Chapter 36: Aftermath - 36
As Zhou Fan made it back to his courtyard, the life rain ended and the clouds dispersed.
Even then, most soldiers didn't get up. Many of them stared at the sky blankly. The life rain had not only healed their bodies, but affected their mind. They no longer felt the urge to kill or fight.
As if a peace treaty had been established, neither side attacked. The emperor's also didn't order any more attacks. Both sides silently retreated until they could no longer see each other.
The soldiers of the boundless empire made it back to the area they had first camped in and settled down. Many would go on to pray to god, or what they had named god.
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In the emperor's tent, the emperor sat at the edge of his bed. His hands were put together in a praying motion as he sat there silently. He too had been affected by the life rain. Although terribly sad at the death of his favorite daughter, he no longer sent his people to an unnecessary death. Within the rain, everyone's emotions were intensified. Even though the emperor had previously watched indifferently as his soldiers died, grief ran through his heart under the life rain. Empathy that he had long lost had once again been planted in his mind.
The truth emperor was also sitting in his tent, praying, feeling similar to the boundless emperor. Although he hadn't unnecessarily sent his people to their death, he still felt grief at the loss of his people. Looking up from his prayer, the truth emperor ordered one of his fastest riders to head to the boundless empire's camp.
As expected, he had nothing to do with the death of the third princess. He sent the envoy to convey that message to the boundless emperor. If they could work together, they could find the culprits of this war and destroy them entirely.
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A couple days after the end of the battle, the news of what happened there started to spread. At first, many didn't believe it. However, every single report was the same. It was undoubtable proof.
Many started to consider following this god. However, one had to remember that there was no sort of god, nor prayer, nor worship before. This was a completely new concept to everyone and people needed time to adjust.
Even with the proof, many people refused to believe such a fairy tale. Although they had to admit that it would be incredible if someone could make up such a story, it didn't stop them from attempting to confirm it themselves.
Many curious people went to the battlefield while nobles and other people of high positions sent scouts to inform them. It wasn't long before the first people got there.
They were amazed to discover that there were no corpses or blood. In fact, there was no battlefield! In place of the battlefield where the war took place, a forest stood. It was lush, green, and full of noises. Noises from living beings! Seeing the sight, every single person there took out a map and made sure they were in the right place.
It wasn't long before everyone had the same realization. They were in the right place! The scouts of nobles and others with high status quickly rode back in order to report their incredible findings and before long, nobody had any doubt.
Many quickly started to join the soldiers who had retired and started to form a group of worshipers of god.
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Meanwhile, the dark emperor frowned upon hearing confirmation. Naturally, the dark emperor was the emperor of the dark empire, ranked 8th. Sitting in the silent throne room that was filled with advisors and kings, the darkness emperor spoke from his throne.
"The plan has failed. Not only did we fail to destroy both the truth empire and the boundless empire, a so-called god has appeared." The darkness emperor solemnly spoke. "Not a single word of this leaves this room. If the empires find out that we caused this war, we will be destroyed without a doubt, and not single one of you will be spared."
Everyone in the room shared a look of understanding and inwardly swore to keep their mouth shut.
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On a pure golden throne with red cushions, sat a brown haired man with a small beard. The man had on a beautiful gold crown inlayed with crystals and jewels, each so expensive that they could bankrupt a small empire. Anyone looking at him would describe him in one word. Kingly.
However, the imposing and dominering man's jaw was nearing the floor. Hearing the reports and repeated conformation of the battle, even he couldn't keep himself calm.
Looking at the emperor of the mortaniel empire, the reporter had a look of understanding. In fact, he felt admiration from the fact that only the emperors jaw dropped.
When he had heard the news, he had almost fainted from shock. Even now, he was still in disbelief of the reports. Finally, the emperor of the mortaniel empire spoke.
"Send 10,000 men to the forest where the battlefield once was. Investigate every single thing there. Also, bring the greatest scientists we have." He commanded.
The reporter quickly nodded and left. Sitting on the throne alone, the mortaniel emperors mind was in turmoil. As the king of the most powerful empire in the world, he hadn't lost his composure since he was still a prince.
However, the reports he had heard sounded more like a story than a fact. No. Even the greatest story writer in the world couldn't write about such a thing. Magic? God? Prayer? No such thing had existed before.
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It's been a month since the battle between the truth empire and the boundless empire. In the cave, Zhou Fan laid in the fields. Ever since the battle, Zhou Fan had been down here cultivating. In the last month, not only has he named the beasts cave, now called Dragon Cave, but he has also broken into the 7th level of core formation. Now, he was confident in taking on the empires entire army.
Chapter 37: Exploration - 37
Since the war ended, Zhou Fan didn't plan to go back to the surface. He had no interest in the upper world as of now. Essentially, he had faked his death.
