On the Seven Towers

Silver Sand City is known as a pearl on the border between the Empire and the Orcs. No one can tell whether it is an Imperial city or an Orc city. For thousands of years, this city has been a window for trade between the Empire and the northern Orcs.

Even in the era of frequent wars between Orcs and humans, trade here has never stopped.

Because the rulers here are often the most powerful armed forces in the northern border of the Empire and the southern Orcs. They can be mercenaries, bandits, or wealthy businessmen. As long as their fists are big enough, Silver Sand City will surrender to him. Of course, when their power is not enough to rule this place, Silver Sand City will abandon him. This does not mean that the residents of Silver Sand City are born with the attributes of fence-sitters, but in this lawless place, the rules derived are like this.

Both the Empire and the Orc King's Court have adopted a default attitude towards this. As long as the city does not completely turn to the other side, it is acceptable to maintain basic neutrality.

Therefore, the composition of the residents of Silver Sand City is also very different from that of other cities. Under the iron fist of successive city lords, humans, orcs and half-orcs live together. Although they cannot be called harmonious, they live in peace.

This city has been ruled by the Artur family for more than 50 years. They manage the largest local mercenary army. They will fight for whoever gives more money, the Empire or the Orc King's Court. The Artur family relied on its strong military force to oppress local families and merchants, and imposed heavy taxes and forced sales. This has caused the Silver Sand City, which has good innate conditions, to go downhill in recent years.

Until a year ago, the last incompetent head of this family with a very ordinary reputation was knocked off the throne by a girl and her companions, and the Silver Sand City changed its owner again.

The girl's name is Mo Yu, which is the name of a small flower in the desert that can quench the thirst of travelers. Anyone who has seen her thinks that her appearance is very compatible with this small flower, and she looks petite and cute. But everyone who has fought with her would think it was an illusion.

Mo Yu looks young, but she is the most powerful warrior in the surrounding area. No one knows how strong she really is. They only know that all those who have challenged her have failed. Some people even rumored that she might be a quasi-saint who is about to advance, because at least three masters were defeated by her in public.

According to the residents of Yinsha City, this girl is powerful, wise, fair and beautiful, and has brought a lot of new atmosphere to this city that is declining under the rule of fools, so they affectionately call her the "Queen of Sand City".

And now, in the secret dungeon of the city lord under the historic city lord's mansion, this "Queen" is interrogating a prisoner.

A ray of light shone down from the skylight of the dungeon and fell on Mo Yu. She was indeed not tall, but her body proportions were very coordinated, and she looked agile and explosive. She was wearing a very simple leather armor, with a big sword stuck behind her. Rather than being a queen, she looked more like a mercenary.

Mo Yu looked to be in her early twenties, and her eyebrows and eyes were indeed delicate, but there were several faint scars on her face, which added a lot of heroism to this delicate beauty. The magical thing was that these scars did not have any curling or protrusions on the skin, but the color was slightly different from the surrounding skin, just like the natural markings of orcs.

Her hair was tied into a simple braid. It was slightly above her shoulders, but the most eye-catching thing was that her hair and eyes were extremely rare black in the local area.

Beside her, there was a handsome brown-haired young man. He was wearing a robe that looked a bit like a wizard's robe, but it was shorter than a wizard's robe, and there was no hem that hindered his movement. He looked more capable, and some kind of monster scales were sewn on his shoulders, heart, thighs and other vital parts. He had a long and thin sword hanging from his waist, his hand resting on the hilt.

The young man had an aloof look on his face, but when his eyes rested on Mo Yu, he showed some tenderness.

The third person in the room was a girl who was about the same age as Mo Yu. She had long dark golden hair and was even shorter than Mo Yu, only reaching the chest of the young man. The robe she wore was 70% similar to the priest's robe of the Temple of Nature, but it was not green, but silver-white. There were many mysterious patterns painted on the robe, and there was a round badge on her chest. The patterns and badges were extremely strange, and seemed to have never appeared anywhere else on the continent.

The fourth person standing in front of Mo Yu was a red-haired young man wearing light chainmail. He was thin, with a pointed face and a slick look in his eyes. He had two short swords as long as his upper arms hanging from his waist and a crossbow hanging from his buttocks. This was a typical thief's outfit. Eight out of ten thieves in Yinsha City had similar equipment to him, but the weapons and armor on him seemed to be very well made, and there were faint flashes of magic.

The three people looked at the same thing as Mo Yu, looking at a person tied to the rack in front of them. The man's clothes were tattered, as if he had suffered a serious injury. There were flashing magic runes on his body and limbs, suppressing the power in his body. Like Mo Yu, this person also had black hair. He lowered his head, as if he had exhausted his strength and was about to faint.

"This guy is a monster. We killed him, but he's alive again." The thief-like young man took two steps forward, opened the cell door, and vigilantly held a sword in his hand. He poked the man with the sword, turned to Mo Yu and said, "Last week, you rushed into the place that became the town of the dead alone, defeated him, captured him, and judged his crimes in front of the whole city and chopped off his head.

But this morning, he actually crawled out of the cemetery, attacked several porters and gravekeepers, killed them and turned into a dead soul. Fortunately, Gawain passed by there and defeated him again and captured him."

The young swordsman in the robe called Gawain looked at the prisoner coldly and said, "We still thought too simply about this guy's origin. I originally thought he was just an ordinary necromancer, but he must have an extraordinary origin to be able to be reborn. In the inheritance of our Sword Tower, similar things are mentioned."