Chapter 244: Chapter 245 Adelle’s Chaotic Journey to Dawn City (7200-word ga Chapter)
Andabella Lisle, a noble lady with the esteed title of a great polymath, elegant and proud.
In Risier City, this na represented glory and perfection, the brightest treasure in the city.
For this girl, only 26 years old, had assud the position of City Lord of Risier City at 18, becoming the master of this large city with a population of a full half a million people.
The history of Risier City was also sufficiently glorious; they were the city directly established by the descendants of the previous sovereigns of this land—the royal family of the Risier Empire.
Risier City boasts a historical and cultural background even more ancient than that of the 3000-year-old Nolan Empire.
This place once was the center of the south for thousands of years, until a thousand years ago, when the Nolan Empire ordered the establishnt of Green City and supported it at a great cost, changing the previous layout.
Still, Risier City remained a strong city.
The cities that took their na from a family na had always been the private domain of the Risier family; in such cities, there was only one master—the Risier family.
The forr City Lord unexpectedly perished in a war against a Beastman invasion, and at that ti, the only heir of the Risier family, 18-year-old Miss Andabella, succeeded the position of City Lord of Risier City.
All residents of Risier City despaired over the girl’s ascension.
No one was naïve enough to place their future hopes on an 18-year-old girl.
Even many commoners had already started preparing to relocate their families. Being so close to the Beastn, they used to rely on the old City Lord for protection. But after the old City Lord’s death, who else could protect this city?
But contrary to everyone’s expectations,
this young girl had shown exceptional capabilities after taking office.
Not only did she forcefully purge unstable noble powers within the city, but she also stood her ground against the Beastman invasions, miraculously producing a large number of Alchemy Bombs. These weapons, appearing for the first ti in Risier City, repelled the ferocious invasions of the Beastn ti and ti again, successfully defending the safety of the city.
For this, the girl beca the hero of Risier City.
Subsequently, the various policies that Andabella implented within the city were hot topics among all residents.
Reducing taxes, encouraging comrce, distributing farmland, and establishing schools…
In just a few short years since Andabella took over as City Lord, the developnt of Risier City soared, to the extent that it almost returned to the montum it had as the core southern city thousands of years ago.
And the lives of the residents under Andabella’s rule beca increasingly prosperous.
Andabella’s legendary deeds thus began to be celebrated by wandering poets,
and in the end, she was praised by everyone as the pearl of Risier City, spoken of in the sa breath as Green City’s most beautiful tulip, Miss Winnie, the eldest daughter of the Alex family, the president of the Alex Chamber of Comrce, and the disciple of Duke Storm.
In this city, Miss Andabella was the most respected person by all residents.
After this year’s Beastman invasion, Risier City imdiately closed its gates and dispatched its strongest warriors to guard the walls.
No residents worried that the city would fall, as the great Miss Andabella would teach these damned Beastn a lesson; their Alchemy Bombs would show the Beastman’s Wolf Cavalry what explosion art truly is.
Damned Beastn, never even think about coveting Risier City!
And at this mont, the city’s mistress, City Lord Andabella with her pale silver long hair, dressed in black form-fitting armor, and draped with a blood-red cape, ascended the walls of Risier City under the guard of more than twenty burly warriors.
The thirty-five blade-high black city walls of Risier City were constructed thousands of years ago when it was a core city of the south and could withstand Spell below Three Circle and greatly immunize against Four Circle Magic.
From above looking down, it was like a steep cliff, pitch-black and slick, a nightmare for any enemy.
With these indestructible walls, in hundreds of years, the Beastn had only breached the city twice.
But the most recent occasion was also over one hundred and twenty years ago.
And now, the soldiers and residents of Risier City had ample confidence in their ability to hold the city.
Because they had City Lord Andabella and the mighty Alchemy Bomb.
“How are the Alchemy Bombs coming along?”
Andabella was truly a treasure on par with Winnie, the most beautiful tulip of Green City, upholding the title of a great polymath. Even clad in armor, one could feel the scholarly air akin to that of academia exuding elegance, drawing gazes irresistibly.
Especially those eyes tinged with a hint of silver, as if they could see right into one’s soul.
Those familiar knew that the pale silver pupils were once the symbol of the Risier Country’s royal family.
It was a pity that the Country that once dominated this land had long since perished, and the royal family of Risier had beco subjects of the Nolan Empire.
