Xyrin Empire-Chapter 216 - Startling Statement

Chapter 216: Chapter 216 Startling Statement Chapter 216 -216 Startling Statement Peaceful night.

Though it was a world ravaged by the flames of war, Azeroth still retained its beautiful and enchanting side—at least, back on Earth, I could never see such a clear and star-studded sky, nor breathe such fresh, dust-free air. The magic civilization, now a part of the daily life of every race in this world, allowed it to do away with smog-filled chimneys and sewage-laden drainpipes. In this world, even the busiest of great cities didn’t have so-called environmental pollution problems, and the situation where dust rises with the wind and leaves you covered in grime when it stops simply did not occur. The natural environment of this world was just too good.

Of course, I need to clarify that this does not include Dark City and its surrounding areas…

That nearly month-long grave-like existence was the shadow of my life!

Alright, let’s leave the environmental pollution problem of Dark City to Miss Xi to worry about, and now back to this tranquil night scene…

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Standing at the edge of Divine Island, I gazed at the clean blue-black sky in front of me, adorned like countless shattered diamonds, breathing in the untainted air of this world. It was as if my whole being was melting into the vastness of heaven and earth, with the cool sea breeze coming from the Endless Sea at night, I spread my arms wide as if to embrace this endless night. This feeling, as if I were the only one left between heaven and earth, was so chillingly addictive, so…

“Bang!”

A loud noise erupted behind me.

“Ah Jun! Come and eat some popcorn!”

The cheerful call of Queen Xyrin rang through the entire night sky.

…Farewell, my carefully accrued sentiment…

I slowly turned around, and the calm and mysterious night sky suddenly transformed into a view of a jubilant bonfire party filled with men and women having the time of their lives. Now, let’s turn off silent mode, and voilà, the world is filled with noise…

Sandora arrived in front of me with a big bag of hot popcorn, bouncing over and then cheerily stuffing a handful into my mouth while asking merrily, “Ah Jun, what were you thinking about?”

…Don’t you think it’s a bit inappropriate to ask me that after you’ve completely filled my mouth?

I struggled to battle the mouthful of pouched-up popcorn with my tongue while internally complaining.

Lin Xue, I don’t know when, had wandered over and, hearing Sandora’s inquiry, immediately preempted my swallowing to answer, “This guy was definitely contemplating how vast the world, the desolation of the universe are, standing proudly alone between the boundless heavens and earth, which is so heartbreakingly—at a glance, you could tell by the stupid look on his face when he was stretching his arms like he was on the Titanic.”

Amazing intuition and insight—if only you hadn’t added that last part.

I gently pulled Sandora into my embrace, ruffling her exuberant golden hair, then, watching a bonfire party that was almost akin to a gathering of chaotic spirits before me, I hesitantly said, “Sandora, aren’t we supposed to be going to war?”

“Mhm!” Sandora’s mouth was so full of popcorn that she had to express her opinion with a short nasal grunt that didn’t require the help of her tongue.

“Then why are we having a bonfire party…”

“Relax, relax,” Lin Xue tried to reassure me with a mature demeanor, “Who says you have to be as morose as if you’re heading to the crematorium before going to war? Are you afraid that a bonfire party might affect the morale of the Xyrin War Puppets?”

“It’s not that… It just feels like the atmosphere is all gone…”

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After deciding to launch an attack on Dark City, we immediately reorganized a portion of the Xyrin’s main forces that had been produced and set out across the sea towards the Eastern Continent—everyone knew how frighteningly fast the Undead Army’s expansion could be, especially now that Dark City had fallen into the hands of the Royal Alchemist Society. Those people were not like Sylvanas; their hatred for the living was blind and intense. This bunch would definitely use every means to expand their Undead Army madly, which meant that countless innocents would be slaughtered and transformed into undead creatures. Therefore, we could not wait and had to hurry to the Eastern Kingdom, which was on the brink of becoming hell. Since Divine Island was actually the base of a railgun, a floating platform meant to carry a mobile super-cannon, it not only had strong resistance to strikes and an amazing load capacity but also boasted impressive mobility. So, I made a daring decision: to urgently retrofit Divine Island into a moving air fortress. We would take Divine Island to subjugate Dark City!

