They didn’t seem to care that one of them had gotten caught. They just threatened the boy one last time before finally leaving.
I walked over to the boy, trying to help him up, but he immediately pushed me away. “Get out of my way!”
I stared in confusion. What happened?
The boy’s nails were dark red, almost black, from blood, but all he held in his hands was a piece of bread. That was what he had been protecting. The bread was already black and moldy all over. Clearly, it was way past its expiration date.
My heart ached for him. I fished out some biscuits from my pocket and handed them to him. “Here you go.”
The boy clutched his bread and looked at me warily.
I moved my hand forward again, smiling. “Take it.”
The boy slowly reached out his hand. Just when I thought he was going to take the biscuits, he suddenly slapped my hand. “No way!”
He then scurried away.
“How ungrateful!” Flora exclaimed, stunned.
I frowned as well. I knew something was wrong about this place the moment I set foot.
The werewolves here didn’t respect or welcome us at all. They treated us coldly.
Even ordinary passers-by had hostility in their eyes.
At first, I thought I was just imagining it, but the boy’s reaction just confirmed what I had thought.
Something must have happened here.
Sylvia’s POV
All of us felt a little dispirited. Rufus walked in the front of the group and continued to lead us to the center of the city.
The closer we got to the center, the more dilapidated our surroundings became.
A flag of the empire was smeared with black paint and wrapped around a dog’s head. Rows of dogs’ heads with missing eyes had been mounted on spikes and placed on the outer wall of the city center.
The restless breeze brought a strange pungent smell with it. This place looked like it was a paradise for criminals, and werewolves’ lives seemed to have become the cheapest currency.
Crimes were being committed constantly.
I used to think that I had experienced the darkest point of humanity, but looking at the degradation of this locality, I realized what I had been through was nothing. This place was like a bottomless hole, and no one knew how deep that hole was or what lay at its end.
As soon as we crossed the city center, we encountered the local army. The soldiers were chasing away the ordinary werewolves in the street with electric batons in their hands. Some older werewolves couldn’t stand the electric shocks directed at them and fainted on the spot. The werewolves shoved each other, screamed, and scattered in all directions.
Throughout our walk, Rufus had been in a bad mood. At this moment, I could sense that his rage had almost reached its breaking point.
“What the fuck is the difference between them and the hooligans?” Harry roared.
I was starting to understand why the ordinary werewolves here detested the army so much.
They were supposed to be civil servants and protect the citizens, but they were actually abusing their power and murdering these werewolves. They were so corrupt.
Rufus stopped the soldiers with a frosty expression.
The soldier-in-charge was astonished. “You… you are the reinforcements from the imperial capital? Why… why have you arrived so early?”
Rufus said in a low voice, “Where is your Alpha? Take me to him.”
The soldier-in-charge recognized Rufus. The color drained completely from his face. He hurriedly dispatched a man to inform their Alpha.
“This way, please. I’ll take you to Alpha Geoffrey.” The soldier-in-charge bowed in apology to Rufus while guiding us forward.
Rufus eyed him indifferently without saying anything. His intimidating demeanor made the soldier break out in cold sweat.
“Alpha Geoffrey is preparing a welcome banquet for you. We didn’t expect you to get here so soon.” The leader smiled awkwardly and tried to get on our good side.
Harry snorted disdainfully.
Flora and I also wore matching stony expressions. We didn’t respond to the soldier-in-charge. Layla, on the other hand, peppered the soldier with several questions from time to time. However, he was very cunning. He didn’t give a straightforward answer to any question and talked in circles.
Layla smiled. After a point, she got bored and fell silent.
The soldier walked with us for just over ten minutes. Finally, we arrived at a colossal wall that was about thirty meters high.
We were all shocked by this massive wall in front of us. I looked around and realized that it seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see. I couldn’t figure out how far it extended.
A silver-gray low door, that looked like it was constructed from a heavy metal, was present in the center of the wall.
There was no one guarding the door, and no civilians were seen around.
At this moment, it slowly swung opened, and a middle-aged man with a ruddy complexion rushed out from within.
“Prince Rufus! I’m extremely sorry that I didn’t come outside to receive you earlier!”
I guessed that this man was Alpha Geoffrey.
He was flustered as he apologized to Rufus.
Rufus frowned and seemed a little annoyed. “Lead the way.”
“Yes, yes.” Geoffrey wiped the sweat off his forehead with a handkerchief and quickly took us across the wall.
To our utter surprise, the world behind the wall was completely different from what we had just witnessed outside.
The streets here were pristine, and the buildings were tall and immaculate. A variety of luxuriously decorated shops dotted the sidewalks. Everyone was well-dressed in the latest fashion. They had a friendly demeanor towards us. Their faces were overspread with smiles and we received a warm welcome.
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