Chapter 410: Back to Those Days
Thunder roared amidst the swirling black clouds. The Celestial Fortress gradually slowed, coming to a halt just short of the Blood Cave as it avoided the lightning strikes.
Strangely enough, the storm clouds loomed directly above the Blood Cave, as though defending it from intruders.
“The Wyvern Squadron will hold position! Watch out for lightning!”
At Ganeth’s command, the wyverns that had been flying in formation around the fortress broke into a semicircle, forming a shape of a crane wing with the fortress at its center.
“My lord, look over there!”
Kinu Mukari, his eyes ever sharp, pointed down toward the ground. Surprisingly, although lightning had struck the earth from the clouds above, it had not dissipated. Instead, it sparked wildly around the area near the cave, as though alive.
The lightning, left unabsorbed, continued to build as it circled the cave at a terrifying speed, like a predator hunting for prey.
“One wrong move and we’ll be roasted alive,” Allen muttered, clicking his tongue as he scanned the terrain below. “At least there don’t seem to be any people.”
“I had Suan and Israphil sent to the Blood Cave in advance and ordered them to relocate the citizens near Tramel,” Karyl explained. “They were already refugees, driven out of the empire and living in the ruins. Offering them settlement funds was enough to handle the situation.”
“Thorough as always, but remember: a ruler’s virtue is foresight, not unnecessary kindness. That kind of sentiment will only weigh you down,” Allen warned.
Karyl simply shrugged in response.