Chapter 12: Dawning Harbor
Dawn Harbor is a huge port built 326 years ago on the edge of the continent, 1,200 kilometers north of the City of Truth.
Nearly 800 meters tall, a watchtower towers over the harbor and is known to wizards as the Tower of Dawn.
From afar, the Tower of Dawn resembles a mountain in the harbor.
Because it is so tall, wizards have to spend a considerable part of their energy every few years to carry out a comprehensive inspection and maintenance of the reinforcing witch circle inside to prevent the Tower of Dawn from collapsing.
It was undoubtedly troublesome, but none of the wizards had any doubts about the necessity of the Tower of Dawn's existence.
- Despite being in the past tense, at the time, the Tower of Dawn was a beacon for the expeditionaries.
The environment on the sea is not comfortable, the chaotic and huge magic and spiritual fields are constantly disturbing the use of witchcraft by wizards, and the excessive water element causes the effect of other types of elemental witchcraft to be greatly reduced here.
And that's just part of it, what is really dangerous is a large number of demonic beasts lurking under the ocean and birds and monsters that fly down from the sky from time to time.
Unlike the demonic beasts on land, the demonic beasts in the sea are not only extremely large, but also often exist in groups.
And most importantly, it's extremely easy to get lost in the ocean.
It can be said that before the magnetic needle compass for direction was created, every expedition was an adventure of life and death for the participants.
This is why the Tower of Dawn existed in the first place, even at night, as long as it lit up the illuminated sorcery engraved on it, it could instantly make people hundreds of kilometers away notice the light it emitted.
In the early days of the expedition, the existence of the Tower of Dawn can be said to have played an extremely important role.
Although the wizards' methods no longer need the guidance of the Tower of Dawn, the wizards chose to preserve it and maintain it regularly for various reasons.
Even if it doesn't work as a guide, it's a good idea to use it as a watchtower to monitor and prevent the waves of monsters that erupt from the ocean.
The seaside is different from the interior, and at a certain time, a large number of hordes of demonic beasts will swim from the sea to the shore.
A Tower of Dawn is fine as long as a few wizards are stationed there, but if a city is really built by the sea, with the current methods of wizards, unless all wizards put down everything else, it is impossible to hold on.
Therefore, unless you have mastered the method that can easily destroy tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of transcendental-level magical beasts, it is definitely not a wise choice to establish a city by the sea.
Of course, the wizards themselves are indeed trying this kind of thing, in the past two hundred years, at the suggestion of the great wizard, the wizards will choose the time when the sea monsters come ashore from time to time, and go to the port together to test their research on a wide range of destructive witchcraft, and collect a lot of valuable data from it.
Because of this measure, even in recent decades, there have been a lot fewer Warcraft, and although most of them are not rational, they have the instinct to survive.
When the instinct that they would suffer a devastating blow if they were close to the shore was imprinted in their veins, they naturally did not crowd to the mainland in a hurry, but chose to go ashore on some of the more remote islands for breeding or other activities.
That's why, 50 years ago, the Great Wizard began to allow the people of the City of Truth to come together to welcome the Battle Wizards who returned from the expedition.
Although it is not possible to defend against every wave of Warcraft, if it is only one Warcraft tide, the wizards are sure that they can easily protect everyone.
Of course, if you are safe to think about it, if the expedition returns to coincide with the season when the Warcraft tide hits, ordinary people and wizard apprentices are usually not allowed to come together.
"Teacher, is that the Tower of Dawn?"
In the air, Ovilia poked her head out of the small window of the carriage and asked excitedly as she looked curiously at the huge tower that stood perpendicular to the ground in the distance.
"Well, that's the Tower of Dawn, the symbol of an expedition that has been around for over three hundred years, and it was built exactly the year I was born."
Furren replied, looking at the tower in the distance, his eyes flashing with a hint of remembrance.
In the more than ten years since he was born and grown, the entire City of Truth has been in an extremely active atmosphere every day.
