The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 518 Entering the Inner City (Bonus Chapter Delivered!)

Vasita gripped the little wooden horse tightly, not daring to look at the ground, wishing she could push it to the front and quickly cross this dung-filled road.

However, unlike Lance City, Green City's main road does not have separate carriage lanes and pedestrian walkways.

People and carriages, those going into and out of the city, all traveled together.

Vasida not only had to be careful to avoid pedestrians and other carriages, but she also couldn't get too close to other carriages, otherwise the excrement splashed up by the wheels might fall onto the carriage.

Just thinking about that scene makes her want to throw up.

So this speed not only didn't increase, but actually slowed down considerably.

The carriage windows were tightly closed, but the carriage had been traveling on this dung-strewn road for so long that, even though the carriage was fairly well-sealed, they could still smell a faint stench wafting in.

Lilith suddenly remembered something that happened when she was setting up a stall in the Apprentice Square: "No wonder those mages from Green City smell so good, it's like they soaked their robes in perfume!"

"Oh right! Perfume!" Sylph was reminded and quickly found a bottle of her homemade plant-based essential oil, dissolved it, and sprayed it in the carriage.

As the aroma wafted out, everyone quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Vasita felt relieved about her nose, but her eyes were still suffering. She couldn't help but ask Moran, "Do mages really not have any magic similar to cleansing spells?"

“No,” Moran said definitively. “The Cleansing spell looks simple, but it actually requires very flexible control over the elements.”

No matter how high a mage's elemental affinity is, or how much their spell structure affects elemental power, they can only enhance their mental control over elemental power, but they can never achieve flexible control.

Spell structure is both an amplification and a limitation; it enhances control over elements while restricting the flexibility of elemental power.

"Then our carriage..."

Sylph could hardly believe that they would be traveling to Etherland in a carriage with dung mixed in with its wheels.

"Is that the inner city ahead?"

Through the lookout window, Vasita saw the old, dirty streets and houses, and behind them, the high black walls.

That wall looked like it was regularly maintained, completely different from the city wall that looked weathered and had excrement at its base.

Inside the carriage, no one could answer her.

No one dared to open the window to see what was going on.

The carriage continued forward until it finally reached the outside of the high wall.

There was a small river outside the wall, with many horse-drawn carriages parked along the riverbank. Many young commoners, shirtless and wearing only shorts, were drawing water from the river to wash their carriages.

Across the river, the city walls and roads on the other side were spotless, without a trace of excrement. The only traces of water were the wet tire tracks left behind.

Soldiers guarded the crossroads.

Their magical carriage was stopped.

Sylph covered her nose and opened the window, displaying Moran's high mage badge.

The soldiers immediately stood at attention: "Honorable mage, you are very welcome! However, the filth from the outer city cannot be brought into the inner city. Please park your carriage by the river, and we will send someone to wash it for you!"

Vasita drove the magic carriage and followed the soldiers to an open space by the river.

The soldiers, who had been so courteous and friendly to them, turned and lashed out at the people in the river, saying fiercely, "Quickly wash the wheels of the Master's carriage clean! If you delay the Master's business, you will be held responsible!"

"Sir! What about the reward..." The man in the river hesitated for a moment before asking with a forced smile.

"This is the carriage of a noble high-ranking mage. It's an honor to have you wash it!" The soldier hadn't dared to tell the high-ranking mage that his carriage was too dirty and that he should go to the side and pay to have it washed before entering the inner city!
It was Sylph who noticed the handful of copper coins thrown out of the carriage next to them and whispered something to Lilith.

Lilith then took a silver coin from her purse and threw it out.

Moran also said in a low voice at the right time, "Hurry up and wash! We are in a hurry to find a hotel!" Although it was not as smelly as before, there was still a smell of feces in the air, and staying here any longer would be torture.

The people in the river caught the silver coins, carefully stuffed them into their waistbands, and immediately began to diligently wash their wheels.

The soldier snorted coldly: "You clueless bastard!"

Damn it! It's a silver coin! That guy got off easy!
Turning to the carriage, he said solicitously, "Sir! If you're looking for an inn, you'll see them once you enter the inner city. They're all not far from the city gate."

"Ok!"

Hearing the cold voice from inside the carriage, the soldier reluctantly stopped talking: "Then I'll go back to my duty. Please don't hesitate to ask if you need anything!"

After the soldiers left, Sylph sprayed the aromatherapy essential oil water again and again until her nose was almost desensitized, before she finally heard the voice of the car washer outside the carriage.

"Sir, it's done! Are you satisfied? If not, I can wash it again!"

No one in the car was willing to get off.

After all, the water under the vehicle was water used to flush out feces.

"That's enough!" Vasita said, quickly turning the carriage around and speeding towards the inner city.

Upon entering the inner city, one feels as if they have just emerged from the abyss onto the surface, a sense of sudden openness and clarity.

The main thoroughfare of the inner city was several times wider than that of the outer city, as wide as a plaza.

Although there were still no separate carriageways and sidewalks, many horse-drawn carriages traveled on them, and instead of feeling crowded, they felt quite spacious.

The key point is that the streets of the inner city are finally no longer littered with excrement.

After Vasita described the situation outside the car, Sylph and Lilith finally dared to open the car window and take a look.

"My goodness! The difference between the inner city and the outer city is just too great!"

The shops on both sides of the street finally looked a bit like Lance City, unlike the outer city, which looked dilapidated and neglected.

The pedestrians on the street all had rosy complexions, and judging from their clothing, they were mostly monks.

At the end of this super-wide main road stands a mage tower, slightly taller than the Lance Mage Tower.

The Grand Duke of Green City built the Mage Tower in the very center of the inner city and personally took charge of the government.

Just as the soldier said, there are many hotels near the city gate, one after another.

“Let’s walk a little further ahead and find a hotel that’s a bit further from the inner city gate,” Vasida said.

The shadow cast by that road was too great for her; moving further away from the inner city gate would keep her further away from that road.

Sylph and Lilith agreed.

Moreover, the inner city is clearly more prosperous the closer it is to the mage tower in the center.

Finally, the carriage stopped in front of an inn in the middle of the main road.

“The Green Ghost Inn sounds like a high-end mage inn, and it looks impressive too. The storefront is even bigger than those at the city gate,” Vasita said.

"Let's get off here!" Lilith couldn't wait to get off the bus.

She felt that even after washing the car by the river, it was still dirty.

Don't worry about big knives!

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