Prisoner of War Camp Outside the City

723. Prisoner of War Camp Outside Padesto City. In Padesto City's Central Square, the Gray Dwarf prisoners of war formed four long lines and slowly emerged from the Teleportation Portal.

It was just noon in Padesto City. Blinding sunlight beat down on Central Square, turning it into a massive oven. The harsh rays fell on their skin with an almost piercing sting.

The Gray Dwarf prisoners wore filthy linen shirts. Their beards had gone nearly a week without proper grooming and were practically knotted beneath their chins. Some were even stained with blood.

Having arrived in unfamiliar surroundings, the Gray Dwarf prisoners coldly surveyed the area. Dense forest surrounded them, making Central Square look like a patch of sky at the bottom of a courtyard.

Whenever a Gray Dwarf prisoner emerged from the Teleportation Portal, he would instinctively stop. At that point, the Elven Guards by the portal would jab the dwarves hard in the shoulder blades with short batons, urging them onward to prevent congestion at the portal.

If the Teleportation Portal became blocked, the Gray Dwarf prisoners behind them might very well become lost in an unknown Space Fissure...

Driven forward by clubs, the Gray Dwarf prisoners stood in lines beneath the merciless sun.

Before long, the sunlight overhead was gradually blocked by towering trees, and Central Square quickly became much cooler.

Once roughly half of Central Square had filled with Gray Dwarf prisoners, a unit of Half-Elf guards approached from the edge of the square. They escorted three thousand Gray Dwarf prisoners away, leading them down the Forest Avenue through the city.

The Gray Dwarf prisoners discovered that Half-Elves packed both sides of the road, all pointing and whispering at the dwarf columns...

The Gray Dwarf prisoners had never expected that walking from Central Square to the