Chapter 148: To Protect Everyone (2)
The Sky Garden was like a paradise, a space that seemed to be free of greed. The soft breeze that always seemed to caress, and there were no fights or struggles for food. The forest and lake, full of creatures from another world, were truly as beautiful as something painted on a canvas.
If there were a heaven for those without greed, this would probably be the shape it would take. Thus, the existence of this Sky Garden could be called nothing short of an ideal beyond reality.
“Hm, what a terrible sight this has become in such a short time.” “Damn... How could they do something this cruel! Liberation Army, do you have no conscience at all!”
However, the Sky Garden now looked starkly different from before. The gentle breeze that used to rustle the hair had turned into a biting, cold wind that tore at the skin. The lake, which once sparkled in the sunlight, had turned into a rotting puddle filled with floating pieces of decaying flesh.
And skeleton soldiers roaming around, as well as giant zombies, even larger than trees. The Sky Garden had completely lost its original beauty and had become a hellscape. The scene, witnessed by the secondary examiner of Team White, Peacekeeper, brought tears to his eyes and filled him with rage.
The reason was simple. He was always a show-off, a muscle man, but he was also someone who loved beautiful nature deeply. He was so angry that his overly large chest muscles trembled slightly.
“Waaaaaah! I can’t stand seeing this beautiful scenery destroyed any longer! Peacekeeper Dash!” “Ah, wait, stop, you fool muscle head! ...Damn, he’s gone. I told you protecting the candidates was the priority...”
The first-round examiner, Mira Valentine, frowned involuntarily. This was because Peacekeeper, seeming to lose his patience, crossed his arms and ran off toward a group of skeletons in the distance without thinking.
What had to be prioritized now wasn’t driving out the enemies that attacked the Sky Garden. As Mira had said several times, the priority was rescuing the isolated candidates within the garden.
To think he would forget the goal the moment he stepped outside and rush off. He was someone Mira just wanted to smack on the back of the head with her palm.
Still, the good news was that Peacekeeper was essentially a useless force.
Even as a Triple Fixer, he was at the bottom of the rankings, and it wouldn’t be surprising if he were kicked out of the top 1000 at any time. For Mira, who dealt with magic that made it hard to distinguish opponents, it was actually more comfortable traveling alone.