They are lined with tall trees that are golden all year round. These roads lead to the seven gates of the old city walls and the harbor to the north.

Even these gates are masterpieces of architectural history, each flanked by pairs of minarets that are almost 300 feet tall. The old city walls were once carved with elaborate wall carvings that tell the story of the Palanzas in the dreamy age.

Beyond the old city walls is the new city. The new town has been carefully designed to match the original building, extending outwards with the same circular design with the same wide avenues. However, there are no walls outside the new city. The Paranzas did not like the city walls (which would ruin their overall design), and over the years, all the buildings in the new city and the old city had to be built with the overall design in mind. The silhouette of the city of Paranzas at sunset is as beautiful as the city itself, with one exception. Tess' thoughts were interrupted by a rude poke from behind by Flint.

"What's wrong with you?" the Kanderman asked rhetorically as he faced the dwarf.

"Where are we?" said the dwarf, with his hands on his hips.

"Hey, we're ......" Tess looked around. "Hu...... Here it is, I think we ...... On second thought, it doesn't seem to be. He glared coldly at Flint. "How did you get us lost?"

"Me?!" the dwarf thundered. "You're leading the way! You're looking at the map. You say you know the city like you're walking in your own backyard!"

"But I was just thinking about things. Theis argued.

"What do you want?" exclaimed Flint.

"I'm thinking about something very important. Theis said innocently.

"Oh, forget it," Flint muttered to himself, as he began to survey the streetscape around him. He didn't really like the atmosphere around him.

"It's kind of strange here," Tess said excitedly, just as he said what the dwarves were thinking.

"It's empty everywhere – unlike the rest of Paranzas. He looked expectantly at the empty houses lining the street. "I don't know if it's-"

"No, I can't. Flint said. "Absolutely not. We're going back the way we came—"

"Oh, please!" said Tys, walking towards the empty street. "Just walk a little bit more and see what's down there! You know Lolana told us to look around and see what was going on in the gatehouse of his house. ”

"Defense system. Flint reluctantly followed the Kander, muttering to himself. "There's no way there's any fortification here, you pig-headed. This is the very center of the city! ”

"There is no wall outside the city. Tess said triumphantly. "Anyway, there is no new town, and if it is the very center, then why does it look so empty? I think we should find out why. ”

Flint snorted. The Kander had some point, and the thought made him suddenly feel that he might be a little dizzy, and that he should find a place to lie down and rest. The two of them walked silently for a few minutes, deeper and deeper into the very center of the city. On the other side, just a few blocks away, is the palace of the lord of Paranzas. From here, they could clearly see its magnificent minaret. But what they saw in front of them was not at all clear, and everything was hidden by shadows......

Tess peered through the window, poking his head past every house.

Before the Kander could speak, he and Flint had already walked to the next street corner.

"I don't know if you've noticed, Flint—" said Tess uneasily, "the houses are all empty. ”

"Scrapped. Flint said in a low voice. The dwarf rested one hand on the battle axe and looked nervously in the direction of Theis's voice.

"This place feels a little weird," Tess dodged the dwarf. "I'm not afraid, can I trouble you-"

"I'm scared," Flint said in a particularly strong tone. 'Oh, people, hurry up, Lutes looked at the tall buildings to their left and right. They are all very well preserved. The city of Paranzas is so proud of its interior landscape that it even spends money on the restoration of these abandoned buildings. There are all kinds of houses, shops, and houses, and the structure is still very complete.

There is no garbage or waste on the street. But all the houses were empty. It must have been a very prosperous area, and the Kanders thought that it was right in the middle of the city. Why isn't it now? Why is everyone leaving? It makes him feel that something is "not quite right", and there are very few things on Claes that make the Kander feel "not quite right".

"There's not even a rat here!" Flint muttered to himself. He grabbed Tess by the arm and pulled him hard. "We've seen enough. ”

"Oh, please," Tess pulled his hand away, and he suppressed the feeling that "something wasn't right," straightened his little shoulders and walked down the pavement again, and after a few steps, he realized that he was alone. He stopped in exasperation and looked back. The dwarf stood on the sidewalk and stared at him.

