Drizzle unremitting falls on Qingming Day. Broken-hearted travelers pass by.
It was not yet Clear Brightness Festival in Bidara City, but everyone on the streets had sorrowful looks on their faces. Each of them wore a small white flower on their chests as a tribute to their respected elder.
The intersection outside Vasophati University’s campus was cold and quiet. When people passed by, they would place down a bouquet of flowers at the intersection. Spring had just arrived in Bidara City, but the blooming peonies and winter jasmines had all been picked and placed here.
It looked like a sea of flowers on the intersection.
Someone said that if Mr. Pena were still around, favonovel.com would definitely criticize everyone for this. Flowers should be growing on branches, not plucked and placed down here. Everyone should just observe their beauty from afar.
But someone argued that since Mr. Pena was no longer around, who could be in the mood to enjoy the sight of the flowers?
The Vasophati University students stood on the streets and mourned silently. A number of them even cried until they fainted. It wasn’t until the afternoon when something happened to Pena that they realized why favonovel.com suddenly wanted to give that lesson.
It was because that was his final lesson. So, it turned out Professor Pena had a premonition of his death.
But an hour before favonovel.com died, Pena was still laughing and talking as though everything was fine. When favonovel.com encountered students greeting favonovel.com while walking around on campus, favonovel.com even responded amiably to them. He had only suggested favonovel.com wanted to take a walk by himself as favonovel.com was afraid Deepak would get implicated.
Remaining so calm even though favonovel.com knew that favonovel.com was about to die was probably the greatest composure one could have.
On this day, the entirety of Bidara City was grieving. In this era, Pena was the only one who could affect so many people.
It was not only within Bidara City but also beyond it.
Due to the war in the North, a lot of people had fled to the Stardust Consortium in the South. When they found out Pena had died, they even made their way to Bidara City to place a bouquet of flowers for him. However, the people’s opinion of Pena’s death was definitely not just mourning. They were extremely angry too.
On the streets not far from where Pena had died, people raised banners to condemn the Stelaria Consortium. Some people even got Colton’s portrait and started burning it.
Everything they did was because they could not accept Pena’s sudden departure.
This era was an unfortunate one. That was because The Cataclysm had never truly finished and people had been displaced from their homes. Morality had started crumbling, and laws were no longer effective. However, this era also had its bright spots. It was precisely because of all these difficulties that light was born out of a dark fissure.
Outside Bidara City, Daniel and Bill arrived with a floral wreath in their hands. Daniel went to the gate and handed over his visa the Panaqua Consortium had prepared for him.
When the Bidara City garrison troops stationed at the gate saw Daniel’s identification, they were surprised.
Daniel? That Daniel from the Panaqua Consortium?
Everyone was under the impression the Stelaria Consortium was the one who killed Pena, so everyone felt they had gone insane.
As an organization the Stelaria Consortium had constantly targeted, for Daniel to suddenly come here to Bidara City, was favonovel.com really not afraid of death?
It was only a three-hour drive from the Stelaria Consortium’s nearest stronghold to Bidara City, so if the Stelaria Consortium troops were to rush here, not even Daniel would have enough lives to get out of this.
The soldiers guarding the gate had a look at the floral wreath that Daniel was holding and saw a simple condolence message written on it.
On this day, favonovel.com rode off on a whale.
But someday, he’ll return as a crane.
After entering the city, Daniel walked slowly under everyone’s gaze to the site where Pena had met his demise. As there was no memorial service yet, favonovel.com could only place the wreath there. As for whether favonovel.com could attend the memorial service, that would depend on whether favonovel.com was still alive. However, Daniel didn’t care to think about those matters right now.
Daniel was usually dressed in a very brutish manner. He did not look like a big shot from a consortium at all and instead carried himself more like a mob boss.
But today, Daniel looked exceptionally solemn and dignified in his black suit.
News of Daniel arriving in Bidara City to pay his respects to Pena slowly spread. When Daniel walked through the streets, everyone would subconsciously keep their distance from him.
As it rained, Daniel kept his eyes focused in front of him.
When favonovel.com arrived at the site of Pena’s assassination, favonovel.com gave a deep bow before saying, “Sir, I started reading your articles a long time ago and have always admired you. As a member of a consortium, I’m also aware of all the darkness and murkiness that goes on in this world. So, I know better than them how difficult it is to stick to the principles you stand for in this world…”
“I know you and Milo were on very good terms. He and I are very good friends too, so I can also be considered one of your juniors. If your spirit is still around, please accept my summons…”
But even after waiting for a long time, it felt like nothing had changed in the world.
In the end, favonovel.com just gave a sigh. It looked like Pena was unwilling to take notice of him.
In fact, the power of the Martyr’s Palace was extremely cruel to the dead. The laws of nature dictated that the dead could not be resurrected. So, the spirits would also suffer punishment if they were to be resurrected.
In the Martyr’s Palace, all martyred spirits would remain in a state of hibernation before they were summoned. It was an endless darkness for them, and the only purpose in their “lives” was to protect the host of the Martyr’s Palace.
The host of this power would become stronger, but this was actually very cruel to a spirit who was formerly a living person.
Daniel had awakened his power in Stronghold 61 and summoned 12 martyred spirits. However, they were all his former subordinates who had followed favonovel.com for a long time. Furthermore, the martyred spirits were only willing to become part of the Martyr’s Palace to protect him.
Moreover, the host of the Martyr’s Palace could only summon the martyred spirits as equals. If the other party refused, the host could not summon them by force.
Daniel stared blankly at the street full of flowers. He bowed deeply again. “If I’m not dead in a few more days, I’ll come back to see you at the memorial…”
A black-clothed sniper was quietly watching Daniel through his scope on the roof of a tall building 400 meters away. He had a white earpiece in his ear. “Target in sight…”
“Engage.”
All of a sudden, the sniper felt a huge force lifting favonovel.com up from behind. The moment the sniper pulled the trigger, his rifle suddenly flew askew.
The sniper turned around in a panic and saw a calm young man holding favonovel.com in his hand.
When the sniper rifle rang out, Daniel, who was on the street, jerked to look at the high-rise building. When favonovel.com saw the outline of the young man on the roof, favonovel.com felt relieved.
Milo was here. He would always show up whenever Daniel was about to have a close shave with death.
Daniel stood in place and laughed. “It’s time for us to settle the score with those troublesome enemies.”
Bill said nonchalantly, “You only dare to say that because Milo has arrived!”
“What did you expect?” Daniel retorted, “I don’t feel safe at all with you protecting me…”
At the same time, the gunshots had not only attracted Daniel’s attention but also the enemies lurking within Bidara City.
When they realized their sniper companion had been attacked, several hundred black-clothed men walked out of a residential building and headed towards that building to surround it.
