"Monsters... What monsters?" Hearing this, Mr. Otto suddenly became interested and immediately pressed for details. Perhaps because he was too familiar with Aliyah's personality, when he saw this identical Ibn, Mr. Otto straightforwardly tossed over several coins.
Aliyah really liked this stuff... Clearly, this Ibn did too.
He caught the coins Mr. Otto tossed over, chuckled, and answered without thinking, "In the desert outside Sun City, many gigantic beasts live! Even when they're still cubs, these giant beasts are larger than the strongest male lions! Legend has it that adult giant beasts can climb over city walls! They live all around the desert, and anyone who tries to cross it becomes their food. That's why no one has ever made it out of this desert, and no outsiders have ever come in. I've lived this long, but this is the first time I've seen people from outside... What is it like out there?"
Mr. Otto frowned as he listened. "According to what you're saying, if a dozen or so adult giant beasts came here, these city walls probably wouldn't be able to hold them back at all... How have you survived all these years?"
Ibn replied, "Because this place is protected by the Sun God. Those giant beasts can't break in at all! They only attack on the Longest Night, when the Sun God's power is at its weakest. But every time, they're driven back!"
Claudia was already completely dumbfounded... She suddenly realized that she seemed to have crossed from a normal plane into a strange one... Giant beasts? The Sun God's power?
But Ibn did not stop. "When I was little, I heard the elders say that whenever the Longest Night arrived in the past, this place suffered tremendous destruction, with countless dead and wounded. It was only in