Chapter 550: 474 "The Great Hall of Ash"_3
For this reason, the queen had controlled humans, even controlling their population numbers, and distributed them in certain proportions to various cities; it was undoubtedly a form of resource allocation.
In the cities of Fairy Country’s Britannia, although they might not have been created by human hands, they definitely utilized human imagination and creativity.
Including this Salisbury, every building here is filled with the style of human society, one could easily understand how the elves exploited humans to come up with these architectural designs.
That was the role of humans in this world.
That was the positioning of humans in this world.
They could be interesting things.
They could be objects of violence.
They could be toys to play with.
They could also be tools to be utilized.
Even, they could be nutritional substances to be consumed.
"Salisbury is already quite good, at least the leader of the Wind Clan has given humans their autonomy," Altoria whispered to Reiger, "If it were the humans in other cities, their treatment would not be so good."
For example, in Gloucester, humans could be trafficked and even auctioned off as goods.
Or in Oxford, parts of human bodies could be placed on the table to be consumed.
Reiger, knowing the original story, naturally would not be unaware of such things.
Otherwise, he would not have said that.
"Indeed, elves are not a being worthy of salvation."
With such an indifferent remark, Reiger turned and walked away.
Altoria hurried to follow.
"You better not do anything rash, Reiger," Altoria observed Reiger’s expression, and advised carefully, "I can understand your feelings, but even if you cause a commotion here, the treatment of humans will not change."
"I know," Reiger said in his usual indifferent tone, "I’m not planning to stir up trouble."
"At least, not for now."
Leaving such unsettling words, Reiger continued forward.
Altoria just silently followed.
But as she followed, Altoria suddenly realized something was amiss.
"Um..." Altoria said weakly, "Isn’t this the way to the cathedral?"
Altoria began to have an ominous premonition.
"This is the way to the cathedral."
Reiger even straightforwardly admitted it.
"You, you want to go the cathedral?" Altoria asked in a fearful tone, "What are you going to do at the cathedral?"
Was it to meet the leader of the Wind Clan?
For the humans of this city?
Altoria began to wildly speculate.
It was also to avoid the most accurate answer.
Altoria, with her fairy eyes, had already vaguely seen through Reiger’s purpose for heading to the cathedral.
As expected, Reiger uttered the words that triggered a complete eruption of unease in Altoria’s heart.
"Isn’t that the bell tower in Salisbury?" Reiger said nonchalantly, "The Pilgrimage Bell is there; let me take you to strike it."
This statement, as casual as saying "let me show you the scenery", made Altoria turn and run without a second thought.
"Snap!"
Reiger quickly grabbed Altoria by the nape of the neck and hauled her back.
"No!" Altoria started to struggle, shouting loudly, "Let me go! Let me leave!"
Her screams drew the attention of many passersby.
"Why are you running?"
Reiger half-closed his eyes and stared at Altoria.
"How can I not run!?" Altoria struggled and shouted, "You definitely don’t plan to enter the bell tower in a legitimate way, do you!?"
"Isn’t that obvious?" Reiger spoke bluntly, "It’s common knowledge that the Wind Clan would not let strangers like us anywhere near the Pilgrimage Bell."
The Pilgrimage Bell was a symbol of all the major clans, closely guarded and protected; how could ordinary people possibly approach it casually?
Besides, ringing the Pilgrimage Bell was a necessary condition for the savior’s awakening, and both the current Altoria and the past savior Ash needed to fulfill their missions by ringing six Pilgrilege Bells.
Especially for Altoria, ringing six Pilgrimage Bells would be able to overthrow Queen Morgan’s rule. How could that queen tolerate this? Would the clan chiefs loyal to the queen just watch?
Given this, ringing the Pilgrimage Bell without the permission of the clan chief guarding the bell was impossible.
So...
"Why don’t we just teleport right in front of the Pilgrimage Bell?"
Reiger proposed a solution that was extremely effective and simple in essence.
"You’ve seen my teleportation magic, right? As long as the great cathedral doesn’t have measures to prevent teleportation, it should be easy for me to take you right in front of the Pilgrimage Bell."
Indeed, as long as the location of the Pilgrimage Bell was known, finding it and ringing it would be no difficulty for Reiger, who could use teleportation magic.
"But doing this would completely offend the Wind Clan!"
Altoria continued to protest.
"We have already offended the Tusk Clan, so what if we add the Wind Clan to the list?" Reiger said dismissively, "Besides, I might confront the queen in the future, and you might also follow your mission to overthrow the queen. If we oppose the queen, then we are up against all the fairy clans loyal to her."
"In that case, what’s the harm in offending one or two clans ahead of time?"
Upon hearing this, Altoria was momentarily speechless.
"Let’s settle on that." Reiger decisively said, "Come on, let’s find the Pilgrimage Bell."
Saying this, Reiger activated his teleportation magic and disappeared from the street.
Meanwhile, two armies arrived in Salisbury.
"Hmph!"
Seeing the Elf Knight opposite him, Woodworth snorted and led his troop into the city first.
"Follow up."
Gawain spoke indifferently and then led his large force majestically into the city.
With that, the atmosphere in Salisbury changed.
It became tense and confrontational.