Chapter 875: War Indeed Brings Out the Beast in Us (1/2)

”Do you sense something?” Yulian asked as he continued to sprint while gasping for air. Unlike Krune, he was unable to use any techniques to recover his Godly Energy. With that, the more he ran, the more tired he became.

”It's more like an extension of my senses thanks to a special law I comprehended,” Krune replied, soaked with sweat as they jumped over small boulders along the way. ”I have a feeling someone dangerous is trailing us.”

”Do you have any plans? We can't just keep running forever, you know,” Yulian frowned as he replied, feeling his exhaustion being lifted by a degree as his cultivation recovered to the Third Stage of the Godly Fusion Realm. He felt somewhat better now.

Then again, it still wasn't enough considering the situation they were in. He was bound to become tired sooner or later.

”Hmm...” Krune pondered for a bit with a frown as he took out all his shields, stomping on the ground using their sides. He wrote something on the ground as they sprinted past.

At every interval, he left some words on the ground.

”Do you think this would work?” Yulian frowned as he asked, feeling tired once again. His legs hurt while his lungs felt like they were on fire. Nevertheless, he continued to run since Krune still hadn't stopped. He immediately took out a device that he used to contact the Spirit Awakener Guild, frowning when he later received a certain message.

”Damn it! Why does this have to happen now?” Yulian cursed in a mutter, thinking for a moment if it would be better to abandon Krune. He then gritted his teeth soon after, continuing to run. His ego and pride wouldn't allow him to leave his mission. He took pride in the fact that his pride was unwavering, a reason why he was highly valued in the field of work he chose.

”I can only hope this would slow down whoever is pursuing us,” Krune spoke with a helpless gaze, gazing at Yulian's crumbling expression before asking, ”What happened?”

”I thought we can seek refuge in the city once we cross the Lawless Plains. After all, the Spirit Awakener Guild would help us out. But it seems that's no longer the case,” Yulian cursed.

”Did something happen to the guild?” Krune felt a sense of foreboding that his situation had just taken another turn for the worse. He only wanted to obtain some battle experience.

”The Spirit Awakener Guild branch of every city has been called to the Zamuria Empire's capital. They're preparing for a war against the other two continents that are currently fighting each other. The royalty plans to use the power of the Spirit Awakeners to elevate the overall level of their equipment and nurture a massive army.” Yulian quickly recounted the state of affairs that had happened while they were in the Immortal Severance Zone.

Two days after Krune left for his journey, a sudden statement from the royal capital caused the entire continent to instantly be in a state of unrest.  Every Guild related to war was summoned to the capital.

Alongside their summons were the evacuation of every organization in power, causing the military power of each city to be at an all-time low. It resulted in the lords of respective cities migrating towards the capital with their citizens, leaving the cities behind them barren.

The cause for everything was the ongoing war between the two continents that neighboured the Zamuria Continent. It was always the case where three parties existed in one room. When two of them fought against each other, pitting all their forces against one another while suffering losses through both victory and defeat, it was always the third party that put an end to their war…by swiping in at the last minute and subduing both, becoming the eventual victor that swallowed up all the gains.

Therefore, the moment the royalty of both continents realized the war was going to progress further, they didn't wish to see the bystander—Zamuria Empire—profit in the end. And so, the best way to do this was simple, which was to bring the war to their doorsteps.

This would make the war phase from a frontal confrontation to a three-way deadlock. With that, there would be profit and loss for all three empires, preventing anyone from reaping benefits that easily. The only way to obtain those benefits was to annihilate the two other competitors.

As they realized the essence of this issue, despite the Zamuria Empire being unwilling to participate in the war, they had no choice but to do so.

Naturally, with such a big empire, the people were their foundation. Though, since they were currently dispersed over the massive Zamuria Continent, they became easy pickings for the enemies. Unwilling to see this, the royalty summoned forth everyone in an effort to concentrate all their power and foundation in one place.

Unsurprisingly, this wasn't an easy task to accomplish, not to mention having to transport every resource of value. Even then, each city had its teleportation portals, allowing travel to every city. Using those and the storage rings that could store massive volumes in a tiny object, they were transporting everything of value, including the very cities themselves.