569 Six Villages Were Erased (2/2)

The day gradually turned dark along the journey. Luckily, they could finally see the magnificent walls on the horizon under the gloomy clouds.

Since it was still daytime, the walls still had Magicians patrolling the area. The group uttered relieved sighs after seeing someone alive. They quickened their pace and headed into the city.

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As they arrived at the entrance, a group of Battlemages was on duty.

”Are you all from Hua Village?” a Battlemage looked at them, amazed.

”Yeah, yeah, I'm the chief,” Xie Sang took out a stamp symbolizing his identity as the village's chief.

”The whole city has been discussing the villages outside the city,” spoke up another young Battlemage.

”Discussing us, why's that?” Hong Jun glanced at them, confused and curious.

The Battlemage smacked his lips and handed a newspaper to the chief.

The chief received it and immediately saw the headline!

”Six villages in the Xianchi area was wiped out by the undead. There are close to no survivors!”

The chief was dumbfounded. He initially thought only their Hua Village was invaded. Little did he know, the rest of the villages were already destroyed. Due to the lack of communication, they would not know the truth if they had not come to the Ancient Capital.

On a side note, the chief was even more confused after learning the news, as if he had failed to come up with an explanation for something.

”We'll be going, you all should settle down yourself.” Mo Fan felt even more suspicious seeing the chief's reaction. He did not want to be involved in the mess.

”Thank you, you're already such a strong Magician when your age is just about the same as Hong Jun's,” said a woman to Mo Fan excitedly.

Su Xiaoluo had recovered from her astonishment after learning the news about other villages. She quickly went up and expressed her gratitude to Mo Fan and Liu Ru. ”Without your help, we might have ended up the same as the other villages. Thank you so much.”

As Mo Fan was about to leave, he suddenly recalled a problem.

Zhang Xiaohou only knew Su Xiaoluo. Mo Fan was planning on bringing him to Xinxia and letting her try to heal him, yet the idiot did not want to go anywhere. He only wanted to stay with Su Xiaoluo, acting like an unreasonable kid.

Mo Fan was left with no choice. He said in a helpless tone, ”I'll let the military know about his condition. I'll let him stay with you for now.”

Since they had made it to the Ancient Capital, Zhang Xiaohou should be fine for the time being. It was also a good place to leave him to Su Xiaoluo since she could take care of his injuries, too.

The people from Hua Village left with Hong Jun. It was likely that the Magic Association would arrange a place for them to stay. It was something Mo Fan did not need to worry about.

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Mo Fan tried to contact Zhang Xiaohou's instructor Fei Jiao, yet he was told that Fei Jiao was on a mission. It would take at least a day for him to return.

Mo Fan did not feel at ease, knowing that Zhang Xiaohou had not recovered his memory nor returned to the army. He simply decided to stay a few more days in the Ancient Capital to settle the things on hand.

”Where are we going?” Liu Ru stayed with Mo Fan. She was obviously curious about the Ancient Capital, and kept looking at her surroundings.

”I'm going to meet the people from my hometown,” said Mo Fan.

”There are people here from your hometown?” asked Liu Ru.

”I'm sure that a few other cities have people from Bo City, too.”

”That's true, after the calamity, the people from your city were sent to live in a few different cities...”