Chapter 19: The Great Sandstorm

The Canaan region was once one of the provinces of the Eastern Kingdom, but gradually relinquished its right to rule due to the harsh environment, and now only some Canaanite remnants and displaced people from the East live here.

The old woman's father, a witch doctor from the East, was exiled to Canaan for refusing to believe in the new god Caligula, and this gold coin was the only relic he had.

Before Caligula was introduced to the East, the Eastern world was the territory of the Dragon Witch Cult, and their belief was that the true dragon without wings, that is, the pattern on the armor of the night, was like a snake, stepped on clouds and mist, could fly without wings, and was a powerful god who controlled wind, rain, thunder and lightning.

The Cult of the Dragon Witch has always been the state religion of the Eastern Realm, but unfortunately, after Caligula's descendants came to the East and defeated this vast empire, the Dragon Witch Cult was forced to disband, and Caligula's Church of the Blood God became the new faith.

The Blood God Church has never stopped the persecution of the Dragon Witch Cult, which lasted intermittently for nearly a hundred years, and countless followers died, until the Eastern Kingdom was destroyed three years ago, and the Dragon Witch Cult has completely disappeared.

Although the church was dissolved, the motif of the wingless dragon remained, such as the flag representing the royal family of the East.

Cangye calmly looked at the old woman in front of her.

There was a flaming burn mark on his face, forming a serpentine pattern.

In the legend of the Dragon Witch Cult, the wingless true dragon was formerly an ancient snake, which was reborn through the forging of flames and thunder, grew limbs and two horns, stepped on the clouds and ascended to the sky, and achieved the body of a true dragon.

Dragons are the most terrifying creatures in the multiverse, among which true dragons are the abbreviation of dragons with pure blood, which are divided into two major types, winged and wingless, and there are also other classifications.

The old woman seemed to know a lot of the secrets of the Dragon Witch Cult, such as the Eastern Imperial Family was the heir of the true dragon left on this plane, and the emperors of the past dynasties were not only the masters of the realm, but also the leaders of the Dragon Witch Cult.

On the surface, the Eastern kingdom seems to be the supremacy of imperial power, but in fact it is indeed the unity of divine power and imperial power.

"My God loves His people, and the blood of the dragon flows endlessly, and the veins of the dragon flow forever......"

Excluding some rambling words with strong religious fanatical tendencies, Cangye also analyzed the origin of this dragon witch cult.

More than 3,000 years, close to 4,000 years of inheritance!

This time is not only the inheritance time of the Dragon Witch Secret Sect, but also the history of the civilization of the Eastern Kingdom. And that wingless true dragon is estimated to have come to this plane more than 4,000 years ago, leaving behind an heir.

Caligula spread his faith to this plane more than a thousand years ago, and with blood and slaughter, he created a group of monarchies who believed in the teachings of the Blood God in a fanatical manner, with divine power above everything and the Church of the Blood God having supreme rule.

For more than a thousand years, the kingdom has changed somehow, but the Blood God Church has always existed, and it has been expanding externally almost every day for thousands of years, and the fall of the Eastern Kingdom three years ago was precisely because Caligula expelled the faith of the rest of the gods and completely included this plane in the harvest range of the Blood God Kingdom.

In a world with a low degree of mystery, the fear of the gods is the deepest.

Cangye listened carefully, and after the old woman finished telling the story of the Dragon Witch Cult, Cangye asked:

"Then God's name is ......"

"I, the people of God, should not take the liberty of hearing the name of God!"

The old woman smiled mysteriously, revealing a mouthful of teeth that had almost been lost:

"However, the honorific name of the god can be worshipped, and the honorific name of our god 'Solitude' is the most precious faith given to the foolish people of the wild land by the supreme, great, and benevolent father of the true dragon, 'Eight Heavens......"

There is no information about 'arrogance' in the memory bank of the night, but the eight heavens do.

The father of the true dragon, the lord of the wingless dragon, however, the eight heavens in the night's memory have nothing to do with benevolence.

