dark moon

Chapter 293 The Lion City

The cause of the emerald light is still an unsolved mystery. People only know that it is a special light beam emitted from the extreme depths of the ground, ignoring the cover of the stratum and obstacles, and penetrating everything directly to the sky.This emerald green light has no effect, and its symbolic meaning is greater than its actual meaning, but in the Emerald Empire, it is a very important natural phenomenon, because it symbolizes the power of the lion.

According to legend, in the glorious pioneering era, the fearless Lionheart Knight led a group of pioneers to the north, determined to be the first to expand human power to the barren land of the north, where the wilderness Build a city for mankind.

They competed with ferocious monsters for food and dangerous wilderness for living space. They fought endlessly, and even if they suffered heavy casualties, they never looked back.Going deep into the wilderness, after 210 days and nearly a thousand kilometers, we finally penetrated into the wilderness where no one has ever set foot.However, at this time, the development team with only more than 300 people had exhausted all supplies, and it was unable to start the fire due to the heavy rain for several days. The more than 300 people could only shiver in the cold night, not only to endure the torture of hunger, but also to fight In the dangerous darkness, always be wary of the hungry monsters peeping in the darkness to prevent them from dragging people away one by one.

Just when they were most desperate, the emerald light lit up, and the emerald-green light pillar shot straight into the sky, bringing light and hope to the pioneering team. With the illumination of the light pillar, they found a large area of ​​mature fruit trees around the light pillar and were able to survive. On the most difficult night, we found patches of wild wheat nearby. After harvesting, we finally replenished our food supply.

The Lionheart Knight believes that this is a gift from the gods and the will of the gods. It is the gods' way of reminding him that this is his destination.Therefore, the Lion City was established. In order to commemorate the pillar of light that saved the pioneering group, the Lionheart Knight named it the Emerald Light and the new territory the Emerald Territory. He finally expanded human power to the northern wilderness. He succeeded.

Unfortunately, he also failed.

Because this is not untrodden land.

In the seventh month after the establishment of Lion City, when more than a dozen explorers from Lion City were exploring the surrounding dense forests, they discovered a settlement of intelligent creatures in a forest. There are no intelligent creatures in it now, and there are only a dozen pictures with a large number of them. A bed made of leaves and a message written on the leaves.

The message was only a few lines long, but it almost made the Lionheart Knight angry to death.

"We have been here and we have gone again. The later pioneers, no matter who you are, do you feel that you have finally gone to a place that no one has been before? Do you feel proud that you are great? Be angry and cry. Well, haha, actually we have been here a long time ago, hahahaha. In addition, we used our children to plant the fruit trees outside. You are not allowed to eat them. There are carvings on the trees. Anyone who steals the fruits is an idiot."

This tone, this attitude, and the evil intention of using children to plant trees, damn forest spirits, it must be you!

The hope of setting foot on the first trail was dashed, and he was ridiculed extremely viciously, but that was not all.People sadly discovered that this place was more lively than they imagined.

Not long after, explorers discovered a cave on an unnamed mountain near a dense forest tentatively named the Forest of Despair. There were also traces of intelligent creatures living inside, and as expected, there were also inscriptions carved on the stone walls. The messages these creatures leave behind.

"The idiots down there are so annoying. They ask us to come down and play with them every day. Do you really have such a luxurious organ as a brain? Do you want our wings to hang on the trees? You are stupidly hanging on ours every day. Forget it, just jump around in the experimental field. We don’t care about the creatures taught by Anika-sama. You actually stuff it into your mouth. You eat the seeds of wheat, not the leaves. You really think you are a deer. Is it okay? No, I can’t stand it anymore. We have to move. Let’s pray that these stupid deer don’t chase us. What? Who am I writing this to? Of course I am writing it to you idiots, idiots, idiots, idiots, I Hate you!!!”

Very good, it’s really lively. Who else is there?

This was the only thought in the Lionheart Knight's mind after reading the copied message with an expressionless face.

However, he had no right to be dissatisfied. The fruit trees were planted by forest elves, and the wheat fields that he thought were wild wheat were actually experimental fields for the Winged People. The pioneers could only survive because of the seeds left behind by these two abominable creatures who knows how many years ago. Mark, what right does he have to be dissatisfied?Not only could they not be dissatisfied, they had to regard these two creatures as benefactors and required all the people in the absolution territory to treat these two creatures respectfully.

Many years later, Yiren and the Lionheart family negotiated, hoping to move the Brilliant Capital to the vicinity of the empire's territory, and even occupy a small piece of the empire's territory. They thought it would be a very difficult negotiation, but unexpectedly it turned out to be extremely smooth. The empire was very I happily agreed. Now it seems that the unexpected success is related to the anecdotes from thousands of years ago.

"Maybe those winged people at that time were the ancestors of your Seles family. If that's the case, you can still collect wheat money from Lionheart Emperor. Wheat is worthless, but after thousands of years of interest..."

