Doctor of Science's Journey into Another World

Chapter 263: Entering the City and the Life Goddess Sect

Soon, Bai Hao and the other two returned to the post station in the suburbs, and Xing Lili had already prepared the carriage and horses.

Originally, Bai Hao was still hesitating about where to go first after entering the city, but looking at the mysterious colored stone in his hand, Bai Hao immediately decided to find Cook first.

Cook is Cooper's older brother. Both are skilled dwarf blacksmiths, and they run a blacksmith shop in Scott and Campbell respectively.

Before Bai Hao left Campbell County, Cooper gave him a handwritten letter of introduction. Only with Cooper's letter would Cook help Bai Hao forge things.

Cook's personality is even stranger than Cooper's. This famous dwarf forging master never forges anything for human wizards. He only forges for humans, dwarves, elves and even orcs who cannot use magic.

Despite this, Cook actually opened a store in the human city of Scott, which was something Bai Hao could not understand.

Although many of Scott's human mages were dissatisfied with Cook's strange temper, Cook's forging skills were top-notch, so no one drove him away.

It is not difficult for ordinary human mages to find Cook to forge something. They just need to find other races as middlemen. Although it is a bit troublesome, it has been proven to work.

No one knows why Cook hates human wizards so much. His younger brother Cooper may know, but he has never told Bai Hao.

Therefore, Bai Hao decided to temporarily split his troops into two groups. Xing Lili and Lao Yutou would go to the gold bank in the inner city of Scott to transfer money, while Bai Hao, Yula, Kalia and others would go to the outer city of Scott to visit Cook.

Passing through the bustling Scott suburban market, Bai Hao and his party finally arrived at the edge of Scott city, where a city wall tens of meters high stood.

Bai Hao could tell at a glance that this was a gray rock with extremely high magic resistance, and from the dark color it could be seen that the city wall should also be mixed with other magic-resistant building materials.

Ordinary low- to mid-level elemental attack magic poses no threat to such a wall, and cannot even make a scratch, while high-level attack magic can be defended against by defensive barriers and magic arrays.

When he arrived at the foot of the wall, Bai Hao couldn't help but look up. This thick and huge wall gave people a very oppressive feeling.

Thousands of years of polishing have not made the wall old and dilapidated, and the countless mottled mosses and weathered edges on it still do not affect its indestructibility.

This is a defensive fortification that makes the attackers feel desperate. In addition, the royal family of the Swat Empire repairs and maintains the wall almost every year, which makes Scott inside the wall very safe.

The inspection work at the city gate is not complicated. As long as you pay the head tax and pass the magic security check barrier, you can enter the city. These procedures are very common in larger cities.

Campbell County naturally has it as well, but the magic barrier used for security checks doesn't seem to be as complicated as Scott's. Looking at the colorful semicircular barrier, Bai Hao couldn't help but curl his lips.

Through the divine vision, Bai Hao saw at least dozens of constantly flowing magic powers, many of which were induction magics that he did not recognize.

"Ding Ding Ding-"

A caravan in front of Bai Hao's team triggered the security barrier alarm, but the Scott Guards guarding the gate were not nervous at all. Their calm expressions seemed to say that this was a common occurrence.

Soon, the boss of the caravan openly handed a bag of gold coins to the captain of the guard. After weighing it briefly, the captain of the guard waved his hand casually, and the alarm of the security barrier disappeared immediately.

Bai Hao couldn't help but complain when he saw this scene: So this extremely complicated security barrier is actually a source of extra income for the guards...

Naturally, Bai Hao's team also triggered the barrier alarm of the city gate, but looking at the guards who had no intention of checking carefully, Bai Hao twitched his mouth and immediately understood.

Then he followed the example of the caravan in front and took out a bag of gold coins and wanted to hand it to the captain of the guard, but Old Yu who was traveling with them stopped Bai Hao.

"Miss, this price is wrong!"

"The price is wrong?"

"Look, this triggered alarm sounds five long periods of time. This is a Level 2 alarm. According to the market price, you should give 100 gold coins."

"..."

Well, Bai Hao was completely convinced. Has this bribery system become so mature? It seems that being a city guard is really a lucrative job.

