Chapter 526: Monsutria
Countless documents have recorded that the 'Children of Fear' came from the West.
However, as a continent with a spindle structure from north to south, the west is a very broad concept, and in a broad sense, it will also include several directions such as due west, northwest, and southwest.
There is no strict definition of this direction in any document, and the appearance of such a terrifying enemy until it engulfs the entire civilization in the shortest possible time is so rapid that people are not aware of it.
With no clear information on the Children of Dread, other than their physiognomy, organizational structure, and some of their habits, it is clear that this powerful race remains a mystery to other civilizations.
It is clear from the broad scoping of the appearance of the 'Children of Fear' that the invaded civilizations do not have much idea of where this group came from.
From this, it can be determined that the 'Children of Fear' did not make a lot of noise in the early stages of its appearance, and that the major civilizations were only concerned, not sustainedly.
In the later period, the process of sweeping through the major civilization regions at the fastest speed was so fast that even complete documents could not be preserved.
Therefore, here Cangye feels a vague strategic goal of the other side.
Show weakness before appearing, collect intelligence on each civilization, and then carry out a war of annihilation as quickly as possible, minimize losses, and expand the results to the maximum, even after facing a powerful force like the Scorpion civilization into a long and bitter battle, it still consciously disguises itself and does not let the enemy get more information.
This is by no means a response that a classical civilization can make, and the lowest level should be a force like the Witchmar Empire that has been incorporated into the dimensional war system.
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Cangye was the first to chase due west.
'Sipocles' is vast, but the sandy land that was once fertile has been squeezed to a minimum.
The 'Arms of the Goddess', the mother river that once spanned most of the continent, has long since dried up, and for countless centuries, only the southwest corner of the continent has been left in the southwest corner, becoming the last pure land on this continent.
This pure land is nestled on a long, narrow crescent-shaped oasis, and several thin streams interweave through it, forming a weak river network.
The water flow is decreasing day by day, and it is unknown when it will dry up, but living in such a desperate environment, the inhabitants of this place still wait for this last place of hope.
The rivers of the Land of Hope were once tributaries of the Goddess's arms, and even after the main trunk dried up, the tributaries still stand tall today.
Returning from the unfounded, due west, Cangye stepped on the southwest loess and accidentally discovered this last pure land.
In the account of the 'people of Maya'. There was once a country called 'Monsutria' in the Land of Hope, and the owner of this country called himself 'Monsut'. Meaning 'Lord of the River', they worship a god named 'Sumon'.
The Monsutters and the Maya had been in trade for a long time, until the invasion of the shepherds, a herd of centaurs with six legs on their lower bodies.
According to the records of the Maya people, the shepherds destroyed the kingdom of the Monsutters and drove them to the north, and with them, their own country became the prey of the shepherds, and they continued to fight for countless years until they were defeated and retreated, and the Asuth horses were settled......
When I came to the Land of Hope, I saw dozens of fortresses rising from the ground.
The earthy yellow stone bricks are compressed and piled up to build a huge wall 20~30 meters high, surrounding themselves from all sides, as if building a birdcage to encircle themselves in an open world.
Self-imprisonment means giving up freedom, but in exchange for self-righteous security.
Each of the fortress cities is slightly dilapidated on the outside, but to this day, there are still people living in the city.
Cangye saw a few wisps of smoke rising from the city walls, and judged it.
Curious about the inhabitants here, they retreated in the night, and then climbed the city wall and infiltrated the city.
With two wide passages side by side, surrounded by numerous turrets, stone platforms, small bastions, and altars, the fortifications are undoubtedly at the pinnacle of classical civilization.
Aside from this completely cold weapon era of fortifications, the existence of the altar also has a bit of a mysterious atmosphere.
There were several bands of soldiers patrolling the city walls.
They have the same appearance and size as humans, the only difference is their hair and skin color, their calcareous skin and iron-colored hair make them like creatures jumping out of stone, when in fact, the god they believe in is an active volcano that claims to be able to spew endless pleasure creatures.
This appearance is exactly the same as that of the people of Maya's description of the Monsutters, who take the form of an active volcano with a charred shell in the distance.
Adult Monsut usually has a physique of more than two meters, and the racial advantage is in the ranks of the warriors, and there are many warriors, shield guards and other professions in the clan, and the only spell-casting unit is the sacrifice of the god Sumeng.
In addition to this, however, the largest number of Monsutters were blacksmiths.
In the classical era, this was the first group to refine bronze and use it extensively, and since then, they have also refined and used iron tools, and have continued to create countless sophisticated weapons, armor, and siege equipment to maximize the advantages of the warriors.
However, the Monsutes are keen to craft equipment, but not to use it, in other words, they only like to craft weapons, but they don't like to use them to wage war.
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Cangye just casually looked at the clothes of a few patrolling soldiers.
The iron armor covering half of the body, lined with leather armor, wearing a moon-shaped iron helmet on the head, the short sword and scimitar in both hands, and the long-handled weapons are mainly guns and spears, but it is quite peculiar that the weapons are mostly made of bronze as the main material, and a small amount of refined iron powder is added to keep the sharpness of the weapon, but it is not as easy to rust as iron.
This manufacturing process has reached the peak of classical civilization, or has entered the level of the Middle Ages.
However, despite such sophisticated equipment, there were less than a few hundred soldiers patrolling the city, which was the number seen by the eyes of the night, and the number of soldiers on the entire city wall was no more than two thousand under the vision of the superbrain.
However, all this is only a superficial design, there are countless secret passages hidden at the head of the city, connecting the compartments below one by one, if there is an enemy intent to attack the city, in less than five minutes, all the soldiers on the compartments will complete the assembly on the top floor.
Based on the city's current military strength, the number of standing armies should be between 7,000 and 9,000.