"You really can come up with blackmail methods at any time, Shuer. No wonder there are rumors that you are called the vampire in the vault in your city. What about your etiquette and virtues as a priest?"

"I'm sorry. I was cheated out of five hundred gold coins. In order to eat, I had to sell my virtue. Well, yes, I sold it with my face." It was the early morning of the next day, and the aeroboat took advantage of the darkness. Passing through the wilderness outside the city without any danger, we arrived at the Jade Empire.

The way the borders of the human country of Parvatiga are divided is very unique. The country's territory is not continuous, but is divided into city areas. As long as the lord of the city belongs to a certain country, then this city will The scope of the relationship is the territory of the country.City systems may not necessarily be connected to each other. Sometimes, due to various reasons, a country cannot occupy the empty space between two territories for a long time, so it can only allow its territory to be divided into two parts. Large troops can pass through safely. In the past, even if it was only a dozen kilometers deep, ordinary people had to be prepared to die if they wanted to cross.

Just like the hundreds of kilometers of deep wilderness that we just crossed, it was the blank area between the two disconnected territories of the Emerald Empire. Even the aerospace craft flying through the sky had to travel carefully under the cover of night.

Yes, take advantage of the darkness.

Traveling from the ground through the wilderness must of course be done in bright daylight. Although the monsters can see you, you can also see the monsters and not be caught off guard by a sudden attack.Moreover, you can clearly observe the road conditions during the day. Sometimes the danger caused by the environment is greater than that of Warcraft.

But flying in the air is different, especially on fixed routes. The only road conditions that can cause trouble are mountain peaks. The problem is that even at night, as long as your eyes are not blind, it is impossible to miss such a big mountain peak, so there is no need to worry about road conditions at night.As for the magical beasts, in the world of Parvatiga, most flying magical beasts are night-blind, and there are only a few small raptors that can hunt at night, so sailing at night is much safer than during the day.

The whole night was uneventful, although the two "stupid kids" as Shuer called them were really new to the aerospace craft and ran wildly in the corridor of the cabin for several hours. They didn't calm down until they were beaten by Shuuer alone. , even though Pastor Talina was afraid of heights and prayed to the dark moon all night with a pale face, praying that the aerostat would not fall, but no matter what, this unprecedented air travel experience still made everyone very satisfied. Well, at least I am satisfied with the sleeping environment, because the aeroboat is much more stable than a horse-drawn carriage.

Early this morning, everyone got up early and ate the sumptuous breakfast provided by the Winged Human Race, and stood leisurely on the deck waiting for the airship to arrive at the destination, while admiring the knowledge Xiuer learned from the classics, and crazily satirized the Winged Human Race and the Emerald Empire. His ancestors, by the way, even Lin Jing was hit.

I must admit that what Yulia said is not an exaggeration at all. If aerostats can be popularized, they can really change the way the Parvatiga people travel. If they can travel across the wilderness and take land routes in just one sleep, , I dare not even think about it.However, considering the almost luxurious energy consumption of airships, popularizing this kind of thing... still has a long way to go.

The further we sail forward, the more lively the places we pass by, with bustling cities and numerous villages and towns. We can even often see mercenaries escorting caravans, shuttling through the wilderness between cities. Compared to the deserted land we passed yesterday, The border area is like another world.

More than half an hour later, I looked up and saw a dark shadow, like a mountain range, emerging from the end of the horizon.

The distance was getting closer and closer, and it became clearer and clearer. It was not a mountain or a hill, but a huge city, a city even bigger than the Rose City that the Rose family had worked hard to build for nearly a thousand years.

At the edge of the city, a ten-meter-high stone city wall forms a closed ring, guarding the inner city and outer city of more than 60 square kilometers within the city wall.

The ring-shaped outer city defends the inner city. Everywhere in the outer city, gray smoke columns can be seen rising into the sky, the sound of anvils being struck, wood being cut, millstones turning, and even explosions of failed alchemy.Well, just ignore this last one. As long as there is an alchemy workshop, there will definitely be explosions, explosions and explosions.

Obviously, the outer city is an industrial gathering place, and various industrial facilities are concentrated here, which not only ensures the cleanliness and beauty of the inner city, but also makes the transportation of materials more convenient.

Within the taller inner city walls are naturally the commercial and residential areas. Of course, the most important temple area is also located here.The magnificent palace, the majestic temple, the commercial district with numerous buildings, and the simple residential area. Looking from a distance, the momentum of a thousand-year-old ancient capital is rushing towards you.

If you are careful, you will notice that there is a half-meter-thick orange straight line painted on the roofs of many houses in both the inner city and the outer city. Looking from a high altitude, these orange lines connect into two straight lines, like Like a passage built on the roof, it extends to a high platform on the edge of the inner city.

There is no doubt that this is the guiding line of the aerostat. The aerostat is slowly sailing along this guidance channel into the high platform used as a temporary port. Before it docks, a group of people are seen standing in darkness on the high platform.

(End of this chapter)