"I'll only walk to the trees at the bottom of the street," Tess said, pointing, "but ordinary oaks." Maybe it's a park or something. We can't figure out if we can have lunch over there—"

"I don't like this place!" Flint said stubbornly. "It reminds me...... Remember...... The Dark Forest - the place where Reslyn chatted with a group of goblins. ”

"Oh, you're the only freak here!" said Tess exasperatedly, deliberately not thinking it really reminded him of that place. "It's still very bright. We're in the middle of a city, and for Leoaks' sake—"

"Then why is it so cold here?"

"It's still winter!" the Kanders shouted as they waved their arms. He immediately fell silent, for he noticed that his voice echoed in a strange way through the empty streets. "Are you coming?" he said, lowering his voice.

Flint took a deep breath. He frowned, grabbed his tomahawk, and walked towards the Kander, looking around with worried eyes as if the ghosts would suddenly jump out of the house.

"It's not winter," the dwarf said, purssing his lips. "Only here is like winter. ”

"It's going to be spring in a few weeks," replied Tess, reluctantly glad that something was going on, and he forgot that something was going on in his chest: it seemed to be starting to knot inside.

But Flint won't go on with it, which is a bad omen. The two of them walked quietly on the Taihang Road until they reached the next street entrance. From here, the houses were replaced by dense woods. As Qin Si said, it looks like it's just an ordinary oak bush. Although they may be the tallest trees that dwarves and Hand people have seen in all this time on Klaes.

But as the two got closer, they felt the tooth-chattering chill begin to grow, even more aggressive than they had ever experienced in the glacier.

The reason it feels so strong is that it comes out of the body, and it doesn't make any sense!

Why is it so cold in this part of the city? The sun is shining and there is not a single cloud in the sky. But their fingers soon became stiff and numb. Flint could no longer hold his tomahawk and was forced to put it back on his back with trembling hands. Tess' teeth began to chatter, his pointed ears were not felt at all, and his whole body trembled violently.

"I-we-we're fast-quick-leave-get out of here-"

These stammering words came out of the dwarf's developed lips.

"I—we—no, no, no, no, but stand—stand underneath the shadow—the shadow. Theis almost bit his tongue. "I, I, I—we—only—as long as the sun is too much—too much—the sun will be warm—warm. ”

"Gram-gram-Klein no-no-no - no fire can—to drive this cold—this chill!" Flint roared, pacing his legs incessantly, trying to restore blood circulation to his feet.

"Only—just a few more steps......" Theis staggered forward, his knees beginning to disobey, but he kept going. He turned around and saw that Flint seemed frozen and unable to move. His head was bowed, and his beard was shaking.

I should have gone back, Fence thought, but he couldn't. The curiosity that drove him was a major reason for the rapid decline of the Kander's population.

Theis walked to the edge of the bushes, where his heart nearly stopped. The Kandes are usually immune to fear, so only the Kandes are able to go this far. But now Theis is also beginning to find himself a captive of some kind of unjustified, unjustified fear. The root of it all is in the bushes.

They were nothing more than ordinary trees, Tess told himself with a shudder. I've spoken to the ghosts of the Dark Forest. I've faced three or four dragons. I've broken a Dragon Ball. It's just an ordinary tree. I was once locked up in a castle by a wizard. I've seen demons from hell. It's just an ordinary tree.

Slowly, to himself, Tysokhov approached the oak tree inch by inch. He hadn't gone far, not even over the ring of trees on the periphery of the woods. Because he could see the center of the woods now.

Tysohov swallowed, turned around, and ran.

Seeing the Kanders running back deadly, Flint knew it was all over. Something terrible was about to emerge from the woods. The dwarf hurriedly turned around, but fell to his own foot in a hurry and fell on the sidewalk. Tysokhov ran to him, grabbed him by the belt and pulled him up. The two of them ran frantically through the streets, and the dwarves could almost hear the footsteps of the monsters behind them, so they ran as hard as they could. The drooling image of the monster made him dare not stop until his heart was about to jump out of his chest. Finally they ran to the end of the street.

The weather was warm. Sunny.

They could hear the voices of living people coming from nearby streets. Flint paused, gasping for breath from exhaustion. Looking back at the street in fear, he was surprised to find it empty.

