Conquest

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Chapter 557

When the Byzantine Empire didu Osgiriya was built hundreds of years ago, this giant city that consumed most of the national power of the Byzantine Empire and was built after several generations of emperors immediately became the largest human being in the world. city ​​of. []

Of course, if you consider that the dwarven people like to drill holes, and the Jing Ling people like this kind of ethnic speciality living by trees, then it can even be said that Osgilia is the largest city in the world.

what? Giants? To the jing family? What do those savages know!

You know, the will of a huge empire is enough to move mountains and reclaim sea. With a population of tens of millions, the Byzantine Empire, a vast land, built their greatest pride. This male city is called "the first male city", and there is no objection from people around the world. Whether it is the wealthy Landis or the proud Odin, they have to admit that it is in line with the didu of the Byzantine Empire. By comparison, their own country is like a rural town in the countryside.

The Byzantines built a peninsula into a giant city, and opened a wide river on the side that connects the peninsula to the mainland. The huge wall of Osgilia is a miracle that the gods created in the age of mythology. general……

Almost everyone who first came to Oscaria would be stunned by this magnificent miracle in front of him, and then could not help but give birth to an impulse ...

Of course, this is just ...

almost!

Because, in this world, there is another place, a city.

If you run to ask anyone in this city and talk to the other side about "the first male city of Osgilia", then you will definitely be scorned by the other side to death! You don't even get a single answer, you only get a disdainful white eye, plus at most a "呸".

No. 1 on the mainland? Oscilia?

Pooh! What do those soil leopard upstarts know!

Anyone in this city has every reason to maintain their pride, just because their homeland, the city where they are, is ... the holy city!

Holy city? Babylon!

Landis, whether on the mainland or at sea, circulates various legends about Babylon, but very few people can really have the opportunity to come to this holy city.

Since ancient times, Babylon has isolated itself from the world in a special way. All the mysteries, all the miracles, and all the wealth here have only turned into one legend after another on the mainland.

Four hundred years ago, Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest painters of the Byzantine Empire, had the honor to set foot in Babylon. The greatest artist of the Byzantine Empire ever, he holds countless glorious titles and a brilliant resume. He once made magnificent strokes of ancient and modern times for the St. Sophie Cathedral in didu. He once hiked the Odin empire and painted the palace of the god, said to be blessed by God of Odin, into a huge picture scroll. It took him a year to make a hand-painted work called "Aussie Glorious". The 140-meter-long picture scroll put Osgeria's grandeur on paper. !!

However, when the legendary painter finally got a chance in his old age, he came to St. Babylon with an ancient business group, trying to fulfill his lifelong wish to incorporate this legendary holy city into his own scroll ...

Legend has it that Da Vinci sat outside Babylon for two days and two nights, and finally he broke his paintbrush silently, and then left.

Before leaving, he left such a sentence:

"No one can paint this miracle, no one! Because it should not be a miracle on earth!"

The words of the master were circulated. Although it was surprising, there were still countless artists trying to draw the appearance of Babylon on paper. The continent was filled with a variety of different scrolls, and each one painted The painters of Babylon claimed to have painted the greatness of Babylon.

However, only those who have actually come to Babylon will have no hesitation in making a judgment immediately after seeing those scrolls: no one handed-down scroll can even paint the greatness of this legendary holy city at all. One tenth, no, one percent!

Of course, after countless legends spread around the world, they finally revealed the face of this legendary city a little bit.

One of the most frequently mentioned sentences is:

There, there is a mountain ... along the chaos leading to the northeast, walking through the vast and almost endless forests and seas, those ancient forests that have not been known for thousands of years, A mountain.

It is said that the area of ​​this high mountain is not large. It is said that the circle is only ten miles away, but it goes straight into the sky! Everyone who has seen it will say that this Buddha is an ancient **** who has directly inserted a long sword into the ground!

The vast forests here are separated by miracles, exposing a plain that is only tens of square kilometers. However, the mountain peak stands here, white clouds linger on the top of the mountain. The palace is there.

As for the holy city ... also here.

It is not under the mountain, it is not on the mountainside, and it is not on the top of the mountain.

It is this mountain!

The holy city is this mountain. This mountain is the holy city.

No one knows how this city was built.

