The city of harmony .

The Thar desert once again brings a lot of memories . Evan Swan maybe we'll visit his grave again .

And I have to be careful so that the doesn't appear again even though it's dead but anything can happen .

I held my breath on the border before I enter the desert . I released my breath in order to calm my body .

We entered the desert and walked for 2 minutes where we saw a river .

Huh that wasn't there the last time we came here . We followed the path along the river to find some palm trees .

Jay :

Hey McElroy when we came here the last time were there palm trees .

McElroy: (unsure)

I don't know. But I think there weren't any just like that river .

Lilia :

Even I don't think I saw any river and I was here twice .

Livia :

Our monks are also required to train in the desert once a year m If something was off the place I would have known .

We kept walking forward until we saw someone riding a camel . I asked him about it location . He pointed towards the east , And after a few hours of walking we were shocked . A place where there was supposed to be an outpost was nowhere to be found but in its place wasa giant desert city .

Livia : What

Lilia : The

Jay and McElroy: Fuck .

Lilia : Hey language . (slaps lightly in back)

There was lush greenery with sandy walls . And a circle of clear blue water both inside and outside the walls . With a cross flow of the river . And luxurious houses . I Think This is what you call a paradise .

I wish I had binoculars right now . But I don't and it's not even convenient enough that some other will have it .

Jay : Binoculars, Anyone ?

All : No .

Looks like we have to approach it .

We arrived at the entrance to see something we met a long ago .

That's right the one and only

Desert scourge .

Or atleast it's statue . On the entrance there were two statues of the scourge . fiercely and menacingly facing towards the entrance.

We tried to blend in as much as possible. But the guards at the gate spotted us . Now it is time to bluff .

Officer :

Hey you where is your identification.

Jay : Lie 1

We were attacked by monsters and barely managed to get here but we lost it .

Officer: Failed

What are you babbling there are no monsters . Stop daydreaming and show me something for id .

McElroy: Attempt 2

Forgive this brother of mine but he is a little off . We were attacked by bandits while arriving here .

Officer,: In progress .

It seems you can't help it . What were you carrying .

McElroy : .,. Vegetables and fruits

Officer:( Not convinced)

Why would bandits attack you for vegetables and fruits.

McElroy : And exotics.

Officer: (Almost done)

What exotic items ,?

McElroy:

Some art pieces , and some books .

Officer: (convinced)

Ok fine you can enter .

The iron door swung open and we saw a true beauty in city architecture. Houses evenly spaced out . Cleanly cut stone slab floor . Evenly spaced

lamp light and benches in between .

Even the houses were made out of marble , and a very small quantity of wood was used anywhere else was made with stone or other types of rocks . With trees planted in each side of the road .

And behind the trees and in between the houses a small channel of water flowing out of the gate .

Livia and Lilia and McElroy were bewildered . Both never saw anything like this .

I was comparing this with Raizon from the past . They felt somewhat similar .

But Raizon was way futuristic .

From the distance there was a tower sticking out and on the top of the tower was a shining stone . So big that it was used as a beacon for this place .

McElroy: Wow this place is just amazing .

Lilia : We are here for work . Control your excitement.

? : Wait till night it looks even more stunning at night .

I expected one more character to appear but was mistaken by someone talking in the background.

Well one more thing to look forward to .

Lilia : Hey where should we start .

I'm confused . I mean should we stay for sometime and move to start searching.

Livia :

I think what were searching for us here .

Lilia :

Where ,?

She points at the top of the tower.

Lilia :

We are supposed to haul that ? ,(confused)

Livia : From what the guildmaster told us that is the closest thing we are supposed to get .

Jay : Oh damn .

The shining star

Difficulty: D+

Quest reward : 1 free path of pain skill.

Huh that is weird generally I have to spent lots of points just to get something useful or functional .

But the reward seems pretty fishy .

Even the dragon which was an S+ mission offered me stat points.

And now a supposedly D+ mission is giving me a free skill .

What are you thinking X do you think I can't see behind your schemes .

.

