Chapter 54 - 54: Three Heroes
The sun was shining brightly in the sky, giving the world some warmth. Refreshing winds were flowing through the city of Ikrego, brushing against Lucifer's face as he reached the new city.
The city seemed a bit bigger than anything he had seen before. In fact, it happened to be even bigger than the Legion City, which was the largest city he had seen before.
There were beautiful houses everywhere. Even though Lucifer hadn't stepped inside the city, he could still see the beautiful structures of the city.
There were also two tall statues placed at the entrance of the city of Ikrego, which seemed to look like humans.
Lucifer didn't know about this, but the statues belonged to the previous heads of the Red Eagles Guild, which had its headquarters inside the city.
Red Eagles was a guild that consisted of Hunters who went inside Dungeons to keep the Monster Index in control. Even though it was a big group and part of the Hunter Association, it hadn't always been an organization.
In fact, it didn't even exist before the year 2028.
The year 2028 was when the great disaster occurred where Monsters came out of the Dungeons and started attacking everyone they say. Many humans had died in the Great Disaster of 2028 before it was controlled.
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Previous, the Dungeon Dwellers weren't able to leave their dungeons, but it all changed on 3 January 2028 when the first Monster stepped out of a level 2 Dungeon. After that, it was like the whole world was plunged into chaos.
Monsters started coming out from all Dungeons that were classified as Level 1 and Level 2 Dungeons and started attacking any living being they saw. Humans were killed left and right.
There was blood and chaos everywhere. It was said that over a billion people had died in the Great Disaster of 2028.
That was what made the Variants come forward and help the government in protecting the citizens.
After lots of effort and many significant sacrifices, humans were finally victorious.
One of the cities that was affected by the Great Disaster of the Beginning was Ikrego.
Unlike other Cities, Ikrego was much inferior and didn't have many resources, and not many big organizations lived here.
The security forces in this area were also the weakest. But since it had a big area, its population was pretty high.
There was a Rank 2 Dungeon near the city of Ikrego at that time from which Monsters came during the Great War of Beginning.
The government was unaware that it was possible for monsters to come out of the Dungeons, so they had only placed two regular guards outside this Dungeon to prevent ordinary citizens from entering the dungeon.
It was a shock for every city that suffered that day, but Ikrego was in a much worse position because they were already a backwater City.
Just as expected, the two guards weren't able to offer any resistance against the terrifying monsters, and they were killed instantly.
The monsters then started attacking the city of Ikrego that was closest to that Dungeon.
Fortunately for the city, there were three Variants that were coincidentally passing through the city when this happened.
Those three people decided to help out when they saw innocent people being killed by these strange creatures.
They held the line, fighting against the hundreds of Monsters to keep the people safe.
They were able to hold the monsters back until the Government sent reinforcements. After more Variants arrived, the fight became easier, and all the Monsters were killed.
Over twenty thousand citizens, eight hundred soldiers, and seven Variants were killed during that battle just in the City of Ikrego alone. The city was covered in blood by the time it ended, and fortunately, most of the citizens were saved.
Everyone knew that if it weren't for those three Variants that happened to be in the city at the start, who held the defense line, the losses would have been much worse.
Unfortunately, two of those three Variants who held the Monsters back to wait for the reinforcement had died on the battlefield. They sacrificed their lives to protect the citizens of Ikrego.
The statues that Lucifer was seeing belonged to those two people that were created in their memory.
The third person from the group of three had decided to stay in the city where his friends had died. He established the Red Eagles Guild here to keep the Dungeon in control so that a situation like that never occurred again.
That's why the Red Eagles Guild was so respected here. Their founders were the heroes who had saved countless people. Without them, the city might not even exist today.
Lucifer didn't know the history behind the statues, but he could see the pride on the faces of the people that the statue managed to depict perfectly.
The Level two dungeon was still near the city, but it was heavily guarded by the Hunters of the Red Eagles Guild now.
Lucifer passed through the statues and entered the city of Ikrego.
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Lucifer entered the city of Ikrego and walked on the well-made roads of the city. He couldn't see anything uneven on the streets.
There was not a single hint left in the city which could highlight the terrifying battle it had to face during the Great Disaster of the Beginning. Instead, it seemed like a beautiful city that never suffered.
Most of the buildings seemed new. The streets and the city was clean. He could even see people walking here and there in the city.
Many luxurious shops were also there.
Lucifer walked casually on the roads when he noticed a clothing shop.
He looked down at his clothes which were unusually baggy and didn't fit him in the least. He was just carrying on in those clothes because he had no clothes that fit his size inside his home.
The clothes he was wearing were his mother's old clothes, but even these were loose on him.
Lucifer had stopped before the shop and looked at the clothes on display inside, through the glass windows.
The shop was more like a showroom with big glass windows at the front with mannequins, showing their latest fashion clothing.
There was also a mannequin which was of a child that had a similar build to Lucifer. He had a feeling that this was going to fit him perfectly.
Just when Lucifer was gazing inside, the glass doors of the shop opened, and a middle-aged woman stepped out of the place with a twelve-thirteen-year-old kid.
"Mom, look at that kid's clothes. He looks so funny," the young boy chuckled as he pointed towards Lucifer.