Miss Luo Yan’s Feet Are Buried With Corpses v4c15

The God of Malice is Watching the Land: Chapter 15 Promise

Regarding this question, Luo Yan had pondered for a long time.

She sat on the peak of the Holy Mountain, leaning against the remains of the Saint, which had transformed into a ferocious monster, the truth beyond the starry sky right above her head.

Countless twisted monsters, the size of planets, roamed everywhere, countless terrifying, ferocious eyeballs focused their attention on this last remaining pure land.

The Gods severing their own foundation bought them a chance to barely survive, but how many more times could this chance be used?

But if they didn’t continue, could this world resist the erosion of “malice” and avoid falling into the same end as other planets?

Luo Yan didn’t know. She had only truly been in this world for a few years, not even having had the time to understand it.

Elise’s words slightly awakened Luo Yan. Above the land, there wasn’t just the existence called “civilization,” but also the countless… living beings that formed civilization.

Their existence… also couldn’t be ignored.

“Civilization may be destroyed, eras may be annihilated, but this world… will never give up its struggle.”

Luo Yan still remembered these words spoken to her by the Witch of Envy in her final moments. Now, she could understand the helplessness of the Gods and the suffering of mortals.

“It’s almost… time to go.”

Luo Yan stood up, took out a few silver coins, and placed them on the table.

“Where are you planning to go?”

Elise picked up the silver coins, counted them, and frowned,

“This isn’t even enough for the base liquor, you ruined several of my drinks!”

“This is all I have left, nothing more.” Luo Yan spread her hands. “I do have a Lannister Black Card, but I was planning to return it on this trip.

“Besides, what do you mean ruined? They were all drinkable. If you don’t want to drink them, you can sell them. I haven’t drunk any.”

“…I don’t want to be investigated by the Yan City Inspection Bureau for poisoning drinks.” Elise’s brow twitched. “And… you plan to go to Lannister? That’s right, you haven’t visited many mega-cities, Lannister is another place where you left traces.”

Luo Yan was deliberately erasing the traces she left in the world, Illusion could see that.

However, Illusion didn’t know what Luo Yan specifically wanted to do, nor did she ask.

After all, Illusion knew very well that in this civilization, she was just an observer, a witness.

Perhaps, also a grave keeper.

“Anyway, that’s how it is. If there’s really no other way, just put it on my tab. I’ll come back and pay it off after everything is over.”

Luo Yan shrugged, her expression utterly sincere.

“…The great Witch of Envy actually has to run a tab,” Illusion wasn’t polite and directly took out a small notebook to write it down. “Miss Luo Yan, two hundred silver coins, and a promise, that’s it.”

“A promise?” Luo Yan was slightly stunned.

“You said… you would come back.” Illusion whispered, “I’ve remembered it. Skipping out on debts isn’t a good habit.”

Luo Yan was silent for a moment, then a stunningly beautiful smile appeared on the corners of her lips.

A spatial rift slowly opened beside her, but because of the “Envy” power, no one noticed, not even Yan City’s monitoring system for Primordial Demons was triggered.

—In front of the true “Witch of Envy,” these instruments were like a joke; there were plenty of ways to avoid them.

Luo Yan turned and stepped into the spatial rift, her figure gradually disappearing into the depths of the Void. Finally, the spatial rift closed, and everything returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

Only a few crooked words, written with spilled liquor on the bar counter, proved that she had been there.

“Will come back.”

……

Whether it was the events unfolding in the Sanctuary, or the subtle, undetectable changes in Yan City, others knew nothing.

The Calamity Tide was still surging, and crisis hung over all of human civilization like a dark cloud.

But only the human higher-ups knew that the current seemingly critical situation was just a small ripple in the Calamity Tide.

If the Calamity Tide were only of this magnitude, the human civilization of the Old Era wouldn’t have been completely wiped out.

After all, although the humans of the New Era controlled “abilities,” powers beyond common sense, they were still far inferior to the warships and giant cannons of the Old Era.

Even a “Destruction” level ability user might only be equivalent in strength to an Old Era battlecruiser.

