Chapter 686 (1/2)

Book 6, Chapter 78 – Partnershi+p

The main city of the Green Alliance boasted over twothis settlement was more difficult than any other

The main reason for this was how varied its people were Wastelanders, by their nature, were a difficult crowd to control There always existed those who bucked authority or wanted to split away Often conflicts arose between different groups Illegal activities continued despite bans and strict punishroup of Elysians were thrown into the e injection into the Green Alliance's talent pool, especially since rants were derunts, doctors, merchants, artists and so forth All of the wastelander civilization

However, the benefits ca to the very recent conflict betastelanders and Elysians, disputes were inevitable Less than a week after the

“To the streets! We demand respect, we are not prison laborers!”

“We refuse to live with these dirty heathens!”

“Reject the mutants! Throw these dimwitted freaks out of our city!”

Several thousand protesters in Elysian garb ns Their loud disturbance had caused rind to a halt It captured a great deal of attention, many of them wastelanders ere livid at their inflammatory words

“Love it or leave it!”

“We earn our keep! What makes you think you're any different?”

“This is our ho in here and then try to kick us out?! fuck you!”

Stones rained down on the protesters fro crowds A nuround

This only an to retaliate with rocks of their own and chaos ensued More and more joined in until the streets were awash in the sounds of screa

“Kill these wastelander freaks!”

“Get the fuck out of here, Elysian dogs!”

In a blink the city was e in the open

The city's laere strict Fighting and al under any circuhly restricted, but police could hardly regulate stone-throwing Deadly fighters were present on both sides, so even stones were dangerous With enough force a good throw could crack skulls, even kill

Bang bang bang!

Dull blasts sounded all around Security forces had recognized the problee for them to deal with alone Alarreen-cloaked Greenland regulars and armored soldiers flooded the streets They forcibly separated the tarring groups

“Son of a bitch! Can you spareday with you people, and you're only getting worse It never ends!”

A pleasing, if coarse, voice erupted above the din All eyes turned toward the enorh the streets Surprised looks follohen they saw the face beneath the hel to the center of the crowds Da a nu head wounds Severalnot to get traroup nearby had been taken into custody by security forces She scowled at the scene “What the hell is going on?”

“Governor Dawn! The Elysians are stirring up trouble!”

A gruff and burly maneater mutant trundled over He was easily three meters tall and his body was covered in a sort of hardened crust A single horn jutted froh a hideous mouth like a child who'd had his candy stolen “They said I'ave him a once-over Inwardly she conceded that they had a point, but rather than say that she cleared her throat “Eh, this… will not due We will not tolerate prejudice Greenland code article three, discriainst mutants is not permitted”

“The Elysians refuse to work They're just parasites, they only kno to take!” Another sturdy wastelander stepped forward He added as an afterthought, “they also insulted our leader, Cloudhawk!”

“What?!” The last accusation got Dawn's attention Her face darkened

While troublesome, she was prepared to tolerate the other infractions After all everyone kneasn't going to be easy getting Elysians and wastelanders to live together But it was Cloudhaho saved theall to s to make sure there were repercussions

I Elysians as well One, an elderly rily shouted back “These wastelanders are dirty! They have no concept of hygiene! It's like living in a pigsty!”

“They're crude, uncouth and a threat to the safety of Elysian lives! In just a few days we've seen a slate of thefts, rapes andus here? Hauling stones out in the ruins, doing this dirty work!”

“Lady Polaris, you were born in Skycloud How could you stand with these barbarians? These filthy characters are an affront, beyond redemption They don't deserve hory shouts from the wastelanders It'd taken years and a tremendous amount of effort to build this city and they were supposed to just leave?

“What the fuck did you say? Say it again!”