Inner City Center Canopy District
In the gorgeous dark brown study room, a man with a golden moustache stood in front of the window, quietly looking at the tall and majestic spiral tower not far away. The tower was like three spikes drilled out of the ground, intertwined with each other.
The white light from the top of the Spiral Tower reflected on the skin of his face, showing a faint silver luster.
The man's forehead was already covered with deep wrinkles, and his face had the stability and vicissitudes of time. Wearing a full set of pale gold full body armor on his strong figure.
"Is there no news from Liller yet?" the man asked in a deep voice.
Behind him, the four luxuriously dressed men and women were silent, and no one dared to make any noise.
"How long can the supplies in the inner city last?" The man turned around and looked at his four capable subordinates.
"Your Excellency, the inner city has plenty of supplies, and it can last for a year or two. It's just that there are more and more monsters outside, I'm afraid." A fat nobleman stood up and replied.
"Governor Liller has been missing for fifteen days, and there may be people from the Black Sky Society involved." A middle-aged woman said in a deep voice, "The key now is that as long as the garrisoned General Tai Lun and the Duke Together, your Excellency, the security issue should be able to support for a long time. It is enough to wait until the reinforcements from the Royal Alliance arrive."
"I'm afraid that the royal alliance will be overwhelmed." A thin man said gloomily.
Suddenly there was a rush of footsteps outside the study.
The door was opened without permission. It was the Duke's adjutant Vinier who came in. This middle-aged man, who had always been stable, turned pale at this moment, and unexpectedly showed a flustered expression.
He quickly walked to the Grand Duke's side and whispered a few words in his ear.
Immediately, everyone saw that the Grand Duke's complexion also changed, and the wrinkles on his forehead seemed to have increased a lot.
He looked around everyone.
"Everyone, I'm afraid we are about to face a fierce battle." His voice was heavy.
boom! ! !
As soon as the words fell, a group of flames burst into the sky in a gorgeous courtyard on the left side of the Spiral Tower.
The fire swept through the entire courtyard, which was equivalent to a football field, including the entire white courtyard. The crimson fire light overwhelmed the white light of the Spiral Tower almost instantly.
Everyone seemed to hear the roar from a distance in the air, anger, helplessness, despair, and heartache.
No one has ever discovered that just the simple roar of human beings can contain so many meanings.
Everyone stood up unknowingly.
"That's the mansion of General Tai Lun." The fat nobleman only felt his voice dry like never before.
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General Tai Lun was assassinated by his own son and adjutant, and finally the totem exploded, and Wei Li completely involved his son and adjutant, and died together.
One of the three strong pillars in the city fell.
The news spread throughout the inner city like a hurricane, and everyone heard the roar from the mansion. The grief, helplessness, and unbelievable astonishment were still fresh in everyone's memory.
Now, only the Grand Duke remains.
In a white house in Queens.
Goethe was sitting in front of a white hospital bed in white overalls, looking at Jessica on the hospital bed. This usually quiet girl was showing a sickly pale face at this moment.
"Why are you so careless? You didn't realize it until you had a fever. You always said that I didn't pay attention to my body." Goth carefully held Jessica's right hand, his eyes were full of tenderness and love.
During the defense of the inner city for so many days, the two shared weal and woe and established a relationship with each other.
Jessica shook her head and just laughed.
"Every time I say you are dealing with me with this expression." Goethe said dissatisfied. "You are always disobedient."
Jessica quietly pursed her lips and smiled. "As long as you accept your father's apology, I will listen to you in everything."
"Can you stop mentioning this? It's very annoying." Goethe troubled his head, "Mom is like this, so are you. Didn't I say that, I don't blame the old man."
"Do you blame him for your attitude? You didn't even call him father." Jessica shook her head and said. "No matter how he treated you at the beginning, after all, he has repented now. He is still your father, which no one can replace."
"Can you stop talking about this?" Goethe looked at Jessica's gentle smiling face, and was immediately defeated. "Forget it, you rest first, I'm going to work."
He stood up, covered Jessica with the quilt, and kissed her on the face before leaving the ward.
After closing the door, Andy stood at the end of the corridor outside. His face was tired, his eyes were sunken, and he looked haggard.
Goethe walked to him, and the atmosphere suddenly became heavy. No one spoke first, just stood like this.
Andy lit a cigarette for himself, and he didn't take it out until it burned to the butt, and took a deep breath.
"How long can Jessica's illness last?" Goth asked in a low voice.
"The doctor said, only half a year left." Andy replied hoarsely.
The two fell silent again.
The scarlet cigarette butt in Andy's hand kept emitting faint white smoke.
"Is there anything you can do?" Goethe asked again in a low voice, his face was no longer relaxed and calm when he faced Jessica.
"Father has searched all the doctors, silver lamp masters, and medical professors. There is nothing I can do." Andy lowered his head, "Be with her. Father is waiting for me, so I will go out first."
He turned and walked towards the corridor exit.
Goth watched his back. "There will be a way." He suddenly said loudly, "Don't worry, she will be fine. For sure."
Andy paused, moved on, and quickly left the corridor.
Goethe leaned against the wall alone, recalling something, with a hint of loneliness and determination on his face.
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Outside the hospital, in the shadow of a white cylindrical building opposite.
