Chapter 1249: First Clash

As Harmony Yoxshall spoke, he seemed to realize he had been talking too long without pause. He broke off for a moment and took a breath. Monica Lyson had been listening so intently she almost forgot to blink. The instant he stopped, she pressed, "What was so abnormal about it? The sect master said it himself. In a famine year, people die everywhere. Whether they starve or die of plague, what's the difference?" Ethan Thubron had already caught the scent of something wrong. He furrowed his brow....