Heroes' Prison

Chapter 978 - 923: How the Sun Rises

In the City Hall of Dragon City, all the top executives of large guilds from the China region sat together nervously, holding the most important meeting in history.

The sky outside the window was gloomy, and the meeting room felt as heavy as the moment of doomsday.

News of city after city’s fall arrived here like snowflakes; half of the Hero’s Continent’s territory had already been engulfed by the Demon Clan, with countless prosperous cities turned into their playgrounds.

"News just came in: Jishui City, the northern major city of the Xuanyuan Guild, has been breached by the Demon Clan; three major cities in the northeast region of the Styx Sect Guild have fallen, and the sub-territory of the Sun Guild at Heavenly Snow Mountain has been conquered by the Demons..."

In the meeting hall, the intelligence officer of the Hero Guild—Mysterious—quickly announced a series of the latest updates.

The entire meeting room erupted immediately!

"Even sub-territories of super-first-class guilds like Xuanyuan and Styx Sect have fallen! We can’t let the Demon Clan run rampant any longer, otherwise, the entire Hero’s Continent will be destroyed, and even the nearby South Asia Continent, Fei Continent, and Singaporean-Malaysian Continent will be overtaken by demons! We should immediately form a combined force to go to the frontlines and block the Demon Clan’s invading army!"

Some enraged guild presidents slammed the table, glaring and shouting.

However, some rational presidents immediately shook their heads and analyzed, "No! The Demon Clan is so powerful. No matter how many people we send, it’s a death mission! Now, we can only hope that the super strong Guardians of the Hero Empire can hold them off for a while. As long as we endure a little longer, the Oskan Royal Academy in the Central Continent won’t stand idly by and will send experts to rescue us."

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The crowd argued until they were red in the face, subtly dividing into two opinion factions. The radicals advocated for sending troops to intercept the Demon Clan’s invasion, while the conservatives advocated staying in the Hero Empire, preserving strength, and waiting for reinforcements from the Central Continent. Both sides had ample reasoning, remaining deadlocked.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I just received some bad news!" Just as everyone was arguing endlessly, Mysterious, the intelligence officer of the Hero Guild, suddenly stood up and gestured with a hand.

The crowd immediately stopped arguing and turned their heads to look at Mysterious.

Mysterious looked around gravely and revealed, "Just now, a clone of the King of Annihilation suddenly descended on the Central Continent! In a short time, five Racial Holy Lands, including those of the Mountain Elves and Flaming Giants, were destroyed. Panic has swept through the Central Continent. Currently, the Oskan Royal Academy is making full preparations to block the King of Annihilation! Even the Demigods have been alerted!"

"What? Even the Central Continent is under attack?!"

"With things like this, the Central Continent is overwhelmed and cannot possibly send experts to save us!"

Their faces turned pale, and the last shred of hope was extinguished!

"God of Slaughter, what do you think?" At this moment, Dao Feng turned to look at Huang Yi.

Everyone stopped talking, turning their eyes eagerly to Huang Yi, seated at the head of the meeting room.

Huang Yi sat upright, glanced around the meeting room, and solemnly said, "Everyone, the situation is severe now, and we can no longer rely on the Central Continent. We can only resolve this catastrophe ourselves! Fortunately, the Guardians of our Hero Empire are very strong; I will also release stronger Guardians later. As long as the Seven Archdemons’ true forms don’t descend, I am confident that the Hero Empire can withstand it. However, outside the Hero Empire, it’s possible everything will fall, so our immediate priority is to expand the Hero Empire’s territory, allowing our Guardians to protect more areas. Some guilds whose territories border the Hero Empire might consider merging their guild territories into the Empire, so that those guilds adjoining you will also border the Empire and can merge into it as well. Using this method, we can gradually expand outward..."

Just as Huang Yi finished saying this, a guild president immediately stood up and, slamming the table, angrily said, "No, by doing this, the guild territories we’ve painstakingly built would all become subjects of the Hero Empire? This is taking advantage of our situation, using the Demon Clan to benefit the Hero Empire!"

Huang Yi turned to look at the president and calmly said, "Of course, the initiative is in your hands, and I won’t force anyone. But beyond this, do you have a better solution?"

The guild president bit his lip, opened his mouth several times but couldn’t say anything, unable to refute.

The method Huang Yi proposed, although it seemed like consuming other guilds, was indeed the best approach in such a critical period. He possessed the Heroes’ Prison, which detained various incredibly strong legendary bosses, and now, at level 252, he had the complete capability to release criminals ranked in the top 100! Having just one of these top 100 criminals as a Guardian of the Hero Empire could make it impregnable unless a Demigod descends.

The room fell into silence, as everyone thought deeply but couldn’t come up with a better plan; merging into the Hero Empire was the last and only choice. Otherwise, they could only watch as the Demon Clan destroyed their territories.

"Our Clumsy Pig Guild’s territory is just adjacent to the Hero Empire, and we are willing to merge into the Hero Empire!" At this time, finally, a guild president spoke up, agreeing to Huang Yi’s approach.

