24: Gloucester City, meeting Ellie

Tang Ziheng's eyebrows slightly rose... "God's" pity for humanity... The system even thoughtfully put "world" in parentheses.

This meant that the so-called God was actually an existence like the World Consciousness?

Pity for humanity... Perhaps humans were the only native creatures left in this world?

"God's" powerlessness... Suffering and disaster descended... What's with the ellipses!

Why didn't you finish writing it!

Tang Ziheng felt as if he was experiencing the legendary cliffhanger power of web novel authors.

However, from the current situation, Tang Ziheng guessed, could it be an invasion from another world? Or some kind of dimension collision... Forget it, he wouldn't think about it anymore; his system wasn't a savior anyway.

It was just an ordinary, unremarkable system creator.

The system had been given to him; let "God" let the "protagonist," the "Son of Destiny," save the world!

Tang Ziheng shook his head; in the apocalyptic world, Lin Ze had gone to eat and sleep, so he didn't need to worry about him for now.

On the Blade Spirit World side, there wasn't much interesting to see, just daily trivialities...

...

Noman Ya Continent.

Clarissa arrived at the capital of the Grosster Empire: Grosster City.

Compared to Mans City, where Clarissa had been before,

Grosster City, as the capital, was at least three or four times larger than Mans City in terms of area alone!

Its prosperity and liveliness were incomparable to Mans City.

As Clarissa entered Grosster City, the soldiers at the city gate stopped her, preparing to question her and make a record.

After all, she was a cultivator, carrying a knight's sword.

Especially when they saw her Vanguard Army external unit badge, the soldiers saluted her and let her pass directly.

"Thank you!" Clarissa nodded slightly in thanks, then walked in.

Clarissa looked like someone who had never seen the world; after entering, her head turned everywhere, and her eyes looked all around.

Mans City was like a village compared to Grosster City.

As Clarissa walked on the street, most of the people walking there were well-dressed; from this, it could be seen that the people here lived well.

Clarissa couldn't even see the existence of "poor people."

Even the worst-dressed people felt similar to the "well-off" families in Mans City.

"Clarissa?" Suddenly, a girl's voice sounded in Clarissa's ear.

"Eh?!" Clarissa was stunned for a moment, turning her head to look; who would know her here?

"You are... Ellie!?" Clarissa looked at the girl, who was wearing a standard uniform with a knight's sword hanging at her waist.

Wasn't this the girl from the "mercenary group" before!

"It really is you! You've come to the imperial capital!" Ellie walked up happily.

"Mm-hm!" Clarissa nodded.

"Where did you go after that?" Ellie asked curiously, then exclaimed "Oh!" and patted her own head: "This isn't the place to talk, let's go! Since you're here, you're a guest! I'll take you to experience the unique places in the imperial capital!"

Ellie enthusiastically took Clarissa's hand and walked.

"We're going to the North Wind Restaurant! This is the most famous and largest restaurant in the entire imperial capital; I heard it's even controlled by the royal family." Ellie chattered to Clarissa.

"Guests, how many?" As soon as they entered the North Wind Restaurant, a waiter came over.

"Two, find us a quiet spot!" Ellie said to the waiter, clearly familiar with the place.

"No problem! There's a spot upstairs!" The waiter led them upstairs.

Clarissa looked at the North Wind Restaurant; as Ellie had said, it was indeed very large and luxuriously decorated, but it wasn't the flashy kind of luxury of a nouveau riche, but rather a noble kind.

It wasn't noisy here either; although there were many guests, the distance between each table was not small, and there were some decorations and screens.

At the same time, the guests here spoke in normal voices, not appearing noisy.

Although it wasn't mealtime, at least one-third of the restaurant's seats were occupied.

Although it was called a restaurant, it could also be a pub, and it had two floors, both with considerable area.

"The people here are either rich or noble; most of them are people of some status," Ellie whispered to Clarissa.

Clarissa nodded; she had also noticed that they were either cultivators or people dressed in lavish clothes.

"Two guests, you can sit here!" The waiter led Ellie and Clarissa to a window seat on the second floor.

"Thank you! Please bring me two afternoon tea sets." Ellie sat down and said to the waiter.

