From Baron to Lord

Allen released his mental power. This underground city looked very huge, feeling at least half the size of Sirius City.

One could imagine how many people lived here in the beginning.

They had been living in this place, without anyone knowing of their existence.

Allen suddenly felt his scalp tingling.

“It's hard to imagine that this ruin has been hidden near a duchy for so long.”

Allen said silently in his heart.

His mental power had already sensed signs of life activity deep within the ruins.

It was hard to imagine that a small portion of people were still alive in this city.

In the center of the ancient ruins, there was a relatively clean area where some lives lived.

Allen quickly locked onto them.

“Um, I wonder when Lord Walker will be back. I'm hungry.”

A little human girl wearing gray linen clothes said. Her face was covered in dust, making it impossible to see her features clearly, only a pair of very bright eyes. At the same time, her body looked very thin, seemingly due to long-term malnutrition.

There was also a group of children around her who were the same. Besides some children, there were also some adults. They were all dressed roughly the same, in gray linen clothes, and they all looked very thin.

“Children, believe in the great Lord Walker. He said that the outside world has been destroyed and is no longer suitable for human habitation.”

An adult man said in a low voice, “Perhaps we are the last descendants of the empire.”

“I heard that the outside is full of terrifying magical beasts.”

“Hopefully, Lord Walker will be able to obtain enough food this time.”

Everyone whispered to each other. They were working, transporting some unknown things to the city's main control room. Some time ago, they heard that a huge disaster had occurred outside, and the city's defense system had consumed a huge amount of energy.

They needed to obtain some new energy blocks from some abandoned houses to replenish the energy of the defense system.

Even very small children were dragging some energy blocks emitting a faint white light behind them.

These things were of all shapes and sizes and should have been removed from some places.

“Excuse me, everyone.”

After observing for a while, Allen immediately appeared in front of this group of people.

Faced with a stranger wearing beautiful clothes, everyone in the ruins was taken aback.

They all showed expressions of horror and confusion.

“You… Who are you?!”

An older-looking man said to Allen.

Allen couldn't understand their words.

However, this did not prevent them from communicating.

As a Saint-level Magister, he could easily establish mental resonance with these people.

“Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I am Allen from the duchy on the surface, and currently the ruler of a duchy.”

Allen showed a gentle smile.

His words were understood by the group of people who had been living in the ruins for who knows how long through mental resonance.

“The surface… duchy?!”

“What? Hasn't the surface civilization been destroyed?”

“Impossible, absolutely impossible. The surface civilization should have been destroyed!”

“That's right, destroyed!”

“But where did he come from?”

“What if the surface civilization hasn't been destroyed?”

For a moment, everyone began to fall into arguments and emotional turmoil.

The adults collapsed in an instant. They were at a loss, they couldn't believe it, but they very much hoped that what Allen said was true.

While they were arguing, several children ran to Allen's side.

These little fellows were covered in dirt and looked very small.

They ran to Allen, but didn't dare to get close.

“Is what you said true?”

A little girl said with wide eyes.

Allen smiled and squatted down in front of the little fellow.

He gently rubbed her head: “It's true. I come from the surface, a world full of sunshine, where there are blue skies and white clouds, where there are seas and farmlands, where there are delicious cakes and red wine. In my country, my people can eat their fill every day and have beautiful clothes to wear.”

“How about it? Do you want to go out with me?”

Allen said to the little girl.

“Wow, I…”

It could be seen that the little girl's eyes were shining. She really wanted to see the world Allen was talking about. Since birth, she had been living underground.

Everywhere there were collapsed buildings, everywhere there was waste, no food, no water, everything could only rely on Lord Walker.

Every day she had to go hungry, every day she had to work.

This little girl longed for the world Allen spoke of.

She also wanted to eat her fill.

But before she could speak, she was interrupted by a row of people wearing some worn leather armor not far away. “Who are you! What are you doing?! Let her go!”

A burly man holding a long sword appeared in front of Allen with some men also wearing leather armor and holding weapons, looking at Allen warily.

Allen looked at them. They only had the strength equivalent to bronze knights. In Allen's eyes, these people were not worth mentioning.

ps: Chapter 3, asking for monthly tickets, asking for flowers, asking for evaluation tickets, asking for self-ordering!.

Chapter 294: The Role of the Hero Title, Energy Blocks! (4)

“Leave Annie alone, you fellow!”

The man holding the long sword said warily. He held the sword with both hands, his eyes fixed on Allen's right hand. At this moment, Allen's right hand was very close to the long sword on his waist.

This was a dangerous signal.

“Don't worry, I'm not a bad person.” Allen showed a righteous smile.

As a Holy Knight, he naturally had a very masculine aura.

In addition, he also had a hero title. As long as he didn't brutally kill people in front of others, he could easily gain their favor.

A hero is justice.

“You leave them first.”

Sure enough, Allen's hero title began to play a huge role!

Allen very frankly left the children around him. “Like this?”

Allen's behavior instantly won the favor of the group of people who looked like warriors on the opposite side. “Yes.”

The man holding the sword breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still a little wary.

After all, Allen was a stranger.

In this long-term closed environment, what did a stranger represent?

Of course he knew.

It meant that besides them, there were other humans alive.

This was enough to make everyone excited and cheer.

In fact, he thought every day about whether there were other people in this world living like them.

But because the ground was too dangerous, they couldn't survive on the ground at all.

Because the magical beasts and those beastmen on the ground were too terrifying.

Yes, too terrifying!

They had proposed to go out and take a look before.

But Lord Walker told them that the outside had become a world of magical beasts, and beastmen and magical beasts were rampant outside.

They had also tried to go up, and it was as Lord Walker said, there were magical beasts everywhere, and they were no match at all. If it weren't for Lord Walker's help, they would have died outside.

After that, no one ever proposed to leave the underground ruins again.

And the only one who could go out was Walker, because he possessed great power.

But Lord Walker told them that the outside was no longer suitable for human survival, there were magical beasts everywhere, and disasters happened from time to time.

Not long ago, a disaster had just occurred. If the underground city didn't have a defense system, the entire underground city might have been finished.

That's why they were so willing to stay underground.

Now, suddenly seeing a stranger, everyone would be surprised, including this swordsman holding a sword.

In addition to surprise, he was also a little wary.

After all, Allen was an outsider.

What was the purpose of the outsider, they didn't know.

“Impossible, Lord Walker has already told us that no humans live outside, you are from that underground city. T?”

The swordsman frowned slightly.

“No, I really come from the surface.”

Allen smiled and said, “Why don't you come out and take a look with me?”

“No, it's too dangerous outside. Those magical beasts and beastmen are very terrifying.”