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Chapter 4 Karatomir

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Forests are a very unique existence for the Quaternary Yara world. In the cognition of the creatures in the Quaternary Yara world, forests will never disappear. Some people even believe that forests are alive, and the reason is that this unique characteristic.

The forests in the Yara world have their own fixed range. Within this range, once the trees in a certain place are too sparse, most of the nutrients in the nearby land will be automatically concentrated in this area. At the same time, the plant seedlings begin to grow rapidly, and often within one or two months, a piece of land burned to white land can be re-covered by the forest. While re-covering the forest, all other buildings will be destroyed by plants except the trees themselves, and no race can be exceptional. Over the past thousands of years, organisms of various races have thought of countless ways to erode the range of forests, but have failed without exception. The forest did not reduce even a square meter of range, but sometimes it will expand a lot outward. Of course, the part of the forest that expanded outward does not have this regeneration characteristic, otherwise the mainland would have been covered by forests.

In the Yara Continent, it can be called a forest, and there are three areas with this characteristic, namely the Warcraft Forest, the Shining Forest and the Death Forest.

The Warcraft Forest is located at the southernmost end of the continent, close to the Neville Federation. The climate is cold and dry. More than one-third of the year, most of the forests are covered with ice and snow. The Dragon Mountains, the guardian of the Yara World, lives in the middle of the Warcraft Forest. There are a large number of legendary monsters living in the Warcraft Forest. Among these monsters, there are even many demigod-level existences hidden, which are one of the forbidden areas of the Yara Continent.

The Death Forest is located at the northernmost end of the continent. It is separated from the mountainous country of Kulan in the west by the Feather Mountains. The north is facing the sea in the east and the south is close to the orc grassland. The Death Forest is actually divided into two parts. The Ocaine Mountains that run across the forest are used as the dividing line. The north is still called the Death Forest, while the south is the elves' territory Lost Forest. The part of the Lost Forest is hot and humid, rich in resources, and relatively few monsters, which is more suitable for the elves to live. The other half of the Death Forest is high temperature and humid, rainy all year round, and is full of high-level monsters. A large number of forest overlord-level demon beasts live here, which can be regarded as the most dangerous place on the land of the entire Yara world. For thousands of years, at least two-thirds of the deaths who died abnormally were killed here, so this place is also called the Death Forest Cemetery by professionals.

The last flash forest is in the central part of the continent, located in the northwest of the Neville Federation, located in the orc grassland, the border of the three kingdoms of the sea country Casa and the Neville Federation, covering an area of ​​nearly 100,000 square kilometers. Although countless various monsters live in the flash forest, the strength of the monsters is not too high, so the flash forest is also recognized by professionals as the safest of the three forests. Of course, safety is only relatively speaking. In fact, the strength of the flash forest is stronger than the internal monsters. Near the center, the closer it is to the center, and sometimes some legendary monsters appear, which also makes professionals with insufficient strength dare not go too deep.

Theoretically, the Flash Forest was divided into three parts by the Neville Federation, the Orc Kingdom and the Sea Kingdom, each occupying one of them. However, due to the characteristics of the forest and the number of monsters inside, no country can gain a foothold in the forest. This part of the land is in name only and becomes a paradise for the monsters. At the same time, the monsters in the forest often burst out of the forest in the form of beast tides in the form of beasts to attack the surrounding villages and towns. The helpless three forces can only set up a large number of defensive forces in the border areas outside the forest to fight the invasion of monsters. Karatomir in Neville is such a border city.

"Is this Karatomir?" Outside the small town with an area of ​​less than twenty square kilometers, Catherine stood up from the seat on the side of the carriage hand and looked at the towering and solid city walls in the distance: "It's hard to imagine that such a fortress-type city would appear in the Federation of Neville."

"Don't look at other cities in Neville that focus on business operations. In fact, these cities next to the Shining Forest are all very strong fortresses." Sitting in the hand of the imperial hand, Panis said without looking back: "The Neville people are very afraid of death. They know that no matter how much money they have, they can't buy their lives back, so the defense line against the monster is the most attentive, and every copper coin is spent on defense."

Lina, sitting in the convertible carriage, lay on the bench behind the hand, looked up at the sky, and poked her head out of the bench: "It's just the right time, let's go to the city, you can find a hotel to rest, and it's time to set off to Spindle Town tomorrow morning."

"Actually, I can go for a little longer." Catherine hesitated: "It's a bit early to rest now."

"Forget it, sister." Lina reached out to touch Catherine's head through the board: "You and Panis have been driving the bus alternately these twenty days. We all felt that our bones were already soft, let alone those who drove the bus, it was time to take a day off."

Catherine slapped Lina's hand angrily, thought for a while, and nodded: "Okay, let's have a night off tonight. Where is Vivian?"