The glory of that empire had passed away, and what was now etched in people’s mory was the scholarship of the Risier family.
Scholars—the Risier family.
Nearly all the main mbers of this family bore the title of polymath, and their cultural refinent was known throughout the Nolan Empire; even the reigning King had been a student of one of the Risier family mbers.
It was difficult to imagine that on the borderlands, where they faced the Beastn, a family of scholars could exist, but when combined with their forr status, it beca understandable.
“Lord Andabella, the Alchemy Bombs are all ready. As soon as the Beastn attack, they will once again taste our fury.”
The familiar, bearded, hook-nosed adjutant behind her said with a solemn expression.
Alchemy Bombs, the most potent weapon in Risier City’s arsenal against the Beastn.
Eight years ago, during a harsh winter when the old city lord died unexpectedly, if it hadn’t been for Andabella, who had just beco the city lord, hastily unveiling thousands of terrifyingly powerful Alchemy Bombs and forcefully holding Risier City, he would have long been dead.
Rembering this, the unshaven, hook-nosed adjutant filled with gratitude and admiration. Without Miss Andabella’s efforts, Risier City would definitely not be where it was today.
“I hope you all don’t relax, the Beastn aren’t so easy to deal with, and the Alchemy Bombs aren’t all-powerful.
Nevertheless, no one will breach our city. This great city will not fall from the mont I took over.”
Andabella spoke in a cool tone, her head held a touch high, a hint of unmistakable pride showing.
That was pride emanating from her very bones, not just as the City Lord of Risier, but also the pride of a prominent scholar.
Her red cloak fluttered in the wind behind her, lightly whipping against the black-fitted armor, then billowing out once again.
Against the backdrop of the city walls and the soldiers carrying long spears, this lady resembled a valiant warrior triumphant in charge.
This scene, bursting with pride and confidence, filled the soldiers below with admiration, further strengthening their resolve.
They would protect Risier City and Miss Andabella with their lives. To harm her, one would have to step over their dead bodies.
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At Dawn City, the first batch of plundered population seamlessly integrated into the existing residents.
These three thousand residents were originally in utter panic and fear, even believing that upon arriving at the vampire’s lair, the draining of their blood would begin.
However, thanks to the frenzied propaganda of Dawn City’s inhabitants and the tangible benefits they indeed received, these panicked civilians gradually cald down.
Adelle was a bankrupt noble.
He felt he was utterly jinxed.
Truly, he had never felt so cursed before.
Not only had he gone bankrupt in business, with all his family’s assets seized by creditors, but he also brought the entirety of his hidden savings to the border—planning to make a profit before the Beastman invasion, so as to redeem his family’s property.
But things went awry—those damned Beastman unexpectedly invaded early, just like last year!
The guards he’d hired hadn’t even caught sight of the Beastman before abandoning him to run alone, and the Demon Beast furs he’d spent all his fortune on were discarded on the ground like trash.
Heartbroken and desperate, Adelle had no choice but to flee with the crowd.
When he thought he had encountered the greatest disaster of his life, the sky was filled with bats scarier than Demons.
In that mont, Adelle was utterly convinced that he must have been cursed by the Goddess of Calamity.
Lost in despair and helplessness, he even placed the knife he was holding to his neck, preferring to et the Death God than to let those filthy vampires drain his blood.
But to his surprise, these vampires didn’t do what he had imagined—draining everyone’s blood.
Instead… they claid they were not evil vampires, but rather the Holy Light Bloodline??
The claim made him laugh out loud; these damned vampires couldn’t co up with a better lie? Holy Light Bloodline?? Not evil vampires??
Such a lie wouldn’t even fool a three-year-old.
Yet, these vampires proclaid they wouldn’t harm humans and would even ensure their safety, which sohow made it impossible for Adelle to go through with the cut at his neck.
Although he knew these vampires likely wouldn’t live up to their promises, it was that sliver of hope that robbed Adelle of the courage to end his life.
Therefore, he hid the dagger on his person, reasoning that it wasn’t too late to end his life if he truly ended up being drained by them in the vampire’s lair. Adelle quietly consoled himself.
In this way, Adelle followed the Bloodline back to Dawn City.
What ca next completely stupefied Adelle.
Clean and tidy streets, and crowds of civilians dressed in neat clothes, full of hope, watched them.