The whole city has been perfectly integrated with this mountain. From the foot of the towering mountain peaks, the Buddha is used by the gods to shovel the peaks into layers, just like huge steps, and the Buddha is the terraces of the countryside.

From the foot of the mountain to the top, there are 109 floors. On each floor, there are various beautiful buildings, tall statues, palace-like houses, church-like buildings, and the roads that the Buddha built on the sky-those The road was suspended in the mountains like a multitude of spirit snakes entangled in bamboo knots.

A waterfall on the top of the mountain fell from the sky and fell on the mountain. The Buddha turned into a faint mist of water and shrouded the mountain city. When the sun was beautiful, it was like a golden curtain .

Numerous exotic flowers and weeds embellish it, and even the Jing Ling, who is known as the son of nature, will be dazzled by it.

However, all this is so neat. The whole mountain city looks like a huge pyramid to the extreme from a distance! One layer at a time, the buildings on each floor are seamlessly integrated.

Unlike Osgilia, Babylon has no walls and no so-called city defense.

However, just below the mountain, around this mountain peak, the Buddha is a six-pointed star dotted with six high-rise white pagodas. The distance between each of the white pagodas was measured by a ruler, which was generally accurate, forming a standard six-pointed star, which guarded the mountain city.

There is no military fortification at the foot of the mountain. Anyone who wants to enter the city can go straight down the mountain from a white pagoda in any direction.

However, everyone passing by the White Pagoda can clearly see the words inscribed on the White Pagoda that have not changed for thousands of years!

"Under your feet is the land of the emperor ... Such a city will only allow outsiders to enter when the first month of each season arrives.

At this time of the year, several large ancient business groups from all over the world can bring their caravans to the city with a full load of scarce goods from all continents to earn the wealth they would dream of.

Only at this time will it bring a hint of human noise to this legendary city.

After all, people in the Holy City also need to eat, drink, and dress.

Although with the pride and stubbornness of the Holy City, even this kind of pride in the bones, the people here have a condescending attitude towards all foreign caravans. However, all kinds of treasured goods on the continent brought by foreign caravans have been welcomed by most people in the Holy City.

You do not need any credentials to enter Babylon City-as long as you have the ability to cross the vast forest and sea, and walk safely here among the territories of the Jing Ling Giant Giants who live in the chaos, it is sufficient to be eligible to enter Babylon .

There are no soldiers guarding the city. Only at the intersection of each road leading to the mountain, there will be a building. The elders in charge of Babylon have set up a post here, and there are people from the holy city to receive foreigners of all races coming here.

Whether you are human or jingling, you can get all the requirements for free reception, food, accommodation and so on.

Before the sun goes down every day, you can walk up the mountain at will, and take a shuttle tour in that layer of city, from the first floor to the 108th floor.

Only the highest floor, the 109th floor, is the forbidden ground, which is the home of the legendary city owner.

This is a rich city.

Everyone in Babylon has a calm and indifferent expression on his face-as a legendary place that is free from the world, everything that happens in the world has nothing to do with it. . Regardless of the rise and fall of the dynasty, or the battle of the strong among the world, the Buddha of the Holy City is like sitting on a cloud, watching the world ’s chao rise and fall.

Richness and ease are written on every face. There is no poverty here. Every Babylonian walking on the streets is dressed in beautiful high silk that only nobles can wear even in the Byzantine Empire.

Even in the world

The aristocratic homes come to be used as heirloom gems. Here, you can see them on the necks of the children running around the streets.

There are also shops here, created by the pure dwarf jing workers, falling into the world can cause powerful warriors to fight for the duels of magic weapons, hanging here at random in the corner of the shop-they even They are only sold as crafts.

There is no secular evil such as stealing here, because every outsider who comes here, even the wealthy Chamber of Commerce leaders, just look at the clothes of the Babylonians walking on the street, they will instantly feel themselves 渀Buddha is a poor beggar.

The locals seem to have no desire, they have huge houses, even if they are worse, the houses they live in are like the mansions enjoyed by secular nobles.

There is another very special phenomenon here.

The holy city of Babylon never seemed to have had bad weather.

Neither the heavy rain in summer nor the snowstorm in winter has ever existed in Babylon.

The city is as beautiful as the sky all year round. Even if the temperature changes with the four seasons, it never drops even a trace of rain and snow.

