Rebirth of the Viking King

Chapter 546 64 Mbia Oasis

After setting off from Langte Oasis, the Hash Caravan once again embarked on a smooth journey.

There is an excellent guide named Old Hash in the team, and there are more than 30 freedmen from Lante Oasis.

There were no sandstorms or wild beasts along the way.

After walking slowly for 13 days, the Hash caravan entered the end of the journey, the Mbia Oasis where the largest tribe of free people in the Black Desert, the Temple of Anubis, is located.

This oasis is located in the center of a low-lying basin.

Standing on the mountain peak, you can see that the size of the oasis is at least 4-5 times the size of Langte Oasis. There is not just one lake in Mbia Oasis, but four flowing lakes of different sizes dotted around it. From a distance, there is even a low lagoon in the center of the city, and the movement of the water forms a small waterfall.

Just by being close to this oasis, you can feel the moist smell coming to your face.

In terms of scale, the Anubis tribe is several times larger than the Scorpion tribe. In the center of the oasis there is even a human-shaped temple erected on the side of the tranquil lake.

The statues of Osiris, Anubis and Amin sitting side by side form the main body of the building.

That is the legendary "Temple of Anubis".

Approaching the oasis, exquisite marble statues began to appear one after another in the passage down the mountain. It is not difficult to tell from the colorful murals and inscriptions that these are the high-level priests in the Temple of Anubis.

The goose-yellow marble sculptures, exquisite stone tablets and murals outside have already begun to show the wealth of the city before entering the city gate.

Walking down the valley onto the flat ground, when row after row of solid breadstone pavement appeared in everyone's eyes, everyone seemed to have returned to Constantinople.

The "Anubis Tribe" located in the middle of the Black Desert is a city that is seriously underestimated by the world.

In the early 21st century, when oil was discovered, many barren lands in the Middle East began to rapidly accumulate wealth.

Because in their eyes, the black oil mined from the ground is similar to soil.

It is everywhere in the local area.

The same goes for the goods demanded by Byzantine merchants in the Black Desert.

As more and more caravan traders poured into the Black Desert, the free people discovered that what they wanted was actually the mummies buried in the tombs in the yellow sand, as well as the ancient relics buried beside the mummies.

Although ancient Egypt has long since died, the Pharaohs ruled this desert for 5,000 years. At its peak, ancient Egypt had millions of residents and a wide variety of alien gods.

With such a huge population base and a rule that lasted for thousands of years, there are a large number of noble tombs buried in the valleys near several oases. The tombs of pharaohs and high-ranking priests were equipped with complex traps and mechanisms, and free people did not dare to break into them without permission.

But enter the graves of ordinary nobles or large slave owners and take out three or five funerary objects.

This is not difficult for them.

Find any valley, basin, sand dune, or hidden oasis. The tombs of nobles are as dense as anthills.

Since the days when freedmen were hiding from Roman magistrates, they have been digging up the tombs of their ancestors.

It has been digging for eight hundred years now, but only a drop in the bucket has been dug out.

The stereotype of free people by Mediterranean merchants was that they lived in uninhabited deserts, endured never-ending sandstorms every day, and relied on a few salt water wells and dried wild beast meat to survive.

However, when they actually enter this land and successfully reach the free people's villages, each of them will find that the free people's cities are more elaborately built than many Mediterranean cities.

Although this is a group of people who have subjugated their country, they once had a glorious past and developed a civilization that is beyond the reach of most countries.

Needless to say, they are also sitting on the wealth accumulated for them by millions of ancestors.

Following the steps from the mountain peak into the basin, the main entrance of Mbia Oasis stands as a city gate composed of six obelisks.

People often regard the pyramids as the symbol of ancient Egyptian civilization. As everyone knows, the majestic size of the pyramid may seem shocking, but what better reflects the powerful construction skills of the ancient Egyptians is their obelisk.

The obelisk, which is about 50-80 meters high, is usually made of 6-7 finely cut marble blocks stacked on top of each other. The history of the city and the names of the rulers are engraved on them.

Not to mention the marble weighing tens or hundreds of tons, even if six or seven dice are placed in a pile, this fragile pillar may collapse under the stimulation of any external force.

Several pieces of natural marble are carved into natural curvatures and then stacked one on top of the other. They are placed in an uninhabited wilderness and allowed to be eaten away by the strong wind.

This kind of architectural creation can last for thousands of years without corroding or collapsing, which already contains a kind of construction technology that is almost heavenly.

Just after entering the city gate, Old Hash felt that uncomfortable feeling like a ray on his back again.

He has walked this route once a year for more than 40 years, and Mbia Oasis is a must-stop on his desert journey. This oasis is located in the center of the five major tribes and is the largest distribution center for the free people of the Black Desert.

There are more than 60,000 permanent residents in the city, accounting for half of the total population of free people.

Every time I entered Mbia Oasis in the past, a large number of people gathered in the city, and the streets were filled with free people traveling and the chariots of nobles.

However, this time I entered the city

Under the scorching sun, the breeze blew up patches of yellow sand in the city, and there were only a few sparse figures on the streets.

As often happened in the past, the freedmen's children should have gathered when the convoy entered the city.

Old Hash looked at the surrounding houses with a livid face, and put down the candied candies he was holding tightly in his hands.

The city was not deserted, but the very few travelers on the streets looked in a hurry. They were all wrapped in robes and quickly disappeared into the fine sand and hot wind at a speed that was almost trotting.

As for other residents along the way. When he heard the ringing of the caravan's bell, he didn't look around and instead closed the doors and windows tightly.

The stark contrast between the empty streets and the luxuriously decorated city cast a dark cloud over everyone's mind.

"Brothers, be careful."

"Don't go out after entering the city. Don't go out after everyone enters the hotel. I'll go to the market first to find out what happened here."

"Remember not to wander around."

"Especially don't leave the team!"

The Hash caravan chose to enter the city on a clear and cloudless day. The caravan moved forward at an extremely slow speed in the city. They even stopped deliberately after passing through several streets, and the guards first conducted a probe.

After passing through seven streets, the Hash Horse Gang finally saw the huge outline of the Temple of Anubis.

This is a huge building built with four gods sitting side by side. In the light scorching wind and sand, just seeing the huge outline can give people a great sense of oppression.

The temple door was closed, and the square in front of the door was empty. Only two free priests, covered in blue robes, stood in the center of the square.

Old Hash turned to look at Heath.

He nodded slightly.