Chapter 802: Chapter 33: Drastic Change in the Royal Capital (Part 1)_2

“Ugh…!” The dragon-man fainted and fell to the ground, the piece of black cloth leaving his hand and was shredded to rags by playing cards in an instant. “Protect the civilians, coordinate our forces!” Gongsun Ce instructed as he took out his phone, “Brother, how is it on your side?”

The two had knocked down all the performers, but there was no time to rest. Their nerves were stretched to the limit because the air had started to fog up…

It was a thick fog, like the one in Shadow Mist City.

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“Strange… What’s going on?”

Tierlos had an unlit cigarette dangling from his lips, wondering to himself.

They had failed to secure a stall beside the scenic spot, so they didn’t see Morton’s play. He also hadn’t noticed the anomaly in the Inner City District. The sounds were too distant for him to hear clearly, and he only thought about how this year’s celebration had a new type of show, with a great wizard appearing and disappearing, which was quite interesting.

What caught his attention was the surrounding environment. It had been a clear blue sky just half a minute ago, but now the sky had darkened. The pigeons resting on the cathedral roof took off in a flutter, as if fleeing. He looked around and realized that wisps of fog had begun to rise on the streets at some point.

“Thank you! May the Holy King bless you!” Capro sold two fake jars to an out-of-town tourist and turned back excitedly, “Brother, you were so right! They actually bought it.”

“Hahaha, that’s my business acumen.” Tierlos said proudly, lifting his chin. “Go borrow a couple of umbrellas from the stall next door, it looks like it’s going to rain.”

“Oh, okay.”

Capro ran a hand through his green-dyed hair and walked off to the right. Tierlos blinked, suddenly sensing something was off. Was the fog this thick before? So thick that even the other side of the street was hard to see?

This was very strange. How long had it been overcast, and yet such thick fog appeared…

For some reason, he felt a bit nervous and instructed, “Capro, maybe buy later, come back first.”

Capro stood motionless in place, a bit of panic in his voice.

“Bro-brother? I-I think I stepped in blood…”

Tierlos quickly walked forward, pulling his underling back. He crouched down, vigorously waving away the fog, seeing thick dark red in the thinning gray. Capro hadn’t mistaken it, it was indeed blood, and it was seeping out from the ground!

“What the hell, something’s up. Call the police!” Tierlos shuddered, quickly standing up. “Nobody freakin’ move carelessly! Capro, hurry up!”

“Brother, there’s a ghost! A ghost!!” Capro’s hand holding the phone trembled uncontrollably, while bursts of sharp laughter echoed from the receiver. “Hiss…!” Goosebumps rose on Tierlos’s skin, panic truly setting in. He saw a shadow emerging from the fog, the nearby hot drink vendor running in terror, screaming at them, “Run!!”

Run? Run from what? The two didn’t react for a moment. A long-furred, sharp claw stretched out with a sudden swiftness, stirring the fog. In a rush, they saw the horrifying figure, a body full of long fur and an inhuman head, the beast’s yellow vertical pupils shining in the mist. The beast held a torch, the firelight cutting through the dense fog, causing countless vertical pupils to flicker.

“Ah!!!” The two hooligans screamed and fled. But the fog was too thick; they couldn’t see the path beneath their feet. Tierlos tripped on a stone platform nearby, and Capro fell along with him. They shivered and turned around, only to see dirty beast claws slashing down.

Was this how it would end? Tierlos thought. At that moment, there was no despair, no sorrow in his heart—the time was too short, and he had no time to feel any emotions, his mind went blank with just one thought spinning. Was I about to die like this? I haven’t made enough money or lived a good life yet, how…

How could I suddenly be about to die?

“——”

He widened his eyes. All thoughts in his mind came to a halt in an instant. Brilliant golden light streaked across like a meteor, shattering the chilling light of the beast claws. The golden light condensed into a god-like man standing in front of them, and with just one punch, he pierced through the beast’s body, shattering it into light!

“Heroic stance, activate!”

A tide of beasts surged forward, but the blond man waved a hand, crushing them effortlessly. He hammered the ground with a fist, and a translucent polygonal force field extended from his fist, dispelling the fog with gentle light, illuminating the royal capital!

Tierlos was dumbfounded. Capro was also stunned. The owner of the hot drink stall sat down on the ground. The man turned around, helping them up one by one. “Not hurt, are you?” he asked with a smile.

“Ah ah ah. Oh.”

The hooligans answered incoherently, feeling the fear in their hearts dissipate.

Previously, when Tierlos read mythological epics saying King Morton was born with the presence of a king, everyone united to support him, he dismissed it as nonsense from rulers deceiving the commoners. Now, such a person appeared before him. This long-haired man was very young, yet seemed to possess a kind of magic. His strong and confident aura shone like light, a hero and champion from mythic tales was none other than this.

“Quickly, follow the knights to take shelter.”

“Okay, okay!”

A knight who hadn’t joined the patrol ran over to identify himself, and Tierlos hurriedly pulled his underling to follow him. Before leaving, he glanced back, seeing the sun-like hero standing alone in the fog, with the spectral figures jumping out of the fog unable to approach him at all.

Mo Yuankai took a deep breath, feeling the long-lost tension. Beside him was a pile of melted wax, the wax statue of Rakael had melted when the barrier suddenly changed, proving that the blockade on both sides of the royal capital was extremely tight, and the knights couldn’t remotely control the wax figures like they usually did. They had lost their means of communication with the inner side.

“I’m here.”

The communication module lit up, and Ah Ce’s voice came through the earpiece, rapidly explaining the situation and his speculations. Mo Yuankai continued to dispel the phantoms while responding.