Chapter 687: An Extraordinary Place
The news that the Lost Land was officially open soon spread to the surrounding territories.
In fact, everyone had been interested in this mysterious territory for a long time. Especially after reading the reports of other investigation teams, many forces sent envoys to the Lost Land to try to deal with this emerging force called the Tribunal.
However... they didn't even enter the gate of the Lost Land.
The entire Lost Land was completely surrounded, just like the walls built by a construction company during construction, completely preventing others from entering. It was announced to the outside that construction work was currently underway inside the Lost Land and it would be officially opened after everything was completed.
It must be said that this answer made many forces look confused. After all, according to the common practice on the continent of Faerun, the construction of a territory requires a lot of resources and transactions. Therefore, they also want to get a share of the pie in advance, but they didn't expect that others would play their own games behind closed doors... And according to the observations of these envoys, they didn't see a large amount of materials transported into the Lost Land, so what were they doing inside?
No one knew all this, because the tall guardrails completely surrounded the entire Lost Land, blocking everyone's vision tightly. Of course, some less sophisticated organizations tried to use magic or send some spies to conduct reconnaissance, but the result was... Of course, nothing was found.
The only thing they could see was the silhouette of the huge metal church group in the distance inside the Lost Land.
And now, this territory has finally removed the mysterious veil and revealed its true face.
"Hey, are we really going to that ghost place?"
Sitting in the carriage, Brook looked at his companions around him uneasily. They were originally residents of Waterdeep City and opened a small shop there. But later someone targeted them, forcing them to leave Waterdeep City and live somewhere else, and Brook's boss decided to go to the Lost Land.
"Of course, Brook, you idiot."
Driving the carriage, Kellyon whistled.
"You know what? That's an undeveloped territory, which means we can find a lot of work there! People can't live without food, sleep, clothes, or tools! Our Chamber of Commerce will definitely have a lot of potential there!"
"I don't think so."
However, compared to Kellyon's high spirits, Brooke was frowning.
"Those big businessmen must have taken the good places long ago. Maybe our final fate is to set up stalls on the street."
"Oh, shut up, things haven't come to that point yet."
Hearing Brooke's usual negative answer, Kellyon glared at his brother fiercely.
"We will definitely be able to make a comeback here, and then we will become rich! Big businessmen!"
"It may also be a body lying in the stinking ditch, a beggar on the roadside..."
"……………………"
Kellyon was speechless and had to retract his gaze and look at the front again.
"Okay, no matter what you say, we are almost there... Oh my God... Gods above!"
When Kellyon looked forward again, the carriage also turned the last bend, and at this moment, a huge metal gate that was dozens of meters high came into his sight, almost scaring Kellyon.
Although Kellyon had seen a lot of things in Waterdeep City, he swore that he had never seen such a spectacular sight. The huge metal iron gate erected in the center of the valley area leading to the Lost Land was as tall as a castle. At this moment, its door was closed, but the two side doors on both sides of the door pillars were opened to welcome guests from the outside world. The crowd formed a long dragon and was preparing to enter this territory.
"This is too exaggerated..."
Seeing this, Kellyon swallowed his saliva. Generally speaking, territories would only build gates and walls in their main cities. However, this force called the Tribunal was so terrifying that it directly surrounded the entire territory. How much supplies would it take! Especially the gate, which should not be made of gold, but copper, but... a copper gate? Where can I get so much copper!
Well, Duanmu Huai said that if I don't refine copper, how can I enrich the country and strengthen the army... Well, I'm getting off topic.
It must be said that this gate itself is enough to be a luxurious and magnificent scenery. The closer he got, the more trembling Kailian felt. There was a huge golden skull pattern engraved on this heavy metal gate, and there was a circle of golden gears around the skull. There were also double-headed eagle and warhammer logos at the back. On both sides of the gate, there were also extremely tall warriors wearing giant armor, holding long swords, and carrying wings on their backs. They stood there, staring coldly at the arrival of the group of uninvited guests in front of them.
Frankly speaking, just seeing this door and the sculptures on both sides was enough to make people feel a terrible sense of oppression, enough to prove that this territory itself was not a hospitable place.
But what puzzled Kailian even more was the words "Arkham" written on the door - is this the name of the city? Or is it the name of the territory?
"We should leave here."
Brooke almost wailed.
"This is not the place we should be at all. God bless you, this is simply a hell that only devils come to! Look, there are so many people in front of us. They are wearing gold and silver. They must be wealthy businessmen. Compared with them, we They are just two little pawns. Brother, it’s still too late. Let’s turn the carriage around and go to a nearby village to do some small business there, and then live our lives in an ordinary way..."
