The Amber Sword

Maddala's eternal death is a city built in the heart of the place where Rosacell meets the river of sudden death, which in the ancient language of the mountaineers stands for 'eternal eternity', and which flows more than 700 kilometres south to inject the sea of eternal death into the Tauccik region.

Both rivers run through the most flourishing areas of Madara, where there are many human beings even; for example, in the capital of the Dead Spirit, where nearly 120,000 people, elves or any other species of creature lived before the unrest, and where the number of dead spirits is small - unless the intelligent lower spirits are counted as well.

If there is a living spirit, there is a need for the necessary survival goods, not to mention the variety of materials needed by the sorcerers of the dead, and the dark nobles need such things as ore, armor, weapons and all kinds of materials, from which business activities arise. So Madara's eternal capital of death is not the kind of dark, silent, shady, even depressed city that the world envisions.

The city is as full of life as it is of its own, and you can see shops, workshops, even mills and bars, and public buildings like libraries and bathhouses, not much different from what you see in other metropolitan cities of this era.

Unlike those human cities in the southern realm of Eru and in the Cruz Empire, however, the cities of the dead tend to be muddy and quiet, and most of the buildings they build are generally religious in colour, often constructed with colder materials such as obsidian and marble, creating a serious and linear atmosphere.

For reasons well known to all, the dead worship order, and they are Martha's fanatics. So in this city, the streets are straight, and you can't see messy objects, messy alleys, moving hawkers, or messy illegal buildings, and the whole city has a faint militarized atmosphere.

And there are very few pedestrians on the streets, and if not necessary, the city's inhabitants rarely go out and talk, and you rarely see idle people, because the unemployed are transformed into dead spirits into military camps, where women's jobs are fertile, where men have to work for the flourishing of the Black Rose of Bromandow, and where everyone has things to do - in short, Madara doesn't have idle people.

As a passer with a modern human soul, Brando does not feel comfortable with this atmosphere. A pluralistic modern society adores freedom and distinction, and although he is not a radical liberal, he is more or less affected by it and does not like this extremely conservative and militarized closed society.

But the destruction of order was always easier than building. Less than a week after the arrival of the Goddess of the Moon, the society of the dead had collapsed before his eyes.

He was walking down the street with the others at the moment. Eyes sweep through the ruins of the street buildings, and everywhere you look, the morning streets are covered with mist, mixed with the dust on the ruins, forming haze.

The visibility of the street was extremely low, he did not use his special sensory abilities, he could only rarely see people walking around in the fog in the distance, looking for valuable belongings in the ruins.

The street used to be an orderly craftsman's area a week ago, where the beardy craftsmen allied with the Dead built armaments for the Dead Wizards, but in that disaster, the buildings collapsed, leaving behind the scene of soreness, and there was a terrible crack in the street, and occasionally the lava could be seen gushing out of it.

Granite deposits accumulated after the magma cooled everywhere, the dead had long been in order and few remained here today, the dark nobles had withdrawn from the city three days before the disaster, the army had continued to fight the evil gods' children in the city, and Queen Madala had subsequently withdrawn most of the civilians, after which the dead witches and their commanding army had begun to withdraw gradually from the various urban areas.

Still in the city today, most of them missed the best time to evacuate or were abandoned. The dead can make no promises to their people, and they make only the most efficient choices.

The distant sight of this group of people marching towards the centre of the city caused the misty refugees to riot and begin to approach this side, most of them human beings and elves in the city, hoping to be taken out of the city, at least to avoid the terrible children of the evil gods.

Clearly, however, their hopes were lost, they were not close, and the black knights on the periphery of the team rushed over, raising the cold sword to drive them away. Seeing the black knights, these people's eyes reveal the color of despair, the black knights are the most ruthless creatures of the dead, let alone those who can manage them must be the big figures in the dark nobility, and the big ones don't care about their lives and their deaths?

The phoenix next to Brando saw this scene and frowned, and she seemed to want to say something, as if she had not spoken because of some concern.