Of course, he had remembered to bring Yipeng along. Right now, he was in the cabin eating. On his way down, Zhou Fan remembered to bring some food so that they wouldn't have to go back up.
Standing up, Zhou Fan walked into the house and spotted Yipeng.
"Hey. Me and the beasts are going to explore the tunnels tomorrow. Do you want to come?" Zhou Fan asked.
"I would like to." Responded Yipeng.
Hearing his answer, Zhou Fan nodded before heading into his room and going to sleep. Although he could now go longer and longer without sleeping, Zhou Fan hadn't slept in almost a month.
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The next morning, Zhou Fan, Yipeng, and the beasts made their way to another tunnel. The last time, they chose to go through the tunnel directly across from the exit tunnel, while this time, they chose to go through the tunnel left to the exit tunnel.
When they made it to the entrance, Zhou Fan sent Xiaolong in first in order to clear a path. He, Yipeng, and the rest of the beasts followed behind.
After what seemed to be an hour of walking, a light shone from the distance. The group picked up their pace and made it to the light in 2 minutes.
When they finally exited the tunnel, Zhou Fan saw a familiar, yet unfamiliar scene. In the middle of the sky, a giant crystal once again hung. However, unlike the previous crystals he had seen, this one didn't make the cave seem like day.
Instead, the crystal gave off a black light that emulated the night. There were also small white crystals that were embedded into the ceiling, looking like stars.
Looking around, Zhou Fan saw a lamp post standing next to them. Clearly, it had given off the deceiving light from earlier.
In fact, there was a path of lamp posts that seemed to create a trail. If not for these, Yipeng and the beasts wouldn't be able to see anything. Although the beasts can be lightly considered cultivators, they were only in the first stage of Qi gathering. The improvement to their eyesight was minimal.
As for Yipeng, he couldn't see anything past the light the lamps gave off.
Looking into the darkness, Zhou Fan spoke.
"Do you think that another race like the elves lives here?" He said towards Yipeng.
"It would seem so due to the existence of the lamp posts. However, I can only think of one race that could live in such darkness."
"Dark elves." Zhou Fan interrupted.
"Indeed", said Yipeng, wearing a slight grimace on his face.
Recalling the elves' library, Zhou Fan knew that the elves and dark elves were mortal enemies. If the hatred of humans could be said to have disappeared from the elf population, the hatred of dark elves were the exact opposite.
It was as if their sole purpose was to hate each other. Throughout the elves' history, there had been no less than 20 wars with the dark elves. However, they had always been similar in strength and been unable to kill the other race off.
Zhou Fan didn't admire the big black crystal in the center of the cave for long before he and the rest started to follow the torch path. Although dark elves had near perfect night vision, they could still see more details with light.
The group followed the torches for about 30 minutes before they came upon a gate. The gate was made out of wood and was wide open.
'I guess they aren't expecting intruders.' Zhou Fan thought.
To Zhou Fan, the entire area was as clear as day, but to Yipeng and the beasts, the torches were about as far as they could see. Since he didn't know if there were any traps, Zhou Fan had Yipeng ride on Xuanwu's back. After all, there was no way the dark elves would see the beasts and still have the courage to attack.
After another 10 minutes of walking, Zhou Fan saw some movement up ahead. Ordering the beasts to stay, Zhou Fan and Yipeng traveled 3 minutes before he found the source.
On the ground not far away, stood around 50 houses. Outside of these houses, something similar to elves were walking around. The only difference between them and the elves that Zhou Fan had known is their skin color. Unlike elves, these elves had dark skin. Clearly, they were dark elves.
Like Zhou Fan, they saw through the darkness as if it was day. Zhou Fan didn't observe for too long before he walked into the village, followed by Yipeng.
It wasn't long before the dark elves spotted Zhou Fan and Yipeng. When they looked at Zhou Fan, they felt surprised. However, when their gazes fell upon Yipeng, an immense hatred burst out of their eyes.
As for Yipeng, although he couldn't see too well, he could see the dark elves outline and infer who they were. An equally immense hatred burst out of his eyes. If he had Zhou Fan's power, he would have already destroyed the entire cave.
It was then that Zhou Fan spoke up.
"Hello. We come in peace." Zhou Fan tried to say.
However, he didn't even have time to talk before the dark elves started to pull out their weapons.
The most common weapon was a bow while a few carried a sword or a spear.
"Okay, that seems unnec–." Zhou Fan attempted to say.
Before he could finish, 30 arrows came flying at his face. Using a small amount of Qi, Zhou Fan created a shield that blocked all the arrows.
Assuming that the magical display would bring the elves to a halt, Zhou Fan tried to talk again. However, he was interrupted by another bunch of arrows shooting at him and Yipeng.
Looking at them with surprise, Zhou Fan could see such violent hatred in their eyes that they were able to ignore the magical occurrence that just happened.
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