Chapter 2255 Ugly Memorial

Taliyah's rough satchel was filled with food, including bacon, oats, bread, and cheese, plus two skins of water. She didn't notice the big man in front of her, so she bumped into him and was thrown out and fell flat on the ground. He didn't move at all, and she felt like she had hit a cliff. The people in the market seemed to be used to it, and the crowds flowed around him like a stream flowing around rocks.

The big man was wrapped from head to toe in a rag-like robe, but it still couldn't hide his tall and strong figure. He was holding a long cloth-wrapped cane, the wide top of which was also wrapped in rags. His legs were bent at an odd angle, as if he couldn't move easily.

"You have to watch your way." His accent was thick and buzzing, as if it came from a deep well of sadness in his heart. "Shurima is a dangerous place now."

He turned and walked towards the cracked walls of Vekaura. The huge battlements were barely as tall as he was, and the upper parts were made of sun-dried earth bricks. The people of Vekaura would have found it amazing, but in his eyes, it was just a poor imitation.

The bloody words scribbled on the wall of the astronomical tower pointed him here, and the wizard would be attracted here. He sensed that the owner of an ascended bloodline had appeared in Vekaura.

This bloodline had existed long before the empire was in ruins and its territory spanned the entire continent. It was the most precious and powerful bloodline in ancient Shurima. So the top priority was to find that person before the enemy did. The ascended blood could bring Azir back from the void to the world, or it could destroy the reborn Shurima with evil intentions.

Taliyah was a little curious and confused. She followed the big man and asked, "You seem familiar with this place?"

"This arch bridge," he raised his cane and poked the stone bricks above his head. Pedestrians walked on the bridge, and dust fell from the cracks like a fine veil. A deep voice came: "It was built by the craftsmen exiled from the lost Ekathia. The cutting and stacking of each stone were extremely precise, and not even a drop of mortar was needed when building it."

"Really...really?" Taliyah looked at the bridge, which was not as perfect as the big man said.

"You mortals have long forgotten the past, and you call things that should be remembered rumors." The man asked, sensing Taliyah's ignorance and wandering bitterly in the depths of the desert for countless centuries, which gradually turned into violent anger: "Didn't I build the Great Library to prevent the decline of memory?"

"Isn't that a legend?" Taliyah replied in a low voice.

"Humph!" Taliyah's ignorance of history deeply angered the scholar's heart of Nasus.

The original outline of the city was still there, but Nasus felt as if he was walking in a nightmare. New materials and strange forms were reshaping the once familiar surroundings. The original appearance of everything was deliberately distorted, as if the purpose of the design was to make people feel uneasy.

"Oh no! Those bandits are coming again!"

As the noise came, Nasus and Taliyah shifted their gazes outside the city-state. As a large gathering place, it was normal to be targeted by bandits.

The Shurima bandits were also a specialty of the desert after the fall of the empire. Their survival did not rely on trade, but on violence. These teams of predators often disguised themselves and blended into the environment, luring unsuspecting travelers into traps, and then killing and robbing. Among the many bandit groups, the bandit group that dared to directly attack a large gathering place was also a powerful one.

There are also differences in reputation between bandit groups. For example, Shakar is a well-known nomadic bandit group. They are equipped with reinforced bone armor plates and long-handled weapons. They are good at frontal attacks and rush towards their target prey at a terrifying speed.

"It's really eye-opening." As Lin Jiu approached the water vein area, he saw more creatures. He even saw a group of nomadic residents of Shurima.

They do not live on land, but on the back of a creature called Duoman. Just like the fur tribe on the back of the elephant master in the world of One Piece, Duoman looks similar to an elephant, but not as big as the elephant master.

Duoman is like a moving mountain, and its body is so huge that it can cover several acres of land. Its back is wide and flat, as if it is a vast plain specially carved by nature, enough to carry countless creatures.

Its body is like a moving castle, with a broad chest and bulging muscles, and each muscle contains amazing power. Its limbs are so sturdy that they seem to be carved from the hardest rock. Every step it takes makes the ground rumble, as if the pulse of the earth is beating. Its hooves are wide and thick, which can steadily support its huge body and allow it to move forward steadily even on the most rugged terrain.

They also have huge chitinous shells to protect themselves. The power of evolution allows them to survive the long-term drought and harsh environment of Shurima. The riders and the beasts living on the back of the Doman beasts are interdependent. The riders will clean their bodies and drive away the parasitic flies that approach, while the Doman beasts use unknown senses to find hidden fresh water storage places.

The Doman beasts are like movable villages, and the Doman riders use hooks to travel through complex knotted networks to travel between these moving "villages and towns". When a rider is old or "can't run on the rope", he will be put back to the ground and live with other land dwellers for the rest of his life.

Lin Jiu also saw the "camel" in the Shurima Desert, the Skarash. They are often seen in caravans. Although they are notoriously irritable and difficult to tame, they are still greatly revered by the locals. Their fur is painted with sacred symbols of protection, and totems and amulets are hung on their horns. Therefore, if a caravan traveling through Shurima has a Skarash, it is a symbol of prosperity.

"Well... this temple needs to be rebuilt, and a new statue will be made at that time." Lin Jiu, who came to the sky above Vikaola, did not descend directly. On the way here, he found that the gang of robbers was coming fiercely, so he was not in a hurry to appear. Waiting for the robbers to take action before taking action himself will be more helpful for subsequent entrepreneurship. At the same time, he also sensed a strong soul power in Vikaola, and tested it by the way.

While waiting, Lin Jiu commented on the Sun Temple in the central area of ​​Vikaola. The dark outer wall shone like basalt, but the joints of different sizes could be seen through the roughly spliced ​​wall panels.

A sun disk hung on the top of the temple. Even from a distance, one could see that there was no gold on it, just a forged alloy of bronze and copper. The sun disk worshipped by the Shurima Empire was suspended in the air, but this copper plate was hung by several hemp ropes and hung on several asymmetrical pillars on both sides.

The steps in the four corners were also uneven stones. Two warriors wearing fitted armor made of copper plates and feathered animal helmets on their heads guarded the stairs.

This sun temple was built of sandstone and bare reefs knocked out by chisels. It was made by human hands, but it ended in human territory. Compared with the huge temple that was once the heart of the Shurima Empire, this temple can only be regarded as a child's toy.

The great temple of the Shurima Empire was once envied and hated by the entire Valoran continent, and kings from afar came from afar just to catch a glimpse of it.