Chapter 1149 – First Snow (1/2)

Chapter 1149 – First Snow

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Whether one wanted it or not, Xuelao City would always be there, waiting for travelers returning home or foreigners with ill intentions.

The human armies were still in the south, so though the north city gate was under slightly stricter guard, normal entry and exit were still allowed.

The large carriage being pulled along the gray stones attracted many eyes.

The demons saw the large corpse in the compartment and their pale faces and deep blue eyes became shocked as they began to shout. There were many kinds of Demon language, and the different classes within Xuelao City would often use different languages, but at this moment, the majority of the cries were shouting the same word: Gruel.

No noticed that there was a very long wound on that large corpse, and a small hole had been torn open in its chest which just so happened to be concealed by a fur robe.

If someone examined the body up close, they might discover an extremely bizarre and frightening sight.

There was an eye in that little hole. The eye was very calm and devoid of emotion, but very clearly alive.

”Giant Gruel's grandson1?”

Zhexiu mentally checked over the top-secret information he had seen from the Ministry of the Army and understood who the young noble he had killed was, so he stopped ruminating over the question.

Through the small hole in the young noble's body, he took stock of the streets and buildings of Xuelao City.

On the surface, humans were rather similar to high-class demons, but they were two completely different species. The two species had battled for tens of thousands of years, establishing grudges that could never be resolved. Whether physically or mentally, the two sides were completely cut off from each other. Only in Grand Scholar Tungus's era was there a short period of very limited interaction.

For countless years, only an extremely small number of demons had ever appeared in the capital, and the majority met with the most miserable of ends. As for humans… after Wang Zhice signed the armistice with the Demon Lord, no human was allowed to step one foot into Xuelao City. Zhexiu could be considered the first human in centuries to enter Xuelao City.

To humans, Xuelao City was strange and evil, the nest of demons and ghosts, the abyss of evil. Just what exactly was it?

Zhexiu only knew that the walls of the city were extremely high, several times higher than the walls of Luoyang. Even though it had been a very long time since he had been brought in through the city gates, he could still clearly see the moss and snow on the walls. The streets here were straight and wide. The buildings were also very large, and the vast majority of them were built with stone. Though they looked rather crude, they also had an indescribable beauty. Moreover, at set intervals, he would see steep spires. He didn't know their purpose, but they gave off a majestic and divine aura.

After some time, the sky gradually brightened, and Zhexiu could tell that it was noon. Suddenly, however, the sunlight was obstructed, leaving behind a shadow. Zhexiu saw a black monolith. He couldn't tell what this black monolith was made of, and it seemed like even his vision was being absorbed by its surface.

After apparently going through an inspection, the beast dragging the carriage proceeded forward, and more of the black monoliths began to appear before Zhexiu's eyes. He could see one spaced every ten or so zhang, standing tall and upright on a green hill. The limitations on his field of vision meant that he could not see everything, but what he could see told him that it was assuredly a grandiose sight.

Black monoliths were planted all over this green hill, making it look like a massive graveyard or an array used for sacrificial offerings.

Zhexiu felt the young noble's corpse being lifted up and then slowly and carefully placed in a pit slightly lower than the ground.

He suddenly felt that something was not right.

In his original plan, he had intended to wait for the young noble to be buried, wait underground for several days, and then leave to find Nanke.

Based on his understanding of the demons, the young noble's clan graveyard should have been near the Demon Palace.

And when he saw those massive black monoliths, he really did think that this was the graveyard belonging to the young noble's clan.

The bodies of the Gruel clan had always been particularly massive, which is why there was such a thing as 'Giant Gruel'. He felt that the gravestones of this clan should have been larger than usual.

But someone with the young noble's status should not have been buried so hastily, not even in the middle of a war.

If this place was not the graveyard of the Gruel clan, what place was it? What were all these mysterious black monoliths doing here?