Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 865 Mysterious Cities
The Dreamland contains many ancient and legendary towns, often found in the stories of ordinary people, and are even more mysterious than the major temples.

Selphis of the Eternal Kingdom is one of them.

The dreamlike sunset city is another example.

The magnificent floating city is one of them.

The nameless city that disappeared deep in the desert could also be considered, but because that history is too ancient, it is now an ancient city that exists only in legend.

Perhaps Nanwei City will become a part of this series in the future, and maybe the Dreamland will spread a story about a gloomy city that was lost deep in the Southern Territory and banned the apple trade... if it was not crushed by the will of the gods.

All the ancient cities or kingdoms in this series have one thing in common: their creators are not any deities from the Dream Realm, but dreamers from the Lucid World. Only the unrestrained dreams of powerful dreamers can create such unique spaces.

There is also a rumor that powerful dream weavers often do not come from just one world, namely the conscious world that has been ruined by the gods.

However, many people deny this claim. Scholars of the Dream Realm and even the higher-ups in the temple believe that the Realm of Awakening is the most fundamental, unique, and primitive reality.

However, the diverse styles of the mysterious cities actually suggest that the above view is completely wrong.

Dreams become reality here, but people's dreams are also based on the reality of the dreamer.

For example, Nanwei City is the Nanwei City of the Awake World.

Therefore, the creators of these mysterious ancient cities most likely came from different worlds in their previous lives.

Milo, at least, believed this claim, because he knew the truth that there were other worlds besides the conscious world.

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Furthermore, the magical holy land called the City of a Thousand Pillars that Milo sees before him at this moment, to some extent, confirms the above point of view.

Can you imagine a magical city completely devoid of any religious aura? In the realm of dreams.

Milo has been lingering and observing this area for quite some time.

"The City of a Thousand Pillars - Ilan".

The City of a Thousand Pillars is the name given to this city by the Dreamland. Because a very few people who were fortunate enough to have seen the outline of this magical city from afar claimed to have seen countless stone pillars, the Dreamland scholars, who were good at naming various mysterious cities, named this magical city standing in the western part of the Cold Plains "The City of a Thousand Pillars".

But only those in power who could see its true appearance up close knew that the countless towering stone pillars that the observers saw were not actually stone pillars, but countless structures similar to minarets.

As for "Ilan," the city's original name, it only came into use after the conflict that once shook the entire Dreamland's superior order.

As is well known, the native gods of the Dreamland are born of faith, and they will reject any superior from the waking world unless you are as strong as the Golden Tree.

They even refused entry to clairvoyants, going so far as to deprive them of the right to dream.

But if it were a fertile land of civilization without any foundation of faith, then those guys on the high ground of Mount Kadas would probably be laughing all the way to the bank, since it would be a delicious meal delivered right to their doorstep.

They would determine the "ownership" of this civilization through various mysterious internal discussions, which in layman's terms means the ownership of all the faith power on this land. Then, through various means, whether sacred or unsacred, they would bring it under the control of the temple, just as they did to the eternal kingdom.

But what is... well, what God couldn't have imagined is that these outsiders living under a thousand "pillars" have incredibly hard bones, and their minds are just as hard as their bones. In their minds, it seems that the concept of "faith" doesn't exist.

Yes, the Ilan people do not worship any ethereal, superior being. Or to put it another way, they fundamentally do not approve of the act of "worship."

Furthermore, the civilization of Elan is highly developed, and with the enhancement of their magical skills, no despicable or vile means can escape their notice, such as the methods Rick is currently engaging in in the Lost South.

Generally speaking, the gods are gentle and merciful to all races that are weak-kneed and good at kneeling and worshipping, but for such stubborn creatures, it is necessary to resort to some rather brutal means.

This refers to the "conflict" that led to the widespread dissemination of the name "Ilan" across the continents of the Dreamland.

Yes, the people of Ilan chose to fight the will of Mount Kadas.

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Judging from the fact that the City of a Thousand Pillars still stands today, and there is almost no trace of divine faith within it, the ultimate victors of that conflict must have been the group of magic practitioners in the city.

That's what makes Ilan so legendary.

A fertile land where faith has never been harvested by the gods.

And it was not violently flattened.

Referring to the previous master of Os-Nargai, the ancient conqueror, we can know what kind of fate awaits the races that dare to wage war against the gods. However, the city of Ilan, the City of a Thousand Pillars, still stands in the western part of the Cold Plains. From the perspective of the geography of the Dreamland world, this place can even be regarded as the foot of Mount Kadas.

It's easy to imagine how tough these magic scholars were.

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But Milo firmly believes there must be more shady dealings involved, and it's not as simple as it appears on the surface.

This requires a slightly deeper exploration.

Of course, he could choose not to explore; his purpose in coming here was simply to demand a person from these Ilan people.

The problem now is how to get closer to that seemingly elusive City of a Thousand Pillars.

This ancient city seems to leave outsiders with only a mottled outline, but the desolate Gobi Desert and biting cold around it seem to be a constant reminder that the shadows of the countless minarets you see are nothing but a mirage.

The truth is, there is a certain isolating force between the boundless, icy Gobi Desert and Ilan.

Like the sponge of Nanwei City, and somewhat similar to the lighthouse of Os-Nargai, perhaps all mysterious cities share this will to reject outsiders.

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Milo cupped his hands into an "O" shape and held them in front of his eyes as if using binoculars, quietly observing the ancient city at the edge of his field of vision.

A moment later, he put down his "telescope" and glanced back at a Cold Plains man who had frozen to death in the desert.

In fact, it was this guy who summoned Milo.

Or more accurately, he was used by Milo as a tool for spatial jumps.

(End of this chapter)