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Chapter 821: Let Them Witness Your Power, 【Blue-Eyes White Dragon】!
Looking at the Soldiers attacking futilely from a distance, Zorc ignored the weak attacks, raised his hand, and said contemptuously, "You insignificant humans, I, Zorc, have come to destroy you!"
Crimson energy gathered in Zorc's hand. He casually pushed it out, transforming it into an energy pillar that blasted towards the City Wall: "Be burned to ash by my Hellfire, 'Zorc Flame'!"
In terms of naming conventions, Zorc was only at Joey Wheeler 's level, merely adding suffixes like "Flame" or "Slash" after his own name. However, despite the attack names sounding like trash, even Zorc's casual strike made Isis, standing below the City Wall, feel as if she were facing a formidable opponent.
"The attack is coming! Mages, raise the defense!"
Under Isis's command, the Court Magician Group united and released the strongest protective barrier they could set up with all their full power, directly colliding with Zorc's attack.
"Boom!" "Crack!"
A seemingly ordinary strike carried immense power. Although the barrier raised by the Mages successfully protected the City Wall and the Soldiers on it from damage, this single strike was enough to completely shatter the barrier. The Mages all spat blood and fell to the Ground, seemingly unable to raise the barrier a second time.
However, Zorc raised his hand once more. That was just his most ordinary strike. He wouldn't get tired using that level of attack for an entire day. Below the City Wall, Shada quickly had **Ankuriboh** provide healing for the Mages, but there was no way they could prepare for the second attack. He was about to command the Soldiers to avoid.
Just then, Kaiba's voice came:
"Blue-Eyes, attack that guy! Burst Stream of Destruction!"
Soaring into the heavens as a white dragon, carrying Kaiba to face the Great Evil God Zorc's attack, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** spat out a dazzling white jet. The sacred and pure flood of light displayed power almost equivalent to a deity at this moment, successfully holding its ground against Zorc's attack. After a few seconds, Zorc's attack was deflected to an empty space nearby and exploded.
"Hmph, how pathetic, Isis, Shada." Standing on top of **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** head, Kaiba looked down at the Ground, his trench coat blowing backward from the strong wind stirred up by the explosion. "It looks like we still have to rely on strong players. It doesn't matter, I will make my move."
Looking up at Kaiba, even Shada couldn't help but smile helplessly: "Instead of saying cool things... The next shot is coming, Kaiba Seto!"
"You don't need to tell me!" Looking at the Great Evil God Zorc who was still approaching the Royal City, Kaiba, standing unprotected on **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** head, slightly crouched down and stroked the white spirit dragon's scales on its head. "Let them witness your amazing power, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**!"
Responding to Kaiba, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** flapped its wings and charged towards the Great Evil God Zorc.
Energy blasts shot past, grazing them. Those they couldn't avoid were canceled out and dissolved with their own attack. The short distance of one kilometer was crossed by **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** in just a few seconds, bringing it before the Great Evil God Zorc.
"Kaiba Seto, and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**?" Zorc naturally also noticed the conspicuous white spirit dragon. Seeing the opponent approach, He stopped launching attacks with his two hands and instead extended them to directly grab **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**, planning to capture it just like that.
However, the instant Zorc's fingers touched **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** figure disappeared!?
Only to see **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** instantly accelerate using the reaction force of its breath, dodging the Great Evil God Zorc's hands and slipping into his line of sight blind spot. While doing so, it accelerated again to adjust its position, arriving at the open space in front of Zorc's chest.
"What? This speed is practically three times the original!" Looking at the white, hornless, three-times-speed **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** approaching him, Zorc showed a surprised expression.
Clutching **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** scales tightly, resisting the G-force almost equivalent to a supersonic fighter jet with his entire body, Kaiba gritted his teeth and looked up at Zorc: "At this distance, there will be almost no attenuation. Great Evil God, kneel before me!"
"Blue-Eyes, again! Burst Stream of Destruction!"
"Boom!"
