Chapter 1069: The Power of the Emperor's Raised Soldiers
Clare jolted awake, 'Where am I?' Her ears were ringing with the chaos surrounding her, and she could barely hear herself think. She blinked against the dull light that filtered through clouds of dust and smoke, dyeing the sky a heavy gray. At her feet, the ground was scarred and shattered, evidence of the countless explosions that had occurred there. Huge craters dotted the landscape, while the wreckage of collapsed buildings and abandoned vehicles lay scattered around, twisted, and burned.
'This smell… I remember…' She had witnessed, seen, and felt this same situation over and over again in her memory as she grew up.
The air was thick with the acrid smell of gunpowder and smoke, mixed with the metallic stench of blood that permeated the battlefield.
"War..."
