After saying that, Fen suddenly had a thought. She changed the topic and asked, "If you say that, does it mean that you were lying before, and that there are still descendants of those four people left behind?"
"How can that be?" Lin hurriedly explained, "From what I know of history, those who were in the same era as you, who could have died, have all died. No one is fighting for the legacy left behind by that era. There might be swindlers, but they can't stand up to verification. "But look at the incident at Twilight Castle. One of your old subordinates could appear and hide behind history to secretly develop their own forces. Moreover, it seems that their development is quite impressive. "So, I can't guarantee that there won't be other similar examples appearing before us again. "After all, what I know is only public history, or some rural legends and poems. "If I have to be responsible for those hidden old things, that would be too unfair."
Fen narrowed her eyes and stared at the man in front of her for a while. Then, she gave up on the idea of interrogating him. She opened the window in her spectacles again and prepared to continue the half-optimized work.
However, the brown-skinned, black-haired girl was slightly worried. She asked, "Sister, you … don't want to die, right?" The moment Kaya spoke, the other girl also became worried. She also looked at a certain Lich who didn't care about her life or death.
Fen was also a little surprised by such a question. However, she still thought about it seriously and said, "That's not the case. "The current era is much better than my era. I'll say that I'm tired of living. It's mostly because of boredom. "
Although she said that, the people who heard it became more worried instead of less. Hallumi continued to ask, "What about the remaining half?"
Fen felt a little sorry for the two girls who were worried about her. She really wanted to hug them in her arms and dote on them. In order to comfort them, and as if to convince herself again, Fen said,
"In the beginning, the reason why I did this was because I wanted to take revenge on the old gods. "In order to slay the gods, I borrowed the power of the rulers. In order to wipe out the beliefs of the old gods and cut off their path of recovery, I established a huge force and used all kinds of methods to suppress everything. When I found that faith could not be eradicated, but could be replaced by something else, I chose at first the terror of the Ruler, and later myself. When hunting the Old Gods became a tasteless routine, I was as numb as the townspeople who were oppressed by the vampires. It was not until the four young, bold fellows came before me that I realized that I had become the old gods I had once hated, and that my deeds were no different from theirs, or even more terrible. Not only that, the fact that the four of them were able to appear in front of me without any injuries meant that the subordinates I led were also looking forward to my death. Are they trying to replace me? Or was it revenge for what I had done to them? I didn't care about any of that. The only thing I knew was that I was tired. I asked the four youngsters to seal me because I didn't know how to face my own death. As for those traitors, and what the world will become, it has nothing to do with me anymore. Then, I came back to life. The only good thing is that this era is much better than my era. Without the Old Gods, the mistakes I had made in the past would have left traces, but at least they wouldn't have lasted until today. I can find knowledge that I don't know yet, and I have goals worth pursuing. It would be a pity to leave this world again. "
A certain Lich's confession made Lin's heart ache. Speaking of which, when he was on Earth, he had played a business or strategy type game, and when he messed up, he had the same feeling. However, there was no save or load command in life, so who could really start over?
However, this thought only existed in the days before he transmigrated, when he had already accepted his fate. Who would have thought that the big drama of transmigration would fall on him? Should he continue to live like a coward on Earth?
He believed that the Lich had similar thoughts. He allowed the four youngsters to dismember him, and when he opened his eyes again, it was already the world thousands of years later. This world did not have the burden of the past, and it did not have the weight of the past. It only had a chance to start over.
Listening to the rumbling of the carriage and the stomping of the horse's hooves, the four of them did not continue to talk along the way. Perhaps it was the overturned view of history that made them confused, or perhaps it was Fen's confession that made them feel lost. In short, in the cool breeze, this silence was quite enjoyable. Everyone seemed to be doing their own thing, but their minds were … in a sea of noise?
Damn it, the existence in that container easily affected everyone's minds. Other than the Lich who was at ease, Lin and the other two were all in a mess. No! Perhaps the reason why Fen was more talkative than usual was also because of the influence of that container.
Let's get to Mountain Edge City as soon as possible. Let's make a better container and seal that thing tightly.
After the fifth round of camping, the Mountain Edge Magic Tower appeared in everyone's sight. It was a four-story Magic Tower built on the ridge of the mountain, with cliffs on both sides. The shape of the Magic Tower was simple, but it was this shape that allowed it to withstand the strong wind from high up.
Such a terrain that was easy to defend and difficult to attack allowed the last demon king's army to pass by. Not only did they suffer the attacks of the Magic Tower from above, but they also could not do anything about it.
