Chapter 165
Two weeks passed in a flash. In that time, three or four more eastern cities in the fourth and fifth zones collapsed. The exact cause was not made clear, but people guessed that a new Named Hispar-rank Chaos had emerged. The collapsed cities were lifeless, dried up, and filled with the remains of broken trees. Hence, this new enemy was named Dry Tree.
Meanwhile, the Capital was restless for a different reason. The Tortoise Emperor, Lee Kang-San, announced a Union Ranker meeting two weeks ago. Although attendance was optional, clans that did not attend would end up one step behind those that did. Most of all, rumors that this Ranker meeting was about their alliance with Faber had spread.
Clans that smelled profit requested Rankers affiliated with them to attend the meeting. There were also rumors that even Dark Human Rankers would attend. It was no exaggeration to say that the Union headquarters, the Empire State Building, was the hottest place in the Capital at this moment.
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“Gurgh!” Seong-Hwi grunted as the veins bulging from his reddened face wriggled.
The ten Wings of Evolution emitted bright light.
“Are you sure that Friend Seong-Hwi is okay, Friend Lina?” asked Thumper, sitting on a desk as he swung his legs, licking his vanilla ice cream.
Lina, who simply looked into the eyepiece of her microscope without even a care for Seong-Hwi, glanced at Seong-Hwi and replied, “He won’t die this easily.”
“That’s true, but… You injected my blood into him, didn’t you? Mister Pippin told me that my Beast Force is the most ferocious in the history of Carrot.”