Chapter 727 – 719 Hebült, the City Dedicated to the Sea God
In an instant, a flash of light engulfed the world, and Hwanin felt an extreme wave that disturbed his senses.
Sensory confusion as if mixing and splashing various attractions in an amusement park.
However, Hwan-in was fine even in such waves, as if his sense organs were strengthened as he went through the half-route.
Eventually, when the world felt like a wave, the light disappeared, revealing an interior with the same scenery as the Sprould space movement room.
Hwanin’s gaze scans the interior once. The same scenery that makes you wonder if Feldricks grandson left the room. The only difference is that the part where the coordinates of the magic circle are written is different.
The women put their foreheads together or place their hands on her chest and let out a small sigh.
= Ugh, motion sickness…=
=This is my first time using space teleportation, but it feels very strange.=
= Since it was an ultra-long distance movement, sensory confusion must have been maximized, but are all the ladies fine? I usually pour out everything in my stomach.=
= Because this is not a big deal. =
= No, because you are the only one who can do that… Most of them use phase power to calm or resist chaos.=
=Ryegang is fine too.=
= Maybe it’s because she’s a strong dragon?=
Norn, who was holding Silu, looked around and asked while holding Hwanin’s hand.
「Hwanin. Did the trick fail? It’s the same place as before.”
“Since the coordinate system has changed, it must have succeeded. Let’s go.”
As soon as Hwanin and his party left the magic circle, the door opened with a click, and a group of figures in blue, flat but luxurious robes entered.
A blue lizard head, a green iguana head, a yellow alligator head, and a gray snake head.
Races with the head of a variety of reptiles and their entire body covered in scales from fingertips to toes.
Is a sabi
Five members of the Sabi tribe wearing the aura of magicians of the 2nd to 5th ranks bow respectfully toward the Hwanin party with their hands on the sleeves of their robes.
The greeting came from only one of the five, a 5th-class water magician.
= Welcome. The city dedicated to the god of the sea, Hebült welcomes you.=
“Thank you. Is there a separate entrance procedure?”
=Because there is certification from the Sprould family, the entry procedure was omitted. I’ll guide you outside, so this way…=
Was it classified as an honored guest and a 5th grade professional came out to guide you? Hwanin thought so and walked towards the door, following the smooth and glossy blue scales of the Sabi.
It was so bright outside, the room where the space teleportation technique was installed was also bright thanks to the large ore, but the sunlight poured in from the open door, making it impossible to see outside.
=Wow.=
= And…=
Coo~!
What?
As they passed through such a doorway and went outside, a tremendous scenery struck the group.
The blue sky that stretches above your head. Conversely, the land is wide open with green trees that make you feel refreshed.
And the gently curving horizon that separates the blue sky from the green land.
The air quality is so good that the horizon that separates the sky from the ground is clearly visible. There is nothing to block the view, so it feels like the lungs are being washed clean by the cold wind blowing.
Hwanin’s gaze, which looked for a while at the scenery that seemed to grow Hoyeonjigi, turned down the mountain.
People who look smaller than a dot taken with a fine pen. A civilization made up of buildings that look smaller than a grain of rice extends from the hillside to the forest below the mountain.
His gaze catches the stone structure he has just escaped from.
It’s a pyramid-shaped structure covered with vines and bushes, but something familiar, I realized that the Hwanin I was thinking about was because it was similar to the style of the ancient Inca and Maya civilizations on Earth.
A grayish-brown pyramid with snake-like objects engraved on the steps and a lizard-headed human who worships snakes.
At first glance, it was not made by simply stacking it, but it was an elaborate structure built with great care and perfectly angled so that not even a single wind could pass through it.
Such a structure was connected here, from the middle of a mountain at an altitude of 5 km to the city below.
Eventually, he raises his head and looks up at the top of the mountain.
The slope is steep enough to reach 90 degrees, and the mountain that rises like an awl piercing the sky is likely to be twice as high as Annapurna in the Himalayas.
=This is it.=
The blue-scaled Sabi tribe, who gave the Hwanin party time to enjoy the magnificent scenery, guided the Hwanin party again with a gentle smile.
Following his swaying blue lizard tail along the stone-paved road, he arrived at a huge canal with boats resembling flat-bottom boats floating around.
It is more like a canal than a waterway. Normally, you wouldn’t call a waterway 15m wide and 5m deep.
=I will ride this down to the city.=
The slopes leading to the city varied in inclination from 40 to 80 degrees, which is why the waterway zigzags down in an S shape.