"Just be dazed, what else can I do?" Lina shrugged helplessly: "Every day, as usual, I start to go into the car, and stay idle until I go to bed."

During the chat, the carriage gradually approached Karatomir. Karatomir is a fortress-type city. The city is completely surrounded by city walls and only four gates are for people and vehicles to pass through. The wall surrounding Karatomir is eight meters high and more than five meters thick. It is built with bricks and soil, which is extremely sturdy, and even legendary monsters cannot be defeated in a short period of time. Inside Karatomir, there are only a small number of soldiers stationed. The person who is actually responsible for defending against the attacks is a large mercenary group hired. Hiring mercenaries do not have to bear the soldiers' equipment or the soldiers' early training, and they do not even have to bear the expenses for injuries and funeral settlement. These benefits make the three countries around the Shining Forest keen on hiring large mercenary groups to assist in the defense.

As a large mercenary group, it can not only earn a considerable income, but also train newcomers, and is also very satisfied with this transaction. Therefore, in recent decades, in the 100,000-person large mercenary groups affiliated to the Mercenary Guild, each of which has been responsible for the defense of the Scarlet Forest. Generally, one mercenary group is responsible for the defense of a country, with three mercenary groups at a time, and rotated every three years.

Of course, the scale of ten thousand people is still somewhat insufficient for the long forest line of each country, so each mercenary group will accept some small mercenary groups to temporarily participate in defense and patrol work at any time. In this way, these fortress cities on the forest border have become one of the most common places for mercenaries to appear.

With the sound of horse hooves, Panis drove his carriage and slowly passed through the city gate guarded by regular soldiers, passed through the thick walls, and entered the interior of Karatomir City. Karatomir City originally had less than 200 households and a total population of no more than 2,000 people. With the influx of more and more mercenaries, the buildings and population continued to expand, and now it has become a relatively prosperous area among forest border cities.

The types of shops on both sides of the city street are obviously more focused on combat. There are the most various protective gear and weapon stores and potion material stores, there are also many magical supplies stores, and taverns and hotels are even more common. The people on the street are mainly mercenaries, and a large number of adventurers are mixed in. These adventurers often go to the Glitter Forest to complete tasks or hunt materials.

"Mercenary City." The carriage stopped at the door of a hotel with no signs on the full car. Catherine jumped out of the car, quickly moved her body, carried five or six packages from the carriage behind and walked into the hotel. Not long after, the hotel waiter followed Catherine, who was already empty-handed, and enthusiastically pulled the carriage to the stable behind the hotel.

"Have you booked a room?" Panis handed Catherine's carry-on backpack to her and asked, "Where are you going now?"

"Let's go to the nearby tavern first." Catherine said: "From now on, we must start to pay attention to the guide and ask for it."

"I have a problem." Panis frowned, looked at Lina, and then looked at Katherine: "Did we lose something?"

"No." Catherine secretly calculated the number of packages: "I didn't find anything."

"Ah~~~~" Lina suddenly shouted and ran over after the carriage: "Vivian is still in the carriage, I've dropped her."

"Look, I'll just say something I lost." Pennis shrugged at Catherine: "Poor Vivian."

Blood-Drinking Blade is the largest tavern in Karatomir City. Many free mercenaries and adventurers gather here. They are not just drinking and bragging about each other, but mostly asking for some information. After all, for these two types of people, an accurate news can sometimes save their lives.

It was evening. For the Blood-Drinking Blade, who also operated the restaurant business, at the peak of daily business, the seats in the tavern were already full of more than 80%, and new customers were still pushing the door and joining the consumer group.

The gate of the tavern was pushed open from outside again. The tall black-haired female knight wearing a chain armor casually walked in slowly with one hand holding the hilt of the sword. The one who followed was a silver-haired priest who took off her leather armor and replaced her with a high-level priest robe. The blue-haired wizard followed closely behind the female priest, and rarely entered a state of loss. As for the person walking at the end, the many guests in the tavern were no longer in the mood to look at it again. Everyone's attention was focused on the three girls, who would care about a man following at the end.

In such a small border town, except for a small number of villagers and women, all men can see are female companions who are both mercenaries. Women among mercenaries often organize themselves due to their professional reasons, and they look a little sloppy. When they are used to seeing such women, they suddenly see three exceptional beauties, which makes it difficult not to fascinate many male customers.

Although the girls' outfits make people instinctively feel that they are not simple, and the passionate mercenaries did not act any extreme, for some men who have been conquered by alcohol, it is difficult to control their behavior at this time. Before the girls' way to the bar was halfway through, a stout young mercenary who looked only ten years old and had a flushed face blocked the female knight.

"Little, little, lady." The young mercenary was drunk and couldn't even say clearly. Looking at the snickering expressions of his companions behind him, it was obviously encouraged by his companions to talk to him: "Miss, can you please, please have a drink?"
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