A tall man in a black robe quietly looked at the exit of the hospital. There were people coming and going in front of him, groups of patrolling soldiers passing by constantly, occasionally a few totem masters passed by, but no one noticed his existence. People seem to regard him as air, and no one pays more attention to him.
"Let's get started," he murmured under his breath.
Gently stretching out the index finger of his right hand, a light red light ball suddenly appeared on the fingertip, and the light ball was slowly suspended, floating up and down.
hiss!
After a soft sound, the man in black instantly disappeared in place.
Snapped.
Behind the original position of the man in black, a figure in gray robe slowly walked out. The face under the hood was none other than Garen.
He quietly looked at the place where the man in black robe disappeared.
"Here we come. Finally."
He smiled self-deprecatingly.
"Perhaps Goth and the others thought I was dead."
He saw the whereabouts of the black-robed man just now, if he hadn't had the courage to sense his presence, he would have ignored him just like the others.
He recognized the logo on the black robe. Those are members of the Heitian Society, and only they wear black robes all year round to distinguish themselves from the totem masters of other organizations.
He doesn't plan to act directly with Goth and the others. With the help of Mi Wu, he can hide in the dark very covertly, without being discovered by the people of Heitian Society. In this way, the greatest benefits can also be obtained at critical times.
For example, there will be a collision between Goethe and the Black Sky Club, and this collision is the opportunity he is waiting for. If you follow Goethe, not only will you have the possibility of being exposed, but you will not be able to get what you want if you receive key markings at that time.
Garen pulled the hood down to cover his face. He didn't know how Goethe was stimulated to embark on the road of heroes, but now the tentacles of the Black Sky Society have appeared,
After he came out of the villa, he entered the underground passage of the War Guild and went all the way to the inner city, in order to keep up with Goth's progress in another way.
Standing in the shadows, Garen quietly watched the entrance and exit of the hospital. Not long after, Goth's figure came out from the exit, his expression was calm, and there was a hint of anxiety between his brows.
Garen quietly followed him. The spirit was released slowly, closely following his whereabouts.
The two quickly walked through the streets, and Goth quickly entered a tavern, and after a short while, he walked directly towards the border defense line in the inner city.
On the border defense line, the sky is guarded by Dragon Guards, and the ground is densely packed with border defense totems, and huge black wolf-shaped totems are constantly patrolling back and forth.
There are totem masters guarding every entrance and exit, and they are all guarded by black panther totem masters. The speed is amazing.
Goethe took out a white token and showed it to the guarding totem master. He took back the token and walked directly through the border defense line and into the long gate of the city wall. There were rows of guard soldiers on both sides, and they could not resist. role, but good military quality can make them play a warning role.
Watching Goethe go into the doorway. Garen also walked over, mixed with the people coming in and out, and took out the medal of the war guild from his body to show to the guarding totem master.
The white man with a mustache looked at the medal. The three lines on it indicated that the guild level of the man in front of him was level three, and his face suddenly showed respect.
"My lord, please put away your medal. Are you going hunting again?"
"Mm." Garen replied simply.
Most of the people who came in and out were rescued refugees and totem masters who escaped by chance. Few people went out, and all the totem masters who went out won the respect of everyone.
Those who dare to go out in this environment are those who may sacrifice for the stability of the inner city. It deserves everyone's attention.
Under the respectful eyes of everyone, Garen walked quickly into the doorway.
The figure of Goth in front is no longer visible, but Qi Po can still detect his position. Garen quickened his pace and followed closely.
After going out of the door opening, there were piles of one-horned monitor lizard corpses all over the ground. There was a stench and swarms of flies around the pile of corpses, and the buzzing sound was very annoying.
Garen quietly followed Goth, and from time to time he could see the corpses of new monsters appearing on the ground. There were dead babies, there were monitor lizards, and there was a leopard-print monster that walked on two legs.
The whole body of this monster is khaki, like a miniature Tyrannosaurus rex. Its head is a triangular cone, and there is a round hole on its forehead that can spray acid.
Gallondo looked at this new monster. There was still yellow acid on the edge of the round hole on its forehead. He took a stone and dipped it, and a puff of sour yellow smoke suddenly rose from the stone. The surface that was stained with the acid soon became burnt black, and many tiny yellow bubbles swelled up.
Throwing aside the stone, Garen continued to follow Goth.
He found that Goth's route was another most famous hospital in Titan City—Davy Jones Hospital, which specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of many rare diseases, but now it has become a dead zone.
"Jessica is seriously ill. Did he come here to find medicine?" Gallon was puzzled.
In the deserted and dead white city, between the streets, Goth and Gallon walked softly one after the other. In front of them was a church-like steeple building.
The church with its white steeple was intact, but it was pitch black inside the open door, and there were constant gusts of biting cold wind. A few puddles of dry blood were splashed on the flagstone floor in front of the door.
Goth made a soft noise and hid behind a stone on the right.
Suddenly, a large group of one-horned monitor lizards flew across the sky. These monitor lizards were all red monitor lizards. They were twice the size of normal monitor lizards. They were completely colossal monsters.
They slashed across the ground, and the huge wind they brought up brought up a large amount of loess dust. The shadow passed across the hiding place of Goth and Gallon, and the two slowly came out of the hiding place until there was no movement at all.
(end of this chapter)