The flow of the waterway seems fast and the water depth seems deep, but where does this amount of water come from?
‘It’s a world where spells and spirits exist, so he must have come up with some means.’
As if it were exclusively for nobles, as soon as they boarded the neatly finished pontoon, the four magicians accompanying the party took their places at the corners of the pontoon and signed their hands with their hands.
Then, a water beast that looked like a land turtle mixed with an otter made of water appeared from under the boat and supported the boat.
=It will shake a little, so the distinguished guests sit comfortably in their chairs and watch the city dedicated to the sea god.=
As the party sat down on the chairs on the deck, the flatboat moved slowly down the mountain along the canal.
What was surprising was that the summoned creature moved with the boat, rather than riding the boat down the waterway.
Because of this, the slope of the waterway was steep and the current was fast, but the speed of the boat was moderate.
Thanks to this, the party was able to leisurely look around the growing capitals of Hebült and Beltical.
=I think I know why Hewült is called the city dedicated to the sea god.=
= That’s right Waterways run through the city like a spider’s web.=
It is literally half a building, half a waterway. In addition, even the common sphagnum moss is not visible to see if the waterways are thoroughly managed.
The only thing that flows is clean water that can be said to be transparent.
In response to the small conversation between Anne and Yurpa, the blue-scaled Sabi who were steering the boat responded with a smile.
=Because waterways play the role of roads in cities in other countries. You can go anywhere in Hebült by boat.=
Could it be because of the waterways that embroidered the city seamlessly? As you go down, you can see the children and adults of the Xabi people swimming along the waterway and coming and going somewhere.
In the wide waterway, there are a lot of walrus-like mounts, rugged flat-bottom boats, and boats with canoes stretched sideways, carrying loads and people.
Anne laughs while looking at the unique city scenery that does not resemble any other in Ladesea, Merianol, or Heathlond.
= That’s great. But you don’t ask who we are?=
=Those who use the space movement staff for VIPs are highly prestigious. Slaves like me are not the ones who carelessly asked for their honor.=
Baek Ryeo-gang, who had a very relaxed expression in the wind blowing at the word slave, asked him with a surprised face.
= Even though you are a 5th grade magician, you are a slave… What is your identity?=
=Yes. Slaves are not allowed to draw patterns on their faces and bodies, so you can easily recognize them.=
As the story goes, there is no trace of paint anywhere on the exposed blue scales, but I didn’t ask how to classify them…
In place of her embarrassed Baek Ryogang, Ayeong tells her with her face that there is nothing wrong with her.
= I am not a slave for a specific reason. Just because parents are slaves, children are also slaves, and once a slave is treated as a slave even after death, even a 5th-class job is a slave.
As if Ayoung’s words were right, the blue-scaled Sabi smiled slightly.
= Ha, but if you are a 5th class job, you will be treated like a knight in other countries…=
=Slavery in Beltical is the same culture as how men treat women in Radsea. I think it’s just so, and I have to accept it. There’s no point in raising questions.=
= The priest’s words are correct. Also, it is possible to be treated as a quasi-knight in other countries, but it is difficult for the Xavi to live outside Beltical.=
The more distinct the four seasons are, the more south or north the place is, the harder it is for the Sabie to live. Although they can maintain their body temperature to some extent, this is because their foundations are cold-blooded animals.
You can be active at least in summer, but even in summer, it is difficult every morning in places with a large daily temperature difference, and in winter, your physical ability decreases by nearly 80%.
Not only this, if the humidity is low, the scales crack and bleed, and over time, a serious scale disease occurs and the scales fall off as if they are shedding.
If left alone there, the scales will not grow, but the leather will harden, and in the worst case, it will not be able to function properly as if it is petrified, and in the end it will die.
Even in a tropical region other than Beltical, it is still difficult to live in a place with little water, and it stands out when there is no money, low status, and no ability.
=The rich and talented Sabi use magic tools and ointments to keep them hydrated and body temperature, but the Sabi who do not do so simply die from weakness. The appearance is also on the side of being out of the mainstream race of the continent.=
Baek Ryeo-gang was taken aback by Ah-young’s calm explanation, and made various expressions before bowing her head to the blue-scaled Sabi.
= I’m sorry. Forgive me for speaking out of my own way without even knowing it…=
= Oh, no. Never mind. And only words are slaves, as the lady said, I am a 5th grade magician, and I am treated similarly to those of higher status among commoners.=
The Xabi people laugh embarrassingly as if an apology is really embarrassing.
