Struggle in the Steam Age

After the battle commendation ceremony was over, the special envoy from the Federation began to award the Gold White Eagle Medal. Unlike the way most medals are worn, this is a medal hung around the neck with a purple lace.

For historical reasons, the medal remains as it was then. Since this badge was born almost at the same time as the Federation, the style of this palm-sized medal is very simple, only casting a white head with a star in its mouth surrounded by oak leaves and vines on a round gold plate Eagle image. However, the significance of this medal is not inferior to its slightly rough style.

Perhaps because the medal was very important, the special envoy began to give a speech after hanging the medal on Lawrence, and Lawrence could only stand behind with a smile as a background board. Fortunately, half an hour later, the special envoy finally finished his speech.

Looking at the citizens below, they seemed a little drowsy due to the long speech and the gradually rising sun, so when it was Lawrence's turn to speak, he spoke neatly for three minutes and ended the speech. This naturally won a wave of applause and cheers.

Then it was time for celebration, the citizens began to sing and dance in the square. Some small vendors have also started selling a variety of food and gadgets. Lawrence and the others entered the banquet hall of the city hall to hold a reception.

Reception, hors d'oeuvres, takeaway dance. The entire celebration lasted until the afternoon sun was about to set before it was completely over. After returning to the residence, Safiel immediately took off his high heels and sat on the sofa.

"I really don't fit in high heels, my feet hurt like hell," she complained, "I swear I'd rather fight a bunch of stinky kobolds all day than go to this so-called upper-class party again gone."

"I seem to have heard you say that when you were in a girls' school, you studied this kind of thing most of the time." Lawrence looked at Safir who was slumped on the opposite sofa and looked not ladylike at all. to, "Why do you seem to be bored with this kind of thing?"

"Mastering a certain skill and whether or not you like it are completely two different things." May realize that his image is not elegant now, so Safiel quickly sat up straight and said seriously. "You know, it's different from ordinary higher education. Education in girls' schools is more focused on cultivating women's social etiquette and female skills, such as playing musical instruments, painting and certain languages."

"If I hadn't met my master, I believe that life in a girls' school would drive me crazy. Think about it. According to the regulations in girls' schools, students are only allowed to eat light, hot food and are not allowed to read novels. And all kinds of literary works that are considered unsuitable for us. Fortunately, after becoming a transcendent, these terrible restrictions can be exempted."

"It does sound bad." After hearing these words, Lawrence understood Safir's thoughts. For a tomboy girl like her, she doesn't like those social situations full of red tape by nature, not to mention that dislike may directly turn into disgust after several years of repression in girls' school.

"You should have told me in advance." Thinking of this, Lawrence said to Safiel with a little apology. "If I knew you hated this kind of occasion, I wouldn't ask you to go."

"I just hate this kind of occasion, it doesn't mean I don't want to go with you." Safiel shrugged freely, "You have to bring a female companion with you out of etiquette on such an important occasion Yes, otherwise it would be too rude. And I am also very happy to receive your invitation to share this honor with you."

"Sir, ma'am, dinner is ready." As soon as Safir finished speaking, the voice of the maid calling for everyone to go downstairs for dinner came from the door, so they quickly ended their discussion and went downstairs for dinner. After all, although food was provided on those previous occasions, Lawrence, who was the focus of everyone's attention, definitely couldn't eat much, so naturally he was very hungry now, and urgently needed a big meal.

"I see that many people sent you various invitations and invitations today. Which one do you plan to attend tomorrow?" When everyone finished their dinner and began to enjoy their after-dinner drinks, Safiel took a sip Asked about his cup of tea.

"I don't go to any of them." Lawrence said with a serious face, "Most of them are just boring people who follow the trend and hope to improve the level of their parties and parties by inviting us. A small number of them sincerely hope They invited us, but their identities make it inappropriate for us to go to anyone first."

"And we came to this city this time to hunt for treasure, right? Now all the things we have at hand have been resolved, and the city has also lifted the state of martial law during the previous war. Just in time, we can set off."

"Are you still going to continue your treasure hunt?" Cog looked at Lawrence and the others in surprise, "As I said, the so-called treasures in Lakeside Town were probably the locals who occasionally killed a few cultists and seized some It is a false impression that the things have been passed on from generation to generation, plus the various stories that the locals are now making up for tourism."

"What you said makes sense, but since we're here, we can't just leave without looking at the destination." Safir gave a very reasonable reason. "After all, we came here across half of the Federation for this thing. It would be a bit of a loss if we didn't look at it at a glance."

"Okay, okay. What you said makes sense." Cog asked his magical robot to refill his teacup for himself, "It just so happens that one of my colleagues is from that lakeside town, and he told me some The story that is only circulated in the local area, now I can just share it with you-"

"Is the news that Cog told us before and last night accurate?" Safir raised his small face and looked at Lawrence and asked. At this time, the time came to the morning of the next day. Lawrence and Safiel appeared on a small green grassy hill wearing travel clothes and carrying large and small bags. Below the hill was a quiet place. An uninhabited lakeside town.

"I think it should be true." Lawrence nodded seriously and said, "If you simply killed three or five extraordinary people with the highest apprentice level and intercepted jewels worth up to 10,000 yuan, it is true that there are many churches in various churches. Such skirmishes will not be documented."

Sure enough, the locals often have some secrets that outsiders don't know. For example, the information that Kog brought yesterday is the specific situation of the treasure that was discovered that year. And this perfectly explained why Lawrence hadn't found any relevant information at St. Gutenberg Cathedral before.

"It's just that the only thing I find strange is that the last stronghold of such an organization should not be too weak even if it is even close. The wealth intercepted or the superhumans killed back then are really not worthy of such an organization." Lawrence wrinkled He frowned and said, "So I personally think to come and have a look."

"You are right. If your map is real, there should indeed be some secrets hidden here." Now that he decided to take the adventure together, Lawrence naturally gave the treasure map and the relevant information collected before to Sai Phil saw it. After seeing these things, Safir also thinks that there should be a huge treasure hidden here.

Because the order of martial law had just been lifted, and at the same time there were still some completely dispersed murlocs wandering around the lake. Therefore, this small town that provided tourism and vacation resources for Huguang City did not return to its former hustle and bustle. Only some local residents carried weapons with them and began to clean up the traces of the previous murloc damage.

It may be because this is not the main direction of the murloc's attack, and the residents here also did some defensive work before evacuating. So apart from some mild damage and loss of wealth, the whole town didn't lose much. Of course, this is also related to the fact that murlocs basically don't set fires.