Chapter 341 - Silence (1/2)
”Ouch! What happened....?” Gavril slowly opened his eyes. He rubbed the back of his head which felt like it was melting. Even with his sturdy body he was still feeling the effect of Fortis's attack even after such a long time.
He sat on the edge of his bed trying to remember what happened.
”How long was I out?” he mumbled to himself. His body felt weak, too weak to even stand up but still he pushed through and forced himself to get up while using the sidewall as support.
He dragged his feet across the floor and reached the window. The curtain was pulled apart and the street outside was visible.
”Hmm?” he frowned as soon as he noticed it. The street was empty. And it wasn't just the street either. Normally there would be distant clattering of the chains and pickaxes with a lot of noisy racket going on no matter the time, but it was silent. Completely silent.
”Something's not right...”
He started looking around the room for something and found it not soon after. It was a small rock about the size of his fist. More than two-thirds of it had an ashy texture while the remaining 1/3rd was glowing with a faint light.
This was a natural stone found in this mountain range which was used by the Orcs to tell time. The rock would lose its glow in approximately 72 hours after it was excavated and it held no other uses. The one in Gavril's hand had been excavated the same day as Hao Xuan and Jin Wang arrived, meaning it had been more than 2 days already.
Gavril stood in front of the rock staring at it with wide eyes, not believing that he had slept for more than 40 hours straight when the ground suddenly shook. The tremor wasn't that strong but it still managed to bring Gavril down to his knees in an instant.
”What is happening? Why did no one come to wake me up?”
Maybe it was the medicine or maybe something else, but he didn't remember Hao Xuan at the moment at all. He went to the kitchen area and took out a few pieces of dried meat which he started knawing on while changing his clothes.
His body felt extremely weak and he could barely stand up by himself, but now wasn't the time to sit around and wait.
He got dressed within a few minutes and ran outside with shaky steps while shouting.
”HELLO? WHERE IS EVERYONE??”