Abyss Domination

white horse city.

It took Sauron less than a day to travel from Amber City to White Horse City.

This once prosperous trade route has been completely deserted. Fallen Leaf City has been dilapidated due to the attack of half-orcs, and the handicrafts from the elves and half-elves have completely lost their market. The road to Baima City was blocked by the ancient red dragon, and the impact of the double blow on this area was quite terrifying. In particular, the chaos caused by the migration of various monsters led to the migration of many villages and towns with insufficient defense capabilities.

Although humans have a huge number, they do not have an absolute advantage in nature.

The current productivity cannot support the population explosion at all, and human villages can only be formed near suitable arable land, because in those wilderness areas that are not suitable for reclamation, there are still many other species entrenched. Food is the key to restricting the mass reproduction of any creature. With the transportation capacity of this era, most of the food can only rely on self-production, and the proportion of loss due to external transportation alone is quite large, and it may be attacked by other species.

Unless some huge force has completed a huge project similar to water transportation.

For now.

This possibility is almost impossible, so Sauron saw many deserted villages along the way. The migration of these villages was largely due to frequent attacks by wild creatures. The decrease in population and the increase in danger made them unable to farm with peace of mind. . In the absence of sufficient self-protection strength, many small and medium-sized villages and towns began to relocate or merge.

Jinxi Town.

Here's a town that's booming in times of turmoil.

Sauron passed by this town on his way to White Horse City. He and Vivienne had also come to this town when they followed Goliath's caravan.

Moreover, here he also met the Juggernaut for the first time.

Today's Jinxi Town has tripled in size, with reinforced thick wooden walls on the outside, and its population has at least doubled several times compared to the past, and it looks like it already has the outline of a small city.

All these changes are due to external pressure, and the threat of wild creatures has caused other nearby villages and towns to migrate here. A large number of humans began to join forces to build fortifications and form an army to protect civilians. Jinxi Town already had a strong geographical advantage and manpower, and under such circumstances, it immediately became the most important human gathering place in the vicinity.

Sauron stayed here for a while.

There were two sentry towers erected in front of the thick gate, and there were defensive guards on the city wall. Sauron even saw rangers, who were responsible for detecting the movements of wild creatures.

The defense here is heavily guarded, and the proportion of militia has reached one-fifth.

Sauron saw several military camps that were training militiamen, which made him faintly feel the atmosphere of war. The blacksmith shop was busy, and weapons forged by military industry were placed on the shelves. Such a situation may not only be to prevent the attacks of wild creatures, but the ruler here may also have plans to regain the lost land. No creature is willing to give up land easily. Human beings are forced to migrate, and they will naturally want to take back those lands after they regroup.

A sharp look.

Sauron suddenly felt that someone was watching him. When he turned around, he was surprised to see a somewhat familiar young man.

A juggernaut.

A high-ranking swordsman with a straight-edged knife on his back and wearing plain cloth with blood on his body.

It was the person that Sauron had seen before.

The momentum on his body has become more and more fierce, the whole person is like a sharp sword with exposed edges, and the murderous aura on the other party is very heavy. I am afraid that this has something to do with the current environment where monsters are rampant.

The Juggernaut froze for a moment when he met Sauron's gaze, as if he felt his strength to some extent. He nodded slightly and left.

A high-level hunter.

This is his judgment, and it is also the ability that Sauron has shown.

Many Juggernauts are relatively taciturn people. Sometimes they would rather use the sword to express themselves than talk too much nonsense.

Sauron noticed people's respectful eyes on him.

It seems that this young Juggernaut has gained people's respect and recognition with his strength during this period of time. Juggernaut is an advanced profession that attaches great importance to actual combat. The opponent has entered the ranks of high-level professionals at this age. If he doesn't get distracted in the future, there may be a legendary Juggernaut born in Jinxi Town in the future.

It is very likely that this town will become more and more prosperous because of him!

Sauron didn't stay for long. He quickly left the town and continued to Baima City. This road was already deserted, and weeds were growing everywhere.

After advancing for about twenty kilometers.

A sign appeared in Sauron's sight. There is such a passage written on it - Beware of danger! There are diggers here!!! (skeleton mark)...

Digger? !

A faint smile appeared on the corner of Sauron's mouth, and he continued on his way. After walking about five kilometers, he found traces of other people on the ground, as if they came from another road.

careful!

Another one ran out from behind you!

A middle-aged man's exclamation sounded next to his ears, and then there was a chaotic battle. It seemed that there were quite a few people. Sauron also heard the sizzling sound of the somewhat familiar digger.

druid!

Sauron's figure soared into the air, leaping between the tree trunks, pulling out afterimages in an instant. He quickly saw the target, but the most eye-catching one was a druid. It looked like a black bear now, but The words that came out of his mouth were very authentic Elvish language.

Feral druid.

They are shapeshifters among druids, and they are proficient in various 'transfiguration techniques', and their fighting methods often rely on transformation.

a priest.

Wearing a slightly worn priest robe, with scars on his face, he was fighting with a priest staff in his hand. Sauron saw a special emblem on his body, with 'pale hands bound by red rope' on it, this is the priest of [God of Suffering], a master of [Patience], [Suffering], [Martyrdom] And [Fortitude] God of the priesthood. This is a lawful and good deity. He is also known as the Weeping God. His followers include the disabled, the oppressed, the poor, monks, paladins, slaves and serfs, etc.

The reason why Sauron is so familiar with this god is because he has carefully recalled the other party's information recently.

【God of Suffering】-Irmat!

He protects those victims, and Mara, the [God of Hunting] who loves bloody hunting, is one of the important enemies of this god.

Burg worms are numerous.

In addition to professionals capable of fighting, Sauron also had a large number of civilians. These civilians were completely blocked by them, so they were not eaten up by the digging worms.

The strongest fighter in the crowd is a monk.

It's not an oriental monk, but a local monk trained after receiving training. [God of Suffering]-Irmat's church has an independent monk group. The name of this monk group is [the broken ones (thebrokenones)]. It is a monk group that believes in the Weeping God. In addition to protecting all believers and temples, the members of the group are also responsible for punishing those who cruelly hurt others

evil deeds. These monks can be part-time priests, and can also advance to occult disciples, saints, power disciples, power seekers, and saints without being penalized for leaving their profession.

This is the product of the fusion of the power of the gods and the training of monks, and the monks of the Broken are very powerful advanced professionals.

The battle became more intense.

However, the situation has not collapsed yet, because the priests of the God of Suffering are very good at healing, which has something to do with their teachings.

While the teachings of the Weeping God are misunderstood (and even mocked) by many, the church of Ilmater has many faithful followers across the continent. In this cruel and realistic world, many victims, sick, and poor depend on the relief of the Church of Ilmater to survive. People in many areas respect the Church of the Weeping God, and his priests often receive a lot of generous assistance when they practice medicine for free everywhere.

The middle-aged pastor in front of him.

It is one of the few church members in the current material plane who will provide treatment for others completely free of charge, and the target of this treatment is the poor, common people, slaves, or serfs, etc. Priests of [God of Suffering] are not very common, they are too active in their own parish, because of some kind of 'conversion ceremony' led before death, the healing ability of all the priests of the Weeping God is 1.5 times that of other priests above. (To be continued..)