The flood of light was spat out. **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** zero-range attack hit the Great Evil God Zorc. Seeing this, the corner of Kaiba's mouth couldn't help but curl up. But in the next second, Zorc, who was hit by **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** attack, poked his head out from the attack and laughed loudly, "Fooled you, idiot!"
Immediately after, the dragon head below Zorc spat out pitch-black dragon breath, hitting the completely unprepared **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** from below!
To protect Kaiba on its back, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** fundamentally couldn't make any avoidance movements. It was hit in its relatively soft abdomen by the dark dragon breath and was blasted away along with Kaiba!
"Kaiba Seto!" Seeing Kaiba blasted away, Shada, who had finished healing the Mages, shouted. He watched helplessly as Kaiba and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** crashed not far away outside the City Gate and quickly rushed there to provide support.
Meanwhile, Zorc took another step forward, brushed off the dust that wasn't even on his chest, revealing his completely unharmed body. Even **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** attack, which seemed effective, actually couldn't damage him in the slightest.
"Unstoppable, irresistible, I am the Great Cataclysm!" Repeating what he had said before, Zorc saw that the Mage Corps had actually raised a barrier again. He wasn't in a hurry to exert power and completely crush them, but instead leisurely launched another fire to crush the barrier.
Like a feline animal that doesn't rush to kill its prey after catching it, but instead plays with it arbitrarily until the prey loses all will to resist, Zorc walked towards the Royal City, saying, "Human power nurtures darkness, and darkness is the source of power for I, Zorc Necrophades."
"As long as humans exist, I have an immortal body; as long as darkness is not dispelled, no attack can damage me!"
"Humans, tremble! Your fear will become my most excellent sustenance!"
Hearing this, Isis, who was commanding the Mage Corps, showed a shocked expression: "How can this be!?"
Although she had learned from Aknadin before that the Great Evil God of Darkness possessed great strength, she had never heard that Zorc had such an annoying, even unfair, concept. How could such an opponent possibly be defeated?
No, let alone defeating him, just dealing with the opponent's attacks was already making them scramble. Kaiba Seto and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** were shot down, and the Mage Corps, who had received simple healing from Shada, were knocked down again after enduring the second attack. But in contrast, the Great Evil God Zorc was not damaged at all.
He was even continuously advancing towards the Royal City, the distance already closed to half a kilometer, already touching the Residential Area Outside the City!
Inside the City, the Citizens who previously lived in that Residential Area watched from afar as the giant Demon God gradually approached the Royal City. He wasn't even attacking; merely his movement was destroying their homeland. They couldn't help but close their eyes in pain.
Having some foresight, Shada and Isis had not forgotten the work of evacuating the residents when coordinating the army's defense setup. This allowed the Residents Outside the City to save their lives and escape death, but the sadness and wrath of their homeland being destroyed were unavoidable.
At the same time, watching the Great Evil God Zorc approach the Royal City and the powerful Priests being completely helpless against him, besides sadness and wrath, fear and despair also couldn't help but arise in people's hearts.
"How can we possibly win against a monster like that..." Someone muttered as they watched Zorc's approach. "Everything is over."
"Is our country going to face extinction?" "There's no such thing as future and hope anymore!"
Despair began to spread among the crowd. People whispered to each other, sharing their fear.
At a certain point, someone said, "I have to escape quickly, I can't stay here!"
One person separated from the crowd at the sound of this voice and fled towards the deeper direction of the City. With one person taking the lead, others also turned and fled. In just a moment, fear enveloped the hearts of almost everyone in the City.
They had endured a difficult day before, hiding from Seto's terrifying rule. They had finally gained freedom after someone defeated Seto, only to encounter Zorc's arrival. At first, as ordinary people without power, they were full of confidence in the Priests like Shada, Isis, and Simon, who possessed power and were stronger than them. But this confidence was gradually swallowed by darkness after Zorc arrived.
However, this process was too fast, almost as if someone had pressed an acceleration button on the spread of fear among them.
"This is bad, this feeling, is it the influence of Zorc's power?" Simon, who remained in the City leading the Soldiers to evacuate the crowd, also noticed the rapidly spreading fear among the people. He looked up at Zorc's giant figure, which could now be seen directly over the City Wall from inside the City. "With darkness as the source... Could it be!"
