Chapter 853: The City of Whirling Clouds
Chapter 853: The City of Whirling Clouds
Five days after the game time, in the City of Whirling Clouds.
The inhabitants of the City of Whirling Clouds are not humans. In fact, humans cannot survive for long periods in the low-pressure, strong-airflow environment.
Most of the residents are elemental beings of lightning clouds, stone rocks, and air.
Despite their limited intelligence compared to humans, the City of Whirling Clouds has a well-established feudal system. The peak seventh-tier Whirling Cloud King rules over all the elemental beings in the city.
At the heart of the City of Whirling Clouds stands a massive white palace, where the city lord, Whirling Cloud King Yashade, resides.
In the grand hall of the palace, Yashade stands on the main throne, surrounded by a dozen elemental beings of various sizes, discussing a matter of great urgency.
However, their anxious tones reveal their deep concern.
"Your Majesty." On Yashade's left, a stone rock elemental being with a dark gray body and metallic arms worried, "The Sand Nation has already occupied all our wind tunnels. We estimate they will soon launch an attack, and we must prepare, Your Majesty!"
"Ha ha, are you happy to see your own kind attack?" A slender air elemental being on Yashade's right sneered, "Gegen, according to your logic, shouldn't we open our gates to welcome the Sand King? After all, we are not friends with the stone rock elementals and the sand elementals, even though we look similar, we are not the same race and have no connection at all."
"Have no connection at all?" Air elemental being Gleng laughed, "You're all just clumps, stinky, and hard."
"You!..."
"Enough, enough." Seeing his subordinates bick at each other again, Whirling Cloud King Yashade rubbed his head in frustration.
He rebuked them, "With the enemy at our gates, set aside your petty grudtings and focus on the external threat, can you do willing to fight? After all, we will not let this conflict distract us from the enemy."
"Yes, Your Majesty." The two elemental beings, chastened by Yashade, quickly responded.
"Ai!" Yashade sighed heavily, shaking his head.
After a long silence, he addressed to the elemental beings, "Regarding to the invasion of the City, we must prepare for the massive battle, Your Majesty. The Sand Nation has a formidable army of over 5,000 warriors, with hundreds of fifth-tier fighters. However, even with such numbers, our army is only a fraction of the Sand Nation's, and all our vital wind tunnels are now occupied by the Sand Nation. In my opinion..."
Gleng stopped, unable to continue, but the elemental beings could easily guess what he was about to say, "We should surrender!"
At the sound of Gleng's words, Gegen's spirit flared up. He swung his massive stone fist, shouting, "You called me a traitor just a moment ago, now you're the one! You traitorous fi lack! You don't have the face, do you!"
Gegen turned his head toward Yashade, his anger boiling, "Your Majesty, if we fight, we will show the Sand Nation that we are not afraid of them! Our army is composed of brave warriors, ready to stand a formidable battle, and we will teach the Sand Nation a harsh lesson!
"You are the one making the choice!" Air elemental being Gleng shouted, "The wind tunnels are lost, and we have lost the opportunity to communicate with the outside world. We must fight, or we will be destroyed by the Sand Nation!
The Kingdom of Quicksand doesn't even need to lift a finger; they can starve us out just by surrounding us!
Your suggestion is completely out of touch with reality, disregarding the lives of thousands of soldiers!"
"You! ... Your Majesty..."
"Enough, enough." King Yashad of the Whirlwind Kingdom interrupted them, his head aching.
Actually, both Gegen and Gelinke had valid points.
The situation was indeed dire, but to surrender without a fight was something Yashad was not willing to do.
...
Just as Yashad was at a loss about what to do, a voice suddenly echoed through the hall: "Why don't you listen to me? I can help you win this war."
Following the voice, a human wearing a multicolored mage's robe canceled his [Invisibility Spell] and appeared at the center of the hall.
Of course, this was Su Yu.
The elements in the hall were taken aback and instinctively backed away.
After retreating, many of them immediately began casting spells, preparing to focus their attacks on Su Yu, the intruder.
However, Su Yu remained still, standing in place with a smile as he gazed at King Yashad of the Whirlwind Kingdom.
Yashad sensed that Su Yu was an equal in power and had no ill intentions.
So, it released a gust of wind to interrupt the elements in the hall who were casting spells.
It gestured for its subordinates to hold their fire and then looked at Su Yu, "Noble guest, may I ask who you are? What brings you to our Whirlwind City?"
Su Yu smiled and replied, "I am an interdimensional adventurer, the strongest among adventurers. My name is 'Nemesis.'
I have come to help Whirlwind City thwart the Kingdom of Quicksand's invasion and win this war."
"Oh?" Yashad's interest was immediately piqued upon hearing Su Yu's words.
The elements of Whirlwind City had encountered interdimensional adventurers before and had high praise for them.
For a small fee, these adventurers would run errands and work diligently.
The name 'Nemesis' was also familiar to them, as many interdimensional adventurers often discussed him, though they had never met him.
Su Yu did not hide his aura, and there was no doubt that he was a peak seventh-tier powerhouse.
If he genuinely joined their side, it would be a significant boost for them! Even if they had to surrender, they would have a stronger bargaining chip.
King Yashad, a wise element, was well aware that there was no such thing as a free lunch. Su Yu must have an agenda for offering his help.
"So, Mr. Nemesis, what kind of payment do you require?" Yashad cut to the chase.
Gelinke, the air element standing beside Yashad, immediately panicked upon hearing this.
If Su Yu joined Whirlwind City and won the war, how could it claim the benefits promised by the King of Quicksand? It would have given away the 12 wind channels to Quicksand for nothing!
So, it quickly interjected, "Your Majesty, don't trust him! Interdimensional adventurers are all frauds. He might be a spy sent by the King of Quicksand to earn your trust and then assassinate you..."
Boom!
Before Gelinke could finish its sentence, Yashad blasted it out of the hall with an [Air Cannon] spell.
Su Yu ignored the small disruption and spoke clearly, "What I need is no ordinary item—a seventh-tier legendary quality [Whirlwind Core]. In exchange, I will do everything in my power to help you win this war!"
(End of Chapter)
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