Half of the streets in town were still dirt roads. Ren Xiaosu could imagine how muddy the streets would be on a rainy day.
This town did not have a sewage system either. As Ren Xiaosu sat on his horse, he even saw some of the subordinates carrying feces out of the town. He could smell the stench even from afar.
The subordinates' hair was neatly combed, but it was unusually greasy. Ren Xiaosu could roughly understand at a glance that even though Mego had used his first year's tax revenue to drill 180 wells, the town was still in a state of water scarcity.
Back in town, he and Little Liuyuan were also in the same situation.
The subordinates half-knelt on both sides of the street to welcome the return of the warlocks. To them, the warlocks were gods and the most sacred people in this kingdom.
In terms of clothing, this place was also very different from the Middle Plains. The women were basically all wearing cake dresses with lace at their necklines and cuffs. They also had slender corsets wrapped around their waists.
The men, on the other hand, were relatively more ordinary. Most of them wore worn-out shirts with short vests wrapped around them.
"They weren't dressed like this in the past. Retro styles started trending more than 20 years ago." Mego explained to Ren Xiaosu with a smile, "What do you think? Isn't it a little different from your Fortress 178?"
"There's indeed a big difference." Ren Xiaosu nodded.
The Knights left after respectfully escorting Mego and Liu Ting to the Magus Tower. However, Mego was worried that bounty hunters would come to kill them, so he ordered two Knights to stand guard outside the Magus Tower for now.
Not only that, but he also informed Li Chenggong that after the Knights escorted him and Liu Ting back to their respective clans, he would have to ask the Li family to send more people over.
Ren Xiaosu felt a little helpless. With such security measures, the bounty hunters would probably not have the guts to come to the Magus Tower to assassinate Mego. And he would probably have to put in more effort to lure them out.
But to be honest, Ren Xiaosu really admired Meg's spirit of being afraid of death.
It was not shameful to be afraid of death. Everyone only had one life, and it would be the stupidest thing to die for something that was not worth it.
For some reason, Ren Xiaosu wanted to kidnap Mei Ge to the Northwest of Daxing even more.
Walking into the Wizard Tower, Ren Xiaosu originally thought that since Mego had not been back for two years, the place would be covered in dust.
However, after entering, he was shocked to find that there were more than 20 middle-aged women wiping the floor and cleaning the place.
"I really underestimated your power in Yorkshire," Ren Xiaosu lamented.
Meg laughed. "There are still many things that you underestimate."
To be honest, Ren Xiaosu couldn't be blamed for underestimating Mego. After all, Mego was a Magus, and he had only brought two servants with him to investigate. He didn't even have a proper servant, and on his way back, he was as pathetic as he could be.
It was hard for Ren Xiaosu to associate this kind of person with a big shot, so much so that Ren Xiaosu had underestimated the entire Wizard Organization. He always felt that this person's identity as a Wizard was not that high and mighty.
Meanwhile, the interior of the Wizard Tower was magnificent, and many of the decorations were gilded.
Ren Xiaosu asked, "Since you're so powerful, why didn't you bring some of your followers and servants to Fortress 178?"
Mego sighed and said, "They'll suffer if they go there. Look at how hard these people are working just for a paycheck. How can I bring them to a dangerous place like the border? If we encounter the troops of Fortress 178, I won't be able to protect them with my abilities."
Ren Xiaosu sighed. "What a naive and naive girl."
When Fortress 178 was invaded, everyone would subconsciously think of everyone in the Warlock Nation as evil. This was only human nature.
Just like when Ren Xiaosu faced the expeditionary army back then, he would also think of them as evil in his heart.
But in reality, there would always be good people and bad people wherever one went. Mego was undoubtedly the typical good person in the Wizard Nation. The expeditionary army's move south was also caused by the deteriorating environment in the north and the Black Robe's deception.
This was not Ren Xiaosu exonerating the Wizard Nation and the barbarians. If another war were to break out, even if he knew the other party was a good person, he would still go on a killing spree. The outcome would still be the same even if the expeditionary army attacked again a hundred times.
A middle-aged woman came up to Mego with a fluffy dress and said with a smile, "Lord Mego, you're finally back. I'll get the servants to prepare dinner for you right away."
Ren Xiaosu sized her up. This "butler" was not from the Central Plains. She had blonde hair and blue eyes and looked very exotic. However, she still spoke in Mandarin, which made him feel a little out of place. He felt that this world was a little surreal.
At this moment, Mego said, "Alright, prepare dinner as soon as possible. Is the hot water ready? I'll take a shower first."
The middle-aged woman smiled and said, "It's always been ready. What would you like to eat tonight?"
Mego thought for a moment and said, "Yuxiang shredded pork, mapo tofu, twice-cooked pork, sour and spicy cabbage …"
Ren Xiaosu was speechless.
What the hell was going on? Shouldn't Wizards eat something different? Why did the taste of food in the Wizard Nation become the same as that of the Central Plains?
Mego looked at Ren Xiaosu and said, "I'm afraid we'll have to wait for dinner. Why don't we take a shower first?"
Ren Xiaosu immediately frowned and said, "Speak clearly. If you keep talking like this, I'm going to hit you."
"Don't get the wrong idea," Mego said angrily. "There are eight washrooms in this Wizard Tower. I didn't say I'm going to stay in the same washroom as you!"
"I'm not going to shower first." Ren Xiaosu shook his head. "Find the book we were talking about earlier. I want to read it."
"Alright, it's up to you." Mego shrugged and asked a servant to bring a thick book from a tall bookshelf. He patted the dust off the book and said, "This is the book. It was published 80 years ago. This book can't be found anymore."
"What's the name of the wizard?" Ren Xiaosu asked.
"Russell."
"Okay." Ren Xiaosu found a chair and began to look for clues in the book. A maid walked to his side and served him tea and snacks. There was even someone who asked him if he needed a neck and shoulder massage.
The tea was black tea, and the snacks were … crispy fried dough twists.
Ren Xiaosu did not know whether to laugh or cry. This warlock really knew how to enjoy life. Standing at the top of the kingdom's pyramid with vested interests, even a marginal figure like Mego could enjoy meticulous power and benefits.
As Mego's personal attendant, Ren Xiaosu was now the person with the highest status in the Wizard Tower other than Mego.
He shook his head and rejected with a smile. "No need. Just let me read in peace."
Ren Xiaosu was not pretending. He was really in a hurry to read!
Now, some kind of curiosity in his heart pushed him to find any information about the Middle Earth Knight Ren He.
He always felt that when all the mysteries were solved, many of the doubts in his heart would also disappear.
Ren Xiaosu looked up the catalog and found that the first wizard recorded in the Wizard Records was Russell.
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