Chapter 8: Outer City Outpost

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

There were also many people guarding the city gate. Lorne also saw some people in cloaks who looked like spirit envoys.

After he entered the city gate, Lorne realized that the city wall was surrounded by a huge mountain. After more than ten seconds, the bus finally drove out of the hole in the wall.

The front suddenly became gray as if it was covered by dark clouds. There was no sunlight at all.

“Wow, look.”

At this moment, a student pointed at the back of the bus and shouted. Lorne looked in the direction the student had pointed and was immediately surprised.

That city wall, on this side of the outer city, was shockingly golden in color! It was twenty meters tall with an unknown length. It looked exceptionally spectacular. Even though the sky of the outer city was so gray that one could not see the direction clearly, this golden city wall still looked quite eye-catching! Looking at it from a distance, it was as dazzling as a lighthouse.

“Golden wall! This is the legendary golden wall! There’s a layer of gold attached to it with spiritual energy, which can prevent demons from passing through the city wall!”

Some students who knew shouted.

“Gold…” Lorne whispered.

The reason why the city wall was golden was because there was a layer of gold on the surface of the city wall. According to the records in the school library, gold could prevent demons from passing through and it was also an important method used by the base city to ensure that the inner city would not be infiltrated by demons.

This golden wall was even more incredible. Not only was it all made of gold, but the powerhouses outside the city would also pour a large amount of spiritual energy into it every month.

The Golden Wall was a defensive method that the human race had spent a lot of effort to research and develop. It was enough to defend against high-level demons. On the city wall, there were some golden runes that appeared and disappeared from time to time. It was extremely mysterious.

There were also some black shadows floating in the air. There were four or five of them.

“They’re spirit souls. They won’t attack humans. They’re creatures that don’t have corporeal bodies.”

“I remember that the school teacher mentioned that this thing can only be seen in the outer city. It seems to be a creature in a spirit state, but I don’t know what it’s formed from.”

When the students saw these spirit souls, they were both surprised and afraid.

“Don’t worry. These spirits don’t have consciousness and will only move in a fixed area. As long as they don’t lose control, you’re not allowed to attack them, understand?”

The cloaked man said sternly. The students nodded one after another

“So many spirit souls,” another student said.

After exiting the city wall, there was a large square. In this square, many spirit souls could already be seen wandering around.

Other than spirit souls, there were also some humans moving around inside. Most of these were middle-aged ordinary people, not spirit envoys.

“I didn’t expect such a scene to happen in the outer city,” Lorne muttered.

With the protection of this array, the inner city could be said to be very safe. Other than those with high positions and power such as the upper class of Jiang City who were qualified to live in the inner city, there were children who had the qualifications to become spirit envoys. For example, Lorne and the others had lived in the inner city before.

However, if they failed to awaken the magic lamp at the age of fifteen, they would be assigned to hard work or driven out of the inner city. In the future, unless their children became spirit envoys and were the more powerful ones, otherwise, they would not have the chance to live in the inner city in this lifetime.

For people like Lorne and the others who had successfully awakened the magic lamp and the elves, they would automatically obtain permanent residence in the inner city.

However, before that, they had to go to the edge of the outer city to carry out a training mission for a period of time.

After all, the city-state gave one such treatment so that one could use one’s strength to protect the city. If one did not have strength and were useless, how could one get preferential treatment?

The bus continued to drive and soon, it drove out of the square and into a shabby street. On the street, there were also some floating spirits. There were even some in the houses on both sides of the street. The existence of these spirits made the street gloomy.

There were many people on the street, most of whom were ordinary people, aged over 40. From time to time, one or two spirit envoys could be seen.

‘The fertility of people over the age of 40 has decreased. If the children born don’t become spirit envoys, do they have to come to the outer city to work in order to live?’ Lorne thought silently.

At this time, the bus slowly drove out of the outer city area. The bus drove through the long street and finally arrived at its destination. 

Separated by a towering city wall that was three to four hundred meters tall, beyond the city wall was the outpost of Jiang City.

There was a total of thirty-seven such outposts around Jiang City. This time, Lorne and the others were assigned to Outpost No. 13.

At that moment, the bus stopped in a huge open space. The ground here looked a little shabby and weathered. There were even many cracks and depressions as far as the eye could see. It seemed that no one had repaired it for many years.

“Get off the bus,” the cloaked man said as the door opened. Dozens of students got off the bus one after another. Behind them, some buses also drove over one after another. A large number of students got off the buses.

After everyone got off the buses, the reception staff who had been waiting for a long time called them over. Then, they walked toward a residential area in front.

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[ Mission completed. Obtained 50 experience points. Potential +1. ]

The system’s voice sounded. Mission completed!

More than 300 students gathered and started chatting.

“I’m so nervous! I’ve never been to an area outside of the outer city. I heard that it’s full of demons. Isn’t that too scary?!”

“Who did you hear it from? Do you think those spirit envoys who clean up the demons at the outpost day and night are useless? Why do we have to go to the outpost? Isn’t it to clean up the demons close to Jiang City?”

“When I was young, I followed my father to the outpost once. The environment there was actually not bad, but there were very few people and it was a little empty. At night, we could hear all kinds of wails and howls outside. It was really scary!”

“Oh right! Did you guys hear? There was a fierce person in Class Six who tore apart a student who had lost control of his awakening and was possessed by a demon the moment he woke up. It was really awesome!”

“I heard that his name is Lorne, but the one who could tear apart an ordinary demon with his bare hands should be a high-level elf, right?”

“I’m not sure, but even if he’s not an intermediate-level elf, he must be the strongest elf among the ordinary-level elves!”

“Haha! You guys don’t know, right? I’m from Class Six. I was there at the scene!”

“You’re from Class Six? Does that mean that Lorne from your class is also here with us?”

“Where is he?”

“Shh! be quiet. Lorne is resting at the back. Don’t disturb him.”

The boy who spoke quietly pointed to the back. In the back of the crowd stood a handsome yet masculine boy. He was crossing his arms and looking straight ahead.

“He’s Lorne!”

The person who spoke deliberately lowered his voice and stared at Lorne without blinking as if he was looking at a rare treasure..