Chapter 474 - 467. The First Tower
"It’s...surfacing?" Zein stared at the city ruin, which was no longer underground.
Last year, they had to fall through a tower to reach the part of the city where they could walk around. Zein remembered the place felt like a dome, as if the city itself was built inside a cave.
But now, he could see the landscape of the city clearly; the leftover tall building covered with crawling vines and ivies. Remnant of houses that had been half-destroyed or crumbled entirely. He remembered then, how the city was originally in the vision of the shard. It was a nice decently decently-sized satellite town leading to a much bigger harbor city.
"I was surprised too," Bassena chuckled. "But I think, rather than surfacing, the ground just...collapse? Or the beasts were digging it up?"
"Or maybe, once we took the shards, the structure hiding it crumbled," Han Shin added.
"...it’s kind of weird hearing you saying something that makes sense."
"Hey!"
"Anyway," ignoring the scowling healer, Bassena turned toward Zein again. "I had sent my kids checking everywhere, and they didn’t find any beasts. Do you want to do it now, or should be check it again thoroughly to make sure?"
Zein looked at the group of people who looked like they could collapse anytime soon. An hour of rest at the edge of the battlefield naturally wasn’t enough after such an intense battle. Not to mention, some of them still had to do the cleaning, getting rid of the massive corpses so unwanted things wouldn’t appear.
"I don’t think anyone has any energy left to do a city sweeping," Zein shook his head. "It doesn’t matter. Even if there are some, they are probably just small beasts that you can easily take care of, right?"
"Of course," Bassena replied confidently. "And you? Do you have enough energy to do it?"