The waterway gates slowly opened, and the ships waiting in the inner harbor scrambled to escape.
The Bosang was slow and fell behind.
That turned out to save it from disaster.
Several missiles struck the congested ships directly, setting off a chain of explosions!
The people of this city had gone mad. Even the guards responsible for suppressing them had lost their minds.
Anyone who tried to escape was a traitor!
And traitors deserved to die!
Under cover of the thick smoke billowing through the harbor, the Bosang charged out through the damaged waterway.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the world beyond the towering walls again.
The Bosang went full steam ahead, putting more and more distance between them and the city.
Just then, several muffled booms came from the seabed behind them.
Then the entire steel metropolis began to sink.
The crew's eyes widened at the sight.
Someone had blown apart the supports on the seabed!
The whole city sank faster and faster until it vanished from sight.
The wails and screams that erupted as it sank seemed to linger in everyone's ears.
Skorint, the City of Bones, which had stood for five thousand years, was now history.
Only a few ships that had escaped by sheer luck remained on the water, along with several aircraft circling overhead.
The aircraft landed on a large research vessel, which slowly approached the Bosang.
With its feeble steam engine, the Bosang was overtaken in no time.
"Is Miss Asta aboard?" a middle-aged man asked in a fawning tone from the research vessel.
"I don't believe I know you," Asta said, puzzled.
"The Governor and Deputy Governor are both dead." The middle-aged man wore a look of regret. "According to the order of succession, I am now the Acting