Chapter 980: City in the Lake, the Eagle God welcomes you
The airship moved forward slowly. It passed through the forest, passed the plateau, and passed the lake. When it flew over the plateau lake and heard "The capital is just ahead", almost all the free magicians rushed out.
Stick it next to the porthole and read:
"Wow……"
Gentle exclamations and admirations came one after another. The older magicians were relatively calm, such as the well-informed Archmage Baierbo, who only opened his eyes slightly;
Young magicians, such as Gretel...
"Grete, don't wipe the porthole with your nose! No! Don't press your face against the porthole!"
Grete turned a deaf ear. He concentrated on it, lying on the porthole overlooking the lake, and whispered in admiration:
"It's so beautiful...the indigenous people here can actually build such a building, such a city..."
The picture unfolding under your feet can no longer be described as "building" or "city". On the plateau, the tall and steep mountains form a large circle, embracing the clear lake in the center. The shadows of the peaks are reflected in the lake, making it extremely
The distant mountaintops are covered with snow;
From the surrounding mountains, countless clear streams merge into rivers, which in turn flow into lakes. Along the edges of the rivers, clusters of villages are scattered;
In the center of the lake, stands the capital of the Kingdom of Eagles, or the royal city. The royal city does not have walls, or in other words, it does not need walls. The rippling lake water around it naturally forms its barrier.
In the center of the barrier, stands an island that is half made by heaven and half by manpower. A wide and flat road runs through the center of the island. At the end of the road, stands a large-scale temple. Even looking down from the airship, one can marvel at the god.
the size of the temple;
Three flat causeways connect the island and the mainland. Between the island and the mainland, as well as in the dotted canals, thousands of canoes gather and disperse like clouds, and travel as lightly as butterflies;
The long elevated water channel transports clear mountain water directly from the distant mountains to the center of the city. Grete lay on the porthole and opened his eyes wide:
"There is actually an elevated water channel here..."
I thought it only existed in ancient Rome, no, it only existed in the Old World!
"Yes." Archmage Vickers of the Alchemy Guild stood beside him, looking down together, sighing in his tone:
"I thought that only the Glory Holy City and a few places in the Kingdom of Brolin had elevated aqueducts. I didn't expect that the indigenous people here could actually build such huge buildings..."
"But this means that the local spellcasters do not have the power related to water creation." Archmage Mansfield of the Conjuration Department came over to chat:
"Otherwise, with such a big lake, there shouldn't be such a shortage of water that we need to build canals."
"Perhaps it's because of... the climate problem in this place?" Gretel continued to wipe the portholes with the grease from the tip of his nose, looked at it for a while, then lowered his head and pointed to the lake:
The swaying reeds stretched inward from the shore of the lake, getting lower and thinner;
Further inside, large areas of land are exposed, with a little green entwined on them, feebly rimming the earth;
There is a circle of houses poking around the island, all built on swaying high poles, seemingly five to six meters, seven to eight meters, or ten meters away from the ground?
"This is a plateau area with strong evaporation, and the depth of the lake water will change greatly throughout the year. If there is a difference between the rainy season and the dry season, the changes will be even greater... When the water level is at its highest in the rainy season, these houses may be next to the water.
side?"
Just like the Tonle Sap Lake that my colleagues talked about when they came back from a trip. It covers an area of 2,700 square kilometers in the dry season and 10,000 square kilometers in the rainy season. The residents there live on boats all year round...
It’s not that they want to live, but living on a boat is the best solution for them and has the lowest cost of living.
"That makes sense." Archmage Mansfield nodded. He looked at the mountains in the distance, and then at the elevated aqueduct that led directly to the center of the city, to the temple and the palace, and nodded happily:
"Poor people bend down to draw water from the mud; noble people want to drink the cool snow water in the mountains. No wonder, no wonder such a building is built..."
After looking around for a while, he suddenly walked quickly towards the front cabin. Soon, the Archmage's continuous orders came from the operating area in front:
"Measure! Measure quickly! On the shore of this lake, to what extent does it reach in the rainy season and what range does it reach in the dry season to see how wet the plants and soil are? Do you need me to tell you?"
"Measure the height of the surrounding mountains! Measure the depth of the lake! Measure the surrounding energy nodes! The energy response of the temple and palace!"
"Speed up! We will arrive at the palace soon!"
The operators of the airship were furious at him. They were adjusting the magic arrays and recording strings of data. They were so busy that they wished everyone had eight arms. Gretel smiled knowingly and stared down.
Below:
Such a civilization, even if it is backward, even if it is barbaric, even if it still retains the custom of human sacrifice, is still brilliant and unique enough.
It can die out in natural evolution, or be destroyed by attacks among indigenous people, just like in nature, wild wolves hunt doe, and snow leopards hunt blue sheep.
