Chapter 102: The Silver-Winged One
Heroes are always nameless, heroes always die young.
A sudden gale tore through Elizabeth's red hair, whipping its vibrant colors into a frenzy and stirring up old memories. When had she decided to become a Hero System transcendent...?
Perhaps it was this exact moment. This true, present moment.
Elizabeth felt her personality integrity might have already plunged below 70%. She was no longer the young girl preparing to attend her coming-of-age ball in all her finery in the Acropolis District; she was walking through an inferno in the walled city.
She was trying to fight the blaze with the walled city's bitter groundwater, ordering the Postmen runners to get the young children out first!
She was terrified. She was afraid—afraid to die, afraid of losing her home.
Neighbors were fighting the fire all over the building. Nobody bullied them inside the walled city, but outside its borders, surviving in the massive expanse of Liuguang City would be a constant struggle.
Outsiders claimed this place was a desolate, bizarre City of Sin, a horrifying garbage dump. But how much of that was mere rumor? It was just a superficial judgment.
To them, this was simply a place to live.