dark moon

Chapter 70 After the Disaster
"Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang."

The four morning bells rang, awakening the sleeping city of roses.

The sky is hazy and the dawn is light. For most people, it is still time to enjoy sleep in bed, but for this beautiful city, a new day has already begun.

"Creak", the inner city and the city gate opened at the same time, the wheels rolled, and the motorcade and crowds that had been waiting outside the city began to slowly pour into the city.

"Click, click, click", the friction sound of gears and machinery came from the ground again. The four sentry towers on the edge of the inner city began to slowly retract underground, and the ground immediately closed up, as if it had never appeared before.

The street lights went out one by one, and the shops that were open all night also closed their doors. Pedestrians slowly appeared on the street, and the people who got up early were in a hurry to start their day's work.

Soon, the first black smoke came out in the artisan district, which was like a signal. Soon, several furnaces were lit one after another, followed by clanging and beating sounds, and smoke began to rise from the commercial street. The aroma drifts into the street along with the smoke, arousing the appetite of pedestrians.

The sounds in the city gradually became noisy, and the silence of the early morning was completely shattered. As time went by, more and more citizens walked out of their homes, making the city lively.

Every morning in the Rose City is like this, but today is a little special.

The atmosphere in the city today is solemn.

Everyone who went out wore plain clothes, and the colorful signs of various shops were not hung up. Most people had no smiles on their faces, and when they saw each other, they had no interest in talking.

Everyone is using their own way to mourn the tragic death last night.

There is no way, although there are powerful people desperately blocking it, and warriors concentrated on guarding, but the big rift erupted last night, and there are too many void spirits coming out of it, no matter how hard the warriors try, it is inevitable that there will be A fish that slipped through the net.

Therefore, within half an hour from the eruption of the Great Rift to the final calm, a total of 34 ordinary people lost their lives.

For the Parvatiga people, this is actually a very fortunate result. Not to mention the crisis-ridden outside the territory, even within the city, they often face various dangers, such as large rifts of this size. During the outbreak, only 34 people died, which was an astonishingly small number for a giant city with a population of nearly 10.

But no matter what, the deceased are all innocent. If it were you, no one would want to be one of these 34 unlucky people. Others were still popping champagne to celebrate, so everyone spontaneously spent the day in plain clothes to celebrate. Paying tribute to the deceased also calms one's inner fears.

The atmosphere in the City of Roses was busy and solemn, and the atmosphere in the city lord's mansion was the same.

Messengers kept running out of the house and galloping on horseback, delivering letters to various departments in the city.In the mansion, the magic information channel with the magic area has also been activated. The situation last night was sent to every city in the duchy through the fast communication method between the magic towers, and then further transmitted to Kola King Capital.

The direct bloodline of Qiangwei was almost going crazy. Although not many people died last night, the damage to property was unexpectedly large.

No one expected that the strength of the big rift was so great that it even affected the city below. During the explosion in just a few seconds, the strong suction caused serious consequences.

In addition to hard objects, a large number of items were broken, and every household suffered a lot of losses. Personal items were okay, many equipment in public facilities were damaged, and a large number of heavy objects were thrown up from buildings. The damage is in urgent need of repairs. The problem of money is on the one hand. The key is that all trivial disaster relief matters must be dispatched by the city lord's palace. It can be imagined that the next few days will be a hellish nightmare for the Rose Bloodline.

There are also some who are more leisurely, such as the underage rose seedlings.

It's just a little leisurely. As a member of the Rose bloodline, you have to take on responsibilities while enjoying the benefits of your status. Even if you are a minor, you have to start taking on some tasks early.

Of course, they can't be responsible for too important tasks. Most of them represent the Qiangwei family to appease the various forces in the city. The officials accompanying them are responsible for the specific issues. They only need to represent Qiangwei.

The more important the force is, the closer the bloodline of the people it sends will be, and the more noble their status will be. For example, the three children of Qiangwei's eldest son are responsible for the most important forces.

Layla is one of the three most noble young roses.

Layla, who is only nine years old, is the youngest of the three young Roses, but she is also the one most favored by Duke Rose. For this reason, the old Duke even publicly issued an order to deprive her of the right to inherit the title.Yes, this is a special way for nobles to express their favor.

Since then, all her brothers and sisters have had a good relationship with her, and the elders have been particularly kind to her. After all, they are all a family. After there is no conflict of interest, everyone is still very close.

Guarded by dozens of soldiers, the carriage slowly drove towards the outskirts of the city. The girl poked her head out of the window and looked curiously at the world outside the inner city.

Different from the inner city, the houses here are much more spacious, the flow of people is far less than that in the inner city, and there are large tracts of green vegetation on the roadside. All of this makes the children who have not left the inner city a few times in nine years full of enthusiasm. A sense of novelty.

