Chapter 932 - Beginning of the Siege (1/2)
Chapter 932: Beginning of the Siege
“Oh oodness…”
The city owner shi+vered as he watched the city covered in thick s flames He heard howls of wild beasts and the screams of humans Fortunately, he had sealed up the entrance to this residence before the riot began and stationed aruard If not, he wouldn’t have been safe from this disaster He initially believed that the problem would be resolved quickly by the Alanic Family He knew that he was only a puppet with no authority
And now…
It was apparent fro flames that no one attempted to put out the flames The entire city was also in a horrible mess with scattered objects, corpses, and blood Currently, bandits who lived in the shadows of the city were also wreaking havoc The garrisons were completely useless and none of them were seen on the streets Moreover, the Alanic manor was surrounded by a sea of fla The only thing that ordinary citizens could do in this situation was to defend their doors, praying softly that those troublemakers wouldn’t enter their hoic fate
“What should I do…”
The city owner gnashed his teeth and looked into the distance as a group of bandits threw torches into one of the houses Shortly after, thick black smoke rose from the chimney and a mother and son pair ran out of the house, only to be captured In an instant, the bandits slitted the son’s throat while the wailing ed into the dark alley
What should I do… What should I do… I’ve lost contact with Sir Shane and arrison men are totally an inadequate measure It’s impossible to rely on them to deal with the bandits!
Screech…
“Who’s there!?”
The city owner turned to the door in a fluster It was a person who he couldn’t be more familiar with
“C-Clive? Why are you here? How did you get in?”
“You’ve forgotten that I’m your assistant, Sir Hoould I not know about the secret escape route in your hoht of this pale,all the disasters bohland City The entire city was in coh he did find some subordinates who supported hih to be effective in any way If it weren’t for the response fro No rew up in How could he possibly do nothing to rescue it?
“W-What are you doing here?”
The city owner’s expression instantly turned stiff But shortly after, he see
“Clive, you ht?! Tell me, Clive What should I do?”
“I don’t have any solution, Sir”
Clive gnashed his teeth Frankly speaking, if he had a choice, he wouldn’t have chosen this path But now, the so-called choice was totallydown this path and trust that the Void Territory kept their promise And now, he came here in order to fulfill this proh to prevent this situation fro Sir Morey’s death has sent the entire city into turer handle the situation either The nearest Country of Light’s army will require at least three days to arrive Sir, do you think we can hang on until then? Perhaps the city will turn into ruins by then”
As though affirain on the outside A streak of scarlet flare flashed in the sky and scared the city oitless
“T-Then what should I do?”
“Sir, we only have one solution to save this city…” Clive paused and eventually said “We have to subon Only this will make the riots and chaos stop!”
“What?! Void Territory?!”
The city owner exclaimed After a few moments, he shook his head quickly
“N-No! How can we seek protection froht Parliament knows about it? Haven’t you heard, Clive? Monsters live in the Void Territory! Are you willing to let the people of Highland City carry the reputation of monsters? I would rather this city be destroyed completely!”
“Huh? Monsters?”
Clive revealed a bitter smile
“Sir, please don’t believe in your own lies Look at the sky above us Are you really so naive to think that the Country of Light treats us as huon soul protection, did they ever treat us like humans? What do you think we are now, Sir? And what do you think ere in the past? We’re nothing We’re just ants and chess pieces Saoes for this city and its people Do you think we have a choice? No, we don’t”
Clive went up to the city owner
“So, please give up your position as the city owner If you do it now, you can still enjoy the rest of your life, Sir I’ve contacted the Void Territory; this chaos in Highland City can’t continue any longer As long as you’re willing to hand the city owner stahland City will not perish”
“I refuse!”
The city owner snarled in his ashen expression
“Don’t even think about it! Clive, I know you’ve been eyeing hland City over to a group of monsters! Indeed, we ht, but we’re humans after all! Monsters are still monsters no matter hoell they treat us! I would rather die than hand Highland City over to the monsters! I would rather let the people lead miserable lives under the rule of humans than to be ruled by monsters! If you want to stop me, you will need to kill me!”
“As you wish”
In an instant, an ice-cold blade penetrated the city owner’s back and through his chest The city oidened his eyes in disbelief As the blade ithdrawn, the city owner’s flauished and he becaround
“Didn’t I say leave hilared at the elf assassin who eed from the shadows
“I know, but sometimes it is best that humans don’t carry the burden of soreement”
The elf vanished into the shadohile Clive stared blankly After a few ht of the corpse