Chapter 249 – Legends and Myths (VII)

Chapter 249

Legends and Myths (VII)

While everyone was resting inside the tent, I stayed outside.

Partly for the fresh air and partly because I wanted to read the many windows in peace. I didn’t immediately focus on them, though, focusing instead on… well, nothing, to be honest.

If I think about it, we really go places and just… wreck ’em, even if we do help on occasion. Even if she was a Wraith, from all accounts, she made that city what it was. Its autonomy was respected exclusively because she was respected.

With her dead–or, well, considered gone since nobody was going to connect that sludge of flesh with her–chances are that the City of Silver would slowly begin to wane and decay. Not immediately–it might even see a temporary boon as her coffers are raided and the fight for the new leader emerges, but before long, wolves will be at their doorsteps, and they will have no dragon to defend them.

I don’t begrudge Long Tao for killing her, far from it. He probably saved our lives, one way or another. It’s just another stark reminder of just how… fragile certain parts of this reality are. Even with its magic, and its supernatural folk beating the ever-living-shit out of each other, some of the far-reaching, ancient power dynamics are as present here (if not more so) as they were back on Earth.

And, as always, the little guys will suffer the most.

The leadership of the city will probably get their pockets fat and then bolt, leaving it destitute, while those who have nowhere to go will bear the brunt of its decay.

Haah.

Has nothing to do with me, though. Not anymore, at least.

Forget it. Everything will be sorted out eventually. Onto the windows.

[Congratulations, Host. One of your Disciples has achieved a Regional Feat, invoking the sensation of Heavenly Path]

[Special Rewards have been triggered]

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[Feat: Disciple Long Tao has managed to kill a Shackled One that was at the cusps of becoming Unshackled. Even if not unprecedented, the feat is still remarkably rare across the vast expanse of history and worthy of an Ode]

Huh. Okay.

That’s a bit different from how Long Tao and Lao Shun described it. Though, honestly, either version doesn’t mean all that much to me since, well, none of the terms mean anything to me.

[Reward 1: 500CP]

[Reward 2: Fiery Plume (Legendary)]

[Reward 3: Talent Imbuement (Heaven)]

[Reward 4: Random Minor Trait]

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[Reward 5: 1x Monthly Quest Ticket]

[Reward 6: 1x Random Alchemy Recipe]

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[Fiery Plume (Legendary) — a plume of a fiery beast, imbued with the most primal form of Fire Qi. Its uses are as limitless as one’s imagination, though perhaps those seeking the perfection of the Path of Fire may yet find it most useful]

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[Talent Imbuement (Heaven) — can only be used on a mortal being with no talent for cultivation, affording them Heavenly Roots. Note that they will still be artificial and not comparable to natural Heavenly Roots]

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