Hollow Knight: Hallownest

As the City of Tears in the Heart of Hallownest, Lurien never imagined that there would be such a lonely and lonely time.

After Hegemer came to support with a large number of guards, the originally weak Watcher Knights became much more relaxed. After the main force of the riot in the city, that is, the sentinels with martial arts skills, lost their combat effectiveness, the screams finally stopped. Disappeared in his ears.

"Have the casualty statistics been released?"

"Reporting to Lord Watcher, except for a small number of escapees that cannot be recorded, the casualty statistics have been basically completed."

"how is the situation?"

Lurian stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, quietly listening to the report from the housekeeper at the back. As far as he could see, there was devastation.

"The situation...is not optimistic."

The butler's eyes were full of heaviness and sorrow, and even his voice was a little muffled.

"So far, two-fifths of the registered residents in the city have died due to this riot, and one-third of the sentinels have died. Almost all of the remaining people have been infected by the strange disease. Only a few nobles in the city have died due to defensive measures. Avoid disaster.”

The butler looked at the report document and his arms trembled slightly. He had been the butler for as long as Lurian had been in the job.

The City of Tears has developed so far in his memories, and can barely be regarded as his "half child". Needless to say, this land has a special significance to him, but now that the ruins are in sight, it is really It made his heart ache.

"How is the pension work going after the chaos?"

Lurian turned his head, the look in his eyes was the same as that of the butler. Although the storm had subsided, the aftermath must not be neglected. This was related to whether the City of Tears could return to its former prosperity.

"Lord Watcher, Lord Morode has always been in charge of the pension work, but..."

The housekeeper hesitated, and Lu Ruien's face began to look a little unsightly.

"You didn't go find him?"

He knew that the housekeeper's mental state at this time was not good, but in special times, he couldn't slack off even a little bit.

The housekeeper heard the slight anger in Lu Ruien's words and quickly defended:

"Lord Watcher, please calm down. It's not that I didn't go to Lord Morod, but... alas..."

"Lord Morode, he has died in this riot."

"What? Morode is dead?!"

Lurian was obviously caught off guard by the news. He hurriedly walked to the housekeeper and said word by word:

"Has the information been verified?"

The housekeeper nodded vigorously. Even if Lurian didn't need to talk about such a big thing, he would go and verify it himself. After all, he was Morode, one of the three ministers of the main city.

......

As early as the City of Tears was built and gradually prospered, the White King discovered that not only was there an extraordinary flow of insects, but also a huge number of tourists settled here. Although with Lurien's strength, it is not nonsense to supervise the entire City of Tears. But in a bustling city, just one supervisor is not enough.

Ever since, King Bai gave Lurian an order to transfer part of his power.

Of course, it's not to dilute Lurian's power. It's just that he has to worry about supervision and managing government affairs. Even King Bai found it a headache to put himself in it.

Therefore, King Bai was afraid that Lu Ruien would have a grudge, and he also emphasized that he had absolute supervisory power, which overrided the power of all ministers in the city.

Lurian did not refuse, and did not even have any suspicion. He immediately divided the main city's supervision power into three powers:

Financial power, military power, political power.

Corresponding to this are the three ministers: Morode, Goridi, and Sainz.

Among them, Sainz's power class is faintly above the other two, but they are all affiliated with Luryan.

......

"I understand, you go and rest."

Lurian frowned and responded, then left the Watcher's Spire and walked straight towards another house in the city.

The gray-blue stone wall was soaked with blood and looked slightly yellow. Looking at it, this building, which was less than half the size of the Tower of Love, had yellow spots all over the stone wall.

"See Lord Watcher!"

Several sentries were guarding the door. When they saw Lu Ruien arriving, they hurriedly bowed and saluted.

Lurian passed them and strode toward the house. Although the scale of the building was not comparable to the Tower of Love, the decoration inside was far beyond it. The red brocade cushions, lanterns and sculptures were magnificent.

This is the scene in his memory. Now it is much dilapidated. The cushions on the wall have been torn apart by bone nails, and the stuffing has fallen to the floor. There are also many pieces of broken chandeliers scattered on it. Looking around, , messy and in a mess.

It is far different from the word 'noble'.

As he walked deeper, the occasional sound of crying and choking reached Lurien's ears, making him frown even more.

"...Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Morode...Why did you...die like this..."

Emilia's eyes were filled with sadness, but Lurian knew that the sadness was not at all because of Morode's death.

Oh no, it should be barely half.

Lurian deliberately increased the sound of his footsteps so that Emilitta would not be immersed in the 'meaningless' sadness.

"Woo...Woo?"

"Lord Watcher! You are here, Morod...he..."

Emilyta ran to Lurian and pulled him to the coffin, sobbing continuously.

Lurian looked down and saw that Moroder's face was still vaguely recognizable, but his body was already messed up, which really shocked him.

"Morode...he obviously did nothing wrong...why did he end up like this...wuwuwu..."

While crying, Emilitta secretly looked at Lurian's expression, and when she saw him turning around, she quickly lowered her eyes.

"It's my fault for not quelling the riots in the city early."

"Morode's reward for serving during his lifetime will always exist and will be doubled. Let it be regarded as the compensation given to him by the main city."

Lurian sighed. There was nothing he could do about it now. After looking at the coffin again, he left the house.

Emilytta's sobbing gradually stopped, and a different kind of joy appeared in her eyes.

After leaving Morode's residence, Lurian did not stop and went to the residences of Goridi and Sainz in turn.

The former was unscathed, which was as expected.

Goridi is in charge of the military, and the sentries guarding his residence can be regarded as the most elite among all nobles. Those infected sentinels naturally cannot pose a threat. Although Lurian was slightly dissatisfied with this before, Goridi's work is completed. He had nothing to say, so he gave up.

As for Sainz, his force is actually the weakest, because he is unwilling to spend a single geo on this place. All the sentries guarding the Tower of Love are far less than the other two ministers.

But the decoration inside the Tower of Love still surprised Lurian. After all, apart from the first step through the door, Sainz's residence was almost intact.

As for who got the credit, before Sainz could say it, Lurian looked at the dark figure standing next to him, and everything was self-evident.

"Saenz, Moroder is dead."

After hearing this, Sainz's eyes were obviously in disbelief, but since the words were spoken by Lurian, the fact could no longer be shaken.

"The riots have subsided, and the main city is in ruins and waiting for reconstruction. However, Morode's death left me unable to find who should be in charge of the financial power."

Lurain's original intention was to ask Sainz to recommend an official who could replace Moroder, but he seemed to have mistaken his intention.

"Lord Lurian, leave it to me. I believe I can do the job."

Sainz's words were full of sincerity, and there was only pure worry and loyalty in his eyes, nothing else. Seeing this, Lurian gradually made a decision in his heart.

At this point, the era of three ministers has passed, and Sainz has taken charge of financial power and political power on his own, becoming the second minister of the main city.