"Because there is an agreement between the holy city and the gods, the people of the holy city will be loyal to the descendants of the emperor for generations. In exchange, the gods will keep the city from being attacked by rain and snow." — Local people It's so declared ... When Xia and his team got out of the forest on horseback, they could take the whole mountain into their eyes.

Along the road paved with white jade boards, he came to a white tower outside the holy city, and Xia stopped the horse and looked up at the huge words on the white tower.

"The Emperor's Land ... interesting."

Soil murmured to himself.

Hesting beside him suddenly turned over and came down to Malay, walked to the white tower, and stretched his hands on the wall. After a long time, he let out his breath slowly.

"So powerful."

Hesting then downplayed the general opening: "There are six white towers here?"

"Yes, six directions, one in each direction, a six-pointed star."

The answer was that timid and cunning guide, who had an interesting name: "full tea". According to himself, it was because his father had planted a full house of camellia in his home garden.

"Well, it really is the guardian magic circle of the six-pointed star." Hesting sighed. "It is not a complicated magic circle. It is a simple magic, but it is very powerful ..."

He looked at Xia, who had doubts in his eyes, and smiled bitterly: "You really need to make up for common sense. Although you are a warrior, it is better to have some knowledge of magic. Does n’t your adoptive mother have Teach you these? "

He pointed to the tall white tower around him: "This is actually a very simple six-monster star guarding the magic array. Each white tower is a magic array. It is not complicated to say, a middle-level magician would You can skillfully arrange such a magic array. But the power of this magic array is that its magic power is terrifying. I just tentatively tested it, and the magic induction wave in it, even I can't help but have some trembling that can't be controlled! Terrible magical power! "

"So powerful?" Charlie frowned.

"To arrange such a powerful magic array, I don't know how many magic crystals to consume-once a magic array of this level is launched, even a dragon can easily be crushed into powder!" Hesting closed his eyes. After thinking for a while, shaking his head, "No, it is definitely not driven by magic crystal. The magic power of magic crystal is very limited. I am afraid that even a mountain magic crystal cannot supply such a powerful magic array, it must be Nothing else is more powerful magic storage material. "

Xia Ya also turned over from Malay and walked to Hesting. The two stood side by side, overlooking the towering mountain in front of the cloud, the city of miracles ...

Long Buddha passed a long time, both of them opened their mouths at the same time, exhaling breath.

"What were you thinking just now?" Xia asked Hastings.

"I'm thinking about how this city was built." Hesting smiled bitterly: "Osglia is big enough to be his mother, but at least I can imagine how it was built, the **** one Although the city wall is huge, it took hundreds of thousands of manpower and generations of efforts to finally make it a little bit. But this mountain peak ... hell, look at the building on the mountain top, the palace, I dare Bet they are bigger than the Royal Palace and Church Cathedral in Osgilia. How did the huge materials get transported to the top of the mountain? I can't imagine other answers other than miracles. "

"Perhaps hundreds of powerful people started working together, carrying them one by one." Xia He grinned. "You know, strong people, they are always stronger than ordinary people."

"Alas." Hessting sneered: "If the Babylonian city could have hundreds of strong men doing such hard work for it, the ancient human empire would not collapse and perish."

Having said that, Hastings suddenly asked, "What about you? What were you thinking about when you looked at the city?"

The soil owl grinned and smiled. The still-laughing Buddha was so loyal and upright, but the words spoke were shocking.

"I was thinking just now, if I came in, what would it take to break through this **** city."

Speaking of which, Xia Yadi Buddha was full of interest, and he could n’t help but talk about it: "There are no city walls and defenses, and there are no roads for six roads. Although it may seem simple, the people on the mountain are condescending from the bottom up. It ’s always a loss to fight. There is also a magic tower around the White Tower. If you can easily kill even the dragons according to what you said, the hard break must be dead. I think it can be trapped. The mountain must be It is a lack of water. If such a large city is to operate, water is a necessary resource. Even if there are some springs on the mountain, it is impossible to support the consumption of a city's population. It must have used some methods to attract nearby rivers. Natural water sources like that. If I led troops to attack this city, I would have to cut off their water sources outside, and then trapped them for two or three months, and thirsted everyone in the city ... "

