Chapter 652 (2/2)

Once urbanization started everyone would begin to gather While this th and cohesion would rise, it also ely unknown, advanced civilization hell-bent on total subjugation

What if these grand cities were destroyed? What if their populations iped out? If that occurred at least there would be huloomy outlook but necessary for Cloudhawk to plan for as the alliance's leader He could throw himself into the path of destruction, but he couldn't do that to the Green Alliance

His proposals were adopted without question Specific implementation of these plans were left up to Wolfblade A never before seen effort to transform this barren expanse was now officially underway

Cloudhawk turned away from the others and looked out a nearbyHe felt the hot wasteland sun shi+ne on hiuardian looking out over his charge

Cloudha an increasingly prosperous city splayed out before hior, risen froo

Passed the dense forests surrounding the city was aback the civilization that had sluiven new life as citizens of their burgeoning society built upon their foundation One day, where destruction had reigned forwilderness dynasty was on the horizon Cloudhawk's eyes burned as though he could see the grand event a thousand years in the future Maybe that was the answer he'd been looking for The answer to his destiny, and his place in the world

He stood in silence looking out of the , but his stillness hid the exciterand accomplishment he envisioned could turn out to be a flash in the pan All he could do ork his hardest to protect the seed he was planting

Lost in his thoughts, Cloudhaas shaken back to the present by Dawn's voice “Cloudhawk! Come quickly, Selene is here”

Shock took him when he heard the news Hadn't he heard she only just recently assumed the Governor's position? With her new status as she doing all the way out here? In the eyes of Elysians the wastes were a place of evil

Noto speak with her about anyway

A dozen Elysian warshi+ps hovered in the sky It was a sh to threaten Greenland The location Selene had chosen for theirand out of the way, the reo it had a naement, the Elysians were not here in a ed she was flanked by Janus Uh Priest Aquaria, Coent of Skycloud family leaders

Cloudhawk met them as a representative of the wastes He had his own retinue consisting of Wolfblade, the Khan of Evernight, Abaddon, Dawn and other officials of Greenland

Cloudhawk took aopposite hi in the harsh winds Her expression was cool and aloof, with all the bearing of a person of authority She carried herself like a princess and appeared to have taken to the role of Governor well

She didn't have the strength or gravitas Arcturus had wielded, but Selene Cloude was a woman of limitless potential With time Cloudhaas confident she would be more than a match for the shadow Arcturus left behind

The leadershi+p of Skycloud and the wastes met face to face They could hardly be more at odds, as coine that it wasn't long ago Cloudhawk and Selene had met in this very place Of course no one but them knew the story It was some of the purest and most sentimental times of their lives

Cloudhawk maintained a professional demeanor and addressed the visitors directly “Governor Selene Cloude You've co way to speak with me”

Selene's response was equally calm and measured “I come atbetween our people”

All of a sudden Cloudhawk's face stiffened He felt a sudden rise of power in the air, potent and dangerous, no less threatening than Arcturus had been It was a sense Cloudhaas familiar with, because he'd encountered it once before in the heart of the Teing frorip, and with eyes narrowed he stared into the sky above Hovering there was a perfect figure encased in dazzling light The being peered upon hi an ant

The Cloud God!

Color drained from the faces of the other wastelanders Forface to face with a God!