Chapter 98: Tracking the God of Mages! [Request for Recommendation Votes]
A cold corpse lay before them.
As Soren revealed his identity as a True God, one or two figures appeared instantly in the direction of Amber City, leaping across rooftops with astonishing speed, swiftly approaching the Temple of Dawn like martial masters.
“My Lord!”
“My Lord!”
A half-elf man dressed in a tight outfit appeared in front of the Temple of Dawn, kneeling in front of Soren with a somewhat panicked expression.
He was a steward of the Thieves Guild.
With Soren being the deity presiding over both the “Wanderer” and “Shadows” divine professions, more than seventy percent of the members of the Thieves Guild worshiped and served him. Part of the intelligence network in Modo City came from the Thieves Guild; otherwise, Soren would not be so well-informed. The ‘dark web’ controlled by the temple was a special channel directly connected to Soren, which ordinary people could not know about.
Another man was an assassin.
Modo City had its informants scattered across many cities, and they sensed Soren’s presence and quickly approached.
“Take care of these corpses.”
Soren’s expression was calm as he waved his hand toward the bodies on the ground and continued, “There is a man named Sir Henry; send someone to handle him.”
“And.”
“You get in touch with Modo City. Send people to take all the children away from here.”
The previous sentence was directed at the Thieves Guild, and after hearing it, the steward understood Soren’s meaning, a trace of killing intent flashing in his eyes. Regardless of whether the other party was a noble, offending a True God meant a predetermined end for them. Soren held no goodwill toward the nobles of Amber City, as there were few decent ones among them; he had grown up in the slums of Amber City.
The assassin from Modo City also received the order to withdraw; since his lord intended to take these orphans, he naturally needed to handle it personally.
“Wait!”
At that moment, Anya Lee suddenly spoke up softly, “Can we take all the orphans from Amber City? This place has been ravaged by war, and there are at least hundreds of orphans squatting near the docks. If we don’t take them away, their fate will…”
At this point, Anya Lee hesitated.
She knew her relationship with Soren wasn’t deep; although she had previously helped the two siblings, taking away these orphans seemed to her a great act of kindness, especially since he had helped her last time. Now, asking Soren to take all the orphans from Amber City made her fear he might be displeased.
“Sure.”
In response to Anya Lee’s request, Soren readily nodded in agreement, but then added, “However, you must go to Modo City with them. From now on, you will be responsible for their management.”
“I will arrange their living quarters, food, and schooling.”
“But I don’t have time to manage them. Since it was your request to take them, you will be responsible for managing them in the future.”
Taking Anya Lee was Soren’s idea.
The chaos of the Saint’s Cataclysm would become increasingly severe, and Amber City wasn’t a place to stay long. Allowing her to go to Modo City might easily provoke a backlash. Soren used this as a reason to have Anya Lee accompany him; Modo City needed children without backgrounds, who could be sent to the academy as apprentices in the future. A little investment was worthwhile; these children could repay their debts through work in the future. Soren had never liked charity; he would only give these people a chance to create their future, leaving it up to them to seize it.
If they couldn’t even understand how to seize opportunities, then their demise didn’t matter.
Anya Lee fell silent.
Then, she gently nodded, seemingly accepting Soren’s arrangement.
“That’s great!”
Vivian looked excited, grabbing Anya Lee’s hand and joyfully said, “Sister, let’s go to Modo City together. That way, we can keep each other company.”
After all, she was still a child.
When встречая familiar people from the past, she wasn’t very good at controlling her emotions.
………………
Modo City operated with great efficiency.
Especially with Soren personally issuing commands, someone arrived in Amber City via the portal that very afternoon. For some unknown reason, the message leaked, and while gathering these children, some refugees gathered around, many kneeling at the docks, pleading for the emissaries from Modo City to take them away, promising with a pat on their chests that they would work hard and behave.
Soren’s order was to take the orphans, and Modo City’s people operated with a military style.
Thus, these refugees were not accepted, but it was unknown who eventually softened their hearts and secretly leaked some information, leading the refugees to gather at the Temple of Dawn, all kneeling outside the temple, pleading to Priest Anya Lee.
The final outcome.
Was that Anya Lee once again approached Soren with a slight flush and a hint of shame on her face.
“Then let’s take them all away together.”
Upon hearing this, Soren slightly frowned and then instructed, “Complete everything by tomorrow; don’t delay for too long. Otherwise, the nearby refugees will all gather here.”
Modo City had gradually become a rumored refuge overseas.
Now, the population was approaching saturation; only after the completion of the third and fourth phases of construction would Modo City be suitable for continued population influx. The final count indicated slightly more than two thousand people, with over five hundred orphans among them; the rest were refugees and civilians with families, who were the easiest to control and settle.
Vivian was sent back to Modo City.
And Soren had only shown up in Amber City for a day before disappearing without a trace.
This trip ended at Amber City, aimed at letting Vivian see everything in the mortal world. The little girl wasn’t suited for too much exposure at once, so after handling all this, Soren should get back to his own matters.
Tracking the God of Mages.
The last place the God of Mages disappeared was in the Ghost Spirit Forest north of White Horse City.
Nearby, there was a familiar creature, the Ancient Red Dragon, which had long been hiding in the Material Plane. Due to Soren’s intervention in history, this old red dragon was still alive and well; perhaps because there were too many visible deities, it had become much more subdued, and so far, no one had genuinely sought to attack it.
Even White Horse City, which had been devastated because of it, eventually benefited from its presence.
The future was indeed unpredictable.
White Horse City fell because of the relocation of the Ancient Red Dragon, but due to the dragon’s pressure, White Horse City faced relatively smaller impacts during the Saint’s Cataclysm.
Monsters are clever.
Demons are clever, too.
Devils are exceedingly clever.
In the presence of an Ancient Red Dragon, clever individuals would refrain from causing trouble here, while those foolish monsters had long since fled in fear of the red dragon’s might.
Soren’s destination was the Ghost Spirit Forest.
The God of Mages’ final disappearance was in this place, and his vanishing and fall were closely related to another deity.
— The Lich God – Vishalon!
……………… (To be continued ~^~)
