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Chapter 91: Different Thoughts
Chapter 91: Different Thoughts
In the first-floor hall of the Lord's Manor, over twenty Awakened have gathered.
They come from different backgrounds, possess different skills, and hold various positions and responsibilities in the town.
But there is one thing that unites them at this moment.
When the Awakened enter the hall and see that Lord Anrui is missing an arm, their expressions immediately become tense.
The Lord of the Border Town has lost an arm!
Something significant must have happened in the Black Mountain World!
It is now late in the evening.
Lord Anrui, seated in the main position, scrutinizes everyone's expressions but remains silent.
Out of respect and inner anxiety, the Awakened only whisper to each other, with no one daring to break the apparent silence.
The last to arrive at the northern Lord's Manor is the female hunter who lives in the southern part of the town.
Seeing Anrui's condition, she sighs softly, accepting the reality before her.
“...”
At this moment, Anrui's gaze sweeps across the hall.
Apart from the younger Awakened like Anna, Joel, and Lin Sai, all the seasoned Awakened from the town are present.
He waves his hand, signaling the guards to close the main doors.
Once the doors are tightly shut and the air is completely still, Anrui finally speaks to the assembly:
“Ladies and gentlemen, as you all know, I recently traveled to the Black Mountain World.”
“There, I was attacked by a Monster, and unfortunately, this arm was destroyed in the battle.”
As Anrui speaks, the town's physician, Song An, steps forward.
This elderly man with white hair carefully examines the healed wound on Anrui's arm. With his skill only at the Fourth Stage, he soon only shows expressions of regret and shakes his head.
In front of the physician, Anrui continues his speech:
“Here, I bring you a dangerous piece of news: the Black Mountain Wyvern is ascending!”
For a moment, the hall is deathly silent.
Then, chaos ensues:
“What?” “That wyvern is really ascending?” “To the Eighth Stage!”
The Awakened in the hall are immediately filled with fear.
Among them, the strongest is Anrui, a Fifth Stage Warrior.
The neighboring wyvern is about to ascend to the Eighth Stage, a level that is almost legendary!
For the Awakened living in this region,
they find it even harder to accept than ordinary people.
Faced with this news, someone quickly stands up to challenge Anrui's announcement:
“Ten years ago, when the town lost contact with the outside world, didn't we send people to investigate? That thing had just ascended to the Seventh Stage, which is why it suddenly appeared, blocking the path to Black Mountain. In just a few decades, a Monster simply cannot ascend again!”
Anrui is not bothered by the challenge.
He nods in agreement with the other person's thoughts and then continues to reveal the truth:
“Under normal circumstances, that would indeed be impossible.”
“But this wyvern has taken a reckless action, attempting to merge with the world's Essence to forcibly enhance its power and achieve its ascension!”
“Even the snowfield of the Hidden Frontier has spread from the Black Mountain World due to this reckless move.”
Anrui's explanation immediately sparks heated discussions among the crowd.
“This isn't necessarily a bad thing!”
A few minutes later.
A steady, powerful voice rises from the crowd.
It is Irel, Joel's teacher and the town's most experienced craftsman.
“Everyone knows that if this reckless ascension fails, the wyvern's life will immediately end, and it will be destroyed by the Essence it has overdrawn from the world.”
“At that point, without the greatest threat, we can rest easy and even restore contact with the outside world.”
Irel speaks the truth.
Such a hasty ascension cannot come without a price; otherwise, wouldn't everyone act like the wyvern?
But the female hunter steps forward, countering the old craftsman:
“What if it succeeds?”
“If we do nothing now, we are allowing this creature to continue its reckless behavior. If it succeeds, the aftermath of the Essence influence will be enough to turn our world into a frozen wasteland!”
The female hunter and the old craftsman face off.
At this moment, the physician Song An, who was examining Anrui's wound, steps down and tries to calm the two:
“Dan, Irel, don't get too worked up.”
“Advancing from the Seventh Stage to the Eighth Stage is no easy feat!”
“Even if that creature succeeds, the entire process will likely take a considerable amount of time.”
As the doctor spoke, he turned his gaze to Andre.
The Lord of the Hidden Frontier also nodded in agreement: "Based on my observations, it will take at least six years, and at most ten years, for the dragon beast to complete its advancement."
"Oh, ten years!" someone in the crowd immediately began to lament, "So, we're safe for now! We've been trapped here for over ten years, and we'll have to live for several more decades?"
Someone else quickly stood up to propose their own idea: "The Hidden Frontier is a broken world, and it's too small!"
"Even if it's just the impact of the advancement process, it can bring devastating blows. Do you think the crisis of temperature changes will be alleviated?"
The threat of the Black Mountain world had completely stirred up the emotions of the Awakened.
Soon, someone else stood up to curse: "What can we do? We can't fight it, and we can't escape!"
"Should we just wait for death?"
"..."
"There are still some things we can do. Regardless of how we handle it later, let's take a look at the current situation first."
As the crowd's argument escalated, the owner of the general store, Som, suddenly stood up.
This merchant, who was usually lacking in goods and had almost no presence, stopped the increasingly tense debate and immediately turned his gaze to Andre: "Andre, you may not know what's been happening in the town since you left. We were recently raided by a group of spider monsters, and our losses were not small. Surviving this winter is our top priority."
"You must have some thoughts on this, right?"
Andre replied calmly: "Those spiders should be the dragon beast's minions. I've fought them in the Black Mountain world..."
Before Andre could finish speaking, Som grabbed the key point of his words and inferred: "You've been in contact with those spiders!"
"So, the spider monsters that destroyed our fields are because you went down to the Black Mountain world?"
"..."
Andre fell silent.
Whether or not Som's words were pleasant to hear, they were the truth.
The owner of the general store blinked and didn't continue to investigate the matter. Instead, he looked at Andre's empty left arm under the gaze of the crowd and watched for a few seconds.
Som turned around, facing the crowd with his back to Andre, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I think it's time for us to take action."
"If the dragon beast succeeds in its advancement, we'll be doomed if we stay here. Even if it's just for the sake of the young children in the town, we can't continue to waste time like this!"
"Even if it's dangerous, we..."
"Som, shut up!" Andre suddenly interrupted the merchant's speech. "You want to lead everyone on an adventure to try to cross the Black Mountain? That's just seeking death!"
Som closed his eyes slightly.
Then, he turned around and directly met Andre's angry gaze: "The dragon beast is busy with its advancement!"
"This might be a rare opportunity. After all, its attention is focused on its own advancement process. We can take advantage of this."
Andre's tone was extremely serious as he reiterated: "You're treating everyone's lives like a joke!"
"Som, I know you can't trade here, and your skills are almost stagnant, but this isn't a reason for you to manipulate others into risking their lives to open up an escape route for you!"
Som didn't respond to this.
He simply stated his point of view calmly: "We can't just do nothing."
"Besides, I'm not the only one who wants to leave here."
"..."
As the night deepened, the atmosphere in the Lord's mansion became increasingly tense.
However, on the other side of the town, Lin Sai, holding a torch, was facing a newly sprouted seed with a hopeful expression.
The green seedling was full of vitality and had a very promising growth.
After more than a month of struggling, Lin Sai finally had the time to fully immerse himself in the process of cultivating crops.
The possibilities of the Resource Tool were far from being fully explored.
Soil, water, fertilizer... there were many aspects that could be attempted with resourceization.
Lin Sai was in a very optimistic mood.
He felt that this winter should be the last time the Hidden Frontier would lack food!
【Yesterday's writing is already forgotten.】
【Ah, thanks to the Alliance Leader of the Power Mushroom!】
(End of Chapter)
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