The Godsfall Chronicles

Book 7, Chapter 33 - Secret Underground City

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 .

“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 . ”

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 .

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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