Chapter 43 - New Light

Larchen stopped on entrance the town... He made a large ball of fire, then threw it on the town clearing.
Fire ball blazed all the way through without fading and landed on the city center..

What are you doing ?

Just checking.. the soul density rate. The primary intensity of the fire against the recovery rate of the shade army.. makes the margin calculation..

To what effect.. ?

How fast you'll need to run.. I can enter there without being attacked, i'm ... immune, you can't..

You are immune ?

Don't have time for discussion... Look at the fireball's speed, you need to run at least that fast.. try to find a place which is safe.. I'll come find you..

You sure you'll be fine boss ?

Yeah.. go.. Find a place without the shades effecting your mind.. or if not, find the place with least trouble. You are in no danger in that body, but your mind is still exposed. Let's go...

Can you just push me ?

Larchen gave him a good kick... As Eldress flew into the void..

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Hmm, this is the fourth floor down, quite few cells. Larchen kicked opened a door. What is up with this place, everything is corroded.. A few shades scurried away quickly.. Ah, I wonder what these people were in life.. aren't you curious eldress.. oh wait.. Maybe some of them were important people...

Larchen kept looking around, he was used to this sort of exploration.. I hope Tom is not having trouble with the shoe on his backside, he smirked. I was suddenly stuck with a chatty companion.. how annoying.. Now I even have to worry about him.. That's even worse..

Let's see, employment records... Maybe there was some spies eh ? All these work records are in order, except this person.. she frequently skipped her duties... toward the last weeks..

God damn, i'm having a headache.. or vertigo or something.. The last month all these these people.. such a tragedy..

The surveys are very worried about a looming defeat for the alliance... Then it seems to become less and less.. What happened ?

The buyer's remorse really were a terrible thing isn't it.. She must really shocked people.. by her action..

If a flower stands fresh, and sharp.. even for years.. you'd just want to embrace it.. I can tell people things but its not things they could really understand... and opposite can be true for me.. I'm so used to this comfort...

Let's look around some more.. Damn I missed Fowliang..

Shades were watching him with interest.. as if he was a retard, doing a sin touching real things. He could almost see it in their eyes.. Both wise,and so desperately forgotten.

Larchen went on with mumbling since he found a willing audience to torture.. He really has improved his act since his old expeditions..

He picked out a recording stone, a remnant from old times now.. He decided to record everything.. to look at later..

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Someone is confused about his job... Larchen kept mumbling to shades.. I guess it can get confusing around here... huh.. Let's go down one more floor.. Financial records.. What a massive pile of documents.. Looks like alliance were really getting beat.. huh, finances tells the real truth..

The reserves eroded over the years.. And the money was really really scarce.. This place was doing well however.. It collected wealth from the service it gave to neutral ships and travelers.. The services it provided at a price such as lodging and food as well as sell of goods and weapons also made the town a large profit.

Rich people also visited the city, and made investments.. There were a lot of important people in the city, messengers, emissaries. neutral observers..Eventually town had a huge eastern cultures styled wall built..

Damn, I'm a man of many kids.. what am even doing here.. Larchen spoke to a little shade, as he looked at its yellow eyes.. Looks like the lower we go, the more we become strange, like something opposite..

Seems like tragedy struck.. Even a few high ranking soldiers perished..Some were dead while they tried to escape.. What are you looking at me for ? Larchen shrugged.. Should have been more careful..

Let's see a few nobles of high birth in the population.. Some are even high ranking alliance officials.. Looks like the place was targeted as a zone, for revenge.. Quite a huge loss.

Let's see... the one with the work breaks.. Looks like she was servicing enemy agents, sneaking them in.. Quite a scandal.. when it was discovered..
Eventually, she was arrested for sabotage. Looks like the comptroller was a really mean man.. He was really upset...

Eldress' event really made the waves as news.. Quite a few formal communications as well.. Situation really looking good for the alliance then..
She had so many fans.. and haters.. The news of the events are leaked.. as I've guessed, she slaughtered demon high command, but only high ranking officials know this..