Chapter 260 : To the Blood Pagoda (II)

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The two guards looked at each other when they saw Caim's military identification. Their behavior was typical of bullies, valiant against those they believe themselves superior but afraid of the ones with strength. Never would they dare to disrespect the Imperial Army, the strongest force in the entire empire under the command of the current Emperor of Humankind. Resentment and rage appeared on the duo's faces, but in the end, they only sneered before moving away from Cain's path. "We would never dare to obstruct a Major from the Imperial Lightning Fort during a mission, but I must warn you that the bridge is in repairs, and there could be problems with the force field keeping Wave Beasts away." Cain stared at the guard that spoke those words before focusing on the bridge. It was over five thousand meters long, with large pillars every one hundred meters generating a sky-blue veil that covered the road. Since it was a straight path, with nothing obstructing his view, Cain could see all the way to the other end of the bridge. There were no problems with the pillars or the sky-blue veils, but he noticed someone stopping people on the other edge of the bridge. There could be actual problems with the bridge, but the most likely answer was that someone with enough power sent orders to these disciples, ensuring they generated trouble for Cain. It was likely that the sky-blue veil protecting the bridge would shut down once he was in the middle of it, leaving him exposed to the attack of the Wave Beasts living inside the sea of blood. Cain only shook his head at such a foolish trap and simply walked forward. The two guards smiled as they saw Cain walking to the bridge and were ready to send the signal when this one was in the middle of the road. "¡Boom!" However, those smiles froze when they heard a sonic boom and saw Cain vanish, only for this one to appear more than three hundred meters into the road in less than a second! A bridge over five thousand meters was long, but someone moving at supersonic speed could cover it in less than twenty seconds! One of the guards was able to overcome the shock and immediately used his A.I. Chip to communicate with someone. "He is moving at supersonic speed!" As soon as the guard sent that message, the sky-blue veil covering the bridge turned off, and not even a second later, the blood around the bridge grew restless. Cain could feel several eyes on him, some belonging to extremely powerful people, but he kept moving forward and did not take his eyes away from the road. He had covered a third of the path when several figures emerged from the sea of blood and lunged toward him. "Hmph." Cain sneered before walking deeper into the island, making his way toward the Blood Pagoda. He kept his bloody machete in the open, ready to handle anything they could send him. That certainly made him look hostile, but he was not in the mood to be friendly right now. As Cain got deeper into Blood Island, he began to analyze his surroundings, and the first thing he noticed was the thin red fog covering the island. Just breathing the red fog made Cain feel energized, and he was sure that a prolonged exposition could affect your constitution and maybe even your genes, especially if you were exposed during your gestation. The mystery about the special Lineage in everybody living near the sea of blood became a little clearer for Cain. Still, he really wanted to know the origin of the racial superiority mentality. Humans indeed had a tendency to arrogant and narcissistic behavior, but the idea of racial superiority was disdained from the beginning of the empire when Adam guided people of all ethnicity and ideologies against the Dark Races. After that, the notion of believing yourself superior for a racial aspect had been considered extremely idiotic. The fact they generated this racial identity behind a Lineage made things easier to understand, but still, for a large part of the population to hate those they never saw before, you needed indoctrination. Cain glanced at the people and saw that almost everybody had a red robe indicating their position as disciples, and that around a third of them looked at him with some degree of contempt. The rest of the disciples either ignored him or threw inquisitive gazes, curious about the presence of an outsider on the island. Still, none of them got near Cain, nor the other way around. Cain considered it wiser to reach the Blood Pagoda and speak with the Blood Duke, learning about the situation on Blood Sea, before doing anything that could lead to more problems. Luckily, it seemed that the direct clashes stopped after the bridge. The person behind it saw what he wanted to know or was afraid of generating a clash within the island's boundaries. Blood Island was not very large, so Cain did not take long to reach the Blood Pago. When he stood in front of the massive building, he was surprised by the density of the red fog around it. It was an impressive sight, but he did not waste too much time, instead walking into the Blood Pagoda. As soon as he crossed the gates, a familiar face appeared. Bloodless #1 looked at Cain and nodded before turning around and indicating for the young man to walk with him. Cain walked with Bloodless #1 as he looked at the first level of the Blood Pagoda. Unlike the Titan Tower, where there was nothing but the teleportation matrix, Cain saw nearly a dozen people drinking and talking there. There was one thing in common with all of the people here: they were Wave Kings and looked at him with hostility!

Chapter 260 : To the Blood Pagoda (II)

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