650 The Resolution to Stay Alive (1/2)
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Han Ji was solely responsible for protecting Mo Fan, Zhang Xiaohou, and Fang Gu. They were the only hope for the city. If they were killed on their way to the Dark Abyss, the whole city would die with them.
They had reached An Yuan Gate. The golden barrier was a lot dimmer than it was before, the gold edged with brown. They could clearly see waves of foul breaths unleashed by the countless undead like raging tides, striking the golden barrier and the inner walls!
The walls never stopped shaking. The golden barrier was swaying as waves after waves of undead collided on it.
The presence of the undead was so overwhelming that the people could already feel the destruction even though they were standing inside the barrier. They somehow felt like they would simply be crushed into pieces by the breaths of the army of undead alone!
Mo Fan gasped when he saw the horrifying sight once again.
The sight of the army of undead here was already this terrifying. Would he really have the guts to jump into the Dark Abyss once he reached there?
”Strange, why are there civilians among us?” Fang Gu frowned and pointed to where a huge crowd was coming toward them.
The crowd mainly consisted of men. It arrived at the City North under the Magicians' guidance.
The sky was now completely dark. They could barely see the dull expressions on the crowd's faces. Their pace was slow, some were even wearing blank faces, like a group of criminals being escorted to the guillotine.
”Why did they call civilians here? Are they planning to bring them out of the city too?” said Su Xiaoluo in astonishment.
”That is the plan,” said the mysterious man.
”Aren't they only going to get themselves killed? The undead will butcher them all with ease!” yelled Zhang Xiaohou immediately.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.
”They will be going out through the small gate first to attract the undead's attention. The Magicians will then exit through the northern gate and escort you to the Dark Abyss,” said the mysterious man.
”My God, you're feeding them to the undead. How could you do such a thing? What different are you from the Black Vatican?!” screamed Su Xiaoluo.
”Yeah, it's the Magicians' responsibilities to protect them, yet to push them to the undead like that...”
Commander Yao Ting walked up when they saw the furious complaints, ”We didn't give them any order, nor did we force them to do it. They have all volunteered.”
”Volunteered? Didn't they know they are simply going to die?” said Zhou Ming.
”They know that better than you. We've told everyone about the Dark Abyss, and the fact that the city will sink into Hell before dawn. The Magicians will sacrifice their lives for this final fight, so we hope that there are volunteers that are willing to attract the attention of the undead just so we can successfully escort you to the Dark Abyss… their bodies will be torn beyond recognition. The undead will snap their heads off, and suck their blood dry. However, when the people imagined the same thing happening to their families and kids, they decided to volunteer themselves as the bait instead. There are more people that volunteered than I thought,” Commander Yao Ting said with a straight face.
Why couldn't the civilians sacrifice, if the Magicians were obliged to put their lives at risk?
Yao Ting agreed that the plan was quite inhumane. The so-called voluntary was actually because the people did not have any choice, but the journey to the Dark Abyss was surely going to be a bloodbath. Many Magicians were going to be sacrificed...