Act XIV

"The City of Sinful Karma is usually the commercial city of Ishbal and the surrounding areas destroyed by the Advent Rites of the People of Chaos Atros seven hundred years ago, in which the 200,000 people of the City of Sinful Karma were sacrificed to the People of Chaos, causing the plains within a radius of hundreds of miles to turn into yellow sand overnight. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”

Opening the note, it begins with a description of the capital of sin, which is more detailed than what Tia said.

With the hand-drawn sketches, although not very detailed, you can still get a glimpse of the grandeur of the city, it seems that this Zora Makar seems to be quite familiar with the city that has been lost to history hundreds of years ago, and has done a lot of research from the classics.

For several pages, the author tries to restore a real commercial capital, and through the description on paper, Rosen can feel the prosperous appearance, which is not known to be higher than the current Ishtar.

"The city destroyed by the arrival of the People of Chaos holds many treasures, but the Rainbow Tower and the Sanctuary sealed the entire city center, and to this day, the situation inside the City of Karma remains a mystery to the outside world. ”

The following passages are mostly excerpts from the Rainbow Tower and the Sanctuary reports on the events in the Capital of Karma, and Rosen sees words such as "chaos", "evil", and "sacrifice" appearing in large numbers, describing a rather bloody scene.

According to these reports, Ishbal's Advent was arranged by a wealthy merchant in pursuit of eternal life, and he bought off almost everyone in the city who held real power in order to order the ritual to succeed under the noses of the Rainbow Tower and the Sanctuary.

Of course, the businessman also died in the end, and his long-cherished wish was not fulfilled.

"But in recent years, much of the information about the capital of sin has been unsealed, and Paul and I are convinced that at least one relic remains in the capital of sin. The level of this holy relic is most likely to be above the Forbidden level, and it has a level comparable to the top combat power of the Templar. ”

As soon as the conversation turned, the notes began to cut to the chase, describing the things about the holy relics.

The note mentions "Paul" several times, and seems to be a colleague of the note-taker, who often disagrees, but is quick to come to a consensus, and must be a trustworthy companion.

"After submitting the application to the Tower of the Rainbow, we organized our first expedition into the capital of sin, led by Paul, with Miller and Casimir and I traveling. ”

Beginning with this sentence, the next few pages are full of various research reports along the way, Zola Makar recorded in detail what he saw and heard along the way, for the four mages, the monsters in the shallow sea were not worth mentioning, but he still compared and observed the difference between the monsters near the capital of crime and the monsters in the shallow outer perimeter and recorded the data.

It looked like the content of an adventurer's notes changed abruptly after entering the capital of sin, and even the font that was originally relatively calm began to be scribbled, and the accompanying pictures along the way gradually disappeared, and the few that were left were quite distorted.

Lawson saw a description of Golem, creatures that operated around the City of Karma, holding off any enemies who dared to step into the city, but the mages quickly defeated Golem who stood in their way, unexpectedly attracting another kind of monster.

In Zola's description, the monster seemed to be made of shadows, only a flat image, but capable of devouring living beings, and it took the four of them a lot of effort to barely repel one.

This monster is closer to the Shadow in terms of characteristics, but it is fundamentally different, and it may be a specialty of the capital of sin.

As they progressed deeper into the capital of sin, the surrounding elements began to stir restlessly, and the influence of the power of chaos deepened, which was quite difficult for mages, especially low-level mages, who were unable to solidify their own laws, so it became much more difficult to drive magic.

Because of this, the team was divided, and Zola thought that they should move on, as the hedron reaction that could sense the relics became more and more intense, but Paul felt that he should return and that the rest of the journey would become more dangerous.

I don't know if it's because of the long-term shroud of the power of chaos, judging from the notes and notes, the whole team seems to be much more irritable, and the original reason is gone.

There are many places in this section of the record that have been erased, presumably by words of complaint, which were later erased when I realized that this should not be the case.

"As I went deeper, I felt my spirit become unsettled, and as soon as I closed my eyes, I saw bloody and brutal images before my eyes, and more than once I saw myself with blood on my hands, and the image of Paul's corpse beside me, was very disturbing. ”

Zola himself sensed that something was wrong, but he couldn't restrain his desire to seek the truth.

"Maybe I should go back and rest for a while, and go for a walk, or even go on a date with a girl, but for now, I just want to go forward, to get to the place that has been in the dust for seven hundred years, and to see what is there. ”

Eventually, they decided to turn back, and the team marched to a place where they were still half a day's walk from the center of the City of Crime, and after the three of them argued, Zola finally nodded and agreed to go home.

The retreat process was rather uneventful, they didn't even encounter that shadow monster again, and the moment they walked out of the capital of sinful karma, Zola felt as if something was missing in his heart.

"It's hard for me to describe the feeling, as if there was a gap in my heart and the missing part was in the center of the capital of sin, but thankfully, our emotions quickly returned to normal, and when you think about it rationally, the previous arguments were indeed quite ridiculous, but at the time we were extremely persistent, maybe this is the effect of the capital of sin. ”

The next few pages are devoted to the analysis and study of the samples collected in the Capital of Karma, and it is not until the end of the note that Zola mentions some information about the second expedition.

"Although the information of the first expedition is abundant, it is still too little compared to the entire capital of sin, and the recovery cycle of the Rainbow Tower is too long, and those old fellows who only know how to sit in the laboratory every day and tinker with beakers and test tubes are afraid to take risks, they rejected the application for the second expedition, and decided to send a mid-level mage to take over our research. ”

The handwriting here is clear, but it is so forceful that the ink penetrates the second page.

"The Great Storm is coming, and by that time, Ishar will rise above the clouds, and we will not be able to enter the Capital of Sinful Karma for a long time, and the Great Storm may have some special effects there, and we cannot afford to miss this opportunity. ”

"After some discussion, Paul and I have decided to organize a second expedition immediately, leaving two mage apprentices to guard the observation post, and the remaining five low-level mages will all go to the capital of sin, and we will be the first people in history to witness the state of the capital of sin during the great storm. ”

This is the end of the note, and it seems that the owner of the note disappeared during the second expedition.

"Wait, two mage apprentices?"

Noticing that there were such words in the last words, Rosen suddenly felt strange.

The observation post was empty, so where did the two mage apprentices go?

He was still thinking, but in his perception, it seemed as if someone was approaching the cabin.