?825 Chapter 825: New Celestial City
The first task at hand was the infrastructure of the city. In the recent commotion, not only were the Warriors and Guards of the Previous City Lord killed, but quite a lot of buildings were also damaged.
Even the border walls were destroyed. It was a border City that was the first line of defense. And oftentimes, it was attacked from both sides. Despite knowing that, the enemies destroyed the border wall, not even leaving a single lifeline for the citizens.
It was as if they wanted to take away every last bit of hope from these people. They could've killed the citizens, but they let them live, possibly for them to cause a commotion or abandon the city.
Karyk was sure that there were some insiders who were a part of this and they were still in the city, observing everything. That was also a good excuse for him to convince the young man to keep his identity a secret.
He used every disadvantage to his advantage, taking control of the city. The previous city lord's son was left as nothing more than a loyal puppet, blinded by Revenge.
Although Karyk was using the City Lord's son to his advantage, he also meant everything he had told the young man. He had decided to keep it as an equal exchange. He was receiving this city, and in exchange, he promised that he was going to give the killers of his father to the young man.
Karyk stood near the border between the City and the land of Chaos where the wall was being repaired by the citizens. The good thing was that only warriors in the city were killed, but the artisans were still alive, which made things a bit easier.
"Can we truly survive the next beast tide with just the people we have?" The Previous City Lord's Son Arkam stood behind Karyk, looking at the land of Chaos in the distance.
In the moment, the land of Chaos felt peaceful like any ordinary land. But he had witnessed the true danger of that place. Every year, he had experienced the brutal attacks of the beast tide, witnessing countless lives being lost.
It was all thanks to his father that this city had survived, but even his father didn't have an easy time. Moreover in recent years, the beast tide was only getting stronger for some reason.
Even his father was worried about future beast tides. And that was when the city hadn't suffered damage like this.
Karyk didn't answer. He didn't know what the beast tide in this place was like. Although he was confident that he could protect the city, but that was only an assumption at this point.
"The city will survive the attack. However, the real enemy isn't in the Land of Chaos. It's a two way war. Since you've already chosen a side, you are caught in the middle as well. So you must listen to everything I say, without asking any questions."
Karyk turned around, walking back towards the City Lord's Mansion, observing the repair of houses along the way. Wherever he walked through, he was greeted by the citizens.
"I'm not going anywhere. No matter what you ask me to do, I will follow through. All I want is for you to keep your promise. I want the people who schemed against my father and I want this city, my father's legacy, to be protected."
Arkam nodded. He stopped questioning Karyk. In this moment, it didn't matter if his guess was correct or wrong. It didn't matter if Karyk had ulterior motives or not. All he knew was that without Karyk, the city wasn't going to survive. He was their last hope.
Just for the fact that Karyk had saved his life and was now saving their city, Arkam already felt a deep sense of gratitude towards him.
"Good. I'm giving you your first task. I want you to gather information. I want every information about every powerful family in Elzeria. Not just that, I want every information you have on the Royal Capital and their strength. No matter how insignificant that information is, I would rather have it than to miss it."
"Even about the Royal Family?" Arkam frowned. However, he just remembered that he had promised he wouldn't ask any questions.
"I will have it done." He nodded. "But for it, I will have to leave the city for some time. Will everything be fine if I'm not here?"
"It should be fine." Karyk affirmed. It didn't matter how long Arkam was going to take. Anything was faster than him gathering information personally since he was definitely going to miss a lot of things that a native wouldn't.
Moreover, he had a lot of things to do in the city as well. He wanted to establish his own domain as well. He wanted this city to become a Capital away from the Capital, a base of their power.
Instead of letting the war drag onto his world, he wanted to try creating his own force here that could help him when the time came, something that was going to be absolutely loyal to him.
To achieve his goals, the survival of this city was of utmost importance. If the city was destroyed, all this opportunity was no different than wasted.
"The moment you return, you'll see a new and improved Celestial City. Something that would not only be safer than it used to be, but even stronger."
Arkam, after receiving Karyk's affirmation, left Karyk, going back to the Mansion. He was late when he had to protect his father. If he had arrived a few days earlier, he could've changed the future. This time, he didn't want to be late as the lives of many people in the city depended on him.
Karyk watched him leave, observing him in silence. He didn't know what the future was going to be like, but he had a feeling that if Arkam didn't disappoint him, then things were going to be much better.
