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The door creaked open, and Kanel, the strongest swordsman in the City of Adventurers, entered.
Kanel: "Excuse me for interrupting, but I think we need to gather with the City Lord immediately. All the commanders, leaders, and other decision-makers have been summoned."
Krax: "Huh? What’s going on here?"
Hebnari: "Don’t worry. We’ll find out soon."
They headed to the meeting hall, where more than twenty influential figures from across the city had gathered. This was only the second time such a large assembly had been called since the city's founding twenty years ago.
The City Lord (in a hoarse and weak voice): "I have gathered you here today to discuss the theft of the Millennium Book. It was stolen months ago, and we have failed to retrieve it. This is a grave failure and a deep disappointment. However, there is no time for sorrow. I want every person with an army or a force to gather more than three thousand brave warriors."
Silence fell over the room, followed by expressions of confusion, deep concern, and then outright discontent. Murmurs spread among the attendees:
"What? Are you telling us to spend our own wealth to assemble an army because of a failure that was your responsibility?"
City Lord: "Silence! This is not a request. It is an order. If we do not recover the book within a week, every last soul in the City of Adventurers will be wiped out!"
"W-what?!"
City Lord: "Don’t be surprised. This information is certain. That book is one of the five most sought-after books in the entire world. Naturally, the Empire heard that we possessed it and sent me a letter demanding that I hand it over, in exchange for ceasing tax collections for the next two decades. This letter arrived right after the ceremonial exhibition.
Of course, the Empire does not want to hear something like, 'We don’t have the book.' But when I sent an envoy to inform them that it had been stolen just a few days prior, I later found his head placed on top of a jar. When I opened the jar, I found his entrails and the rest of his body inside.
That was a clear enough message. But since they still see us as mere mortals, they sent another letter stating that if the book is not found within a month, we will be eradicated. That is why I gathered you all."
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A heavy silence filled the room. The young turned pale, and the elderly trembled. Those words meant one thing: they were finished.
Before they could even process what was happening, the entire ceiling of the palace they were in suddenly collapsed in an instant. A figure hovered in the air above them, looking down.
Everyone present immediately recognized the sheer danger of this destruction. But what terrified them even more was the realization that the ceiling—measuring kilometers in size—had been obliterated without the use of Qaz. It had been done through raw physical strength alone (or so they thought, as they knew nothing of Aura).
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