Compared with Moon City, which had stood guard beside the eastern Mist Wall for a thousand years, living conditions in the City of Silver were much better. Its population had therefore remained at around five thousand—a sizable town even outside the Forsaken Land of the Gods—giving it enough manpower to maintain patrols day and night and keep the city gates guarded.
After spotting an approaching light, the guards quickly gathered and gazed into the distance, confirming that the two figures were indeed human in shape.
Moreover, in their experience, no one but humans used fire for light in the darkness of this godforsaken land. Even monsters capable of manipulating flames to kill their enemies only ignited them when attacking. The rest of the time, they lurked in the dark.
"Quick, notify the elders! Tell them someone—something that looks human—is approaching!"
One guard gave the order to his companion in a low voice.
He dared not assume that those approaching the City of Silver were truly "human." Perhaps a monster capable of taking human form and wielding fire was disguising itself. The safest course was to prepare for an attack.
But when he looked up again, he discovered that the two figures had vanished as eerily as they had appeared.
The guard froze, cold sweat breaking out on his face and back.
"The guards here are pretty alert. They spotted us from so far away. I thought they might relax a little now that the monsters nearby have been cleared out."
Angel spoke from within the Mirror World as she led Klein through a dim, eerie Mirror Tunnel into the City of Silver.
"That's how they've survived for thousands of years. Remember the Amon avatar that parasitized an expedition leader and slipped into the city? He was locked in a