Chapter 60: The Desolate Land
The impact of a civil war on a country is very large, whether it is the consumption of resources or the impact on culture, it is difficult for a civilization to bear. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Every time after a civil war, a country will definitely be left with a desolate land, and the world will not recover without a certain certainty.
Some people may say that direct usurpation will not have such an effect, but as everyone knows, the "desolate land" formed in this way is the kingdom - a kind of thing that a country cannot recover from for a period of time.
Bridania is one of the miserable ones, not only in terms of usurpation, but also in infighting, which has led to the existence of many desolate places in the country. Sanzhefeng: Their current destination is one of them.
The civil war has suffered so much that the local economy has not been able to recover. Production was also halted for a while, and it is only in recent years that it has slowly recovered.
The people here should also hate the Calamity King the most.
By the time Sanzhefeng and the others set foot in the city called North Candasi, it had been three days after they had reached Bridania.
They all came all the way, they didn't take a car at all, and the kind of system that would reveal their identities was simply to proclaim to the enemy that "I'm here", and after suffering that loss, Sang Zhefeng and they were not stupid.
And when Artoria saw the condition of North Candath, the knight girl became even more depressed.
There were still traces of war in the whole city, and when Sanzhefeng and the others walked on the streets, they could clearly see that there were still a large number of holes on the road, which were impossible to see in the previous cities. Even on both sides of the road, there are ruins of houses and dangerous buildings that seem to be about to fall down at any time, which makes people feel sad for a while.
There weren't a lot of pedestrians on the streets, and although everyone was dressed modestly, it was hard to hide the ignorance in their eyes.
Everyone seemed to be numb to the sights around them. Completely ignoring the dilapidated houses that have cracked, I am thinking about walking through there silently.
The whole city looked a little lifeless, and the dry man of Sanzhefeng was in stark contrast to the surroundings, and it was almost as if he was coming from the outside.
"Here...... It wasn't like that......"
Artoria opened her mouth a little sullenly, and no one around her spoke, everyone knew this, but there was always a feeling of extreme sadness when this sentence came out of Artoria's mouth.
“…… War is really annoying......" Curl said in a muffled voice, looking at this.
Joan of Arc had a very melancholy expression, and it seemed that he should have remembered the events of the French war before.
Sang Zhefeng didn't speak, just looked at the scene in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Let's go, it's useless to stay here, let's go find the prince first." Sang Zhefeng said this, and the others nodded their heads and agreed with his words.
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"Old fellow, you set up a stall here and don't give us protection money, you are really bold."
On one of the streets of the city, a few guys who didn't look like nice people stood next to an old man, pushing and shoving, and next to them, a small food stall had been torn down.
The old man's face was ugly, he looked at the men, then at his stall, the corners of his mouth opened, as if he wanted to say something, but the old man still slowly lowered his head and did not speak.
"Old fellow, don't pretend to be deaf and dumb there, hand over the money quickly!"
The men nudged the old man again, and the people around him looked at him, but they all just sighed and left.
Since the city was abandoned, what kind of managers are there, if it's not for the fact that the people who live here now are people who really don't have a place to move out, then who still lives in this place?
The old man looked at these men, and finally said as if he couldn't help it: "Aren't you afraid of Prince Arthur?" He's ...... Here's the ......"
His tone grew smaller and quieter as mocking smiles appeared on the men's faces.
"Prince? Haha, that guy has been killed by the emperor, and now where is the prince," they thought of as one of the men and threw up his arm, approaching the old man, "What are you expecting now?" Yes? ”
He suddenly grabbed the old man's collar and waved his fist at the old man's face, with a hideous expression on his face, and said, "Now I'll see if there is anyone else to help me...... You guys! ”
He raised his fist high and swung it down at the old man's face. The old man closed his eyes in horror, waiting for the pain to come.
But he didn't feel the pain he expected, he heard a cry of pain in his ear, and then the hand that grabbed his collar was released.
The old man opened his eyes blankly, only to see that the man before had crawled a few meters away, crying out in pain, and in front of him, the heroic blonde female knight stood there, glaring at the men.
"What scum!"
The female knight said angrily.
The man crawling on the ground looked at the female knight as if he was stunned. The men next to him leaned towards the female knight in a rage, as if they wanted to teach this girl a lesson.
But the next moment, they all stopped their movements.
Because there's a large mana projectile floating there over their heads. It seems that if they want to act rashly, they will be killed by this magic ball.
This...... What the hell is going on...... Why are there still magicians here?
They stiffened, not even daring to move. And as far as they could see, a girl was there holding her little finger and smiling at them.
…… I'll go! What the hell is going on today?
Artoria had some anger on her face, she looked at the men, and said fiercely, "You guys get out of here immediately, or don't blame me for being rude." ”
The men's heads instantly swayed up and down like drums, and then they quickly picked up the man who had just fallen to the ground, and then left with a lot of urine.
Artoria breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the distant backs of those people, then looked at the old man with a smile and asked, "Are you okay?" ”