Chapter 652: Two Pests Trying to Play Hero!
"Enter." The voice of the Nine Thunders Sovereign echoed through the halls of the Nine Thunders Origin Palace.
The reverberations made it clear that following the death of the 10,000 officials of the Thunder Department, this core area was nearly deserted.
The Nine Thunders Sovereign had lost not only his daughter but also more than 130 of his clan members and family officials.
The entire clan, save for the old and weak, was decimated, leaving him the sole survivor!
Even many prodigies from the Grand Firmament Academy, who were studying there, had vanished without a trace!
This was undoubtedly the most tragic moment in the life of the Nine Heavens Responding Origin Thunder Voice Universalizing Sovereign—no one could comprehend his grief.
Even the promise by the White Emperor to help rebuild the Thunder Department could not restore the foundations and enterprises built by countless generations of his ancestors!
The newly assigned officials from the frontier, with their complex backgrounds, were unlikely to seamlessly integrate into the Thunder Department.
Put simply, those who volunteered to come were merely after the money and positions now vacant in the Thunder Department, which enticed many.