It turned out this place was indeed as the vampires had said; their city was brimming with humans.
Registering his identity and verifying his information, Adelle felt like he was dreaming throughout the process, clutching the number plate that was said to be for land allocation as if it were his lifeline.
His mind simply couldn’t grasp it—why was this happening??
Why had the cruel, bloodthirsty vampires beco so friendly, and on top of that, they were offering them land and hos? It was like sothing out of a myth.
No words could describe Adelle’s state of mind at that ti.
But as he looked at the faces of the locals around him, smiling with a hint of benevolence, the idea of suicide strangely vanished.
Adelle was assigned a brand-new room; not large, but completely his own.
According to the head of the Security Team that had brought him here, this was a studio apartnt—a na supposedly given by Kachar City Lord himself, ant for all unmarried individuals.
Adelle was astonished to learn from the Security Team head that Kachar City Lord was a pure Vampire and that the orders not to harm humans ca from him.
“This gentleman, is Kachar City Lord really as great as you say? Could this be a vampire’s deception?”
Upon saying this, the Security Team mber who had led him here suddenly changed his expression, eyes glaring at him filled with anger and haste.
“Damn it, you bastard, you’re provoking Dawn City, you’re challenging the Security Team!!”
Feeling the man’s rage, Adelle was instantly silenced. The Security Team mber, a man in his forties, cald down slightly.
“This is only because you are in front of . If you were to slander Kachar City Lord in front of those young lads in the Security Team,
Believe , they would teach you a harsh lesson!!
If I were ten years younger, you’d be getting a beating from today. Rember, no one is allowed to slander the great Kachar City Lord, no one!!”
Looking at the intensely agitated mber of the Security Team in front of him, Adelle felt a mix of fear and confusion. Why were they, his fellow humans, so angry when ntioning vampires??
Moreover, Adelle could tell that this head of the Security Team respected the city’s ruler from the depths of his heart.
It was just like when he was a child, desperately defending his father’s honor.
“The new friend, let tell you, everything in this city cos from the great Kachar City Lord. Without him, we tens of thousands of residents may have died in the cold winter during last year’s Beastman invasion.”
Adelle was surprised at this. “You too were captured… by the Lord of the Holy Light Bloodline last year??”
“Captured? No, this is a gift from the Goddess of Luck,” the fortysothing Security Team mber said with imnse pride.
“If you knew what this city possesses, what it can offer you, believe , one day you’ll be like , willing to give your life for this city.”
After these words, he looked deeply at Adelle, who showed respect outwardly but was inwardly skeptical, and advised with gravity in his voice, “Young man, I too once doubted the Holy Light Bloodline…”
Adelle’s expression changed, and he quickly tried to defend himself, “No, I just…”
“There’s no need to explain to . Whether you doubt it or not isn’t important.
Kachar City Lord has said that ti is the best test for truth, and the facts will prove whose words hold true.
The Holy Light Bloodline doesn’t fear skepticism.
Get so rest. Soone will co at noon to distribute food.
Your room has already been fitted with running water and a shower, so there’s no need to fetch water from outside.
The use of the tap water is quite simple; you just need to hold the faucet and turn it clockwise, and rember to shut it off when you’re not using it. If you use too much water, you’ll be in trouble with the City Hall.
I’m leaving now. If you encounter any problems, you can seek help from the Security Team below.”
After finishing, the Security Team mber turned and left, leaving Adelle dumbfounded and staring at the clean and tidy interior for a long ti without saying a word.
But upon further reflection, everything he had encountered today still seed incredible to him.
Vampires… Are the Holy Light Bloodline really different from the evil vampires of legend??
Could this be possible? Or is it rely a vampire lie??
But if it were false, why would an ordinary human sincerely worship them?
Moreover, the humans in this city could actually live so harmoniously with vampires; it was simply unimaginable.
The scene he had just witnessed on the streets had caused such a huge shock that Adelle couldn’t recover for a long ti.
The feeling of his entire worldview collapsing even made him doubt whether this world was real.
Eventually, feeling sowhat uncomfortable, he wanted to take a bath, but glancing around the room, with its sparse furnishings, he picked up a wooden bucket from the wall, and was just about to go downstairs to fetch water when he suddenly rembered the words of the Security Team mber.
You already have tap water installed here… There’s no need to fetch water anymore.
Tap water?? What is tap water??
Adelle had an odd expression on his face.