This player, named Chubby Piggy, is the president of a large guild called [Clumsy Pig], ranking in the top twenty among all guilds in the China region. Although it is not as famous as Super First-Class Guilds like the Hero Guild, Sun Guild, and Xuanyuan Guild, it is also a representative guild with a notable reputation.

With Chubby Piggy, this heavyweight figure, taking the lead, the conference room was immediately stirred with a chain reaction, as those who were hesitant finally made up their minds.

"Rather than letting the guild territory we have painstakingly built fall into the hands of the Demon Clan, we might as well merge into the Hero Empire! Our Autumn Wind Guild is also willing to merge into the Hero Empire!"

"That’s perfect; our guild borders the Autumn Wind Guild. As long as the Autumn Wind Guild merges into the Hero Empire, then our guild can also merge into the Hero Empire!"

"Our Mad Demon Guild is willing to merge into the Hero Empire!"

"Blood Battle Guild is willing to merge into the Hero Empire, and we follow the lead of the God of Slaughter!"

"Iron Flag Guild is willing to merge into the Hero Empire and follow the command of the God of Slaughter!"

Soon, some guilds adjacent to the Hero Empire made their statements, willing to merge into the Hero Empire.

"We also want to merge into the Hero Empire, but our guild is too far from the Hero Empire. What should we do?" A burly man stood up, looking anxiously at Huang Yi.

This question immediately caused an uproar in the conference room, with many sharing the same doubt. The Hero’s Continent is vast, and most guilds are far from the Hero Empire, leaving their safety unguaranteed.

Huang Yi shook his head helplessly and said, "I don’t have a very good solution for this either. I’m stretched thin and can only do my best to protect the places I can."

"What about Sun Island? Should we still guard it? Our Sun Guild is also very far from the Hero Empire," at this time, the vice president of Sun Guild, Tang Yunfei, asked with slight tension.

Since the Thunder God’s death sentence arrived and he was taken out of Rose Prison, the Sun Guild became a special existence, like a relic left behind by the Thunder God, the best place to commemorate him. But now, this Super First-Class Guild left by the Thunder God is also facing the crisis of being destroyed by the Demon Clan!

"The Sun Guild definitely can’t be defended. Everywhere except the Hero Empire is bound to fall, so console yourselves with that!"

"Yes indeed! We should concentrate our forces and focus fully on protecting the Hero Empire, and not be distracted with anything else!"

In the conference room, many people decided to give up on the Sun Guild! At this critical juncture, dividing forces to fight is not a wise choice!

The high-level members of the Sun Guild’s bodies trembled suddenly; the guild they had painstakingly built with the Thunder God was at this moment becoming abandoned. Especially those brothers from Rose Prison, all of them looked at Huang Yi, waiting for his final decision.

"We cannot abandon the Sun Guild!" Huang Yi glanced at everyone, took a deep breath, and said resolutely, "The Sun Guild is left by the Thunder God, my most respected brother, and I cannot let the Sun Guild be destroyed. I will protect the Sun Guild; if the Demon Clan wants to occupy Sun Island, they must first step over my dead body. If the Fallen General wants to destroy Sun Island, then I will make sure he will not see the next day’s sun."

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PS: After resting for over half a year, my illness is now stable, and my mood is much better, not as depressed as before, and now I will start updating again. However, since I haven’t written for so long, it might be a bit difficult at first, with a Chapter every few days, and the content might not be very exciting, but as the feeling returns, the update speed will gradually catch up to the previous level, and the content will gradually become exciting.

You guys can probably easily notice that the plot of this book has reached the final battle, with the protagonist already over level 250, soon reaching the cap at level 300. All kinds of foreshadowing from earlier will gradually come to light, such as who is the No. 2 in Huang Yi’s organization, who is imprisoned in Cell No. 1 in Heroes’ Prison, what is the Mystery of Death of Ascender Bloodhoof, and what calamity occurred in the Heaven Realm, etc.

After resting for so long, most readers of this book have already left, subscriptions have dropped crazily, and manuscript fees have not been received for several months. The traces of this book’s existence are becoming increasingly sparse; many people have already forgotten it, but I cannot forget. I want to finish writing it. Thank you to everyone who is still sticking with this book, thank you for waiting, and many friends have given me all sorts of encouragement, but a lot I haven’t seen; I can only say a unified thank you here. Maybe you have already forgotten the earlier content of this book, but it doesn’t matter. I haven’t been idle these past few months. I’ve sorted and revised the previous 2.7 million words, collected every character, item, location, foreshadowing, etc. In the future updates, whenever it involves earlier parts, I will mark them to help you recall. For example, for a character, I will briefly write out the character’s identity, what they did, and in which Chapter they first appeared, etc.

The next Chapter will be updated next week; after being off for half a year, just starting over, I’m completely out of touch and need to find my rhythm again. If you don’t understand this Chapter, it’s okay; next week, I will post a single Chapter summarizing the previous 2.7 million words of this book or the recent plot so that you can generally recall the entire book’s content.