Alien world

Chapter 1086 8. Image of the Councillor
The ruins of Breeze City stand quietly in the snow.

Compared to Star-Moon Bay, this place makes more people silent... It contains many memories including Annan, Olmedo, Bronzebeard and others.

Many unforgettable stories that changed Annan’s future took place here.

Today, the mottled city walls are covered with frost and large sections have collapsed. The city is in ruins, with a terrifying deep pit that occupies almost one-fifth of the city.

At the center of the pit are the remains of the Mage's Tower.

The final explosion of the Mage Tower left nothing for the ratmen.

The Freedom City that had just blocked out the sun and sky suddenly became much smaller when it reached Breeze City. It couldn't even fill the deep pit created by the Mage Tower.

As the last pass standing at the foot of the snow-capped mountains, Breeze City, with its legendary wizard tower, is naturally majestic... Even though it is a thing of the past, there are still many ratmen in the city.

Now that they were already here, Olmedo agreed to let the two legions, the Hellfire Legion and the Guards Legion, set off.

There shouldn't be any powerful ratmen in the city. The more rats they kill, the fewer rats there will be.

Gale agreed - the Stuhn Ratman and the McKeon Ratman had been at odds recently.

The McKeon clan didn't know who was responsible, but they knew that their puppets were replaced by those of the Stuhn clan. While they were causing trouble for the Stuhn clan, they were also gathering a tide of rats to attack the kingdom.

The Stoun ratmen were not willing to be outdone. Their power in the North was not as strong as that of the McKeon ratmen who had come here as a whole clan, but they had cultivated in the North for hundreds of years and their foundation was not comparable to that of the McKeon ratmen.

Although Gale was forced to betray the clan, he still wanted to bring Annan and the clan together, and it would be best if he could join the clan...

The Hellfire Legion and the Guards Legion landed in Breeze City, followed by the Punishment Legion and the Foreign Aid Legion.

Annan and Olmedo also came to the ground soon after and walked into Breeze City through the city gate.

Snow piled up several meters high beside the city walls, submerging the houses, and the collapsed and damaged streets were scattered with traces of the legion's cleanup - the corpses of ratmen were scattered everywhere.

As for Annan, he couldn't recognize the ruins covered with snow, but Olmedo, who had lived in Breeze City since he was a child, seemed to know everything here.

Blurred statues standing in the middle of the street, frozen fountains in the park, broken stone statues covered with frost and snow, long steps leading to a collapsed church...

However, the two places she recalled the most were: the City Lord's Mansion was swallowed by a deep pit, and the Augusta family's manor was destroyed.

As they reached the edge of the pit, the Aga who was following them suddenly spoke up, “Master, Agarwal has been here.”

"What is he here for?"

"He checked the treasure and stood by the pit for a long time."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"Master, the memory needs to be reviewed. If you hadn't come here, I wouldn't have remembered it." Aga said respectfully.

"He was here, but he didn't take the treasure?"

As for Agarwal standing by the pit for a long time... Annan would rather believe that he came back to plunder property than to believe that he was reminiscing.

Aga dug out new memories: "The chairman of the parliament suggested that he do this."

The Speaker of the House of Representatives again...

Annan's eyes suddenly lit up.

Is this the backup plan prepared by the Councillor? Could there be something good in the treasure... For example, the Tower Spirit was rescued? !
There was no need to hesitate. Olmedo did not think about the past. He and Annan followed Aga to the outskirts and watched Aga cast a spell in front of an open space.

A mist rose from the snow in front, and when it dissipated, a simple wooden house emerged.

High-level void spell. Apart from Agarwal himself, I'm afraid no one else could find this place... Agarwal probably didn't expect that he would be killed and turned into an undead.

"Is there any danger?" "Master, this is the safe house that Agarwal prepared for himself."

"Understood. Lead the way."

Follow Aga, Annan and Olmedo into the hut.

Outside the window was not the pale snow forest they had seen when they came in, but a vast, floating void that looked like a starry sky.

As someone arrived, a forgotten spell activated itself, drawing the attention of Annan and Olmedo.

He sat in front of the stove in the cabin, looking up at the door, as if warming himself in the past and looking at the people of the future.

Well, there is a second person who knows this.

"Olmedo, we finally meet."

The blurred face of the “Chairman” smiled.

Annan, who guessed what would happen, crossed his arms in boredom and remained speechless.

As a legend, shouldn't he be able to see his niece anytime he wants? To put it bluntly, given the leaky Liberty City, no one would know he sneaked in, so why would he have to hide like this?
Forget it. After all, the chairman of the parliament was willing to "use his own life to exchange for Vitalig's life". I don't know what he is afraid of...

"Uncle?" Olmedo didn't understand either.

"Please forgive me for having to meet you in this way. Oh, by the way, happy birthday to my niece."

Annan was startled at first, then remembered that Olmedo's birthday was in two months.

"But prophecies always have some deviations. Just consider it as my blessing in advance?"

Olmedo said nothing. Talking to the image technique was a stupid act, just like the girls who screamed "Dracula, I love you so much" to Annan in the magic image.

"I know you have a lot of doubts. But you are an adult. I don't think a child's curiosity should appear in you?"

"That may not be the case. Olmedo still likes to eat candy..."

Olmedo gave Annan an annoyed look.

"As for you..." The Senate President turned to where Annan was standing: "I can't see your face clearly, and I can't answer your question. But since you are trusted by Olmedo... this is prepared for you."

He pointed to the stove, which had long since cooled down and contained only an irregular lump of ash.

"what is this?"

The Councillor seemed to be answering Annan's question and said, "This is the last bit of the Tower Spirit's spiritual essence. The prophecy tells me that you will be able to use it."

The image spell flickered, and the Councillor said to himself: "The magic of the astral world will decay a hundred times faster... Then let's talk about it here. There is no need to be sad. I can't reveal too much about the future..."

The imaging technique completely dissipated.

"My uncle's tone always makes me feel that he is not dead yet..." Annan said without any hesitation.

Never mind, that's how the School of Prophecy works. Getting them to say a complete sentence is harder than getting an elf to stop being arrogant.

Just in case, Annan asked Aga to take out the ashes and charcoal in the stove, and take away the boxes stored by Agarwal. Finally, he looked out the window at the cold and silent starry sky and left the hut.

The house disappeared after they went out, with only a patch of compacted snow to prove that it had ever existed.

Annan remembered this place so that he could take refuge here if he encountered danger in the future.

After storing the "spiritual essence" in the wooden box, Annan said, "Let's go back to the mushroom house and show it to Young Master Dumbledore."

(End of this chapter)