Chapter 33: First Time Entering the City

After settling this matter, the Old Mage let Old Xie move things, but his face still showed a look of heartache. He simply walked away and didn’t look.

Old Xie ignored him and just commanded his subordinates to move things. After going back. He first let Pars teach the Imps how to command Steel Golems, and then he called the Cyclops for a meeting.

Just as the Old Mage estimated, upon hearing that they had to strike iron themselves, the Cyclops all expressed extreme dissatisfaction, saying that they were brave Warriors, not blacksmiths. Fortunately, Old Xie was prepared. He threw out the slogan of striking iron for himself, and then tempted: “You hunt and cook for yourselves, does that make you hunters and chefs? If not, then forging Armor for yourselves shouldn’t be anything, right?”

The intelligence of Cyclops was actually not very high, even not as good as Imps. Being fooled by Old Xie like this, they immediately got confused. Coupled with the temptation of a superior Magic Armor, they immediately forgot about the damn dignity of Warriors and directly threw themselves into the work of striking iron.

However, it wasn’t that easy for Cyclops to strike iron. Their size was too big, almost twice the size of humans, so these tools used by humans were not suitable for them. Helplessly, Old Xie had to let them prepare a space for striking iron first, and then he went to find the Old Mage for people.

The Old Mage’s Steven Family was originally specialized in manufacturing high-level military equipment for the Empire. The blacksmith shop at home could be said to be the best in the country. It was naturally too simple to find a few high-level blacksmiths. The Old Mage sent a magic letter, and soon ten old blacksmiths came, all in a coma, brought over by Fatty personally.

When these old blacksmiths woke up again, they found themselves in a strange place. Surrounded by a circle, there were Cyclops with a height close to four meters. They were almost scared to death. Fortunately, Pars and the Old Mage explained, which made them feel at ease. However, upon hearing that they were asked to help teach the Cyclops to strike iron, their faces immediately became extremely wonderful. They wouldn’t have dreamed that the Master brought them here in such a weird way this time, actually for this matter.

But they were servants after all. Since the Master had an order, they naturally couldn’t disobey. According to the suggestions of these professionals, the new blacksmith shop was quickly built. Then, these blacksmiths started to help the Cyclops make tools for striking iron. After they all had specially made big hammers, they officially began to learn striking iron. At this time, the old blacksmiths were pleasantly surprised to find that the power of the Cyclops was simply too good for striking iron. The iron materials that used to take dozens of hits to forge were solved by them in a few hammers, and more impurities were squeezed out, which greatly increased the efficiency and quality of striking iron.

Old Xie only learned about the work of the Cyclops and didn’t participate too much, because the Old Mage gave him another task, which was to learn about Little Steven from the Steven Family’s third steward, Chris Chen. At the same time, Old Xie obtained the Sub-Divine Artifact mask given to him by the Old Mage, True Illusion. This thing looked like it was made of light, translucent and very magical. There was no obvious feeling after wearing it, but as soon as he looked in the mirror, he found that his entire appearance and even his temperament had changed, almost exactly the same as that dead Little Steven.

To be honest, Old Xie actually didn’t really want to pretend to be someone else, but for the sake of the Old Mage looking so pitiful, he could only helplessly agree. But this disguise still made him feel annoyed. Therefore, he didn’t plan to give a good face to this new third steward, Chris Chen.

But unexpectedly, as soon as they met, the white-haired old man excitedly ran over and hugged Old Xie’s thigh, crying loudly: “Young Master, you are finally fine! Otherwise, how can I face the Mistress!”

Old Xie, who had hundreds of years of social experience, saw at a glance that this Chris Chen sincerely cared about him. That selfless sentiment immediately diluted Old Xie’s resentment. He couldn’t help but gently pull up this old man who looked seventy or eighty years old, and comforted: “Hehe, why are you crying? I’m fine, aren’t I?”

“Yes, yes!” Chris Chen wiped his tears and nodded while speaking, but then he suddenly said: “Young Master, why do your voice and demeanor seem a bit strange? It seems different from before?”

Old Xie thought to himself, isn’t this nonsense? I am a completely different person from your Young Master, can we be the same?

However, although Old Xie thought so, he didn’t dare to say it. He just said lightly: “The injury this time was very serious, and even my memory was affected. But it also made me understand a lot of things, so I am very different from before!”

“Yes, yes!” At this time, the Old Mage on the side also hurriedly said: “Chris Chen, from now on you will stay by Young Master’s side with peace of mind and tell him the things he has forgotten, understand?”

“Yes, Master!” Chris Chen said respectfully.

“Alright, that’s it for today. You go make arrangements first. You will live here from now on. After some time, when Little Steven’s injury is better, I will send you back!” The Old Mage instructed Chris Chen.

“Okay Master, then I’ll leave first. Young Master, you must take care too!” Chris Chen said, and then left reluctantly.

After Chris Chen walked away, the Old Mage smiled at Old Xie: “Chris Chen is the steward brought by Little Steven’s mother. He can be considered the person closest to Little Steven!”

“Huh?” Old Xie felt something was wrong as soon as he heard it, and immediately asked in confusion: “Didn’t you say that Little Steven’s mother is from the Barbarians tribe? Do Barbarians tribes have stewards too?”

“Hehe, strictly speaking, this Chris Chen was picked up by Little Steven’s mother on the way here!” The Old Mage laughed: “At that time, Chris Chen was seriously injured and dying. Little Steven’s mother saved him. In the end, Chris Chen had nowhere to go, so he became the steward of Little Steven’s mother. Later, when Little Steven was born, Little Steven’s mother’s status improved greatly, and Chris Chen became the third steward of the family. Otherwise, in a big family like Steven, it wouldn’t be his turn to be the steward! So he is loyal to Little Steven, and you can use him with complete confidence.”

“Is that so!” Old Xie answered lightly, and then left directly. However, there was one thing he secretly hid in his heart, that is, he felt that his steward didn’t seem that simple. As for what it was specifically, he hadn’t seen it yet. He just vaguely felt that Chris Chen seemed to be hiding some secret behind his back. Since there was no evidence yet, Old Xie didn’t say it out, just kept it in mind.

In this way, Old Xie lived a regular life. During the day, he continued to study with the Old Mage in the morning, and Chris Chen also served on the side. In the afternoon, under the pretext of cultivation, he hid from Chris Chen to go to the base to see the progress of the Cyclops, and gave guidance according to his own knowledge. At night, he practiced his dual cultivation divine skill.

About a month later, the Old Mage let Old Xie go back to live in the Duke’s Mansion. After all, this was the Old Mage’s research room. If Old Xie lived there for a long time, people would gossip, especially those Mages who desperately wanted to go in for further study, they would make a huge fuss.

On the day Old Xie went back, Fatty specially sent a gorgeous carriage for him. Coming out of this place where he had stayed for more than ten years, Old Xie’s mood was naturally extremely happy. Looking at the various peculiar buildings and vegetation outside, Old Xie felt that everything was fresh.

After going out from the Steven Castle, the carriage did not enter the Academy, but went all the way to the city along the small road outside the Academy. After walking for more than ten miles, the carriage finally arrived at the capital city.

Through the window of the carriage, Old Xie was surprised to find that this capital city was really unusually big. The City Wall alone was nearly 30 meters high, almost the height of a ten-story building. The thickness was also more than ten meters. The city gate was wide enough for four large carriages to walk side by side. Old Xie took a look and was immediately shocked.