The long fairy road is wonderful

Chapter 1049 City of Black Stone
On the other hand, of course Lin Tianci didn't know, and it's impossible to know that he was talking about the Book of the Dead. As a result, Manna Mora accidentally discovered an alternative plan, or a spare tire.

The white light representing transmission wrapped Lin Tianci to the original landing point of the Three Realms Gate. When the light dissipated, the first thing that entered Lin Tianci's eyes was a large mountain range with almost no boundaries.

As far as the eye can see, there are all criss-crossed and rocky mountain environments, which are even better than the southwest mountains.

It was a sunny morning in Eastern Shenzhou at this time, and it was just early morning in the Qika strange world. The light of morning light was rising towards Lin Tianci, as if climbing up from the bottom of the mountain range.

The thick morning fog has not completely dissipated, they seem to be driven by the sun, rushing down from the other side of the ridge, at first glance it looks like a rushing sea of ​​clouds.

Hidden in the dense fog, you can see the looming roads, almost all of which are winding mountain roads dug out of the cliffs.In this era without the assistance of large-scale engineering equipment, even with magic assistance, it is conceivable that it is difficult to dig a road in such a harsh environment, which will consume a lot of manpower and material resources.

I don't know whether it's because the altitude is too high, or the latitude of the area he lives in is too northerly. There are few thick greens on the mountains, and most of them are relatively sparse birch forests. The location where Lin Tianci appeared is also in such a Among the groves.

Two boulders on the left and one on the right are close together to form a natural safe haven. Lin Tianci looked down and saw not only the morning fog that had not yet dissipated, but also some traces of bonfires on the ground. It was a nearby hunter who used to spend the night here.

But the traces of the bonfire are very old, at least no one has been here for a few days.

Lin Tianci looked around and in the distance, and walked out of the small space formed by two stones. Because of the obstruction of the boulder, he could only see the scenery in two directions, and the other two directions were blocked.

He raised his eyes towards the direction opposite to the rising sun, that is, to the west. Although the scenery was almost exactly the same, this time he saw a majestic and heavy city standing among the mountains.

The city as a whole was black and brown in color, from the city walls to the towering towers, all were built with black stones, although it was very solemn, but there was also a feeling of "could this be the Demon King's city?" 'a feeling of.

The architectural style is closer to Gothic, and it is looming like thick fog, and the cold light in the morning makes it look very gloomy.

At first glance, the city looks like it is floating among the mountains, but when the thick fog rolls, people will understand that it is actually transformed from a whole mountain, and the huge city wall has spread to the place that is completely invisible below. , or that is simply a mountain wall, not a city wall at all.

Although the style of painting is somewhat eerie, but regardless of the style of painting, Lin is relieved to have a city nearby.

When he first set out to find the fragments, Lin Tianci especially hoped that the fragments would not be picked up in the wild. In this case, he only needed to use his lightness skills to search all the fields near the landing point. Compared with searching aimlessly in the city , which is definitely much faster.

I have to say that Brother Lin really had very little experience at that time. After all, when the debris fell, it was completely uncertain where it would land.

Take his current surroundings as an example, the mountains are full of strange rocks, and the terrain is extremely complex and changeable.The fragments of the extremely blue glowing star are as big as a football, and the small ones are only as long as an index finger or even as big as a thumb.

Do you think that if you run fast enough and flexible enough, you can easily perform a carpet search?

Innocent!

It is an obligation!
Tucson broke!
If there is a city nearby, the fragments of the extremely blue glowing star are most likely in the city. Whether it falls nearby and is picked up by the locals, or a gem merchant who takes it as a precious gem and brings it into the city for trade, as long as it is in the city In the city, relatively speaking, it is much easier to handle.

After all, Brother Lin is assisted by Sai Li, a hidden boss of the White Hands Association. As long as he is in the city, Sai Li will pull in detailed information every minute with an order.

Speaking of Sai Li, Brother Lin looked at the surrounding environment, and then injected mana into the brooch to try to establish communication, but this time Sai Li's response was not as fast as usual. No one answered the phone.

After waiting for a while, seeing that Sai Li was not online yet, Lin Tianci raised his feet and walked towards the city in view.

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Because it is not far from the city itself, Lin Tianci can see that there are often carriages with torches and oil lamps passing by on the mountain road connected to the city. They should be businessmen or travelers rushing to trade. In order to avoid shocking the world, Lin Tianci also Flying without a sword, wearing a cloak and burying his face in the hood, he pretended to be an ordinary traveler and merged into the trade road.

As the sun gradually rose, the dense fog like a sea of ​​clouds gradually dispersed like green smoke, and Lin Tianci, who was walking along the main road, was almost standing on the opposite side of the city.

When the clouds cleared, you could see the majesty of the city very clearly. Its city wall is really a straight up and down mountain wall. It is only a layer of city wall reinforced on the original part, which also makes the city wall full of hundreds of thousands of feet. The height of more than one meter is quite exaggerated even in the wizarding world.

