Chapter 52: On the Ponza Tower (1)
The Ponsa Arena in Port Snell is the oldest of the many ancient buildings in the port.
When Port Snell was still a naval fortress, the Ponsa Arena had already stood here. In the 2nd century of the Holy Age, King Ponsa I of the Kingdom of Doland, known as the "Crimson Glory", sent troops to conquer many Gaolu tribes in the north of Doland. When he returned, he was stationed here to build a huge arena to boost morale. In the field, there was a "Ponsa Tower" more than 50 meters high. When the competition began, the big men in the army could look down from the high tower top and be free and easy.
The initial arena was a military school field, where warriors in the army competed with martial arts. After defeating Gao Lu, they successively joined slave fights. Later, they further added exciting projects such as human-beast fighting. Each time they competed, not only soldiers, but also nearby residents flocked to them, and had to build wooden walls on the periphery of the oval open field to charge entries.
Later, the arena became more and more popular, and its area expanded from the original 1,000 square meters to the current 13,000 square meters. The wall also turned into a wide stone wall that was more than 30 meters high and wide, and the audience seating area was added. At its most glorious time, it received 60,000 spectators a day, bringing a lot of wealth to Port Snell.
Later, with the rise of southern ports and the decline of Snell Port, the Ponsa Arena was also ruined. It was not until thirty years ago that the navigator Glumbe discovered the route to the New World that the northern port was revived. The Kingdom of Doland decisively decided to rebuild the aging Snell Port into the largest shipping center and free trade port in the north of the kingdom. Therefore, the Ponsa Arena, as one of the selling points, also became a key target for transformation, and spent huge amounts of money to carry out all-round transformation.
More than 1,400 years have passed, and the arena is full of joys and sorrows and reunions, but the top of the tower of Ponsa is always filled with the laughter and joy of the nobles.
When the Black Death was raging, the dignitaries and nobles laughed and used a special heavy crossbow to aim at the "demons" who were running down from the top of the tower, shooting one by one, watching their crazy expressions, intoxicated.
During the witch hunting movement, the dignitaries laughed and used a special real vision array to evaluate the figures of those "witches" tied up, and spent a lot of money to bet on which of the two witches had a higher neck blood splatter.
During the heresy movement, the dignitaries laughed, sipped scarlet wine and tasted the white and soft white bread, while watching the "heretics" who preached that the earth was spherical and shouted wildly on the stake, which eventually turned into piles of ashes, and then praised the greatness of the God of Light in unison.
Today, they laughed and laughed again, because the culprit who destroyed the prosperity and stability of Port Snell four days ago was to wash away their sins with blood under the guillotine.
Now, sitting at the top of the tower of the high Ponsa is Hickstu, the Imperial Capital's Holy Envoy George, the eighth-level alchemist, Riley, his newly-engraved civilian assistant, Richard McNon, the second son of the president of the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, Christian, the son of the priest of the Snell Church, Tuckers, the son of the Director of the Taxation Division of the Port of Snell, and Servi Usturriustangle, the son of the president of the Drake Chamber of Commerce, Hilton Saint Kinkola - abbreviated as Jinkola.
Among these people, Hickstu was the Imperial Capital's Holy Envoy, with the highest status; Christian represented the local religious forces in Port Snell, and Tuckers represented the Town Hall.
Richard McNong and Jinkola are representatives of the chamber of commerce. They were not in the first place, but now the Drake Chamber of commerce has admitted defeat and recognized Hamilton's boss status. The stupid Jinkola is obedient, and Richard McNong is also happy to show off his generous appearance.
Among the people, only George and Riley were civilians, but George was too high in level 8. He treated him with courtesy even when the king met him. Such a status was enough to make all dignitaries put aside their contempt for him. Only Hickstu could compete with him.
Everyone is around twenty years old, and except for Hickstu, although each of them is more awesome than the other and has a transcendent status, he has no real job - no matter what he says or makes, he can deal with it with the ignorance of his children.
