Chapter 688 Ashes and Embers

Chapter 688 Ashes and Embers

"This damn world."

"Lord Harper, you are the Lord of Firewrath who founded Firewrath City on the ruins. Please don't say such discouraging words. If the people hear them, they will panic."

There is a city on the mountain, and in one corner of the city is a castle. The inner wall of the castle is close to the steep cliff. At this time, several figures are standing on the wall above the cliff.

Leading the group was the city's lord, Harper Firerage, and next to him was his butler Roger.

Hearing Harper's dissatisfied muttering, the conscientious old Roger couldn't help but remind him.

"You do not understand."

Harper did not look back, his eyes still looking ahead, looking at the gray sky, the gray dust, and everything on the gray earth.

He hated the gray that was everywhere.

"Old Roger doesn't really know much, but I know that if you hadn't opened up this city, we wouldn't have the wonderful life we ​​have today. All of this was brought about by you. In our hearts, you are a great man."

Old Roger didn't understand what was bothering the adult, so he could only try to be as concise as possible and say some comforting words.

“Great, maybe.”

Harper noticed his eager gaze, but ultimately did not deny anything directly.

But he knew in his heart that he was different from Old Roger and everyone else in this city, because he knew what light was, so he could not endure the current darkness.

If he has the ability, he hopes to break through this layer of sky.

Time passed little by little, and the gray sky began to darken.

"it's getting dark."

"Please rest assured that our Fire Fury City is on the right track, and everything will be as peaceful after dark as it is during the day."

Harper waved his hand casually, turned and walked towards the interior of the castle, and Old Roger and the other guards quickly followed.

The castle is located very high, and the entire city can be seen from afar. As the sky darkens, people who go out hurried back to their homes, and soon the streets become empty.

It is a consensus among everyone not to go out after dark, and it is also the rule of Fire Fury City. Violators will be severely punished.

It was actually only ten years ago that Firefury City was completely built. The entire city was built on the site of another disappeared city. There are now more than 30,000 residents in the city.

As the founder of Firewrath City, Harper is a living legend in the eyes of the city's residents.

The story about the 'Lord of Angry Fire' is the most talked-about topic among the residents. It is also a legendary story that adults often tell their children when they have nothing to do at night.

"Little Tom, let me ask you, what are we?"

"Grandpa, I know. They are the Gray People living in the city."

"What about outside the city?"

"A rogue who hides here and there."

"Oh, by the way, Grandpa told you that the Lord of Fire and Wrath was also a gangster a long, long time ago, but through his own efforts and training, he became stronger and stronger—"

"Grandpa, can the Lord of Fire and Wrath kill the evil shadow monsters in the dark night?"

"Shh! Don't say this word at night. The Lord of Fire and Wrath is so powerful, of course he can do it."

"How many evil shadow monsters can the Lord of Rage deal with? Ten, a hundred, or a lot?"

"Shhhh! I told you not to say that word. No more. Lie down, shut your mouth, and go to sleep."

"Oh."

As in the past, the residents of the house spread the good name of the Lord of Fire and Wrath to their descendants, and everything seemed so harmonious and peaceful.

In fact, Firefury City is just a small city on this gray land, and the Lord of Firefury is not a famous title, but just another name for the city lord.

The Lord of Fire and Wrath, as the name suggests, refers to the master of Fire and Wrath City.

Harper was the hero of the legendary story. Every time he heard the nickname "Lord of Fire and Rage", he felt an indescribable embarrassment, but the masters of other cities were also like this, so he couldn't force them to stop and could only let it go.

the other side.

Harper returned to the castle and went to the study to read. His study had a large window facing the city, which made it convenient for him to keep an eye on what was happening everywhere in the city.

“What a fucked up world.”

"It would be great if I could always follow the great God. Unfortunately, there is no clue about what the God has told me. It should be the same as what is recorded in some documents. This is a place abandoned by people from the upper realm. The dust that keeps falling is the evidence."

"Damn the upper realm."

Under the dim light, he cursed angrily.

Despite living in this world, Harper has never developed a sense of belonging. He has been homeless since he was a child, leading a precarious life. Being hungry, cold and injured are the norm.

