Chapter 277: The World Announcement

Chapter 277: The World Announcement



Inside a bar, it was mostly empty except for a few regulars scattered around the room. The bartender wiped the counter while one customer drank his sorrows away.

"One more..." Rafael raised his whiskey cup.

"You've drank enough." The bartender said. "You're leaving for the frontlines tomorrow. You should go get some sleep."

"What are you, my mom?" Rafael slammed the cup down. "Give me one more drink!"

"Sigh." The bartender poured him one more drink and said, "That's the last one. You better leave after this."

Rafael gulped down the drink and then slammed the cup down on the counter.

"Fine, fine. The drinks here stink either way."

The chair toppled over as Rafuel stood up, and he stumbled out of the bar, cursing under his breath.

However, when he walked down the street, he saw that everyone was staring towards the sky. It seemed like they were frozen in time.

"Huh?"

Rafael raised his gaze to the sky, and to his shock, there was holographic message- immensely big-hovering in the sky.

"World Announcement..." Rafael read what it was about, and slowly his eyes widened in shock.

He quickly took off his coat and checked the symbol on the back. It was a Nightshade symbol, as he was one of the foot soldiers of the Nightshade faction!

Their faction had just lost one of their most valuable assets!

Across the village, the mood dipped to all-time low numbers.

After joining the Nightshade faction, most of them held arrogance and pride about their strong faction. They believed that Ambrose had strong chances of becoming the next king.

However, losing one of their most valuable assets this early in the war was extremely detrimental to their chances of success.

'The big guys must be furious,' Rafael gulped.

...

Shock, disbelief, and panic spread throughout the Nightshade faction as they realized the impact of their loss.

They could barely believe their eyes.

By the center of the village, a large tent had been set up, serving as a center of headquarters for the Nightshade faction.

Currently, at the entrance of the tent, everyone was staring up at the skies.

The first-ever world announcement was already shocking enough, but why it happened was even more shocking.

"Send a raven to Mauricio!" Ambrose screamed and stormed inside the tent, where he took his seat at the fur-covered throne.

The Raven Master headed out to deliver the message.

talent, but now perhaps even Adam could be considered for that rank.

A few floors below then, Knoxx, Hana, and Alan stood at the balcony, looking towards the world announcement with their eyes full of wonder.

This was an absolute shock to them!

'In only a year.' Knoxx wryly smiled. 'I thought I maybe could keep up with him, but who am I kidding? S-rankers are different from common people like us.'

...

Zephyr poured himself a drink. He filled the cup only half-way and then closed the bottle,

placing it back on the shelf.

He returned to the cup, took it into his hand, and sat on top of the table, looking out of the window towards the sight in the sky.

After raising his cup, he gulped it down and let out a soft sigh of contentment.

"First done, many left to go..."

...

A wheelhouse rolled down the dirt, bumpy road, its creaking wheels echoing in the silence of

the night.

The knights of the Imperial Order rode on horseback beside it, their armor glinting in the

moonlight.

However, their attention was on the sky as the holographic image created a light bright enough that made it very visible in the darkness of the night.

'So, killing S-rankers will create a world announcement.' King Moriarty sat inside the wheelhouse, looking out of the window towards the light in the sky.

'Bothersome news.

'Calamity dead, huh. I expected him to come challenge me one day, but for his journey to end

like this is quite a disappointment.

'Adam, however, in just a year has reached this level. A dangerous young man.'

...

Mauricio sat on top of a hill, his lifeless gaze looking up to the announcement.

At that moment, a dark raven landed on his shoulder, a note tied to its leg.

However, without doing anything, the raven gasped for air before dying right on top of his

shoulder. It looked like the life got sucked out of it.

"Calamity..."

A cold voice.