Parthian Ancient Kingdom, Paradise City.
Although the Good Lord Adil had died, the Red Hand Party had instead refrained from pressing their attack to the end.
Perhaps the power Amber Egg had displayed when it opened its eyes and instantly destroyed the artificial sun in the sky had been too astonishing... Or perhaps Flame Fist Hassan himself had suffered backlash. After gaining a massive advantage, the Red Hand Party had instead chosen to withdraw.
There was no doubt that if they had continued their attack, Paradise City's defenses would have collapsed immediately. With the Good Lord's death, the river outside the city was no longer continuously flowing with water.
The little water that remained had grown still, and had begun slowly receding at a speed visible to the naked eye.
If nothing unexpected happened, the river surrounding the oasis would completely dry up in about a week.
The city itself could hold out longer. Adil had built a water tower that would allow the city's residents to survive for another month. This was a facility many Good Lords prepared to enable themselves to travel far from home, though each Good Lord had a different approach.
However, it was precisely because Adil had left some reserves that Paradise City's residents now had a chance to survive.
—This was actually the normal rate at which a Good Lord's death caused a water source to dry up.
Rock Cellar City had lost all its stored water instantly because all the water had been contaminated and solidified by the petrification curse. That was also why Adil had been forced to curse all the citizens of Rock Cellar City to death with the power of Amber Egg. If Afuxin, the Good Lord of Rock Cellar City, had died for some other reason, the city's residents