Chapter 888: Panic And Doubts Of The Kingdoms
A while had passed since Lin Wu’s breakthrough and the start of chaos in the south.
The Zhan kingdom had officially declared an emergency, and the Peony Plains kingdom had joined them for it. But the two kingdoms didn’t just stop there and sent out many notices and decrees to the nearby powers.
Some were sent as a request to ask for assistance, while some were sent as a warning that a great danger had been released into the world.
But the way they described these claims was considered as doubtful to most powers of the Long continent. They simply thought of it as a beast or a strong cultivator orchestration this, possibly to gain some benefit.
Thus a majority of the powers simply stood as they were. A few sent resources as a nominal way of showing some support and very few actually sent their own people to help as a way of defense.
So far, there was a lot of skepticism around the matter, mostly because it seemed simply incomprehensible to everyone that a being like this could exist at all. Plus, considering the lower positions of the two kingdoms, not much attention was paid to them in the end.
The rulers of the two kingdoms were expecting this since the start though, and didn’t mind it as much. This was simply normal politics and unless they had direct evidence for it all, that proved the existence of the monster, it would be hard to get the help of others.
As for the deaths and the devastation?
That simply didn’t matter to the other kingdoms and powers. It wasn’t like this was new in the Long continent. Incidents like these had already happened in the past and were mostly caused by beasts that had been provoked or human cultivators.
Either of these were things that they would let the victim’s kingdoms handle.
Besides… if either of them fell, the remains of theirs would be gracefully ‘taken in’ by the other kingdoms and power.
Rather than saying that these powers were watching from a position of neutrality, it was more accurate to call the vultures. They were simply waiting for the two kingdoms to suffer so that they could peck at their corpse later on.
Despite all this though, the two kingdoms knew that their call for help being ignored would be heavy for the others. After all, they knew for sure this monster was real and the next time it appeared, they would have the best proof the other powers so desired.
The lords of Tieba city were also left in terror as the words of the monster were already witnessed by them through the recording spirit tool. The monster had done exactly what it had said it would do.
They too prepared for it secretly, even going so far as to invite a few rogue Dao Treading realm experts to their city as extra protection. They kept the truth hidden for now, as they didn’t want to lose any advantage they had or reveal their position to the monster somehow.
The two kingdoms waited with baited breaths, wondering when the monster would attack once more.
More than a week went by since the last attack of the monster, and there was still no resurgence. The defenses of all settlements had been improved by a lot, with the people of smaller settlements such as villages being moved to the largest one nearby.
Due to this, the already concentrated population of the Zhan Kingdom became even denser. The Peony Plains Kingdom did the same, but since they were already smaller than the Zhan Kingdom in size, their cities became cramped instead.
Their citizens were in a mixture of states too, with some even believing it all to be a conspiracy to have their lands seized. Thankfully, the majority still believed in the words of their kingdoms and didn’t think they would mobilize such a large scale army just for a ploy.
As for the ones who had actually seen the scene of terror and those who were lucky to escape it?
They were greatly affected.
Some had gone insane directly, while most were living in terror of their lives. Only a few brave ones had the mentality to resist it all and actually give the important information of all that they had witnessed to the two kingdoms.
The two kingdoms did everything in their power to prepare for the incoming disaster, even going so far as to awaken their ancestors!
In the end though, all of it was for naught…
After an entire month went by without an attack, even the two kingdoms were wondering if the words of the monster were a lie. The rest of the powers who had been send the notices and decrees merely laughed to themselves as the two kingdoms made fools of themselves.
The reputation of the two kingdoms fell, and some even started to call them ‘The kingdoms that cried wolf’.
The lords of Tieba City on the other hand, were left in a tizzy. They were the only ones outside the two kingdoms that knew of the reality of the monster and that it truly existed, as well as the fact that it caused the destruction.
They too had prepared a lot for any combining threat, spending a lot of money in it. But most of it ended up being in loss since there was just no attack in that time.
And the source of it all was currently sleeping calmly under the very same city.
~Rumble~
A low rumbling sound could be heard in the depths of the Tieba City sewers.
“WHO? WHAT!?” Lin Wu suddenly woke up from the noise.
He had been having a nice dream, but now had a rude awakening.
“What was that system?” Lin Wu questioned.
~DING~
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SCANNER: Activated
SCAN COMPLETED: Data obtained
NOTIFICATION: The test subject named Feng has broken though and has accidentally caused an explosion.
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“Huh? Oh wait! I forgot about that guy!” Lin Wu suddenly recalled.
