On the west coast of the Central Continent, in a prosperous land far from the Great Desert, stood a settlement called Avent.
More than a million free citizens lived in this settlement. Including the unfree, the population was probably around two or three million.
While a million was nothing remarkable in the Thousand Clans and Thousand Gods of the Brahma Province, it was fairly rare in other parts of the wasteland, even in the relatively stable heartland of the Legion.
As the "capital" of the Southern Legion—or rather, the "garrison district capital"—this place was not only the most densely populated settlement in the Southern Legion's territory, but also the logistics hub for combat units at every level and the strategic command center.
Legend had it that the settlement was named after a brave Velander centurion.
More than a century ago, in the era when the Legion faced a true threat to its survival, this Mr. Avent had led his brave and loyal subordinates in a heroic battle, using only crude weapons to destroy nearly a hundred autonomous defense robots and seize this land from the "remnants of the Human Alliance."
For that reason, the word Avent was also given the meaning of "marching south," becoming synonymous with courage and glory within the Legion.
As for what this settlement had originally been called, no one remembered anymore. In any case, it probably had not sounded as catchy as Boulder City.
And the people who had once lived here had gradually vanished without a trace, as though they had never existed in this world.
However, Avent, who had rendered great service to the Legion, had clearly not fought all the wars for his descendants.
Those who could endure hardship had to keep enduring hardship, and those who could fight had to keep