The Trembling City

After that sudden earthquake, the white fog on the streets grew even thicker, as though gauze veils hung everywhere in the air. Just now, the houses across the street had still been visible from the window, but after the earthquake, there was nothing to see but hazy fog.

The concentration of Whisper Element within the dense fog had already surpassed the intensity of a Poet Level Relic. Sister Michelle therefore urgently organized people to seal the doors and windows, especially the cracks around the windows, to prevent the white fog from seeping inside.

At the same time, Middlesburg City Hall and The Church were taking action as well. Police officers carrying lanterns hurried through the streets, shaking bells as they loudly warned citizens not to go outside before dawn tomorrow. They even went door to door, knocking and reminding people to promptly seal the cracks in their doors and windows.

Given Middhir Fort City's size and permanent population, this warning work was likely not being handled by the local police alone. The Delarion Royal Army stationed on Sikar Mountain was probably doing the same.

The lanterns carried by the police were no ordinary items. When Sister Michelle had opened the door to speak with the officers, she had noticed a Dawn Holy Emblem on the metal base of their oil lamps. They were divine alchemy items made by The Church, intended to protect ordinary people as they walked through the fog.

The great fog spread through the late autumn afternoon. Shade stood at a third floor window, anxiously watching outside. He could see nothing, but he knew that something important must have happened on Sikar Mountain, within the Interstice.

Priest Augustus, Sister Devlin, Miss Aurora, and perhaps even Iluna might already have been fighting some dangerous enemy. Yet all of