After a long journey, the carriage finally returned to Serted Fortress.
Skeletons in blue armor stood atop the towering walls, weapons in hand, ghostly blue Soul Fire flickering in their hollow eye sockets.
They stretched across the walls in unbroken rows.
As the guards rode alongside the carriage, their expressions began to darken.
"Why are there so many?"
"What kind of weapons are those undead carrying?"
"The reports mentioned that the skeletons in Luntam City had some kind of tool that fired metal pellets. It should be that."
"Do you think everyone in this city has been turned into skeletons?!"
The guards whispered among themselves as they advanced.
They were rear-area guards and had not participated in the war against the undead in Luntam City. Though they had heard some reports, they had never expected to see so many undead skeletons standing on the walls.
The guarding skeletons were lined up in ranks. Had the entire city been slaughtered?
The guards' discussions could be faintly heard from inside the carriage.
The Princess Consort lifted the curtain and looked fearfully toward the city walls.
Then she stared at Wu Heng across from her in surprise.
She wanted to ask something, but ultimately closed her mouth.
Only the worry on her face was impossible to hide.
As the carriage continued onward, it gradually approached the city gates.
After some negotiations ahead and a brief inspection, the gates opened, and the convoy entered the city.
After entering the city.
The scene was completely different from what they had imagined.
There were no corpses strewn everywhere, no air of deathly desolation.
All the shops along the road were open, and people could be seen walking through the streets. Some watched them from afar, gathering together to whisper among themselves.
Aside from the Skeleton