Chapter 148: The Golden Camelbell Tavern
Golden sands stretched toward the horizon, gleaming beneath the sun.
The Golden Desert was famous for its lustrous hue. Once, Ambrose had even believed the sand itself was made of gold. Only later did he learn the truth: some powerful mage had permanently altered the way light behaved here using the legendary spell Terraform.
It looked like gold, but it was still just sand. Take it out of the desert, and it was no different from any other grains.
After many years, Ambrose found himself gazing once more upon this dazzling landscape, and could not help muttering, "There really are people in this world with nothing better to do."
Anyone capable of Terraform had to be a legendary-tier mage, and a formidable one at that.
And yet all they had done was give an entire desert a reflective sheen. It was… Ambrose struggled for a moment to find a suitable word.
Beside him, Catherine handed over a pair of specially made tinted goggles and gestured for him to put them on.
They were designed specifically to block the desert's glare. Without them, a short walk under the sun was enough to leave one half-blind.
Ambrose stared at them, puzzled. "Why? I don't even have eyes."