Then, the Resistance Army that chased after them relied on such a terrain to build a solid bridgehead. An endless stream of military supplies was transported here, allowing the Resistance Army and the demon king's army to fight over mountain top, mountain top, basin, basin, and finally destroy them.
There were several rows of wooden tracks under the Magic Tower. These were the elevator tracks that connected the bottom of the mountain, the mountainside, and the Magic Tower. The basin within the Mountain Edge Magic Tower was not the largest in the Basque District, but it was definitely the first to be developed and the best place.
The reason was, of course, that in order to fight against the demon king's army, the entire mountain was transformed into a huge natural fortress by the dwarves and gathered all the Resistance Army troops stationed here. In order to transport supplies, even though the mountains were endless, there were still roads for carriages and horses to pass through, making the Mountain Edge Magic Tower an important transportation hub in the Basque District.
In addition, the Mountain Edge Magic Tower also served as a lookout and had the dual function of large-scale strategic magic attacks. This caused the demon king's army, who had tried to attack the Resistance Army several times, not only to return in defeat, but also to suffer heavy losses. Such a battle record and the sense of security of being protected by the Magic Tower also became the reason for people to gather, especially a large number of mages.
When the Society of Sorcerers designated the Basque District and decided on the headquarters of the district branch, the Mountain Edge Magic Tower naturally became the only choice in everyone's hearts.
Now, hundreds of years had passed since the war. During this period, even though the flames of war raged on the Central Plains, it did not affect this border area in the eyes of most Homo Sapiens. It kept taking in people who fled here, fighting with the magic beasts and wild beasts in the mountains for land, developing basins everywhere to form the scale of today.
The Mountain Edge Magic Tower, which was originally a fortress for the army, also became a living area. Of course, those who would stay here were not ordinary people, but the mages and the families who first came here to establish and maintain the Mountain Edge Magic Tower.
But the fortress that could originally accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, after changing into a living area, of course, could not fit the same number of people. In particular, the space inside the mountain was originally used for the purpose of a military fortress. Of course, in terms of comfort and convenience, there were many inhumane aspects. So the plains at the foot of the mountain also became a gathering place for people.
After hundreds of years of development, it formed the current city with man-made buildings from the foot of the mountain to the ridge line of the mountain. From afar, the city was like a staircase, developing step by step, it was very spectacular.
It was completely different from the Wulian City in the Sijia District, where because of the development of business, the city area was constantly expanding and was reduced to a decorative city wall. In the Basque District, there was the threat of magic beasts, so in order to protect the people, the walls of the Mountain Edge Magic Tower on the plains were quite tall and sturdy. In particular, there were three three-story Magic Towers built along the line, dividing the city wall into four sections.
This was because there had once been a king-level magic beast that tried to attack the city. Because it was a sudden attack, and the edge of the forest was quite close to the Mountain Edge Magic Tower, even with the protection of the Magic Towers, the gathering place on the plains still suffered heavy casualties.
As for burning the forest and so on, unless a few mountains were directly bald, the distance of a few kilometers was just a matter of a few steps for a king-level magic beast. It was meaningless. Even if the Mountain Edge Magic Tower could give an early warning, its reaction speed could not be compared to the mobility of a king-level magic beast.
This threat made the local mages spend a lot of money to build the Magic Towers as part of the defense system, and built three of them at once.
This kind of expenditure had its value. The king-level magic beast that was greedy for the taste of its marrow died here in a later attack. The Homo sapiens had a carnival. After that, there were a few more waves of magic beast attacks, and gradually, there were no more magic beasts attacking the city.
With a city wall, there would naturally be a defense. On Earth, traveling between different countries required visas and passports. Even within some countries, moving between different administrative regions required special permission. In the Land of Confusion, there were similar restrictions on people's movements. And this restriction was also one of the reasons why many adventurer and mercenary groups rarely moved across regions.
And in order to avoid trouble, most people would choose to rest in small towns or villages that were not guarded. In these places, one only needed to pay a toll and would not check one's identity.
If one had no choice but to pass through the checkpoints, except for some cities that did not welcome outsiders who needed special permission, most cities only needed documents to prove one's identity. Then, one had to pay an entrance fee.
And the cities under the jurisdiction of mages were even simpler. As long as one could prove that one was a mage, one could usually pass through unimpeded. Of course, an entrance fee was indispensable. And wherever one went, one had to abide by the local rules. This was the same whether it was on Earth or in the Land of Confusion.
So when they saw the Mountain Edge Magic Tower, Lin and the others took out small mage shawls and put them on. This was the easiest way to identify a mage's identity. Not only was there a mark on the back, but there was also the mage's personal coat of arms on the shoulder, if there was one.
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