The birth of transcendent wizards, the establishment of the Tower of Dawn, the beginning of expeditions, and the discovery of various major theories......
In what era, it seems that every day will have a new change, and Fren sometimes even thinks that the reason why he was so obsessed with studying the new runes when he was young may also be inseparable from the environment and atmosphere when he grew up.
Although it looked like there was still a considerable distance, in fact, it didn't take long for everyone to come to the vicinity of the Tower of Dawn.
After all, the flight speed of the Gray Wing Beak is said to be slow, but that is relative to the wizard's average speed of 200 meters per second, if you don't use the wind element witchcraft to dissolve the resistance, the wind pressure alone is not something that ordinary humans can afford.
"A lot of people ......"
The little girl looked down, at the black crowd standing at the port, and opened her mouth slightly.
"After all, the opportunity to welcome the return of the Battle Wizard is rare, and everyone probably doesn't want to miss it."
Mo Ya said with a chuckle, looking at the crowd below, secretly estimating in his heart.
He glanced at it, and there were about 70,000 people below, which meant that most of the people in the City of Truth had rushed over today.
From this point of view, the influence of the battle wizard in the hearts of the people of the City of Truth may be much more far-reaching than he imagined.
"Aren't we going down and waiting?"
Seeing the gray-winged beak land on the flying platform of the Tower of Dawn, the little girl asked curiously.
"No, this is originally a waiting point specially prepared for official wizards, not only suitable for waiting, but also can better see the surrounding situation and prevent accidents."
Flon shook his head, looked at Ovilia, and explained.
"The official wizard is here not only to greet him, but also to maintain order, Ovillia, standing on a high place has to shoulder the responsibility of this position, do you understand?"
Hearing this, Ovilia nodded earnestly.
Several people stood on the platform, looking at the crowd below and the sea level in the distance, and after waiting patiently for a while, the little girl began to unconsciously put her little hand into the basket containing desserts on the side.
"Teacher, Sister Sarah, how long will it take for them to come back?"
"The Great Wizard told me that he would be back today, and he might have to wait a little longer, but don't worry too much, the Great Wizard has already gone to pick them up before us."
Fren deliberately comforted Ovilia, and at this moment, Lumina on the side suddenly raised her head, looked in a certain direction, pointed from afar, and said:
"Mother, they seem to have arrived, right over there."
When they heard this, they all looked in the direction that Lu Mina was pointing.
It's afternoon, the light is already a little dim, and the sea is covered with a thick fog that makes it difficult to see farther away.
The sound of the tide constantly sounded, gently clapping in everyone's ears.
"Something seems to be the sound."
Ovilia said suddenly, her little ears flapping slightly, and then a look of doubt flashed in her eyes.
When several people heard this, their expressions moved slightly, and they listened attentively.
As if in response to Ovilia's words, the next second, everyone heard a voice.
Call...
Call... Call...
Like a huge air current, like a heavy gasp.
Immediately afterwards, an incomparably huge black shadow suddenly broke through the mist, carrying a huge wave, breaking through the waves, and appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
"That's ......"
Mo Ya looked at the things in front of him, his breath stagnated slightly, and the eyes of Fu Lun and Yamu on the side were also shocked.
Not only them, but everyone present was stunned at this moment.
They looked at the behemoth in front of them and fell into a brief silence, as if they had forgotten to breathe.
"The Grand Wizard told me that they had found something to replace the ship on the way, but it ......"
Flon muttered, a look of shock in his eyes.
I saw in front of everyone's eyes that it was a huge demonic beast shaped like a turtle, no, if you only look at it from the side, I'm afraid you won't be able to tell that this is a demonic beast at all.
The huge figure of nearly ten kilometers wide made it look like a small island entirely, and if it weren't for the figures standing on the towering hideous heads, I am afraid that the crowd would have been in chaos.
"I remember the Great Wizard mentioned this guy's name in the past, but I didn't expect him to actually tame this thing."
Furlen muttered, saying the name of the monster in front of him.
- Mythical Monster: Sea Covered Dragon Turtle.