Chapter 450 Golden but Poor! (1/2)
The City of Runes was surrounded by forests. Looking down from the high places in the city, the white city was surrounded by a dense green. However, now, a conspicuous, empty path appeared in the forest.
Smoke rose in the rain, and the residents of the City of Runes could see it clearly from afar.
”What happened there?”
”The faint sound of explosions kept coming from that direction earlier. Could the Iron Fire Castle have launched an attack?”
”I woke up to arrange the goods before sunrise, and do you know what I saw? Groups of Rune Guards walking into the forest in that exact direction.”
Seeing the smoke from far away, the City of Runes' residents wondered what had happened. The intel regarding an alien appearing had yet to spread.
”It's him… it must be him…” In the crowd, a short and skinny man was terrified. The people around him noticed his reaction and guessed that this person might know something, so they asked him about it.
”That's an alien! He landed outside the city last night. He speaks our language and made a request to the Lord of Runes…” This person was the head of smugglers from the previous night. He poured out everything that he had seen. More and more people gathered around him to listen, and they could not believe it.
”A battle definitely broke out there. This means that the Lord of Runes did not accept the alien's request.” The head of smugglers gulped. The crowd exchanged looks and saw panic in each other's eyes.
This time, a commotion broke out in the distance. A Rune Guard ran back with all his might, his face still covered in the cannon ashes. He kept looking back with terror like there was some kind of monster behind him. Then, more and more defeated soldiers ran back after him.
This scene gave the residents a very bad feeling. A middle-aged man realized that his brother who served in the army was running back as well. He hastily caught him and asked him what had happened.
”The people above rejected the alien's request. They wanted to capture the alien… The army of tens of thousands of soldiers lost to the enemy who was alone. Thousands of us died, but we couldn't even touch him. It's terrifying. Everyone is escaping. You guys should too! He's coming to the city!” Fear was still lingering in this guard. He quickly explained the situation and ran away frantically.
The people were shocked, panicked, and outraged. They almost wanted to beat up the Lord of Runes—why did he not accept the alien's request? Why did he have to mess with the alien and bring danger to the entire city?
This time, a group of soldiers walked out from the direction of the central tower. They pushed away the residents and cleared a path. The Lord of Runes rushed to the edge of the city together with a group of officials, and the guard behind them was holding a strange sculpture.
The alien was going to enter the city very soon, so there was no time to escape. The Lord of Runes had no choice but to take the statue and ask for mercy. According to the intel from the frontlines, the alien did not chase the running army and was not hurt. Maybe the alien did not like killing. What he was doing was a total bet. His greed toward the alien had completely vanished, and he only hoped that the alien would leave after taking the statue and forgive them.
Seeing this, some residents followed behind. Along the way, more and more people joined in and formed a wave behind the Lord of Runes, wanting to see what happened with their own eyes.
Thousands of people came to the village at the edge of the city. They looked in the direction of the forest anxiously.
The Lord of Runes kept wiping off his sweat, apprehensive.
Ta, ta, ta!
The footsteps on leaves and soil came from the forest and gradually got closer. As the distance between them shortened, the residents and the Lord of Runes felt more and more uneasy. Not long after, Han Xiao finally walked out of the forest and came to the edge of the City of Runes.
As soon as he appeared, countless eyes focused on him with curiosity, fear, worry, and other emotions.