However, it should never be brutally plundered, burned, destroyed, and destroyed without a trace because of the greed of a more advanced civilization.
Its people were enslaved, its temples were demolished, and all its records were either burned or trampled into the mud. Even the lakes were drained of water and filled with land, completely destroying the ecology...
Just as he was thinking this, a huge golden light suddenly appeared in the temple in the distance. Grete narrowed his eyes reflexively, and heard the high-pitched chirping of an eagle, reaching up to the sky, which stung him and made him cover his eyes involuntarily.
ears.
And the golden light rose, rose, and gradually solidified, turning into a huge golden eagle, suspended above the temple. It spread its wings, and the falling shadow suddenly covered the entire royal capital. Under the wings, there were thousands of people.
Thousands of people prostrated themselves on the ground and cheered like thunder:
"Eagle God!"
"Eagle God!"
"The great eagle god!"
It flapped its wings gently, and the golden light shone on the lake, stretching for hundreds of miles. Under the golden eagle, another group of black air rushed up, hovering over the Great Pyramid, and revealed its figure.
Black matter and white seals alternate between rings. Although the body is only twice as tall as the Great Pyramid, the tail is unknown how long. It is half empty and half solid, submerged underground. While the snake is hesitating, there are faint black clouds rising.
"God of Eagles, God of Snakes." Archmage Baierbo and Archmage Haines of Black Crow Swamp stood side by side, looking at each other with serious expressions.
It's okay if the negotiation goes smoothly, but if the negotiation breaks down, these two totem gods will undoubtedly be the ones to take over.
"The Eagle God is probably between level 18 and 19." Silently, Archmage Baierbo had opened a spiritual connection and communicated with Haines:
"If you use some secret method to forcibly raise it, you can output about 19 levels of power. However, it should not cause a qualitative change and reach a legendary level."
"The snake god is a little lower, weak at level 18, and can be as weak as level 19 at most." Hines replied quietly with a straight face:
"The key is that this is their territory. We are far away and have no backup, so we must be cautious."
"What do you mean?"
"First find out their strength. And we must let the Eagle God and Snake God, or at least the Eagle God, join us in attacking with all our strength."
“Just what I wanted!”
After the two archmages finished talking, one went to talk to his subordinates and arrange tasks, while the other rushed into the front cabin and drove the operators into a frenzy. Record the target's power intensity, record the nature of the power, and record the changing waveform...
In short, make full use of all the equipment on the airship, be sure to collect enough information, and be the first to detect enemy aircraft!
Halfway through the scanning and detection work, the dark shadow of the snake god on the Great Pyramid gradually shrank and disappeared into the pyramid. The golden eagle spread its wings, circled three times on the island, gave a long cry, and slowly turned into golden light, falling into the sky on the other side.
pyramid.
After a moment, a speck of light flew up from the pyramid, but it was the Golden Eagle Warriors and a group of White Eagle Warriors who flew over to greet them. The leader, wearing an eagle helmet and long brilliant feathers, held an obsidian spear in his hand and saluted forward.
Before he could open his mouth, he was staggered by the air current outside the airship. He flapped his wings and had to step back three meters, then three meters further. He finally stabilized his body and conveyed loudly:
"Distinguished guests, the great eagle god, the great serpent god, and the respected Tratoani and Chihuacoto are waiting for you."
He turned around and flew towards the island. The airship followed slowly until it reached the edge of the island, then slowly descended and stopped at a height of more than ten meters above the water.
The cabin door opened, and Archmage Baierbo and Archmage Heins stepped out of the air, shaking out a flying carpet outside the cabin door. The other archmages stood quietly and watched, except Gretel, who was waved by the elder brother.
To your side:
"Hey, the youngest son of the God of Thunder! Don't be in a daze! Come with me!"
"Yes, you are the Lord of Plagues!" Archmage Heins also waved to him and received a blank stare as expected. A layer of flames faintly rose up on Senior Brother Byerbo's body...
Grete shrunk his neck, looked straight, and stood obediently behind his senior brother, without even looking at the necromancer. His feet sank slightly, but Cerela also jumped up:
"Let's go! Let's go together!"
The two archmages, each of whom brought a protective knight, Gretel and Cerela, rode on the flying carpet together and meandered forward. When they landed on the altar in front of the temple, a large group of people were already standing there waiting for them.
The leader, wearing an eagle-shaped gold crown and holding a gold scepter studded with precious stones, walked out from among the crowd and opened his arms to them:
"Dear guests, on behalf of the great Eagle God and the great Snake God, I welcome you! White ghosts are trampling on our land, and traitors are killing our people. The Eagle Country is in urgent need of you.
s help!"
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