Book 17: Chapter 52
“What will happen? What will happen to the people in Troy City?”
“I’m not sure, either. Didn’t I tell you? Humans have never come into contact with mana. Putting aside how humans that have consumed a large volume of mana will react, I’ve never seen the mana the elf created. That’s why I don’t have any clue how human bodies will react after consuming a large volume of it. If you want to know, you have to enter the city immediately.”
“But I’ve sent out an envoy. I can’t do anything to Troy City until tomorrow morning. If I barge in without prior notice, the people will misunderstand that I’m attacking them.”
While I did say that, I already reached the bottom of the city walls. The red uniform army’s transportation unit behind me transported ladders over to await my commands. I didn’t tell them what my goal was. They probably thought I wanted to take advantage of the night’s cover to climb the walls.
It was the first time I climbed the walls of Troy City in that fashion. The red uniform army and I silently landed on the walls. There wasn’t a single light in Troy City, including at the Imperial Place. The city was dead silent. The only light was the silver blades in the soldiers’ hands. Nothing was out of the ordinary. It was as though the entire city was asleep, or maybe it was dead.
A Valkyrie came up to my side and quietly asked, “Your Majesty, what should we do? There are four soldiers in the watchtowers to our right. Shall we kill them off?”
Surprised, I asked, “There’s someone? I’ll personally go over.”
I looked in the direction of the watchtowers, which were located by the wall on the right hand side. They didn’t have the fire torch in there lit up, but I could see their silhouettes. The Valkyries drew their long swords and carefully followed behind me as we approached the tower. The closer we got, the more distinct the footsteps sounded. It sounded as though the four in the tower continuously paced back and forth.
“The four of them should be looking in four different directions. What are they doing going back and forth? Are they trying to switch views with each other?” I pondered.