Regardless of the state of mind, what needs to be done is still to be done right away. When the shrine maiden opened her eyes again, the confusion that had filled her eyes had turned into nothingness. She stared at everything in front of her with a blank face, gradually forgetting what she had just thought.

Naturally, this is not true forgetting. If she really forgot humanity, how could she have some inexplicable emotions in her heart when she looked at the people in the settlement? This emotion drove her to take two steps forward, look around her, and then speak, her flat voice seemed to be stained with a little different color:

"You don't have to leave."

Her voice was not loud, but it spread like a wave of water, as if it could be transmitted all the way to the distant horizon. But the voice magically stopped when it touched the very edge of the settlement, and only continued to echo within the settlement.

Surprised, the people in the colony stopped what they were doing and looked up in the direction where the voice came from—where the shrine maiden stood.

She stood there, petite, but as if she could stand up to the sky. The thin figure exudes an extremely powerful majesty, which makes people unconsciously feel a little convinced of her.

She raised her hand slightly, and the sleeves of the shrine maiden's robe slipped off with her movements, revealing a white and flawless little arm. But no one noticed this, because their eyes were already drawn by the crystal sword in the shrine maiden's hand.

The sword was as clear as water, but as solid as steel. It was a blue, transparent sword made of crystal as if it were the purest. And the position where the tip of the sword points is the endless sky.

The witch raised her sword and pointed to the sky, and the momentum around her body skyrocketed again. Behind her head, a bright moon loomed.

"You don't need to leave."

She continued.

An invisible wave of qi spread through her body, sweeping over the people in the settlement, and their minds cleared. Unconsciously, their gaze at the shrine maiden became much more focused. The people who were still some distance from the center of the settlement had already walked around the shrine maiden at this moment.

They gathered around the shrine maiden and waited quietly for the shrine maiden's words. Their gaze is serious and focused, calm and fiery. They could vaguely sense what the shrine maiden was about to say, and that was what they had been praying for.

"I can escape once, but I can't escape twice. Even if you manage to escape twice, you won't be able to hide in a dark corner forever. Even if you don't exist, the evil in this world will still come to your door. And when that day comes—you, what will you do? ”

Her tone was calm, and except for the last question, the rest of her voice was flat to the extreme. But the constant momentum exuded by the shrine maiden made up for it just right. Although her voice was not full of emotion, feeling the momentum that the witch continued to exude, the brains of the people in the settlement couldn't help but heat slightly, and the blood on her body seemed to be burning, and even a little boiling.

This is the so-called blood boiling.

The shrine maiden looked at this scene, and her heart floated with a little satisfaction. Her complexion did not fluctuate in the slightest, but the momentum around her seemed to become hot, and even her voice seemed to become a little higher: "That's right, you can hide for a while, but you can't hide for a lifetime." Even if you can hide for the rest of your life, will your children and grandchildren have to hide endlessly? This is the only way to resist—and the only way is the best way. ”

The words fell, and there was calm around the shrine maiden. The people inside the colony didn't shout "Down with the monsters!" as she had imagined. Or, "Give us peace!" Instead of mentioning that the guys were going to fight other races, they all looked at the shrine maiden with strange eyes.

There was confusion, fear, and even ...... in his eyes And a little mercy.

The shrine maiden read those eyes.

It was an unconfident look.

True, the history of mankind has been incalculably long, and even existed for thousands, if not tens of thousands of years, before the Great War. For such a long time, there will always be a few people who do not know the height of the sky and want to start a war with slogans such as "expel those monsters and give us a blue and pure world". And there is always a little bit of blood in people's bodies. But after the first, second, third, and countless subsequent failures, the humans finally learned one thing - it was impossible to defeat those monsters with the strength of the human race alone.

So, they gave up the fight and went into hiding. It hid like this for many, many years. During these years, there have been occasional attempts to drive away the monsters, or at least to allow the human race to live on the ground in the open. But without exception, they all fell silent. And at this moment, in the eyes of the people in the settlement, the shrine maiden is one of those people. So, even if they haven't really experienced such a situation, they have long since found their reaction in the books.

That's how it reacts now.

This is the lesson of the sages with their blood, and people can never forget it.

So, for the first time, the shrine maiden felt a little headache and even began to hesitate. But the next moment, she left this emotion behind. Because she knew very well that if even she began to waver, it would be impossible to move the people in front of her.

She lifted her head and slowly glanced at the people around her. People bowed their heads or frowned, and met her with those eyes full of doubt. But without exception, no one's eyes are full of trust.

The shrine maiden was silent for a moment, then spoke:

"I'm different from the people of the past."

"There have been many people who have thought about resisting, and they are indeed full of wisdom, bravery, and strategy, and they also understand the weakness of human beings, and they try to defeat the strong with the weak. But they all failed, and that's only because they didn't really understand how strong our enemies were. ”

The scene fell silent for a moment. In the next instant, a buzzing whisper rang out from the crowd.

With the hearing of the shrine maiden, she could naturally clearly capture their words, but she didn't do so, but continued to speak: "Don't be too surprised. You know that the forest spirits can use magic, but what exactly is magic? You know that orcs can break through physical limits, but what does that really mean? You only know that other races are extremely powerful, even monsters, and terrifying beings that humans absolutely cannot defeat. But what is that horror — what is it exactly? ”

"It is precisely because you have always lived as the weak and have always fought in the way of the weak that you cannot understand what the world of the strong is like. And I'm not like you. ”

At the same moment as she said this, the shrine maiden had already stepped out and stood in the void above everyone's heads.

People looked at this scene and were a little surprised. The next moment, all those surprises turned into more discussions.

But the discussion was once again suppressed by the shrine maiden.

"Only when you fly into the sky can you understand what is in the eyes of the birds. Only with strength can we understand how broad the vision of the strong is. You know only how weak you are, but you don't know how strong your enemies are. If you only know yourself but don't know the other, how can you win? But—"

The flat gaze swept over the crowd again, and the witch's voice was full of strong confidence that could not be expressed in words:

"Under my leadership, you will be victorious."

PS: I'm back alive again!