"Xius! Hughes, open the door quickly! Hughes?" Inside the Lionheart Guild's headquarters, the vice-president War God York was knocking desperately on his president's door.
"He hasn't come out yet?" At some point, the God of War Dilla had arrived behind York and asked calmly.
York stopped knocking on the door and smoothed his hair in frustration.
"I think this time it was a big blow to him." York looked at Dilla in annoyance and said, "He had spent so much effort to find the Resurrection Stone before, but finally found it but...sigh."
"Actually, I don't really agree with Hughes's approach. He is our guild president and our leader. In this situation, he should ensure the safety of our guild members instead of arranging things for the sake of a few comrades who have been dead for several years.
"It's such a big fuss," Dilla lowered her voice and said softly.
"Do you know what a loss this time we lost to this newly established small guild has brought us. Many new members of the guild have begun to waver."
"So you think it would be better not to fight for the Resurrection Stone in the first place? Don't you think this responsibility also lies with us who participated in the game?" York looked at Dilla with a cold look.
As if noticing York's gaze, Dilla quickly defended: "Don't get me wrong! I didn't mean what you thought. I just wanted to say that for our future, Hughes should focus on the confrontation with the royal family.
Instead of his dead companions, they were not the only ones who challenged the Lava Core. How many people died? Almost all the powerful adventurers died when the Holy Paradise fell. I don’t understand why he can’t let go.”
"So he is Hughes." York pointed at Dilla's heart. "Don't let Hughes hear what you just said, understand?"
Dilla wanted to say something else, but stopped after a pause.
"Is this what you came here to say?" York looked at Dilla and said
"Not only that, we received two pieces of news today. The royal family sent an envoy to send us an urgent distress letter. It is said that monsters launched an attack on the newly established station..."
"When he went to the core of lava, Douglas didn't send a single soldier to us. Why should we save them?" Before Dilla could finish speaking, York interrupted him, "If
Needless to say, the next news is about the royal family.”
"Actually, the second thing is the key. I found your sister Yotis's diary."
"Where?" York held Dilla's hand in shock...
"follow me"
Kedra leads to the ruins northwest of the Holy Paradise. It was originally a bustling commercial street, but it was destroyed in the battle with the Red Legion ten years ago. But now there are still some people living in these ruins.
They are all beggars, wanderers, and more importantly, adventurers or former adventurers who were left with lifelong disabilities and incurable psychological shadows in the battle with monsters.
"This is the God of War Hessman, one of the first adventurers to break into the lair of Apocalypse." Under Dilla's introduction, York stretched out his hand to the scarred God of War in front of him.
"I've admired him for a long time," York said. In fact, he didn't know this person at all. He just casually said it out of politeness. Who will remember the first batch of pioneers? People will always remember only the successful conquerors.
However, what embarrassed York was that the God of War did not extend his hand, but smiled apologetically.
Looking at his empty sleeves, York seemed to understand something
"Ahem," Dilla broke the embarrassment and said, "This is Mr. Hessman who got your sister's diary."
"Yes, your sister Yotis gave me the diary when she escaped here from the fallen Holy Paradise, and asked me to have a chance to give it to her brother. She probably already knew that the royal family was targeting her. As expected, she was arrested within a few days.
"Hessman also said.
"When I visited the prison, my sister said that she had forgotten everything about the Holy Heaven, but she remembered that she had a diary and asked me to find it." York frowned and said again, reaching out to Hersman again.
But Hessmann still didn't move, still looking at him with an apologetic smile.
Dilla on the side seemed to have remembered something, and quickly came up and pressed York's hand.
"Hersman said he would give us the diary for a fee."
"What!" York almost jumped after hearing Dilla's words.
"I remember you said that my sister asked you to give it to me! You still want to be paid?" York looked at Hersman angrily and shouted.
Faced with York's questioning, Hersman still had the same unhurried attitude.
"Mr. Vice President," Hessman said to York, "We also have difficulties. You have to know that there are many poor people in the northwest ruins who lost their glory and future in the battle. We don't steal or rob, but we also
We have to survive, but it is difficult for us who are disabled to do even the most menial jobs. In the past, the royal family would provide some funds to assist us, but since your adventuring guilds and the royal family fell out, the royal family will not come to help us, the former adventurers.
