To the Depth of Abyss - Chapter 254

Floor 3 / Sector 2

Eria /

Night after the Black Hunter raid /

The help from Floor 2 came late because a bunch of Corrupted Fishman intercepted them in Sector 3.

Arriving at Eria, the assistance from Floor 2 led by Jade the Green immediately provided all the help they could give.

Eria suffers quite severe damage from the attack. It actually can be reduced, but several factors cannot make it happen.

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Eria / King’s Castle (previously known as Palace of Moccus)

Conference Room /

The conference attended by Eria’s Human Department.

Grand Master of Knights Union, Dimitri, and a few knight members.

Jade the Green as Floor 2 representative and one of her man.

The Former King of Eria-Troy the Gluttony. Behind Troy are two Spartans who were trapped with him yesterday.

Three people sit at another table for minutes of conference. Behind the member of the conference are journalist and reporters.

The One who sits on the King’s huge throne is Ars. Eria’s savior from the day of darkness.

They confused at first; why was it Ars who sits on the throne and leads the conference?

But with Troy, the former king himself, sits in the conference member chair, in his buffed form. They save the question for later, or to wait for Ars to explain the situation.

“Alright, first, Human Department, report how many people we have lost and all the losses we receive from yesterday’s battle.”

Ars opened the conference with cruel orders; death report.

Human Department came with three employees. They are Chairman, Deputy and Assistant.

The Chairman received a stack of bound paper from the Assistant. He opened the last page of the paper, then read it in a medium volume of voice.

“We’ve lost 121 Spartans, 6 Hunter Volunteers, and 1 Valkyrie.”

It was a list of people who died protecting the city. The Deputy turns to read the amount of loss in material.

“With Ars… the King effort in order to save Eria from Army of Black Knight, and the pollution that emits from their body, we lost 6 Million AByssal Cash from the destruction of half Eria, and 2 Million from the destruction of South Castle-Palace of Fafnir.”

It was all. The Deputy took a deep, regret breath from reading all of it.

“You forgetting three.”

Suddenly, Ars mentions the Human Department’s error.

Of course that shocked them. They thought they had reported everything well. Even before coming to the conference, they opened a special session to recheck twice the names of the people who died in yesterday’s battle.

“Alexander the Black Dragon. He indeed still alive. But right now he’s out of radar, which means we’ve lost him.”

‘Alexander? Who?’

The Human Department showed that kind of face when hearing that name. But when they heard the word ‘Black Dragon’, they immediately realized it was the Black Dragon that was rampaging in the palace grounds yesterday.

Alexander the Black Dragon. Floor 3 people only learn the name a few months ago, so it took them some time to realize who it was.

The Sin of Envy.

“The Traitor, Shiva. He betrayed us and join Soul Saint side.”

That was also new for the people, except Troy.

“That is… impossible!”

“Lord Shiva might be slothful.. but he is Staff Saint loyal children.”

So there are some people who think that it is just a lie.

Both of them actually the two Spartan who who were not at the battle site to witness the scene.

“The same goes for the Japanese dude, Yamato, who was almost killing me in our battle. Plus, the Staff old man died few years ago. So it’s quite easy, I say, for Soul old man to corrupt that Indian guy. Besides, that man had been missing even before the battle started.”

The two Spartans who tried to defend Shiva fell silent. They began to feel an aura of hatred from the other members of the conference, which must have been their hatred for Shiva.

Even Troy, Shiva’s representative, cannot say a word about the Sloth Prince.

“Actually, there are four people on my list. But that one concerns my privacy, so I would just say I lost one certain member of my family.”

Only Troy, who knows what was Ars talking about.

“Then, the last, is the Spear old woman, Jea – ”

Before Ars could finish his words, suddenly, one certain member of the conference hits the table with her two hands.

That was Floor 2 representative, Jade the Green.

She pounded the conference table out of shock and distrust to Ars’ words.

“Jeanne. She heroically saves Queen Frida from one member of Soul Saint’s children, Virtue of Humility.”

At one location in the courtyard of the Palace of Horus, there was a pool of blood that was said to be the remnant of the Virtue of Humility.

The perpetrator of the atrocity was the man sitting on the king’s seat.

It was actually horrible. To imagine one man could turn another man into a pool of blood.

That become one of a few factor the conference member to scare of Ars.

“Enough with the sadness.”

Jade gets back to sit in agony. Her man tried to comfort her because the conference still going on.

“Now I will tell, what Eria will become in this new era.”

With Floor 3 had connected with the Upper Floors, Eria was no longer a caged kingdom.

“And with the Lower Floor Abyss Pit, things won’t be the same as before.”

Ars then speak everything he had to think about the future of Eria. What will Eria do to heal from the attack, and what will Eria do to prevent the same misery to happen again.

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After Ars done with his words, he dismissed the conference.

The reporters were the first to get up from their chairs. But Jade was the first to rush out of the room to go to the Palace of Horus.

The others followed behind. Troy lets the crowd to get out, then he gets his turn.

The minutes of meeting stayed before the King told they can go.

“Human Department.”

The King stops the Human Department before they can make their exit.

They got nervous. Did the King did not satisfy with their work?

They walk closer to the king as they think about that.

“I believe that there are soldiers who got infected in yesterday’s battle. I want you to make a list of them so we can prioritize them to go to Upper Floor.”

Floor 3 was not a good place for Infected to stay.

Ars does not want what happened to Elisa to happen to all the Infected soldiers.

Human Department was confused at first at Ars’ order. But whatever that is, they knew that Ars is trying to save the Infected soldiers.

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

The three of Human Department employees said that and take their leave.

The after war conference ended with a future plan.