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Mayor Vance gasped. "Destroy Sunforge? My factories? My water pumps?""Archon Kade does not want to kill you just to kill you," Everett explained. "He wants this city. He wants your factories to build his weapons. He wants your water to feed his soldiers. If you leave the city perfect for him, he will use your own homes to kill the rest of the Free Cities. You must leave him nothing but ashes and broken metal."Silas looked at the beautiful, broken city. He felt sick. But he understood. This was war."Rig the factories with explosives," Silas said to a soldier nearby. "Put bombs on the water pumps. Put bombs in the power stations. When the last person is in the tunnel, we blow it all to hell."Down in the city streets, there was pure panic. Loud sirens screamed in the air. WEE-OOO! WEE-OOO!People ran out of their houses. They carried small bags, crying babies, and pieces of bread. They pushed wheelbarrows full of blankets. Dogs were barking. Children were screaming for their mothers
Chapter 277
The sound never stopped.Boom. Boom. Boom.It was like a giant hammer hitting the sky. The city of Sunforge shook with every hit. Dust fell from the ceilings. Small rocks danced on the ground.Sunforge used to be a beautiful place. It was the biggest of the Free Cities. It had tall chimneys that pushed white smoke into the air. It had big factories that made tools, guns, and farm machines. The people here were proud. They worked hard with their hands. They built things.Now, Sunforge was breaking.For forty days, Archon Kade’s army had surrounded the city walls. They did not attack with soldiers first. They attacked with fire. Huge cannons sat on the hills outside the city. Every hour, they shot balls of blue plasma at the city.Sunforge had an energy shield. It was a giant blue bubble of light that covered the city. When the plasma balls hit the shield, the sky lit up with bright, blinding colors. But the shield was getting weak. It used to be bright blue. Now, it was a sick, pale pi
Chapter 276
Silas turned pale. The scar on his cheek looked very bright red. "A second army? From behind? We are trapped!"The Free City fighters were cheering because they were winning the fight in the canyon below. They did not know death was walking up right behind them."What do we do?" Silas grabbed Everett's shirt. He was shaking. "If we turn around to fight the second army, the first army will climb out of the canyon and kill us! We are caught in the middle!"Everett looked around fast. His mind was calculating numbers, distances, and times. There was only one way out. He looked at the massive iron bridge.The second army had to cross the canyon to reach them. The only way across was the iron bridge."The bridge," Everett said. He pointed. "You have charges planted on the bridge?""Yes, for emergency, but we cannot blow the bridge!" Silas yelled. "If we blow the bridge, we lose the trade corridor! We will not get any food!""If you do not blow the bridge right now, you will all be dead in
Chapter 275
Silas hid behind a large rock near the edge of the cliff. He looked down at the empty road. Everett crouched next to him. Everett did not have a gun. He only had a pair of binoculars."Do you hear that?" Silas whispered.Everett listened. The wind blew the sand. But beneath the wind, there was a sound.Stomp. Stomp. Stomp.It sounded like a giant heartbeat. The ground began to shake just a little bit. Small pebbles rolled down the cliff."They are coming," Everett said quietly. "Tell your people to stay totally down. Do not look over the edge."Silas pressed a button on his radio. "Hold the line. Nobody moves. Nobody breathes."Around the corner of the canyon, Kade's army appeared. It was a terrifying sight. There were five hundred guild mercenaries. They walked perfectly in step. Stomp. Stomp. Stomp. They wore thick, black armor that shined in the hot sun. Their helmets had no faces, just glowing red slits for eyes. They carried massive energy rifles.In the center of the army was a
Chapter 274
"I will look at the maps," Everett said. "I will tell you what I see. I will give you advice. I will be your guide. But when the time comes to give the order, the voice must be yours. The people need to see that they can save themselves."Silas looked at the badge in his hand. Then, he pinned it to his own chest. He stood up taller. "Okay. I am the Commander. You are the Advisor."Suddenly, the blue light from the map turned bright red. A loud noise, like a scream of metal, filled the room. Everyone covered their ears."Rae!" Silas shouted. "What is that?""I am trying to stop it!" Rae shouted back. Her hands moved super fast on her keyboard. "Someone is taking over our screens! It is a massive signal! It is coming from everywhere!"The hologram on the table changed. The map disappeared. In its place, five faces appeared. They were huge, floating in the center of the room.They were the rulers of the five Sovereign Cities.There was Matriarch Solenne, wearing gold silk. There was Prov
Chapter 273
The room was hot. The air was thick with yellow dust. It smelled like old sweat and dry earth. The only sound in the dark room was the slow click, click, click of a broken fan turning on the ceiling.Mayor Thorne wiped his wet forehead with a dirty cloth. He was a man who used to be fat, but he had lost a lot of weight in the last few months. His clothes hung loosely on his body. His hands were shaking on the metal table."We do not have enough food," Thorne said. His voice was small and full of fear. "We do not have enough guns. If we fight them, we will all die."Across the table, Commander Silas stood up. Silas was young, but his eyes were old. A long, pink scar crossed his left cheek. He hit the table with his fist. The loud sound made Mayor Thorne jump."If we do not fight, we will still die!" Silas shouted. "They are taking our water. They are taking our people for the labor camps. I will not sit here and wait for them to put chains on my hands!"There were three other leaders i
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