The swarthy square tower was nearly three hundred meters high, the tallest building the Shadowchaser had ever seen. The last time I encountered the underground city was eight floors, it was only about 400 meters, so you can imagine how amazing the height of the square tower was.

Slowly approaching in a vigilant formation, the closer you get to the square tower, the more you feel small, especially when you walk to the bottom of the square tower, look up at the tower body that plunges into the night sky, the majestic sense of oppression comes to your face, compared with the tower, your party is like a team of ants who are not self-sufficient, it is difficult not to rise up to worship the impulse.

Thinking of the small village they had seen in their previous vision, the lizardmen in disheveled clothes and using the most primitive stone tools, it was difficult for the shadow chasers to understand how these otherworldly creatures had built such a majestic behemoth that even the Pavatigars could not build now.

"Shuer, is there such a tall building in your hometown?" Looking up at the tower, even Mia, an elven mage who was born in the mountains and was accustomed to seeing towering mountains, could not hide her amazement.

"I haven't seen it, but I've heard of it. Shure sighed, "Legend has it that in the last era of the home world, there used to be a behemoth made of stone and metal on another main road, about three hundred and eighty meters high, similar to this one. But the building in my hometown is more difficult than this square tower, it's straight up and down. ”

"Of course, the legendary era has long since perished for an unknown number of thousands of years, and there are not even a few ruins, and people have only speculated from the excavated records. Shur obviously didn't really want to bring up the story of his hometown, and quickly changed the subject, "Maka Jalen, ready to open the door." ”

Because the square tower is exposed to the sand layer as a whole, this time you can finally walk through the door, no longer have to bother to climb to the top of the tower, think about the terrifying slope of a few hundred meters, sure enough, it is better to go to the main gate.

However, the halfling did not think so, and Macageren wept and wailed, "Chief, isn't it difficult for me, let me open this door, and you might as well smash me to death with a hammer." ”

It's no wonder he protested, the huge square tower, of course, the door is not small, but in any case, the gate more than forty meters high is also a bit too exaggerated, especially the gate is still carved from the same black stone, and the weight makes people can't bear to think about it at all.

Looking at the halfling's height of a little more than one meter, and then looking at the forty-meter-high stone gate, it seems that it is indeed difficult for him to open the door.

"It seems that it is time to show you miracles. No more embarrassing the halfling, Shul walked to the door himself, pressing his hands on both sides of the door, "I said I could open them easily, do you believe me?"

Who would believe such an exaggerated thing, but none of the shadow chasers expressed doubts.

Everyone knows the character of the captain, as long as he doesn't talk about money, he is quite reliable, he said that what can be done, there is no doubt, it can definitely be done, but the method is more unexpected.

Shuer's method is indeed surprisingly simple, with only one action, push.

Seeing that he didn't use much strength, just a slight push, the gate was opened, it was like a huge stone gate had no weight at all, behind the stone gate, the black stone road extended to the depths of darkness, a warm wind blew from the square tower, obviously buried under the sand I don't know how many years, but the air in the wind is still refreshing, and the quality is even better than that on the empty desert.

"This, this, this ......" the halfling's expression was almost distorted, and he said incoherently, "Boss, what's going on?"

"You can push it away, I wanted to give you the glory of opening the door, but you didn't accept it. Saying cool words that made the halfling regret it, Shul continued to exert his strength to leave the door completely open, and then explained, "The sudden emergence of this city is itself an invitation to us, so how can a hospitable host use two gates to stop us outside?"

"Guys, please come in. Taking two steps backwards into the dark corridor, Shur opened his arms and said to the Shadow Chasers as if he were welcoming believers at the door of the Darkmoon Temple, "Welcome to the temple of the gods of another world, don't be afraid of the darkness, the gods say, let there be light." ”

And so there was light.

Lights suddenly lit on both sides of the blackstone corridor, and pairs of oil lamps went all the way along the corridor, completely illuminating the dark interior of the building. Now you can see that the walls of the corridor are all made of black stone, and on each wall, a large number of murals are carved, and under the beating lights, the vivid drawing lines sway, making everything in the murals look like they are alive.

"Eh, did you think this was a shrine?" the active Lin Jing curiously picked at the mural for a long time, but quickly lost interest in it, "I thought it was the palace of a certain lizardman king." ”

"I thought so at first, but when I think about it, the palace and the temple don't seem to be in contradiction. In the illusion the day before yesterday, we saw that the leader of those villagers was the lizardman who presided over the sacrificial ceremony. ”

"****?" Saph poked his head out from behind Shure, obviously surprised.

