Lord of Mysteries: Yao Guang

Upon entering Spark City, in addition to the obvious increase in the surrounding temperature, what makes people feel even more dizzy and noisy is the knocking sound that almost never stops.

Esther is not even a professional in this aspect. Even among the many candidates on the Gray Fog, there is not much detailed knowledge related to traditional forging - even if there are many cold weapon enthusiasts among them, most of them are limited to the Internet. At the stage of browsing the information, no one has actual experience of lifting a hammer to cut iron. After all, driving nails into a wooden board is different.

"Dang——dang——"

This powerful sound keeps repeating, echoing one after another throughout the city, as if it is the uninterrupted heartbeat of Spark City, pumping vitality into every corner of the city, and people who are not used to it The outsiders loudly shouted their dissatisfaction.

Esther rubbed her ears. Although it would not have any effect on her, wouldn't the residents here become deaf after living in such an environment for a long time?

She was a little surprised now that Veronica and the others didn't have the characteristic of hearing loss, but when she thought about the weirdness in their bodies, and Pion never took off the red iron helmet from the beginning to the end, Esther couldn't help but I suspect that everyone here has some kind of physical disability.

This is probably not something they can control, nor is it what they want.

"Do you like it here?" Crow suddenly asked softly in Esther's ear.

Although she didn't understand why Amon would ask this, Esther looked around, gradually breaking away from the annoying knocking sound, and calmed down to observe quietly:

Most of what she could see was gray stone or gray iron sheets, with almost no vitality of living things. Instead, the sound of chains often came from invisible corners - from the inside of the iron bars behind the closed windows. There are spire-shaped square houses that are several meters high and serve as sentries. There are mechanisms with unknown functions hidden everywhere. This makes Spark City less like a "city" and more like a weird fortress ready for war at any time.

But there is another thing that is difficult to understand: what exactly are they guarding against.

The streets here are narrow and monotonous. Except for the pillar-like guard rooms and stone lamps burning with fire everywhere, there are no other decorations in these streets and alleys. Even the widest main road can only accommodate four people walking side by side at most. However, long ladders made of stones or iron cables can be seen everywhere, leading from top to bottom to the more crooked windows.

When you look at it from the outside, the rough and uncoordinated feeling is very obvious. Now walking in this city, it is so clearly crowded among all the iron houses that anyone with obsessive-compulsive disorder wants to stay away immediately. This city, which has no sense of symmetrical beauty, is also far away from its non-stop noise.

"Do you like it here?" Because Esther was in a daze for a while, Crow had no choice but to speak again, raising his claws to tighten her hair, forcing Esther to come back to her senses.

Esther freed the few hairs from the bird's claws, and then answered the crow's strange question:

"I don't know. I don't know Spark City, and I can't say I like it. But I think there are many people who like it here, such as Veronica and the others."

"I'm asking you." Crow didn't sound satisfied.

Esther glanced at Lev's back leading the way. Although the man was tall, he was shorter than Ms. Lovia from Silver City. The "giant" blood here may be weaker than that in Silver City. .

She shook her head: "Don't think about those pranks that turn this place into an empty city in the blink of an eye, Amon, I'm just passing by. To them, the existence of this place is meaningful, and we don't need to do anything."

"If you don't want an anchor, what are you here for? There's nothing wrong with that."

Esther grabbed the other hand of the woven bag and subconsciously squeezed the rough bag tightly. The not-so-heavy spores were still carried on her back. Only now did Esther realize that Amon's "natural" thinking seemed to be what she secretly wanted to do.

She brings these mushrooms with her just to plant them in different places. After they grow, the lantern mushrooms can last for a long time and become her unique positioning mark...

The knocking sound was still echoing, which disturbed Esther's calm mood again. She didn't want to admit it because Amon had already noticed that these mushrooms had a special effect on her that was similar to an "anchor":

"Okay, okay, let's just assume that what you said is right! I don't intend to convert them to anything, I just plan to spread these mushrooms, but it's the same if they are planted outside the city. It's too hot in the city."

And as Esther and Lev walked deeper into the city, she felt that the surrounding temperature was still rising further. There were fewer and fewer twisted and tall houses on both sides of the streets. Instead, there were more and more pure white stone walls. The more - Esther always felt that the material was bone.

Lev glanced back. He had noticed the interaction between Esther and Crow, but he didn't hear anything.

Even if there are constant knocking sounds of "ding-dong" around him, with the hearing of this "Iron-Blooded Knight", he is confident enough that he is sensitive enough to distinguish the content of any conversation. But he did not hear anything. Lev was very sure that there was nothing wrong with his ears, so the only problem was the outsider.

The reason why he could recognize "His Royal Highness the Son of God" at a glance was because more than 150 years ago, "He" once answered the prayer of another "chief" in Spark City.

Although the image of a crow with a white ring on one side and black feathers was consistent with what the "chief" described, Lev was still very suspicious of that lady.

But the other party is very powerful, and Lev is very self-aware. Perhaps only the "chief" who gets the response can solve this matter smoothly, or at least send the other party away as soon as possible.

Along the way, Lev didn't take the initiative to introduce any place to Esther, nor did he care about her looking around. He only showed a taciturn attitude. But from the frequency with which this "chief" touched the hilt of the sword, Esther could tell that Lev had an anxious mood in his heart, but it was not directly displayed on his face.

Esther smiled and poked the crow on her shoulder: "You restricted the spread of sound from the beginning?"

"I don't want a third ear to listen to our conversation," Crow tilted his head, "In fact, there are really ten residents in this city with third ears."

"...Is this some kind of cold joke that isn't funny at all? How many people are there in total here?"

The crow's reply sounded nonchalant: "There are six hundred and ninety-one people in Spark City, if you regard them as 'people'."

Esther was stunned for a moment: "Wait, what do you mean? Also, do you know too much about this place..."

Crow didn't speak, just looked forward: "Welcome to the heart of Spark City, the 'furnace of life'."