Chapter 22 - A Hometown That No Longer Existed

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

It had been two days since she had passed through the mountains to the east of Langford and arrived at Mehionnes.

She looked at the countless undead soldiers standing on the city wall and felt extremely uncomfortable.

She had returned to the city with a sorrowful heart and found that the city was not as dilapidated as she had imagined.

The entire town was split in half from the middle. She found a quiet place and used the rope hidden on her body to climb up.

She found that the entire isolated area was filled with humans.

“How is that possible?”

“Can the undead do things like raising humans in captivity?”

With this confusion, she came to the residential area of the humans.

There were traces of living people in all the rooms.

Because it was daytime now, other than having a mother, almost all the people who could work in the residential area had gone out.

Walking along the street, she soon found a huge factory in the center of the city.

Looking through the window, she could see that the people inside were working hard.

“The undead actually enslave humans?”

“This is really strange!”

As she continued to explore deeper, she soon found the manager of the humans in this area.

“Jim! The second son of City Lord Willis?”

Jim appeared to be extremely tired. He sat back on the chair, seemingly not wanting to do anything at all.

After a while, a woman who was slightly younger than him walked over and gave him some tea and snacks.

“Jim! If you continue like this, you’ll anger the Supreme Lord!”

Hearing this, Jim immediately stood up and roared at her, “So what if I anger him?!”

“My elder brother and father have both been turned into monsters by him!”

“In this closed environment, we have no hope at all. There’s no point in living like this!”

Seeing that her brother had become like this, Hilary sighed and turned to leave.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Melissa followed her all the way to a desolate place and stopped her.

Facing the zombie that had stopped her, Hilary got a little scared, “What are you doing?”

Hearing the shout, Melissa immediately walked to his side and covered her mouth, returning to her original appearance.

“Don’t panic, I’m a human!”

“I came here to ask you some questions!”

Seeing that Melissa was indeed a human, she immediately let out a sigh of relief.

Then, she raised her head and looked around, then brought her back to her house.

After closing the door, she brought Melissa into her own room.

“Where are you from?”

She was from St. Margaret, therefore she could not reveal this fact.

“I came from Bader City!”

“I was originally an adventurer, then suddenly found out that my hometown had become like this!”

“So I had come all the way through Langford to come to this city!”

After knowing the other party’s identity, Hilary let out a sigh of relief.

“Did you come back to find your family?”

Melissa nodded. Hilary opened the door and brought her to her office.

“What is the name of your family? I might be able to help you!”

“But it’s best not to have too much hope!”

“Because only half of the city’s population is left. The rest have long become sacrifices!”

Looking at Hilary, Melissa was surprised. The third child of the City Lord seemed to be used to the rule of the undead.

So she asked, “Haven’t you guys thought about resisting?”

Hearing this, Hilary showed a helpless expression. “Resist? With what?”

But then she thought of something and suddenly understood. “Oh! You just entered this city, so you might not know.”

“The two cities of Mehionnes and Mediarudy, they both have a ruler at the level of an undead Lord!”

“I don’t even know how strong the other one is!”

“He can turn humans into undead Lords through human sacrifices!” After saying that, she became dejected.

Looking at Hilary before her, Melissa seemed to know something and did not continue asking.

“My father’s name is Tyler Hank!”

After confirming the name, Hilary began to flip through the name list in her hands and quickly found her father through his initials.

“You’re so lucky. Tyler Hank is a blacksmith. He’s working in the weapons factory now!”

“I’ll take care of him for you!”

“But now, you’d better not move, because the ones in power are already outside the door!”

Hearing this, Melissa was stunned!

“You!”

Hilary waved her hand and said, “I didn’t send the message. I just have super perception!”

“The only thing I can do now is to let your family live a better life!”

Looking at Hilary’s serious face, Melissa knew that she was not lying.

“It’s alright. I won’t surrender just like this!”

Hilary shook her head and explained to Melissa, “The one who came this time is the Dark Knight, Lord Landel. You have no chance of escaping at all!”

Hearing the name, Melissa turned around and tried to escape through the window.

But right at this time, Landel, who was dressed in black armor, appeared in front of her.

He said in a very low voice, “I suggest you don’t move!”

“I don’t know your strength. I might end up killing you directly!”

The dark energy on Landel’s body was very imposing, causing all the hair on Melissa’s body to stand on end.

In order to ensure her own life, she could only choose to surrender. “If I surrender, do I have a chance of surviving?”

“There initially wasn’t, but because the Supreme Lord Hall is very interested in you, I don’t intend to kill you!”

After hearing these words, Melissa’s heart sank, because at the very least, she had her final trump card, the big Lord behind it all. The other party wouldn’t kill her so easily.

Hearing the name Hall, Melissa had a new idea.

So she pulled out the short knife at her waist and tried to fight.

Seeing the opponent’s move, Landel pulled out the ordinary longsword at his waist and blocked her attack.

“I suggest you be more honest. Even if I kill you, I will only receive a small punishment!”

“I am currently in a very bad mood. Please have some self-respect!”

The exchange of blows between experts only lasted for an instant. When Landel drew his sword to defend, the victor had already been decided.

Melissa immediately threw down the dagger in her hand and raised both of her hands.

“I surrender!”

“I hope your temper isn’t that bad!”

Seeing that the other party had already raised his hand, Landel tied up Hilary.

He then grabbed onto Melissa’s shoulder and turned into a streak of black light that flew out from the side of the small room.

After seeing Landel fly away, Hilary let out a sigh of relief!

The only thing she could do now was to silently pray for Melissa!

“I hope something good will happen to you!”

She would only end up being assimilated or get used as a sacrifice, there was no third possibility..