Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Chapter 554: Sol City Falls
“Ding dong! Ding dong!”
The alarm once again rang out above the fortress.
Borahan, the fortress commander, had a prostitute beneath him. He had just taken off his armor and pants and had to hastily put them back on.
“Is Lord in such a hurry?”
The prostitute’s gaze swept greedily over Borahan’s strong muscles.
Borahan did not speak.
Why wouldn’t he be in a hurry?
Who knew what sort of trouble it was this time.
If the enemy army came, he wouldn’t be able to do anything else.
“Lord, Dragons! There are Dragons again!”
A soldier’s roar came from outside.
Borahan spat on the ground.
Damn it, did I poke a dragon’s nest today?
If I don’t take down a dragon today, I’ll write my name backward!
With a “bang,” he kicked the door open.
Borahan grabbed the soldier’s collar and lifted him up, roaring fiercely, “Where are the dragons!?”
The soldier pointed at the sky in terror.
“Lord! Look, look!”
“Roar—!!” A thunderous dragon’s roar echoed from overhead. Borahan looked up and saw a full-grown Blue Dragon flying from the direction of Sol City as if it were drunk, smashing through countless buildings along the way. It was now getting closer and closer to the tower where he was.
“Get down!”
Borahan’s scalp tingled. He didn’t even have time to draw his sword. He quickly turned and pushed the soldier down beneath him.
Followed by a deafening “boom.”
The earth shook.
The entire fortress tower collapsed under the dragon’s impact. When Borahan crawled out of the ruins, the Blue Dragon had already disappeared.
“Soldier, are you still alive? Hey!?”
Borahan dragged his leg and pulled the soldier out.
This young man was quite pitiful.
He was supposed to be protected, but in the end, he became a human shield.
“Cough, cough, Lord, I, I’m alright…”
The soldier, covered in dirt, got up from the ground, feeling as if his whole body was about to fall apart. Lord Borahan was truly heavy, almost crushing him to death.
“It’s good that you’re alright. Go inform the artisans to repair the fortress. I’ll go for a walk nearby.”
Borahan glanced at the two long legs of the prostitute exposed in the ruins. Blood spread beneath her legs. It was obvious that the prostitute was dead.
“What terrible luck!”
He punched the wall.
At the same time, he was pondering why there were giant dragons in Sol City. Were those law enforcers eating for nothing all day?
It seemed he had to investigate Sol City thoroughly.
If it was the law enforcers’ negligence, he wouldn’t mind replacing their immediate superior. If necessary, he could even replace the city lord, as his marquis’s power was undeniable.
…
On the other side, inside Sol City.
The moment the explosion was heard, the law enforcers were dispatched.
The law enforcement team was led by a baron, a Great Knight of considerable strength. When he arrived at the explosion site with a group of knights and soldiers, all he saw was a pile of ruins mixed with garbage. In the center of the ruins was a dark pit.
“Soldier, what is down there?”
This noble was clearly not very familiar with the city’s structure.
“Lord,” the soldier replied, “that’s the Sol City sewer system. All the city’s sewage is discharged into the nearby river through the sewers.”
“Oh, my goodness, I drank water from that river the day before yesterday! I even thought the river water was clear and suitable for bathing!” The Great Knight beat his chest and gagged twice, looking distressed, causing the nearby soldiers to cover their mouths and chuckle.
“Lord, that’s not the point. The point is it would be very troublesome if the sewer system was maliciously destroyed causing the city’s sewage to be unable to drain. You might be dismissed from your post.”
“Dismissed? That won’t do! Let’s go in and take a look quickly!” The Great Knight couldn’t stand it, so he took the lead.
He found it very strange.
Even though it was a sunny day, the visibility in the pit was very low, as if a layer of black mist covered it.
The Unknown Darkness, like the gaping maw of a beast, made the Great Knight shudder. He shrunk his neck and turned to order the soldiers behind him, “You all go down and take a look. Explore the way first.”
Power of rank.
The soldiers had no choice even if they didn’t want to.
They took out their grappling hooks, hooked one end firmly onto a rock, and threw the other end into the pit. Grasping the rope, they slid down with a “whoosh.”
The first wave consisted of five soldiers.
In fact, the pit wasn’t that deep.
Soon, the Great Knight heard the “thudding” sound of the soldiers’ boots on the ground.
“What’s the situation inside?”
He bent over, peeking and asking.
A rustling sound came from the pit.
Other than that, there was no other movement.**
“Hey! Soldier! Speak!”
After a while, a soldier finally responded.
“Lord, everything is normal down here. There are just a lot of corpses. We were startled when we first came down.”
“Corpses?”
The Great Knight looked suspicious, but as long as there was no danger, that was fine. He stamped his foot to shake off the dirt from the soles of his shoes, then turned to command the remaining knights and soldiers.
“All present and accounted for, follow me down.”
“Yes!” Everyone agreed.
When the Great Knight descended into the pit using the rope.
He found that it was even darker inside than he had imagined.
Upon landing, he stepped on something soft.
Looking down, it turned out to be a corpse, charred black by electricity.
He had heard earlier that a Blue Dragon had flown out of the pit. It seemed that most of these dead people were from the Blue Dragon’s hands.
Many of the subsequent traces he saw also confirmed his thoughts.
There were carbonized marks left by plasma dragon’s breath everywhere.
But where had those five soldiers gone?
The Great Knight looked around. It was foggy inside, making everything blurry. After taking a few steps forward, he finally saw the five soldiers standing with their backs to him, forming a fan shape around something.
“Hey! What are you doing?”
“Yawn—”
“Yawn—”
A strange sound approached from afar.
The Great Knight felt his head spinning.
Involuntarily, he moved closer.
Then he finally saw it clearly.
The five soldiers were standing motionlessly in a circle around an old man.
The old man was wearing a tattered black robe. The exposed parts of his body were charred black, clearly from being struck by the Blue Dragon’s dragon’s breath. He was kneeling on the ground, holding something in his hands. The five soldiers seemed to be mesmerized by that object.
“Hey! What are you looking at? Are you not even listening to my orders?”
The Great Knight frowned. He pushed the soldier in front of him. The soldier mechanically turned his head. His pupils were completely black, and his lips trembled rapidly. This strange scene startled the Great Knight.
At the same time, he also saw what the old man was holding in his hands.
It was a strange statue.
Even though it was so dark around, the details of the statue were vividly presented in his mind.
It had no head, a mouth on its neck, and four tentacles for limbs…
And the strange yawning sound emanating from the statue.
The Great Knight’s eyes gradually became hollow.
A black mist spread in his eyesong.
His lips curved slightly upwards.
Endless whispers echoed in his mind.
From incomprehensible, to gradually understanding.
[Truth! You need Truth!]
[Become a servant of Truth!]
“I, am, a, ser, vant, of, Truth…”
He bowed, took the statue from the already dead old man, turned around, faced the soldiers and knights under his command, and raised the statue high above his head.
“Gaze upon, Truth!”
He burst into maniacal laughter.
