Chapter 142 Blood Shackles
Western Adus, Karnak.
The once peaceful mining town was now filled with smoke and the sound of gunfire. After the revolutionary soldiers entered the city, large and small exchanges of fire broke out one after another in the city. The street fighting in Kanak had already begun at this time, but the fighting was not overly intense.
As Shadi expected, because Shihab went to the royal mausoleum to cause trouble for Morn and was killed in retaliation, the Karnak Savior Forces lost their highest command at this time. The nearly tens of thousands of troops were in chaos during the war and were not enough to resist Shadi's attack. After all the front positions were lost and half of the troops were wiped out, Shadi did not wait and attacked Karnak without stopping. Due to the fast pace of the attack, the Karnak defenders who lost their command had no time to deploy for street fighting. When the revolutionary soldiers rushed into the city, they were still in a panic and confused about the command and were defeated by the revolutionary soldiers.
In other words, the entire battle of Karnak can be said to be one-sided. The revolutionary soldiers advanced all the way without encountering any effective resistance, and a large number of Savior soldiers surrendered. At this time, in Karnak, only the Buqi Street in the city center still had some Savior diehards resisting. The entire Karnak battle can be said to be a one-sided situation.
䀴While the revolutionary army was advancing triumphantly in the city of Karnak, Shadi stood on the edge of the city accompanied by several followers, gazing at everything in front of him with a serious expression.
What appeared in front of Shadi at this moment was a bloody and cruel scene. A huge "Silence" magic circle was drawn on the ground. There were countless dried bloodsplattered on the magic circle. There were several dead bodies lying on the ground with their hands tied behind their backs. At the edge of the magic circle, there were countless such corpses accumulated, forming piles of small corpse piles. The total number of corpses was as high as hundreds.
It was not surprising to see corpses on the battlefield. The key point was that judging from their clothing, all of them were wearing ordinary civilian clothes. These people were obviously not ordinary original residents of Karnak. During the occupation by the Savior Forces and the Order of the Underworld, they seemed to have been gathered here for mass execution.
"General, this is the massacre ritual site we just discovered. According to the report, we have found four such ritual sites around Karnak, all of which are used for the 'silence' ritual. It seems that this is where the enemy creates the undead army. The large number of undead wandering around Karnak and building a huge warning zone seem to be created from here. The raw materials for creating the undead... seem to be the residents of Karnak..."
Standing beside Shadi, Adam reported the latest findings of the siege troops. Listening to Adam's words, Shadi was silent for a while. He glanced at the bloody magic circle in front of him with a heavy gaze, estimated the total number of corpses beside the four magic circles, and added the scale of the undead troops they encountered in the warning area. He found that the residents of Karnak, a small mining town with few residents to begin with, might have been massacred.
Up to this point in the street fighting, the revolutionary soldiers had not encountered any behavior of the Savior armed forces taking civilians hostage to delay the attack, nor did they encounter any civilians during the attack. After learning about this situation, Shadi had a bad premonition in his heart, and judging from the current situation, this premonition has come true.
"After the battle is basically over, search the entire city for survivors and protect them. Keep all prisoners under strict supervision and preserve evidence to prepare for the post-war court."
"yes."
With a heavy tone, Shadi spoke to Adam beside him. Adam responded briefly after hearing the order, then left the scene to convey Shadi's order. Shadi still stayed where he was, looking at the piled corpses in front of him in silence, until Setut spoke in his heart.
"Are you shaken now? You must have seen similar cruel scenes before."
After listening to Setut's words, Shadi was silent for a while, then he sighed slightly and spoke.
"It's the first time for me to see a town with tens of thousands of people being massacred. And the ones I saw before were mostly insignificant outsiders, but now I see them all... I should say that the people of Addus have different feelings. Besides, I'm not shaken, I'm just lamenting the methods of these evil cults."
"Hey... it's just tens of thousands of people, so you haven't seen enough of the world. For extraordinary people who possess superhuman powers and deal with forbidden knowledge and poison all the time, it is difficult for ordinary people to empathize with them. In an era without the suppression of powerful order, ordinary people are livestock and materials that can be taken at will. For powerful extraordinary people, the lives of ordinary people are the same whether they are 10,000, 100,000, 1 million or even 10 million. As long as there is a need, they will take them without blinking an eye. In history, there are many such times. You should be glad that you live now, kid."
