<h4>Chapter 2290: Chapter 2290: City Breached</h4>


    "What’s going on? What exactly is happening?"


    Mont’smander of the nine gates was startled awake. He grabbed a long knife, hastily dressed, and stepped outside.


    "I’m not sure, but it seems we’ve encountered significant trouble."


    The lieutenant beside him spoke up.


    The ghostly figures were modified humans, although they were not human, they were very close to being so.


    They also needed rest and lived like humans.


    The entire camp was filled with ghostly figures just waking up and dressing.


    "The Emperor is handling something major right now; we must not let anything go wrong. Take some men and immediately investigate the situation." Themander of the nine gates took out a radio and pressed a button: "Report, what’s going on."


    In the middle of the night, Mont City sounded the rm, which would undoubtedly wake the Emperor.


    If the Emperor investigates, they’ll all be in big trouble.


    "Unidentified creatures appeared here, and several beggars broke through the city gate."


    Over the radio, the sound ofmotion could vaguely be heard.


    "What kind of joke is this? Behind Mont City’s high walls, the gates are extremely heavy. Are you all blind?"


    Themander of the nine gates shouted angrily.


    At such a critical moment, if anything goes wrong, he would be the first to bear the responsibility.


    Everyone knows the Emperor is unpredictable now.


    If the Emperor gets upset because of this, he could very well lose his head.


    "Indeed, there are some birds, very formidable, and we can’t stop them."


    The sounds over the radio were chaotic.


    "Birds, are you kidding?" Just as themander of the nine gates finished speaking, a screech echoed overhead.


    He looked up and saw an unidentified ck creature sweep by, several ghostly figures immediately being torn apart.


    "I see them now, stop them at once!"


    Themander of the nine gates swung his long knife and ran madly!


    He leaped, both hands striking down forcefully!


    ng!


    The long knife struck the draco serpent, sparks flying!


    But the immense power still brought the draco serpent to the ground.


    Themander of the nine gates wobbled unsteadily, feeling acute pain in his palm.


    The draco serpent wasn’t interested in fighting, quickly taking flight, tearing through many ghostly figures along the way.


    "This is no normal evil! Immediately gather people and follow me to check out those beggars!"


    Feeling uneasy, themander of the nine gates grabbed his knife, got into a vehicle, and rushed towards the city gate.


    At the city gate.


    It was filled with corpses.


    The smell of blood was everywhere.


    A man with the appearance of a beggar stepped on bodies, walking one step at a time over the pile of ghostly figures’ remains, proceeding along Mont City’s main road.


    Crack!


    Headlights turned on.


    Several vehicles stopped.


    Themander of the nine gates, seeing nearly a thousand corpses before him, felt as if facing a formidable enemy.


    All the guards at the city gate were gone.


    Dead, all of them.


    asionally, a draco serpent flew by in the sky.


    Standing in front of them was just one person.


    A beggar covered in blood.


    "Stay where you are! Who are you?"


    Themander of the nine gates gestured, and guns were immediately raised behind him.


    Guns, they disdained to use.


    The weapons martial artists found most handy were still these cold weapons.


    But having some hot weapons was still necessary.


    For emergencies.


    "Open fire!"


    Seeing the beggar remain silent, he waved his hand.


    Bang!


    The ghostly figures behind pulled the trigger.


    The bullets hit the beggar, yet they had no effect.


    They only sparked brightly.


    "Commander, this person is very strange," the lieutenant quietly remarked beside him.


    Guns couldn’t kill him—what kind of monster is this?


    "Then let my de break through his defenses," said themander of the nine gates coldly.


    He had confidence in his abilities.


    But what puzzled him was how a single beggar could breach the city gate and eliminate all the ghostly figures there?


    "Beware of ambush." Themander of the nine gates reminded.


    But before he could act, the beggar suddenly moved.


    Like a wolf, he sprang out quickly!


    Before themander of the nine gates could see what happened, a dozen people beside him were all shredded to pieces!


    "Charge!"


    Seeing this, themander of the nine gates was shocked, immediately shouting.


    He and the lieutenant simultaneously attacked, shing at the beggar!


    Crack!


    The lieutenant’s weapon collided with the beggar’s hand, breaking instantly!


    Taking the opportunity, the beggar’s hand entered his body, tearing him apart!


    "Call for backup!"


    Themander of the nine gates pressed the radio, but surprisingly heard no response.


    "What’s going on!"


    He immediately pressed the button on the radio.


    Themander of the nine gates had high clearance and could view the monitors of each city gate.


    When he saw every other gate wide open, he was dumbfounded.


    Bodies everywhere, at every gate, there was a beggar.


    Bam!


    The beggar’s hand came crashing down.


    Crushing the head of themander of the nine gates in an instant.


    In his final moments, themander of the nine gates pressed a button.


    It directly connected to the royal city.


    Ring!


    A series of rms jolted the dozing Ilia Danvers on his throne alert.


    He struggled daily with dragons, utterly exhausted.


    Combined with alcohol’s effects, he was somewhat dazed for real.


    "What is it..." Ilia Danvers opened his eyes, speaking calmly: "If you can’t give me a satisfactory answer, I’ll feed you to the dragons tomorrow."


    "Emperor! It’s terrible! The four gates have been breached, all our people are dead!"


    The voice on the phone belonged to a prince.


    It was not only anxious but also tinged with fear.


    "What? A bunch of useless trash!" Ilia Danvers frowned slightly: "Where’s themander of the nine gates? Have him executed right away! Remember, the Wolf Cavalry are human—if they’re human, they can die. Get our..."


    He didn’t finish the sentence as he was unusually interrupted.


    "Sire, it’s not the Wolf Cavalry! Themander of the nine gates is already dead; this message came from him before he died! Our city gates were breached by only four people! Four people! Each person breached a gate!"


    "What did you say?"


    Ilia Danvers stood, rubbing his temples.


    "Four people breached all four of our gates, killing nearly ten thousand ghostly figure guards. Themander of the nine gates died the same way. Now, those four are nearing the imperial city! You must decide quickly!"


    "Four people, are you sure you didn’t see wrong? Even if they were four Julius Reeds, they wouldn’t be this audacious, would they?" Ilia Danvers deeply doubted it.


    He nced at Julius Reed, who was not far away, bound by eight golden dragons.


    The golden dragons moved constantly; Julius Reed couldn’t possibly escape.


    Who could it be then?


    Pranay Martinez?


    But even with Skilid City’s arrival, it shouldn’t be like this.


    Thinking it through, Ilia Danvers couldn’te up with an answer.


    He drew the sword embedded in the throne and pushed open the hall doors.


    "Sire!"


    Thud!


    A captain of the forbidden army happened to run forward, kneeling before him.


    He presented a monitor with both hands.


    "Look, it’s these four people!"


    Before he finished speaking, all of Mont’s officials arrived.


    Clearly, this matter rmed everyone in Mont.


    "Four people?" Ilia Danvers still could not believe it.


    He took the monitor.


    When he saw the beggar shown on screen, alongside the draco serpent flying in the air.


    Ilia Danvers felt a trepidation in his heart!


    "Master of Imperial, it’s your doing! But... but why have theye here?"


    "Prepare for battle at once!"


    Ilia Danvers felt his intoxication sobering instantly.