Shepherd Tantra

Chapter 721 "The Weight of Knowledge"

Leipzig, the city of knowledge, Blackburg district.

A long, long time ago, when Leipzig was not yet called the "City of Knowledge", it was a naval port fortress of the Horasr Empire.

For the Herasl Empire, there were no enemies to the south. Instead, the north - whether it was elves, giants or dwarves, were all enemies to be wary of.

Therefore, the port style here is completely different from that of Glass Island.

There was no sight of the workers and cranes coming and going to unload goods, nor of the various low warehouses filled with the fishy smell, with peeling walls and rusty locks.

Instead, there was a dark and cold iron and stone fortress, and many surveillance towers and sentry guns everywhere. The hideous and terrifying machine guns were densely packed on the walls. You could also see a special kind of anchor-grabbing machine gun...

"what is that?"

Aleister asked casually while standing on the deck.

Captain Elwan, who was guarding her, immediately replied: "That was a device once used to capture and control dragons."

"...Have the Star Antimony people ever fought against dragons?"

"Maybe, but that's not important."

The ferocious-looking half-lizardman captain smiled and replied: "The key is to make people believe that they are protected - look, our mighty port is even prepared to fight dragons! How majestic, hahahaha!"

Hearing the captain's words, the other sailors also laughed.

According to the rules of the Theocracy, there cannot be any Star Antimony natives on the crew of a passenger ship that travels between the Theocracy and Star Antimony.

This is to prevent active or passive smuggling... After all, as long as they take the things from the Church home and put them down and take a break, it can also be considered smuggling.

Because of this confusion, local authorities who want to investigate smuggling will encounter a lot of confusion and resistance. The Church can also easily be blamed for all the problems, so they just cut it off.

The sailors naturally had no resistance to hearing such a ridiculous joke.

"When I first sailed this route, it must have been eighty or ninety years ago," the second mate, an elf, joked, "these grappling hooks were there then. In all these years, I've never heard of a dragon attacking Leipzig... I guess these grappling hooks have never been fired, and the machinery inside must have rusted away."

"Yeah, it's at the beach after all!"

Someone laughed. Then there was a burst of laughter.

Their tattered boat stayed at the entrance of the lock gate. After waiting for a long time, the lock gate finally opened slowly.

"……what?"

Selene was a little curious: "Aren't they coming to question us? Then what are we waiting for here?"

"It has been reviewed, miss."

This was obviously not the first time Captain Elwan responded to this question: “When foreign ships are about to enter the port, they will be observed by the Eye Demons inside the port with their X-ray eyes.

"There are two beholders in total. When the two beholders confirm that there are no ambushes lurking in the ship, no bombs or dangerous ritual items planted, and that the captain and sailors are not controlled or threatened, and that there are no special supernatural powers left on them - such as the ability to deceive the mind of the Path of Love, they will notify their master to open the gate.

"And only when both gates are confirmed to be opened at the same time, will the gate be confirmed to be raised; when both gates are confirmed to be lowered, it will be lowered..."

As Captain Elwan spoke, the heavy and huge black stone gate began to creak and slowly rise, and the accumulated ocean currents washed out from the inside. A new and magnificent world gradually unfolded before our eyes like a scroll.

"It sounds... quite troublesome." She narrowed her eyes slightly and looked up at the heavy black stone gate: "Isn't the passenger flow here high?"

This thick obsidian gate is more than ten meters thick. Rather than a thin door, it looks more like an inkstone standing on water. If it were to open the gate once, it would consume a lot of energy and also wear out the life of the device itself.

"Only large ships go here, Miss Crawley."

The ugly and fierce Captain Elwan was guarding Aleister like a pug.

Aleister just casually brought up the topic, and he immediately eagerly took it up: "Those small boats all go through another small door - but in fact, they are essentially the same, all of them are solid black pillars like this."

"Just a show of strength, huh?"

Aleister said with narrowed eyes.

"Yes, I admire your wisdom."

Captain Elwan flattered: "As long as this happens, people will be afraid... and it can also be regarded as a kind of 'suppression without oppression'. You can't cause trouble to them.

"Because it's not about making trouble for someone, nor is it about having to follow the rules and go through those annoying procedures - it's just about entering a door. This door is here, everyone goes through it, there shouldn't be any problem.

"But in fact, as long as the port sentry thinks the situation is not right, he can lower the gate at any time... In a sense, it is like handing your life over to others. Once you pass this checkpoint, you will have a certain degree of awe for Leipzig."

As Captain Elwan spoke, the tattered ship staggered through the fully raised lock gate.

This thing just hangs high in the sky, giving people a strong sense of fear - especially when foreign ships sail in, because of the improved sound insulation performance, they suddenly sail from the bright sea into the dark and quiet area.

If such a heavy block of solid obsidian were to fall suddenly, it would act like a pestle and mortar, smashing the ship below into scrap metal.

The passengers inside are probably in no healthier situation than the burger patties.

This feeling of quiet oppression made the passengers in the cabin suddenly silent.

Aleister clearly felt Selene suddenly grab her arm, and her breathing became heavy. She glanced back and saw that Selene's pupils had turned horizontal.

When he was completely engulfed by darkness, Captain Elwan's grinning mouth looked even more terrifying.

"——This door is called 'the weight of knowledge' by Count Leipzig."

"It does sound quite heavy, so heavy that it is impossible for a person to bear it in their lifetime."

Aleister's voice sounded faintly.

"Hahaha, you're right!"

The captain's cheerful voice sounded, his pupils reflected dark golden light in the dark environment, and Aleister's eyes also lit up with a faint red light.

“So it actually has another name…

"——We usually call it the guillotine of the arrogant."

When the ship had been sailing into darkness for a long time, the heavy stone door suddenly fell with a roar, hit the riverbed heavily, and stirred up a wave.

(End of this chapter)