Mountainous areas.
As the name suggests, this is an area with only mountains.
It is different from the Holy Land, which was eroded by fire and left craters like the moon, leaving only one city in the Holy City. It is also different from the desert area that is full of yellow sand and shrouded in sandstorms all year round. This place is really different. Only the continuous veins formed by the mountains make the hills and peaks stand and sit, looking quite majestic.
However, the environment here is not superior at all compared to the Holy Land and desert areas.
Because there is a food shortage here all year round.
The soil is not suitable for farming, and the vegetation is unique. The terrain is undulating and bumpy, and wild beasts and even ferocious beasts are rampant in the mountains. Compared with the Holy Land and the desert, the environment here is not good at all. At most, it is not as good as these two. The dangers include the rampaging Holy Land Knights, sanctions falling from the sky, and the threats of sandstorms and Warcraft.
Compared with these, mountainous areas are really much safer.
Rather, the rampant wild beasts and ferocious beasts in the mountainous areas gave the mountain people a slight chance of survival.
By hunting them, the mountain people can barely survive.
Otherwise, all the people here would have starved to death.
Of course, this is just enough for people to barely survive, not even food and clothing.
After all, the beasts and beasts of this era are no better than those of modern times.
Since it is only the thirteenth century, the fading of mystery is not too serious. Even ordinary beasts and ferocious beasts are quite scary. From time to time, there may even be some magical beasts and fantasy species that remain in this era. Ordinary human beings would definitely die without rebirth.
If it is in an area where humans often live, then that's it. But the mountains are originally the habitat of these monsters that avoid humans. In addition, this era has become a singularity, and the distortion is quite serious. I want to be in such a place. The difficulty of surviving in the mountains is completely conceivable.
Therefore, the food that the mountain people can obtain every day is quite limited. Sometimes they even need to live on only some water and extracted salt for several days in a row. The living environment is so harsh that it is no wonder that it discourages so many refugees. In the end, he chose to go to the Holy City to seek refuge and live a peaceful and contented life there.
In this era, in today's Middle East, the only place where people can live a carefree life is the Holy City.
Gawain is right. The Holy City is already the only thousand-year royal city and ideal place in this era. There is no doubt about this.
Unfortunately, the conditions for becoming a resident of the Holy City are too harsh.
Among the thousands of refugees, only two or three could meet Saint Ba's conditions. There was even a Mordred in the Round Table who had no resident rights. You can imagine how difficult it is to enter the Holy City.
And now, under the leadership of Artoria [Alter], Luo Zhen and Mashu followed the large army of mountain people and refugees into the mountainous area, wandering all the way, and finally arrived at the territory of the mountain people.
However, as soon as they arrived at the territory of the mountain people, everyone fell silent.
Especially Luo Zhen, Ma Xiu, and everyone in Chaldea.
"This...is this the territory of the mountain people?"
Roman then made such a speechless sound.
There is no other reason.
I saw that in front of everyone, behind the mountains and mountains, buildings were sparsely located.
There were stone houses, mud houses and even thatched houses.
The stone huts, mud huts and thatched huts are not only sparse, but also look quite dilapidated. There are mountain people moving back and forth inside, but each of them is thin and has a hungry complexion. Although they are all doing themselves Some are repairing dilapidated houses, some are paving uneven roads, and some are carefully drinking water in bowls, holding them as if they are precious treasures, not letting even a drop in the bowl. The water spilled out, and some mixed some green grass with the wild vegetables. It was obvious at a glance that they were mixed together for cooking to satisfy their hunger.
How can such a scene not make people dumbfounded
If that's all, forget it.
Putting aside others, Luo Zhen and Ma Xiu have never seen scenes more cruel than this.
Thinking back to the beginning, at the fifth singularity, on the North American continent, the residents there were almost wiped out by the threat of the Celtic Legion. They could only live in the basin and eke out a living without even a scrap of food. They didn't even have to drink a drop of water, and they even had to rely on some broken tents to shelter. Some of them were lying directly in the open air. If Karna hadn't been protecting them, they would have all been killed. All dead.
At that time, people were all just waiting to die, with only despair for the future and resignation to the current situation in their eyes, and their faces were ashen, like walking zombies.
Compared with them, the mountain people here are already considered good.
However, despite such harsh conditions, the people of the mountain not only did not complain at all, but also lived with smiles, as if they had not given up hope. No matter how difficult the conditions were, they all sincerely hoped that they could continue. We are grateful to be alive, and we also gather in the central square to pray, which is extremely pious.
This scene was what directly shocked everyone's hearts.
Artoria [Alter] then spoke.
"This place is located on the back of the mountain. It cleverly hides the location and view. If we don't approach directly like us, we won't be able to see this village at all. The same is true for other villages scattered in mountainous areas. Only in this way can we avoid wild beasts. Even the killings of the Holy Land Knights who have always regarded the mountain people as a threat, but as you can see, they are just barely surviving. Food is often lacking, and even water has to be used sparingly. The houses they live in are all from the mountains. Most of the buildings left behind by the people were very dilapidated. Later, after many refugees were accepted, they could only be rebuilt one by one, which was very crude."
Saying that, Artoria looked at everyone.
"Even so, the humans here have not given up hope, because they still have faith, and they have always believed that God's favor will fall on them sooner or later. Now it is just the darkness before dawn. If you stick to it, they will receive it sooner or later. bright."
This is the biggest difference between the humans who have always lived in the area where the Holy Land is located and others.
"So, even if there are refugees coming all the time, the mountain people will accept them with smiles."
"Even if they know that one more person will mean less food here, they will still feel satisfied and even happy to have one more partner."
"They think this is a gift from the Lord. Every time one more person survives, it proves that the Lord is protecting His children, allowing more devout believers to survive in this cruel era."
"They always hope that one day they can return to the Holy Land and welcome back the Holy City, just because that is where their faith lies."
Artoria's (Alter) voice sounded slowly.
"Under such circumstances, the Lion King used the power of the holy spear to ravage the earth, and also established a brand new holy city called Camelot on top of the holy city. He trampled on this faith, trampled on the believers' self-esteem and even their lives. You Do you think it is possible for the mountain people and the Holy Land Knights to live in harmony?"
With one sentence, everyone fell silent.