Chapter 16: Como Town
The night's journey was not as active as expected, no one even spoke except when necessary, the only thing that could be heard was the sound of the wind and the wheezing of the dorsal ankylosaurus, everyone wrapped their robes tightly, the wind was too strong.
On the way forward, everyone experienced two small-scale sandstorms, but fortunately, the large size of the Ankylosaurus was large enough to shield everyone from the wind and sand, and it was silent all night, until the early morning of the next day, everyone saw the red clay mountain range that could not be seen in the distance, and a huge gap was cracked in the middle of the mountain range, as if it had been split by a sharp axe.
It sounds like it's just a crevice, but that's just enough for the entire mountain range, and it's enough for dozens of dragon boats to pass through at the same time.
The soldiers set up numerous sentry posts on both sides of the laterite crevices, row after row of thick logs sharpened their tops and plunged deep into the ground, and a small town was established on the inside of the crevices, yes, built on the desert, which was what the Mangul Empire did best.
"Ladies and gentlemen, here we are, this is the Red Soil Rock Crack, the closest town to the Empire's Desperate Desert, and the most important line of defense to the outside of the Stormy Sands, where all the dragon striking ships are parked. ”
Looking at the sun that had just leaked out, Netherri turned to the crowd and said, "We will make the final preparations here, please come with me." ”
Strange to say, it is just isolated by a mountain range, and the environment on both sides is completely different, and the sand plain and the desert are completely different concepts.
Although the storm sand plain is also full of yellow sand, it is only a thin layer, usually blown from the desperate desert, and under the sand layer is the hard rock, there are hollow out crypts, damp mire, and even scattered trees, and it is not difficult to survive here with human ability.
The Desert of Despair is completely different, the wind is howling in that area, the ground is full of quicksand, and it is impossible to walk on foot, and it is in this environment that the Fengshan Dragon can exert its speed to the extreme, and the dragon boat is born because of this.
The town built under the fissures of the laterite rock was called Como, a word that means "solid rock" in the Mangul Empire, and they wanted it to be like a stone to keep all enemies trying to enter the stormy sands.
After identifying himself with the town's garrison, Nesseri brought the people into the town and went to prepare their quarters, taking the opportunity to wander around the town, resting and experiencing the local people of Mangul.
There is a famous adage on the galaxy continent, if you want to go to a place but can't get there, go to the merchant, and if you can't even do it, go to the hunter, this sentence means that a merchant dares to go anywhere in order to make money, but there are always some sinister places that even the merchant dare not set foot in, and these places are often only qualified to enter by hunters with extraordinary skills.
"Now it's the live broadcast brought to you by the first warrior of Xialan, after nearly a day of travel, we finally arrived at this place that everyone dreams of, in fact, if it weren't for the boss who was reluctant to spend money to rent foot power, we could have been faster, alas, all because we followed the wrong boss, this iron rooster ......"
In the town of Como, Nightblade and Nightfire are walking towards the town's "port", where some large wooden fences can already be seen, which have been set up to prevent the failure of the Fengshan Dragon, from here everyone can see the sails of the huge dragon striking ship in the distance, although it is still only a vague shadow.
And now the night fire is shuttling around everyone quickly, and at the same time the mouth is still gushing.
"First of all, let me introduce the purpose of our coming out this time, yes! It is to accomplish the great mission! Save mankind!"
"Now, let me introduce the personnel who participated in this operation, the one standing on my left is the big ice-faced night wind who is called 'can't speak when killed'! This person has a straight face all day long, and he is obviously a typical sullen person, but he drags it like 2580000 every day!"
"The one standing to my right is the Nightblade, known as 'the Iron Rooster that Doesn't Let Go of a Copper Coin'! This man is extremely slashing! The standard miser! It's incomprehensible! And the ...... behind me! Ahh
The nightfire did not continue, and with a scream like a pig and the roar of another man, the first memorable event since the early morning passed......
Like the harbor by the sea, the port of Como Town is also a wooden platform after another, on the other side of the platform is a quicksand area, at the end of each platform is a huge ship moored, their movement is driven by the same principle as a sailboat, and a rope ties them to avoid being carried away by the quicksand.
Ships vary in appearance and from village to village under different flags, but one of the huge ships stands out, the hull is made of iron ore, the sides of the ship are inlaid with thick delphinite, and the bow seems to be inlaid with dalcite.
