Chapter 40: Dead City
Antioch is so dead that it is hard to believe that it was once a prosperous port city. Expeditionary knights from all over the West landed here, and people of all faiths could do business. She went to the Governor's Palace
, it’s so splendid and magnificent that I wish I could have used all the patterns on the floor tiles. This is not even the most luxurious building in the city.
How long did it take to go from extreme prosperity to absolute silence? She didn't dare to think about it, and she didn't want to think about it. Christina witnessed the whole process of the giant breaking out of the ground and destroying the dungeon, and related everything that happened later, the appearance of the giant and the silver dragon and
Everyone is involved.
...I invited Genis to stay. After carefully recalling what the Ghost King did to Genis, Christina became more and more certain that what happened in the dungeon was a summoning ceremony.
Although the dark elf kept saying "I can do whatever you want if you bring that thing back" and acted all-inclusive, everyone was not worried about Zach staying alone, and they also felt that only one or two people could not see it.
A resident mage, not to mention a scheming underground dweller.
Doubts came and went, so we had to go out in full force. After completing the task, we also kept an eye on the black skin.
The fierce battle in the air left a deep impression on people. The elf carefully moved out of the hiding place step by step. Before the sun could reach her body, she quickly looked up and found that the giant was just as Duncan said, standing still and stupidly.
, like a twisted mountain.
"I told you earlier." Duncan, who was walking at the end, suddenly said something. The dwarf's voice was too abrupt on the ruins. Christina was so shocked that she turned back to glare at him and told the dwarf to shut up.
The good nephew of the High King's advisor shrugged nonchalantly, and fixed his eyes on Zach's back again, regaining his previous viciousness. He just looked at it, and Duncan had to touch the dagger on his waist.
The stubbornness of dwarves includes their views on people, not to mention that the black skins who live underground often have disputes and even fights with the dwarves who also occupy the dungeon.
Christina is an eastern elf, and her dislike of her black-skinned relatives comes from childhood stories and the subsequent green-skinned conquests. Together, they are not even a fraction of Duncan's. Once the dwarves have a problem with someone, they can take it to the coffin.
Aura volunteered to open the way in front. She seemed uncomfortable with losing the repeating crossbow. The elf saw her reach for her belt several times and then take it back several times, as if her treasure was still hanging there.
But no matter what, Aura is very happy to be able to walk down to earth again. No dwarf likes flying, and the more traditional dwarfs don’t even like blue skies and white clouds. Compared with dwarves like Aura who were born on the surface, they are simply alien, but then again
Aliens also have a bottom line. It is too radical to sit on the back of a dragon and fly into the sky.
Christina was in second place. It was too late to retrieve the lost spear, and it was meaningless. Compared to the size of the giant, this spear was not even a toothpick, nor was it any magic weapon. She had
The rune sword will do. This is a gift from Ai Duo, the last member of the Stonehearth clan. We will never see each other again in this life, so we can’t throw it away.
Followed by Miss Silver Dragon, in fact, with the existence of Gurnis, there is no need to worry about Zack's ulterior motives. Duncan insisted on cutting off the rear, all because of his dislike of the dark elves.
No matter how well Zach explained it, even if it was true, the dwarf would not believe him. Because a dark elf who would betray even his own mother would have no reason not to abandon his companions and escape on his own?
No one can understand the family concept of the dark elves, that kind of lunatic society that is full of intrigues, poisons and daggers, and does not dare to expect natural death.
Only dark elves would worship Lolth, the Spider Queen.
This city is dead, in the true sense of the word. A dead city... But that is not accurate. Christina looked around again. It would not be wrong to say that there was no movement at all. It was just that besides mice, there were only mice like this.
Little things shouldn't be afraid. Crows swarm in the sky, cawing indiscriminately, feeding on rot and chasing the smell.
There are a lot of descriptions of crows in the Holy Scriptures, and none of them can be called light-hearted.
The smell floating in the air is indescribable, even worse than the Horn Castle back then. There are still living things there, although they are not humans. The smell here is like dead mice under the bed, and there are a lot of them. It also attracts a large swarm of flies, many of them.
At that time, it seemed as if dark clouds from the sky had descended on the city. Before becoming a knight, she was a nun who followed the church around. She had experienced the cruelty of the battlefield early. The corpse was just the most basic thing. It rotted due to no one to restrain it and caused the disease.
It was a trump card. Under the strong advice of the elf, even the silver dragon found a piece of cloth to cover his mouth and nose.
They walked for three whole streets without seeing a single living person or a wild dog. The only sounds they heard were each other's footsteps and breathing. Death ended everything. There was no danger here, just because they had entered the end of the world in advance.
More than ten days have passed since the giants destroyed Antioch. This is a desert area, and the corpses seen are all highly decomposed. No matter what they were like in life, everyone is now broken, smelly, and covered with maggots. This is
With her usual compassion, Christina tried to look at the remains of the victims and remember the faces that were still there, but she was soon forced to give up. The eyes of the dead were only gray and had long since disappeared.
The color of the dead body is inexplicable. The belly of the dead person is inexplicably swollen, even broken and leaking pus. The most frightening thing about the rotten corpses that can be seen everywhere is not the smell, but the tragic appearance of death. The most basic thing is that the limbs are mutilated, and it is not uncommon to have broken stomachs and intestinal bleeding.
A large piece of intestine was hanging out of the highly bulging belly, depriving the deceased of all his last dignity. How ironic, with a woman's inherent sensitivity, the elf noticed that many of the victims were well-dressed and used expensive silk.
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Everyone else has seen dead people more or less, maybe quite a lot. Miss Long is an exception. The Dragon Islands are a paradise, a pure land of bliss established by our ancestors who fled the war-torn West and crossed the ocean. Before coming to the mainland,
All her understanding of war was from books. Dragons have long lifespans and can still remember the cruelty of the past. Humans have followed the dragons to settle on the island for several generations. They have no worries about food and clothing, let alone fights and quarrels.
It rarely happens.
With powerful dragons as backing, why do mortals need to worry about it?
A powerful and invincible dragon, the silver dragon Miss Gurness followed her companions through another street, passed through several crooked buildings, and came to an open space.
She finally vomited, even though there was nothing in her stomach, she still vomited like a gush. Zach supported the silver dragon and slowly squatted down. The remaining three friends were all stunned. They found the source of the stench, which was also the source of the city residents.
Where...
"Tyla..."
Facing the huge pile of corpses with so many layers that you had to look up to see them, all the elf could do was pray.
Chapter completed!