He doesn't have a surname, and even his name was picked up, from the name of an adult who once bullied him.

That man died, and he beat up the other kids before he got the name.

He became another Harper.

He thought that he would be like the previous Harper, who suddenly collapsed one day. Fortunately, he later picked up a strange thing.

Then he met a god who was omnipotent and omniscient.

The God calls himself a wizard, but Harper prefers to respect him as the 'Great God'.

He learned a lot from the great God, and his strength quickly grew stronger, far surpassing anyone around him.

According to the instructions of the God, in the following days, he walked out of the narrow and dim hiding cave, began to contact the outside world, and gradually became a warrior who dared to roam the gray land.

He traveled around and visited many cities.

Finally, he found a large amount of ancient information in a ruin, so he stayed there. By various coincidences, the Fire Fury City was built on the ruins.

He took the last name 'Fury' and became Harper Fury.

In the eyes of those who came to seek refuge, Firefury City was a peaceful and beautiful place to settle down, but in Harper's heart, it was just a temporary stopover and he could leave at any time.

The reason why he was still in Firefury City was that he had no clues and had not found any useful clues about the upper world.

Now, he can neither respond to the great God nor have the face to respond to the great God.

"Ah! Another fucking night."

Harper's ears twitched slightly, and he soon saw that a bright torch was lit on the other side of the city, illuminating that section of the city wall. Obviously, something unusual was happening.

"Lord Harper, a large group of shadow monsters are attacking, and the city guards on night watch may not be able to resist them."

"Got it, follow me to kill the enemy."

Night is different from day. Night is countless times more dangerous than day.

Even though Harper was in the study, he did not take off his soft armor. After noticing the movement, he fully armed himself and ran quickly to the other side along the city wall with a group of guards.

"The Lord of Fire and Wrath is coming."

"Monsters, you are dead." Before Harper could get close, the morale of the city guards who were resisting soared after noticing his arrival.

Harper knew very well that these city guards had not been trained for a long time and could only deal with a small group of shadow monsters, but if their numbers increased, they would not be able to hold out for long before being defeated.

"Move aside, let this city lord kill them personally."

Harper approached quickly and saw from afar a shadow monster climbing up from the city wall. Many of its tentacles were already on the top of the city wall, and half of its body had passed over the parapet.

The city is about to fall.

He stepped forward, and the sword in his hand slashed across, splitting the soft-skinned monster that the city guards had difficulty breaking into two, then four, until it was cut into eight pieces and turned into dust.

Shadow monsters are like this; no matter what shape they are in, their bodies can become soft, stretched out, and have considerable toughness.

Fortunately, such shadow monsters cannot walk or climb very fast, and are afraid of fire.

He could be easily cut down by the sword.

On the city wall, wherever Harper's sword passed, the shadow monsters that climbed up were killed one by one, and all the remains turned into black dust and drifted away.

After these black dust falls, they will slowly dissipate over time. It is hard to say that they have nothing to do with the gray dust floating in the air during the day.

"No one was hurt, right?"

"Master Harper, everyone is out of the way."

"That's good. If anyone is injured, please go down and rest. Let others take over the night watch. We must not allow any mistakes at night."

Under the admiring gaze of the crowd, Harper killed most of the shadow monsters and also killed the last one, thus resolving the crisis.

To him, it was just an ordinary act and there was no sense of accomplishment.

After giving a few casual instructions, he leisurely returned to the castle. If more blind shadow monsters attacked in the future, he might have to come here or to other places.

This was his daily routine as the Lord of Fire and Fury.

To be honest, he didn't like this kind of day very much, just like he didn't like this world.

Harper returned to the study and forced himself to calm down and read a book, when he suddenly heard an inexplicable and familiar voice.

"Harper, you're slacking."

"I didn't - Great God, little Harper pays homage to the Great God, little Harper pays homage to the Great God, little Harper pays homage to -" Harper no longer had any of the demeanor of the Lord of Wrath at this moment.

"Alright, alright, I heard you. There's no need to repeat it so many times. It's meaningless."

"I was so excited. I thought I would never have the chance to see you again."