Maybe the market would be a good place to start . The bar didn't go well last time .

Well the crescent sword or more like huge ass sickle was damaged by the dragon fight .

So I wanted to find a blacksmith .

I asked some locals for directions .

The readily helped me . A blacksmith at last.

I entered the shop to be blasted with a strong surge of heat . It seemed that one was working .

The blacksmith saw me and told his apprentice to keep hammering .

Blacksmith:

Welcome to my shop what do you want some Armor , weapons or want to have something repaired .

Jay : I have this sword with me it got damaged during a fight .

I hauled the huge crescent swor out .

The blacksmith was stumped .

Blacksmith :

Is this a sickle or a sword . ?

Jay:

It says that it is a sword . And the blade was made resembling a crescent moon .

Blacksmith: (studying the sword )

The blade is sharp and yet durable

The material seems to be stronger than mythril . And weaker than adamantite .

The it is heavier than a normal mythril sword . Where did you even get this .

This will be hard to restore since I am not familiar with the material .

Jay :

Umm can you tell me something about this place I am new here .

Blacksmith:

This place is also called the

City of Harmony. It was built to improve the relations between the

Immortals and the gods .

Jay:

Can you tell me about the Immortals.

Blacksmith:

Did you live your entire life under a rock . Everyone knows about them .

Well since you're my first customer of the day I'll should tell you .

They are a group of revolutionaries . They want to take the living human races forward . Its been 30 years since the war ended and this city stands as a proof of the victory .

The ruler of this city has fixed a stone on top of his palace as a beacon that anyone came come to this city regardless of their race or position.

Jay : But until now I only saw humans what about others .

Blacksmith:

That's the catch . The elves can't come here . The dwarves are busy .

Dragons would cause chaos .

Demons live too far away from this place. So there are only humans .

Jay :

So why won't the elves be here .

Blacksmith :

This is common knowledge at this point . The elves are ...

From inside the shop someone shouted to get back to work .

Blacksmith,:

Coming. Listen I gotta go and take care of your sword . It will be done in around 2 days .

And he left. Great . I wonder how the others are doing .

Lilia was trying to find books at a library .

These words I have never seen them before .

Mechanical principles to engineering.

Basic explanation of quantum physics.

Various methods for determine the percentage purity of a substance .

Theory of relativity.

These words look something out of

a fantasy language but I can still read it .

I opened the one labelled engineering.

I saw many frightening pictures I immediate closed it . There were so many frightening words and letters I have never seen before . What is a fulcrum ?

Maybe something simple like novels .

Let me see 200 fables for children.

She opened the book . To find various colourful pictures and she was so entranced by them that she was completely lost in the world .

Livia was roaming the markets . She saw fishes that were fresh even though they were in the middle of a desert . Fruits , wild herbs not commonly found . Meat at a steep price. Like they had tons in store .

McElroy

McElroy wandered into the bar where he ordered a drink .

Bartender :

Ah a new face you're not from around here .

McElroy:

Yes it's my first time here . Could you recommend some sights in this city .

Bartender :

Well there are not that many sights since this is a commerce captial .

But maybe you could visit .

The shrine of our guardian beast .

The protector of desert .

The 10000 toothed fierce beast of the desert .

McElroy: (inner thoughts)

The scourge of the desert was a much better sounding title than this .

He finished his drink and went ahead to pay he put his hand on his pocket .

Lilia bought something and went ahead to pay .

Livia bought a herb and went ahead to pay .

They all simultaneously realised that the one who held the money was Jay and they don't know where he is .

Because they split up .

McElroy : Shit

Lilia : Oh no !

Livia : Oh ...

McElroy was turned in because he tried to dash out . Livia returned the herb . And Lilia tried to return the item the shopkeeper refused to accept it .

When she told him she didn't have anything . She was told to sell something of equivalent value .

She sold every piece of equipment she had on her .

McElroy turned in . Lilia went into debt

Livia couldn't get what she wanted .

Meanwhile Jay .

Jay : (inner thoughts)

Maybe I should go on a luxurious outing with a girl sometime after I get out .