Chapter 9: The City of Mecca
A general outline of the city of Mecca, located in the southern part of the empire, can be seen in the distance.
A river meanders and stretches across the city of Mecca like a dividing line.
The city of Mecca is surrounded by no natural hazards, with only lush green grasslands, vast tracts of cultivated farmland and sparse woodlands on the flat ground as far as the eye can see.
The closer you get to the city of Mecca, the stronger the shock of Mecca City to Tranq, and in the distance, the slender Thames River gradually shows a majestic momentum, the river that crosses the city of Mecca, the widest is up to six kilometers, and the narrowest point is also four kilometers. If you look closely, you can faintly see hundreds of bridges spanning the River Thames.
Most ingeniously, the Bligah excavated more than 100 small channels around the city of Mecca on the basis of the wide channel of the Thames. These tiny rivers are like the meridians of the city of Mecca, making the city of Mecca more idyllic.
Tranq, who enjoyed the panoramic view of the city of Mecca, was unconsciously closer to the city of Mecca under the guidance of Minsk. Immediately after Rank's eyelids was the thick and towering walls of the city of Mecca.
At this time, Trank could already faintly see that the city of Mecca was 100 meters high, and the unusually wide city wall was set up with countless camps of all sizes, and dense imperial soldiers were stationed on the city wall.
The further forward I looked, the clearer I could see, and there were neat and orderly teams practicing in each of the different small camps.
The archers at the range practiced their archery skills, groups of spearmen stabbed at humanoid targets, swords and shields slashed at each other, and heavy shieldmen shouted forward with heavy shields in order. At the front of the city walls were a number of large war machines, and many soldiers were gathering in front of them to maneuver.
As Minsk flew forward, he kept explaining to Trunk what he saw on the walls.
Every tent, every small camp, and every big camp is stationed in the shape of a plum blossom, and there are open spaces of different sizes in the middle of them. And some of the vacant territories were depicted by the magicians and array mages of the empire, all kinds of auxiliary magic arrays, weapon and armor blessing magic arrays, defensive magic arrays, offensive magic arrays, and short-distance teleportation magic arrays.
One of the things that made Trunk most interested was the innermost part of the city wall, where there were several magic towers that were three or four times taller than the city walls.
Twelve similar towers were built on the inside of each of the walls of the city of Mecca, and at the four corners of the central palace of the city of Mecca, there were four larger and taller towers of the main towers. There are a total of fifty-two magic towers, and each magic tower has a huge guardian circle and various attack support circles carved deep underground.
In times of war, the attack circles carved under each magic tower will be a nightmare for the enemies who come to invade. Group attack magic, single attack magic, area support magic.
These high-level magics, which can be induced by low-level mages from the magic tower's magic circle, are not only more powerful and wide-ranging than the magic released by high-level mages, but also have stronger persistence and, most importantly, faster casting.
In fact, these attack magic are not the main reason why the empire spent a lot of money to build these fifty-two magic towers, the empire established these magic towers because of this guardian circle in the depths, the guardian circles in the depths of these magic towers can not only exist independently, but also under the resonance of the four main towers in the center of Mecca City, they can be combined into a super-large guardian circle covering the entire city, which the Bligh people call absolute defense.
Such a city made Trunk feel like a lion sleeping soundly in the grass, and any creature hostile to it would be suppressed and trembling by the majesty it exuded when it approached it.
The Bligh Empire will open the guardian circle every ten years to test the integrity of the guardian circle, and everyone who stayed in the city of Mecca at that time is unforgettable to this scene, for this reason, every ten years on the day the guardian circle opens, many other people in the city will come to Mecca City to watch this grand scene, the whole Mecca city can really be described as a sea of people.
When the magic circle was activated, the magic towers around the central palace slowly emitted a faint yellow light, rising towards the sky and spreading rapidly to the surrounding magic towers, at this time, the magic elements in the entire Mecca City slowly became more intense, and after a while, the guardian magic cover was already formed.
At this time, if you stand outside the shield, you will find that the entire Mecca city has disappeared from the sky between heaven and earth, and all that meets your eyelids is the vast grassland sea and the slowly flowing Thames River, and the original rich elemental aura has also disappeared.
Standing inside the city of Mecca, however, you will only feel that everything outside the shield of the city of Mecca will look a little yellowish. The river of the whole city of Mecca began to slowly become active, as if it was boiling and cheering and struggling, and there were constantly columns of water several meters high suddenly gushing out of the water, and there were water columns competing with each other in the rivers of the whole city. Compared to the water column that could be seen anywhere in the entire city, the dozens of open spaces that had been under martial law by the Imperial soldiers before the shield was opened, surrounded by people who had been secretly numb were watching around, and there were many heads shaking faintly on the surrounding high-rise buildings. Above the open space of martial law, some ground cones continue to protrude, and then retract, just like a beating pulse, the speed of the ground cone is getting faster and faster, the number is more and more, and the volume is about to be larger. The onlookers, the originally stable heartbeat was completely driven by the beating ground, time is passing, when the water column and the ground cone on the horizontal plane, more and more, higher and higher, everyone can clearly feel that the rhythm has reached the critical point, what is the breaking out of the body?
