Chapter 676 (1/2)

Book 6, Chapter 68 – Invasion

After the upheaval in Skycloud, Elysian citizens began to leave

Everyone was beginning to feel that the o

Magic lanterns that once lit the streets were dark The bustling city was still as every aspect of it was built upon that invisible, inexhaustible energy field All their lives the citizens had flourished with the help of this power – ever by their side, intangible but supporting everything they did

Lanterns, kitchen appliances, airshi+ps… all of it had stopped working For some parts of the realht was cast unfiltered upon the land, withering the plants and drying the soil If people spent too much ti sandstor and small They had yet to recover Elysians had been reliant on Godly technology for so long that once it disappeared they did not kno to live

Selene was forced to urgently adopt three eanda She directed the newly-appointed High Priest Lucian to begin a ca the blame for all their ills at the feet of Cloudhawk All sorts of evidence was concocted to prove their story and paint their situation as a direct result of Cloudhawk's actions

Two, organize their forces Commander-General Ash was ordered to restructure their armies Soldiers wereorders Paired with a strong sense of community and identity, they were relatively easy to keep under control

Third, increase govern on her role as Governor, Selene ordered that during this time of conflict no Elysian citizen was to leave the domain They couldn't even leave their cities without express permission Violators faced immediate execution

Skycloud had fallen upon so Martial laas ies Austerity measures cut off some areas from food and water entirely Because of a lack of supplies these settlements quickly came into crisis

When had these citizens ever experienced fao hungry?

Southaven was an important city in the southern part of Skycloud do settleh not as affluent as those in the center of the real and storied past Many of the families now rooted in Skyclout City called Southaven their ancestral hoer froripped the land

Its many water sources had dried up all at once Crops had all withered and died Skyports only recently repaired had entirely collapsed Airshi+ps – both civilian and military – lay in pieces

Citizens had lost all food, water and light There was no power to boil what little water they couldin froe Sudworth was a citizen of this beleaguered city His fah his sort were not highly regarded a Elysians at least his days had been coed

An influx of troops had poured into the city after a week of devastation They ioods with the aie's family had made their riches in food production They were forced to watch helplessly as crass soldiers raided their warehouses and took everything His father had dared to quarrel with theed hirown ill, heartbroken and burdened by these tragedies She did not see for this world