CH 674

Chapter 674: Flags

December 30th, 1347! New Year is approaching!

Every year on this day, it is important to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year.

Although this day is not as grand as Christmas, every household will have a sumptuous meal.

When midnight arrives, people in the Kingdom of Gran will begin the traditional New Year's Eve activities. People will compete to draw water from the well, open their doors, prepare bread, and welcome the arrival of friends and family.

Wealthy people will also prepare a large amount of copper coins and exchange gifts with friends and strangers alike. (The above is the British tradition for celebrating the New Year. In this book, the Kingdom of Gran follows the British customs.)

However, December 30th of this year seems unusually dull!

There is no festive atmosphere, the entire city is pitch black and gloomy, and people deliberately did not turn on the street lights, which makes the "City that Never Sleeps," Westwind Holy City, now completely covered by darkness.

People who usually go door-to-door to visit relatives and friends are not in the mood to do so this year. They all gathered in front of the two churches, more than 30,000 people, crowding around the churches. All of their faces were filled with heaviness and worry.

From every second after the bell rings, a huge black dragon, which no one can defeat, may attack from the sky. It will destroy the entire city in an instant and plunder the wealth people have worked hard to accumulate.

Robb was still lazily sitting in his stone stool, looking at the gloomy crowd around him, feeling a bit annoyed.

He did not like this annoying atmosphere, this feeling as if the end of the world was coming.

He couldn't help but ask the few girls next to him, "Do people behave like this every time the year of the black dragon’s flight comes?"

Lilian shook her head, "I used to live in a poor village in Original Stone Canyon, and we never had this kind of atmosphere. We never worried about the Black Dragon coming, and when the New Year bell was about to ring, everyone was lively. This is actually my first time celebrating the New Year of the Black Dragon’s flight in a big city."

Suofa also shrugged, "This is my first time celebrating this kind of New Year too! The Desert Kingdom has never been attacked by the Black Dragon, so we always have a very happy New Year celebration."

It was only the others, Little Yi, the Big Loli, the two light nuns, and even Shang Hui, who had lived in big cities for a long time, who were used to this kind of atmosphere.

Little Yi held a book of the "New Bible of Light" in her hands and murmured, "May the God of Light bless us, I hope the Black Dragon won't come to the Holy City this year. This is my biggest wish this year."

She is now a Holy Nun of the New Church of Light, and as soon as she spoke, almost all of the believers began to recite with her, "May the God of Light bless us, I hope the Black Dragon won't come..."

This atmosphere immediately moved all the people, whether they were believers of the New Church of Light or not, they all whispered their wishes.

This kind of depression made Robb very uncomfortable. He hated this kind of atmosphere and preferred a joyful one. He was about to say, "Flowers, applause, music, let's get excited," when suddenly his cell phone in his pocket rang with a "beep beep beep."

As soon as he answered, it was Xuelu who called. She used a sweet voice and said, "Happy New Year, dear."

Robb said, "Humph! Who is your dear?"