After listening to the story, Cangye silently gave a spoonful of water to the old woman and left. Before leaving, the old woman said meaningfully to Cangye:

"The night of the yellow wind is almost here."

……

After replenishing the water, a few days later, Nightnight rode his camel to the second Canaanite oasis, where one of the seven city-states built by the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Blood Alliance was located.

The name of the city-state is Sabbath, which is the same as 'Nidhogg' in its own Oriental language, and the governor from the kingdom of Antioch holds the position of lord.

Each city-state was surrounded by three military towns, and the standing army alone numbered more than 5,000 men, but was now the governor's personal army.

Antiochone's wanted warrant could not be reached here, so Nightnight could rest assured, but the disguise was still indispensable.

The most common on the spacious avenues were merchants preparing to go to the East.

After the war, commerce and trade flourished, and the seven city-states prospered as an important link between East and West.

Today's weather is a little dry, Cangye licked her lips slightly, picked up the water bag and took a sip carefully. There is not much water left, and it must be refilled.

A bucket of water, twenty gold coins, is exactly four or five times more than the kingdom of Antioch.

There were four buckets of water tied to each side of the camel, and the night led it to find an inn to stay, but for some unknown reason, each inn was full, and it was taken by caravans from all over the Western Continent.

I searched for seven or eight in a row, but in desperation, I could only find a homestay in the slum and live for the time being.

In fact, long before entering the city, Cangye found out that something was wrong.

Merchants rarely stop on their way until they reach the end of the line, but the city of Sabbath, which had a permanent population of only about 10,000 people, is now packed with more than 30,000 people.

Walking into a tavern, I heard many merchants complaining in the night.

"My god is above, and now I have to lose a lot of money."

"Isn't it? Yesterday Ellioch's caravan also returned, and only half of them were left, and this time the sandstorm was too big. ”

"I heard from those Canaanites that this sandstorm will last for at least three or four months before it ends."

"Don't listen to these untouchables! We came to the East to make money, so why don't we just go back? ”

……

The merchants chattered, and the night finally understood the reason.

A rare sandstorm hit the Canaan region, blocking the way forward, and all the caravans were forced to retreat, but no one was willing to go back empty-handed, and they were all waiting for news in the city of Sabbath.

After drinking a large glass of ale, he checked out and left in the night.

It's dusk, but the sky is still dark, the cloudy colors make people feel oppressive, and the irritability makes the merchants yell and spit out all kinds of foul language in the hotel.

This view made the night's heart sink.

"The night of the yellow wind, it's coming."

The words of the Dragon Witch Cultist suddenly appeared in his mind, and Cang Ye seemed to understand something, and returned to the homestay as fast as he could, leading the camel and hurriedly leaving the rest of the city.

It was getting darker, the moisture in the air was almost completely drained, and the visibility in front of me was getting lower and lower, accompanied by a vague blur of the road that could not be seen.

Sandstorms are the most dangerous natural disasters in desert areas, strong winds blow up sand and soil, causing devastating damage to all environments in the area covered, whether it is people, camels, cattle or sheep, and even more deadly, sandstorms move extremely fast!

Just as the last sunlight had dissipated, a loud rumbling sound was heard behind me, and the rolling yellow sand attacked the city of Sabbatio.

The night did not look back, but kept driving the camel forward.

The devastating nature of the sandstorm was terrible, no one knew what was mixed in the earthy storm, and at least half of the merchants would die, and the Canaanites and governors who lived here naturally knew the horror of the sandstorm, and had corresponding protective measures, but what was even more terrifying was that none of the locals mentioned it to the foreign merchants.

For the Canaanites, the merchants from the Western Continent were thugs, greedy liars and marauders. As for the governor, when the merchants died, their property was naturally their own.

Fortunately, Night's departure from the city of Sabbath was a few hours early, and by the time he noticed that the air around him was getting a little moist again, he had already left Canaan.