Chapter 39: The City of War
Most of the area of the Dead Realm is a plain, and there are no buildings as far as the eye can see, but this does not include the cities built by the Nine Venerables. The City of War is the city built by Hecarim, the Shadow of War, one of the Nine Venerables of the Dead Realm.
Hecarim has been around for an unknown amount of time, and the city has been around for many years. Before entering the City of War, the surrounding scenery has already changed. Thousands of miles outside the city of war, there were no smaller tribes one after another, the ground was flat, and there were even roads. What's even more surprising is that in this place full of death, there are still flowers on the side of the road, although these words are extremely lethal Demon Realm Flowers, but they also bring a different feeling to this Death Realm.
The City of War has been around for a long time, with guards patrolling back and forth on the thick walls, and powerful dragon knights circling in the sky. There are gates in all four directions of the war city, and each gate is extremely wide, so that even the largest creatures in the dead world can walk into the war city with their heads held high.
The City of War has four fortified castles, and although these four castles are far away from the City of War, each castle is guarded by one of the four kings whom Hekarim trusts so much. However, the city of war, which had been quiet for many years, ushered in turmoil again, and the castle of the Four Heavenly Kings was lost in just one month, Nordmora was killed on the spot, and Siglas rebelled, and what was even more frightening was that Siglas even fought back after the rebellion. Join forces with the enemy to break through the third castle! If it weren't for the fact that the location of the last castle was in front of the War City, I'm afraid that the four Heavenly Kings of Hecarim would have all been killed by this time!
The town of Hekarim guards the northeast of the Death Realm, and the news comes out. The entire Northeast was shocked, and I don't know how many tribal leaders rushed to the war city, just to know what Hecarim had planned. It's just that the enemy army that broke through the three castles did not attack the war city in one go, but based on the three castles that were breached, they began to constantly adjust their armies, and blocked all routes to the war city.
If the whole northeast is compared to a kingdom, then this Hekarim is undoubtedly the king of this kingdom. And this city of war is the national capital. Now the capital has been surrounded by regiments, although the capital has not been attacked for a while, but a lot of news can no longer be spread. The movements of the rebels are obvious. That is, to take this opportunity to purge Hekarim's forces, and to take the entire northeast into his pocket.
As the lord of the northeast, Hekarim naturally wanted to pacify the rebels at the first time, but when the northeast was in turmoil. The rest of the kingdoms are not willing to be lonely. The metal master Maude Caesar is constantly attacking the northeast, and the gravedigger Yorick is also constantly encroaching on the northeast. At this time, Hecarim was alone, and could only continue to enlist the help of the rest of the Venerables, and it is said that several Venerables had agreed to help Hecarim, a great battle. Imminent.
However, no matter what time it is, it will take a long time to conclude the covenant that will determine the entire continent. Don't say the whole continent. Just in the northeast, according to the encroachment speed of the metal master Maude Caesar and the gravedigger Yorick, it will take several years to be able to devour it cleanly, so the entire continent has fallen into a pre-storm tranquility, although the battle is about to begin, but everyone is beginning to recuperate.
War City is really extremely prosperous, even compared to some cities on the planet, but the way it breaches is a little different. In human cities, there are snacks on the roadside, there are many shops, and pedestrians will walk into the ground floor of each house, perhaps to pick out what they want, or to relax. Eating, drinking, and being merry, this is how humans rest, and although there are many undead in the dead world, it is the same here.
As soon as you enter the city of war, there are stalls on the side of the road, exercises and cheats, precious treasures, a lot of clothes and items, roadside bars and casinos, and the Colosseum and the like. It really looks like it's a town, and there's not much difference. Xiao Chao looked at everything in front of him with some doubts, in Xiao Chao's mind, this is the realm of death, even if it is in the city of war, it should be full of hidden killing machines, but now Xiao Chao finds that he is wrong, this place looks like a very ordinary city.
