Chapter 1199 Eternal City
Before the shark began to dive, the emerald on Aiwas' chest shone with an emerald green glow.
Without words or ceremony, simply with the imperceptible fluctuations of the adaptive path's power, Aiwass and Leviathan's figures were hidden. The shrill gliding sound, like a bomber's dive, suddenly vanished just before reaching its peak.
The free people on earth were either kneeling before various idols or praying intently.
No one looked up at the sky—and no one dared to do so.
Looking up at the sky would be equivalent to placing the statues of "Generous Adil" dotted throughout the city below their line of sight. In Anxi, looking down on someone signifies disdain and contempt. If someone with ulterior motives reported them, or if soldiers discovered them, they would immediately and covertly increase their attention on that person.
Because of this, the people of Paradise City generally look down upon the earth with humility as they walk. They wear long robes and hoods, hunching over as they move slowly through the empty and clean streets.
Aiwass and Shark landed silently behind a temporarily unoccupied building.
The scales on Leviathan's body broke off and separated from the body, floating in the air.
The nearly three-meter-tall body melted into a sticky blood core. Then, the blood core suddenly expanded and transformed into a well-behaved little girl.
The color of her hair and eyes reminds people of the bottomless ocean.
The originally suspended scales touched and merged, forming a dark blue dress. After being worn by Leviathan, it gradually began to gain texture and details from a blurry mosaic model, gradually becoming like a real dress.
Aiwass realized that it was the dress Isabel was wearing. However, Isabel always liked white and green, and her dresses were often made from a combination of white, yellow, and various shades of green... whereas Shark had repainted them with blue, dark blue, and purple.
"dad……"
She stretched out her soft, white hand toward Aiwass, and looked at him eagerly. Her bright eyes reminded Aiwass of a puppy running towards its owner with a toy in its mouth, asking for its owner's company.
Shark was only about as tall as Aiwas' waist, and even smaller than the number 14 at the promotion ceremony. This made Aiwass even have the illusion that "this might really be my daughter" for a moment.
Aiwass couldn't help but reach out and touch Shark's hair, but immediately felt something was wrong - it wasn't the texture of human hair, but was noticeably harder, finer, and smoother. To describe it, it felt like fiber optics... or maybe some kind of wig.
He reached out and squeezed Shark's hand again, feeling the unusually hot temperature.
It was even hotter than a head during a high fever, like a hot spring pool steaming with white smoke. If an ordinary person came into contact with Leviathan, they might even get burned.
Aiwass knew that Leviathan's flesh and blood were originally at this temperature - when she was fighting, flying or training, her body temperature would gradually rise to an absurd level, probably maintaining at around 60 degrees, and the temperature would rise further in fierce battle.
To improve heat dissipation, she has so many cooling vents in her phantom form, giving her a fighter-like appearance. While in flight, she can extract air through these vents with near-brute force efficiency, ejecting a scorching white smoke that distorts the air.
It is now obvious that the residual heat generated during the flight has not completely dissipated.
But for Aiwass, this level of heat only makes him feel warm.
"Shhh."
Aiwass held out his other hand, raised it to his mouth, and whispered, "Try to keep your mouth shut, Shark."
Shark nodded quickly, but his eyes were still shining as he looked at Aiwass expectantly.
She lowered her voice to a whisper and asked, "What are we going to do, Daddy?"
For her, it was the first time for her to go on an "adventure" in an unfamiliar place with Aiwass.
Not to mention, she clearly understood that the owner of this place was Aiwas's enemy, and once his identity was discovered, a fight would begin immediately... She felt itchy and eager to try, and was looking forward to being exposed.
"Just a little stroll, then we'll go find Adil."
Aiwass was also a little curious about the Paradise City, otherwise they would have landed directly near the Palace of the Good Lord.
This was the first truly authentic Parthian city-state he had ever seen—Crypt City didn't count, because when the people recovered from their petrification, their lives had already been destroyed. And then, Aiwass became the benevolent ruler and re-established the rules of Dawn City, which was even less interesting.
Moreover, compared with other Parthian city-states, Paradise City is undoubtedly more advanced.
Why such a unique rule had been formed, and what the "generous Adil" was thinking, all made Aiwas curious. Even after his subordinates transformed into demons, they still praised Paradise City. This devotion was undoubtedly genuine.
When Aiwass took Shark out, he felt a sense of sudden enlightenment and openness.
Although Aiwass had witnessed the splendor of this city from above, only by being inside it could he feel the sacredness and prosperity that was different from Avalon and Star Antimony.
This desert city-state, with only more than 300 free people living in it, does not seem empty; there are many people walking around on the streets, but it does not seem crowded.
A group of young students surrounded a teacher who was sitting cross-legged next to the fountain, waiting on the roadside to listen to what he was saying; an old man playing the harp was playing ancient songs with his eyes closed in another part of the fountain square.
Some women in colorful skirts walked barefoot on the stone slabs, with golden anklets or silver bracelets hanging on their ankles. They carried pottery jars in their hands and cloth bags on their waists, obviously going to get food and water.
It was only seven in the morning, the dawn.
A refreshing mist permeates the city, a precious, damp, cool air that brings a strong sense of well-being in the desert.
Unlike Rock Cellar City, this city didn't have the untamed, rural feel of a rural-urban fringe. Almost the entire city was paved with pristine white alchemical slabs, the floors seamlessly fitting together, imbued with a sense of order. For a moment, Aiwass felt as if he had returned to the White Queen district of Avalon.
The buildings here are even more beautiful and larger than those in White Queen District. All the buildings have exteriors carved by first-class craftsmen, and the main styles are palm leaves and laurel leaves.
Above these reliefs, a unique type of colored bricks served as decoration... They looked a bit like colored glass, a bit like stone. It was an opaque, inexpensive-looking gem. Aiwass didn't recognize it, but he could sense its intense beauty.
Unlike the Rock Cellar City's architectural style, which was composed of stone pillars and domes, the core word for Paradise City's architecture should be "spire." Platforms of varying heights extended from the sides or tops of many buildings.
They were all ablaze with flames, emitting smoke... altars of fire, one after another. They looked like giant menorahs. In the ancient Parthian Empire, which worshipped water, this was a rare sight.
There are statues of "Generous Adil" all over the city, with several on every street, and their postures are different.
The closest one was right next to Aiwass. It was a seated sculpture about two meters off the ground and about three meters high.
Adil was a middle-aged man in his forties with a big beard and a kind face. He wore a long robe and had a handsome face with deep features, resembling an ancient Greek scholar.
He was maintaining a "thinking" posture. Not far away, several people were kneeling attentively, reverently chanting the ballad "Praise the generous Adil, praise the merciful Adil".
Although the entire city was engulfed in war, there was a quiet sense of peace and happiness in the city.
The people here are obviously satisfied with their peaceful and eternal life and would not ask for more.
There is also a second chapter, I am writing it, and it will be posted before 2 o'clock!
I still don't feel well...
(End of this chapter)
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