Man in the Ark: Revitalizing Kazdel

The double moons in the dim sky slowly sank into the horizon, and the warm sunlight passed over the mountain tops, spread across the wilderness, and climbed up the walls of the two cities.

Today is the traditional festival of the Sarkaz - Requiem.

Early in the morning, the city gate was filled with people waiting for permission to enter the city.

Many people who live in settlements outside the city will choose to enter the city today and have a good time.

The streets are lined with colorful lights, and all kinds of Sakaz specialties are roasted over charcoal, giving off an enticing aroma.

In the square, some folk singers played tuneless songs with homemade instruments. No one knew how many times they had changed the lyrics, but there were always people who had never heard them and applauded.

Some people have special Originium skills, which they develop into highly performative magic that attracts a large crowd to watch.

The Sarkaz, who have ended years of war and ushered in a peaceful life, are showing their abundant vitality.

"Ines, I told you I don't need it, why are you still dragging me to the street..." Among the pedestrians on the street, the combination of two Sarkaz and one Caprini seemed to be in harmony.

"W, you can't wear this uniform all year round, so I still have to buy you some new clothes."

"This is the style that His Highness has decided on. Why can't it be used..."

Ines ignored W's resistance, took her hand, and walked into a clothing store.

Hedley, who was traveling with them, did not follow them in, but stayed outside the store, watching the magic show on the street with great interest.

In the last war between Kazdel and Victoria, he, Ines, and W captured the Duke of Cavendish who was hiding in the shelter.

After giving it to Roy in exchange for the bonus, he added some of his own savings and opened a department store in partnership with Ines.

Hedley is currently teaching in a school in Kazdel. Now that the students are on vacation, he writes some books, prints them out, and sells them in Ines' store.

Not many people bought it at the beginning, but as knowledge spread, some people began to like Hedley's books.

Some readers would leave letters in Ines' shop and ask her to give them to the author, expressing their appreciation for Hedley's knowledge and encouragement for his writing.

After that war, W chose to join the guard of Kazdel City, whose duties were equivalent to those of Lungmen's guard bureau.

The Sarkaz are aggressive by nature and are used to resolving conflicts with force, which places higher demands on the guard's force.

W hadn’t been in the job for long when she was already known as the “fugitive princess of the bomber’s court.”

Requiem is the best time for businesses to make money, but Inès closed the store early in the morning and took W to the street to help her choose some clothes.

Hedley was also captured. He originally wanted to continue writing the book. After all, the highlight of the Requiem Festival only began after the sun set.

"Ah..." Thinking of this, Hedley couldn't help but sigh.

"Hedley, come in for a moment and try on this dress..." Inès's irrefutable call came from inside the store, and Hedley had no choice but to push the door open and go in.

......

This was the first time for the Cyclops Elki to attend such a lively Requiem Festival.

Deep in the Sami Icefield, the requiem festival in the Cyclops settlement is held only in the evening.

With solemn expressions, the tribesmen came to the icy lake deep in the jungle to hold an ancient ceremony to appease the souls.

Kazdel's Requiem is more like a celebration, with the streets filled with laughter and joy.

Elki couldn't tell which kind of Requiem was better, but when he saw the Sarkaz children holding novel little toys in their hands and laughing and playing on the streets.

A small smile formed on her lips, and the Cyclops decided to walk out of her solitary hut and into the crowd of people celebrating.

......

On the other side of the city, Neve the Heartbreaker knocked on the door of Carrion Eater Kalessa with a little hesitation. She wanted to go to the neighboring city of New Kazdel to play with Ermengarde.

Neve remembered that Calesa and Ermengarde seemed to have a good relationship, so she wanted to ask her to go with them.

At this time, Kalesa inside the door was carefully untying the bandages wrapped around her body, revealing a rotten wound inside.

"This is the 95th experiment. The results are not good and the plan is abandoned..." Kalesa rewrapped the bandage, took out a thick notebook from the bookshelf, and wrote down the results of this experiment.

The noisy conversations of pedestrians on the street and the hawking of vendors made it impossible for Kalesa to calm down and analyze the reasons for the failure of the experiment.

Neve's knocking on the door completely disrupted Kalesa's mood for writing a summary. She slammed the notebook shut, walked quickly to the door, and opened it.

"If you don't have something very important to talk to me about, I will throw you into..." Kalesa's scolding stopped abruptly. It turned out that the little Whiplash Demon Neve came to find her.

"What's wrong with Neve? Is there anything you want to talk to your sister about?" A long-lost friendly smile appeared on Kalesa's face. After all, who doesn't like the kind and lovely Whiplash?

However, Neve seemed a little scared, took a few steps back, lowered her head and whispered: "Sister Kalesa, I want to find Amy, do you want to go with me?"

"No... forget it. I'll go with you. You're not familiar with that place." Kalesa was going to refuse, but changed her mind.

Since I can't calm down to write a summary now, I might as well go for a walk with little Niv.

