NABC Chapter 725 Distinguished Guests
Chapter 725 Distinguished Guests
chapter 725 distinguished guests
while the battle appeared to have ended, the chaos in wenmouth was far from over.
two thirds of the city had been damaged or destroyed, large portions of the palace were rubble, and the university complex had collapsed, trapping an unknown number of students and employees.
but that was not the largest concern for karl and the others in his suite.
there was a growing sense of power overhead as the storm began to fade, and the auras of at least a half dozen totem rank powerhouses had surrounded the city, while something stronger was flying overhead.
their best guess was that whatever had happened here had attracted the attention of the mythic rank black dragon that held the unofficial title of overseer of the continent.
karl and niall had a general idea of what had happened, as rae and niall had gone to assist ahmad in the fight. but the storm was interfering with any attempt to observe from the ground.
there was no way that they could have guessed the monumental nature of the events that were occurring in the sky above wenmouth.
overlord ahmad surged with power as he stood on the shoulders of his summon. his back was bent in a deep bow, welcoming the mythic dragon, but his attention was entirely on the process happening inside his body.
once the stronger challengers had arrived, he had immediately used the mana core of the storm. a missed opportunity was worthless, but to the gathered totems, the mana core was nearly as valuable intact as it was to him.
"you have gained quite the opportunity today." the dragon intoned, speaking slowly, the human language unfamiliar and difficult from his draconic form.
"indeed, mythic lord." ahmad agreed.
the dragon's passive look turned to a faint smile. "perhaps from now, we shouldn't call the golden dragon nation the largest human nation anymore, but the northern beastkin territories." it suggested.
"welcome everyone. why don't we move this to my place for a bit of tea?" ahmad suggested.
his house in the hills outside the city, obviously. bringing all of these people to the capital was a terrible idea.
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the storm cleared as they left, and the palace started to give out damage reports. no casualties in the visitor wing, fourteen in the guard barracks. seven guards were killed at the train station, two in the east wing. fifteen died in the underground areas, where karl assumed the dungeons and storage areas were.
but the true extent of the attack became clear in the last line.
[fifty guards, two overlord rank protectors, five princes, two princesses, the queen consort and the king slain in the throne room region.
a king is dead
king axel inherits the throne by birthright.
long live the king]
niall and rae stared at the message that had been handed to the maid. "that shouldn't be right. we cleared that area." rae insisted.
niall nodded in agreement. "and i killed four other overlords with their retinue just over here, only one turn down the hall. they were on their way in, not out."
rae vanished and started counting bodies in her space. she had collected all the overlords once they met up, and nobody had tried to steal any of them before she got to them.
"there are still seventeen. we didn't lose any of them." she explained when she returned.
niall sighed. "it looks like my work is not over yet. the church will want answers to this."