Chapter 191- The 80th Floor

After that decisive and massive loss that FUG experienced in the battle, their momentum had completely stopped. Even if many people were still dissatisfied with the Zahard Empire and the ten great families, nobody would be stupid enough to join FUG anymore.

They had lost a major battle pretty badly and everyone knew it. Now, they had realized how delusional their desire to overthrow Zahard and the ten great families was.

As for those who joined fug and become their allies, the final judgment for their treason was just about to come from the Zahard Empire and hit them hard.

King Zahard made an ultimatum for FUG and especially, the kingdoms that decided to become their allies in the war. He said that he would give two choices, complete extermination, and the other one, peaceful coexistence.

In the Genesis Era, many kingdoms had joined FUG. The notable one among the kingdoms that joined them was the Land of the Peach Blossom, a kingdom from the Five Flower Nation, an alliance consisting of five kingdoms with flower themes.

Although FUG and Luslec were slippery and could always hide anywhere in the outer area since they didn't have any fixed headquarters, those kingdoms that were allied with them couldn't.

They had their own lands and people they had to take care of.

So, king Zahard's ultimatum was not mere nonsense and he was indeed capable of really implementing it.

Hence, it was pretty easy to guess which choice these kingdoms would choose.

Which one do you think?

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Peaceful coexistence was the right answer, of course.

And thus, the Era of Peaceful coexistence between FUG and the Zahard Empire and the ten great families had officially begun.

What all of these history about the Age of Climbing, the Age of Genesis, and the Age of Peaceful Coexistence had to do with the 80th floor though?

Well, they had everything to do with it.

After all, the 80th floor was the birthplace of the most feared member of the FUG, its founder itself, leader, and the first and most powerful slayer, the God of the Devils, Grace Mirchea Luslec.

After he had reached the top, in the Age of Climbing, Luslec returned to his hometown and built his community and influence there.

His influence and control over the 80th floor were entrenched so deeply among the people there that eventually, the floor would be called as…

The Mirchea Region.

After all, he was a legendary figure and warrior that reached the top of the tower alongside other legendary figures like Zahard and the leaders of the ten great families.

So, in the eyes of normal people, and especially the people of the 80th floor, he was akin to an unparalleled hero that managed to explore and discover a new world that they had never seen or even thought of before.

Hence, the 80th floor and the people that lived there were basically on the same boat as Luslec ever since. That was why, when the great civil war broke out between the Zahard Empire and the rebel led by the two unknown members, all of the people on the 80th had without hesitation, followed their leader, Luslec, to support the rebellion.

Even after the rebel lost and one of the two unknown members committed suicide while the other one fell into insanity, the support for Luslec to go against the Zahard Empire and the ten great families was still as strong as ever.

When Luslec established FUG, the 80th floor had become one of the most important floors under their control. The residents of the 80th floor during the Genesis Era had always been strong supporters of FUG and its important pillars.

So strong, firm, and deep-rooted FUG's and Luslec's influence and control of the floor was that even the adjacent floors were also affected. Although now, many people had forgotten about it and only a handful of people in the current era probably remembered it.

Back then, more than a couple of floors were collectively called as the Mirchea Region. According to the record, it was the 80th floor, the 79th floor, the 78th floor, and the 77th floor.

This was the golden period of FUG and their allies in the Genesis Era when they managed to defeat the Zahard army and the ten great families' army with the guerilla warfare tactic.

On those floors, even the middle area and the inner area were within their control.

However, after the great loss they suffered in the later stages of the Genesis Era, their influence and control over those floors were slowly but surely slipping out of their hands.

This was especially so during the time when the FUG eradication armada came over to the FUG controlled territories and cause widespread destruction and massive genocide.

The people on the 80th were slaughtered cruelly without any shred of mercy, which culled more than three-quarters of the population and destroyed all big human settlements and civilizations on the floor.

That was when the day that the symbol of the Zahard Empire, the three red eyes, became a symbol of terror to the people who lived on the 80th floor.

Now, other than the small and isolated communities living in the middle area and the outer area of the 80th floor, nobody had remembered what kind of tragic events happened in these lands dozens of millenniums ago.

Although those periods had long passed, they would never forget it.

The Zahard Empire's and the ten great families' cruelty. Hence, from generation to generation, the record was passed on to keep their identities so were their traditions, language, and cultures.

This was why they decided to isolate themselves to avoid being persecuted by the current government and avoid getting on their radar. Possessing something like pockets would endanger their values as their new generations would become susceptible to external influence.

"And that's the whole story about this place and our people, honored guests." The village head ended his story with a long sigh.