Chapter 13 Pendulum City and the Aborigines (I)
In the Solal plane, a place called Pendulum City, a caravan is slowly entering the city at this time.
The name Pendulum City comes from a thousand-year-old clock tower, which sits at the entrance to the port and is the symbol of the city.
Thousands of years ago, Pendulum City was a penniless fishing village until a great explorer came and discovered its location.
Merchants then came to the small fishing village, and in the decades that followed, a new port city was established.
In honor of the great explorer, people erected this thousand-year-old clock tower at the entrance to the port.
For the people of Pendulum City, the most important thing is not money, nor power, but time. Because it was only after the concept of time came to an eye that people understood the meaning of efficiency.
It is precisely because of this efficiency that Pendulum City will become a famous trading city at home and abroad.
The scale of the caravan entering the city was very large, and in order to ensure that the caravan could enter the city smoothly, the captain of the garrison directly allocated a city gate to the caravan as a special passage for the caravan.
Although this act disturbed the order of the city gate and caused a lot of commotion, no one dared to glare at the caravan.
Because the name of the caravan is Tulip, and it is one of the three major forces in Pendulum City, even if the caravan runs rampant in the city, no one will dare to accuse anything.
As the steward of the caravan, Thor is also a well-known upper-class figure in Pendulum City. However, he was not in the caravan at this time, but accompanied the four cloaked men with a courteous face.
Seeing that the Cloaked Man was very interested in Pendulum City, Thor gushed about the history of Pendulum City.
It's no wonder that Thor is so attentive, he has power, status, and money, but he has no power, and the four weirdos in front of him who wrap themselves in cloaks have terrifying power.
Since the appearance of the invaders, the plane of Solal has become turbulent, but what Thor cares about... Not an invader, because it is rumored that if you don't resist the invader's rule, you won't be slaughtered.
As a Solar, Thor doesn't care who the ruler of the plane is, because no matter who rules Solar, they need a group of people to manage and maintain the operation of the plane.
It's just that... Since the appearance of the invaders, some kind of truth cults, delusional organizations, and other bulls, ghosts, snakes, and gods have sprung up overnight.
Among them, there are some organizations that have been inherited for thousands of years, and the major empires have been in chaos since then.
Of course, Pendulum City is not immune, but the forces entrenched in the vicinity of Pendulum City are not a powerful cult, but a group of robbers and thugs who fish in troubled waters, and many people who have spied on the wealth of Pendulum City.
In the face of such large-scale chaos and turmoil, Pendulum City has also been hit like never before, after all, the prosperity of Pendulum City is based on trade, so there would be no Pendulum City without trade.
As the largest chamber of commerce in the pendulum city, and one of the three major forces, the Tulip Chamber of Commerce has an unshirkable responsibility to ensure the prosperity and stability of the pendulum city, because the pendulum city is the foundation of the Tulip Chamber of Commerce.
Therefore, despite knowing that Pendulum City has been surrounded by hungry wolves, the Tulip Chamber of Commerce is still maintaining trade, and Thor is the one entrusted by the Chamber of Commerce with the task of managing the caravans that travel far away.
In fact, as long as the size of the caravan is large enough and the strength of the guards is strong enough, then the bandits and thugs entrenched around Pendulum City are not to be feared.
It's a pity that the huge scale, although it can deter the young, but it also brings a lot of inconveniences, such as... It is impossible to hide your whereabouts, for example... Slow movement.
So, on the way back, the caravan encountered an ambush.
Ambushing the caravan's... Not only robbers and thugs, but also cultists. When a Sanctuary-level cultist began to slaughter caravan guards, Thor despaired.
Cultists are different from robbers and thugs, robbers and thugs are just for money, so killing is just a means.
Cultists, on the other hand, take pleasure in brutality and killing, perhaps for the sake of a little fame, and carry out massacres... Or bloodied towns and villages, where wealth is nothing more than an incidental item.
So Thor knew that the cultists wouldn't let the caravan go, even if they handed over all their wealth, it wouldn't be possible!
Otherwise, as a strong person who has stepped into the transcendent, why should he do the things of robbers? If you just crave wealth, then any extraordinarily strong person will be treated like a guest by the pendulum city.
Just as Thor is in despair, four cloaked men appear, and afterward... It can be described as a peak loop.
The sudden appearance of the cloaked man was directly attributed to the caravan reinforcements by the cultists, so the cultists of the Holy Domain, who were like killing gods, walked towards the four of them with a hideous face.
It's just that the cloaked man's reaction was very cold, and only one of the women raised her hand and shot an arrow, and then shot the head of the cultist in the Holy Realm.
The headless corpses of the cultists in the Sacred Realm swept the entire battlefield into silence, and then the bandits, thugs, and cultists who besieged the caravan scattered in panic like birds and beasts.
Thor was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses at the call of his assistant.
Thor then left all his business behind and stayed by the Cloak Man with all his might. Because compared to the strength of the cloaked people, the goods carried by the caravan are too insignificant.
If these cloaked people can be left behind, maybe Pendulum City will have a chance to survive this turbulent era......
Just as Thor was thinking about his thoughts, a gentle voice rang in his ears.
"Is there any special city in this direction?"
Thor looked at the cloaked man who spoke, and his expression was even more awe-inspiring, because the female archer who killed the cultist of the Sanctuary in seconds had called the cloaked man his master.
Looking at the direction of the cloaked man's finger, Thor thought for a while before replying, "If you want to say something special..., the Demon City was built in this direction, but because of the Blood Sacrifice Altar, we all call it the City of Sacrifice." ”
At the mention of the Demon City, Thor's face suddenly flashed with bitter hatred, but it was quickly covered up by him.
Although thousands of years have passed, the seeds of hatred are still preserved, but most of them have been buried in the hearts of the Solars.
"The altar of blood sacrifices? What do you mean... Death of the gods? ”
As he spoke, the cloaked man removed his hood, revealing a face that was both young and somewhat majestic.
Thor, on the other hand, was even more humble, bowing his head deeply before replying, "Yes, my lord, it is the death of the gods." ”