The Tutu Buddha is guilty of occupational diseases, and he is getting more excited: "Also, although there are six passages into the city, but for such a large city, it is definitely to find death by dividing the troops to attack the six roads. The other side is in the city. The side that is faster and more convenient is better to concentrate all the forces and find a direction to make a breakthrough! And, after breaking through the first floor, it is foolish to storm on the mountain blindly. This city is layer by layer, I just want to think The way to hit the first floor in one breath, and then occupy the first floor, you can set fire on the first floor everywhere! "

Tu Yan laughed very badly and very evil: "Even if there is no wind here, it doesn't matter, the fire is burning up! And there is no water on the mountain. As long as I set the fire big enough, once the fire starts to burn, it will spread upward ,By the time……"

Listening to Xia Ya's lawless resignation, Hesting did not respond, but the guide Mr. Mancha beside him was already scared.

What a boldness! !!

It is not the first time that Mancha has come to Babylon. Everyone he knows who came here is thrown into the ground by the five bodies shocked by the sacred city in front of him, and he has a strong sense of worship.

This old man, the first thought that came here, was actually thinking of how to lead a soldier to kill this holy city? !!

Blasphemy! !!

"They'd better haven't done something that angered me, otherwise, I'm going to let the fire go!"

Tusang was gritting his teeth ... When he came to the holy city post at the foot of the mountain, Xia and his party didn't attract much attention.

At this time of the year, there are chambers of commerce in the world. Although Xia and his party only have three people, it is not unusual for the proud Holy City people.

It's just that Chaya's pungent blood makes the holy city people receiving the station uncomfortable.

The blood on his shirt was dripping! The blood-stained Buddha on the face was deliberately not wiped clean. The only peculiar thing is that Charlie wrapped his head with a headscarf-he did not forget the words of Saint Roland Garros, and his black hair would probably expose himself. identity of!

The holy city people in charge simply registered, and then gave the three of them a badge that allowed them to enter the holy city and left-this is not a hotel, don't expect those proud holy city people to provide them Tea service and water delivery service.

There are rooms for food and accommodation, but everything has to be done by yourself.

Coincidentally, other caravans have already arrived here at the post at the foot of the mountain where Xia came.

Coincidentally, this business group actually came from Odin.

This Odin business group is very large, with more than two hundred people. They arrived here a day ago. The unruly Odin people took the majority of the room at the post, if not for the Holy City. The strict order forbids anyone to cause trouble here, I'm afraid that Odin artificially starts to look at the three Charyas who are Byzantine costumes.

Nevertheless, when the holy city man in charge of the reception left the post, the rude and brutal Odins still cast hostile eyes on the three of Charya.

Those fierce Odins are deliberately ordinary, showing the tomahawk shaking back and forth, and some people deliberately fiercely start sharpening in front of Xia Ya, more provocative, staring at Xia Ya deliberately, Gestures across the throat.

These Odin people dared to come here through the chaos, and naturally there are many guys with good hands, their majestic bodies, strong muscles, and thick calluses on the palms, which show their bravery.

However, Xia Ya naturally did not pay attention to these little provocations-Odin, he did not know how many kills.

As for Hessing, although Odin's martial arts are well-known, Hessing has always been fighting with thick armor and his face covered with armor. Not many people know his true face-at least these Odins It is impossible for the samurai of the Chamber of Commerce to have the opportunity to recognize the supreme Odin warrior.

The only one who was trembling was Mr. Mancha. The timid guide didn't dare to leave Xia for half a step, not even going to the toilet alone.

"This month is a trade rally, but not every day, but every three days. I asked, if the two want to do a deal or purchase here, I am afraid that it will take two days. "Mancha pleased and reported to Xia Ya what he had heard.

In the evening, another group of people came to the station, but it was a 100-person Rantish business group. The arrival of these Landis dispersed the hostility of the Odins. After all, in this war, the Landis first helped Odin and then transferred to Byzantium. For the Odins, this Not stingy is a betrayal.

However, these Landis did not give the three of them a good look, and Xia did not intend to deal with them. They just took a full tea and asked some things about Babylon. At dawn, they were alone. Leaving the station, heading up the mountain, and set foot on Babylon ... Although the words of Saint Roland Garros made Charya full of resentment against this so-called "holy city", after really entering Babylon, Everything you see still gives the soil turtle a sense of shock when the soil leopard enters the city.

