Chapter 981: Before the Tide

Chapter 981: Before the Tide



"Alright."

Hearing the question that came out of Tristan's mouth, Valyr went silent for a bit before nodding with a solemn expression.

With that, the three began to make their way to where Tristan and Alfaera previously were, moving through the various streets of the town while doing so.

Wanting to familiarize himself with the new layout of the former village, Valyr pushed his perception to the limits, committing the general layout of the town to memory.

At the same time, Tristan and Alfaera gave him additional information on the various places they passed through along the way, allowing the young man to gradually build up a rough map of the town in his mind.

Of course, if the young man could help it, he would've spent more time roaming around the town, acquainting himself with every nook and cranny as the former village was the first place he'd really established his footing the moment he appeared in Greater Beyond.

But as thoughts of the upcoming monster tide continued to linger in his mind, he was forced to put the thought on hold for the meantime, arriving at their intended location around half an hour later.

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"And here we are. The town hall."Reêad latest novels at novelhall.com

Listening to Alfaera's introduction, Valyr looked at the building in front of them, only to look back at her with slight shock. "That's... the town hall?"

"If I forgot that I was in a town right now, I would've thought that was a city hall." Though the building before him was nowhere near as large as the city hall back in Clossbay City, it was still large enough for Valyr to think that the building was more suitable as a city hall than a town hall.

After all, compared to the other buildings within the hall's imminent surroundings, the town hall occupied an entire block for itself, spanning at least over a hundred meters on all sides as far as the young man could infer.

Of course, after realizing that the building before them was the town hall, Valyr began to come up with other reasons as to why the town hall was so large for its current scale.

Then again, such thoughts immediately disappeared once he recalled who was leading the town.

"I'm guessing you've made the town hall this large with the long term in mind?" asked Valyr as he continued to look at Alfaera, immediately letting out an inward sigh of relief after seeing the latter nod in response.

"It wouldn't make sense for me to move the hall every time this town grows in size, after all," replied Alfaera, giving Valyr more insight to her thought process. "It wouldn't only confuse me every time, but the citizens of the town as well."

"I don't mind if you two catch up on forging and all that." Though Alfaera happily listened to the conversation that was unfolding between the two, she eventually reminded them of the reasons why they were here. "But you could save that later on, considering we're here to talk about the upcoming monster tide."

"And to think you were the first one to bring it up, Tristan."

Laughing in response, Tristan raised both of his hands as if he were caught red-handed. "Cut me some slack, will you? It's been a while since I've had a good conversation."

"In any case, Alfaera's right." At those words, Tristan returned to his previous solemn demeanor. "We have a feeling that the upcoming monster tide would be unlike any of the previous monster tides we've encountered before, which is why we've asked you to come

here."

"How bad are we talking?" asked Valyr, pushing all of the other questions and topics he had for later. "And what were the other monster tides like in comparison for you to say that?"

In response, Tristan explained to him that the three monster tides they've weathered while he was out in the inheritance were progressively more difficult than the last monster tide he'd defended alongside them.

However, the increase of difficulty was still to the extent that the entire town working together could still handle it, improving the town's ability to unite as one during crises.

"To be honest, the third monster tide arrived a bit over 20 days ago," said Tristan, prompting Valyr to raise his eyebrows. "In fact, some of the town sectors are still recovering from the losses accrued in that tide."

"Yet, for some reason, even though not even a month has passed since the previous tide appeared, another monster tide is already heading our way," he continued, shaking his head

at the thought.

Naturally, Valyr found it weird. "Why is that? Did something special occur for it to happen?"

"None as far as I know of." Alfaera and Tristan shook their heads.

"Though, the Tidemother we killed during the third monster tide did say a few things that might serve as a clue to why we're facing this one early," said Alfaera soon after, prompting

Valyr to perk up his ears.

Only for his expression to turn slightly grim soon after.

"If I remember correctly, it said something about avenging a Tidemother from the Alltide?"