There were basically no more than twenty “Destruction” level ability users in the New Era. Even including “Slumberers” and “Ice Coffin Weapons,” thirty or forty “Destruction” level beings were all the combat power humanity could muster.

And the starship wreckage excavated from the ruins of the Old Era civilization already exceeded this number, let alone the space starships used by the Old Era to explore beyond the starry sky, which were unimaginably powerful.

Yet they still couldn’t escape the Calamity Tide. One could imagine that the truly terrifying tide had yet to arrive.

Many citizens knew that human civilization was currently in peril, but they didn’t know how terrifying the danger they faced truly was.

Hua Qingling knew many secrets, so she could vaguely guess, but she could only feel powerless.

Having “Destruction” level potential didn’t mean one could actually grow to “Destruction” level, especially since there was currently no time or space for her to grow.

On the other hand, if she were only “Destruction” level… it wouldn’t actually make much difference. It would be difficult even to protect herself, let alone… Yan City and her family.

The heavy responsibility weighed down on Hua Qingling, making it hard for her to breathe. She could only keep moving forward to alleviate this pressure.

“Lannister should be ahead, right?”

While Hua Qingling was lost in thought, Qin Wen spoke up.

These past few days, they had used Hua Qingling’s Wind Spirit Power to travel towards Lannister at full speed. Along the way, they saved a few fleeing refugee groups, but also witnessed many groups being submerged in Calamities that even “Peril” level ability users couldn’t handle.

Being in the Calamity Tide, countless deaths and “malice” contamination easily made people numb, even the most terrifying monsters seemed commonplace.

Hua Qingling looked up ahead. Through the strong wind, she could vaguely see the city walls in the sandstorm, but they looked somewhat dilapidated.

She had been here before and marveled at Lannister’s defense system, several times more magnificent than Yan City’s, but now it was covered in broken walls, barely maintaining its defense.

“We… didn’t go the wrong way, did we?”

Qin Wen said uncertainly. She hadn’t been to Lannister before, but she had heard of it.

Every bard who mentioned Lannister liked to call it an upstart. At first glance, it gave a shocking impression, but after looking more closely, one would find it lacked cultural depth, simply piling up the most prosperous and eye-catching elements.

Qin Wen didn’t understand these literary terms, but it shouldn’t mean… this.

The tall and magnificent city walls were gone, replaced by fragmented spiritual energy shields and numerous collapsed gaps within the shields.

Many city guards were still patrolling back and forth among the ruins that could hardly be called city walls, nervously guarding this city defense system that sustained their lives.

Seeing the strong wind approaching, a hint of panic appeared on the faces of these tired city guards.

Only after the wind subsided and Hua Qingling and Qin Wen emerged did they breathe a sigh of relief.

The leading city guard captain recognized Hua Qingling at a glance and quickly welcomed them in,

“So it’s Miss Hua Qingling! I didn’t expect you to grace Lannister with your presence again…”

Qin Wen looked at Hua Qingling in surprise,

“Sister Qingling, are you that famous?”

Hua Qingling rubbed her nose,

“Not really famous… I was just present during the Lannister incident.”

At that time, the city was filled with troublemaking followers of the Church of the End Gods. Hua Qingling led an ability user squad, putting out fires everywhere, and interacted with many city guards.

Coupled with her rather memorable appearance… perhaps she should be called “childlike face, huge x”? Anyway, it was hard for anyone who saw her not to have a deep impression.

“Oh.”

Qin Wen nodded and didn’t ask further.

The city guard looked at Qin Wen with awe. Needless to say, the reputation of this Sword Saint Sect successor was also quite renowned.

And her physical characteristics were even easier to remember than Hua Qingling’s. After all, not many women could reach a height of 1.9 meters.

Since it was these two, the city guard captain didn’t dare to be negligent and directly notified his superiors.

The news quickly reached Chief Magistrate Norian, and soon, he appeared before Hua Qingling and Qin Wen.

“Long time no see, Madam Hua, and… Miss Qin.”

Norian glanced at Qin Wen, then quickly looked away.

Looking directly at Qin Wen required courage, because one had to look up…

“Magistrate Norian, I hope you’ve been well… apologies, perhaps I spoke too soon.” Hua Qingling said softly.

