Chapter 30 2. Welcome to Krakaronde
Darkus put down the monocular and returned it to Dastan Lengyan. He looked at his eager expression and comforted: "Don't worry, it will be there."
Passing by Kalonde Karl The boat traveled for three days, and there were boats in front and behind, all rushing back. In a few days, the Sea of Resentment would freeze, and it would be too expensive to park in Carondekar for a winter to maintain.
Those captains like to go to Krakalund after selling slaves. There is a large trading market there and you can recruit good hands. You can sell the plundered things in one winter and get a good price. The cost of ship maintenance is also cheap.
That day, Alyssa came to Dacus and said that she had a strange dream last night, as if it was some kind of omen, but she couldn't explain it at all.
Darkus means that your destiny has changed. Where does this omen come from? Was it calculated from scratch? Eighty percent of it was caused by Lilith's boredom. If you have similar omens in the future, come to me and I will interpret your dreams. It is not ruled out that Alyssa found an excuse to talk nonsense to him.
The ship sailed for another two days to reach the Dark Light Tower. Looking at the fifteen-kilometer-long strait, Darkus' mind was filled with questions.
How did Eltharion get in? Dry land boating? Are all the guards on the Dark Light Tower blind? Lilith took action to cover it with mist? Or did they use Druzi's ships and equipment to sneak in?
If you don't think about it anymore, it has nothing to do with him.
Darkus was swollen. These days, he and Chupa Coco were studying the Lustria slates together when they had nothing to do. The two wise men studied over and over again, but Mao couldn't figure it out. He only knew that the slates were made of obsidian and Some years old.
What is Happy Planet? No, what is the big plan?
Darkus gave Ren an honorable and arduous task, which was to teach Chupa Coco to speak Elvish. Originally, he was going to do it himself, but he found that this cunning skink could speak with a Lustrian accent. Imperial language, because Chupa Coco had a lot of dealings with humans in the port before.
If Chupa Coco is to be taken out of Krakarond, the skink must speak Elvish so that it appears normal. If Darkus had been like that before, those Druzi would have discovered something unusual about him, wouldn't this have caused trouble for themselves? We can't let him speak Imperial language, right?
Darkus ordered Chupa Coco to learn it, otherwise he would be imprisoned somewhere. It is hard to say how long he would be imprisoned for, maybe a few years, maybe hundreds of years.
Kalien was broken. The cold lizards he originally brought out were all broken, and he no longer needed to take care of them. The three trainers of Pegasus and War Horse could take care of them without him having to worry.
Now he spends the whole day staring at Chupa Keke in the room. What a fuss. He can't beat Chupa Keke with the dragon tendon whip. If he can, he wants to beat the skink alive. Except when he was eating, he had to stay in the room every day. One time, he didn't pay attention. Chupa Keke leaned too far out and got stuck in the porthole. It took a lot of effort for him to pull him back.
As the weather gradually became colder and Chupa Coco also gradually disappeared, Carlion thought that his good days were coming. But Ren is here again, and now he wishes he could go deaf.
Ren was also troubled because he couldn't understand the Empire's Lustrian dialect.
Chupa Coco was even more upset. He felt that the stupid, chattering, and dancing elf in front of him was stupider than the monitor lizard.
Torture!
When the ship arrived at Krakalund two weeks later, a biting wind blew in from the northwest.
Darkus stood on the deck of the ship, his arms lying on the railing of the ship, watching Krakaronde getting closer and closer. Strands of black hair were blown up by the wind and danced in the wind. The cold wind caressed his face, making him shiver even though he was already wearing enough clothes.
The taste of victory? No, Darkus is not very competitive, but there are still a lot of belongings in the cabin, but it is reasonable, so that no powerful person will pay too much attention to him, as long as his cousin is in the spotlight. Dastan Lengyan came over, looked at the Black Ark in the noble dock area and said: "Master, the Soul Claw has returned from Cathay." Darkus
nodded and said: "If you are the Admiral of the Black Ark, what do you want? What do you call it?"
"Master, I can't even think of admiral of the Black Ark."
Darkus rolled his eyes when he heard that. That's not what you said before.
"I hope it's called the Pioneer of Despair."
Darkus was too lazy to pay attention to him and told him to get out.
He could hear the sound of waves lapping on the shore, and continued to look at the towering Tower of Destruction and countless other spiers, recalling the city in front of him. This is the second largest city in Naggaroth, " "City of Ships" and "Tower of Destruction" are both the titles of Krakaronde. The city is located on the plains on the edge of the Blackridge Mountains. The Red Poison River winds through the city and flows north into the Sea of Malice.
The city has expanded outward countless times in the past five thousand years. Countless spiers have sprung up like bamboo shoots. Most of the buildings are mainly black and purple, exuding an atmosphere of darkness, weirdness, mystery and terror.
The Tower of Destruction is still erected on the west bank as the symbol of the Hell Calamity Family, and various beasts deep underground are being kept and studied.
Wharfs, shipyards, markets, taverns, inns, animal farms, warehouses and slave quarters occupy the east bank of the Red Poison River estuary, while the Black Ark docking area and Noble Wharf occupy the west bank of the river estuary. The city's walls, athletics and The fields, noble manors and narrow civilian streets extend to the west. Three bridges made of black marble and black steel on the Red Poison River connect the east and west of the city. They are hard and wide and can accommodate the passage of the war hydra.
The middle-class nobles of Krakarond hired thugs, scoundrels, and mercenaries to demand "Red Poison River sightseeing fees" from civilians traveling on the bridge. The city guards said they had no knowledge of this.
These city guard soldiers were recruited from the common people, centurions were composed of minor nobles, and a squad consisted of ten soldiers plus a captain. Five people hold repeating crossbows, and five people hold contradictions and belong to the garrison. There are about 6,000 city guards in Krakalond. They can go out of the city to fight in the field when necessary. They are commanded by Nukel, the young master of the Hell Calamity family.
To sum it up in one sentence: it is the Druchi version of the shield-bearing Triton.
The internal environment of the urban areas in every city in Druchi is basically the same. The streets are intricate and intricate like a maze. In some places, the space is so cramped that it is almost impossible for three people to walk side by side. Each home is an independent castle. The crossbow holes in the narrow windows watch the passers-by, be wary of intruders on the street, and be wary of the surrounding neighbors. Some buildings in disrepair have collapsed in the road, blocking entire streets, and many streets and alleys lead to dead ends, greeting the unlucky with traps or poisonous sewers.
There are two city gates standing in the city. The Screaming Gate on the south side of the Red Poison River leads to the Venom Grove, while the Despair Gate on the north leads to the far north. There is a road about ten kilometers long that is paved with gravel. There are large areas on the roadside. of noble estates and plantations.
At the end of the road there are several forks leading to the north and west. Once there, continue walking north to start the journey for a few weeks. If you are lucky, you can reach Hagrid Grave through the dark road. Usually this road If no one leaves, Druchi will choose to go to the sea if he is not mentally ill. If you choose to go west, you need to cross the Shadow Forest to reach the town of Storg Cole.
The ship belonged to the Hellscourge family and flew directly into the noble dock area without any inspection, flying the red war hydra flag.
"It feels so good to be home."
(End of chapter)