Death... and me
Chapter 2654: No City

Everyone was more or less spread around the ruins, pretending to be looking for something. Of course, only Roan was really going after a specific objective. He made a roundabout around the place before finally ending in the place that was calling him.

He looked down and could only see more and more rubble of the old palace. Nonetheless, he was certain that what he was feeling was coming from under these rubles. Without thinking much, Roan gathered his Divine Energy and attacked the ground.

*Boom!*

Rubbles flew everywhere, catching the attention of Bunbun and the others. They quickly arrived on Roan's side, trying to see the reason for that commotion. "What happened? You better have a good reason to destroy this place even more." Bunbun asked with a dark expression. He truly didn't want anyone to cause more damage. No doubt this palace held great importance for him.

Yet, his expression changed a second later. With Rean and the others, Bunbun saw a tunnel that went deep underground. "This... Was there such a thing here before?" Bunbun searched his mind about the past, but even though he was close connected with the Loporrits of the palace, he had never heard about this tunnel.

Roan glanced at Rean, who understood his message. "Senior Bunbun, the signal is coming from down there. Seems like there was truly something hidden in this place. Can we go down?"

Bunbun's attention returned to Rean and the others. He quickly remembered that the one who found it was Roan, the guy with a familiar smell. Once again, the same image of a Black-Furred Loporrit appeared in his mind. In the end, he looked at the tunnel entrance and nodded. "As I mentioned, I have no right to stop you as long as you aren't destroying things just for fun. Obviously, the attack just now wasn't the case, so you are free to go down and see what is there."

"And you will obviously come with us, right?" Rean asked with a smile. "I mean, you are much stronger than us in this world, so your help would be greatly appreciated."

Bunbun scoffed. "Hmph! I am not saving anyone. If you die, you die. I couldn't care less. However, I will be going down as well since there is no rule impeding me from doing so."

Those words simply confirmed to Rean and the others that Bunbun also didn't know about this tunnel.

Roan didn't waste time and began to go down. Everyone followed close behind as Rean illuminated the path. With the control he had over the Chaos Laws, Rean was already able to use simple Light ELement methods without having them turn into something else. Of course, he was nowhere near being able to use his Light Element like he does outside.

As they walked, several carvings could be seen on the side walls. "Is it telling a story?" Rean couldn't help but ask.

Bunbun looked at them as well and confirmed. "Yes. It is basically telling the story of our Loporrit Race and how we came to be." He didn't mind speaking a little about it, feeling like he owed the twins' group this much for finding something he didn't know about.

He then pointed at the first images that continued forward. "This is the time our Loporrit Race first gained intelligence. As you can see on the carvings, we were quite primitive, and our intelligence wasn't anything worth mentioning. A kid would probably be smarter than us at that time. As you can see, we still used real burrows back then, hiding underground and so on."

They continued forward, and the carvings changed little by little. "This could be called the point where we stopped being just a bunch of useless Loporrits and began to develop our intelligence further. This little burrow... well, it is more like a village by now... It was the first settlement of us Loporrits above the ground. It was also around this time that we learned how to cultivate." Bunbun seemed to know a lot about their ancestral times.

Later on, the little village now didn't depict only Loporrits. There were also a few other races mixed within, although the huge majority were still Loporrits. "At this point, we got enough strengh to get a foothold in this region. If you pay attention to the previous pictures' backgrounds and these ones now, you will see that the location changed. That's because, at the start, we were very easy targets."

"Don't misunderstand me. We were still quite weak at this point, too," Bunbun added. "However, our reproduction rate was quite... no, it was ridiculously high, let's be honest. When you put us all together, we were still very weak, but we had the numbers to at least not be worth attacking."

Rean understood that concept. "Simply put, anyone who decided to attack your Loporrit Race would stand to lose a lot more than gain. Since you were still weak anyway, probably a lot weaker than any of the important powerhouses around, they left you be."

Bunbun didn't deny that. "Seems a little shameful, but that's the truth."

Roan shook his head. "I see it differently. The strongest is not the one with the highest power but the one who adapts best. You are alive today, while all the other races on these carvings are nowhere to be seen. It is obvious who is the winner."

Bunbun glanced at Roan and gave a slight nod. "I quite like that note."

The carvings continued. Soon, the little Loporrit village grew into a small-sized city. More races also lived there, with the Loporrits still the huge majority. The quality of the carvings also increased, being more detailed. They noticed a few that showed scenes of battles, but they were truly just a few.

"Although it wasn't worth attacking our Loporrits, some still tried for whatever reason. We suffered every time, but that helped us improve and show that it was truly not worth the trouble," Bunbun commented after also noticing the few wall carvings with battles.

Things seemed to evolve fast from there. The small city got bigger and bigger. A few attacks still occurred, and the enemies seemed stronger every time, but the Loporrits survived. Finally, the Palace they saw before appeared in them. The Loporrits seemed to have reached their peak at that moment.

It was then that a huge wall, at least ten times bigger than any other, appeared. However, there was no city carved on that wall.