"
Hessman paused and continued: "We have many people struggling with hunger every day. Even if they are sick, there is no treatment. We have all been forgotten by the world. The last time a priest was foraging for food in the wild, he was interrupted by a Minotaur.
Leg, but he couldn't get any treatment to heal his leg. He died after screaming all night. Do you know why he didn't use healing to heal himself? Because his wand that had been with him for many years was sold to him.
Went to the blacksmith in exchange for money to get food!”
"That's enough, stop talking!" York growled and interrupted Hessman's words. "These are two different things! This is the diary my sister gave me. I don't need to give you any extra compensation!"
"But if it weren't for me, it would have been secretly dealt with by the royal family, young man! The fall of the Holy Paradise is not just because of monsters, it is much more complicated than you know!" Hessman actually said
Overwhelmed York's momentum and shocked York
At the same time, many figures began to appear in the surrounding ruins. York knew that they were Hessman's people, and they were also the so-called forgotten adventurers.
"Calm down," Dilla said, walking up to Hessman and handing him two bulging adventurer backpacks. Hessman took a look at the contents and stuffed the diary into Dirla without looking at it.
He took his hand and turned around to leave.
"Dilla!" York was about to say something but was interrupted by Dilla waving his hand.
"Give them York, they are also pitiful people." Dilla looked at Hessman's retreating back and sighed: "Among those figures, there are also people who used to be from our Lionheart Guild."
York was silent, silently taking the diary handed over by Dilla and embarking on the journey back. Maybe one day he will be sent here because of the battle? The adventurer who seems to have unlimited glory, but the truth behind it
Only they themselves know the risks and sufferings.
As soon as he returned to the guild headquarters, York couldn't wait to open his sister's diary.
################# December 20th will be the New Year soon. I think I will almost go back to Kedra to see my brother. I don’t know how the boy is doing lately.
By the way, today's trip to Apocalypse's Lair was really relaxing. I think our guild can try to challenge the sea dragon.
I'll discuss it with the president someday. I encountered something unlucky today. That old bastard blacksmith caused me trouble again when I was strengthening. Sister, I'm going to burn down his shabby shop one day.
Fog, December 21st. The weather today is really bad. It’s very gray and depressing. The elite soldiers all look bad. A large number of magicians have been transferred from the Peoris Magic Tower. I don’t know why I have a bad feeling.
You can vaguely hear some strange cries around the Magic Ridge at night. The old blacksmith's waist began to hurt again. He said that a snowstorm was coming. I think he has done too many bad things!
On December 22, the screams of the snow monsters became clearer and clearer. Today I was summoned to the Holy Heaven. Some people in the team who had challenged the sea dragon said that it was mixed with the roar of the dragon. Is this true? What does this mean?
The sea dragon is coming to attack the city? This is too ridiculous! After all, the thousands of powerful adventurers in heaven are enough to destroy a sea dragon.
On December 27th, we were attacked by monsters on the snowy road. Most of the team were magicians. We couldn't resist the monsters. I was exhausted after 5 days of running away. The losses in this battle were serious, and two-thirds of the magicians were lost.
It's really worrying that he's missing.
On December 29th, we seemed to be the last team to reach the Holy Heaven. When we successfully entered the Holy Heaven, the army blocked the Albatross, which was the only airship that could reach Kedra.
What’s really worrying about December 31st is that since yesterday, none of the adventurers who went out to fight with various local monsters have come back. We are all beginning to feel that something is wrong. If they don’t come back tomorrow, we are sacred.
All the guilds in heaven will collectively go out to find them.
It rained on January 1st. This may be my first time to celebrate the New Year in the holy heaven. Oh my god, what did I see? Black rain fell in the sky. The horses screamed, and all living plants turned into ashes all over the sky. I
I tried a drop of it, it was sticky, it seemed to be some kind of dark substance
On January 2nd, it rained heavily. The streets were in complete chaos. The black rain had been going on for a day. The walls of the sacred paradise had begun to be corroded by black substances. The royal family issued martial law. What the hell happened?
I was woken up at night by the heavy rain on January 3rd. The president and Kusi woke me up around early in the morning. When I was taken out by everyone, I was shocked...
(The text below appears to be very sloppy. Apparently the person concerned wrote it in a hurry, and some of the handwriting is difficult to read, but York and Dilla can still roughly see the original content.) Goddess, what did I see? The lion in the manticore's lair.
