Chapter 1630

The fire raged on for the entire day. If not for the miraculous rain, it might have consumed the entire forest. Alas, the rain put an end to it.

What was once a beautiful display of nature, an endless stretch of lush and thick blankets of greenery were now burned away, leaving behind only large and gray husks of tree trunks and piles of ashes blanketing the ground.

It was still drizzling.

The firefighters made one last final round of the area as unauthorized vehicles were still not granted entry into the sectioned ring.

A tall figure of a man stood directly in front of the barrier, overlooking the burned remnants of the forest. In just one day, he looked like he had lost a considerable amount of weight. He seemed frail and defeated.

A pair of empty eyes concealed behind the lens of his glasses stared blankly at nothing in particular.

After a lengthy investigation, several firefighters stepped out from amidst the smoldering forest and approached the barrier..

One of the firefighters, who appeared to be the chief, turned to John and informed regretfully, “Master Stockton, we found your house.”

John turned to him, his eyes were bloodshot.

completely burned down. We were not

is she?” he asked, his voice raspy.

hesitated to form a reply.

up to him and seized him by his shoulders. He was rattled and itching for a resolution of any kind.

mean someone was residing in the house? When we went inside, we only saw piles of burned furniture. There were no signs of a

No bodies?

entire time? Did she manage to slip

away and quickly marched into the smoldering forest since he knew where the

from the burning house last night joined him.

up to. He recovered from his shock. and hurriedly turned to his

forest was the burned wreckage of what was

managed to remain intact. At the very least, one could

weeds were plucked out of the garden, there was not much damage caused by the fire because there was not much fuel for the

garden and walked into what was once the living room.

in, there was not a

ground and began shoveling with his

with nerves and tension, afraid to discover a burned body buried underneath. Fortunately, he did not chance upon such a horrifying

the living room and

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