Hickstu first spoke: "Mr. George, I just arrived here four days ago and had not yet adjusted my condition. If Ling Zun and you had not fought bravely, the losses of the port would have been greater. I would like to express my sincere thanks to you. After returning to the capital, I will definitely report Ling Zun and your merits to the Great Hall truthfully - how is Ling Zun's health?"
George nodded and greeted: "Thank you for your concern. My father was seriously injured and wanted to recover completely, from at least half a year to three or five years."
Everyone exchanged a wink quietly.
The older the alchemist is, the more experience it is. There is no doubt that, but the older the, the more accurate the operation and divergent thinking will be affected. Nicholas is in his seventies this year, and he will be recuperated for another three to five years. When the illness is cured, it is time to retire. But this kind of thing cannot be swayed. Even if Nicholas is not here, George's real level 8 is still a real golden sign, and the glory of Iron Yazhuang will continue.
There was a false sigh of erudition, George smiled faintly, and thanked him lukewarmly, and then said: "I heard that the culprit will be publicly executed today. Rodriguez is already dead. The culprit is..."
Hickstu nodded to Tux with a reserved look.
Tuckers cleared his throat and said, "You may not know that there was a robbery at the dock about a week ago. Two dangerous elements attempted to infringe on the legal property of citizens in dangerous ways. After fierce battles, one dangerous element was shot dead on the spot and the other was arrested."
George said: "How does this matter have to do with the 'culprit' now?"
Tuckers continued: "The arrested dangerous person is named Carol, who is twenty-two years old and is Rodriguez's mistress."
Riley quit on the spot: "How is it possible? Rodriguez is in his seventies this year, right? Missy?"
George said lightly: "As an alchemist, maybe Rodriguez has any secret technique - Mr. Tuckers, please continue."
"Well, it's a coincidence that she was caught by two acquaintances. Fortunately, she took some effort when she caught her."
"oh?"
"The guardian of the Double Shield Fortress, Warhammer hero Dark and Warrior Reus."
Riley's heart skipped a beat. George was calm, "Oh, so that's it. Did you find any clues when you interrogate?"
Tucker shook a finger: "As a mistress, I naturally know many of Rodriguez's secrets. Due to the need for confidentiality, Rodriguez has always authorized the Drake Chamber of Commerce to detain him. Carol's attempt was to try to untie Rodriguez's ban and cover him to escape!"
"Well, but, still the same thing, why did she become the 'culprit'?"
"She mixed into the Drake Chamber of Commerce, disguised herself as a mage of the Chamber of Commerce, stole twelve boxes of earth crystal ore from the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce's warehouse, and incited the conflict between the two chambers of commerce. Then she took the opportunity to transfer the ore to the secret prison of the Drake Chamber of Commerce. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Chamber of Commerce's killing each other, she untied Rodriguez's ban, causing the innocent people in the port to suffer a lot of suffering... Fortunately, although Rodriguez died, this poisonous woman was caught!"
George suddenly realized "Oh" and said, "I understand, this poisonous woman was arrested twice! After being caught for the first time, she escaped and released Rodriguez, and then was arrested again. Is that true?"
"Ah, this..."
Richard McNong quickly rescued the scene: "Later we found out that the first time we caught was just a substitute."
"I see."
Riley was very anxious, what did this matter? Can you still have the shame of "so that's it" for such a lie with loopholes?
George pretended not to see her eyes and continued to calm down: "The substitute got under the prison, and the real body transferred the ore to the fifth underground floor of the Drake Chamber of Commerce for Rodriguez to use?"
The two nodded together: "That's true, that's true!"
Hickstu's face turned ugly.
George laughed and said, "Two, have you ever seen the size of earth crystal ore? If it is shipped in standard wooden boxes, two four-wheeled vans pulled by horses can be packed up to four boxes. In other words, the poisonous woman swayed and drove the three horses and pulled twelve boxes of ore, and unconsciously transported it to the fifth floor of the Drake Chamber of Commerce?"
"Ah, this..."
George stood up with his hands behind his back, walked to the window, looked at the crowds surging below, and sighed softly.
Chapter completed!