There is no doubt that Harper is also a member of the Black Star Army, and the deity he is thinking of is none other than the True Wizard Throne of Danaira, Ivan Marichatton.

In fact, this is the Ash Plane.

Ivan knew that the war between the two sides would break out sooner or later, so of course he had to try his best to plant a few chess pieces here in case of emergency.

Harper is just one of them. He is not very smart and not very ambitious.

The Ash Plane was filled with strange things, and it was not an easy task to connect to it even through Luo Tianmen. If it was not necessary, Ivan would not contact Harper.

"Your Fire City is okay."

"Really? Hehe, many of them said they wanted to build a city. I thought it wasn't a bad thing, so I just let them build it. It just makes it convenient for me to look up information here."

Harper was overjoyed to hear the praise from the God, and reported it truthfully.

It seems that it was a good decision to build the Fire Fury City.

"There are indeed quite a few books and volumes here," Ivan said.

"Yes, they were found in the ruins of the original city and moved here." Harper introduced enthusiastically.

"Did you find anything?" Ivan asked.

"I am extremely sorry. Little Harper has not found any clues about the upper realm yet. I am sorry to disappoint you, great God." When Harper heard this, the excitement in his heart immediately disappeared and his expression became listless.

"It doesn't matter."

"Really?"

"Why, what I said is not credible?"

"I believe, I believe. In little Harper's heart, your words are the truest truth in the world."

Ivan really didn't care about this problem. After all, it wasn't just Harper who was like this. The other hidden players didn't get anything either. It had to be said that the weirdness of the Ash Plane was unprecedented.

It is reported that the Ash Plane is divided into two realms, the Ash Realm below and the Ash Realm above.

However, the upper and lower worlds do not seem to have much connection with each other, as if they were separated by something, so no useful information could be obtained.

The weirdness of the Ash Plane doesn’t end there.

The gray world below can be said to be very vast, but most of the area is not suitable for living creatures. The southern part is covered with ice and snow, and the entire area is a piece of frozen land. There are a large number of shadow monsters and shadow demons running rampant, and they may appear during the day.

Although most areas in the north are not frozen, there are a large number of shadow monsters and shadow demons. Once night falls, they will be in great danger.

The only places where people can live are warm land or near volcanoes, and they need to build strong cities on them. However, they will still be harassed and attacked by shadow monsters, and the food production is not high, which leads to the fact that there are not many living creatures in the Gray World at all.

The channel for the creatures in the Gray World to reach the upper world has also been cut off. The overall strength is not as good as that of an ordinary small plane. It can be said to be a hopeless place.

If Ivan hadn't confirmed again and again that this was the Ash Plane, he would have thought he had come to the wrong place.

Everyone said that the Ash Plane was the most bizarre, and he had experienced it thoroughly. Since he couldn't find a way to enter the Ash Realm, he didn't force it. The hidden cards here would always be useful.

"I have a task for you." Ivan continued.

"Your Majesty, please speak." Harper's eyes lit up. Compared to the mission, he was more afraid that the great God would ignore him.

"Is there an extinct volcano beneath your city?"

"Yes, that's right. I went down there and it was all red. It's just that the temperature is too high. We can't stay there for long."

"That's fine. I need you to use the energy there to set up some things. Remember, you can't activate it without my permission."

The reason why Ivan came here was, of course, that he had something to tell you.

The Danara plane will soon attack the Ash Plane. He himself is just a throne, and there are many people who are stronger than him, not to mention those at the supreme level and the ancestors whose limits are completely untouchable.

When a war breaks out, anything can happen, so the more prepared the better.

"Yes, little Harper will do it as I say, and there will not be any mistakes." After hearing his instructions, Harper made assurances again and again.

"Okay, remember your words." Ivan could not deny this. He did not intend to let Harper carry out the task completely. "I will borrow your body first. I have to go to the crater to take a look myself."

How could Harper refuse? In his opinion, this was his greatest honor.

Ivan said he would just take a look and left soon, leaving behind a relatively simple task.

That's about it. For the wizarding world, they are not the main force this time. They are here to broaden their horizons and participate in such a large-scale battle for the purpose of training. (End of this chapter)