This is a region made up of mountains so high and steep that all who approach it have to adapt to traveling at an excruciatingly slow pace on steep mountain roads.
In addition, this place is also a restricted area for most flying creatures. The turbulence caused by the surrounding abrupt mountains and the unstable spatial conditions in the mountains are enough to pose a fatal threat to powerful creatures such as dragons.
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At the same time, because of the unstable space, this area specializes in some expensive and rare magic materials. Therefore, there are still some simple bridges and narrow passages dug into the stone walls at relatively low altitudes for people to walk on.
For Lawrence and Nora, who came here in pursuit of various intelligence, the terrain in this area was already very bad, and the surrounding plants made the situation even worse.
"Can we really not fly up there, or use space teleportation or something -"
After using the dissociation technique to kill two dark tree men who had completely lost their minds and exuded the stench of the lower plane, Lawrence sat on a small platform and asked Nora.
"Sorry, that's really not possible at this point." The little puppet shook his head helplessly and said. "The space in this area is really unstable, and the farther away from the ground, the more unstable it becomes."
"In this case, even for me, the only way to go up to a high place is to move forward with both feet instead of flying." As she said this, Nora shook her two feet in a very humane manner.
This was a month after they decided to take the risk. After searching various evidence within tens of thousands of square kilometers and briefly summarizing, they finally determined that the area that the elite team last entered was this city.
An area known to surrounding creatures as the Death Mountains.
"I feel a little strange." While sitting on this small platform to rest, Lawrence asked Nora. "You said that if the elites of the temple wanted to hide something, why did they leave so many behind along the way?
Mark of?"
This is a question that has always puzzled Lawrence, because they collected a lot of information from many places along the way, as if there was a hand in the dark that took them to this place.
"I think it may be that the group of priests back then thought that their gods might return." Nora thought for a moment and answered this question from the perspective of the gods.
"You know, there are many ways for gods to be resurrected, and the number of fallen old gods returning has exceeded double digits in history. It is not something worth writing about."
"However, the main god of the Ancient Nile God System should have completely fallen. Judging from the information obtained previously, during that war, although he finally prevented the corruption of the lower planes from spreading further, he also allowed himself
Irreversibly contaminated."
"So at the last moment, that respectable god and several other gods of the pantheon chose to sacrifice themselves and eliminate the impact of that crisis as much as possible by burning themselves completely."
"This is an important reason why the Nile River Basin, although barren and full of dangers, can still allow intelligent creatures to survive, because the sacrifices of those gods completely destroyed the activity of the power in the lower planes and purified most of the land.
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"This kind of self-destruction is irreversible, and it can never be resurrected." At this point, Nora showed a look of admiration on her face.
"But it is a very common phenomenon for loyal believers in gods to not believe that their gods have fallen. So it is understandable that when the team fled, they left various messages to guide the way for those who came after them."
"And dear brother, that information can actually be said to be very hidden and not as easy to discover as we thought." Nora stared at Lawrence's eyes at this point.
"As for the reason why we were able to discover that information so quickly, it is because with the fall of the gods and the disappearance of the church, some secret information belonging to the church spread to the outside and we obtained it."
"Even from another perspective, if we hadn't been in contact with this group of jackals who have completely disappeared in the eyes of the world, it might not have been possible to connect those clues together and realize this."
"You're right." Lawrence nodded in agreement.
In this world, even the gods cannot be omniscient and omnipotent. If their believers do not know something, then it is basically impossible for these gods to know it.
Therefore, it can be said that thousands of years after the ancient Nile pantheon completely collapsed and most of its history disappeared from the human world, Lawrence and the others were the first to regain these data.
After resting for a few minutes, the two people put away their water bottles and dry food and continued walking up the mountain. Fortunately, as their altitude got higher and higher, the probability of encountering those nasty wilderness races became smaller and smaller.
Due to the many magic materials produced in this area and the dangerous mountains, the surrounding wild tribes often come here to collect various items or conduct rituals such as warrior trials.
Therefore, in those low-altitude areas, two people can often meet the wilderness races that come to test them.
Obviously, kobolds and goblins have strong xenophobia and incommunicability problems, so along the way, Lawrence and Nora had to use some kind of violent means to fight their way up.
Fortunately, as the altitude increases, the low temperature is obviously unfriendly to reptiles such as kobolds, so the second half of the journey naturally seems a lot cleaner.
As Lawrence and the others continued to climb up, the surrounding environment also changed. From the tropical rain forest at the beginning, it turned into a temperate broad-leaved forest, and then further into shrubs, alpine meadows, and even a barren ice field.
But unlike ordinary ice fields, the ice here is all black, and the surrounding temperature is much lower than normal. It gives people an extremely strong sense of depression.
"No wonder they call this place the Death Mountain." After feeling the power of death coming from the surrounding area, Lawrence whispered to Nora. "This is obviously not a natural formation."
"This place has nothing to do with God, I can confirm this." After recalling some of the information she had collected before, Nora said categorically.
"However, there are too many phenomena related to the supernatural in this world, and some of the powers that cause these phenomena are no less powerful than the power of gods. So I am not sure about the current situation."
"Is this place dangerous?" Lawrence stopped to take a few breaths, then looked at the surrounding situation and asked curiously. "I feel like something is watching us around."
"I don't know, but the energy flowing around makes people feel a little uneasy." Nora closed her eyes and felt the surrounding situation before saying.
"So it's more appropriate for us to prepare for battle. Danger can easily be hidden in a place like this."
In fact, just as the little doll perceived, when the two people entered the area covered with ice, many elemental monsters composed of black ice blocks immediately rushed toward them crazily.
Fortunately, although those monsters have an absolute numerical advantage, their extraordinary levels are obviously far behind Lawrence and the others. Therefore, Lawrence and Nora can naturally fight their way forward.
It was also in this place that the traces left by the previous members of the Church of Amon-Ra were undisguised. Every once in a while, Lawrence could see gold badges the size of fingertips embedded in a certain piece of ice.
These golden golden badges are so conspicuous in this place, and anyone who can come to this place along the mountain road will not ignore their existence.