Chapter Thirty-Nine: Seruna
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Seruna
Theoretically, in order to prevent the leakage of expensive and powerful preservatives, and to prevent the involvement of external sand and dust, Elcat is basically a completely enclosed environment.
But there are exceptions to everything. Since there are scattered undead spirits outside of Elcat, and there are undead pirates in the East Sea of Titan, it means that at least there is a place to go in and out.
When Roland was in the game, he basically never came here because he hated the sandstorms in Elcater. But even so, he still made a few trips here in order to get things like living spines and blood worms.
The merchants of Elcat, who do not want gold or silver, are even more dismissive of gems and enchanted equipment, and can only buy Elcat's things with books they don't have, big news from the outside world, and legends and secrets. If it's not for the undead, it's impossible to talk about favoritism, and you will be driven away after the transaction, and those who don't want to leave will undoubtedly pay a painful price.
In the face of a group of people who have no desires like eminent monks, even the most brilliant diplomats can hit a wall here. No matter how well they blow, at most it will be exchanged for a cold and bland "oh". This is the reason why Roland decisively ran with Arthur when the plot branched out at that time, instead of following Elukado to unify Elcat.
The artsy buildings are the elven research institutes and entertainment venues, and the pipes are the apartments and shops of the undead. Although the pipes don't look very thick, there is enough space inside to build a three-story building, even if you use one floor to open a store or something.
The elves and the undead have spent nearly a thousand years in peace. Perhaps because of the natural affinity of the elves, they have been exceptionally harmonious in the past thousand years, and there have been no large-scale conflicts. It's as if time has stood still.
However, it is not only time that has stalled, but also the development of Elcat.
A millennium ago, Elcat's technology was absolutely oppressive, even compared to the southern states. But now compared with Su Ze, its advantages are almost gone.
Whether it's the weather controller that Suzer developed a few years later, or the panacea, the Flowing Light, and the anthropomorphic golem that have already begun to be mass-produced—these are all technologies that Elcat's lack of today.
A millennium ago, Elkart was the only country with the technology to operate in space.
At a time when their city had not yet been completely destroyed by the divine radiation of the gods, a popular mode of travel within Elcater was the Teleportation Array. They are almost every 100 meters, and they place teleportation nodes like bus stops everywhere. The current way of living in a sanctuary, or chicken pen, is the result of Tyre's use of authority to detonate the heat of the sun on the ground.
It was a wonderful deterrent.
Without the protection of the Silver Queen, the Elcats were proud of their "peaceful" technology, powerless in the face of the power of the gods, and their homeland was completely destroyed in an instant. The undead suddenly woke up from their fanaticism and arrogance.
At that time, the power and divine power of nearly twenty gods mixed together and poured into the earth, causing a violent dimensional shock. Not only did it destroy Elcat's space technology, but it also completely destroyed the vegetation and eradicated greenery from the land.
At that time, the radical undead organized themselves and decided to resist, and then they were captured and thrown directly into the meat grinder to feed the horses, or burned into ashes in the heat and then used to build a wall. It turns out that without the blessing of their mentor, their combat effectiveness is no different from that of mortals, except that they are not very easy to kill.
Realizing this, some of the undead quickly succumbed.
After a lengthy bargain, they paid for a sad peace by allowing the gods to enter Elcart to preach, tearing down all the statues of the Sages and more than ninety percent of the statues of the Silver Queen, and allowing the gods to buy Elcat's technology.
No one does not want peace, they can only accept it. And the last struggle of the radical Elcats is to destroy almost all the old technology with their own hands. With the acquiescence of all the remaining undead and elves, El Carter was almost turned into a white ground in the end.
Whether it is a makeshift fortress or a town's technology, it is all in vain, just like a plundered town. The elves then create a sandstorm to hide the decaying Elcat. And the gods who have already killed the silver queen are too lazy to squeeze oil and water from this iron rooster. After that, a few more decades passed, and when the first humans all died, new cities were rebuilt from the ruins.
That's El Carter today.
Roland and Elukado walked towards the harp-like building. He didn't run into anyone along the way, but Roland's perception told him that he had been targeted by many people.
This is also inevitable. Elcat wasn't a place that was frequented, and usually only one or two people from the outside world joined a year - and eighty percent of them were wizards who were eager to live forever to continue their studies. These pseudo-undead, who call themselves lichs, do not even have the consciousness to maintain the appearance of humans, but allow their flesh and bones to rot and decay, and finally only the yellowed skeleton remains, or simply use spirit-powered simple machinery for research. Of course, this is not to say that they do not have the ability to reincarnate humanoids, and they can replace them with humanoid forms at any time if they need them - it just that they don't have the point to do so. They don't usually go out anyway.
And the person Roland is looking for is a lich.
As Roland walked underneath the building, he gently buckled the outer shell of the building and said in a clear voice, "Sorrso." (White Tower Whisper: Open the Secret Layer)"
As Roland's voice fell, the harp-like building clanged on its own. Accompanied by the slow rhythm of the music, ripples appeared in the air, and a withered yellow skull was reflected like a projection screen.
After a slight pause, an old voice came from it: "Gageter? (Password?) )”
"No password."
Roland just said calmly, "I'm Orlando." Orlando in the White Tower. ”
The other side was silent for a long time before asking, "How to prove it?" ”
"I know who you are, Oletta. You are a disciple of the Great Wizard Merlin, the original inheritor of the Fifth Tower...... Or rather, the former Keeper of Secrets. You know who I am, so you don't have to pretend. ”
Roland ruthlessly revealed the secret, but the lich did not say a word.
He just sighed softly, and without saying a word, he used white lines to instantly weave a complex teleportation array in front of Roland's eyes.
Roland and Elukado stepped in fearlessly, and when they opened their eyes again, they were already inside the enclosed complex.
"Greetings to you, Your Majesty Roland, the three-fold great."
An ordinary skeleton draped in a robe without any flashes of light bowed to Roland. Let's pay respect.
And on Oletta's shoulder, sat a green-haired girl about the size of an adult's forearm.
"I pay you my best respects—"
She asked in a crisp voice, "My name is Seruna!" Hopefully we can be friends...... My great kindred! (To be continued.) )