Chapter 43: The Burning City-State
Tree City is a city-state with a population of over 100,000. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Lin Yuan, who rode on the back of the Wyvern with Heras, recalled the information provided by Sauls.
The Thors were riding on top of the other Wyvern, and they were now heading at full speed towards Tree City in front of them.
Lin Yuan decisively put down the ghoul who was not fast enough, and let the last wyvern take care of the ghoul, while he and the others went to the destination first.
"100,000 people......"
It can be said that this place is on the edge of human culture, and the population of just one city is far beyond Lin Yuan's imagination.
"No, it's actually very reasonable. ”
Although there are many modern technologies that cannot be used in the wizarding world, the technological capabilities of this world are still similar to those of the early nineteenth century, and with the support of other city-states nearby, it is theoretically possible to survive a large number of people.
"Most importantly, this is the wizarding world. ”
The wizarding world is the breadbasket of mankind.
This point is no longer a characteristic or characteristic, but after a whole thousand years, it has become the common cognition of human beings all over the world, and it is a kind of common sense.
Crops grown in the wizarding world can be harvested in large quantities at a ridiculous rate that can ripen in a month.
"It's a harvest once a month, and it's really easy to feed a lot of people. ”
On the earth, although agriculture is as developed, the speed of the annual harvest is far less than that of the wizarding world, coupled with the problem of benefits and costs, human beings will naturally shift the focus of agriculture to the wizarding world.
More than forty percent of Earth's food supply now comes from the wizarding world.
"Fortunately, in the wizarding world, ordinary creatures do not grow rapidly, otherwise even all kinds of meat may be produced by the wizarding world......"
As for why the crops planted in the magical world can grow rapidly, humans have not yet found out the reason.
There are many people who believe that it is the characteristics of the soil of the wizarding world and the influence of magic, but there is no empirical support for it, and it is difficult to consider it a reliable conclusion.
In recent years, research has begun to slow down, and the food grown is absolutely natural and harmless, and most people do not study the principle of it.
When Lin Yuan was thinking nonsense, a man-made building appeared on the flat ground in front of him.
They had seen the outline of the city.
"That's right!
Lin Yuan was flying in mid-air, and he could also hear Sauls shouting.
As Herass said, the high and wide walls of the city were made of trees, and Lin Yuan immediately understood it from the lines on the outside.
This unique city construction is now unfortunately counterproductive.
"This fire is really burning strong......"
Lin Yuan raised his head and stared at the city in front of him, in the vast city, the bright red flames had spread to nearly half of the range, and the pitch-black smoke rising high seemed quite out of place in the beautiful scenery of dusk.
Whatever the original intention, the wooden walls accelerated the flames and made the flames even more intense.
Just looking at the raging fire on the ground gives the illusion that a high heat is coming to your face.
"Why didn't anyone come out to put out the fire? And ......"
Lin Yuan, who was approaching rapidly, found a strange place under the overlook from the air.
"No one fled...... No, it should be said that there is no trace of human activity at all. ”
The Wyvern had reached the skies above Tree City, and Heras ordered the Wyvern to descend in an open area where there was no fire.
"It's going to land. ”
Before Heras could reach the ground, she jumped from the dragon's back from a height of more than ten meters.
She landed on the ground as if gravity didn't exist.
Heras, who had turned her hands into dragon arms before she landed on the ground, was now on guard with a solemn countenance, lest the criminals who had set fire to the city come out and attack them.
The flying dragon, who had not concealed his figure at all, thought that he had already been seen, and Hera couldn't help but be more cautious.
As soon as the Souls fell to the ground, they also put up a defensive posture, guarding to observe the rest of the place.
"It's good to be careful, but I don't think it's okay to be so nervous. ”
Lin Yuan, who slowly got down from the back of the flying dragon, slowly walked towards the house on the side.
"Be careful! the inhabitants may think we are enemies!"
Lin Yuan turned his head and smiled at Sauls, who had issued a warning.
Sols saw Lin Yuan's eyes and opened his eyes wide in surprise.
"Don't worry, it's ...... in this city"
Lin Yuan pointed to his eyes where the whites of his eyes turned black.
“...... There are no more living people. ”
"What did you say!"
Lin Yuan rudely pushed open the door of the house in front of him and walked in.
At a glance, he saw the bodies of the residents who had fallen in the houses.
"This wound...... Huh?"
Lin Yuan bent down and carefully examined the two human corpses in the house.
"What do you mean by that?"
Sauls hurriedly walked in, covered in cold sweat.
"Huh? ”
Lin Yuan stretched out his hand and pulled out the knife inserted in the male corpse, and responded to Sols with some absent-mindedness.
Kitchen knife...... Lin Yuan casually threw down the murder weapon in his hand and walked to the female body on the side.
"It's impossible, do you want to say that all 100,000 people in the city are dead!" cried Thors, red-eared.
At this time, Heras, who had lifted the dragon's arm, walked in, and Rhona followed behind.
"Didn't you just see my eyes?"
Lin Yuan didn't care about the blood stains on the corpse, and felt the wound on the flesh mold on the corpse's skull with his hand.
At the same time, he glanced at the striking red blood streak on the stone table in the center of the room.
"It's a magic called the Ethereal Eye, a magic that can see life and souls, and I used it to confirm when I was in the sky. ”
Lin Yuan, who already had an estimate in his heart, wiped the blood from his hands with the clothes on the corpse.
Lin Yuan shifted the target again.
In one corner of the room, a gray cat lay on a blanket, its head cracked and covered in blood, visibly dying.
Lin Yuan looked at the wall in front of the cat, the wall was several feet high, stained with blood, and there were some minced flesh mixed with gray hair sticking on it.
"This city, there is not even a living thing. ”
He stood up and faced a slightly frightened Sauls.
Lin Yuan's eyes have returned to normal.
"There is not a single living thing, whether it is a human, a domestic animal, an animal, a bird, or even an insect......
Lin Yuan walked past the stunned Sols and strode out of the house.
"All of them are dead. ”
"It can't be!"
Rhona screamed.
"Do you mean that all the 100,000 inhabitants have died!
"Why can't it be?"
Lin Yuan sighed helplessly.
"You can't forget what magic is for, right?"
The Soulses immediately understood what he meant.
"Strategic Magical ......"
"That's right, the ultimate magic born for killing, the great masterpiece of humanity, strategic magic. ”
Lin Yuan looked in the direction of the rising smoke.
"In this city, the barrier used for protection is no longer effective, and the fact that we were able to invade so easily is the best proof, and the magister who provided the magic power for the barrier is no longer there. ”
The whites of his eyes were black again.
"It's a pity that there's no one alive anymore. ”
Lin Yuan turned his back to the few people behind him, and his lips curled.
"If I'm not mistaken, this place has been attacked by some kind of strategic magic, completely killing all living life in the city. ”