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Chapter 911: Thorns
Chapter 911: Thorns
"Alice, I have some good news for you."
"There's someone in the city who's helping me look through the archives. She's highly regarded there, so she should be able to figure out the identity of that Demon God soon."
Lin Sai, who had already arrived outside the city, was walking alongside Alice.
Due to the night's events, he was in a good mood, and this was sensed by the perceptive girl beside him:
"Lin Sai, I can tell you're in a good mood. It seems like there's more than one piece of good news."
"Ha—" Lin Sai's joy was hidden in his eyes, and he nodded, "Yes, today in the city, I also met an old friend. The twists and turns of fate in this world are truly surprising."
"Right, I remember telling you about my experience in the Seven Seas Alliance?"
Alice replied,
"Yes, I remember you telling me that story."
Lin Sai then began to explain Alarson's background:
"It's like this—the Seven Seas Alliance is attempting to establish relations with the City of Law, and among the delegation they sent, there's someone who happens to be a partner I've been through thick and thin with!"
Suddenly, Lin Sai and Alice both stopped in their tracks.
They turned their bodies around, and their gazes pierced through the darkness, landing on the sleeping city.
"Alice, do you sense it?"
"Yes, that powerful Essence aura has disappeared."
"That person is known as the Executioner, and earlier in the city, he was also after me."
"The Executioner... He's one of the three Law Guardians in charge of handling criminals within the city, effectively leading the law enforcement forces, and is an extremely important Law figure."
"..."
Lin Sai and Alice fell silent.
They weren't ordinary people like Yana Fien; just through their Essence skills, they could discern that this Seven-Stage powerful individual had fallen within the city.
After a few seconds, Alice directed her suspicious gaze at Lin Sai:
"Lin Sai, what did you do to him?"
In her opinion, Lin Sai had too many mysterious skills and equipment that were hard to explain. Even a Seven-Stage powerful Awakened One could easily be taken down by a Five-Stage Awakened One if they weren't careful.
Lin Sai immediately distanced himself:
"Hey, don't look at me like that."
"Earlier in the city, I only shot him with an arrow, and that was to buy time for my escape. An attack of that level couldn't possibly be fatal to anyone above the Five-Stage Awakened!"
The two locked eyes.
The unspoken understanding between Lin Sai and Alice allowed them to reach a consensus without much discussion, relying solely on their gazes.
"Let's go back and take a look."
"I'll go underground, and you stay on the surface. We'll keep an eye on each other, and if anything happens, we'll notify each other through the friend channel immediately."
Lin Sai and Alice turned back.
The friend channel was promptly opened by Lin Sai.
Alarson and Yana Fien, with whom he had established a friend relationship in the city, were online, with the former being the one who was online.
Lin Sai: 【Alarson, what happened in the city? I suddenly felt like the Seven-Stage Law Guardian died!】
Alarson: 【There are many strange individuals appearing in the city! Their powers are very unique, as if they specifically targeted these Law Guardians!】
Lin Sai: 【How about you? Are you safe now?】
Alarson: 【All the members of the Seven Seas Alliance's delegation carry Imprint Gateways, and we've all transferred to a safe area.】
Lin Sai: 【So you're unaware of the current situation in the city.】
Alarson: 【If you need to, I can help you take a look. The exits of the Imprint Gateways are interconnected.
】
Lindsey: [No, your safety is the priority right now.]
Lindsey closed the friend channel.
Admittedly, the artists' skills, even now, were still so dazzling.
Except for the Imprint Gateway skill, which was akin to spatial transfer.
The stronger ones among them could even transform real spaces through their works.
Whether it was concealment or safety, they were unparalleled, and their emergency shelters were unparalleled.
Alice, beside him, sensed Lindsey's change in mood:
"The situation inside the city seems fine."
Lindsey shook his head:
"No, it's my friends who are fine. They fled fast enough and are now in a safe place, unaware of the city's condition."
The two continued forward, and the towering city walls were now within reach.
The previously indiscernible situation was now becoming clear.
Within the towering walls of the City of Law, a more obscure and chaotic Essence Skill was spreading. This power seemed to specifically target and adjust the forces of law, rendering the city's protective rules ineffective.
"These people came prepared."
"The attackers have adjusted the City of Law at the skill level!"
Before preparing to go underground, Lindsey opened the friend channel for the last time.
Lindsey: [Yana Fien, do you know what's happening in the city?]
Lindsey: [...]
Lindsey: [Yana Fien?]
Lindsey had a bad feeling in his heart.
He sent several messages in a row but received no response from the princess.
Lindsey was well aware that Yana Fien was definitely not resting at this moment.
After all, the young lady who cared about the entire world and the safety of the city's residents would never have the chance to fall asleep early on such a night.
Lindsey opened the map.
Yana Fien was not his subordinate, and the Strategic Map couldn't illuminate the details of the mountain peak, nor could the Adventure Map cross the tens of thousands of meters to capture the scene at the peak.
"A telescope? Atmospheric Sense?"
Just as Lindsey was pondering how to conduct reconnaissance, a line of text lit up in the friend list.
Yana Fien: [...]
Yana Fien: [Lindsey, go find... Mr. Adrian... This is all I can do...]
Lindsey: [What do you mean?]
Lindsey: [Yana Fien, what do you mean? Explain yourself!]
However, the friend list fell silent again, and there were no further responses or messages from the other party.
The intermittent text on the friend list seemed to indicate that Yana Fien's entire state was problematic, and she was only using her last strength to respond.
Buzz—
Just then, a powerful force suddenly erupted within the city.
Lindsey and Alice, who had not yet entered the city, stopped at the city gate.
They looked up.
Boom! From the center of the City of Law, the Law Radiance at the top of the high walls suddenly burst into a bright but not blinding white light.
This light fell to the ground and transformed into a path of red thorns in the air.
Whether it was humans, birds, insects, or wood and stone, everything in the city was entangled by the thorns and fell into a bizarre state of stagnation.
Lindsey: "This..."
Lindsey was still pondering in his mind.
But Alice, standing beside him, directly pulled him back and made a judgment:
"Lindsey, don't go near it!"
"This is the power of thorns!"
(End of Chapter)
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