CHAPTER XIV

Su Yuan never thought that he was better enough to defeat that monster and regain his way home. By Ethan's standards, he still needs at least ten years of training. By his own standards, it would have to be at least three years later. Wait until he has collected enough innate abilities to make up for the various deficiencies of his human body before he can think about going home.

However, Su Yuan's training was forced to stop for about a year. Because they got the news that the Black Tower had been attacked.

The Black Tower is a safe place, and there are basically very few orcs who will come near it. And as the largest gathering place of human beings, there are more than 100,000 people living around the Black Tower, and there are tens of thousands of armed guards. It's a safe place. But now, the safe place is no longer safe.

According to Ethan's information, it seems that the thing has found a way to break the Black Tower. And an attempt has already been made. Although it didn't succeed, it made the people of the Black Tower panic. A lot of people are even ready to migrate.

Su Yuan couldn't believe the truth of this matter, but looking at Ethan's expression, something seemed wrong.

"Judging by your expression, I think you seem to believe the news. Didn't you say that the Black Tower would weaken that thing? ”

"That's right, but you know what? The Black Tower is not the only one. Or rather, there used to be many. Even in all corners of the world. It was at the height of the invasion, and the world had built it with all its resources. It is also because of these black towers that human beings have not been completely wiped out.

But in the later stages of the war, these black towers were almost completely destroyed. The monsters seemed to realize something, and they went crazy destroying the Black Towers. The two sides fought a decisive battle that was so tragic that you can't imagine it. The end result was that the invaders were all but wiped out. But the vast majority of the Black Towers were also destroyed. The rest were in tatters.

In the countless skirmishes that followed, the broken Black Towers had all collapsed. Only this last one remains. All enemies have been eliminated, but human civilization has been completely shattered. Ninety-nine percent of the population was lost. All the cities, all the industrial bases, all the educational bases, all the things that cease to exist. The rest of humanity, along with the orcs who can't turn back, exist in this world at the same time, and they have long since forgotten where it all began.

But it's as if there's a kind of fate in the dark. After all, the Black Tower did not all collapse, and there was still one intact. And the invaders were not all wiped out, and one survived. This fateful duel has lasted for an unknown number of years. It's just that it looks like it's going to be a winner in my generation. ”

Ethan is not a good storyteller. But he used that flat tone to depict this history that spanned an unknown number of years, which still brought Su Yuan an unprecedented sense of shock. Ethan, known as the Gunslinger, seems to be the only one in this wasteland who remembers this history. Now, of course, I've added another one.

Still, Su Yuan got something out of these stories. Thanks to his status as a street writer, he got some clues from this story.

"You said that the last dark tower has coexisted with the last invaders for a long time. How long is that, can you give me a number? ”

Ethan thought for a moment, then said.

"I'm not sure about that, but it's been at least five generations. In this land, no one pays attention to the dates, and the history that does not matter. Everyone is desperately trying to live. ”

"Well, five generations, that's at least a hundred years or more. That is, that thing is at least a hundred years old. I wonder, are those invaders immortals themselves? Will the invaders before them survive that long? ”

"It's hard to say, those monsters are from some dark dimension. Their ontology cannot even be described in our language. It's just that after entering this world, you will be suppressed by this world. Many of the monsters at the beginning were even directly bounced out of the world itself. That's why humans are able to compete with them. Otherwise, the abilities of many monsters are devastating to this world. Humans simply can't compete.

In order not to be overly suppressed by this world, or even expelled. Many monsters choose to possess human bodies for activities. That guy too, it always appeared in human form. But it's definitely not human at heart. ”

"It's no surprise that monsters will be suppressed. But I want to know, have you ever seen that thing? In your description, his abilities are terrifying. You feel like it's because he's too strong, even if he's suppressed, he feels so strong, or whatever. ”

I can't answer that question exactly. I did see that thing, thirty years ago. When I was a kid. My teacher at the time, together with all the nine gunmen he could muster, laid siege to the thing.

But I was only five years old at the time, far away, and limited in what I could see. I only knew that in the end, my teacher was the only one who barely managed to get out. He was also seriously injured. After training me for a few years, he passed away. I haven't seen it since. Most of what I know about him comes from the teacher's teaching in the last few years. ”

"What was the image of the other person you saw back then?"

"The image of a middle-aged white man. What exactly do you want to know? Ethan was a little confused. In the world of the wasteland. No one thinks about these overly complex questions. Even for an existence like Ethan, it's more about how to kill a few more orcs. Few people pay attention to the ghost that roams the wasteland. Anyway, just stay out of the way, and if you do, you don't have to think about anything else. It's useless to think about anything anyway.

"I have a few vague guesses about that thing. But I need some other clues to come up with my answer. I need to have historical information about this world. The most detailed kind. Don't tell me that none of this stuff is preserved. ”

"......No, there are still some. The Blacktower Gathering Place, where there is a library, probably the last library in the world. ”

"Take me, I'm going to look up some information. Also, have you ever seen that thing after that one? Or rather, has anyone else seen that monster. ”

"No, I may be the only survivor. Since then, no one has ever seen it alive. ”

"No one has seen it again?" Su Yuan muttered to himself.