Chapter 469 – Tragedy in River Sand Town

Chapter 469 – The River Sand Town Tragedy

The capital of Gabella Empire is one of the largest cities in the middle of the continent, it is the political, economic and cultural center of the empire, especially the White Tower in the imperial capital, which gathers a large number of scholars, not only scholars from the empire itself, but also scholars from other countries who come from all directions in admiration of the name of a foreign country, and among them there are a lot of young sons of royalties or noblemen of other countries who come to seek for education, and all kinds of different cultures and ideas exchange and collide in the imperial capital. and collision.

For such a jewel, Gabella naturally tries to protect it by all means. In addition to the tall walls, the six acropolises scattered in different directions of the imperial capital were also one of the important protection measures.

Although the walls of the six acropolis were not as tall as the main city of the imperial capital, they could be called sturdy. In the early days, the acropolis was purely for military defense purposes, and its residents were all the generals, knights and their families stationed here. Later on, with the expansion of Gabella, the country’s territory became larger and larger, and the country’s borders became more and more far away from the imperial capital, so the pressure on the imperial capital’s military defense also became smaller and smaller.

So the military function of the six acropolises became weaker and weaker, and with the rise and prosperity of the trade routes, more and more civilians migrated to the acropolis to settle down, and prospered for generations, finally developing into a real small town.

Among the acropolis, there are four of them guarding the major land transportation routes in and out of the imperial capital, one of them guarding the waterways that can go in and out of the imperial capital, and the remaining one is the closest to the imperial capital but also the smallest in size, which is located in the southeast of the imperial capital, the town of Heshazhou. This acropolis is not located in the major routes in and out of the imperial capital, because there are mountains and hills blocking the way, and the reason for setting it up is to guard against the bandits who had made a mess in the mountains a long time ago. After the bandits in the mountains were purged, this place also settled down, because the terrain is flat and suitable for cultivation, the residents make a living by growing vegetables and fruits and selling them to the dignitaries in the imperial capital.

Because it was not on the commercial road, Hesha Town could be said to be obscure, and people who came here for the first time didn’t even know there was such a place.

“Ah!” A town guard on night patrol duty yawned in boredom.

“Ugh, how come I didn’t run into a thief or something to make me some extra money?”

Seeing that the moon was about to cross towards the western sky, he lamented that he might be getting nothing tonight.

“Another dull night.”

As if specifically to refute the guard’s remark, only a muffled rumble could be heard coming from the southwest of the town, then a pillar of fire shot up into the sky, which rose to mid-air and then abruptly cracked, dispersing into tongues of fire that shot out into the surroundings.

The tongues of fire eventually splashed down on top of a residential house, a cluster of flames began to ignite, and then connected with each other, in a short while, the entire southwest corner of the town seemed to be burning up.

“There’s a fire! Put out the fire!”

The dumbfounded night patrol guards quickly reacted, and after yelling out, they picked up the conch horn pinned to their waist and whistled.

The entire town of Hesha was soon in an uproar, with young and strong men spontaneously carrying buckets or pots of water and gathering in the southwest direction.

The people formed long lines, one after the other, each line extending from a well to the fire, and the men standing by the well cranked a wheel to fetch a pail of water from the well and immediately poured it into the containers around them, which were then passed on to the fire in a relay fashion.

The sound of pouring water, the thundering flames burning, and the miserable cries for help and weeping filled the entire southwest corner of the town.

There was also a steady stream of survivors rushing out of the burning neighborhood.

The scene was chaotic.

The mayor of Sandy River Town arrived in a hurry on horseback, breathing heavily, and with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes, apparently having just gotten out of bed.

Listening to the howls coming from the flames, the mayor’s face became increasingly ugly.

Damn it, how did such a big fire happen all of a sudden.

“Men, follow me to Master Somolette’s house to save the people!”

The mayor hurriedly took off his outerwear and pressed it down into a bucket of water to wet it, then re-draped it on and was going to lead the people to rush inside himself.

There was a mansion in the southwest corner of the town, owned by the Somolette family.

The owner of the family Somolette master in the town reputation has been very good, treating people always smiling, usually like to give alms to the poor, for the town to repair bridges and roads, in the eyes of the town’s residents, it is a solid family, the good old man type of ordinary squire. In the eyes of the townspeople, he is a good family man, good old man type of ordinary squire. It is in these recent days that the guards on his mansion are really strict, and anyone who comes near will be driven away by the guards, and those guards are all armed with shiny swords and knives, and they are particularly scary.

The external statement is that the family has been burglarized several times in a row.

As the mayor of the town, he knows that this gentleman s identity in the background is not ordinary, and the big nobles in the imperial capital have a close connection, if something happens under his rule, then he himself …… and even his own family will definitely eat a pocket and take a walk.

The servant who followed the town mayor to come pulled the master’s sleeve vigorously, “My lord you have to be calm ah, the fire is too big, rushing in will only send death in vain.”

“Don’t stop me, either follow me and rush over, or roll back!”

The mayor did not listen to the advice and pushed the loyal servant away.

“You, you, you, and you guys! Follow me!”

The mayor ordered a bunch of people and rushed into the fire to save them.

Although the people he ordered were afraid of the fire, they didn’t dare to offend the mayor, getting their clothes wet and entering the sea of fire with a stiff upper lip.

……

The southwestern corner of Sandy River Town was almost covered in flames and smoke, but if you looked down from high in the air, you would find an area right in the middle of the fire that was magically not on fire.

There it was none other than the Somolette family mansion, specifically, the courtyard of the mansion.

The courtyard was now a bloody scene – a large number of corpses were lying scattered on the ground in various positions, some guards’, some servants’, some old, some young.

The marble floor, the emerald green lawn, and the beautifully carpeted steps were drenched in blood, and the sickeningly fishy odor of the air was intertwined with the choking smell of smoke wafting from a nearby fire.

Clearly, a gruesome killing had just taken place in the mansion.

Near the fountain in the center of the courtyard, a group of people with their eyes blindfolded and their arms tied behind their backs sat in a circle on their knees, waiting for their fate to be decided.

Around them, a group of individuals dressed in black robes with hoods covering their faces were guarding them.

One of them looked up at the fire around them and said angrily, ”That idiot Sion, did he have to make such a big commotion? How many innocent people had to be buried in such a big, noticeable fire? Arsonist! Murderer!”

Surprisingly, it was a woman, or a woman with a very nice voice, though it was full of anger.

“Well, Carol, Sean must have had his considerations.”

A tall, black-clad man beside her, who seemed to be the leader, said in a raspy voice.

“Hmph! Carol, you didn’t go soft in the battle just now either!”

A voice full of sarcasm came from the distance, and another black-clothed man flashed out of the firelight.

(End of chapter)