Seto, who remained by Simon's side, glanced at the ordinary-looking old man and said, "Did you notice, Simon? That's right, Zorc is spreading fear. Just by approaching this City, infinite fear will arise in the hearts of the Citizens, and this negative emotions will be continuously amplified."
"The closer Zorc gets, the more people will fear him, and this fear will in turn feed Zorc's dark power, making him even stronger and more terrifying." Looking at Zorc, Seto took a deep breath and made a judgment, "There is now no way to counter Zorc."
Seto was certain that Simon had heard what he said. However, despite knowing from his own mouth that their efforts were meaningless, Simon only paused slightly before continuing to command the Soldiers:
"Third squad, the catapult ammunition is almost used up, hurry and send it over!"
"The second group of Mage Corps can start their rotation, before Zorc launches his next attack!"
"You two teams, put down the tasks in your hands and go evacuate the crowd!"
Although his presence was not very high normally, under the current circumstance where he was the highest Commander in the City, Simon displayed quite excellent command ability, systematically directing the Soldiers to complete various tasks, showing no intention of giving up his effort.
Seto frowned and said to Simon, "Simon, didn't you hear what I said? You have no way to counter Zorc. Continuing to make effort now is undoubtedly useless effort."
"You thought my methods for the citizens to gain power were too cruel, but now facing this situation, doesn't that feeling of helplessness feel bad?"
"I—"
"Seto, before today, I actually felt that you and Aknadin are quite similar." Before Seto could continue, Simon, after assigning the last pair of Soldiers their tasks, spoke up and interrupted him. "That guy had a similar personality when he was young."
"I was wondering if you, this child, were too much influenced by Aknadin, and it turns out you are his child."
Simon's seemingly irrelevant words made Seto frown in confusion: "Why are you saying this? What does this have to do with countering Zorc?"
Simon shook his head: "Of course not. On the contrary, I want to ask you to lend me your power, Seto."
Seto heard what Simon said and looked around, finding that, just as Simon himself said, the Soldiers had been sent to various places, leaving only himself, who was tied up, beside him. Seto seemed to have thought of something and coldly smiled: "I understand, you want to pass judgment on me before the Pharaoh returns, replacing him, right? After all, the Pharaoh is too cowardly, and leaving me alive might someday continue to pose a threat to him, so you, the loyal one, want to replace the Pharaoh and kill me?"
Simon heard what Seto said but was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "Not at all. On the contrary, I want to ask you to lend me your power, Seto."
In front of the City Gate, Shada brought Kaiba back, healing him and the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue**, and reunited with Isis behind the City Wall.
"The rotating Mage Corps are also about to collapse, but the previous batch of Magicians haven't recovered yet." Bringing Shada and Kaiba back inside the barrier, Isis's brows were furrowed with worry as she looked at the Great Evil God Zorc, who had already approached within a few hundred meters.
The Catapult Unit and Bow and Crossbow Unit were attacking continuously, but it looks like their effects on Zorc were minimal, almost ineffective. However, this was their only remaining means of struggle.
"There's always a way." Hearing Isis's words, Kaiba propped himself up on the Ground, trying to stand. "Worst case, Blue-Eyes and I will go again..."
"Don't push yourself, at least accept some healing first." Shada sternly pressed Kaiba down, preventing him from getting up. Using **Ankuriboh's** power repeatedly made his breathing heavy, but he still tried his best to restore the state of Kaiba and Blue-Eyes, this pair of powerful combatants.
But even if they recovered, how could they possibly block Zorc?
Just as worry and despair were about to envelop Shada's heart, his gaze swept towards the City Wall and he noticed that Priest Simon, who should have been staying inside the City, had somehow arrived on the City Wall.
"Lord Shimon? What are you doing here!"
"It's alright, Shada, I'm here to help." Simon rested his hands on the City Wall, an ominous dark aura wrapped around one hand. His gaze was directed at the approaching Zorc. "We absolutely must defend this City before the Pharaoh returns."
Zorc's distance from the Royal City: 500 meters.