There is only one road to enter the city, which was originally a raised ridge, which just connected to the gate of the city.There must be traces of repairs on the road itself, and guardrails have been installed on both sides of the cliff, probably because they are afraid that people will be squeezed down when the crowd is dense.

This road is not narrow, but it is absolutely incomparable with flat ground. Such a natural moat makes the city itself a model of easy defense and difficult attack. Only such a bridge can launch an attack. Otherwise, it can only be detoured down the mountain and launched from directly below attack.

But in this way, you have to face the city wall with a height of more than [-] meters. No matter how you want to send troops to attack here, you are looking for death.

At this time, the city gate had just opened, and the horse-drawn carriages that could not wait for a long time entered one by one in order, and Lin Tianci approached inconspicuously among the travelers and businessmen.

At this time, Celie, who has never been online, finally made a move:

"I've got a little problem here, and the contact is late, where are you?"

I'm a little curious about the small situation that Sai Li said, but she didn't say anything, so Lin Tianci didn't ask, and said in a low voice:
"It's the strange world of strange cards, I just arrived not long ago."

The eye-like pattern on the sapphire brooch turned, and Saili saw the black city and the huge towering city gate directly in front of her.

"Oh, so it's Ishgard."

Sure enough, Celie knew this place, and she said immediately:
"The three times you have come to the strange world of strange cards are not too far away. You can see the mountains in the east behind you. After passing through them is the Gray Ridge Mountains. From the Gray Ridge Mountains to the north is the capital of water, and to the south is Tahaka Kingdom. Ishgard is the capital of the Yellild Empire, also known as the City of Black Stone."

While speaking, Lin Tianci had followed the foreign businessmen into the city. As he saw outside, most of the buildings in the city were made of black stones.

It is named the City of Black Stone because the main body of the city of Ishgard is made of hard black basalt. This color scheme and architectural style, no matter how you look at it, it looks like the Demon King’s City of the Great Demon King.

But when you come in, you will find that the inside of the city is completely different from the outside.The sun has only just risen, and the city has already woken up from its deep sleep. People who make a living have appeared on the street one after another, looking full of vigor.

"The living environment of the empire is very harsh, and there is very little arable land. Although there are abundant mineral resources, if there is not enough food, more people cannot be fed, and the empire itself cannot become stronger."

In my previous life, I often heard that technology is the primary productive force, but you also have to consider the issue of age. No matter how easy technology is to use it, it is still people. Without manpower, it is difficult for a country to develop.

In this era, manpower is productivity. The position of the empire is too miserable. More than [-]% of the country's land area is in the mountains. Farming can only be scattered in the east and west. There are almost no large-scale farms. .

If there is no arable land, there will be no food, and if there is no food, there will be no food to feed the people. This is an endless cycle. No wonder they have been trying to find ways to open the way out.

The last time I came to the strange world of strange cards, the empire sent people to do things in the capital of water, just to pull out the nails of their northward advance, but the priority is relatively low, and it doesn't matter if it is the best or not.

This is mainly because the Kingdom of Tahaka, which blocked them from going east, was in a state of civil strife, and all the energy of the empire was put on dispatching troops to see when to take a large piece of high-quality fertile land.

Speaking of this, Lin Tianci walked not far along the street, and saw a child carrying a big satchel, holding something like a newspaper while running, shouting:

"This morning's front-page news! The frontline has delivered another good news and the city of Greyridge has been captured!"

When the pedestrians around heard it, they immediately gathered around and took out copper coins to buy newspapers."Long live His Majesty the Emperor" and "Long live the Imperial Army!" echoed quickly on the street! ' cheers.

Amid the cheers, Sally whispered:
"Just take a look at their good news. The battle situation is not as good as what the common people in the rear saw, but it is true that the good news does not lie."

There was a sound of flipping papers from Sai Li's side, she should be flipping through the documents:

"According to the latest information I have received, although the imperial army captured Greyridge City, they were quickly driven out."

Although the king of the Taharaka Kingdom is gone, the important forces such as soldiers and generals have not been affected at all, but now there is no leader, and everyone wants to be the emperor and is in a state of civil strife.

It is easy to end this kind of civil turmoil. As long as there is a person with enough weight and righteousness to come out and call out, the generals who support their troops everywhere have to be obedient, even if it is only on the bright side, otherwise the local people will quit.

And this person...

Now she is still planting flowers and plants at the God Rune Gate, and Heti obviously doesn't want to take care of the mess of the Taharaka Kingdom anymore.

Although there is civil strife in Taharaka, it is not easy for the empire to expand its territory.

The soldiers of the Yellild Empire are indeed well-equipped and well-trained, but the small number of soldiers is an inherent disadvantage. In this era of victory with cold weapons, the number of soldiers is often quite powerful.

(End of this chapter)