Chapter 511: CXL. Drifting City
Holy Spirit Calendar year 2690, July 5.
Mulong Duchy, midsection, Drifting City.
Unlike the highland tundra climate of Kelor City, the Transversal Mountain Range blocks the cold currents from the north. In summer, it is hot and dry, influenced by the tropical high pressure and trade winds of the Narrow Sea, causing the air currents to sink. Because it is adjacent to a natural canal running through the Narrow Sea and relatively close to the coastal areas, it is a typical Narrow Sea climate.
Once the world’s second largest slave trade center was here, slaves from east of the Narrow Sea were sold from here to the west.
Although it is called a natural canal, you cannot see the other side at a glance; according to the professional surveys of the Aran people, the narrowest part of the canal is also seven miles wide.
The banks are lush with vegetation, dense clusters of palm trees, and the scenery is extremely beautiful.
And Drifting City is also the most unique city Liszt has ever seen.
It has a natural large red-brown rock forest with a maze of intricate pathways. The rock structure is unique and extremely stable, even without support columns.
Every household, shops above the square brick streets, and even the lord’s mansion are carved out of the mountains, with Petra Ancient City often being called a small Drifting City.
On many prominent hills, there are man-made spiral walkways. Following the paths, you can pass by mountain caves sealed with iron bars, densely packed like bird cages. These were once shopping malls used to detain slave goods. However, with the change of times and the rise of nationalism, slave trade has become history, turning into slums for the destitute to survive.
Due to its unique maze-like geographical nature, easy to defend and hard to attack, it is a fortress of iron. Without a long siege to cut off supplies, one would suffer huge military losses.