Chapter 674: Flags

Chapter 674: Flags

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December 30th, 1347! New Year is approaching!

Every year on this day, it is important to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year.

Although this day is not as grand as Christmas, every household will have a sumptuous meal.

When midnight arrives, people in the Kingdom of Gran will begin the traditional New Year's Eve activities. People will compete to draw water from the well, open their doors, prepare bread, and welcome the arrival of friends and family.

Wealthy people will also prepare a large amount of copper coins and exchange gifts with friends and strangers alike. (The above is the British tradition for celebrating the New Year. In this book, the Kingdom of Gran follows the British customs.)

However, December 30th of this year seems unusually dull!

There is no festive atmosphere, the entire city is pitch black and gloomy, and people deliberately did not turn on the street lights, which makes the "City that Never Sleeps," Westwind Holy City, now completely covered by darkness.

People who usually go door-to-door to visit relatives and friends are not in the mood to do so this year. They all gathered in front of the two churches, more than 30,000 people, crowding around the churches. All of their faces were filled with heaviness and worry.

They looked up at the big clock on the chapel roof, waiting for the moment it would strike with an incredibly nervous mood.

Once the bell rings, it means that 1347 has passed and 1348 has arrived, the year of the Black Dragons flight is coming.

From every second after the bell rings, a huge black dragon, which no one can defeat, may attack from the sky. It will destroy the entire city in an instant and plunder the wealth people have worked hard to accumulate.

Robb was still lazily sitting in his stone stool, looking at the gloomy crowd around him, feeling a bit annoyed.Fiind updated novels at novelhall.com

He did not like this annoying atmosphere, this feeling as if the end of the world was coming.

He couldn't help but ask the few girls next to him, "Do people behave like this every time the year of the black dragons flight comes?"

Not successful yet! Xuelu said, But we killed a few of the archbishop's confidants and scared him. He sent the Templar Knights to chase us now. We're running around in the wild mountains and forests. Hahaha, I have to use Swift Wnd to escape now. Let's talk later.

The call ended, but Robb was not worried. He knew that Xuelu was not in danger. If she was, she would have immediately used a transmission scroll to summon Robb for help. The fact that she didn't meant she was still in control.

As soon as he hung up with Xuelu, the queen called.

She started with the same greeting as Xuelu, "Happy New Year!" but her tone was not as cheerful as Xuelu's. It was laced with a hint of depression and oppression.

Robb couldn't help but joke, "Happy New Year! But I can't hear any happiness in your voice."

The queen said, "Everyone on Bright Road is as if their family member has died. They're so depressed. It's hard for me to be happy."

"Woah!" Robb exclaimed, "Is it the same on your side?"

"Of course!" the queen replied, "I'm in the capital, a super city, more prosperous than your Westwind City. People here are naturally more worried about the Black Dragon's attack. Although I have repeatedly declared that there is no wealth in my palace and the Black Dragon has no interest in Bright Road, they don't believe me at all."

Now Robb laughed, "Hahaha! They don't believe you. No one would believe that a kingdoms queen is poor except me."

The queen was so aggrieved that she couldn't help but say bitterly, "You're still laughing? You're much richer than me. I have no doubt that the Black Dragon has set its sights on your place. It's just waiting for the New Year bell to ring before it swoops down from the sky."

"How is that possible?" Robb chuckled, "It has to go through the process of 'confirming where the wealth is and flying to the location' at least. It'll take a few months before any action. If it really comes that fast, I'll run around the chapel naked."

As soon as he finished speaking, Robb quickly covered his mouth, "Oh, why did I say something that sounds like a jinx?"

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