Inlander

An Unsafe City

The traitors' plan worked. Nobody expected this incident to happen, the other leaders did not know about this incident, because the other leaders were returning to their respective countries to gather troops.

Instead of counterattacking Neiter, they were betrayed.

The next day, in an underground grave just below the pond. Lui, Jill and Neil were still there waiting for the right time to get out of there.

Jill sat pensively against the wall, her head lowered, her red hair partially covering her face. She is still thinking about the fate of his brother. If she looks gloomy like this, it feels like the atmosphere around her is grey too.

The electric magic that had previously surrounded the walls in Centrical City's castle finally disappeared. This was a chance for the three of them to get out. because besides the barrier to exit was gone, the traitor subordinates must also be exhausted. Because Jill never finished feeling gloomy, it was useless to even talk to her. She was just silent and did not respond. Finally, Neil took the initiative to check the situation outside.

Of course, Neil was very careful. He went out through the door under the statue. He opened the door a little and peeked at the outside.

And it turns out, even though last night there was a bloody tragedy, now it looks lonely, there is no one, even like an uninhabited castle.

Unusually, even though it was an early morning like this, there would have been one or two troops patrolling the castle. But not this time. Not visible at all.

"An opportunity". Neil jogged downstairs to the news to Jill and Lui.

"You guys, we have to get out of here right now. Now's our chance". Neil gave the news to both of them. Hearing that, Lui was a little curious. She said, "I wonder what happened upstairs".

The three of them were getting ready to get out of the basement. They settle out slowly. They remain alert and careful because they do not know what will happen next.

Unexpectedly, the castle was so quiet, there was no one but the three of them, they were wondering what happened.

The three of them moved towards the castle building, but what they found was that one-sixth of the castle building was destroyed. Debris scattered about.

Lui, who saw it with her own eyes, was so shocked. She put his knees to the ground, and with a sad face, she wept. What she and her family had been protecting was destroyed. The buildings that had been cared for by his family for generations have been destroyed. She felt devastated. Why did she experience this kind of thing?

"Unbelievable, this must be the mark of their battle," Neil said to himself in amazement, because as a result of that battle, a solid building for thousands of years was destroyed.

Jill, who understands Lui's feelings about what a loss means, is now not gloomy anymore, but now she tries to calm Lui who is on her knees lamenting her sadness.

Jill hugged Lui. She intended to get Lui to stop lamenting her sadness. But instead of Jill trying to calm her down, she burst into tears too. Even Jill seemed to let go of all her sad feelings. Finally, they both hugged each other while crying.

Neil who saw that he muttered "are all women like this?".

Then saw the state of the castle which was so strange. Makes Neil even more alert. Then he said, "We must stay alert".

Hearing those words, finally, Jill and Lui got back on their feet, they stopped crying and returned to their guard. Finally, they slowly headed towards the west castle exit.

And sure enough, what they thought, there wasn't a single guard at the castle gate. Adding to the weirdness that happened. Finally, they moved out of the gate.

When they were outside, it was seen that a middle-aged man was running scared and in a hurry. It was as if he had seen a ghost. He is a resident of Centrical City.

Seeing the man in such a hurry, Neil stopped the man, then he asked "uncle, why are you so scared?"

"Get out of here !!! Hurry up and go !!!".

That's how the man shouted to the three of them. As if something was dangerous. The man then ran back without asking.

But Lui tried to stop the man and asked "Wait uncle, what happened?"

The man then stopped again and said "Neiter!!!, Neiter!!!". He was so scared.

Hearing Neiter's words, the three of them were so shocked. They did not think that Neiter was already in Centrical City. Then Lui asked the man again. "Explain to us uncle, what happened". Finally, the man told what happened to them

An hour earlier, this morning. All of Schlanger, Arlod and Cleist's subordinates forced all citizens living in Centrical City to gather in the plaza.

Then Schlanger spoke to the crowd. He pledged that Centrical City would now be under his control. Not only that, he even said that he was now part of the Neiter nation.

Then after hearing that, the crowds were angry and they opposed it. Then Schlanger ordered his subordinates to kill anyone who opposed him.

Schlanger's subordinates killed those who opposed them. Seeing that many people were killed, inevitably, the residents bowed and knelt. Because there is no other choice.

However, several residents ran and managed to escape, such as the man who met Neil, Lui and Jill. The residents who managed to escape fled and came out of the city of Centrical.

Schlanger and his friends also planted tattoo seals on the wrists of all citizens who had bowed down and fallen on their knees. As a result of them, the city of Centrical is so chaotic and not safe anymore.

Back in front of the gate, finally, the man explained everything to the three of them. Then the man again ran away from the city of Centrical in fear.

After hearing the man's story, the three of them finally concluded that General Hedorven had been defeated.

"The city is not safe, we have to get out of here as soon as possible," Neil said.

Jill asked, "where are we going?". Then Neil replied, "you better come with me to the east, to the place where my initial destination".

But Jill was worried, he asked again "is it not safe anywhere now?"

Then reassuringly Neil said, "I guarantee we will be safe there". Finally, Jill agreed.

Then Jill and Neil immediately returned to the castle and headed for the east, towards the exit of the east gate.

But when they were about to run to the east, Lui was so nervous, as if he was in a dilemma between leaving the castle or not.

"What's wrong Lui?" Asked Jill who saw Lui not running. Then Lui replied, "I can't leave this castle, this is the responsibility of me and my family from generation to generation".

Then Jill said, "there's no meaning you guard this castle if your life is instead". Hearing Jill's words, Lui fell silent a little. He was so confused and very dilemma.

Without thinking, Neil grabbed Lui's hand, and said "come with us, I can't let you die here". Then Lui was silent and followed Neil's pull.

Finally, they also ran to the east to leave the city of Centrical City which was no longer safe. And they headed to the place where Neil was originally intended. That is the realm of the Vitelyn kingdom.