When I leave the Dungeon to check out from afar what this City of Blood was like, I’m surprised.
It appears that the Ghoul who was tending the carriage turned off the main road and headed up a mountain near the road when he received Layla’s order to stop.
Thanks to the high location when I left the Dungeon I could see the entire city, the walls were high and looked old, the walls were made of some kind of marble I remember seeing in the Golems Dungeon I went with Ibuki in Star City, these walls were covered with large bloodstains of various colors and surface marks from battles that could be seen from afar.
But the surprising hand was the city itself behind these walls, the city had interesting and fun architecture, the shape of the city was round like a pizza being cut into three equal parts by wide dark red streets.
Outside of these streets, I was able to notice that the side streets that had more confusing and intertwined paths were also the same dark red color, I was only able to see that due to our high position, but it looked like the streets were veins.
The buildings appeared to be made of stone or marble and had different colors, they weren’t Star City’s jumble of vibrant colors, but it looked as if the colors complemented each other with the architecture and streets forming some kind of monumental art.
“Leonardo will love this city.” (I)
In the middle of the city instead of a square, there was a castle surrounded by three towers, even from a distance I could see a large flow of people walking on the three main roads.
“This is a beautiful city.” (Nix)
“Yea.” (I)
I’ve been talking to Lilian during the trip to learn more about this city since I discovered this city is like Las Vegas in my old world, it has many casinos, it has a great theater, it has an equally large arena, and a large number of brothels.
The motto of this city is fun, this city has become a tourist spot for this entire continent, successful adventurers come here and risk coming back poor, a person who has nothing to eat can leave here as a nouveau riche.
This city has many ways to make money, but it also has many ways to lose money, and yet it attracts people from all over the continent.
This city seems to be almost a must to go if you are on this continent, for me who just want to do tourism is exactly the kind of place I want to go.
After getting everyone in the group together for a meeting and giving everyone a rundown of the city, we plan on going in in the morning.
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It was now night and I was on top of the carriage looking out over the city which was full of light, the city seems more vibrant and bustling during the day than at night.
“Are you enjoying the view?” (Nira)
“I’m thinking about the problems we’re going to have entered that city.” (I)
“You can always choose not to go in.” (Nira)
“If there’s one thing I’ve learned in this world, it’s that there’s no way to avoid problems, so I’m just going to live my life and work things out as they happen.” (I)
“I and the other Humans are not going to go into this city, in fact, the people of the Dungeon have little interest in tourism when there are so many things to do in the city.” (Nira)
“That’s wise, the Demons of this continent don’t like Humans, you were lucky they didn’t consider you Human because of Yomi.” (I)
“But in this town, there may be people who will try to kill you just for being Human, if something happens things will get ugly.” (I)
“I know that, plus I don’t want things to get worse because of me, so I’m not going.” (Nira)
I’m glad she understands, if she wanted to go I’d have to convince her otherwise.
I’m going to have to pay the Queen of this nation a visit tonight, I hope everything goes well, I’m just doing this to avoid future problems.
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Pov Athena’s:
After months we finally arrived on this continent, it would have been faster if I had listened to my subordinates and we had entered the continent from somewhere else instead of circumventing the continent all the way here, but that was the right thing to do to find Zenos.
“Are you sure you want to go ahead with the plan, Athena?” (Angela)
“Yeah, we won’t get another chance like this, you know that.” (I)
“I know, but it’s still…” (Angela)
Sigh
“It’s hard…” (Angela)
“Do you regret coming with me?” (I)
“No, but you know it’s going to be hard once you set foot on this continent.” (Angela)
“Yes, but I already made my decision as soon as my sister Andreia gave me the mission.” (I)
“How are the others?” (I)
“Everyone was putting on their disguise items to pose as Demons, the most resistant to this were the two Priests and the three Templars we were forced to bring.” (Angela) ．𝙘𝙤𝙢
“Your opinions don’t matter, during this mission, they will obey my orders, tell them so.” (I)
“It’s all right.” (Angela)
“Darius came back, he said their ship was here just as we thought, but that was a long time ago, we don’t know where to go now.” (Angela)
“Now that it’s confirmed that they’ve been here, it’s easier, we can get information on his whereabouts from the Assassin’s Guild or we can let the Priests find him.” (I)
“You know you can only use this artifact once, better wait until needed.” (Angela)
Sigh
“Alright, I’ll tell Darius to go to the Assassin’s Guild to get information.” (I)
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We were in a magic tent as we didn’t want to stay in that harbor, the boat was wrecked as we couldn’t leave it behind, and my minions were by the fire outside eating while Darius entered.
“Wait.” (I)
“…” (Darius)
I take a metal box with several magic circles drawn on it and place a monster core in the top opening that automatically activates a soundproof barrier with a suitable space for some people to talk discreetly inside this tent.
“He can talk.” (I)
“I haven’t met Zenos, but some of the people listed as related to him have been seen in the Kadra Kingdom which is a month’s journey from here.” (Darius)
“I also found out about a certain incident that happened in that Realm around the same time, here it is.” (Darius)
“Thanks.” (I)
“Did you get the other information?” (I)
“Yes, the former High Priestess Vanessa was seen in this port city, plus she looked completely fine and was a Vampire wearing Blood Temple robes.” (Darius)
“So she was actually able to get rid of the God of Light’s Blessing just like the rumors say…” (I)