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Chapter 493: desert trip

The latest website: Mavela Desert, located in the west-central north-central region of the mainland. Its north is inseparable from the permafrost tundra of the extreme north, its west is bordered by the barren land full of orcs and giants, and it also has a large border with the territory of the Nord kingdom. On the east side, it stretches all the way to the "Dragon's Back Heights", which is known as the "Stage of the Main Material World".

It is worth mentioning that the name 'Mavila' does not come from Common Language or Old Common Language, but a transliteration of Elvish. In Elvish, it means 'place of the dead'.

According to legend, this vast desert was born during the Goblin civilization of the Fifth Age (it is impossible to verify any earlier). At that time, the crazy and excellent mechanical engineering civilization of the green-skinned little guys made the entire main material plane riddled with holes. The sky is covered with smoke and clouds, the ground is chapped and deserted, and the ocean is polluted and smelly. In the main material world, except for the holy land of elves, it is rare to see other greens except goblins. Oh sorry, at least there are lots of areas in the ocean that are green, and purple, and red and yellow. And don't forget about black, those little green guys love it.

After that, the goblin civilization ushered in its extinction. Those smart and crazy little green skins in ancient times can't even be called intelligent races today, which is really embarrassing.

Regarding the specific reasons for the disappearance of the goblin civilization, the academic circles have always had different opinions. But no matter what the reason for this ending, the mainstream view is that it was caused by the little green skins themselves, which can be regarded as a model of self-inflicted suffering. However, some scholars have put forward different views on this. They believe that the elves are actually leading everything in the dark. Because the elves at that time had not yet separated, the use of conspiracy and assassination poison was very common. After all, the noble unicorn in the sun belongs to nature, and the poisonous spider in the shadow is also a part of nature.

These scholars speculated that the elves, who naturally admired nature, must have long been dissatisfied with the goblin civilization's misconduct in the main material world, so they have sufficient motivation and reasons, and they are also capable of doing such things. Through long-term planning, the elves arranged and guided in secret, and finally caused the goblin civilization to completely perish, and replaced it by themselves. It's a pity that this kind of view is too long in time to be verified, and the two races of elves and drow are not cooperative at all, so no concrete evidence has been found until today.

At the end of the fifth era, the elves replaced the goblins and succeeded in ascending to power. When the sixth era came, the elves began to repair various wounds of nature. After the persistent efforts of these long-eared people, the sky and ocean have returned to their own blue, and the dense green vegetation has once again spread all over the continent. It's a pity that there is one exception, and that is the Maweila Desert today. To be precise, it should be a part of the desert.

The elves control the endless flowers and trees, and surround the desert from all directions. Plants use their long root systems to firmly grasp the soil, try their best to retain water, and eat away at the desert bit by bit from the marginal areas. But when the vibrant green covered a certain area in the desert, it encountered unimaginable obstacles.

Any plants that enter this area will quickly wither due to unknown reasons, even the species that have been specially cultivated by the druids will not be immune. The elves tried many methods but couldn't find the reason for the withering of the plants, and the yellow sand and soil in the area couldn't find any problems. The elves, who have nothing to do about it, can only choose to use druids to directly communicate with the newly planted and not yet dead plants in the area. After some attempts, the druids only got a unified and simple message, that is - death.

Therefore, the elves of the sixth era named the mysterious area 'Mavila', which means 'land of the dead', and sent tree shepherds and druids to guard it closely to prevent the desert from expanding.

Afterwards, the sixth era also ended due to some known and unknown reasons, and the elves retreated to the sacred forest to recuperate. The unattended Mavila Desert began to expand around that mysterious area, and the area of ​​the desert became larger and larger.

Later, the human race rose on the main material plane, and a powerful magic empire was established. The wizards of the Empire seem to have found the strange reason for the mysterious area in the center of the desert, and solved it once and for all. As a result, the Maweila Desert stopped expanding and became the size it is today.

However, the magic empire is not like the elves, who want to turn the entire desert into a green forest. Perhaps it is due to considerations of terrain, ecological diversity, or other unknown reasons. In short, the Magic Empire has retained the arid and barren landform of the desert, but it has used magic to melt snow on the Dragon's Back Plateau. A river was diverted so that it flows through parts of the Maweila Desert, creating oases covered with water and grass and fertile soil for people to live in.

