Chapter 217: Ruins
Walking into the ruins of the city, Heath turned his head to look at the scenery around him.
The architectural style of the entire city was more like Roman style. There were long corridors and high walls. The road was paved with small bricks and stones. Most of the places had been severely cracked, and clumps of weeds grew out from the cracks.
After walking for a while, a situation suddenly came from the front.
Ka! Ka!
The sound of bones grinding could be heard.
On the road ahead, a pale Skeleton was staggering towards them.
The Twilight Ruins used to be the largest city state in Essos. It was said that the largest population in the city had reached an astonis.h.i.+ng number of millions. Most of these people died in the war ten thousand years ago, their remains were affected by the Wraiths and became the residents who would never die.
Other than that, it was said that there were also some original residents who wandered here. Because of the seal, their souls were also trapped here.
“Sir, there’s a situation!”
“It’s Skeletons!”
“Let these bald-headed guys taste the cross-shaped sword!”
A Knight quickly rushed up, drew the cross-shaped sword, and slashed at the Skeleton in front of him.
Although the dead souls here could wake up under the influence of the Wraiths, they were far from the level of the Wraiths. Their undead characteristics were usually between level 1 and level 2, so they were not very powerful.
After a few strikes, the Knight only heard a ‘clang’ sound, and the Skeleton was shattered into a pile of bones. The already weak soul flame inside was extinguished completely.
“Hahaha, look at this bald head. It really can’t take a beating!”
“Kick it over, kick its head over.”
“Serve it, catch it properly!”
The Knights laughed loudly and started to have a show. They kicked the chopped skull around like it was a rubber ball.
“Pa.s.s it to me, pa.s.s it to me.”
“Caught it properly… eh?”
At this moment, the skull that was made into a rubber ball suddenly flew up. With a ‘whoosh’ sound, it flew into Heath’s hand as if it had eyes.
Heath said, “The remains of the dead are nothing to be amused about.”
A young Knight with golden hair said somewhat arrogantly, “It’s just a bone. What does it matter if you play with it?”
Heath said, “Even if you die, you don’t want others to kick your head around, right?”
The golden-haired Knight’s expression changed, and he said unhappily, “I’m a n.o.ble, a Knight of the Hualan family. How can you compare me to the head of a lowly slave!”
Essos was in the era of slavery, and Twilight City was a famous city of slaves. Most of the people living in it were slaves.
Heath looked at the blond Knight in surprise. Was he contradicting him?
This was really strange.
He said casually, “I am a Wizard. There is no distinction between n.o.ble and lowly in the eyes of a Wizard.”
After saying that, he walked to the pile of bones and put the skull in his hand. Then, he grabbed with his right hand, and a ball of flame was caught in his hand, and then he put it on the Skeleton, the bones on the ground quickly burned into ashes with a sizzling sound.
The blond Knight’s face stiffened.
“Alright, Joseph, have you forgotten what the Viscount told us before he left? The Wizard is our commander. We have to listen to his commands outside.”
At this moment, an older Knight came up to smooth things over. This was the leader of this team, Knight Stoke.
Stoke stopped Joseph’s criticism. Then, he smiled at Heath and said, “Sir Wizard, I’m sorry. Joseph is from the Hualan family. His father is a Rimet Wizard. He has been pampered since he was young. Please don’t lower yourself to his level.”
So it was a ‘pureblooded muggle’!
In order to continue the bloodline of the family, the Wizard family would network a large number of women to visit the Wizards in the family. Because of the fertility rate, a large number of the women were mortals from the secular world.
The fertility rate of Wizards was very low, and the possibility of both parents being Wizards and giving birth to a life was very low. Some men and women had been doing it for hundreds of years but still could not give birth to a child.
If one of them was a human, the possibility of pregnancy would increase by a lot. Therefore, many Wizards would look for a suitable human for the continuation of the bloodline.
However, the descendants of Wizards and humans were not all elemental const.i.tution holders. There was also a greater possibility that they were ordinary humans.
These people came from Wizard families, but they were also ordinary humans, which was why wizards called them muggle purebloods. Similar situations were common, such as the Karina that Heath used to know, Joseph here was the same case.
Heath waved his hand. “Let’s get down to business.”
Most of these muggle purebloods were filled with resentment. After all, they had seen the magic and power of magic since they were young, but they could not step into it. This kind of grievance could only be experienced by the person involved.
After a pause, Heath scanned the ruins in front of him.
The area of a city that could accommodate a million people in the past was undoubtedly vast. The roads were in all directions, and there were more than a dozen streets in sight.
It was not easy to find a path through the ruins from this pile of roads.
After thinking for a while, Heath asked, “There are too many roads here. I suggest that we split up and look for the opposite path. Does anyone have any objections?”
“We’ll listen to you. You’re the boss here.”
“We’ll listen to you.”
“This is a good idea. I also think that it’s faster to search separately.”
Heath nodded and took out a sheepskin scroll from his dimensional pocket.
On the sheepskin was a map of the inner city. It was none other than the Twilight Ruins where they were. Viscount Carson had given it to him before they came here.
Heath held the map in one hand and then took out a few blank sheepskins from his dimensional pocket. He used the [Mirror Image] spell to copy a few parts and gave them to the Knights.
He said, “This is the map of the Twilight Ruins. Each of you take a copy. Everyone, come and plan your routes and areas…”
Heath took out a quill and drew a line on it. Soon, after everyone’s discussion, they divided the areas into sections.
The Knights were in charge of a section in two groups, while Heath, who was a Wizard, was in a separate group.
“Then let’s go. If anything happens, send a signal.”
“Yes.”
After giving some instructions, everyone quickly took their maps and headed to the area they belonged to.
Heath also walked to the area he was in charge of.
However, just as he took two steps, he suddenly stopped and turned his head to look in one direction.
There were only a few dilapidated walls standing alone in a corner of the deserted street. The mottled wall had long cracks, and through the cracks, one could clearly see that it was empty. Other than that, there was nothing else.
“Did I see wrongly?”
After scanning the surroundings once again and confirming that he did not find anything, Heath did not waste any more time and turned around to set off on his journey again.
However, not long after he left…
As they left, the noisy street returned to its original silence.
Rustle! A slight rustling sound could be heard.
A little girl suddenly appeared behind the dilapidated wall that Heath was staring at just now.
A pair of big eyes were staring fixedly at the back of Heath in the distance…