The Scorpion Lord is lying on the tower of the Holy Heaven? There is a heavy rain in the sky. If you look carefully, it is the black rain from yesterday. The strong wind carries the breath of curse, and there are panicked people and screams everywhere. The sky is still there at this time.
It's a dark patch
The monsters have obviously invaded, but in this case it is impossible to tell who is who. From time to time, some people are accidentally injured by one of our own people. Large-scale skills with high damage do not dare to release the monsters. The number of monsters is increasing. If this continues, sooner or later we will be finished.
I got separated from the president and the others in the chaos, the crowds, the damn weather, there were monsters everywhere, what should I do because of this?
(The diary was cut off from here. When York and Dilla turned to the next page, they could no longer tell the time.) When I woke up, I was lying in the bushes at the foot of the Black Mountain. Many things in my head were dizzy.
It became blurry. I only remembered that on that terrifying night, I finally climbed to the city wall and was knocked away by a huge ogre. Thinking of this, I started to check my injuries. It seemed that several ribs were broken. Nothing about this section.
The memory of time...how long was I unconscious?
No, there's something I forgot. But I don't have time to care about it now. I have to go back to the city to find the president and them.
On the way to the Holy Paradise, I discovered the army that had gone to the foot of the Black Mountain. I saw the Duke? The man next to him seemed to be General Douglas. They seemed to be arguing about something. It seemed that the royal family had all escaped, but why didn't they see an adventurer or someone else?
What about civilians?
However, I soon got the answer. There were many corpses of adventurers and civilians not far away. It was actually the elite soldiers of the royal city who killed them? Are they crazy!
Oh, Goddess, I saw what dragons were circling in the sky of the sacred heaven! One, two, three... Oh my god, there were at least five dragons roaring and circling in the sky. I saw a sea dragon! It was fighting with a black dragon.
Biting, could it be the black dragon from the Dragon Raid? The sacred heaven below is on fire, and the black rain in the sky seems to make the fire even more intense. The huge black smoke is overwhelming and choking, no one can bear this fatal
With the thick smoke, has the sacred heaven turned into a complete dead place?
No, I must find the president and the others. There must be other survivors in the Holy Heaven!
(The next page is stained with blood, because the blood has turned black over time) I am now hiding in the back corner of the blacksmith shop. Those damn soldiers will indeed attack the adventurers. When I rush into the holy heaven
I was hit by two crossbow arrows. Fortunately, none of them hit my vitals. One of the arrows penetrated my left shoulder. The pain is unbearable when I write now, but I must record it all.
The bastard royal family! They knew this was going to happen! They abandoned all the court magicians! And all the adventurers! There are monsters everywhere here, many ogres are eating human corpses, oh my god this
So disgusting
I have to go to the Magic Ridge and tell Teacher Cynthia all this! The future of Peolis has been ruined by these royal bastards. President, everyone, they are all dead. This is crazy. The Red Army! And the Dragon Followers! God!
Ah, they are fighting?
But that’s okay. I’m writing this while I have a better chance of running out. Several dark elves seem to have smelled my scent and started looking for me. Goddess bless me. I hope I can run out successfully. Even if I die,
I hope someone can find this diary. Please give it to a man named York and tell him I love him.
"That's all. It seems that your sister successfully escaped to Kedra but lost her memory and was arrested by the royal family." Dilla closed Yotis's diary and looked at the silent York.
said
"Sister can't lose her memory for no reason. It must be someone from the royal family who did it." York gritted his teeth fiercely.
"Why were the monsters able to invade all at once that night, and what happened on that day when the diary was missing? We still have many mysteries that we haven't solved yet." Dilla patted the diary with some regret.
York's eyes flashed with anger. "That's enough," he said hoarsely: "The content in this diary is enough for us to overthrow the royal family. I will take this diary to the site of the secret meeting immediately and let more than a hundred guild members there meet.
Chief, look at Dilla, make a copy and give it to Cynthia at Magic Ridge. I’m going to kill that bastard Duke with my own hands!”
"Wait a minute." With a whisper, the door to Hughes' room opened and Hughes slowly walked out. Overall, Hughes didn't change much, but his whole person became a little haggard. There was a look in his eyes.
an indescribable emotion
"President"
"President"
Dilla and York were stunned for a moment by Hughes' sudden appearance.
"Show me that diary," Hughes said, reaching for the diary.
