Chapter 797 - The Powerless Ability Users (1/2)

“Move faster! What are you doing?! This is not the time for quarrels!” Qin Feng yelled out loudly.

Having witnessed his bravery earlier, the civilians were still very respectful toward Qin Feng despite knowing that the ability users had seemingly lost their powers. Thus, the social structure that had been preserved for hundreds of years was not dissolved at that moment.

The civilians quickly got to moving and did as Qin Feng told, making the fire burn even wilder than before below.

These viper-like ultra beasts’ poison was really powerful. However, no matter how venomous they were, these creatures still feared fire. Therefore, when they saw fire burning wildly near the walls, the vipers started to back away.

Seeing this, Qin Feng instinctively glanced at the forest nearby. He felt that a bigger disaster was coming their way from beyond the woods.

Meanwhile, the fire was burning wilder and wilder. This in turn made the temperature around the walls rise higher, making it difficult for the elderlies and children to remain in the area.

“Retreat!” Qin Feng ordered everyone to retreat, forfeiting the walls.

The situation was rather chaotic. As more and more civilians congregated in the area, things got confusing for the masses when they saw people starting to back away. At the same time, the ability users and ancient warriors, having lost their powers, could not use their voices to control the public, making things even more chaotic.

“Deputy Mayor Guan, what should we do now? Where are we going?”

“Yeah, that passage that opened earlier… will it open again? When can we escape?”

“Minister Li, I heard that the ability users have lost their powers. And where is the army? When are they coming to save us?”

Some civilians had started to question the authorities.

“Who told you that the ability users are now powerless, huh?” Li Yuanshan stopped and stared at the civilian.

At first, the man was intimidated by Li Yuanshan. However, it did not take long for him to notice the wavering looks in Li Yuanshan’s eyes. To him, this was the evidence for his conjecture; thus, he loudly asked, “Well, are you powerless or not? You’ve been outside the walls before. And not even one ability user around has used their powers till now. Are you people really still capable of protecting us? Don’t tell me you are trying to escape alone?!”

It was quite understandable for the civilian to be worried about this. If these ability users had lost their powers, this meant that they could not protect everyone like before. Still, these ability users still ordered them around like peons. If monsters attacked them right now, the civilians would be the first to die.

And naturally, the lives of ability users were valuable to the Human Alliance. Therefore, usually, the alliance would be sending people over to save them. Right now, there were many ability users around, including Li Yuanshan and Guan Shan. This meant that a rescue team was definitely on its way.

If they wanted to live, it was in the civilians’ best interest to follow Li Yuanshan and Guan Shan around. Yet, they did not want to be ordered into the mouths of these ultra beasts.

Now that they knew that these ability users were powerless, this meant that the public had gotten a hold of their weakness and did not need to fear them!

Li Yuanshan realized something was off when he saw the looks on these peons’ eyes. Their eyes were showing that they did not trust him. If they revolted now, it would mean that he would lose his authority overnight!

When Li Yuanshan wanted to openly deny their claim, everyone heard a loud voice coming from the front.

“It’s not entirely accurate to say that they have lost their powers. But it is true that the ability users cannot use their powers right now!”

“General Qin…!!” Guan Shan quickly gave Qin Feng a worried look.

However, Qin Feng continued on calmly, “So, right now, don’t expect others to protect you. If you want to live, you need to have the will to fight! The will to fight for your lives! Don’t rely on others. The best person that can save you right now is yourself!”