Looking at the Soldiers attacking futilely from a distance, Zorc ignored the weak attacks, raised his hand, and said contemptuously, "You insignificant humans, I, Zorc, have come to destroy you!"
Crimson energy gathered in Zorc's hand. He casually pushed it out, transforming it into an energy pillar that blasted towards the City Wall: "Be burned to ash by my Hellfire, 'Zorc Flame'!"
In terms of naming conventions, Zorc was only at Joey Wheeler 's level, merely adding suffixes like "Flame" or "Slash" after his own name. However, despite the attack names sounding like trash, even Zorc's casual strike made Isis, standing below the City Wall, feel as if she were facing a formidable opponent.
"The attack is coming! Mages, raise the defense!"
Under Isis's command, the Court Magician Group united and released the strongest protective barrier they could set up with all their full power, directly colliding with Zorc's attack.
"Boom!" "Crack!"
A seemingly ordinary strike carried immense power. Although the barrier raised by the Mages successfully protected the City Wall and the Soldiers on it from damage, this single strike was enough to completely shatter the barrier. The Mages all spat blood and fell to the Ground, seemingly unable to raise the barrier a second time.
However, Zorc raised his hand once more. That was just his most ordinary strike. He wouldn't get tired using that level of attack for an entire day. Below the City Wall, Shada quickly had **Ankuriboh** provide healing for the Mages, but there was no way they could prepare for the second attack. He was about to command the Soldiers to avoid.
Just then, Kaiba's voice came:
"Blue-Eyes, attack that guy! Burst Stream of Destruction!"
Soaring into the heavens as a white dragon, carrying Kaiba to face the Great Evil God Zorc's attack, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** spat out a dazzling white jet. The sacred and pure flood of light displayed power almost equivalent to a deity at this moment, successfully holding its ground against Zorc's attack. After a few seconds, Zorc's attack was deflected to an empty space nearby and exploded.
"Hmph, how pathetic, Isis, Shada." Standing on top of **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** head, Kaiba looked down at the Ground, his trench coat blowing backward from the strong wind stirred up by the explosion. "It looks like we still have to rely on strong players. It doesn't matter, I will make my move."
Looking up at Kaiba, even Shada couldn't help but smile helplessly: "Instead of saying cool things... The next shot is coming, Kaiba Seto!"
"You don't need to tell me!" Looking at the Great Evil God Zorc who was still approaching the Royal City, Kaiba, standing unprotected on **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** head, slightly crouched down and stroked the white spirit dragon's scales on its head. "Let them witness your amazing power, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**!"
Responding to Kaiba, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** flapped its wings and charged towards the Great Evil God Zorc.
Energy blasts shot past, grazing them. Those they couldn't avoid were canceled out and dissolved with their own attack. The short distance of one kilometer was crossed by **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** in just a few seconds, bringing it before the Great Evil God Zorc.
"Kaiba Seto, and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**?" Zorc naturally also noticed the conspicuous white spirit dragon. Seeing the opponent approach, He stopped launching attacks with his two hands and instead extended them to directly grab **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**, planning to capture it just like that.
However, the instant Zorc's fingers touched **Blue-Eyes White Dragon**, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** figure disappeared!?
Only to see **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** instantly accelerate using the reaction force of its breath, dodging the Great Evil God Zorc's hands and slipping into his line of sight blind spot. While doing so, it accelerated again to adjust its position, arriving at the open space in front of Zorc's chest.
"What? This speed is practically three times the original!" Looking at the white, hornless, three-times-speed **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** approaching him, Zorc showed a surprised expression.
Clutching **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** scales tightly, resisting the G-force almost equivalent to a supersonic fighter jet with his entire body, Kaiba gritted his teeth and looked up at Zorc: "At this distance, there will be almost no attenuation. Great Evil God, kneel before me!"
"Blue-Eyes, again! Burst Stream of Destruction!"
"Boom!"
The flood of light was spat out. **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** zero-range attack hit the Great Evil God Zorc. Seeing this, the corner of Kaiba's mouth couldn't help but curl up. But in the next second, Zorc, who was hit by **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** attack, poked his head out from the attack and laughed loudly, "Fooled you, idiot!"