Bai Hao took out another bag of gold coins from the car, and finally handed the two bags of gold coins together to the captain of the guard. Bai Hao did not count the number of gold coins carefully, but he probably gave a dozen more.

After the captain of the guard simply weighed it with his hand, he immediately showed Bai Hao a friendly smile, and then waved his hand, and the alarm sounded.

Seeing the captain of the guard bowing and inviting him, Bai Hao couldn't help but complain in his heart: If we were an extremely dangerous organization like Zangyuan, Scott would repeat the mistakes of Lord Krey.

Passing through the thick city walls, Bai Hao and his party arrived at Scott's outer city area. Since this place is near the city gate, it is also one of the busiest sections of the outer city area.

Bai Hao and Xing Lili parted ways. Bai Hao was going to walk left along the driveway in the outer city, while Xing Lili continued forward with Old Yu. Tonight, after visiting Cook, Bai Hao would stay in a hotel in the inner city.

Along the way, Bai Hao saw many missionaries wearing green robes. They went in and out of various shops, moved around every street and alley, and even went in and out of some civilian homes.

Looking at the emerald green badges on their bodies, Bai Hao roughly knew that they should all be missionaries of the Goddess of Life Sect, and these were Kalia's own believers.

Different sects of faith have completely different ways of making money. The Moon Goddess sect is more casual. They basically sit in the church and wait for believers to come and donate.

The Cult of the Goddess of Life was very proactive. They would go out every once in a while and collect gifts from door to door in the towns surrounding their church.

Of course, as a benevolent and charitable sect, the Goddess of Life Sect does not have a fixed amount of gift money, nor does it force believers to donate.

The Cult of the Goddess of Life is a major cult in the southern border region. Its high-ranking members are almost all elven nobles. The biggest difference between them and other cults is that they have a hereditary pope.

This makes the Cult of the Goddess of Life more like a monopolistic family organization. It is worth mentioning that the elf who inherits the throne of Pope, regardless of gender, can only be the eldest offspring of the old Pope.

Looking at Kalia who was gazing out the window in a trance in the carriage, Bai Hao decided to take her to the local Church of the Goddess of Life later to see if Kalia would also have a special influence on her believers.

Logically speaking, Kalia should have an influence on both the followers of the Holy Sun Court and the Cult of the Goddess of Life. After all, Kalia is both the incarnation of the God King of the Sun and possesses the soul of the Goddess of Life.

Bai Hao only had the mark of Orivia on his body, but the followers of the Moon Goddess sect had a strong sense of him, and some even had an inexplicable sense of submission.

And the soul of Hillya is directly inside Kalia's body, so the reaction of the people in the Goddess of Life Sect will definitely be even more exaggerated. Bai Hao is even worried that those devout believers will faint on the spot when Kalia approaches.

However, unexpectedly, although many followers of the Goddess of Life sect passed by the carriage along the way, no one had any sense of Kalia.

Some missionaries even chatted with Kalia and preached to her, but their expressions and tones were very normal, without the fanaticism or excitement that Bai Hao had imagined.

You know, Kalia is almost equivalent to the goddess of life, Hillya, in person, but these believers don’t even have any sense of it?

The more Bai Hao thought about it, the more strange it seemed to him, so he immediately moved closer to Olmia who was standing beside him. Olmia, who had originally had a calm expression on her face, immediately began to breathe rapidly, and her face became visibly red.

"Kan, Viscount Campbell, what are you going to do?!"

"Nothing, Olmia, there is something I want to confirm with you again!"

Olmia nodded immediately after hearing this and said, "Well, I will definitely tell you everything I know."

"Didn't you say before that as long as I get close to the followers of the Bright Moon Goddess Sect, they will basically have varying degrees of induction?"

"That's right. It seems that the higher the magic level and the stronger the faith, the stronger the induction it produces on you!"

"So how are you now? Olmia should be at the top of the sect in terms of both magic rank and faith."

"I, I also feel it very strongly, but I am just trying my best to endure it..."

Upon hearing this, Bai Hao looked at Kalia thoughtfully, thinking that perhaps it was because the followers of the Goddess of Life that she had come into contact with were too low-level, so she didn't have any sense of it.