Chapter 762: Section 518: Scenery of Light (Part 3)
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The new mayor of Waldin Town watched the struggling refugee caravan and felt an indescribable sense of desolation — in the chaotic attack on Waldin Town this morning, his father, the former mayor Elder Hawk, and the captain of the Town Guard had both died. After a hard fight against the necrotic corpses, the remaining elders and the deputy captain of the guard decided to burn the town and flee.
Firstly, with these chaotic necrotic corpses attacking, there would undoubtedly be Nagoth war parties following them. By then, it would be impossible to inhabit the town as the corruption from the corpses would definitely contaminate it. Rather than return and burn the town, it would be better to set it ablaze while they were leaving.
So the young Sudel, son of Elder Hawk, was elected as the new mayor — after all, he had apprenticed at the Church in Copenhagen, mastering a Healing Spell. At this moment of widespread panic, no one could provide more reassurance than young Sudel.
Sudel didn’t know what to do — he had never been taught how to lead thousands of townsfolk in escape during his apprenticeship. In this biting blizzard, he had no idea how many would die on the road... but he knew if they didn’t run, everyone would die in the pursuit of the Nagoth Chaos war party.
Sudel no longer hoped he could survive because the townspeople were moving too slowly; they were bound to be caught up by the Chaos war party.
If they were to die anyway, then they should die in pursuit of life. If a war party really did pursue them, Sudel would stay behind with the remaining elders and guards. He had already chosen his successor — his cousin Rhodes, a young man who had just returned from the Church to the town to prepare for the Yule Festival, but had run into this disaster. He was an unlucky lad, and Sudel hoped he could lead everyone to safety.
As he was thinking this, Sudel heard a commotion from the back of the line.
They’re here!