The Sorcerer Kingdom Declares War! Divine Emissary: Mummy Cat

Late at night, 11:23 PM.

Boom!

A sudden explosion echoed through the silent night sky, erupting deep in the northeastern part of Loren Royal City.

The patrol units and drowsy guard knights were immediately startled awake and rushed toward the explosion.

The explosion itself was not particularly loud!

However, the flames produced by the blast still alarmed many people, especially those stationed in the twenty enormous cylindrical towers forming a defensive perimeter around the Royal City.

Whoosh!

Climb abruptly opened his eyes in the darkness, threw off his thick wool blanket, rolled out of bed, and reached for the weapon beside it. He was staying in one of the twenty towers!

He had not been awakened by the explosion. Rather, he had faintly heard hurried footsteps and the scrape of armor coming from the tower stairway.

What happened?

Climb's mind rapidly cleared. His eyes narrowed, revealing the hardened gaze of someone with an iron will, and he ran toward the door.

Creak!

The moment he pulled open the wooden door, two armored soldiers charged inside.

Climb was stunned. Years of training made him instinctively retreat, opening the distance as he warily watched the soldiers who had rushed in.

"Climb!"

"Until dawn, stay inside the tower like everyone else. Do not act rashly."

The two soldiers who had entered watched Climb vigilantly. One of them spoke sternly, "Who are you? What happened?"

Climb gripped the hilt of his sword. Though he did not know the reason, he realized that something serious had happened.

Wait.

"The Blood Rose Corps insignia?"

Climb's pupils contracted as he noticed the marking on one soldier's armor. "Miss Lainas's people."

Elsewhere, cockroaches!

Cockroaches everywhere!

They crawled all over his body, constantly burrowing into him through his mouth, nasal passages, and every other opening.

His entire body had