Chapter 272: Visiting Wedron City (1/2)
The priest approached them from the side with open arms and said with a friendly smile, ”Orc Slayers! Welcome back to Wedron City”
”Orc Slayers?”, Adhara mumbles in confusion.
Although they know that they're heroes of the city, the nickname Orc Slayers caught them off guard as they didn't expect them to be remembered that way.
Rex looks at the priest and asks, ”And you are?”
”Forgive my manners. I'm Priest Herman, you can say that I'm the mayor of the city”, Priest Herman introduced humbly.
Hearing this, Rex was not surprised, 'The city is a religious city, makes sense to make the priest as the mayor of the city', he thought.
The priest then proposed, ”Please come with me, you all must be tired”
”Actually, we're not here for-”, Rex wanted to intervene but then, he saw Adhara signal to look at Kyran who is breathing heavily.
After realizing that Kyran is too tired, Rex then sigh, ”We are tired, please guide us”
The three of them follow the priest to the city hall.
Since they saved the city, they can see that the city becomes prosperous as they saw quite a bit of big buildings built in this city.
Even the wall barricade has some improvement, the number of guards is also increased.
While the three of them walks to the city hall, Rex saw at least fifty guards that hold back the citizen that's cheering and praising their names.
”Look Rex, one of your friends!”, Kyran points at a man standing on the side.
Rex smack Kyran's head because of how loud his shout was.
”Don't say that in public, there may be an Awakened here”, Rex reminded as Kyran rubs his head that just got smacked.
He then glances briefly at the man,
The man standing on the side is a member of the SCO, the black crow tattoo on his arms is overbearing as if he's boasting that he's a black hand.
When he saw the man nod his head at him, Rex was taken aback.
After getting a nod, Rex also nods back in acknowledgment but inside he's cursing Kyran inside his head because of him the man knows that Rex is also a black hand.
His black crow tattoo is located on his chest, and it's well hidden.
So there's no other way the man knows Rex is a black hand except Kyran's shout.
Arriving at the city hall, Rex and the others were quite shocked.
In front of the city hall, there's a long statue that decorates the entrance of the city hall.
The statue tells a story of the night Rex and the others saved the city.
The long statue starts from the left showing the horde of Orcs attacking the city followed by a priest pointing at the blind woman, after that the statue shows Rex and the others arriving before a statue of a particular Orc kneeling on the ground in front of the crucified blind woman.
It's clear that this long statue represents the story of that particular night.
Rex glances to the right and finds the statue of him fighting the cursed orc before the last statue shows Kyran stabbing the priest with the torn arm of the blind woman ending the cursed orc.
While they are marveling at the statue, the priest smiles from the side.
”Because of your deed, the city decided to make a memorial for you three to always remind us of the Awakened that saved us from the brink of death”, the priest said lightly.
Hearing this, Adhara's face blushes, ”You don't need to do that”
”We're just trying to help out, there's no need for a fancy memorial”, Adhara added with a red face.
But the priest shook his head, ”We heard from Troy that you're the last help before the city will be abandoned, and your success in saving us leave a mark on this city that we will never forget”
What the priest said surprised Adhara and Kyran.
They know the situation is dire, but they didn't expect the city will be abandoned so fast.
After talking for a bit more, the priest then gave Rex and the others two rooms to rest.
Upon arriving at the room, Adhara slams her body onto the bed feeling sore from all the travel and fighting they had making Rex shake his head.
It only takes a couple of minutes before Rex can feel Adhara's steady breathing.
'She fell asleep that fast? Is the travel that tiring?', Rex thought.
Rex then walks out of the room before checking on Kyran, he saw that Kyran is also sleeping soundly as the fatigue creeps on them.
The insides of the city hall are empty, not one soul can be seen.
While looking around the place, Rex then suddenly fell the disturbance on the mana in the air before his eyes landed on a door near the entrance of the city hall.
'Who makes this disturbance?', Rex thought in confusion.
Rex then went closer to the door near the entrance, and when he arrives in front of the door he can clearly feel there is something disturbing the mana here.
It's like someone is sucking the mana, but there shouldn't be anyone like that here.
After nearing the door, Rex can smell an odor of a person before he frowns, 'There's an Awakened here? Why is there an Awakened here?'
Realizing that there's an Awakened here, Rex walks away heading to the priest's office.
Knock Knock!
Rex knocked on the priest's office two times before the priest told him to enter.
He opened the door and saw the priest is attending to the city's need, there's a bunch of paper on his desk and the priest seems to be troubled by something.
The door closes making a clicking sound,
The priest then signals for Rex to sit before Rex sits in front of the priest.
”What can I help you with?”, the priest asks hiding his troubled look with a smile.
Hearing this, Rex then asks, ”Who made the small stone where I got teleported in? Did the city find natural resources to make that?”
”I hope that's the case, but it's not”, the priest replied with a wry smile.
Rex looks at the priest questioningly before the priest sigh, ”A UWO member made contact with our city, they propose to us to make that transmitter if in case the city needed help”