The city of 'Tufat', one of the largest cities in the northwest of the desert kingdom of Takara, is famous for its abundant reserves and various types of crystal ores, among which a kind of 'mind crystal' that can increase spiritual power is the most famous.

One day in spring, the weather was clear, and the dust in the sky was completely subsided, which was rare. The magic tower covered with purple crystal clusters in the center of the city suddenly opened the door, and a Nord with a strong figure but a weak spirit walked out of it.

After the Nords came out, they seemed to feel very uncomfortable. He bent down and rested on the spot with his hands on his knees for a while, and he couldn't help complaining, "Next time, I'd rather ride a carrot and run a little longer than ride a teleportation circle, those mages won't be able to improve For a while? I even suspect that my soul is still in the place before the teleportation, and I haven't brought it here at all."

When the body recovered almost, the Nord slowly straightened up and let out a long breath of relief. Immediately afterwards, as if he had discovered something novel, he looked up at the two construct golems that were much taller than him beside the gate. The expression on the Nord's face changed from admiration to admiration, and then to fascination, as if looking at the girl of his dreams.

Moreover, the Nords felt that just looking at it was not enough, so they even raised their hands, touched the golem's crystal cluster body tentatively, and murmured, "Not bad, really good! Now that Si has a magic tower, can I also make one for fun? And with a magic tower, it shouldn’t be necessary for me to spend crystals to recharge it.” He said hesitantly.

The crystal cluster golem seemed to feel the strangeness in its body, and looked down at the unruly Nord next to it, scaring the latter to stop quickly. "Hey, I don't mean anything else, big guy. I just want to touch it, that's all." The Nord smiled shyly, turned and walked away quickly.

This is the first time in Barit's life that he has come to the Mavela Desert, the human kingdom in the desert - Takara. The barbarian had encountered several missions related to the Mavela Desert before, but no matter what the reward was, he did not accept it in the end. At that time, Manzi was still somewhat repulsed by this land full of yellow sand, because his mother was from here.

To this day, Barrett has completely forgotten about his mother's appearance, or has never remembered it. The only impression related to it in my mind is my father's murmur indistinctly after drinking. Through those vague words that smell of alcohol, it is possible to outline a beautiful, kind, bold, and slightly savage woman. Thinking about it, she should be a good woman, but for Barrett, she is not good enough.

The barbarian entered the Mavela Desert this time, naturally wanting to find the last sanctuary stronghold of the paladins - Glory Castle, and then take the broken armor left by the old paladin in the arena of Diss, as well as through the armor The more than a thousand souls obtained after the outbreak were all handled by the paladins.

Based on the barbarian's simple understanding of this profession, no matter how the times change, the paladins always uphold the justice in their hearts, which is also the source of their current strength. As for Barrett, he felt like he didn't even know what justice was.

Our barbarian adventurers have prepared their homework well in advance for this trip to the desert. Through the resources of the Little Mage and the Magic Association, he already knew the exact location of Glory Castle in the desert. Although the paladins chose a hidden corner in the depths of the desert that was hard to find as their last professional stronghold, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com But this so-called "deep" and "difficult to find" is not easy for those who are high above For mages, it is just a place that can be reached in the blink of an eye by driving the magic tower.

Whether it was the former Magic Empire or the current Magic Association, the reason why mages don't trouble those remaining paladins is not because they can't find them, but because they don't want to do them.

Although Barrett already had a detailed map in his hand, the landforms of the desert and other areas were extremely surprising after all. Even for Barrett, traveling here is still not an easy task.

The environment, landforms and monsters in the desert are very different from what he is used to, and accidents may happen if he is not careful. Manzi thinks that he has some experience in finding clues and identifying directions in the wild (self-modest way of saying), but he is still not sure that he can find the right direction in the boundless yellow sand.

Therefore, Barrett wants to hire a local who understands the temperament of the desert, an excellent guide who knows when to walk and when to stop to avoid the storm, so that the subsequent journey will be safer and more convenient.