Chapter 143: The Capital of the Undead
When walking on the last part of the road in the canyon, the moonlight was already very dim, if it were not for the physical fitness of the professionals, if it was replaced by the eyesight of ordinary people, it would be impossible to see the surrounding scene clearly, even with the current vision of the girls, a little farther away, it looked hazy, fortunately, there was Pannis's sense of hearing and smell as a means of exploration, but there was no need to worry about the sudden arrival of danger, but it was not so convenient to walk. However, this is just a troubling situation in the canyon, and everything becomes different when the adventure party is about to walk out of the canyon.www.biquge.info
At the end of the canyon are several rugged detours, and as soon as you enter this detour, you can see a subtle light seeping in from outside the canyon, and the further you go, the more obvious the light becomes, although the intensity is still weak, but at least it will not be considered an illusion of oneself. When turning the last bend and stepping out of the canyon, everyone's eyes suddenly opened up, no longer trapped in the cramped space formed by the cliffs on both sides of the canyon, and what appeared in front of them was a vast plain. Far away from the plain, it has fallen into darkness, but on this side near the canyon, there are countless lights that are shining, and the lights are connected together, reflecting half of the sky slightly, and the light even extends to the feet of everyone next to the canyon, so that everyone is no longer troubled by the darkness.
"It's ...... A city of the undead?" Lina covered her mouth and stared at the scene in front of her with wide eyes, not just her, but everyone including Pannis, who was staring blankly at the flickering lights in front of them. The priest girl couldn't hide the surprise in her heart, and stammered: "Yuan, Yuan, it turns out that the undead can, can, and can build such a city, and it's the first time I've seen a house built by the undead in this world that doesn't belong to the bones." No, not only this world, but both worlds, I have never seen the undead build houses of other textures, and I thought they would only build buildings out of bones. ”
As Lina exclaimed, none of the buildings in sight were bone-based, and all the houses in the field of vision were made of stone. There are no walls in the city, and in this world, there is no need for walls at this stage, all the houses are built in an open area, and the stones used to build the houses are carefully beaten to the same size, and the layers are neatly stacked, and the stones are bonded together with special clay mixed with sand to make the walls made of stones strong and solid. The roof is sloping and is not made of a single stone, but a large number of small stones that gradually shrink inward in layers of staggered layers and finally seal at the top to form a closed roof. The house has windows, and thin stone strips crisscross and weave into a net-like window, through the gaps in the stone mesh, flickering lights are projected, adding a bit of vitality to the cold stone city.
All the houses in the whole city are made of stone bricks, and only the doors are bone, and it is only by relying on these bone doors that visitors can confirm that this is a city of the undead.
"There's a question I really don't understand. Lina clasped her hands on her chest, looked at this city with tens of thousands of buildings with a strange expression, sighed deeply and said: "I know, they are undead, but even so, is it necessary to build all the houses like tombs?
"Well, that's really a question worth discussing. The corners of Catherine's mouth twitched, not knowing what to answer. It is undeniable that Lina's comments are very accurate, as an adventurer, before meeting Pannis, everyone has also explored some ancient ruins, and there are also cases of straying into ancient tombs during the exploration, and the stone houses in front of them are indeed no different from tombs. In the end, the knight girl could only sigh like Lina, and said helplessly: "Well, there is always a gap in aesthetics between races, and you can't use human standards to demand the undead, maybe in the eyes of the undead, such a building can be counted as a house." Do you remember, when I was in the orc steppe, some orcs didn't think it was good to have a beautiful girl like Marcia, and maybe the undead were like that. ”
"And the times are different. Pannis, not at all, began to talk nonsense: "The undead here also lived in the Tertiary Age at the latest, and the aesthetic standards of that era were completely different from those of today, maybe the people of the Tertiary Age liked this kind of architecture." Such a tomb, no, how nice a house like this is, safe, sturdy, just perfect. ”
"Isabella said she wanted to kill you, and Tifa said the same, and for the first time they were so on the same page, I thought you might be out of luck at some point. Lina made a disdainful expression at Pannis: "Anyway, wanting to enter such a city is simply challenging the psychological endurance of normal people. ”
"Don't make a fuss, hurry up and go into the city, you're not the boring woman of Dora, are you still afraid of the tomb, no, no, no, are you afraid of a ghost jumping out of the room?" In this way, I suddenly felt that if the living and the undead could really live in peace, Dora's future life would be unimaginable, and I guess she would hate us very much. ”
"That idiot, who cares about her. Catherine rolled her eyes, pushed the reluctant Lina from behind, and walked quickly towards the city of the dead.
The closer you get to the city of the dead, the more you can see the city clearly through the lights in each room. It is an undefended city, with no walls, no guards, no patrolling soldiers, just a large number of houses in a row, and between the houses, the stone-paved streets lead to every corner of the city, making it easier for citizens to come and go. Surprisingly, these houses are not just dwellings, you can see from a distance, some of the houses have stone signs hanging at the doors, although it is not possible to read the handwriting on the signs, but from the formal point of view, these houses with signs are obviously different from ordinary houses.
"Kense, it seems, didn't tell us exactly the truth. Before stepping into the confines of the city, Catherine suddenly showed a thoughtful expression: "It is impossible for a settlement of this scale to be without commercial institutions, and the existence of similar institutions means that there will be currency circulation, and it will never be a complete barter transaction as he said." ”
He didn't say that. Freya whispered, "It's just that he didn't deny it when we thought their world hadn't developed a currency yet." ”
The former and current aristocratic girls glanced at each other, and at the same time bloomed with a smile so bright that people couldn't help but clutch their money bags.
(To be continued.) )