"Do you think the corpses were so pale because they hadn't seen the sun in a long time?" Godrick asked.
"That's possible." Zhao Si looked down at the ancient map.
The Eternal City drawn on it had faded somewhat and was hard to make out. The written annotations were even more incomprehensible.
"But I remember the Nox Swordstress I hacked to death didn't have white skin." Godrick was genuinely thinking about the question.
"Hmm... maybe it's like this: those swordstresses and such were different from the commoners. Just as you, a young master of the Golden Lineage, are different from ordinary people in the Lands Between." Zhao Si gave Godrick a casual, perfunctory answer.
Godrick believed him. "That makes sense. Then why didn't the corpses have noses?"
Zhao Si replied offhandedly, "Because the tip of the nose is cartilage. It rots away."
"So that's why." Godrick really believed him.
Zhao Si was actually talking nonsense without any real basis.
As they followed the road, Godrick suddenly stopped. Zhao Si looked up and asked, "What is it?"
"There's no road." Godrick pointed ahead. "There should've been a viaduct here, leading to the other side."
Zhao Si checked the map, which depicted the Eternal City in its entirety. It did indeed show a bridge here.
Built underground, the Eternal City had made use of practically everything available. Any patch of land had been incorporated into the city.
Even so, they had also made use of the abyss, laying foundations and support pillars within it before constructing tall, massive buildings.
"Something feels a little strange," Helena said.
"I think so too." Zhao Si looked at the magnificent buildings around them. They all had elaborate decorations and exquisite carvings. Whether they were homes or buildings that looked like temples, a great deal of care