Chapter 96 - Truth Part 2 (1/2)

Amidst the chaos, everyone’s gaze instinctively searched for familiarity, but there was none.

As their gazes returned closer to the cliff that they were standing on, the smoke was getting even thicker. Within the blanket of thick smoke, several vague but hulking figures were roaring loudly.

With the light from a few sudden explosions, numerous figures jumped out from the smoke, brandishing their swords in the air and huge splashes of blood followed.

The noises also gradually cleared up and sounded extra real. There were shouts, battle cries, clunks and slashing rustling loudly with commands thrown into the mix.

It was a warzone! Behind the quiet cliff and beneath the illusory scene, a warzone was hidden!

Then, what was the fake scene that they saw earlier? A distortion of space? If that was the case, discerning it as fake or real was somehow accurate.

Tang Ling was almost shaken off his feet, but he was the only one that responded favorably as Andy and the two girls had fallen on the ground, trying hard to control themselves from shivering.

Orston uncontrollably leaned over to Tang Ling, gripping on to the latter in order to stand up straight.

Amir was already on his knees. Only Yu was barely standing side by side Tang Ling.

The whole process was less than 20 seconds, yet the revelation defied the truth that had resided in the young warriors’ hearts for more than a decade.

“Starting to regret your decision?” Instructor Thuja’s voice finally came, slightly calming the absent-minded young warriors down.

Looking up, the young warriors finally realized that Thuja was not standing in the air but on top of a 20-meter stone platform that extended out from the cliff.

The edge of the platform was reinforced with metal, and at the end of the platform, there was a large iron rack with an iron capstan installed on it.

The capstan was turning and the iron chain was rumbling as it seemed to be reeling something up from beneath the cliff.

However, no one was concerned about that. Everyone stared at Thuja, hoping for an explanation or some comfort.

Thuja had his liquor bottle in his hand. He took a swig with a faint smile and said with a slight hint of irony, “Back then, when I first saw this and the monsters, I thought that I’d be going to war with those wicked beings one day. It really threw me into despair.”

Without any explanation or comfort, he asked, “What about you guys?”

“Compared to your past…” Orston clenched his fists as he stepped up. Strong words were squeezed out of the seams of his teeth. “How long do you people plan to lie to us? I don’t know how you people do it, but why? Why lie to us? What is the meaning behind all of this? What about the people that live behind the illusion? Who are they to you? Are they just being reared…?”

Orston could not continue but he had his reasons to be so upset.

Just look at those enormous beings and monsters further away! Despite the distance, they were still fearsome!

No matter how stupid he was, he would have realized that his fifth brother who loved him the most must have died beyond the cliff.

Everyone in the family told Orston that his fifth brother was a hero, but he did not care about him being a bloody hero. He only knew that a few days before his fifth brother left, his brother was tenderly caressing his head with his large, rough hand and said to him with smiling eyes, “Little Orston, you’ll be a lot stronger than me when you grow up.”

In the end, his fifth brother died without an explanation a few days later.

No body was found, and there was no reason for his death or the location of death.