"Thank you, Sister Calisa!" Neve smiled sweetly and happily embarked on a journey to visit Ermengarde.

......

The streets of New Kazdale City seem a little deserted compared to Kazdale City.

Many Sarkaz people living in this city went to the city to participate in the event today through the temporary passage built between the two cities.

People of other races celebrated Requiem in their own ways. Some of them put on fake Sarkaz horns early on and blended in with the Sarkaz crowd before entering the city of Kazdel.

Others hold a variety of activities according to the festival style of their own country, which becomes a hodgepodge.

A green figure walked out from the dock of the Rhine Life Landcraft docked at the port of New Kazdale City. It was Muirseth who had had that fantastic dream last night.

Behind her, there was a young Sakota with a gun-sword hanging on his waist.

"Officer Yan Yuntian, I said I don't need guards. I can protect myself." Muerseth waved the standard magic wand in his hand.

"Director Muirseth, this is a Sarkaz city after all. Director Saria asked me to protect you before leaving. Otherwise, when I return, she will ask me to be her sparring partner." The Sakota said with a serious expression.

Knowing that if he made a mistake at work, he would have to bear such serious consequences, Muirseth could not refuse, so he had to ask him to follow behind him and not to fight with others without permission.

After confirming the precautions for entering the city, Muirseth walked into this strange city with his guards.

Originally, she had no intention of participating in this traditional Sarkaz festival, but after having the bizarre dream last night, Muirseth decided to find Roy again and ask him what he thought about it.

According to her memory of the doctor taking her to Roy's office building, Muirseth walked through the square filled with stalls, through the slightly deserted streets, and arrived at her destination.

The office building was closed, and there was a notice on the door. Muirseth leaned in to take a closer look and saw that it was written in multiple languages.

"Requiem, a day of rest."

"It seems like we have come here in vain..." Muirseth felt a little disappointed, but she quickly remembered what the doctor had said, that Roy would appear at the main venue of the Requiem in Kazdale City tonight.

"Hehe... In that case, I can only come back to see you at night, Mr. Roy." Muirseth turned and walked towards the square she had passed before, with the Sakota guards following closely behind her.

"Officer Yan Yuntian, are you interested in buying some things at the square? You can give them to your colleagues as souvenirs. What about the person I had a crush on before, how are you getting along?" Miss Elf turned around and smiled, asking in a cheerful tone.

"Director Muirseth, stop joking, we are just friends..." Guard Sakta scratched his head and answered embarrassedly.

"If you work hard, you will definitely make further progress." Muirseth used the tone of a senior to preach to the young Yan Yuntian, but in fact, she herself had never been in love.

Since she was little, she has been working hard to be better. She hopes that one day she can figure out her origins and find a real place for herself and her people to settle down.

So her research direction is ecology, mainly studying the impact of Originium on organisms, trying to solve the problem of elves' sensitivity to Originium.

"Yes! I will work hard!" The innocent and naive Yan Yuntian was filled with chicken soup by Muirseth.

Walking through the square with a wide variety of goods, Muirseth was a little confused for a moment and didn't know what to buy.

On the contrary, it was Yan Yuntian who promptly paid for a wooden sculpture.

Muir Seth reminded him that he didn't need to think about it carefully.

The young Sakota confidently said that what matters is the thought behind the gift. If the other party likes it, even the simplest gift will be accepted with pleasure.

Only then did Muirseth realize that this boy was actually a very capable person.

Passing a stall at the end, Muirseth found some very interesting books.

A book called "The Survival Guide of a Different World for Top-level Madmen" tells the story of a top-level madman named "Shark Shark" who posts crazy messages everywhere in the city's internal forum.

The story of a man whose account was banned by an administrator with the online name "Banxia" and who accidentally traveled to another world to survive.

Turning to the cover, the name "Shark" was clearly printed in the author column. It was obvious that this was a story written by the author based on himself.

The boss introduced to Muirseth that this kind of reading material was very popular in the East Country and had recently been circulated to the Yan Country. This was the goods he imported from Longmen.

Muirseth was unmoved and reached out to pick up another book titled "The Domineering Sarkaz Demon King Fell in Love with Me".

Miss Elf didn't need to read it carefully to know the content, it must be a standard routine.

She stopped reading this kind of books when she was in college. She only found it interesting because it was related to Roy, the Sarkaz Demon King.

The next book is a guide to teach inexperienced girls how to interact with boys.

When I opened the first page, there was a sentence written inside: "A girl's emotional eyes and smile from the heart are your most powerful weapons."

Muir Seth suddenly felt that what he said made a lot of sense.

Seeing that the customer was interested in the three books, the boss sold the book "The Tyrannical Sarkaz Demon King Fell in Love with Me" along with the other two books to Muirseth at a price that was almost free.

Based on the principle of not being cheated or losing money, Muirseth took out his wallet and paid for the three books.