He strolled around the city on the first floor for about an hour and saw several things that are rare on the mainland.

The streets here are flat and wide. The most important thing is that the clean Buddha statues are like being washed with water. There are some taverns on the street. Although the entry of Xia Ya makes the locals a little cold, but after buying a pot of wine, the taste of the entrance still makes Xia Ya, a senior alcoholic, almost swallow his tongue!

You can't drink such a wine in the Byzantine palace! !!

Of course, the price is also amazing! A small pot of wine made Charya's purse round.

The locals here do not use currency at all, but consume some so-called "money" in a registered way. As for outsiders such as Xia, they need to use expensive counterfeit products-Byzantine coins. Only gold coins can be used. Reluctantly accepted, things like silver coins directly got a blind eye from the other party.

After Xia inquired, it became clear that most of the outsiders used gemstones as their currency.

From ordinary ruby ​​sapphires, to precious diamonds and superb fire diamonds.

Poor our soil, as the Byzantine Empire's first strongest now, sitting on the land of seven counties, a large warlord of more than 100,000 troops, is actually despised as a poor man here.

In a shop passing by, Xia walked into the cursory glance, and saw a few weapons hanging in the corner. The samurai sword with good workmanship was obviously made by dwarf craftsmanship-and it was not ordinary goods , Is definitely produced by the outstanding master craftsman among the dwarves.

Charlie tried it with a long sword she carried with her-the sword she had bought from other mercenaries in the caravan was also a good weapon.

Result The test result is very simple. The sword in the shop cuts Char ’s weapon into two pieces just like cutting wood, and the opponent ’s blade does not even have a large rice grain gap.

"Good sword!" Xia Ya sighed. Although he does not lack weapons, his torch is almost like an artifact, but the friends around him, if they have such a weapon, can directly increase their strength.

Unfortunately, after asking the price, Xia immediately dispelled the idea of ​​buying.

The price was so expensive that Xia Ya didn't even have the courage to continue to look at it—the soil turtle almost came up with the idea of ​​being a thief.

"These Babylonians are really not that rich!"

Tu Yuan sighed.

Out of the shop, Xia felt that she had just stood on the street for such a while, and cast a cold eye in all directions.

This foreigner is really eye-catching here.

However, Xia had a plan, he slipped into a path, looked for a long time, and spotted a building in front. The windows upstairs opened, and Xia jumped in easily. This was obviously a family, and Xia took out a white se robe that was common in the local area.

After changing into a local outfit, Charlie was treated differently immediately after she returned to the street.

The tall Charya wore a white se robe common to Babylonian styles, and took off the soil of the turban, and her black se revealed her hair.

All this, Charya walking on the streets received another treatment.

All the Babylonians passing by him had the same respectful look, and some even bent down to salute him from afar.

"Here, black hair seems to be a symbol of honor." Charlie recalled the words of Saint Laurent Garros, and decided not to waste time, and ran straight up from the first floor.

From the first-floor urban area to the 108th-floor urban area, Xia saw some subtle differences.

The gap between the rich and the poor in Babylon is almost negligible, but the higher the city, the fewer people can be seen on the street.

What's more important is that the closer you go to the top of the mountain, the more you see the darker-haired people.

There are very few people with black hair here, but each time they meet, Xia can't help but develop a natural feeling of closeness. The appearance of these people is obviously not the same as that of the Byzantines or the Odins. Closer to the appearance of Charya.

Xia ’s body is tall and erect. At first glance, it is obviously the physique of the warrior, and she is even more respected by others. Even some black-haired people, when they see Xia, are always friendly and respectful.

Charya tried to walk into another shop and received a warm and surprised reception.

The owner of the store seemed to be surprised that a "dark-haired noble samurai" could enter his store, and this surprise became stronger when Xia showed an interest in the weapons in the store.

"It's really surprising. Members of your noble samurai regiment are also interested in the common goods here?" The boss's respectful expression: "Is the thing you fancy take away or I send it to someone Go? Just leave your distinguished name, I will send someone to the Samurai Order to collect the payment. "V (猎 国 .53553519)-(Hunter State)