Chapitre 144: XI: Wood and Metal Part 1

I don’t know what I imagined leaving the capital would be like, but I certainly wasn’t expecting what I saw.

The earth was barren…as far as the eye could see in every direction but west. The capital remained standing only because of the underwater river running right under us and the wells that people had excavated long ago.

Devastation thoroughly affected this land.

I vividly recalled watching Chinese movies with my beloved, and all I ever saw were green forests and lush lands.

What had happened?

Sure, I know of the legends. Of the demon who took residence at Hua Shan, the mountain of the five peaks, who was the cause for the droughts and the latter dragonstorms.

Out of the blue, a question entered my mind, and I asked my companion Bao Hu, who was riding beside me while Kumiko clung to his waist for dear life. The poor dear must have never ridden a horse before.

“Do all dragons come from the same origin?”