Chapter 652: Cause and Effect
As the sun rose in the skies above, illuminating the world with its incandescent light, a mournful air seemed to have washed over Greed Dike.
The usually boisterous council room was inordinately silent at the moment. Nearly half of the seats were empty and the remainder that were filled were seated by dwarves giving each other uneasy glances. It was as if a dangerous grip was tightened around them, ready to crush them at a moment’s notice.
Meanwhile, one knee on the ground, the current Crown Prince was recounting the harrowing events of dawn today to the current King of Greed Dike and the present council members. The more information the prince recounted, the worse all of their expressions became.
In one morning, fifteen high-ranked dwarves were found dead.
Death was nothing strange in Greed Dike. It was a country where parents killed their children and children killed their parents as long as it aligned with their interests or threatened them.
Assassinations were a common occurrence in this god-forsaken country, combats to the death as well.
This time though. Things were beyond their comprehension.
One councilman had his body age up so quickly that he died in his sleep. The autopsy conducted on him revealed that his body age had gotten nearly 400 years old, making him die of natural causes.
This was impossible. After all, that councilman was only eighty this year.