The Serpent That Devours the Earth (3)

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A fire as red as the sunset stained the castle walls.

Below them lay a city piled high with the bodies of people who could no longer close their eyes.

In a city where tattered flags fluttered and death rattles rang out now and then,

the only voices to be heard were those of Ophir, the invader, and the city’s master, the High Priest.

“Why... Why would you do this to your own people...?”

The High Priest looked at the bodies of the citizens piled behind Ophir.

They weren’t holy knights or priests.

They were the people who had lived in this city.

Looking at their bodies—people who might as well have been called civilians—the High Priest trembled with rage...