Chapter 618 - Book 6, Chapter 10 (2/2)
He greeted them The students all fell silent
“For a thousand years the wastelands have been a place of chaos As we've fought to survive through the darkness we have lost ourselves We were forced to throw aside so very important” Cloudhawk looked out over the expectant faces “But not everything is lost forever Most of us want to knohere we ca-lost culture These are iet lost on your path to the future”
“You all are lucky You can all stop searching”
“Fro a new class fully available to anyone who is interested It will teach you about our history You will come to understand the world we live in This class will prove that huh the dirt forever Once our culture was flourishi+ng and glorious It's important for us to always carry this pride, no o”
“I won't bore you with talk How about you see for yourselves?”
Cloudhawk held out a small, spider-shaped robot
The rip and out into the field Its back opened and its eight legs dug into the ground for stabilization Then, a complex projection device popped up froan appearing in the air They were scenes of the old world, the same ones Cloudhawk had witnessed, copied from New Earth's databases
It revealed a beautiful blue world, brilliant against an expansive dark universe
Cloudhaatched the awe bloom on the faces of the children and it filled him with satisfaction Ninety-nine percent of wastelanders didn't even knohat the world they lived in was called, that it was round, or what it o Noas time they knew
This was the reat civilization – Earth!
This precious video data was given to him by New Earth It detailed the history of their world fro the idea of evolution The infore the astelanders viewed their world and help them understand their place in it Once they knehere they'd come fro to go
Azura's big eyes were fixed on the rotating blue orb She listened as everything was explained Her heart filled with a sense of… longing
Yes, that was the world That was the ie she'd seen so often in her drealihthouse Genuine desire welled up inside her If they called Cloudhawk a revolutionary, then Azura wanted to be a reformer
Azura wanted to be the one to carry on her Master's legacy She wanted to see their world one day be the same sesoaked blue marble it used to be She wanted to see it covered in forests and rivers and flowers on every continent Azura's drea about it called to the depths of her spirit
The display captured the iinations of not just the students Talon soldiers and even Headmistress Claudia stared in open amazement They could not fathom where Cloudhawk could have found this information
If this were all true the implications of this data were incredible Cloudhaas proht on humanity's lost history Indeed he was the man to drive away the darkness, clear away the mist and help the wastelanders find the truth about themselves
Who would be so foolish to say history wasn't ier than any physical thing Cloudhawk could give the ti with confused and conflicted expressions
But the world beneath their feet had a long and storied history, one that wouldn't be understood in one night Nor would they have the opportunity, for Dawn rushed to find Cloudhawk and delivered so's happened”
Cloudhawk followed her to Greenland's central fort There he found Wolfblade and the drunk already waiting
“What's going on?”
It was Wolfblade who answered “It appears the Conclave of Judg overtures”
Cloudhawk frowned “This quick? How?”
“Last night we received an urgentattacks by internal and external forces Judging by the urgency of the report, it seems the Dark Atom may be no more Nucleus has powerful defenses, but no sufficient leadershi+p Especially if part of the threat came from the inside”
“How bad are the losses?” Cloudhawk asked
Again, Wolfblade answered “The casualties and loss of the city aren't important What worries me most are the several nuclear boed to be repaired, but can still pose a threat in enemy hands”
The Dark Atoh the volcanic remnants in the Blisterpeaks, they'd uncovered a number of nuclear silos left behind from the ancient civilization Within the the most powerful weapons ever created, the apex of destruction from ancient times Adder had used one to obliterate Skycloud's protective wall, and that stark display proved how devastating they were
Dawn growled in anger “So if they are a threat with these bo?”
Helplessly, Wolfblade addressed her “The bombs aren't easy to dismantle They've been protected with self-destruction ed – Adder had retrieved the only one we'd ed to repair”
“Whatever the situation, if Nucleus has been attacked we can't just sit here” Cloudhawk said
Dawn looked at him “So what's your plan?”
Cloudhawk looked up at the tranquil skies “Tranquil times can't last forever Whatever is meant to coment It's time for the wasteland to rise form the ashes”
Conflict between the Green Alliance and the Conclave was inevitable Only this time, it would happen on the Conclave's turf, so they would have no advantage The erous fact, however, was that Skycloud would not be idle The resistance against unifying the wastelands under the Green Alliance would be strong