Hwanin looked at Baekryeogang apologizing for a while and the Sabi people in trouble, then turned his head to the city that was approaching him before he knew it.
They are the Sabi people who work near the space teleportation technique. Horses are slaves, and commoners cannot be treated carelessly.
Even in the old days, it was difficult for the servant of Jeongseung’s family to treat commoners carelessly.
‘Rather than that, isn’t the state responsible for managing the magic camp?
No matter how you look at it, those slaves, the Sabi, feel like individual slaves belonging to a specific family or person, not official slaves belonging to the state.
As we near the city, the whole city is a bit more visible.
Hwanin turned his head away from the Xavi people and looked at Hebült.
Like any city on Earth, it is a landscape worthy of being called a city of water.
Small and large waterways pass by in each compartment, flat-bottomed boats that cross the waterways on the arched bridge connecting the compartments, and even the Sabi people roaming around freely as if such a landscape were a daily occurrence.
It is a landscape that feels different from cities in other countries in many ways.
Moreover, even though it is the capital, it is a little unusual that 99% of the prominent races are the Sabians.
The capital of Nionebreth that I personally visited was Palatum in Hethrond, but there were also many other races such as Flavius, Lucrang, Fleur, and Proud. Although, of course, the largest number is Flavius.
=You have arrived at the Higher Canal Station.=
Before long, the boat arrived at a small dock that seemed to be used by high-ranking officials.
It feels more like a modern train station platform than a marina.
Hwanin gets off first and looks down at the city from the edge of the platform, and the women lead the Que and get off the pontoon in turn.
Hwanin looked around the forest and the city in earnest.
Previously, it was a simple appreciation of the scenery, but now it is an analysis to collect information. There is no problem looking at the high waterway station as it is located on a fairly high ground.
‘Is there a culture of high-rise buildings?’
Most of them are two or three stories high, and there are only a few buildings that look like altars or pyramids.
The Saby are a tribal nation. I know that the strongest tribe in Beltical leads and rules the other tribes…
‘I can’t see anything like the royal family or palace.’
City public institutions facilities are also not very noticeable. Does that pyramid-like structure play that role?
Maybe that’s like a graveyard, and public institutions and tribal chief’s mansions are also on low floors, so they’re hidden from view by other buildings.
Although Hwanin studied a little bit about each country in Yeongdo, the problem arose because he only learned about the ruling system or the history of spirits that he had to remember because he had little time.
‘The Great Tribe didn’t send someone to wait, but the Beltical…’
Hwanin thought about the culture of Beltical for a while, then turned his gaze to the forest spreading out as if embracing the city.
It is noticeable that beautiful green reservoirs, etc., Are located here and there between forests, whether they are mixed with wetlands. Some of them are more visible because there is no wall separating the forest from the city.
Instead of a castle wall, there is only a 500m blank area between the two.
The sabies and the dinosaur-like beasts that the sabies drag around in disorder in such a blank zone. Hwanin decided that it would be quite difficult to move around Surim.
There are many Sabis who travel between forests and cities, but all of them walk straight across wetlands and reservoirs without using roads.
As evidence to support such a judgment, the scale of the road leading to the city is only for transporting a small number of goods, and even that is only two.
In a large city without such a wall, the width would have been as wide as ten meters, and the number would have been large.
‘The proper transport of goods will use that river that crosses the city and disappears into the forest.’
Hwanin, who was watching the huge river with a width of 600m and the sailboats and galleys that sailed on the river for a while, tried to cross his arms, but took them off because of his short arms and put them on his waist.
It would be possible to move by wagon, but in many ways, it seems that you have to prepare accordingly.
Thinking of something similar, Anne let out a murmur next to Hwanin.
= I can’t even see the road out of the city… Are the majority of the Sabie walking on foot?=
=Yes. So, you need to be prepared for poisonous insects. Especially at night, scary poisonous insects are active a lot, so insect repellent magic tools are essential.=
=Don’t you know that well?=
=Yep. So, leave that to me. Ahem.=
The moment Ah-yeong smiled cutely. A disapproving sound came from right next to her.
= They say they have bare skin…=
= Really. How can he be so ugly that he shows his face well.
= Ugh~ Look at that scaleless skin. Dirty!=
At the unfiltered racist remarks, the eyes of Hwanin and the women turned toward them.
