Chapter 1008: Investigation
News of the Supreme Road and Burning Dawn soon spread throughout Dawn City.
The important figures gathered outside the Burning Family's gates were far too conspicuous to escape the notice of interested observers. Besides, the Burning Family had no intention of concealing the matter.
Thus, legends about Qin Ran soon began circulating in Dawn City.
Yes, legends, not rumors.
Whether it was one man fighting ten thousand or one man taking on an entire city, both were utterly incredible to people who had lived in peace for so long.
No one had ever seen or heard of anything like it outside epics and legends.
Qin Ran's former status as the Burning Family's eldest illegitimate son only added to the mystery surrounding those legends.
The Burning Family's bloodline was hardly a secret among Dawn City's upper echelons.
A reincarnated demon.
A demon's son.
At first, such names circulated only within small circles.
But as increasingly detailed reports arrived from the vicinity of the Supreme Road, more and more people came to accept them.
After all, if he were not a demon, why would he wipe out his enemies to the last man?
Golden City's leaders were all dead.
The prisoners who remained numbered only a tenth of the original force.
As for civilian casualties?
Sorry, but in the minds of these important figures, civilian casualties had never counted. They cared only about themselves and those of comparable rank and status.
2567 had violated the etiquette expected of a noble.
This claim soon won the approval of Dawn City's upper classes.
They continued refining it, hoping to use it to secure more tangible benefits for themselves.
True, 2567 was on the Supreme Road, in Burning Dawn's camp.
But the Burning Family was in Dawn City.
Soon, a respected elderly