Chapter 530: Lone Hero
Black Rock City borders a small country affiliated with Aran and is the starting point of the Mulong Railroad.
Though it has been less than a year since it was converted into a duchy, in its kingdom days, this place frequently traded with Aran and Beima. Famous products from the Far East, shipped from Beima’s East Coast, were sold by merchants to land traders who resold them at exorbitant prices in Golden Palm Port, west of the Narrow Sea, often passing through this place.
In these times of great turmoil, powerful nations constantly struggle, and full-scale war could break out at any moment.
For the wealthy west of the Narrow Sea, the import prices of Far Eastern products are high, and even during wartime, escort teams take great risks. With the railroad far from complete, the last few years of this sunset industry are crucial for those who’ve made a living off it all their lives.
As long as it doesn’t enter Uborio’s occupied zone, taking a detour to Golden Palm Port is still worthwhile.
Thus, Black Rock City, even amidst the tense warfare of Mulong, continues to have commercial activity.
The city was named Black Rock because, centuries ago, a legendary caster fell here, subdued after a fierce battle, causing the surrounding land to be vitrified and carbonized by flaming spells.
Some of the uplifted strata from the explosion turned into black crystalline walls, forming natural fortifications about twenty meters high. The barely transparent crystal spikes, forming the city wall, exuded an eerie chill under the blood-red remnants of the sun.
The Aran Army stationed troops here, and the Eternal Sect had made it their missionary stronghold.
It was the main base of the invading forces.
Hooves pounded as a living dead rider with a distinctive mechanical arm, unlike ordinary traders, galloped to the crystal walls’ gap, the city’s entrance.