Reincarnation Paradise: There are vests everywhere

Chapter 2249 Ugly Memorial

Taliyah had a rough satchel on her shoulder filled with food, including bacon, oats, bread, and cheese, plus two skins of water. She didn't notice the big man in front of her, and she bumped into him, which threw her out and she fell flat on the ground. The other man didn't move at all, and she felt like she had hit a cliff. The people in the market seemed to be used to it, and the crowds flowed around him like a stream flowing around a reef.

The big man was wrapped in a rag-like robe from head to toe, but it still couldn't hide his tall and strong figure. He was holding a long cloth-wrapped cane, and the broad top was also wrapped in rags. His legs were bent at a strange angle, and it seemed that it was not convenient for him to move.

“You need to watch your step.” His accent was thick and humming, like it came from a deep well of sorrow in his heart. “Shurima is a dangerous place right now.”

He turned and walked toward the cracked walls of Vikaura. The massive battlements were barely as tall as he was, and the upper parts were made of sun-baked earth bricks. The people of Vikaura would have found it amazing, but in his eyes, it was just a crude imitation.

The bloody words scrawled on the wall of the Astrology Tower had directed him here, and the wizard would be drawn here. He sensed that a certain owner of the ascended bloodline had appeared in Vikora.

This bloodline has existed for a long time, long before the empire was reduced to ruins and its territory spanned the entire continent. This is the most precious and powerful bloodline of ancient Shurima. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to find that person before the enemy. The Ascended Blood can bring Azir back from the void to the present world, or it can destroy the reborn Shurima with evil intentions.

Taliyah was a little curious and puzzled. She followed the big man and asked, "You seem very familiar with this place?"

"This arch bridge," he raised his cane and poked the stone bricks above his head. Pedestrians walked on the bridge, and dust fell from the cracks like a fine veil. A low voice came: "It was built by the craftsmen exiled from the lost Ecathia. Each stone was cut and stacked with extreme precision, and not even a drop of mortar was needed during the construction."

"Really...really?" Taliyah looked at the bridge. It was not as perfect as the big guy said.

"You mortals have long forgotten the past, and you call things that should be remembered just rumors." Sensing Taliyah's ignorance, the man asked, "Didn't I build the Great Library to prevent the decay of memory?"

"Isn't that a legend?" Taliyah replied in a low voice.

"Hmph!" Taliyah's ignorance of history deeply angered Nasus' scholarly heart.

The original outline of the city was still there, but Nasus felt as if he was walking in a nightmare. New materials and strange forms were wantonly transforming the once familiar surroundings. The original appearance of all things was deliberately distorted, as if the purpose of their design was to make people uneasy.

"Oh no! Those bandits are coming again!"

As the noise came, Nasus and Taliyah turned their attention to the outside of the city-state. As a large gathering place, it was normal for it to be targeted by bandit groups.

The Shurima bandits are also a specialty of the desert after the fall of the empire. They survive not by trade but by violence. These teams of looters often disguise themselves and blend into the environment, luring unsuspecting travelers into traps, and then killing and robbing. Among the many bandit groups, the bandit group that dares to directly attack a large gathering place is also a powerful one.

There are also differences in fame among the bandit groups. For example, Shakar is a well-known nomadic bandit group. They are equipped with reinforced bone plates and long-handled weapons. They are good at frontal attacks and rush towards their target prey at terrifying speeds.

"It's really eye-opening." As he got closer to the water vein area, Lin Jiu saw more and more creatures. He even saw a group of nomadic residents of Shurima.

They do not live on land, but on the back of a creature called the Toman Giant Beast. Just like the fur tribe on the back of the elephant in the One Piece world, the Toman Giant Beast also looks similar to an elephant, but not as big as the elephant.

The beast is like a moving mountain, its body so huge that it can cover several acres of land. Its back is broad and flat, as if it is a vast plain specially carved by nature, enough to carry countless creatures.

Its body is like a moving castle, with a broad chest and bulging muscles, each of which contains amazing strength. Its limbs are extremely strong, as if they were carved from the hardest rock, and every step it takes makes the ground rumble, as if the pulse of the earth is beating. Its hooves are wide and thick, which can steadily support its huge body and allow it to move forward steadily even on the most rugged terrain.

They also have a huge chitinous shell to protect themselves, and the power of evolution allows them to survive the long-term drought and harsh environment of Shurima. The riders and the beasts living on the back of the Doman beasts are interdependent. The riders will clean their bodies and drive away parasitic flies that approach, while the Doman beasts use unknown senses to find hidden fresh water storage places.

The Doman beasts are like mobile villages, and the Doman riders use hooks to navigate through a complex network of knots, traveling between these mobile "villages". When a rider gets old or "can't run on the rope anymore", he will be put back on the ground to live with other land dwellers for the rest of his life.

Lin Jiu also saw the "camels" in the Shurima Desert, the Skarash. They are often seen in caravans, and although they are notoriously irritable and difficult to tame, they are still highly revered by the locals. Their fur is painted with sacred symbols of protection, and totems and amulets are hung on their horns. Therefore, if a caravan traveling through Shurima has a Skarash, it is a symbol of prosperity.

"Well... this temple needs to be rebuilt, and a new statue will be built when the time comes." Lin Jiu, who had arrived in the sky above Vikaola, did not descend directly. On the way here, he discovered that the bandit group was coming aggressively, so he was not in a hurry to appear. Waiting for the bandit group to take action before taking action himself would be more helpful for subsequent entrepreneurship. At the same time, he also sensed a strong soul power in Vikaola, and tried it out by the way.

While waiting, Lin Jiu commented on the Sun Temple in the central area of ​​Vikaola. The dark outer wall shone like basalt, but the mortise and tenon joints of different sizes could be seen through the roughly spliced ​​wall panels.

A sun disk hangs on the top of the temple. Even from a distance, you can see that there is no gold on it, just a forged alloy of bronze and copper. The sun disk worshipped by the Shurima Empire was suspended in the air, but this copper plate was hung by several hemp ropes and hung on several asymmetrical pillars on both sides.

The steps at the four corners were also made of uneven stones. Two warriors wearing fitted armor made of copper plates and feathered animal helmets on their heads guarded the stairs.

This temple of the sun, built of chiseled sandstone and bare rock, was made by human hands, and it ended in human hands. Compared with the huge temple that once stood in the heart of the Shurima Empire, this temple is just a child's toy.

The great temple of the Shurima Empire was once envied and hated by the entire Valoran continent, and kings from afar came from afar just to catch a glimpse of it.

(End of this chapter)