Volume 7 Chapter 36 - Hell On Earth (1/2)

There were sharp screams that came through the wooden planks and entered the dark basement, entering Balk’s ears that made him unable to stop his trembling. The sleepiness that he felt suddenly disappeared as he became tense.

He turned to the side to find that his youngest daughter Huica was still asleep, not being woken up by these screams and he let out a sigh of relief.

However, seeing the dark bloodstain that still didn’t fade from Huica’s face, his expression couldn’t help becoming much darker again.

These riots had already lasted for five days.

When he knew that something was off four days ago, Balk had carried his two year old daughter Huica to hide in this hidden basement and they hadn’t stepped out in the last four days.

He knew that the Drow Race Kingdom’s capital Drow City had fallen into chaos. The damn Drow Race were hunting down all foreigners, so if they were caught by them, he and Huica wouldn’t be able to escape a pitiful end.

But……was there a use in hiding here?

The preserved goods in this hidden basement wouldn’t last long and the most important thing was that there was no medicine here.

Huica had been showing signs of having a cold yesterday and now she had a fever. Although this let her fall asleep, so he didn’t need to worry about her making noises that would attract the Drow Race outside, she was still only a two year old child in the end. If she didn’t get treated, she couldn’t last any longer.

Balk put his hand to Huica’s forehead and feeling the heat there, he secretly made a decision.

No matter what, he had to think of a way to go out today.

Other than getting some medicine to treat Huica, he had to verify what was going on outside and find a way out of this hell.

Although Balk was clear that now that even the capital Drow City had fallen into chaos like this, then the situation outside of Drow City wouldn’t be any better.

The entire Drow Race Kingdom for an outside like him would be like hell.

He was only a normal person and carrying a two year old child to escape the Drow Race Kingdom that wasn’t small would be an impossible mission.

However, he didn’t have a choice.

Compared to staying here waiting for death, he had to make a bet.

Balk took the only bottle of clean water left and carefully used a small cup to feed Huica a few mouthfuls. Then after thinking about it, he took the remaining food and swallowed it with the remaining clean water.

The stench that came through the floorboards and the musky odor of the basement combined which created a scent that made one want to vomit. The things in his hands had already turned hard and didn’t have the taste of food at all.

However, he still ate it in large mouthfuls, doing his best to stuff them into his stomach.

He knew that he had to have enough strength for this task that he was about to take.

While eating to build up strength, Balk also looked at the light that came through the floorboards above him.

When this light gradually dimmed before fading, Balk took a deep breath. He gave Huica a few mouthfuls of water and after confirming that she wasn’t in danger even though she was unconscious, he focused his mind and moved towards the exit.

After listening for a bit and confirming that there was nothing outside, Balk silently pushed open the floorboards.

The moonlight filled the room and Balk narrowed his eyes as he looked around. The first thing that he saw was a pure white body.

This body that had lost all signs of life was Balk’s wife.

Four days ago, when the Drow Race hoodlums came into Balk’s home, although Balk saw that the situation was bad and carried Huica into the basement ahead of time, because of something that happened, his wife and his eldest son Roman had fallen into their hands.

Balk’s wife was r*ped by the hoodlums before being killed. His son Roman was also killed by them.

Looking at Roman’s incomplete corpse that he couldn’t recognize near his wife’s corpse, Balk’s dead heart couldn’t help trembling.

If it was possible, when he heard the screams of his wife and son four days ago, he would have already charged out to go all out with those thugs.

But for Huica, he had endured it.

He didn’t know how he had survived these days. If it wasn’t for Huica, he would have already collapsed.

However, right now even Huica was in danger, which forced this man who his wife scolded for being weak into taking this risk.

After taking a deep look at his wife and his son’s corpse, Balk didn’t touch them as he carefully went over to the fireplace and took the ash from it to put on his face and hair.

He was someone from the Lampuri Kingdom and was born with naturally red hair. The people of the Drow Race had natural gray hair, so if he went out, he would be easily recognized.

After carefully putting on his camouflage, Balk looked down at himself. After confirming that he didn’t smell too much, he looked outside before silently heading out the door.

It was already the middle of the night, so there was already no one on this remote street.

But he could still see the flames in the sky in the distance and he could hear the wild laughter and screams from time to time.

It was clear that the Drow Race thugs were still committing murder and having fun.

Balk didn’t know how many outsiders like him were in Drow City, but he was certain that there weren’t many that had lived through these riots.

The medicine shop was on the other end of the street, so Balk had to go down the entire street.

It was a good thing that this was a remote street and no one was there, so Balk was able to safely make it to the medicine shop.