Setut simply spoke to Shadi, who was slightly startled after hearing Setut's words, and then responded with a slight smile.
"According to what you said, I should also thank those charlatans in Shenglin Mountain?"
"That's about right. The Light Bearers of this era have at least been able to establish a repressive force in the world order. I know their actions make you unhappy, but I bet that if the Glorious Church collapses, you will definitely not like the way the world will evolve."
Setut said this. Listening to Setut's words, Shadi was about to respond. At this moment, a soldier ran over in a panic from a distance, panting and speaking to Shadi.
"Hoo...Hoo...General! Something unusual has happened in the north. Please go over and take a look!"
"Abnormal situation..."
Listening to his men's words, Shadi felt a little confused, and then followed the soldiers to leave the scene. He followed the soldiers all the way to the roof of a nearby building. Here, Shadi looked to the north and saw a scene that shocked him.
At this moment, in Shadi's eyes, a dark yellow storm was roaring on the mountains north of Karnak, with sand and dust flying and swirling, swallowing the mountain with a roaring sound. The huge swirling sandstorm was like a huge wall of wind and sand that connected the sky and the earth, pressing towards the tiny city of Karnak. The whole scene was like doomsday.
"What is going on? How could such a huge sandstorm suddenly appear? There was no sign at all!"
Looking at the huge sandstorm in front of him, Shadi said in surprise, while Setut in his body spoke solemnly.
"Be careful, kid, this is not an ordinary sandstorm. There are shadows of extraordinary abilities in it."
"Extraordinary ability? What kind of extraordinary ability can cause such a big commotion? Is it the old friend you just mentioned?" Listening to Setut's words, Shadi also asked directly, and the answer he got was indeed negative.
"No, it's not that. Its influence has disappeared now. From what I feel, this is a kind of spirit. It seems to be a modified... special spirit."
"Spiritual...sandstorm?"
Listening to Setut's words, Shadi's expression of surprise became even more intense. At this moment, the sandstorm approaching from the north also began to move abnormally.
On the huge sand wall built by the dust all over the sky, a huge human face emerged. He looked towards the small town of Karnak in the south, opened his huge mouth and shouted loudly.
"Sha...Di...
"Usurper!"
Looking at the giant face protruding from the huge wall of wind and sand, Shadi could not help but stand there in a daze for a moment, and only after being stunned for a long while did he begin to murmur.
"Diyadin..."
"Don't be in a daze, kid. The guy who wants revenge is coming. Get ready quickly if you don't want to die!"
Setut reminded Shadi again. Listening to Setut's words, Shadi frowned and clenched his hands with a serious expression.
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On the other side, in the royal mausoleum in the Valley of the Dead Eagle, Dorothy and Nephnesse have successfully learned the truth about the undead ghosts of Diadin from Morn. After listening to Morn's narration, Dorothy and Nephnesse were both surprised.
"Humans and spirits in the wilderness... So a being like Lord Soulbeard can also be created by humans? This is incredible..." In the underground palace, Neveu murmured in amazement, and Dorothy on the other side also spoke in disbelief.
"The Order of the Coffins... are conducting research on wild spirits that use the country as their control area... If this research is fully completed, it will be terrible..."
After understanding the true nature of the Diadin spirit at this moment, Dorothy's expression became solemn. She had seen the ability of wilderness spirits that could control regions. The lizard-shaped wilderness spirit summoned by Chabakunka was very difficult to deal with. As a native wilderness spirit from the continent, the lizard had limited combat capabilities in Addus. Now, a Diadin suddenly appeared who could use the entire territory of Addus as its region. She really didn't know how to deal with it.
"This Diadin spirit... the sandstorm it's stirring up outside is getting bigger and bigger... I feel like I can't handle it anymore, but the Dark Lantern is still on that guy, so I can't help but deal with it. It's really troublesome..."
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