Tenebrous Sovereign

"Scavengers" and "Hunters"

"You eight, follow us." The slightly thinner young man gave Dean a brief glance and said coldly before turning and leaving the classroom with his companion.

The white-bearded old man saw that Dean and the other eight children were standing there motionless and hurriedly said, "Hurry up. This is your luck. Others don't even have this chance." Hearing his words, several children exchanged glances. Among them, a tall child stepped forward, plucked up the courage and followed first. The others then followed one after another.

Dean walked at the end, observing the selected children and the unselected ones quietly. He wanted to find the reason why he was selected by comparing them. But soon he found that there seemed to be no common points. At least, no obvious distinctions could be seen from the appearance such as complexion and appearance.

If not on the outside, then it must be on the inside.

He suddenly thought of the physical examination before admission and his gaze slightly concentrated. It seemed that this was the most suspicious one!

While he was thinking, he had already followed the other children to the huge playground outside the Law College. As soon as he arrived here, Dean saw a black carriage parked at the entrance of the college. The carriage wheels were embedded with iron bars and huge rivets, looking exceptionally sturdy. And the horse pulling the carriage was even more astonishing. It was nearly three meters tall and wore a steel helmet all over, like a fierce beast standing there.

Not only Dean was astonished, but the other children were also stunned.

"Come here and get in the carriage." The slightly thinner young man said sparingly.

All the children hesitated for a moment. The tall child who was in the front earlier seemed to have consciously taken on the role of the leader and plucked up the courage to say, "Please, excuse me, where are we going?"

The slightly thinner young man stared at him coldly and said, "Get in the carriage when I tell you to!"

The cold and sharp gaze made the tall child shiver all over, his hair standing on end, and his face turning pale. He didn't dare to ask any more and carefully avoided the huge horse and climbed up the steps of the carriage.

Seeing this, the other children also fell silent and obediently followed.

This carriage was extremely spacious and more than enough to accommodate eight children. Dean sat in the corner, next to two nervous children. He quietly looked at the black-armored youth who jumped onto the coachman's position in front. Suddenly, he felt that he must quickly make something to protect his life. This world was even more dangerous than he imagined. Although there was law, obviously, some existences could ignore the law!

As for human rights.

In a feudal society where serfs and nobles existed, "equality" and "freedom" were definitely not included in human rights.

The carriage galloped away from the Law College at an incredibly fast speed. The buildings on both sides of the road rapidly receded. Before long, Dean saw a tall wall with a large character engraved on it. During the few months living at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jura, Dean had learned many characters from Jura. He happened to recognize this character. It was the character for "poor"!

Dean recognized that this was the tall wall from the residential area to the business district. Was this carriage going to take them to the business district?

The other children obviously recognized this too. When they thought of the words of the white-bearded old man, the tension in their hearts was immediately replaced by surprise. Each face was filled with an excited expression.

Even a child longed to enter the business district where nobles and wealthy people lived and catch a glimpse of the scenery inside.

Dean wasn't surprised. Being able to directly take people away from the Law College indicated that the people behind them had great power. But he didn't know what their purpose was exactly, whether it was good or bad?

Soon, the carriage galloped past the concert hall building that Dean had visited earlier. Seeing this building, Dean couldn't help but think of the little girl's sharp questioning words and suddenly felt a bit amused. Although he had thought that he would eventually step into this business district, a forbidden area for commoners, he didn't expect to return just after a short interval of one month.

Before long, the black carriage arrived in front of an old castle. The slightly thinner young man in front jumped down, opened the carriage door, and shouted at everyone, "Get off."

All the children were obedient and got off the carriage obediently.

Dean was still the last one. But just as he was about to get off, the slightly thinner young man suddenly said, "You don't need to get off." After saying that, he returned to the coachman's position in front, shook the whip, and drove the carriage away.

Only the seven children who got off were left on the spot, looking confused.

Dean's expression slightly changed and his heart slightly tightened. He lifted the carriage curtain at the back and saw that the figures of the seven children gradually disappeared. Before they vanished, suddenly a middle-aged man in a black suit came out of the old castle and approached those children.

The carriage passed a corner and the line of sight was blocked. Dean withdrew his gaze and sat alone in the empty carriage, his thoughts spinning rapidly.

Run away?

Resist?

Apparently, with the power of the other party, he could only be at their mercy.

Soon, the carriage stopped in front of a manor. This was an extremely vast manor. The outside was a white painted wooden fence and the green grass inside was trimmed extremely neatly. At the moment, several gardeners were sprinkling water on the lawn.

The carriage door opened and the slightly thinner young man looked at Dean in the carriage. The indifferent expression on his face showed a smile and said, "Little guy, you're quite calm."

Dean was stunned when he saw his smile. The tension in his heart gradually relaxed and he directly asked, "Is it because of the radiation value?"

The slightly thinner young man seemed like a different person. With a smile on his face, he said, "You're quite smart. Yes. They were all just barely passing. Even if they pass the training, they can only be 'cavengers'. But you, there's hope for you to join us 'hunters'."

"Scavengers? Hunters?" Hearing these two terms, Dean's heart moved. Seeing that he seemed to become more talkative, he asked, "What are scavengers?"

"Get off first and I'll tell you." The slightly thinner young man reached out and lifted Dean off the carriage, led him towards the manor, and said as he walked, "Scavengers are responsible for finding usable resources in the safe zone explored outside the great wall."

"Outside the great wall?" Dean was extremely shocked. They actually worked outside the great wall? The white-bearded old man obviously knew this. Before, he said that outside the great wall were demons and plagues and one must never go out. But in the blink of an eye, he sent them out and even said it was lucky... Damn it!

Although he didn't believe in demons, there was no doubt that it was extremely dangerous outside the great wall. At least the radiation in the air was much higher than inside the great wall. Wait, radiation? Dean suddenly had an epiphany and understood. No wonder radiation values were used to distinguish scavengers and hunters. Most likely, the environment outside the great wall was extremely harsh and the radiation was extremely high. So for those who already had high radiation in their bodies, it was very easy to reach saturation when they went outside the great wall. Therefore, only those with low radiation values were selected to go.

Understanding this, he couldn't help but gasp in his heart. Was this so-called physical examination a secret assessment implanted among the commoners by those above?