"Yo, the cost of this ship must be expensive, just looking at the inlaid delachite on the hull is not less than a hundred kilograms. Night Feather looked at the big ship and exclaimed.
"Hehe, it's really a big deal, I don't know whose ship it is?" Ye Yue also smiled.
"It's the ship of Sand Town. Nightwind glanced at the ship's earthy yellow flag, on which a pair of crossed tomahawks and hammers were depicted, symbolizing strength and wildness.
"Cut, what's this, it's just a pile of broken stones, look at our ship, it's not inferior to theirs. Night Feather glanced at the big ship and pursed her lips, and walked straight to the platform next to it.
Following Ye Yu's gaze, everyone saw three antique dragon striking boats, with flags embroidered with the Xia Lan logo fluttering in the wind on the high masts.
"Is this our ship? so beautiful. ”
"It's just that it's no worse than the one in Sand Town. The crowd was talking about it.
Most of the dragon boats are made of wood, but without exception they are equipped with metal guards in key areas, and there are very few dragon boats made of large quantities of metal and ore like Sand Town.
And Xia Lan's ship is quite special, because this ship does not use a single nail except for the rings and pulleys used to fix the ropes, which are made of metal.
None of the craftsmen dared to put a ship in the desert without any metal fences, except for the craftsmen of Kasumiran, whose self-confidence came from a kind of land in Kasumari called ' Xialan ironwood's huge tree, this wood is hard, the water is difficult to soak, there is a title of ten years into the water does not sink, and the keel of the ship is made of more than a hundred years old iron tree, this wood is extremely hard, even beyond the hardness of the tree, the axe can not be cut down, the sawing is continuous, the tree grows in front of you, but there is no way to start, so it is quite difficult to process the material, and with this material to build the keel of the dragon ship dozens of meters long, the project is quite huge, not to mention the grinding, just cutting to it is hard enough.
The sail is made of deerskin by the villagers, which is not only a sail, but also the blessing of the villagers.
"Alright, it's time for us to get on board and have a final check. Nightwind snapped his gaze back and said.
"No, there's another important thing to do before then!"
When Night Wind finished speaking, Night Feather didn't say a word angrily, and then turned around and walked towards the dragon ship in Sand Town, and in the distance, the three of them could see the other two "comrades-in-arms".
"Tsk, that's a big deal. ”
"Hehe, it's worthy of being a local tyrant, I'm so sorry not to do this. ”
Under the huge dragon ship, Nightblade and Nightfire each carried an iron pickaxe in their hands, staring at the thick layer of chaffinite above their heads and smiling obscenely.
"You two are dead!"
Just as the two of them raised their iron pickaxes, Night Feather roared like a lioness out of the cage, and then both fists came out to knock down the two guys directly, and finally dragged them to the ground by the collar and walked towards Night Wind and the others.
"Hey, Nightblade!" shouted Sim and Lore as they walked towards the Dragonslayer.
When Sim saw Nightblade lying on his back like a dead pig, he immediately rushed forward, bent down, helped Nightblade up, and shouted excitedly, "Brother Nightblade, what's wrong with you? Who hurt you like this?
"What, do you have any opinions?" Ye Yu stepped forward and stared at Sim with a dark face, and said faintly, "The crazy guy you are talking about is actually me." ”
"......" Sim stared at Nightfeather blankly, and the next second he slammed Nightblade to the ground and yelled, "You bastard is crazy!
"Okay, okay, Brother Sim, don't make trouble, there are a lot of people around. Xiao Yue finally couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull Sim away and said while helping the night blade.
"Ahem. Nightblade coughed twice and said, "Brothers, the entertainment is over, now it's time for us to talk about some business, my next arrangement is ......"
Seeing that Nightblade was about to arrange the next matters, Nightfire Nightwind and a bunch of younger brothers brought by Sim immediately came over.
"......" Nightblade's brows furrowed, his facial muscles trembled, and after a long silence, he suddenly raised an iron pickaxe and shouted, "I can't bear to see these bastards show off their wealth!
"No problem, boss!" Nightfire and Sim and the other hunters immediately raised an iron pickaxe, and Nightwind hid his face, and Nightfeather rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush forward.
But at this moment, an obscene voice sounded behind Yeyue: "Hey, little girl over there, our eldest brother asked me to ask you which tavern you are the top brand, and I don't want you to have other guests tonight." ”