After thinking about it for a long time, Xiao Chao thought all this clearly. Those creatures on the outskirts of the war city, they fight each other and kill each other, after today there is no tomorrow, everything is just for survival. The city of war is different, this city has its own laws, although it will not necessarily kill people, but it will bring life safety to some weak people, and they do not have to face the shadow of death every day, which makes the creatures in the entire city of war not to survive, but to start life.
To survive is to be born and to exist. And life is to be born and live well. Two different words also represent two different ways of behaving. There are two kinds of people in the city of war, one is to fight in step by step from the outside with their own strong strength, and the other is because their parents were accepted by the city of war and were born in the city of war, and the hearts of these two kinds of people are naturally different.
Those who fought to get in wanted to become stronger, but the city couldn't kill at will. And those who have lived here since childhood, and don't know how terrible things are in the outside world, so what they have to do every day is just to enjoy life happily. These two ways of life collide to form the unique atmosphere of the city of war.
Like many first-tier cities, wanting to enter the city of war and being accepted by the city of war as a part of the city of war are two different concepts, which is like the difference between a temporary residence permit and a household registration book in a city. People who temporarily live in War City not only have many areas that they can't go to, but also have extremely low status, and most importantly, if you are not accepted by this kind of city, then even if you die, there is no law to protect you.
Xiao Chao handed over the entire army to Svein's jurisdiction, and he was a hands-off shopkeeper who ignored the government and slipped out directly. Fortunately, when he was in the army, Xiao Chao also knew a lot of information about the City of War, which made Xiao Chao not a situation where he didn't know anything. The conditions for obtaining a temporary residence permit in the City of War are very relaxed, but it is enough to have the ability to reproduce, Xiao Chao is flesh and blood, and it doesn't take much effort at all, and he directly enters the City of War.
Touching his pocket, Xiao Chao couldn't help but smile bitterly, who would have thought that the currency of this war city would be so strange. Xiao Chao originally wanted to find a random place to stay first, but when he entered a shop that looked like an inn, the troll boss actually asked Xiao Chao for a war card! Naturally, Xiao Chao didn't have this kind of thing, but Xiao Chao brought a lot of treasures with him this time. Xiao Chao didn't know the value of these treasures, so he threw one to the boss, looking at the boss's ecstatic expression, Xiao Chao knew that he had given too much. Taking advantage of the boss's happiness, Xiao Chao hurried to probably take a look at the economic situation in this war city.
It turns out that there is no currency in this war city, there is only something called a war card. No matter what you do, you can solve it by swiping the card, and the way to charge the card is to exchange it in a special place. It can be precious treasures and exercises, it can also be pledged with various items, and it can even take on some tasks to do. Then these shops in the War City are to earn these War Points, and then go to the City Lord's Mansion to exchange them, which is the survival rule of the War City.
Very good, very powerful, this is Xiao Chao's evaluation of the city of war. Exchanging countless treasures for virtual points that don't make any sense outside of War City, and then using those points to exchange them for items can make War City extremely profitable. And War City can still open all kinds of missions, and the price paid is also these virtual points, which is equivalent to getting countless laborers who don't need money, Hecarim, very good, very powerful.
Xiao Chao snorted coldly in his heart and didn't speak, he walked directly into the room prepared for him by the boss, galloping all the way, Xiao Chao was indeed more tired, Xiao Chao was ready to take a rest.
Looking at Xiao Chao's figure going upstairs, the boss's eyes showed a murderous look. It didn't tell Xiao Chao that the so-called war card was actually a certificate of recognition from War City! Only if you have a war card, you can be protected by the laws of the war city, if you don't have a war card, then you are a black household, and it is not protected by the law! Thinking of the gems that Xiao Chao took out of his hand just now, the boss snorted coldly, waved his hand to the clerk, and then whispered something, but after a few words, the clerk was shocked, and hurriedly ran out of the store. The boss stared coldly at the chaotic room, with a hideous expression on his face, the husband is not guilty, little guy, you are too careless. (To be continued......)