"Alright!" The waiter nodded, then withdrew.

"Sister Lisa, let me tell you, the afternoon tea here is absolutely delicious! It's a unique specialty of the imperial capital! I often come here in the afternoon to have a set! Especially the desserts!" Ellie said gleefully to Clarissa.

"Mm! Then I'm really looking forward to it!" Clarissa said with a smile.

At the same time, she also speculated about Ellie's identity; she must be either rich or noble.

Although Clarissa hadn't seen the menu, she knew without a doubt that the prices here wouldn't be low. Plus, Ellie was a student at the Imperial Academy... this status was not low.

"By the way, where are your companions?" Clarissa asked about the other two boys.

Ellie blinked: "Are you talking about Jack and Cos?"

"Oh, them! They've gone to cultivate, the exam is coming soon! The exam is the day after tomorrow, Sister Clarissa, would you like to come and observe?" Ellie asked Clarissa casually at this point.

"I can! But you'll need to take me there then! I don't know the way." Clarissa nodded with a smile; she didn't have any particular goal anyway, so going to see the world with her was quite good.

"Mm-hm! Sister Lisa, have you found a place to stay?" Ellie asked.

"Not yet, I just arrived in the imperial capital today," Clarissa said, shaking her head slightly.

"That's great!" Ellie said happily, then felt that saying it like that wasn't quite right: "I mean, Sister Lisa, you can stay at my place!"

"Won't I be bothering you?" Clarissa was startled when she heard Ellie's words.

"No bother! It's just me, at most with some servants or something, it's no trouble!" Ellie waved her hand and said: "That house is mine! Hmm... it's not that big, probably only four or five hundred yards~ Sister Lisa can stay here as long as she wants! There are too many empty rooms!"

(1 yard = 0.9144 meters)

Emmm... Clarissa suspected Ellie was showing off, and she already had evidence! We just met, and you're already humble-bragging to me like this?

"Alright then, I'll impose!" Clarissa said with a smile, accepting the invitation to stay at Ellie's house.

"That's great!" Ellie seemed very happy when she heard Clarissa agree: "Sister Lisa, I've always been quite bored! No one to keep me company, it'd be best if Sister Lisa could come and stay with me!"

"Aren't Jack and Cos there? And don't you have other friends? That's unlikely, right?" Clarissa looked at Ellie with some doubt.

"Oh! To be honest with you, my family is a knight family, and we're quite reputable in the imperial capital. And my talent is pretty good... Most of the people I interact with daily have ulterior motives. Although I know many people, none of them can be considered true friends. Only Cos and Jack are very good friends; we've known each other since childhood, pretty much grew up together!

Our family backgrounds are also understood... But they cultivate quite diligently, and I'm a bit more of a slacker... So we don't spend much time playing together on weekdays." Ellie shook her head, giving Clarissa a little insight into her background.

"What about me? You trust me that much?" Clarissa raised an eyebrow, looking at Ellie. They had, at most, a "one-time encounter" of chance acquaintance, and then were teammates for half a month, and that was all.

"Sister Lisa, you're different; I trust my own judgment!" Ellie shook her head and said with a smile, looking at Clarissa: "Sister Lisa, the feeling you give me is... well... in short, it's very extraordinary! And it's very comfortable to be around you!"

Clarissa laughed wryly.

"Sister Lisa! Where are you from?" Ellie asked curiously.

"My home... Hmm... It's gone!" Clarissa shrugged, saying with a touch of bitterness.

"Sorry..." Ellie gave an awkward smile, knowing she had said the wrong thing.

"It's fine!" Clarissa shook her head, not minding, then told Ellie about her situation.

"The beastmen are truly too hateful!" Ellie puffed out her cheeks, then sighed. After so many years, the beastmen had never been completely resolved; humans had strong individuals, and so did the beastmen.

After so many years of contention, they could be considered to "know each other inside and out."

However, the Grosster Empire couldn't afford to go all out and fight the beastmen to the death, could it? Unless the beastmen did that, but the beastmen didn't... .

Up until now, a very delicate situation had formed instead.

And trading or even making peace with the beastmen was simply impossible!