Falkenridge, the legendary capital city of the Falcon Principality, is the eternal fortress of the Holy Empire.
The early morning sunlight evenly shines on the city wall that stretches for dozens of miles. It originates from the northern end of Falkenridge City and extends to the east and west sides like a giant black snake, guarding the long defense line.
This great city wall is called the "last barrier" and symbolizes the last line of defense to protect the pioneering area.
It consumed countless resources and was expanded by exiled dwarf craftsmen over the years. The middle section is 100 meters high, which is much higher than the average height of city buildings. The city walls are lined with towers and ballistas, and the defenders are heavily guarded.
It has been decades since the Broken Star War broke out.
The machine race destroyed the elven kingdom of Irollan, and the demons overran the underground city of the dwarves. When the Broken Star Legion marched southward, it was the Falkenridge City of the Falcon Principality that gathered the power of the Order camp to block the enemy in the north of the city. .
After a long war, Falkenridge has been reinforced into a steel giant with sharp teeth. Every day, countless supplies and troops come from behind, fill it into its belly, and then turn into angry flames. Spewing out towards the Broken Star Legion in the north.
There, there are countless Starbreaker armies.
Under the management of General Duncan, the commander of the coalition forces and a descendant of the Falcon family, Falconridge built a large number of bunkers and fortresses in the northern hilly areas, built layers of defense lines, and created sufficient strategic buffer zones and broad combat zones, which could Respond to the onslaught of the Star Broken Legion in an orderly manner.
As the frontline battlefield of the Empire, Falkenridge has two huge visual landmarks that can be seen no matter where in the city.
The first one is the towering, rolling "last barrier" Great Wall.
The other one is located in the center of Falkenridge City, the largest, most sophisticated and efficient space-time gate in the entire continent.
This spindle-shaped space-time gate covered with a silver-white steel shell consumes countless strategic resources and has the most expensive and stable energy structure. The transmission efficiency is more than three times that of ordinary city time-space gates. The magic materials that the user needs to consume are greatly reduced. .
At this time, a seven-member angel team just flew out of the upper part of the time and space gate and headed for the Elrath Cathedral opposite.
The teleportation square on the ground is full of people walking back and forth.
Suddenly, ripples appeared in the lower corner of the space-time door, and a young man wearing a red priest's robe penetrated the light curtain and walked out.
【Li Ran】
[First-level priest apprentice/adventurer]
[Status: Health 100%/Energy 100%/Hunger 100%]
[Attribute Rating: Strength C Agility D Magic C Physical C Psychic D]
【talent】
Broken Star Mark: Mythical Curse of Destiny
(Eternal Hunting: Greatly increases the hatred value of creatures in the Starbreaker camp towards you.)
Elrath's Heart of the Sun: Mythical Talent
(Heart of the Burning Sun: Obtain the affinity ability of the light element, and the strength, physical strength, and magic power ratings will be permanently increased by one level. Creatures in the order camp will have a natural affinity for you, and the temple army under your command will be more likely to maintain high morale. )
Li Ran looked up at the angel team flying towards the cathedral, and focused on the surrounding streets.
This was his first time coming to Falkenridge, and everything was new.
Although Star Wind City is the only Advent main city in the continent other than Fantasy Sea Guild's Silver Sand City, it is currently in a period of rapid development.
But its size and size are still far from that of a giant city like Falkenridge, where the streets are filled with crowds of people and prosperous shops.
In the early days of the Broken Star War, this place was a doomsday city filled with death and despair. It could be captured by the Broken Star Legion from the north at any time. The entire city was highly militarized and filled with religious fanaticism.
But with the advent of the Advent, the atmosphere of the city has changed greatly.
The first is economic prosperity.
Those who are willing to choose the location of development in Falkenridge are all risk-taking and ambitious careerists with strong economic strength.
Three of the top ten guild alliances have settled in Falkenridge - the Heart Guild, the Boiled Blood Guild, and the Blood Angel Guild. The desire of ordinary descendants to improve their levels has created a strong market, which has created a strong market for the Falcon Principality and the local area. Merchants brought huge gold coin income.
These gold coins are further transformed into the driving force for the development of the Falcon Principality. With gold coins, the cities of gods in various places can further develop, build new gods' buildings, increase the production of God's chosen warriors, and increase the output rate of basic resources through investment and development.
It can be said that the current increasingly optimistic war situation of Falkenridge is based on such economic and resource advantages.
Secondly, it is a relaxed and happy living atmosphere.
Unlike the aboriginal people, those who died in Ashan did not really die. They had the opportunity to clear the land and resurrect from scratch. The price they paid was only being unable to log in for three months.
For most descendants, Ashan is just a "game world" where they can make a living and have fun. It would be great if they could have some excitement and fun while earning living expenses.
Such unorthodox values bring about a blindly optimistic life style that is completely different from the apocalyptic atmosphere.
Li Ran walked through the crowd. The walls of the shops on both sides of the street looked shabby and primitive, but the shop windows were as tempting as exquisite art exhibitions. There were a wide variety of goods and services, attracting passers-by to spend money.
Most of these shops are the property of Adventers. For them, the glory of Ashan and the safety of Falkenridge are not important. What is important is that this place is like a land of gold, and they can earn generous gold coins every day.
However, for those native residents who have lived in Ashan since birth, it is a different story.
Hidden in the shadows of the alleys beside the streets are many refugees who have fled their hometowns due to war and famine.
They are thin and have indifferent eyes. They gather together in cliques, with daggers and throwing knives hidden in their rags. Their eyes glance sinisterly at the well-dressed pedestrians on the street, waiting for the lone arrival to walk into the alley. , assault and rob their property.
Li Ran walked in the middle of the street, always keeping a distance from the local gangsters, but there was still a corner on the noisy street that caught his attention, making him involuntarily shift his steps and move closer.
On the side of the road, a mother in tattered clothes and her daughter were kneeling and begging.
"Kind Lord Advent, if you have any copper coins, please give us a few. Our village encountered a group of bandits a few days ago. My husband and fellow villagers died, leaving us, mother and daughter, to depend on each other... ..."
There were not many people watching, and such scenes were very common in war-torn Ashan.
"Hey, woman, raise your face and let me see what you look like."
The woman raised her head after hearing the words, and a huge sword wound slashed diagonally across her entire face. It could be seen from her fair skin and beautiful eyebrows that the woman was a beauty before the injury.
But because of this open wound, the woman looked extremely ugly.
"Kind-hearted adults, please save us. As long as I have five copper coins, I can go to the restaurant next door to ask for a bowl of porridge for my daughter..."
At this time, someone suddenly noticed that the girl kneeling on the ground was about eleven or twelve years old, with a tear-stained face and a charming face. She had obviously inherited her mother's beauty, and she looked like a little beauty.
The man shouted loudly to the woman: "You are so ugly, but your daughter is quite handsome. Do you want to sell your daughter? I can give you fifty silver coins."
"I'll pay you 100 gold coins!" An orc player next to him immediately raised his hand and raised the price.
"I...I'll pay three hundred gold coins!" Seeing that the blackmail failed, the original man immediately raised the price by one point.
Li Ran, who was standing nearby, frowned.
A piece of magic iron crystal gem he picked up at the beginning of the server could be sold for three hundred gold coins.
Could it be that three hundred gold coins can buy a homeless twelve-year-old girl? !
This was obviously a situation he had never imagined for him who had been away from the pioneering area for a long time and led the Star Wind Leader alone in a fight to the death in the occupied area.
Li Ran was extremely shocked for a moment.
