Chapter 33: The City of Oasis
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The moon is buried deep in the clouds, and a pale white light shoots out from the edge of the clouds, creating a brilliant halo of light on the edges, and the stars also emit a single light.
From time to time there was the sound of the branches and leaves shaking in the dense white elm forest, and the short and rapid chirping of vultures could be faintly heard from the depths of the trees, and a tranquility sprinkled in the oasis with the silver mist of moonlight.
Tall and luxuriant white elm forests grow in clusters, and the fat branches and leaves collude with each other to form a huge cloud of green mushrooms, which protrude into the green sea like an island. And at the intervals between the islands is the territory of poplars, palms, and poplars, which are tall, straight, heat-resistant trees that occupy most of the forest, and the shortest ones are more than thirty yards long, like straight sticks, rising from the ground.
In the forest, several groups of figures were sneaking through the lush and crowded bushes, touching the depths of the hidden oasis.
Ga ——!
As several bustards flew up, Kara's figure fell from the canopy of a poplar tree, walked up to Yare, and whispered:
"This oasis is much larger than we imagined, and judging from the area of the green forest, I am afraid that it can accommodate more than one tribe. There is a man-made forest path ahead, and if you follow it, you should be able to see the Tamina tribe. ”
"Lead the way. ”
The black-haired knight nodded, glanced at the dense forest in front of him, turned around and waved his hand behind him:
"Full speed ahead. ”
After saying that, several teams of Scourge Knights immediately shouldered the salute and guide, let go of their legs, dragged out dozens of trailing afterimages, followed the galloping Kara, and began to move at high speed in the woods.
Suddenly there was a crackling sound of branches and leaves breaking in the forest, and the frightened flock of birds above the forest sea was like a lit fuse, and it quickly burned to the path deep in the oasis.
After passing through the man-made forest road, the trees suddenly become diluted, and the wide, smooth rammed earth road leads into the distance, in front of a gray-green wall.
"There are walls in the city, is this still a tribe?" muttered someone in a low voice.
"As long as you can afford it, the mage can build you a city in a few days. Someone immediately choked him.
"That is, the natives also have their own shamans, and it is not difficult to build a city wall. The other chimed in.
"Vomit !!"
The two guides opened their mouths and vomited, and now they stepped on a soft step, and one of them was helped forward by a Scourge Knight, who was about to stop and vomit after a few steps.
The group slowed down and walked towards the city deep in the desert.
The city is built in a basin deep in an oasis and spreads inward along a gentle slope. The gray-white walls are circled along the edge of the basin, and there are trumpets at the top to collect rainwater. At intervals, there was a tall tower of arrows rising from the ground, and in the lookout stood natives dressed in twos and threes, with scimitars and bows pinned to their waists, and dressed in rudimentary leather armor.
When the guards spotted their group, they immediately shouted a few words of local dialect condescendingly.
Without waiting for the two guides to finish vomiting, Yalei pushed them to the front of the group, and the guides began to talk to them sickly with sallow faces.
Roughly speaking, we are not hostile, we only came here to buy supplies, understand the local rules, and I hope you will let it go soon. The native guards listened to them and muttered on the walls for a while, when they saw a coolly dressed native girl walk out of the arrow tower.
She is tall and well-built, with pale brown skin, delicate eyebrows and eyes, and obvious mixed-race features. The arms were wrapped in white bandages, and the brown leather armor only covered the ribs, revealing the clear waistcoat line of the abdomen.
The status of the native girl seemed to be very high, and when she stood by the wall, the guards around her closed their mouths and consciously took a few steps back.
She stared at everyone for dozens of seconds with a pair of eyes, her gaze stayed on the black-haired knight, and she spoke in standard Rosevia:
"The weakest of your group is also stronger than the strongest warriors of our tribe. I don't believe you're here to exchange supplies, to be honest, otherwise...... Even if we can't defeat us, we will resist to the death!"
I didn't expect a girl from an indigenous tribe to have such an eyesight, and she could see the reality of everyone at once, and this situation at this moment made them a little embarrassed.
"We have no ill will. ”
Yalei is a person who is not invulnerable, and his bottom is pierced, but he seems to be innocent:
"The purpose is to buy a treasure, and the price will definitely please you, so I want to meet your highest ranking here, and he has what I want. ”
"You want to see my father......" The native girl's eyes flashed with a cold light, and she asked in a calm voice:
"My father has a lot of treasures, which one do you want?"
"The daughter of the original chief. ”
When the black-haired knight heard that she was the daughter of the native chief, he immediately felt much more relaxed, and replied kindly:
"All I want is the Blade of Time. ”
"The Edge of Time ......"
The native girl frowned at her slender eyebrows, bit her lip, glanced at him uncertainly, and then lowered her neat bangs, and said without emotion:
"I don't believe anyone would come here for something like this, either to prove your sincerity, or to turn away now. ”
"I am still willing to stand here and talk to you, that is, the greatest sincerity. ”
The blood light in Yalei's eyes flashed suddenly, an impatient expression appeared on his face, and his voice gradually turned cold:
"If I had bad intentions, your Tamina tribe would have been a sea of blood, and the entire city would have burned to ashes in flames. Now show your sincerity and take me to your father, or I will go directly to him. ”
"You!"
The native girl raised her eyebrows, frightened and angry, her full chest began to rise and fall rapidly, and her hanging hands were clenched into fists, staring at him with a pinprick look.
The guards also seemed to sense that something was wrong with the atmosphere, and roared a few times, and drew their bows and arrows, and pulled the strings with arrows, and the arrows were aimed at the people below the city walls.
The knights looked at them with caring eyes, unusually calm, even if they didn't open their armor, let these toy arrows shoot for hours, they might not be able to shoot through the protective body.
"You don't have a choice. ”
Seeing that the other party had been silent, the black-haired knight knew that she was engaged in a strong ideological struggle, so he immediately added to the fire: "Or...... You want to see them all die in front of you?"
The native girl's breath stagnated, and sure enough, she was shaken, and immediately screamed in the local language, ordering them to lay down their weapons, and then looked at him through gritted teeth, and scolded fiercely:
"Despicable and shameless man!"
After scolding, she obediently instructed her subordinates to open the door and let them go immediately.