novelODS Chapter 1158 - 468: Resolving Through Communication
Chapter 1158 - 468: Resolving Through Communication
"That’s not really something worth remembering."Henggs said.
But Lumina, who was standing beside him, clearly didn’t mind and began to speak directly.
"That was about the second month of the demon invasion, ever since the royal fools exploded the space and opened the portal rift to the abyss.
Our defenses began to retreat step by step, since the demons descended from within, who would build defenses internally?"
"The crisis was so sudden that it took us a few days to maintain a better defense, but the demons’ power was too great, and we didn’t have a really good place to defend.
The Third Legion, the City Guard, and some Church Guards from the Holy Machine Church, plus scattered strong people.
We retreated while gathering various citizens in distress. Finally, we had no choice but to enter the Green Forest Mountain Range."
The so-called Green Forest Mountain Range was once the name of the Ghost Soul Mountain Range beneath their feet.
But obviously, the green forest was long gone here.
So it was no longer fitting for this name.
"The demons pursued us closely, and we fought while fleeing, bringing more refugees, and finally defended here and built some defensive facilities."
This area was where they were now located.
It used to be a mining site, with various facilities, plus the surrounding caves and stone walls, making it somewhat easier to defend against the highly mobile demons.
"We originally planned to defend here simply, treat our wounds, prepare some supplies, and then leave... but things didn’t go as planned."
Upon hearing this, Alka couldn’t help but nod.
In that situation, retreating into the mountains wasn’t just their thought; surely, many others had the same idea.
In such circumstances, grouping together is a human instinct.
"However, more and more soldiers guarded more refugees gathering here, too many to leave.
The target was too large and broad, which attracted more demons."
"Initially, with the help of the Cloud Sage, defending against the demons wasn’t too difficult.
But as each area’s defenses kept falling, plus the fame of the Cloud Sage, the number of refugees gathered here reached a staggering level.
All the city refugees around the mountain flocked here, and we couldn’t escape."
"The subsequent events, I believe you also know, the more refugees we had, the more demons there were, and without complete logistics, we couldn’t resist any longer.
In the end, we had to let as many civilians escape as possible, and we fought until the last moment."
After speaking, she pointed at herself.
"As for my current state, it’s after the Cloud Sage died.
He was powerful, fighting alone and killing numerous demons. But he was just one person.
After his death, the Scepter Level treasure named Cloud Staff was taken by us, and we didn’t have a suitable person to wield it.
But we couldn’t leave; we were already surrounded."
"Under such circumstances, I relied on the treasure Cloud Staff to initiate a powerful ritual, which I had long prepared.
Let all the souls of the dead soldiers and civilians emerge from their bodies, beginning to counter those demons.
Let those damned demons not think of dying so easily and returning to the abyss."
Doing this was actually to continue resisting the demons so that more civilians who hadn’t fled far could escape. Otherwise, how could civilian speed be compared with demon attacks?
She explained simply, only mentioning a vague process.
But the mental journey and experience inside, only they themselves can know.
Chadite looked around at the environment and said, "So in the end, you succeeded?"
"Succeeded, but also failed."
"Demons indeed suffered numerous casualties, and the souls were dragged here, other demons were unwilling to come to this area again.
However, although I have studied undead, understand demons, I lack awe for the breath of the abyss.
Those civilians, those once courageous soldiers turned into evil spirits, becoming even more bloody and brutal than demons. Trying to kill all living things."
Speaking of this, Lumina sighed.
Nothing has only positive aspects, especially such actions.
"Alright, I’ve satisfied your curiosity, you should turn around and leave here.
You are the Holy Mother’s saint, you should know the best choice now."
After speaking, Lumina stood up directly, and Engels mounted the ghost horse. Lumina floated onto the back of the horse, and the two rode away, disappearing from everyone’s sight.
Watching the disappearing ghosts, Chadite turned his head to look at Alka.
"What are you planning now? Are we leaving?"
Alka propped up his head, "I need to think it over."
After speaking, he looked at everyone, "Rest assured, I will definitely not make a rash decision, nor can I really disregard everything."
Several people nodded.
Alka sat in place, holding the previous map, looking at the orange glow on it.
[Cloud Staff]
[Difficulty: Soul Clearer (Fifth Stage)]
[Fame: 112,000]
[Treasure Information: The treasure of the Cloud Sage. In the ancient Saralan Empire, the Cloud Sage was known as the guardian of civilians.