The void stirred.
Four Orcs appeared in the four corners of the room.
"What exactly are you trying to do?" Shen Ye couldn't help asking.
The four Orcs formed Spell Seals simultaneously, and their leader answered:
"The Great Chieftain thirsts for talent. A gifted Songstress like you should serve the Orc Race!"
"Wait-" Shen Ye shouted.
Layers of light rose all around him, converging into a line of runic Spell Seals that struck Shen Ye with a swish.
"It's that Divine Artifact of the Chieftain's! It's too late!" Big Skeleton said rapidly.
Before he had finished speaking.
Whoosh-
An immense force dragged Shen Ye through the wall and up into the sky.
He flew in one direction at tremendous speed.
"We've got him! Quick! Get out of the city!"
"Go!"
The Orcs shouted.
Elsewhere.
Still in Nightmare World.
At the boundary between grassland and desert.
A majestic city stood.
A dark silhouette appeared in the sky.
Shen Ye!
That force dragged him across the vast land like lightning, bringing him here in an instant.
"Aaaaaah-"
He descended, slowing down, and appeared atop the walls of this mighty city, standing in the center of a spacious viewing platform.
"Welcome," someone said.
With his hair blown into a bird's nest by the cold winds high above and ice crystals covering his body, Shen Ye first surveyed his surroundings.
Outside the city.
All kinds of catapults, siege towers, and battering rams stood directly on the ground.
Densely packed war chariots stood in neat ranks.
In a mine a little farther away, Orc laborers pushed heavy mine carts one after another, chanting work songs.
The ringing of hammers never ceased.
Firelight soared into the sky.
On the parade ground inside the city, Orc soldiers practiced formation thrusts, roaring again and again.
Military discipline was