"What monster do you see?" his heart pounded, and he managed to find the opening.

The faces of the Kandes were deadly pale. "One-one-tower......" Tyse swallowed, panting.

Flint opened his eyes wide. "A tower?" the dwarf repeated. "I've run so far and I'm almost exhausted, just for a tower! I don't think—" Flint squinted at him, "the tower is chasing you?"

"No—no," Theis admitted. "It's—it's just standing over there. But it was the scariest thing I've ever seen in my life. Kander said in a low mood, trembling all over.

"That's the Tower of the Archmage," the lord of the city of Paranzas told Lolana, and the two of them were in the map room of the palace on a hill that night, overlooking Paranzas. "No wonder your little friend is so scared. I was amazed to be able to walk to the place in the Huken Grove. ”

"He's a Kande. Lolana replied with a smile.

"Oh, no wonder. "That explains everything.

"One thing I hadn't thought of before, hiring Kander people to work over there. We have to pay a staggering amount of money every year to hire humans to come into that place and repair the building. But—" the lord looked suddenly disappointed, "I don't think the townspeople would be happy to see a large crowd of Kanders. ”

Amosas, lord of the city of Paranzas, was pacing back and forth on the marble floor, his hands clasped in front of him. Lolana walked beside him, cautiously, afraid of stepping on the beautiful dress that the Paranzas insisted she was wearing. They were very kind to provide her with clothes as gifts. But she also understood that they couldn't stand a princess of Quelinasti walking around in bloodstained, tattered armor. Lolana had no choice but to accept, she could not risk angering the only Paranzas who could help. But without a sword or armor by her side to protect her, she felt as if she was naked and defenseless.

She also understood that the generals of the army of Paranzas, the temporary commanders of the knights of Kinlanya, the other nobles, and the senators in the city council were the ones who made her feel defenseless. Everyone's eyes kept reminding her that to them she was nothing more than a woman pretending to be a warrior. Indeed, she did a good job. She's won her little war c now, it's time to go back to the kitchen......

"Was that the Archmage's Tower before?" asked Lolana suddenly. After communicating with the Lord of Paranzas for a few weeks, she learned something. Although he is quite wise, his mind habitually diverges to other places, and he needs to be constantly reminded to keep the topic on the original goal.

"Oh, yes, you can see it through this window, if you really want to-" The lord looked reluctant.

"I'd love to see it. Lorana said calmly.

Amosas shrugged and walked to a window that Lolana had noticed earlier, with the peculiarity of being covered with a thick curtain. The other curtains in the room were lifted to allow her to breath-taking views of the city in every direction.

"That's right, that's why we closed the curtains," the lord sighed in response to Lorana's question. "It's a shame too. According to records, the most beautiful scenery in the city was previously visible from this direction. But that was before that tower was cursed—"

The city lord shuddered and pulled the curtain open, with a regretful expression on his face. Surprised by his expression, Lolana looked out cautiously and involuntarily gasped. The sun is slowly setting under the snow-capped peaks, and purple and red clouds fill the sky. The vibrant colors shine on the rare translucent marble that was used to build the city of Paranzas, reflecting the fading light. Lolana had never imagined such a beauty in the human world, which reminded her of her beautiful hometown of Quelingnasti.

Then her gaze was drawn to the only shadow in the beautiful shadow. A lonely tower stands in sight. Its height is so high that even though the palace is built on a hill, the top of the tower is still only slightly lower than their position. Constructed of black marble, the tower contrasts with the surrounding snow-white sky. It can be seen that there used to be many small minarets on top of the smooth tower, but now they have all crumbled and shattered. The black windows, like empty eye sockets, look at the world aimlessly. The tower was surrounded by a fence, which seemed to be black around it, and on the gate of the fence, Lolana saw something fluttering in the wind. For a moment, she thought it was a giant bird trapped, as it looked like it was alive. But just as she was about to open her mouth to ask the lord of the city, he shuddered and closed the curtains.

"I'm sorry. He apologized to her. "I can't stand it. It's horrible. Thinking that we have lived with this landscape for centuries......"

"I don't think it's that scary. Lolana said earnestly, remembering the tower and the city in her mind's eye