Chapter 683 To Kill A Dragon (1/1)

Chapter 683 To Kill A Dragon

Kai reh He looked away, picked up his charred wooden mask and stared at it for a few moments, then finally spoke:

"I was sent into the body of a centurion of the Sun Legion, the army of the Ivory City The city… youfrom the ashes as the time flowed in reverse It is a wondrous place… beautiful, peaceful, and full of life, with people who are warhbors Dozens of flourishi+ng islands, all connected into a single whole by the aerial bridges and arching aqueducts built of white stone…"

The young ri vocal cords Then, he glanced at the ered for a moment, and continued:

"At least that hat I thought, at the start of it Looking back, I was terribly naive… but it was so easy to be misled by how the Ivory City, and its people, appeared — especially by the stark contrast between the splendor of that enchanting facade and the barefaced vileness of those ished to destroy it The ers"

Kai shook his head

"The people of the Ivory City are just like those we know in the waking world They have the saard for decency and huht be doing ard My point is… is that they seemed nice Their city was like a beautiful paradise like a place that all human cities should strive to be Was it so unexpected, then, that in this Nightmare, there was sorew dim

"The followers of the cult of Glory, on the other hand, were exactly like what one would iine the forces of evil to be Merciless, cruel raiders that worshi+pped war, slaughter, and bloodshed, killing si Their perverse fate, their zealous belief that by destroying the lives of innocent people they were delivering the gift of salvation to their victims… ht understand why I was blinded to the truth… for a while"

The young man took another sip of tea, then put down the mask and looked at them with a dark expression

"In ri a beautiful paradise froly considered the fate of the Ivory City to be the true conflict of the Night it e had been sent here to do Unable to abandon my duty and reluctant to beco that, sooner or later, you guys will join hed heavily

"And so, very soon, I becaured face contorted for aman restrained his eht sound surprising Unlike the rest of you, I have never been a fearsome warrior I have never been a dauntless leader ofthe Spire Messengers in the shadow of the Crimson Spire, and even then, I only survived because of Cassie So… I was very surprised to findfame and renown as a fearless battle coered for a moment, and then said with uncertainty:

"The war between the Ivory City and the Red Colosseu on for centuries Its bloody tides coo, like those of the sea Sometimes, only small skirmishes and raids happen for decades, and so every day Soht each other, and sometimes, Ascended champions appear to sow devastation on the battlefield Sometimes, even the Transcendent Lords descend…"

He paused for a few moments, took a sip of tea, then continued in a neutral tone:

"At the time, I found ed period of relative calers And very early on, I discovered an unexpected truth…"

He glanced at the his words, and said:

"You see, I was always under the impression that warriors of this ic pereable, powerful, and proficient in battle than we, hu World, are But as it turns out, that is not so Maybe a long tie of Heroes, they had been But now, most of them are far less deadly than we have becoed and teotten Shore"

Sunny raised an eyebrow, surprised by that state his expression, Kai tilted his head a little

"Nightmare Creatures are nowhere near as numerous here as they are in the future There is no Spell, no Nightmares, no trial of the Dream Realm, no Gates… unlike them, each of us had been forced into a life of bloodshed and conflict, thrown against uniinable horrors with no choice to retreat or surrender The Spell ht be a cruel teacher, but its vile lessons seeer or die, there is no other way for us So, most Awakened from the real world would have experienced e Awakened warrior of this tihed, and then added somberly:

"That hy even I, despitebattle prowess, was able to stand out I led h the sudden attack by a large force of the Warh the rest of the ca havoc on the enerew quiet for a long ti especially hoarse and grating:

"And that was how I gained the attention of the radiant Lord of on"