Immediately after, the dragon head below Zorc spat out pitch-black dragon breath, hitting the completely unprepared **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** from below!
To protect Kaiba on its back, **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** fundamentally couldn't make any avoidance movements. It was hit in its relatively soft abdomen by the dark dragon breath and was blasted away along with Kaiba!
"Kaiba Seto!" Seeing Kaiba blasted away, Shada, who had finished healing the Mages, shouted. He watched helplessly as Kaiba and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** crashed not far away outside the City Gate and quickly rushed there to provide support.
Meanwhile, Zorc took another step forward, brushed off the dust that wasn't even on his chest, revealing his completely unharmed body. Even **Blue-Eyes White Dragon's** attack, which seemed effective, actually couldn't damage him in the slightest.
"Unstoppable, irresistible, I am the Great Cataclysm!" Repeating what he had said before, Zorc saw that the Mage Corps had actually raised a barrier again. He wasn't in a hurry to exert power and completely crush them, but instead leisurely launched another fire to crush the barrier.
Like a feline animal that doesn't rush to kill its prey after catching it, but instead plays with it arbitrarily until the prey loses all will to resist, Zorc walked towards the Royal City, saying, "Human power nurtures darkness, and darkness is the source of power for I, Zorc Necrophades."
"As long as humans exist, I have an immortal body; as long as darkness is not dispelled, no attack can damage me!"
"Humans, tremble! Your fear will become my most excellent sustenance!"
Hearing this, Isis, who was commanding the Mage Corps, showed a shocked expression: "How can this be!?"
Although she had learned from Aknadin before that the Great Evil God of Darkness possessed great strength, she had never heard that Zorc had such an annoying, even unfair, concept. How could such an opponent possibly be defeated?
No, let alone defeating him, just dealing with the opponent's attacks was already making them scramble. Kaiba Seto and **Blue-Eyes White Dragon** were shot down, and the Mage Corps, who had received simple healing from Shada, were knocked down again after enduring the second attack. But in contrast, the Great Evil God Zorc was not damaged at all.
He was even continuously advancing towards the Royal City, the distance already closed to half a kilometer, already touching the Residential Area Outside the City!
Inside the City, the Citizens who previously lived in that Residential Area watched from afar as the giant Demon God gradually approached the Royal City. He wasn't even attacking; merely his movement was destroying their homeland. They couldn't help but close their eyes in pain.
Having some foresight, Shada and Isis had not forgotten the work of evacuating the residents when coordinating the army's defense setup. This allowed the Residents Outside the City to save their lives and escape death, but the sadness and wrath of their homeland being destroyed were unavoidable.
At the same time, watching the Great Evil God Zorc approach the Royal City and the powerful Priests being completely helpless against him, besides sadness and wrath, fear and despair also couldn't help but arise in people's hearts.
"How can we possibly win against a monster like that..." Someone muttered as they watched Zorc's approach. "Everything is over."
"Is our country going to face extinction?" "There's no such thing as future and hope anymore!"
Despair began to spread among the crowd. People whispered to each other, sharing their fear.
At a certain point, someone said, "I have to escape quickly, I can't stay here!"
One person separated from the crowd at the sound of this voice and fled towards the deeper direction of the City. With one person taking the lead, others also turned and fled. In just a moment, fear enveloped the hearts of almost everyone in the City.
They had endured a difficult day before, hiding from Seto's terrifying rule. They had finally gained freedom after someone defeated Seto, only to encounter Zorc's arrival. At first, as ordinary people without power, they were full of confidence in the Priests like Shada, Isis, and Simon, who possessed power and were stronger than them. But this confidence was gradually swallowed by darkness after Zorc arrived.
However, this process was too fast, almost as if someone had pressed an acceleration button on the spread of fear among them.
"This is bad, this feeling, is it the influence of Zorc's power?" Simon, who remained in the City leading the Soldiers to evacuate the crowd, also noticed the rapidly spreading fear among the people. He looked up at Zorc's giant figure, which could now be seen directly over the City Wall from inside the City. "With darkness as the source... Could it be!"
