hotmtlnovel Chapter 65 Having a Lifespan is Absurd (1)
Chapter 65 Having a Lifespan is Absurd (1)
After leaving Kalamaf City, Turan flew using the old imperial road leading west on the ground as a reference.
Shortly after, he saw the building where the Arabion army had been stationed during the battle with the dark elves.
'They didn't destroy that one.'@@@@
Given the number of wizards, it wouldn't have been particularly difficult, but they must have thought there was no need to go to such trouble.
Perhaps it would serve as a rest stop for travelers passing between the Grey Zone and the mid-west from now on?
Though it would more likely collapse before then, since it was a building roughly constructed with magic.
Passing beyond this and continuing westward, the grey rocky mountains ended, giving way to land where forests and plains harmoniously blended.
This was the area commonly called the Mid-Western Forest Region, where the largest and highest quality trees grew in the west.
It was near a city on the western side of this region where Turan had met Asiz in the past.
'There really isn't a single living person around.'
Even after spreading search magic set to detect humans over several dozen kilometers in all directions, nothing was caught.
The cities and villages sparsely visible on the ground below were all in ruins.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say death had settled over this entire land.
'Were the dark elves truly wolves incapable of coexisting with humans?'
According to what they learned from interrogating the captured dark elf, the reason for this massive invasion was revenge for the murder of the Undead King's most beloved youngest daughter and son-in-law while they were sightseeing aboveground.
Since humans ruled this land, it must have been humans' doing, so they tried to satisfy their grudge by killing their fellow beings.
Though it seemed utterly ridiculous as a reason for countless humans and dark elves to die, orders from the royal family who handled the undead were essentially law in their society, so it couldn't be helped.
In that respect, it was unpleasantly similar to human society where wizards' orders were absolute.
'The daughter and son-in-law must have been those two who tried to kill Asiz.'
Turan thought there was about a fifty-fifty chance this fact was known within Arabion.
It would depend on how well House Berk had kept it under wraps.
Of course, he didn't feel particularly guilty or ashamed about it.
After all, it wouldn't have been right to let Asiz die there and leave those two dark elves to hunt humans for sport.
Though the people who were sacrificed here might think differently...
'May you rest peacefully in the celestial palace.'
Turan prayed for the people below.
Though it had certainly seemed like the place with the most people gathered in the world when he saw it before.
Well, at that time Turan had only seen small villages with dozens of people and small cities with a thousand people at most.
Then suddenly seeing a city with tens of thousands of people living in it, how large must it have seemed?
But looking at it now, Orem City was at most similar in size to Kalamaf or slightly larger.
Having ruled as the savior and master of a city of that size, this city now looked endlessly small to Turan's eyes.
"Good work, Bize. Want to rest here while I make a quick visit?"
[Won't take long?]
"It won't. Um, probably. If nothing happens."
Perhaps remembering times when he had said this but taken long anyway, Bize tilted its head with a doubtful expression before writing to make something delicious for dinner later and flying off.
Turan lightly waved goodbye then entered Orem City.
'Ah, it's that police officer from back then.'
The one who had told Turan he was dirty and should wash was guarding the east gate.
Well, it hadn't been years since he came, so how much could the people have changed in that time?
Since he was using concealment magic, the officer didn't even notice Turan passing right in front of him.
Having entered the city gate without being detected by anyone, Turan headed straight for the library visible in the distance.
Using concealment ability actively now made him realize anew how unreasonable this power was.
Probably even if he were to break into the central mansion in this state and slaughter the Baltas family, they wouldn't even be able to resist.
But walking around the city interior while concealed, the atmosphere somehow felt a bit unsettled.
'Did another magical beast appear?'
Turan briefly considered dropping his concealment to ask someone but just continued approaching the library.
It would be troublesome if someone recognized him.
As always, passing by the knight standing guard in front, Turan grabbed the lock securing the library door.
After blowing wind into the keyhole a few times to understand the internal structure, he precisely aligned the internal cylinder using psychokinetic magic and unlocked it.
'Success.'
Originally, even using psychokinetic magic, without knowing the internal structure one could only crush the insides rather than delicately unlock it.
But using the storm bloodline power, it was possible to unlock the lock by blowing in wind and sensing its flow.