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

”Wait, you're telling me that we won't even have a place to stay and relax during our journey? You mean the two cities on our way themselves are already gone?” Krune was shocked to hear that. Each city was massive. Plus, transporting something of that caliber wasn't possible unless the storage rings were of superior quality.

'But that means it should have a stable subspace inside with laws that aren't inferior to the God Realm. But then, any one of those should be priceless treasures.' Krune then thought about how each of the cities had existed for a long time. So, they must have accumulated enough resources to create a storage ring of such caliber.

”There's a small chance the second city might still be there,” Yulian said as he gasped for breath. ”After all, it's only a minor city formed by a coalition of merchants who remain in the place because of the countless treasures that could be mined from the Four Sector's Border Region.”

”Also...” he said after a moment of thought. ”Considering Vardin's reaction, something huge must be happening there right now. So, Huken City must still be there.”

He was just speaking when Yulian tripped and crashed into the ground. Krune immediately helped him up, noticing how he was out of breath. Krune was still fine since he was using the Mind Splitting Technique to siphon a steady stream of Godly Energy into himself while he ran. In other words, he was steadily replenishing his stamina. He was still able to continue traveling for some more time.

”We're here.” Yulian looked forward as his eyes widened in surprise, muttering in disbelief, ”This…is the Lawless Plains?”

Krune shot his gaze forward as he was left speechless since the description of the area was different than the scene that lay before him.

Stretching before him was a vast plain where large patches of grass covered the land while the rest were barren. The weird thing was how the grass was colored red, thanks to the blood that had been shed.

Corpses of demon beasts were scattered all around the area, littering the land. Those that were alive still were evacuating, partially injured, ignoring their injuries as they flew around, carrying their alive brethren as they roared into the skies.

One after another, they left the place. Krune found an injured demon beast lying at the entrance of the Lawless Plains, quickly approaching it as he asked it, ”What happened here?”

The demon beast shot a glance at Krune, noticing his demon beast aura. It grunted as it spat out blood, wheezing as it talked, ”Those bastards from the Zamuria Empire, they came with their army and slaughtered us.”

”Why? Why would they do that?” Krune felt anger at the indiscriminate slaughter that had happened before him, feeling rage boil in him. He wasn't the type to care about people beyond necessary. He didn't like fighting, but if someone aimed for his life, then he didn't hesitate to kill them in return. Though, indiscriminate slaughter also didn't sit well with him.

After all, just by hearing the recount, he realized the army probably didn't have any good reason to do so.

The demon beast struggled to get up, looking at its blood that flowed out without stopping, sighing as it resigned itself to its fate. ”The Zamuria Empire sent us a message this morning to take on our human forms and head towards the capital. It's so the empire could prevent the enemy empires from using our strength. The Lawless Plains was exactly the place where we lived in our true forms and did whatever we pleased. So, of course, we didn't comply. Who would have thought that the army would immediately appear and start massacring everyone?”

”The strongest of our demon beasts were swiftly killed by their generals while the army eradicated the remainder of the strong. They came suddenly and vanished just as sudden.” The demon beast craned its head, pointing at the fleeing demon beasts as it continued, ”They were only lucky to survive because the army seemed to be lacking time. Otherwise…”

Krune sighed as the demon beast soon lost all signs of life. He looked at how its heart had been torn to shreds. It was a wonder it even managed to live this long while bearing such an injury. He gently closed its eyes shut, looking at Yulian to see his eyes were red.

After a moment, Yulian muttered, ”War indeed brings out the beast in us.”

”Let's move,” Krune muttered as they began to run once again. In that short time, Yulian had recovered enough to run for a short distance. It seemed that he possessed a technique that prolonged his stamina. The only hindrance in using it to its full potential was his current cultivation base.

”Did you cause this, Little Cally?” Krune muttered as his eyes became bloodthirsty with rage, watching the gruesome scenes of demon beasts slaughtered with indifferent techniques. It was like a meat grinder had plowed through the place.

”Let me be honest, Krune.” Little Cally's voice resounded, seemingly affected by his emotions. ”Even if I do mess with you every once in a while, this isn't something I would do. This isn't fun, even for me.”