Been well… Magistrate Norian’s current appearance could hardly be described as “well.”

Last time they met, Magistrate Norian was full of vigor, single-handedly restricting the Church of the End Gods’ mole lurking within the Council of Elders, forcefully suppressing all opposing voices with iron-fisted methods, and executing the lockdown order until the last moment.

Afterwards, using the infiltration of the Church of the End Gods as a pretext, he launched a purge against the deeply rooted noble forces, eradicating some of the drawbacks of the “Norian Reform.”

No matter what, Magistrate Norian was a formidable figure, even old age couldn’t stop him.

But now, Magistrate Norian looked more like a dying old man, even panting slightly when speaking, needing the support of the guards beside him to stand firm.

This old man, who had spent half his life worrying about Lannister, finally showed his fatigue.

Lannister was one of the mega-cities most severely impacted by the Calamity Tide, comparable only to Noah and Dragon City.

Coupled with the unresolved hidden dangers left by the previous Lannister incident, and without time to recuperate, they had to hastily face the returning Calamity Tide.

The result was imaginable: Lannister suffered heavy losses.

On the other hand, the outbreak of the Calamity Tide cut off all Lifelines. Lannister, which had prospered through trade relying on Lifelines, was like having its main artery severed, only breathing out, not breathing in.

All of Lannister’s industries were built for trade. In just a few decades, they hadn’t grown enough to support more functions before suffering such a heavy blow. It was already fortunate that they weren’t completely destroyed.

More importantly, the sacrifice of their only “Destruction” level ability user, Granny Zoya, further worsened Lannister’s situation.

After personally sending Granny Zoya off, Magistrate Norian seemed to have aged decades.

From walking briskly to now having difficulty even walking, it happened in just a few short days.

Hua Qingling had already heard about this before coming, but as an outsider, she couldn’t say much.

“Unfortunately… I can’t entertain you properly this time.” Norian said with a wry smile, “Almost all supplies are under control, even I can only receive two quotas at most, there’s really nothing I can do.”

As a city of trade, Lannister’s own production facilities weren’t well-developed, and they didn’t keep excessive inventory in their warehouses.

Even basic living supplies were difficult to provide, let alone luxury goods for enjoyment.

Only emergency food reserves remained sufficient, but the taste of this emergency food, meant only for sustenance, probably wouldn’t be good.

Completely different from the nouveau riche extravagance when she last visited Lannister, the current Lannister was probably worse off than even Yan City.

Norian could no longer proudly say “This is our Lannister.” He now asked his assistant with a troubled face if they could scrape together a decent meal to entertain Hua Qingling and Qin Wen.

“Actually… there’s no need to be so polite, we’re just passing through.” Hua Qingling quickly said, taking out some prepared spiritual energy ore. “We just want to borrow the Teleportation Array to Noah, just the two of us, me and Qin Wen.”

“Yes, yes.”

Qin Wen nodded.

The spiritual energy ore Hua Qingling took out was condensed using Yan City’s “Ember,” and the contained spiritual energy was more than enough to send them to Noah.

The excess was considered payment to Lannister.

Hua Qingling originally thought she wouldn’t need it, because Lannister always had a lavish style.

Forget about paying, they would probably generously give Hua Qingling many things before she left.

Just like last time, Miss Luo Yan even received a Black Card with unlimited spending.

…Of course, in Lannister’s current situation, it was unclear whether the unlimited spending Black Card could still be used.

“Teleportation Array?” Norian was stunned, the bitterness on his face deepening. “You’re too late, the Teleportation Array has already been destroyed.”

“Destroyed?” Hua Qingling’s eyes widened. “I remember the Teleportation Array was in the core area, the Calamity Tide couldn’t have invaded that far, right?”

Norian hesitated for a moment and said,

“It was… destroyed by us.”

“…”

Hua Qingling fell silent.

“There are always people who don’t want to endure hardship with Lannister.” Norian turned around with his hands behind his back, trembling slightly, and looked into the distance. “A ship struggling through a storm, once a leak appears, sinking is only a matter of time.

“To completely eliminate this possibility, I decided to cut off all escape routes… No one can escape this ship alone.

“No one.”