The mana sedan sped onward again, and about half an hour later, it finally emerged from Dreammist Forest.
The towering trees on either side fell away behind them, and the view suddenly opened up to reveal a seemingly endless plain.
Ambassador Hakane looked ahead, his gaze involuntarily drawn to the rows of tall buildings rising from the ground in the distance.
Although they were still far away, Ambassador Hakane could easily tell that these buildings, standing like pillars upon the earth, were at least twenty meters tall.
The tallest among them probably exceeded thirty meters!
Buildings that tall were exceedingly rare even in the Candel Empire.
Of all the buildings Ambassador Hakane had seen, probably only the tallest ceremonial hall in the Candel Imperial Palace reached such an astonishing height.
Aside from that, only the Holy Light Church's cathedral would have been that tall.
Yet the Candel Imperial Palace and the Holy Light Church's cathedral were the two most important buildings in the Candel Empire. Constructing them to such heights had required a staggering concentration of manpower and resources.
Now, however, Ambassador Hakane could see more than a dozen tall buildings before him that reached those astonishing heights.
As the mana sedan gradually approached the cluster of buildings, Ambassador Hakane even spotted several active construction sites, where more tall buildings were going up.
Although they were not yet finished, Ambassador Hakane was certain that once completed, these buildings would be scarcely any shorter than those around them.
Ambassador Hakane stared blankly at the buildings for a while, then could not help asking Kennard, "Were all these tall buildings built by your Xinfei Merchant Guild?"
"No. We only funded them. The actual construction was carried out by the Amli Merchant Guild," Kennard answered with a smile.
Ambassador Hakane swallowed hard.
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