Chapter 629: Dejected Darlene (1/2)
Inside the Desolate Crow Clan, Lilith and Uncle Jorn walked together down the streets filled with rubbles from the damaged buildings nearby.
The clansmen did their best to clear out the rubbles and clean up the clan before proceeding with repairs to make it habitable again.
Despite Leon's efforts to move out the rat carcasses with his earthen ability, quite a few were missed and remained inside the clan.
Uncle Jorn quietly observed the clansmen carry the bodies outside before he suddenly furrowed his brows.
”Strange…”
”What is, Uncle Jorn?”
Lilith glanced at her Uncle Jorn, who appeared to be puzzled by some sudden discovery, and waited patiently for him to start explaining.
After a slight delay, Uncle Jorn said, ”The rat carcasses are still pungent as you would expect them to be, but their smell hasn't pervaded the entire clan. Air does not seem to be as stuffy as before…”
”No, the air is getting…cleaner by the moment?” Uncle Jorn's eyes flickered with surprise upon his discovery.
However, Lilith did not share the same sentiments.
After listening to her Uncle Jorn's words, she pondered for a moment before she said, ”This is probably Leon's doing.”
”I see…” Uncle Jorn uttered.
At this point, he should not be surprised by anything the human prince does—for everything the person does is either shocking or surprising.
In other words, he should get used to it.
”Right, Uncle Jorn.” Lilith suddenly recalled the berserk humans before she inquired, ”Has any of our clansmen experience frenzied behaviors and loss of mental faculty, becoming extremely aggressive since the Cataclysm occurred?”
”Frenzied behaviors and loss of mental faculty? Becoming extremely aggressive?” Uncle Jorn frowned in thought before replying with doubt, ”Not that I am aware of…?”
”Is this a big problem worthy of our concerns, Little Princess?” Uncle Jorn inquired.
”There haven't been any cases?” Lilith thought for a moment before she nodded, ”That's good then. Most likely, extended exposure to the sunlight will cause it.”
”However, the clan has been hidden under the mountain of carcasses, thus, avoiding this problem unwittingly. Since there haven't been any cases, then there's a need for us to worry about,” Lilith stated.
Since Leon was helping her cleanse the Wrathful Demonic Energy within the Desolate Crow Clan, the chances of someone going berserk will become negligible.
”Alright then…”
Without clear explanations from the Desolate Crow Princess, Uncle Jorn was confused by the matter she brought up.
”I will tell you more about this matter later,” Lilith stated before asking, ”What did you need to talk to me about?”
As they two conversed, they continued to walk down the busy street filled with hard-working clansmen. Before Uncle Jorn could answer Lilith's question, a Transcendent-level warrior suddenly arrived.
”Report!” Uncle Jorn stated.
”Yes, Brother Jorn! We have just recovered the first food bank. However, we have discovered rat blood seepage in the area, spoiling the food stored there. What should be done about it?”
”So the thing I feared happened, huh?” Uncle Jorn rubbed his forehead with stress before stating, ”Save what can be saved, and throw away everything that can't. Burn all the spoiled food somewhere away from the clan.”
”Understood.”
The Transcendent-level warrior nodded.
Shortly after the warrior left, Uncle Jorn returned his attention to Lilith.
”Where were we again?” Uncle Jorn asked before he quickly recalled and said, ”Ah, yes. As you can see, the clan is quite a bad state after the damages.”
”I've estimated that only roughly three-quarters of the clan will be able to sleep in warm environments tonight. But this is not our biggest problem. Food is our biggest problem. Without sufficient food to sustain ourselves, the clan will eventually starve to death.”
”I've already started looking into possible ways we can procure more food, but I will need Little Princess's approval before I send the people out to search…”
Uncle Jorn began listing problems after problems related to the clan before he finally moved onto two other important issues, worthy of concern.
”We also need to think of a plan to save the Clan Leader and the other Clan Elders from the clutches of the Desolate Netherbird Second Prince. At the same time, we also need to prepare measures against the Desolate Netherbird Second Prince's retaliation.”
”Now that Lord Bahlzacs is dead, it won't be long before the Desolate Netherbird Second Prince realizes what happens here,” Uncle Jorn stated.
”Does Lord Bahlzacs send regular updates to the Desolate Netherbird Second Prince via a messenger? Can we fake it to buy more time?” Lilith wondered.
”From what I know, Lord Bahlzacs writes to the Desolate Netherbird Second Prince in a special-coded message. Unless we understand what that special-coded message is, it will not be possible to fake one.”
”I see…” Lilith frowned before asking, ”How time do you think we have before the Desolate Netherbird Second Prince notices something wrong and sends his people over, Uncle Jorn?”
”I would say no longer than a week, Little Princess.” Uncle Jorn stated with a solemn look.
”A week, huh? I see.” Lilith nodded.