the [Heavy Burden] spell model that had never been constructed was finally successful on a noisy airship.
But for Gaode, the successful construction of the spell model is just the beginning.
His mind was focused on Wind Spirit Moon Shadow, and he tapped the yellow "+" sign after the newly appeared [Heavy Burden] spell entry.
A moment later:
[Burden +] (Transmutation, 1st level):
The target's ability to bear weight triples for the duration of the spell (two hours).
But under the spell's effect, the creature's actual strength is not affected in any way, except for the weight the creature can carry.
Additional: The duration of this spell is doubled, and the cost is reduced to half. In addition, this spell will also take effect on obstacles other than weight-bearing armor.
After adding the points, I checked the time and saw that it was still a long time before arriving at Dorne City. Gothe simply concentrated on practicing the "Aoki Sutra of Immortality".
"Dear passengers, our airship has arrived safely over the city of Dorne. It is currently preparing to land. Please do not get up in a hurry. Wait for the airship to come to a complete stop before getting up and leaving in an orderly manner"
It wasn't until a loud and clear arrival prompt suddenly came from the loudspeaker machine in the airship that Gothe came back to his senses from his concentrated practice state.
Dorne is here!