Chapter 354
"Mum, look!" a young boy of seven shouted as he pointed at the sky.
The mother, holding onto the little boy's hand, halted her steps and turned to look where her son was pointing. Her eyes widened slightly as she saw the sky was slowly turning pitch black.
Far away, streaks of lightning could be seen dancing violently across the thick clouds. But that wasn't what truly caught her attention—it was something else.
"Hang on," a male passerby muttered as he turned around to glance toward the horizon. "I thought there were seven houses in the good district?"
"Yes," another man replied.
"Then why can I only see five standing?"
"I feel like something terrible is going on," a woman added nervously.
"Wait... who are those?" someone pointed at a small family—a man, a woman, and their two young daughters—running toward them in a panic.
"What's going on? Why are you all running?"