《This world is strange》Chapter 110. The city in the canyon
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In the rest of the three months they were traveling, nothing interesting happened. They stopped at some villages to rest and stock up, but they had no problems with the people living there.
The last place they had to go through was a city. Though they have dodged every one of them on the way to the mansion, this one was in a canyon of the Southern Mountains, the only road leading through near to the place they were going.
If they would've wanted to go around it would've taken more than a month to get through and climbing the mountains was kind of impossible with the steep edges and countless monsters living there.
Catherine was the coach and she was the one, who always spoke about the places they went to. It was the same this time as well.
"This is the dwarven city of Mjölm. This city was built, around a thousand years ago to protect the pass from the demons. Because it is standing here, the southern parts from here are a lot safer from demon invasions."
In the bright daylight, the city towered over the hills that were right before the Southern Mountains. It had three layers and each of them was higher than the last one. All of them had a high wall separating them.
On the very top, there was a castle above all of the buildings. The giant stone building looked like itself could've held back thousands of demons if needed.
The first wall was around 10 meters high and had bastions which had different siege weapons, like catapults and ballists on them. Soldiers were moving on top of them, it looked like they were preparing for war.
As the group got to the giant gate they saw people greeting the guards and going in through the high wall. Most of them were dwarfs and only a couple of humans were mixed in sometimes.
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It took them more than half an hour to get to the gates and when they did the guards stopped them with a serious look on their faces.
"Hey there fellas. What you might be doing here?"
"Good day to you sir. We want to travel across the canyon to the south."
"Then please wait while we investigate your bags. Until then get off."
The man looked at all of them, while they were moving to the side. Then he turned around and waved for a group standing on the side of the gate. They went to their horses and one of them looked through their bags.
"Everything's fine. It just plain ol' stuff, nothin' strange here."
"Alright."
He walked up to Catherine.
"Papers?"
She handed over the medallion from the ugly orc and the dwarf investigated it. After a few looks, he bit on it, then gave it back.
"It's fine boys. Let them in!"
They entered into the bustling streets of the city. Most of the people here looked like they just came out of a coal mine after a week of work and they did not have time to get cleaned.
The houses were all built from stone and they looked really old. Some of them even looked like, they would collapse at any moment. It didn't look very safe, so they headed into the second layer.
The wall wasn't different from the previous one altogether, except for the difference in height. It was around 15 meters or so.
The guards at the gate were watching them, while they passed, but did not stop them.
The second layer looked a lot better. The houses were looking new and the people were wearing better clothes as well. It seemed like people lived better inside here.
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While watching the people walking everywhere, they headed for the last gate.
The last wall looked different from the first two. It had more of a triangle form than a flat outside surface. It was steep enough, that people couldn't climb, or place ladders on easily, but it was still visible.
On the towers instead of regular siege weapons, straight cannons were placed. Also on the wall, there were multiple holes, where people with guns were visible.
'It seems like they have a lot more technology here than anywhere else. Still, they only have those guns from the 15th century I'm curious where did they get all these ideas from.'
As they got close to the gate the guards stopped them.
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