"Grandpa, is there really a dark moon?" The little girl's clear blue eyes sparkled with curiosity, "Why can't I see it?"

The girl asked about the old man in another carriage driving side by side. The old man smiled kindly and said, "Because it's the dark moon. It's too dark so you can't see it. But it does exist. Look, she's in front of you." The temple."

Yes, the most important people to visit today are the several strong men who participated in the battle last night and the forces behind them. These strong men are the most precious resources for the city and must not be neglected.What's more, yesterday they spontaneously stepped forward to face the enemy and solved a huge problem for the Rose City. It is reasonable and reasonable for the Rose family to pay a formal visit to express their gratitude. Otherwise, it will really chill the hearts of the strong men and no one will do it next time. Intervened.

"Wow, was yesterday's disaster so severe? It turned the temple into ruins." The little girl Leila exclaimed as soon as she got off the car.

"Well, this place is almost in ruins, kid. Remember not to talk nonsense from now on. If you say that inside, they will really dare to follow your words and let us rebuild all the buildings." The old man Sighing, he walked side by side with Layla and led a group of guards towards the temple.

Temple guards?Certainly not.A priest or nun waiting in the daily prayer hall?Of course not.A preaching pastor in the pulpit?How could it exist.At the entrance of the temple, there was only a little boy with a runny nose dozing off.

The little boy who was awakened by the sound of people only glanced at the group of people from a distance, turned around and ran away as if he had seen a ghost, and shouted: "Aunt Melia, it's not good, I came to collect the debt the day before yesterday." That guy is back again, and he brought a large group of people with him. They must be here to move things to pay off debts, so hurry up and hide all the valuable things."

"Huh? Grandpa, are we here to collect debts?" The girl looked at the old man next to her in surprise, "And you came here to collect debts the day before yesterday?"

"Ahem, whenever someone comes to the door, this is basically their fixed procedure."

The old man accompanying him is of course the Marquis Ruben, who is most trusted by the Duke. Only Marquis Ruben can make the old Duke trust his granddaughter with confidence, and only he is qualified to accompany the young Rose along the way.

Still understanding the inside story, Marquis Ruben did not wait in the prayer hall. He simply saluted in front of the Dark Moon icon, left the guards in the prayer hall, and took Layla deep into the temple.However, just after passing through the prayer hall, before walking to the next ruins, no, the next building, Sister Talina hurriedly came out with her two children.

"Lord Marquis, and this is...Miss Qiangwei. In the name of the Lord, I welcome you two to the Dark Moon Temple."

Today, Talina and Melia have put on formal priest robes. Although they have not mastered the magic yet, at least their identities can be determined first.With her new identity, the new priest Talina even looked much better. When facing Marquis Ruben and Leila, she was completely different from the reserved person she was yesterday.

"Praise the gods, praise the dark moon." After all, it is the blood of the rose, once in contact with outsiders, it immediately enters the state, and the girl Layla gracefully holds up the skirt to salute, "Layla, the descendant of the rose, represents the Duke of the Rose, and represents the Duke of the Rose. Pay tribute to the Lord of the Moon. I came here rashly because I hope to meet the bishop of your religion...and the priest, and express my gratitude to the two adults in person."

"As expected, it's here. No, I mean, Miss Laurala and Lord Marquis took the trouble." Talina almost said what was in her heart, but luckily she covered it up in time, "But it's really a pity, Lord Lisa and Lord Seul It’s not convenient to meet you two now.”

"Huh?" Both the Marquis and the young Leila were surprised. According to common sense, this visit should not be refused.They came to express gratitude, not to seek revenge. No matter how bad the relationship was, they should maintain a minimum of etiquette so as not to turn away the person who wanted to thank him. Besides, the relationship between the two parties was relatively harmonious.

"Don't get me wrong, the temple has no intention of rejecting Lord Duke's kindness." Talinna explained skillfully, "It's just that Lord Xiu Er was seriously injured last night and is still bedridden. Lady Lisa has been helping Master Xiu Er treated him, but he couldn’t escape, so he really couldn’t receive the two of you, so I can only say sorry to the two of you.”

How much do you hate your priest, that you still look cheerful when he is bedridden and exaggeratedly looks like he may die at any time? Can you be more professional when telling lies?
Cursing secretly, Marquis Ruben sighed deeply and helplessly said for Leila: "Thank you Mr. Seure for the price he paid for the city. He was seriously injured for the city. It is not disrespectful for us to visit him in person. Don't worry. , I already understand, we won’t interrupt for too long.”

"Then you two, please come over here." Talina suppressed the smile on her face, "Please sit in the reception room for a while. Lady Lisa and Lady Seul will be here soon."

(End of this chapter)