Chapter 234 Sand City
Viewed from the air.
Lockakla in the middle of the sand sea is like an isolated island in the sea.
The turbulent waves composed of boundless wind and sand are continuous and beating, while the tall giant rock platforms are islands and reefs standing in the sea, stable and motionless, guarding the towns and people on the island.
In the nearby airspace, there are surprisingly many hot air balloons, airships, and even large airships.
Among the earth and rock buildings built layer by layer according to the terrain of the giant rock platform, airship terraces can be seen everywhere.
Even in the heroic city of East Doruma, located in the center of the continent, it is extremely difficult to see such a large number of aircraft at one time.
According to the jewelry merchants, at least 70% to 80% of them are businessmen and tourists who came here specially for the harvest festival.
The prosperity of Lockak is evident.
Amidst the sound of the fog bell clanking, the airship landed steadily next to a platform.
After politely declining the invitation from the jeweler to visit Lockrack Commercial Street, Gordon and his party jumped off the airship and followed the flow of people towards the famous stone gate pillar.
The huge stone gate pillars standing tall on the outside of Lockark are one of the most famous attractions in this sand city and are also the "entrance" of the city.
The wide doorway, which can even allow several large vehicles to pass side by side, promotes Locke's open attitude to embrace all rivers.
The special design of having only gate pillars without city walls or lintels symbolizes the city's ever-improving and never-ending enterprising spirit.
“So high, so high. Meow!!”
In front of the huge stone gate pillar, Pork Chop kept raising his head upwards in order to see the top of the pillar clearly, and finally lost his balance and turned over.
Hayata chuckled and helped Pig Chop up.
"Welcome to Lockrak, do you need some guidance?"
A thin but polite voice sounded. Gordon and the others turned around and found that the person making the sound was a silver-colored cat. A female Ellu with white fur.
It is wearing a uniform-like orange-red smock and an exquisite little top hat on its head, looking cute and professional.
Pork Chop quickly stood up, it didn't want to lose face in front of its kind.
Silver Ellu folded her paws on her chest and bowed gracefully - this is a common etiquette in the desert.
"I am Dianthus Cat, an El Cat belonging to the Lockark Tourism Association."
The silver-furred El Cat introduced herself: "If you need anything, I can help you. Lead the way, or lead you to visit Lockark.
Of course, these are free of charge. I just hope you have a good time in Lockark~"
Gordon glanced around with his peripheral vision and found that not only Dianthus, but also many Ellu cats in the same uniform were nearby, serving businessmen and tourists.
I have never seen such a scene when I came to Lockark before. Is this a recent addition to benefit the people?
Gordon thought about it and felt that there was no need to refuse.
Although I have been to Lockark before, my familiarity with the city is definitely not as good as these little tour guides.
So, he nodded, "Then I'll leave it to you. We plan to go to the assembly hall. Please give us a brief introduction along the way."
"Of course you can, meow~."
Dianzhu consciously walked to the front of the team and introduced on the side of the road, "This is the main gate of Lockark. If you want to enter the city of Lockark, you usually pass by here first."
After entering the main gate, you will find the commercial street. You are here at the right time. The harvest festival is about to begin, and the commercial street will become particularly lively. "
Just like Dianthus. said.
Although the commercial street here is not as neat and broad as Dongdoruma, the various shops, stalls, and tents are intertwined together, plus the vendors hawking along the way, it does have a special vitality.
At Dianthus' suggestion, they bought some local specialty dates from a roadside vendor to try.
Due to the abundant sunshine and the huge temperature difference between day and night, this fruit with a rustic texture is very sweet, to the point of being cloying. Gordon doesn’t particularly like it, but he eats Hayata and Pork Chop. Very happy.
After strolling around the commercial street for a while, the group continued forward under the leadership of Shi Zhu.
“Going west from here, there are many residences and hotels. Foreign travelers, caravans, hunters, desert corps, and even some single members of the walled guerrillas will choose to rent here. "
Speaking of this, Shizhu hesitated.
It lowered its voice and whispered: "The cost of hotels in this area is relatively affordable, but the space and comfort are beyond expectations. If possible, it is recommended to go to a better hotel."
Gordon Twitching the corner of his mouth.
At that time, for the convenience of him and Anhir, they found a house to live in on that hotel street. The conditions were indeed quite average.
“Who are the Walled City guerrillas?” Hayata asked curiously.
Gordon explained directly: "If you see armed men wearing uniform lightweight armor, hats or turbans, they are fortress guerrillas.
The fortress guerrillas are the official armed organization responsible for protecting Lockrak. They are divided into two parts: the 'guerrillas' and the 'archers'. Well, they are actually swordsmen and archers. "
Speaking of this, Gordon pointed to the sky.
"You must have seen it when the airship landed just now. There are many snake dragons living in the airspace near Lockark, and they appear from time to time. There will be monsters like Huang Velociraptor randomly entering the city and causing destruction.
Hunters can easily deal with these monsters, but loosely organized hunters cannot react so quickly.
The fortress guerrillas are different. They patrol everywhere and will rush to the scene as soon as possible to deal with the monsters and avoid personal injury.
At the same time, the fortress guerrillas are also the last line of defense for Lockak.
If the sand fleet fails to intercept Fengshan Dragon, their mission is to fight back Fengshan Dragon to the death. ”
“That’s it. "Hayata nodded understandingly.
Dianzhu glanced at Gordon in surprise, "Has this Mr. Hunter been to Lockark? I know very clearly, meow! "
"So be it. "Gordon replied with a dry smile.
A year or two ago, he and Ancil came to Lockark and stayed at the Hotel Street. They found that the rooms in that hotel were all bunk beds and the people who slept with them were the guys from the fortress guerrillas, so they got to know each other better.
The group passed the intersection and continued forward.
Dian Zhu was very responsible in carrying out his tour guide work, and introduced the forging workshop, prop shop and other facilities that are very important to hunters along the way.
Unknowingly, the Lockrak Assembly Hall was already in front of us.
"This is the hunter meeting place, meow. Please enjoy your time in Lockark, meow." Dianthus saluted politely again and prepared to leave.
Gordon and his party also thanked each other one after another. Pork Chop even took out dried fish to share with each other, but Shi Zhu politely declined.
This made the little guy a little frustrated.
Similar to the Assembly Hall in Port Tangia, the Lockark Assembly Hall is not a "building" but an open-air facility.
The sunshade roof made of black tarpaulin blocks the too harsh sunlight.
Such a "ceiling" naturally cannot block the rain, but this is a desert, so it doesn't matter.
Gordon looked around.
Finally, he found the dragon tribe elder he was looking for at a wine table with a red hat on his head.
Looking at the young old man enjoying the side dishes and drinking wine leisurely, Gordon walked forward with a smile.
Ps.
We quite like the various settings. A lot of information is hidden in equipment introductions, NPC conversations, etc. It is quite interesting to discover it by accident.
However, the equipment of the Fortress Guerrillas, emmm, is said to be the standard equipment of the local escorts in Lockark, but it also requires a large amount of materials from Lanlong and Fengshan Dragon.
Qilo Clark breeds Lan Mei on a large scale, right?
In short, here I set the fortress guerrilla set to be a lower-grade mass-produced equipment, similar to the cloud set and the flame set, otherwise it would be too outrageous.
(End of this chapter)