This is why we are still staying on Divine Island, which is currently floating above the Endless Sea.

Because it was the first time for Lin Xue, her sister, and Qianqian, three standard Earth girls, to take such an exaggerated “means of transportation” as the Air Fortress for a “cross-sea journey,” they were so excited that they couldn’t sleep all night. As a result, they actually came up with the idea of holding a bonfire party on this Floating Platform thousands of meters in the sky. They also invited representatives of various races who were similarly excited and sleepless for various reasons to join in. So, as I said before, the Central Square on Divine Island is now in complete chaos, with all kinds of strange creatures, who would each be a demon or monster if thrown into Journey to the West, showing off their racial dances at “God’s Banquet,” like an Otherworldly version of a cultural festival.

I turned my gaze toward the rear of Divine Island’s flying route, where countless huge shadows followed us closely like ghosts in the night. Because of the same flying speed, these shadows seemed to be stationary behind Divine Island. Those were the large transport warships and various combat ships of the Xyrin Army, carrying all of the troops we brought this time, which amounted to about half of our entire army. Since there was a Commander from the opponent who could monitor our movements at any time, we dared not take all of our troops with us, otherwise, upon our triumphant return from Dark City, we might find Serramo Basin gone, and honestly, we would have nowhere to cry.

The Bubble Tower at the center of Divine Island emitted a soft golden glow, acting as a beacon in the darkness, guiding the entire fleet’s course. In fact, this was completely unnecessary because I couldn’t imagine a group of high-tech warships equipped with vector space radars getting lost at night because they couldn’t see the road. In reality, this tower exuding an endless aura of scammer just served to display the majesty of the gods to those representatives stationed on Divine Island— you can consider this a kind of show-off behavior that is good for mental and physical health…

“What are you thinking about?” Seeing that I had been silent, Sandora, who was leaning on me eating popcorn, tilted her head and asked curiously.

“Nothing much, just feel like I’m dreaming. Sometimes I even think I’m still that ordinary student, living a mundane life of traveling between two points every day, but now, looking around— I’ve somehow become the Imperial Leader leading thousands of troops to conquer Dark City. This contrast is a bit too ridiculous.”

“I feel the same way,” Sandora said with a giggle, “Who knew that one day I’d also be cuddling up to a man like I am now. You know, sometimes I even scare myself with the changes I’ve gone through.”

“Excuse me, you two, can you not treat me as if I’m invisible while you’re whispering sweet nothings?”

…Can Lin Xue not talk herself to death?

Confronted with my fierce gaze, Miss Lin showed no sign of backing down; instead, she continued to give meaningful looks between me and Sandora until Sandora finally blushed and moved away from me.

“Alright, Ah Jun, I’m going to grab something to eat over there, come join me later!”

With that, Sandora scurried away.

“Now, Miss Lin, can you speak?”

Lin Xue looked at me in surprise, then finally said, “Oh, so you do have some intelligence?”

Me: “…Can’t you change the subject?”

“Alright— Oh, so you really do have some intelligence?”

Me: “…”

Seeing my frustrated expression, Lin Xue’s mood immediately improved, and she said with a giggle, “Okay, okay, no more joking, I actually have something important to talk to you about.”

I noticed Lin Xue’s expression had become serious, so I too put away any joking mood: this girl seldom gets serious, but when she does, it’s definitely something very important.

“Just now, I saw some visions of the future.”

Lin Xue hesitated for a moment before saying so.

“Future visions?” I raised an eyebrow, “Don’t you watch the future all the time? From weather forecast to weather forecast to yet another weather forecast.”

Lin Xue glared at me, then took a deep breath and said, “I saw Pandora standing on the fortress of the Burning Legion, commanding a large number of mutated demons to launch a final attack on us!”