Publishedat 21st of February 2020 07:06:37 AM
Chapter 33
Book 7, Chapter 33 - Secret Underground City
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Ruins were not a new thing for Cloudhawk .
He lived among them for years, growing up among the crumbling remains of an old civilization . After discovering the Demon King’s phase stone he saw similar ruins in other worlds . Whether his own planet or others, ruins were a common sight .
But these ruins were different .
Cloudhawk reached out with his senses to scan for traps or other dangers . The size of this place was even larger than Skycloud, and this section wasn’t even close to the whole thing . It stretched beyond the limits of what he could sense .
It was huge! These underground caverns were so large Cloudhawk figured you could fit two entire Elysian lands . As far as he could see the area was densely covered in ancient, well-preserved structures . This was a city, not a ruin .
Dawn was thoroughly stunned . Her eyes lit up when she realized the implication . “This is a treasure trove! We have to see what was left down here!”
Idonea’s face wore a worried scowl . “Father and the others are lost down here . We have to find them!”
“There’s something strange about this place . We shouldn’t just go wandering around . ” Cloudhawk was confident in Bruno and Phoenix’s power . There wasn’t much they couldn’t fight off . If they ran into trouble, it was against something as strong or stronger than a Supreme G.o.d . Even Cloudhawk wasn’t going to take a risk .
Sponsored Content“How about this . Dawn and I will take a quick look around . Idonea, you and the others wait here for word . ” He looked over the prisoners . “Yall f.u.c.k around while my back is turned and we’re going to have a problem . ”
Idonea opened her mouth to speak, but thought better of it and fell silent .
“Let’s go . ”
Cloudhawk took Dawn’s arm and the two jumped into the hole leading underground . They disappeared from view, swallowed up by the dark and mysterious city .
“Hmph . Why should we listen to that a.s.shole’s commands?”
“We should use this chance to set a trap!”
There was no small number of people in the prison camp who despised Cloudhawk . Even those that didn’t hate him utterly weren’t a fan of the man . How could they be expected to stay on the level?
As she listened to them discuss their plans, Idonea spun around to face the soldiers . “He defeated the four Supremes all on his own . I’m warning you, anything you try will be suicide . ”
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The four Supremes… defeated? The news. .h.i.t them like a landslide . It’d been two months since Phoenix and Bruno were deposited here . At that time the Supremes were in a dominant position . Now, less than a hundred days later, they were no more . It was beyond belief!
Had Cloudhawk really become so strong that five Supreme G.o.ds couldn’t stop him?
As Idonea was delivering her warning, Cloudhawk and Dawn were creeping into the city . Light was scarce, but their evolved vision helped them see even in complete darkness .
Dawn crept forward, wrapped in her enormous armor and with her glinting sword in hand . She cut a heroic figure, both beautiful and imposing . It was a strange contrast .
“Can you tell anything about this place?” She asked .
“The architecture is unique and well preserved . Not like the ruins we’re used to . It’s more like a city where the people just vanished . ” He looked around . “See the surroundings? Clean, no sign of erosion . If I had to guess this place hasn’t been empty for very long . A thousand years, less?”
Less than a thousand years? That hardly sounded like a short time!
But Dawn had traveled with Cloudhawk to several other planets . They all had traces of ancient civilizations but they were little more than rubble – often twenty thousand or more years old . They’d never come across a place abandoned less than a thousand years ago .
She picked around, noting the organized city planning and excellent construction . There was a slew of buildings, all a little different and probably once holding different functions .
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The most common she saw was a black spire-like structure . They came in different sizes but their construction was similar . Judging by the number, she figured they were residential buildings .
Large pillars appeared at set intervals, each one several hundred meters tall .
Dawn raised her head and looked toward their peak . The jade-like architecture was oddly beaded at the bottom half, and wrapped in roots by the top . When she looked closer Dawn saw that they were connected to the crust overhead . These roots reached down from stone and wrapped themselves around the pillars .
They held this cavern up .
Cloudhawk saw it, too . “The overworld is covered in plant life, but those aren’t normal plants . I’m willing to bet they’re used to gather energy . The trees all gather sunlight and radiation and then siphon it down through this root system . These spires are storage and transfer devices . ”
Dawn blinked comically . She’d never seen anything like it .
The world above was covered in trees and other foliage, while below a city once thrived . The citizens gathered power from the jungle to support themselves . So long as there was sun and radiation the city had all the energy it needed .
These other-worlders… seriously f.u.c.king clever .
“This is amazing . But why did they abandon this place? It doesn’t look like they were attacked . What reason did they have to leave everything behind?”
Cloudhawk didn’t have an answer .
What he did see was that this huge city appeared to have had access to limitless energy . It also had a distinct Elysian feel .
If it was an Elysian land then it should have been destroyed when society collapsed . When the natives disappeared it wouldn’t make sense for it to remain so well intact . That gel with every other ruin Cloudhawk had come across .
“No point standing around guessing . Let’s find those missing people then we can share theories . Maybe they’ve already figured it out . ” Cloudhawk pulled G.o.dslayer free and held it forward . He used a couple searching cla.s.s relics to scan the surroundings . “Let’s keep going . ”
Between the relics and Cloudhawk’s own senses, he was able to look out over a large area . Anything out of the ordinary would capture his attention . A few moments later, he spied the first interesting landmark .
It was a trapezoidal altar in the center of the city . It was entirely empty, but Cloudhawk could still feel a residual energy wafting from it . It was a special structure, built by G.o.dly or demonic technology .
Cloudhawk told Dawn to stay back and remain alert . His body blurred and in the next instant he was standing on the altar . The moment he feet touched, a strange energy poured into him .
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