This strange na aroused his curiosity, and he turned and walked back into the house, where he easily found a small room with a basin-like pool, above which hung a sowhat peculiar curved tal pipe.
Could this be that so-called tap water???
Adelle looked on with disdain, wondering how such a thing could produce water automatically.
Hmph, even if you were trying to trick soone, this wouldn’t be the way to do it.
Just as he was about to turn and go downstairs for water, he paused, his eyes showing so indecision, thinking that trying it out wouldn’t hurt.
He stepped forward two paces and then, looking at the tal pipe, Adelle beca lost in thought.
How does this work??
He tried hard to recall what the Security Team mber had said, reached out a hand, and pressed it on the handle of the faucet.
“Clockwise…”
Ssshh~
With the high water pressure, a rapid white stream gushed out, splashing droplets all over the basin.
Adelle was startled by the loud noise and leaped backward, frantically retreating.
Behind him, he accidentally kicked over the wooden bucket.
He then looked at the faucet with a panicked face.
“What’s, what’s going on?? How, how can there be so much springwater coming out?!!”
As if he had caused a great calamity, he hurriedly went forward and forcefully pressed down the handle and twisted it.
Ssshh~
The flow of water increased even more.
Now, Adelle was completely panicked; he clumsily tried to cover the mouth of the faucet, but the water flow was too strong and ended up drenching him completely.
Finally, as if he rembered sothing, he turned the handle counterclockwise.
Only then did the water stop flowing.
But by that ti, Adelle was soaked to the skin, as if he had just taken a bath.
After catching his breath for a few monts, Adelle slowly ca to his senses and looked at the now silent faucet with an indescribable expression.
“This, what kind of alchemy creation is this?? How can such a small iron pipe release so much springwater??
Is there a legendary space magic hiding a whole lake inside??”
Then, after looking around and seeing no one, Adelle, emboldened, turned on the faucet again. This ti he was smarter and didn’t open it all the way, just a little.
Ssshh~~ This ti the tap water flowed out slowly, no longer spurting, the pure water ca from the cleanest mountain springs, untainted by any pollution.
Adelle stared blankly at this scene, his eyes filled with astonishnt, and it took him a long while to recover.
It was too incredible, actual perpetual, never-ending springwater.
This was simply a miracle!!
After bravely taking a sip, Adelle tasted the sweetness on his tongue and bent down to drink frantically.
It was only after he had quenched his thirst that he rembered what he was supposed to do. He quickly took the bucket to fill it with water, and even after it was full, he was sowhat reluctant to close it. Adelle really wanted to see if the tap water could indeed flow endlessly without drying up.
Then he rembered the words of the Security Team mber and dutifully turned the water off, as he did not want to cause any trouble.
After bathing, Adelle put on his wet clothes again; he had nothing left from his ti of fleeing. Without these clothes, he would be left with nothing.
After bathing and coming out, Adelle grew restless. He washed his hands under the faucet for another ten minutes, then finally, with reluctance, shut off the water.
Looking out the window, below was a residential passageway, with no one around. Adelle felt tempted; he wanted to explore this vampire-ruled city.
Since no one had told him not to leave, and there was no one to watch over him.
After tidying his clothes as best as he could, Adelle opened the door and stepped out, and at that mont, a wooden door next to him also opened.
A young person in equally damp clothing appeared before him; both were startled and then simultaneously showed awkward smiles, clearly aware of the reason for each other’s wet clothes.
Adelle greeted the other person with a stiff smile and then turned to go downstairs, feeling embarrassed. His actions with the tap water had been too shaful.
The three-story building had a total of twelve rooms, with the staircase going down the middle; there were two rooms on each side of each floor.
Descending to the first floor, Adelle, who hadn’t slept all night, was still full of energy, looking around curiously.
Following the small path downstairs slowly out of the residential area, he ca to the real streets, and the scene before him brought him to a halt.
Clean, tidy—even having seen it once, Adelle still found himself astonished by the appearance of this city.
It was too clean; not only was there no litter on the ground, but the air was also devoid of the stench of urine and sewage.
On the bluestone streets bustling with people, patrol teams clad in armor were walking around vigilantly.
Everything was so harmonious.
Everyone was dressed in clean and tidy clothing, their faces beaming with broad smiles, their eyes filled with kindness. At a glance, there was no sign of beggars, those ubiquitous figures in other cities were conspicuously absent here.