Seto, who remained by Simon's side, glanced at the ordinary-looking old man and said, "Did you notice, Simon? That's right, Zorc is spreading fear. Just by approaching this City, infinite fear will arise in the hearts of the Citizens, and this negative emotions will be continuously amplified."
"The closer Zorc gets, the more people will fear him, and this fear will in turn feed Zorc's dark power, making him even stronger and more terrifying." Looking at Zorc, Seto took a deep breath and made a judgment, "There is now no way to counter Zorc."
Seto was certain that Simon had heard what he said. However, despite knowing from his own mouth that their efforts were meaningless, Simon only paused slightly before continuing to command the Soldiers:
"Third squad, the catapult ammunition is almost used up, hurry and send it over!"
"The second group of Mage Corps can start their rotation, before Zorc launches his next attack!"
"You two teams, put down the tasks in your hands and go evacuate the crowd!"
Although his presence was not very high normally, under the current circumstance where he was the highest Commander in the City, Simon displayed quite excellent command ability, systematically directing the Soldiers to complete various tasks, showing no intention of giving up his effort.
Seto frowned and said to Simon, "Simon, didn't you hear what I said? You have no way to counter Zorc. Continuing to make effort now is undoubtedly useless effort."
"You thought my methods for the citizens to gain power were too cruel, but now facing this situation, doesn't that feeling of helplessness feel bad?"
"I—"
"Seto, before today, I actually felt that you and Aknadin are quite similar." Before Seto could continue, Simon, after assigning the last pair of Soldiers their tasks, spoke up and interrupted him. "That guy had a similar personality when he was young."
"I was wondering if you, this child, were too much influenced by Aknadin, and it turns out you are his child."
Simon's seemingly irrelevant words made Seto frown in confusion: "Why are you saying this? What does this have to do with countering Zorc?"
Simon shook his head: "Of course not. On the contrary, I want to ask you to lend me your power, Seto."
Seto heard what Simon said and looked around, finding that, just as Simon himself said, the Soldiers had been sent to various places, leaving only himself, who was tied up, beside him. Seto seemed to have thought of something and coldly smiled: "I understand, you want to pass judgment on me before the Pharaoh returns, replacing him, right? After all, the Pharaoh is too cowardly, and leaving me alive might someday continue to pose a threat to him, so you, the loyal one, want to replace the Pharaoh and kill me?"
Simon heard what Seto said but was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "Not at all. On the contrary, I want to ask you to lend me your power, Seto."
In front of the City Gate, Shada brought Kaiba back, healing him and the **Maiden with Eyes of Blue**, and reunited with Isis behind the City Wall.
"The rotating Mage Corps are also about to collapse, but the previous batch of Magicians haven't recovered yet." Bringing Shada and Kaiba back inside the barrier, Isis's brows were furrowed with worry as she looked at the Great Evil God Zorc, who had already approached within a few hundred meters.
The Catapult Unit and Bow and Crossbow Unit were attacking continuously, but it looks like their effects on Zorc were minimal, almost ineffective. However, this was their only remaining means of struggle.
"There's always a way." Hearing Isis's words, Kaiba propped himself up on the Ground, trying to stand. "Worst case, Blue-Eyes and I will go again..."
"Don't push yourself, at least accept some healing first." Shada sternly pressed Kaiba down, preventing him from getting up. Using **Ankuriboh's** power repeatedly made his breathing heavy, but he still tried his best to restore the state of Kaiba and Blue-Eyes, this pair of powerful combatants.
But even if they recovered, how could they possibly block Zorc?
Just as worry and despair were about to envelop Shada's heart, his gaze swept towards the City Wall and he noticed that Priest Simon, who should have been staying inside the City, had somehow arrived on the City Wall.
"Lord Shimon? What are you doing here!"
"It's alright, Shada, I'm here to help." Simon rested his hands on the City Wall, an ominous dark aura wrapped around one hand. His gaze was directed at the approaching Zorc. "We absolutely must defend this City before the Pharaoh returns."
Zorc's distance from the Royal City: 500 meters.
