Struggle in the Steam Age

　　 Packed up a carriage and hastily seen several important sights in the city and ate lunch, Lawrence returned to St. Sklodovska Cathedral with his new companions. Along the way, he found that this dwarf was a good and enthusiastic person except for talking a little bit more.

　　 In the afternoon, under the leadership of an official priest, Lawrence and the others went to the consulate of the White Eagle Federation in the New Lufthansa Republic to join the contestants from other places.

　　The New Lufthansa Republic is a commercial republic established in the new continent by the famous North Sea Chamber of Commerce in the old continent. After the end of the Dark Age in the Old World, with the formation of modern countries along the North Sea, the Chamber of Commerce that was originally controlled by the Chamber of Commerce gradually separated from the free city belonged to each country.

　　 At that time, the era of great navigation had just begun. The Beihai Chamber of Commerce, which was unwilling to withdraw from the stage of history, simply concentrated all its power on exploring the new world, hoping to find a shelter on the other side of the ocean.

　　 After decades of exploration, struggle, and construction, a small commercial republic has successfully stood on this archipelago with a total area of ​​more than 35,000 square kilometers.

　　 At the same time, I feel that the biggest reason for being squeezed out of the Old World before is the internal disunity and the unreliability of the mercenaries and the civilian army. After arriving in the New World, the New Lufthansa Republic has made tremendous reforms to its shortcomings in the past.

Regarding the former, the Republic abolished a series of policies such as the dual consuls and the one-vote veto system left by the Chamber of Commerce in the past, which were clearly lagging behind the times, and established a set of policies imitating the most advanced Kingdom of Briton Modern state system. To avoid using too much energy for internal consumption.

　　 Regarding the latter, given that New Lufthansa was born a small country with few people, the casualties after the outbreak of the industrial age were simply not something it could bear. So New Lufthansa simply abandoned the idea of ​​organizing a standing army. Instead, he built himself into a free port by embracing the thighs of several powerful countries to prevent aggression by other countries.

I have to say that the consul who proposed this idea at the time was a person who could see the situation very clearly, especially when the New Lufthansa Islands were neither on the main road of transportation nor had any precious resources, and was born as a pure trading and financial hub. The Republic successfully maintained its independence.

　　 Of course, what keeps them independent is their strength, in addition to the balance between the old and new continents and the complete trade network built by those merchants over the course of hundreds of years.

　　 Although this country has given up its standing army, it does not mean that it has completely given up military force. After all, it's easy to go wrong without force protection in this transcendent world.

　　On the one hand, this island country with only about 300,000 people maintains an elite police force of 2,000 people, capable of handling various incidents such as criminal cases and small-scale invasions of extraordinary creatures.

　　 On the other hand, when the New Lufthansa Republic left the old continent and headed for the new continent, in addition to taking away its own power, it also chose to merge the North Sea Knights who were in the same situation as them at the time and were in a dilemma. After possessing this knight order that is also considered famous in the Old World, the New Lufthansa Republic is already one of the best in terms of the extraordinary power of the sea of ​​stars.

　　Not to mention that after the founding of the country, the New Lufthansa Republic vigorously invited various Orthodox churches to set up venues and freely preach on their own land. As a free trade port, the large crowds have indeed attracted those churches to gain a foothold here.

　　 Under such a series of operations and operations, the New Lufthansa Republic has not only succeeded in gaining a foothold in this place, but it has also become one of the best countries on the Sea of ​​Stars. In many sea animal chaos, the Republic not only successfully defended its own territory, but also provided help to other surrounding countries, protecting a large number of innocent people.

But all this glory cannot change the fact that this country is a small country. As the country’s capital and largest city and port, the Freeport of Gdynia is a rich and beautiful city, but it is also a city of only 70,000 people. Small city, so the overall area of ​​the city is not very large, it can even be said to be a little pocket.

　　 This is why Lawrence was able to visit several famous attractions in the city in one morning. The consulate of the White Eagle Federation was built around the Wave Plaza, where the Great Council Building is located in the center of the city.

　　 So after riding a carriage for about ten minutes, Lawrence and the others came to the consulate of the White Eagle Federation. The consulate is a three-story colonial-style building with cream-yellow walls and sky blue roof. It stands out among the surrounding red roofs.

　　 After waiting for five or six minutes in a living room, all the contestants have arrived here. Unlike what he had imagined before, there were not so many people participating in this competition.

　　For example, in the Black Iron level, Lawrence thought there would be hundreds of participants. However, after the staff were divided into categories, he discovered that theoretically, there were only more than 20 participants in the White Commonwealth of the Black Iron level competition. Considering that one of the top countries in the New World of the White Eagle Federation has only more than 20 places, then the overall number of participants in the Black Iron Level competition will definitely not exceed 500.

　　 After arranging the living room according to different competition levels, the staff of the consulate left. However, before leaving, these staff informed Lawrence that they would mainly fight in small teams of 4 to 5 in the Black Iron level of this competition, and now they and these contestants gather to familiarize them with each other and select team members of.

　　 Most of the participants in the Black Iron Level competition are young people of similar age, so except for the embarrassment at the beginning, everyone in the living room talked together within ten minutes. After an afternoon of mutual understanding, five teams were formed.

Lawrence successfully became the captain of one of the teams. In addition to him and the dwarf mechanic named Cog Gear, this team also has a ratman wanderer~www.wuxiahere.com~ a **** of suffering. The paladin and a warrior from the Demon Hunter Guild.

Among them, the paladin named John the God of Suffering in full plate armor and the warrior Resso of the Demon Hunter Guild have known each other before. After completing their respective studies and training, they formed a team to approach the Federation inland. Mountain area activities.

　　In addition to self-experience, they also help those who are scattered in various places and far away from densely populated areas to solve various problems related to the transcendence they encounter.

If Lawrence remembers correctly, a while ago he also saw the names of these two in the internal announcement of the Church of Knowledge being mentioned as role models for young transcendents, so their character is definitely strong enough, as teammates trustable.

　　 And they chose Lawrence for the same reason, because his previous contributions made the two believe that Lawrence is a kind person. So they are willing to form a team with people like Lawrence who fit their three views.

　　 Otherwise, there are countless people willing to team up with them because of their strength. Among them, it is not that there are people who look stronger than Lawrence.

　　 And the rat-man wanderer named Raqqa came to Lawrence on the initiative, because she is also named Androck, to be precise, she is a close cousin of Fatina. Before I came here, I had learned from my cousin that Lawrence would also participate in this competition, so when the staff announced that this Black Iron level competition was a team battle, he came up directly.

　　 After forming the team, the next week is to give them time to run in. The White Eagle Federation rented a plantation in the suburbs as a practice place for everyone. In a tense atmosphere, the time for the game finally arrived.