Adelle’s eyes widened in disbelief at the sights before him.
Continuing down the street, with various shops peddling their wares on both sides, he found that his eyes weren’t enough to take everything in.
“This … is this really a city ruled by Vampires? Why can a city under Vampire rule be so prosperous??”
Suddenly, as Adelle was lost in thought, a huge figure erged from around the corner of the street—a wrinkled, grey-white skin, a massive One-eyed, and muscled limbs… Adelle froze on the spot. Was this, could this be the Legendary One-eyed Giant?!
There was actually a One-eyed Giant here?!
Watching the One-eyed Giant rushing towards him and recalling those terrifying legends, fear erupted in Adelle’s heart, and he scread uncontrollably.
“Ah!!!!!!”
His loud cry brought a montary stillness to the entire street, and everyone’s head turned in unison to look at Adelle.
It was as if ti stood still.
Everyone had an odd expression on their face, as if they were looking at… a fool.
It was only a mont later that an auntie from a nearby signboard shop, dressed in a red skirt and holding a loaf of white bread, could no longer bear it and yelled as she ca out, “What are you screaming for! Are you new here??
“You’ve scared the little guy!”
Startled by the shout, Adelle jerked back to his senses, but the sight of the daunting One-eyed Giant still filled him with imnse trepidation, and he instinctively took a few steps back, ready to bolt at the slightest wrong move.
This was a One-eyed Giant, indeed a terrifying creature of the legends.
Why would this city harbor such a horrific beast??
Is this really a city ruled by Vampires??
But what happened next left him completely petrified.
He watched as the auburn-skirted, fifty-sothing auntie who had co out of the bakery glared at the nearly four blades tall One-eyed Giant with dissatisfaction, then scolded him without any rcy.
“Little Kosso! Who told you to run around?? You’ve scared soone!
No more running around in the city from now on, do you hear?!”
The massive One-eyed Giant looked at the auntie sowhat fearfully and obediently nodded.
“I understand, Aunt Mary.” The common tongue was incredibly fluent and natural, without the slightest stiffness.
“Here, have so bread to eat, but be more careful next ti, and be quick to apologize to the uncle.”
Afterward, Adelle stood there dumbfounded as the One-eyed Giant, who had caused him such alarm, bowed respectfully to him.
“Sorry for frightening you,” he apologized, exhibiting better manners than many humans.
“No, no, it’s okay, I, I was just too panicked,” Adelle gesticulated awkwardly, his flustered expression amused the surrounding crowd.
“That guy must be new here, huh? To get scared by little Kosso, hahaha.”
“These newcors, they’re too timid…”
“…”
“Alright, little guy, go on and play,” Aunt Mary in the red skirt waved her hand dismissively.
“Goodbye, Aunt Mary~” the One-eyed Giant bid her farewell and then turned to leave.
Thump thump thump~
Adelle can only stand there, dumbstruck, as the One-eyed Giant skipped away.
“It’s okay, newbie, this is Dawn City. The Holy Light Bloodline Lords protect us here; there won’t be any problems,”
Aunt Mary said with a warm smile, “This is the child of Lord Kosso, still very young. A true One-eyed Giant stands over six blades tall.
He’s still just a child.”
Still just a child?? Imagining the scene just now, Adelle’s expression was a bit stiff.
Yes, he is a child…
“Alright, I have to get busy. You should take a look around Dawn City, just stay away from the city walls and the blacksmith shops,” Aunt Mary said, then returned to her bakery to start her work.
After she finished speaking, only Adelle was left, not quite recovered from the shock.
At that mont, several Beastn carrying sacks walked by, with their towering two blades’ height and solid muscles straining against their clothing.
With four protruding Tusk in their mouths, they looked quite fierce.
Upon seeing the Beastn, Adelle’s legs went weak, and just as he was about to scream again, he suddenly seed to rember sothing and urgently covered his mouth.
Then he saw that the people around him paid no attention, and those Beastn too paid him no heed and just walked away.
Monts later, a group of Dwarves passed by, and Adelle again dumbly watched them go.
Finally, the Bloodline patrol passed, Vampires with their wings unfolded and fangs bared, leaving Adelle’s expression incredibly animated.
By now, the heart of this down-and-out Noble was in utter disarray.
“By the Goddess, what kind of city have I co to??!!”
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