"Shut up, you idiot!!"
Kelion angrily interrupted his brother's complaint.
"I've had enough of your weak-minded complaints! If you want to leave, then get off the carriage now and go wherever you like! And those are not businessmen, hey, they are the Paladins of Tire, and Tom, Lathander...Suellen...Oh my god, what is going on?"
Kelion's eyes widened in surprise, looking at the envoys not far away who were preparing to enter the territory. They were all believers of gods, and almost all of them were the most famous and beloved messengers of gods on the continent of Faerûn. But today they actually gathered here and came to the Lost Land together?
Kellyon also knew that generally speaking, believers of gods would not contact a new territory in this way. They would indeed go to meet the lord and ask for permission to preach and establish a church. But this is obviously different now. Looking at these messengers of gods gathered together, it feels more like they are going to attend a meeting...
But what kind of meeting would allow so many messengers of gods to attend?
Thinking of this, Kellyon shuddered and quickly looked away.
He is just a serious businessman, and he is not willing to get involved in some troublesome things.
At this moment, Kelion's queue also moved forward slowly, and soon he came to the entrance of the side door.
"Who are you? What is the purpose of coming to the Lost Land?"
A terrifying being who was even taller than Kellyon and wearing black armor stood in front of him, his eyes glowing scarlet, and he asked coldly, and when he heard his voice, Kellyon also trembled. , stood up quickly.
"Reply... No, respected...that...respected master, we are brothers Kelion and Brooke from Waterdeep City. We are businessmen and want to run a business in the Lost Land..."
"………………"
Before Kelly could finish his words, he was forced to shut his mouth by the eyes of the night guard in front of him.
However, at this moment, there was a sudden noise from the team nearby.
"Are you kidding me? Why don't you let me in?"
Hearing this voice, Kelion was stunned for a moment, turned around and saw on the other side, a fully armed lizard man who looked like an adventurer was roaring angrily at another night guard.
"The Tribunal only allows humans and demihumans to enter, and no alien race is allowed to enter."
Facing the lizard man's roar, the night guard said coldly, and hearing this, the lizard man became even more angry.
"Stop joking! Do you think of me as something despicable like a goblin or a jackal?! You..."
However, before the lizard man finished speaking, Kelion saw the night guard suddenly raise a strange, saw-like object in his hand and aim at the opponent. Then with a "bang", the lizard man's head shattered directly. , scattered all over the place. And its headless body also shook for a moment and then fell heavily to the ground.
"………………"
Seeing this scene, everyone present was stunned. At this moment, a girl dressed as a priest walked out and glared at the night guard angrily.
"Why are you doing this? He just wants to go in and have a look. Even if he is not allowed in, there is no need to kill him!"
"For the Inquisition, all aliens are targets that need to be eliminated."
The night guard gave a calm answer, but at this moment, suddenly, an aristocratic man who looked like a kid from a rich family sneered and walked out.
"Oh? According to you, as long as it is an alien race, the Inquisition will eliminate it?"
"That's right."
"Very good, interesting..."
Hearing the words of the night guard, the man nodded, and then the robe on his body suddenly swelled up. The next moment, a huge green dragon suddenly appeared in front of everyone!
"In this case, then I want to see what your trial court has...!!"
"boom!!"
"Destroy the aliens!!!"
The green dragon raised its head high, but before it could finish its words, the surrounding night guards roared angrily. The next moment they raised their weapons and attacked the green dragon. Along with the thunderous bombardment, everyone was surprised to see blood flowers bursting out from the green dragon's body. Under this extremely violent attack, the green dragon wailed without even finishing his pretentious words. , and collapsed directly to the ground. The next moment, the night guards patrolling above suddenly raised the chain saw guns in their hands, jumped down, and then the whistling and rotating chain saws in their hands cut directly into the green dragon's body!
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah-----!!"
The green dragon screamed miserably, and the people around him were so scared that they ran away. They watched the giant dragon rolling on the ground desperately, but it was meaningless. In just a moment, one of the Night Guards cut off the green dragon's head and turned it into a corpse.
"…………………………"
At this moment, Kellyen had collapsed to the ground, and his brother Brooke beside him had already fainted.
Looking at the green dragon's corpse being dragged away by the Night Guard like a dead dog, Kellyen swallowed silently.
This time, he might really have come to an incredible place……………