Chapter 21 Disguises (1/2)
Frole colossal tower Like the buildings that surrounded it, the toas as white as untouched snow, and it stood so tall that it looked as if it were on the verge of touching the clouds
On the top floor of the toas a large circular chah and a hundred wide It was eaunt, with long hair as white as that of the ht
He stood silently, looking out over the city from one of the chamber's s
A knock sounded on the door
”Enter,” the man said
The door opened, and another man entered the chamber This man was short, with sharp features and jet-black hair
”Lord Magistrate,” the shorttroublesome news”
”Oh?” the white-hairedmonastery,” the other man continued ”All of the ht ”That's the one with the upstart Grandmaster, correct? The one who sent word of an initiate with a forbidden Realistrate,” the short ents of Chaos”
”Then find the culprits,” the Magistrate said ”And eliminate them”
The short istrate?”
”If there is, in fact, such an initiate…” The white-haired ed ”Capture him if you happen to find hi hiistrate,” the other man said, a hint of shock in his voice ”He has a forbidden Realm Surely we cannot—”
”Do you kno many youths with forbidden Realistrate's voice was forceful, and the short istrate waved his hand toward the wall, and a ion, shaped like a rough square, bordered by seas to the south and east, mountains to the west, and a desert to the north
”This is our Empire,” the white-haired man said ”It spans ten thousand miles from the northern desert to the southern seas, and another ten thousand from the eastern seas to the western h a confused expression had appeared on his face
The Magistrate continued to speak ”Just this past year, there were two in the capital, one near the Three Peaks, one in Fulai City, one on the Redstone Peninsula…”
As the white-haired ht appeared on the map with each location he named After several ht dots
”So,” the white-haired man finally said, ”you think we should pour our resources into snuffing out each and every one of these embers?”
The short man looked uncertain, but he still nodded ”If left unchecked, any of them could rise up and become a threat to the Empire”
”A threat to the Empire?” The white-haired man smiled ”You would worry about ants in the cupboard, while we have wolves baying at the door?”
”Wolves?” The short rew uncomfortable ”The Empire is more stable than it has been in centuries The forces of Chaos have yet to gain a foothold here”
The Magistrate shook his head ”You have been so busy looking at your own backyard that you failed to notice as happening beyond the fence”
He waved his hand, and instantly the er until it covered the entire wall of the circular cha The entire map was vast, filled with endless lands,up only a tiny sliver of it
With another wave of his hand, ray Only the Eht spots within the sea of charcoal
The shortpale ”Is this…” He did not finish the words
”This world has already fallen to Chaos,” the white-haired ions still hold, including the Empire”