The cold wind howled past. The blazing sun in the sky was blocked by leaden clouds, adding a chill to Silent City.
It was clearly midsummer, yet Silent City had the bone-piercing wind of late autumn. Against the backdrop of that sky, even the paving stones along the streets gave off a cold blue-gray hue. The streets were deserted. It was hard to believe this had once been one of the most prosperous cities in the Witch Realm.
The Dark Twins' large-scale assault with their subordinates had merely been the last straw that crushed Silent City. The city bordered the largest canal in this world, the Higor River. Traveling west by water, a giant cargo ship could reach Silvermoon Harbor in at most a month. It was the largest harbor of the main city, Moon Ring City.
From Silent City, heading north along the Higor River, one could reach the cargo harbor of Sky City's Lower City in at most two months. But that was not actually a long time. The giant cargo ships of this world could carry eight to nine million tons of cargo. Transporting that cargo through space was indeed fast, but the resulting transportation fees were a hundred times the value of the cargo itself.
Moreover, a World-Class Teleportation Array had once been established here. It was larger than the World-Class Teleportation Array in Moon Ring City and connected to the myriad worlds, the Void, and the Wind Sea Continent. Even Fallen Star occasionally opened its coordinates to it.
In the past, Silent City had not only been a trade hub connecting the two main cities of Moon Ring City and Sky City, but also a shared piece of cake for the rulers of both sides. It was precisely because of this enormous cake that the