Chapter 734: The Streets of the Sanctuary 2
Ely had seen it before, and now even Luca had. Riky wondered — how in the world could a ship made of heavy steel fly in the sky so easily? He had heard the noise, but by the time he came out from the basement of the shop he worked in, it was already gone.
"Who does it belong to? Lord Keeper can easily fly.." Riky wondered aloud.
"It has to be for taking other people with him, right? No one other than Lord Keeper could build something like that," Ely guessed.
They finished their meal and walked leisurely to the north gate of the Sanctuary. They knew it was late and they wouldn’t be allowed outside the city walls, but maybe they would make an exception — no one really knew what the thing was, after all.
But alas, the guards stopped them. And when they asked what it was that the Lord Keeper had built, the guards too had no idea. No one was allowed to go near or ask while Lord Keeper worked there all day.
Lord Keeper could build massive buildings and towering statues in minutes — what could possibly take him an entire day to construct?
Riky, Luca, and Ely returned to their modest hut. It wasn’t the same one their father had built — that one had been destroyed. It was, in fact, how they had found Luca.
When refugees from the villages and border towns had started arriving in the city, the slums became packed. There were barely any jobs available, and food was scarce. The Sanctum distributed food once in a while, but they couldn’t do it every day. Many men used to go outside the city to hunt animals and monsters — the only way they could fill their bellies.
If Ely and Riky had arrived in the city during that period, they surely would’ve found no jobs at all. Their employers weren’t kind in the slightest, and they had worked far more than they were ever paid. But at the end of the day, they were still among the lucky few who barely missed a meal. Many families were living in far worse conditions.
It was during this time that crime was at an all-time high in Sanctuary. The city didn’t have enough guards or knights patrolling.
One day, their hut was attacked and ransacked — some men thought they were hiding all their money there. Luca had seen it all and stopped Ely and Riky from returning while the men were still inside, frustrated they hadn’t found anything valuable.
They didn’t have anything of value to begin with.