The caravan moved quietly along the long road, and at this moment, two boys were sitting in one of the wagons, looking at the scenery around them.
The atmosphere here was very different from the Lunar Shine Empire, and the higher temperature and lower humidity were immediately noticeable. There were many cracks in the ground, although they weren't very deep, but it was an unusual sight.
After a while, a large mountain range appeared over the horizon, when you looked at it, it seemed to cover the entire horizon left and right! Kai along with Diso were shocked, they had never seen such large mountains, it was as if they were a natural wall between the Endless Wasteland and the Shadow Sect lands! Very tall and sharp peaks and gorges could be seen everywhere.
- It seems like it's impossible to cross the mountain range on foot, you'll definitely need to grow wings...'' Diso said.
- I agree with you there... But it is surprising that the mountain range is not connected only in one place, like a gate between the walls. - Looking around at the surroundings said Kai.
While they were talking a huge city started to appear on the horizon! From a distance it looked like a large dam that stretched between two mountain ranges, the sight was unbelievable! Compared to the scale of this city, everything Kai had seen before seemed minuscule... Before the grandeur of this city, you felt like a grain of sand!
This was the Border City of the Beast! It was built in the only possible place of passage in the mountain range, where it was torn by several kilometers of plain. It was said that in the past, it was constantly raided by strong ferocious beasts, so the ancestors of the Shadow Sect decided to build the Border Beast City by the four subordinate empires.
While the construction was underway, the Shadow Sect's masters were deterring the beast attacks and ensuring safety. And when they noticed that there were many places where energy stones and other valuable resources were born in the Boundless Desert, they also began to actively participate in the construction work, and even appointed a native of their Sect as the Head of the city.
When the Shadow Sect joined in, the scale of construction reached a completely different level! It seemed as if the city wall had joined the mountain range! Although its height was not comparable to a mountain, it was about a hundred meters high, made of some kind of strong gray stone, and it was said that the entire wall was reinforced by the strongest Array Masters who had strengthened its defense with their arrays to an unbelievable level!
This large wall was only located on one side of the city, it separated the city from the wasteland. And on the other side was a much smaller wall, only about twenty meters, it existed mainly to filter the people entering and leaving the city. Since there was a constant flow of traders and other interested people, everyone had to be clearly registered at the entrance to avoid any possible problems.
What Kai especially wanted to see was the wasteland beyond the wall. It was said that right after the huge hundred-meter wall, along its entire perimeter was an incredibly deep abyss, the bottom of which is not visible, and the exit to the wasteland is carried out only through special rope crossings stretched from the top of the wall directly across the abyss.
The vast Wasteland was a very mysterious place, such chasms as cracks cut it everywhere, sometimes they were smaller, sometimes larger, and sometimes as huge as the wall itself, no one knew what was at the bottom ... All options to check ended in failure, because the descent began to rise in temperature, and at great depths to descend further became impossible, for there was a chance to simply burn to death.
Thus the wall in symbiosis with the abyss, created an impregnable boundary between the land of men and beasts. Kayu had already had enough of seeing it with her own eyes!
As they started to approach the city, their heads just started to spin, it was the first time they had seen such a huge structure, it was as if it was not from their previous world.
- The Lord's Mansion doesn't look so grand to me now, Hehehe. - Kai laughed dryly.
- Bro, I don't think I can call anything in my life grand now that I've seen this wall," Diso said with a sagging jaw.
- First time here? - Seeming to have heard their conversation, one of the merchants asked them with a laugh, he seemed to have seen this reaction quite often.
- Yeah... - Diso and Kai answered at the same time.
- Wait until we get to the Border City, the wall is only one of the sights, trust me the city will surprise you no less. - He said with a smile.
- What must be in the city itself to equal this incredible wall? - Diso asked dumbfounded.
- Well, first of all, the city itself is huge, and secondly the Tower of the Source! - The merchant said enigmatically.
- The Tower of the Source, and what is it? If something allowed to call itself a tower in this city, shouldn't we have already seen it from afar? And shouldn't it be on par with the wall? - Kai asked curiously. It seemed no one had told him about it until now, just so as not to spoil his first impression.
- Ha-ha, it's really not that high, but only upwards... - The merchant was intrigued by the riddles.
- Not up, but where? Really... - Kai seemed to suspect something.
- Yes, kid, I think you're guessing right. It goes deep underground! It's an amazing structure, it goes hundreds of meters down into the earth's rock! The deeper you go down, the more saturated the energy is, and the entire tower is basically one big energy array that concentrates the energy from the depths of the wasteland! All the amazing cultivation rooms you should have already heard about are located there. Since the arrays in them can constantly feed on energy without needing to be recharged, but visiting them will cost you a lot of money, hahaha. - Taking pity on their curiosity, the merchant calmly told them.
- At the very bottom of the tower, there are the Border City Head's residence, followed by the Generals' floors and the Glory Rating! The higher your rating, the deeper you will be able to reside. So try hard, and you might be able to live there someday! - The man said encouragingly, and it seemed that even though they hadn't talked much, he had grown to like these two guys during the trip.
- You can only live in the Tower of the Source if you've entered the Glory Ranking? - Kai asked curiously.
- No, the floors that are further away from the Glory Ranking masters' properties are allowed to rent. The deeper the floor, the more expensive the rent is. But I warn you right away, you better not dream about it, because even renting rooms that are closer to the tower will cost you incredibly expensive. And I am not talking about the inner floors at all. Believe me, only the strongest or the richest people of Border Beast City can live there! - With reverence in his voice, the merchant said.
- We understand, thank you more for the information. - Kai said gratefully.
- If we ever settle there, we'll put in a good word for you too, hehehehehe. - The fat man laughed foolishly, already dreaming of wealth and power.
- Fatty, first try not to die in the first days, and then you will dream. And if you don't trade well, I'll find another merchant! Hahah. - Kai started teasing Diso again.
- Fuck you, I treat you like my own brother, and you... Ehhh! - As if offended, the fat man said, but then he laughed.
As they continued on their way, they saw that the caravan was approaching the gates of the city, Kai was already clenching his fists with excitement. He was already preparing to put his plans into action.
"These two years definitely shouldn't disappoint me, there's a reason I decided to kill that scum Flick. Who knew that everything would turn out so well?" - Kai thought to himself and smiled evilly.