Roy and his group came down from the City Wall and entered Presit City's main district. The streets were in ruins, the once-paved stone roads piled high with all sorts of debris. After many buildings collapsed, their wreckage spilled out onto the streets.
In some places, large stones had been removed, leaving deep pits behind. The recent meteor shower had set fires blazing throughout the city. Although Gray Dwarves were putting out the fires, the Gray Dwarf warriors ignored unimportant buildings for now, as long as the flames did not spread to other structures.
The city's condition was even worse than Roy had expected. More than seventy percent of its buildings had been damaged beyond repair and turned into ruins. Before they could be rebuilt, the rubble would have to be cleared away.
Broken walls and shattered ruins lay everywhere. Most of the Gray Dwarf residents had already left, with only scattered residential areas remaining in the west of the city.
Several relatively flat main roads led toward the City Wall. Clearly, Gray Dwarf warriors frequently cleared and maintained them, keeping those routes open.
Flatbed carts loaded with enormous stones formed long lines along the roads, continuously transporting supplies toward the City Wall.
There were still many Gray Dwarf troops stationed in Presit City. Roy could see tents erected behind some low walls.
What he did not know was that most Gray Dwarf warriors had emerged from underground tunnels...
The cities built by Dwarves differed from those of Elves. For Dwarves, the buildings aboveground were usually only a small part of the city, while most structures were buried underground. Elves, meanwhile, preferred to build their cities in forests...
Most of Presit City's surface buildings had been destroyed and reduced to rubble.
The Gray Dwarf Official led Roy's group to the