It's no wonder that in the era of Pavatiga, ****, several eras have long passed. The combination of kingship and divine power may be profitable for the gods for a while, but it has too many disadvantages for the mortal world, and in order to seek long-term development, the gods have long personally contributed to the separation of the two.

"Well, so the largest and most luxurious building is the temple, and the lizardmen are both the highest nobles and the lords of the realm. Shul nodded, knocked on the wall beside him, and said, "Look at this painting, it basically says everything." ”

On the fresco to which Shull was referring, a humanoid figure wearing a crown and a stone mask on his face, wrapped in robes, stood at the top of a square tower with the lid open, his hands raised to the sky, as if praying for something, except for a few similarly dressed people standing behind him. Below the square tower, a large number of lizardmen are shown prostrate on the ground with simple lines, and it is clear that the one above is both their spiritual leader and their king.

"Well, since everyone has taken the initiative to light the lights, then don't let the hospitable host wait. Shule said with a smirk, "It's time to go in, just keep the second level of alert." ”

The shadow chasers looked at Shur in surprise, wondering why the alert level was so low this time, knowing that in the past, when entering the interior of such a strange large building, it was at least the seventh level, which was the highest level of alert, and it was the first time like this.

However, no one talked nonsense, and followed Shul into the gate, and when Moria was the last to enter, the blackstone gate slowly closed, completely separating the inside and outside.

It stands to reason that walking through the corridor will inevitably feel the cramped environment, but here is a special case, because this corridor cannot be understood as a corridor at all, it is too big.

At the same height as the gate, if you raise your head, you can't see the top clearly if you don't have good eyesight, and the width is more than ten meters, which is wider than the street outside, and can fully accommodate vehicles. I don't know what kind of fuel is used for the oil lamps on the walls, but the lights are exceptionally bright, and such a spacious environment can be illuminated clearly.

Of course, the most striking thing is the murals. Not surprisingly, the murals carved in the temple are naturally stories about kingship and divine power, and walking down the corridor, the shadow chasers feel as if they have read the history of this world.

This world is also spherical, most of the surface is covered by desert, and the strong lizard people live hard in the desert world under the protection of the four gods. Although they have to fight against the harsh natural environment and ferocious beasts in the sand sea every day, when the lizard people still grow up smoothly, from a small tribe of a few people and a dozen people, step by step to develop into a huge race of thousands of cities, covering more than half of the world, of course, the total population has not been much.

As can be seen from the frescoes, the relationship between the lizard and the gods is very harmonious, and even in a world like Pavatiga, there are still some examples of individuals betraying the gods or even proclaiming themselves false gods, but in this world, there is no disobedience and conflict between the two from beginning to end.

"Shure, here's the ...... Sandstorm?" As a believer in the God of Knowledge, Saph was more attentive than anyone else, so she was the first to notice the peculiarity of the mural, "Look at these lines, they don't look like ordinary winds. ”

"Well, it's supposed to be a sandstorm, huh? There's something in the sandstorm, and it's the undead that don't refer to it. ”

Indeed, in the sandstorm depicted in the mural, there are many strange 'creatures' looming, and they are floating in the air from the ground, and everyone can only think of those undead who fly in the wind.

"Shure, that's not the point. Saph pointed to a few places on the mural and said, "Look here, it's too small to see the exact contents, but judging from the physical appearance, these should be the undead of the lizardmen." ”

"Stop moving forward. Shul suddenly ordered, frowning and thinking for a moment, "It's not right, it's not right, Saf, you come with me, and the others are on guard." ”

Still maintaining the principle that two or more people must walk together, Shul hurried back the same way, carefully studied the mural against the wall, and after running back and forth several times, he finally stopped and called his teammates loudly: "Come here, I found something interesting." ”

"You see, from here, the mural tells a little story, no, it's not a story, it should describe a ritual. ”

"It's their idol, and everyone is prostrating around it, apparently sacrificing. Shuer's fingers slid over the mural one by one, "After the sacrifice, a large assembly was held at noon, and then a large number of civilians moved a lot of things from their homes, and look here, they are all holding things in their hands. ”

"These things are piled up in the square, and they are not placed randomly, they are neatly arranged. Mia also saw that something was wrong, "Obviously they did it on purpose, like we're stacking goods." ”

"That's right, and then ...... The sandstorm is coming, and there are things that seem to be undead in the sandstorm. Shul sighed, "Look at the next picture, the goods are gone." ”