But when the mystery is about to be revealed, everyone is looking forward to this last moment. The Imperial Magic Tower's shield test is complete, and the shield begins to dissipate, and the beating slowly begins to fall back.
"Wow", the whole Mecca city echoed the wheezing and sighing of the human body, and when I saw the excitement, ** was about to come, and suddenly there was no follow-up. Although everyone had known that this would be the case with every test, everyone couldn't help but beat their hearts to the rhythm of the magic array until the test was over.
In peacetime, these towers are used by the Empire to train and train Imperial magicians. Trunk, who was looking closely at the magic tower, found that there were many rare figures around the magic tower, circling and dancing around the tower. Flying Circle - Carved on the body of the Magic Tower, it can fly freely as long as it is within the perimeter of the Magic Tower. Of course, the flight speed provided by this kind of magic circle cannot be compared with the air-breaking flight of a saint-rank powerhouse. But even that wasn't something Trunk could understand when he just came out of the Chaos Lands. It seemed that he had to enter the five major colleges as soon as possible, Trunk thought to himself.
While Trunk was secretly thinking to himself, suddenly, he suddenly felt that he was being locked in, and in an instant, the dark fighting qi on his body automatically boiled, and the sound of "whoosh" cutting vines again sounded around him.
Frank's fierce reaction startled Minsk, and he hurriedly output magic power to strengthen the vines: "Don't be nervous, relax and relax" When Trunk restrained his fighting spirit, Minsk explained, "It's the mage in the magic tower who locked us, we have reached the vicinity of Mecca City, Mecca City has a rule that any flying object must not approach within ten miles of the city wall, otherwise it will be attacked, we are about to approach this range, so we will be locked, this is just a warning, we will not be attacked."
"I see, the defense is so strong." Trank asked, "Then the city of Mecca can't fly, and why, then, I saw many transports flying towards the corner of the wall in the distance?"
"The nobles of the highest echelons of the Bligh Empire, who are able to fly or fly into the city in their own flying beasts. But even they must follow the flight route specially designated for them in Mecca City, so that they don't have to worry about being attacked suddenly, of course, they can't easily enter and exit the city along the designated route, because, once someone flies along the designated channel, there will be people from the military department in the magic tower who will immediately wait near the channel to meet and confirm their identity, after all, it is impossible to confirm the identity of the person flying at high speed so far in the magic tower. The Transport Flying Mounts, on the other hand, also have their designated fairways, with stops at all four corners of the city wall, where the Transport Mounts are parked. As for the entire Mecca city, there are also no-fly restrictions, although the requirements for entering and leaving the city are not as high, but they must also have the title of nobility, and some other empires on the mainland have titles and statuses can also obtain the flight permit issued by the city lord's office of each city, of course, compared to the nobles of their own country, the nobles of other empires and forces need to obtain this certificate The conditions required are more stringent. For example, in our Chamber of Commerce, in the imperial capital of Mecca, only the president and two vice presidents of the branch of the Blai Empire have obtained the permission certificate of the city lord's mansion. This is also because our chamber of commerce has always had a good relationship with the Bligh Empire, and if it is exchanged for other chambers of commerce and forces, at most one license certificate will be issued. Minsk patiently explained all this to Trunk.
Then he seemed to be worried that Trunk still had any questions, and then continued: "Of course, such harsh conditions are only because this is the imperial capital, and in other cities of the empire, the conditions for obtaining a permit certificate will be relatively relaxed, and after obtaining a flight permit, the most important thing to pay attention to is the flight trajectory, which must be along the street route of Mecca City." After all, if you are a baron flying around on the top of a duke's house, even the most gentlemanly nobleman will stomp his feet angrily. In addition, even when flying, it is not allowed to come within a kilometer of the inner city wall and the palace. ”
In one breath, he continued to talk about a long list of Minsk, and finally took Trunk and landed on the national road to Mecca built by the Empire.
The national highway is directly connected to the main road in the city, and there are pedestrians coming and going on the national highway, there are people riding all kinds of monsters of different sizes, there are people riding gorgeous and unusual carriages, and there are people strolling forward in twos and threes.
However, they only had a slight sympathy for Minsk and Trunk who fell from the sky, and these sympathetic lights were also attracted by Trunk with a handsome appearance, and the saint-rank warriors were completely accustomed to the people of the imperial capital. After landing, Minsk once again instructed Trunk a few words, and then said goodbye.