Brando noticed the beauty of his students and turned to Queen Madara beside him and said, "Those people are your people. ”

“In the kingdom of the dead, there is no concept of a people,” said Queen Madala faintly, "only value, they were once valuable, so that they could survive here, but now they have lost the value of existence and are therefore left to die for themselves. ”

Brando can hardly imagine such a degree of cohesion, but there is no doubt that those who survive here have embraced this logic from birth. And none of those who came to Madara from the outside world were exiled into the darkness, and now that they have chosen this path, they must accept all the rules of the dark world.

“It is only a matter of raising your hands to take these people out. ”

“I never give. ”

“It is not charity, but I ask you to do so.” Brando snapped the railroad and replied.

Queen Madara frowned: "Why? ”

Brando looked at the phoenix fire around him and said, "Because this is my student's choice, as a teacher, I don't want her to show her thoughts for any other reason. ”

He said to the Phoenix Fire, “It's not a mistake to be compassionate, you're my student, you don't have to worry about anyone. If you think it's right in your heart, then you should express it more so as to strengthen your position and will. ”

Phoenix Fire had some movement, and she bowed deeply: "Teacher, Phoenix Fire has been taught. ”

“Meaningless move,” replied Queen Madara, "but I promised, it was in your value that I would take these burdens with me when I left the city. ”

In addition to the accompanying black knights, there are also Housch and Mr. Liu, among whom is Princess Magdalene, who has little empathy with these Madalas and little expression on his face. And it's obvious that Housch doesn't agree with Brando, and he skips his mouth. Only when the nun heard Brando's words did her frowns swell.

Sure, it doesn't mean much to Brando in and of itself, or can save a few more people, but for the rest of us, it's just a cup of water. And it had nothing to do with his compassion, because he couldn't confirm whether it was worth saving or not, and he didn't have time to identify the good or the bad, except that he had to tell his students that if he thought it was the right thing to do, he had to insist, shrink, was it a soldier doing it?

Good thing Phoenix itself seems to have noticed this.

After this little insert, the line continues to move forward. Their destination is the meditation sanctuary in the Temple of the Dead Moon, where, to be exact, the transmission array has been built. Since the arrival of the Goddess of the Dead Moon, the most severely damaged Temple of the Dead Moon has long been turned into a restricted area, where the Black Knight Guard, now under Her Majesty's command, holds it firmly together, on the one hand, to guard against the entry of speculators and, on the other, to prevent the Son of the Evil Goddess, who escaped from the rift, from destroying the Falun Front.

According to the agreement between Brando and Queen Madara, they will be transferred to the central area of the sea close to the Dead Moon to find the legendary boundary of stagnation, solve the mystery of emerald and recover the natural jewels. And after their departure, the dead will completely abandon the city, and the dead will complete an unprecedented migratory movement under the will of the mercury wand. They may eventually be divided into two paths: one into Eruin or Cruz and the other east into St. Osor - if the information about peace that Freya brings back can be endorsed by the Wind Fairies.

Freya had left Eternal Death earlier in the day aboard the Feilong, accompanied by former Marshal Blank of the Principality of Antobulo and Ms. White Mist. Brando knew that the next thing she brought back to Eruin might not be a mild reform, but with expert protection like Blank, the physical safety of the Goddess of Martial Arts could at least be guaranteed. Moreover, for Tonigal's alliance with Her Royal Highness the White Wolf Sword Saint is also a much-needed top combat force for the Alliance.

Because Brando had previously learned from Freya that St. Mayfist of the Grey Sword had not returned to Eruin, it was possible that, like Metisa, there was a problem with long-distance transmission.

And Ms. White Fog's knowledge of some of the secrets of the time before the Battle of the Dusk Dragon and the Saints was sufficient to help Her Royal Highness and Antina clear their minds on how to cope with the next Battle of the Dusk Dragon. Besides, she is a powerful magician herself, though rarely shown.

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