As Isaac and Lusen advance in the direction of the Golovin hills, the little wizard and the night watchman Vera, who had failed to persuade them, were retreating with the fleeing men in the direction of the Golovin gates.

“...... We are grateful for your helping hand, really... As the first tutor of the Royal Wizarding Academy, I, Graysar, am ashamed, because we have nothing to thank you for but gratitude. ”

"From the moment that giant vortex appeared, we've been holding on... Hehe, we don't know exactly how long it took for the only clock tower to be destroyed when the evil god's body appeared. ”

"To be able to show up at such a time and be willing to lend a hand, whatever the reason, we are not qualified to refuse, but!"

"This is the Royal Academy of Wizards, a sacred place for wizards and alchemists established by His Majesty Brandon I the Sixth Generation 'Sage' under tremendous pressure, and it is the proof that the wizarding world has been recognized and entered for the first time after hundreds of years of exclusion and discrimination!"

"For the first time, we stepped out of the land of Ebolden, established an academy in a foreign land, and had a world of our own in the imperial capital. ”

"Such a place cannot be discarded in vain, and such a place is worthy of being sacrificed for her. ”

"I want to... If Master Corona and the Wizarding Tower Patriarchs are willing to sacrifice their lives for the sake of Ebolden and the Wizarding Tower, then even if I can't achieve what he did, I can at least sacrifice my life for the Academy I have dedicated my life to, as he did. ”

"Of course, if any of the apprentices want to leave with you, we won't stop you, but don't persuade those who have decided to stay. ”

"What's more, there are still a large number of rotting corpses in the city, and the academy with an open ice barrier can attract their attention, and with us, your retreat will be safer. ”

"We will wait here for the dragon that saved the empire to appear, and see all the monsters turn to ashes......!"

No matter how desperate the moment, there will still be stupid people who will hold on to the last moment for the sake of the belief in their hearts.

To be honest, Ain had a very bad impression of Greysar, from using Loren to later staying out of the wizarding academy in the royal trial, which made Loren almost alone, but he provided some help in a covert way......

In the eyes of the little wizard, he and the Royal Wizarding Academy behind him are a group of cowards who are afraid of things, and even when it comes to a life-and-death crisis, they only know how to ask for help and hide on their side.

In the subsequent battle of Ebolden, I didn't see these wizards of the imperial capital appear on the battlefield, obviously fighting to protect the base camp of the wizarding world, and even the wizards of Byrne, Lothair and East Sakland joined the battlefield sooner or later, but only the wizards of the imperial capital hid behind the safe city walls......

But this time, this coward willingly stayed, persevered until the last moment for the academy he guarded, and willingly buried her......

Ai Yin, who was in a complicated mood, couldn't help but sigh.

"What's wrong?"

The female night watchman on the side asked with concern.

"Nothing, just move on. The little wizard who was holding back turned his head to look at the chaotic retreat behind him, and turned his gaze in the direction of the city gate: "We still have a long way to go. ”

"It's not sure if you can get there. Vera, who rolled her eyes, couldn't help but complain.

Due to Gresar's insistence, almost all the tutors and apprentices of the Royal Wizarding Academy decided to stay in the academy and persisted until the last moment, and there were very few who were really willing to leave with them.

With these "warriors" in front, you can imagine what kind of guys are willing to go, such as the nobles and servants of the rich who fled, the small traders who were lucky enough to survive the tide of monsters, the deacons of the grand guild and the clerks at the bottom...... To put it simply, they are the nobles who are lively and afraid of death, and the upper-class citizens who are rich and peaceful.

As for why there are no ordinary petty citizens and the poor at the bottom ... The location of the wizarding academy was already very close to the Heavenly Dome Palace in the Golovin hills, if an ordinary person could escape from the outermost slum and escape the pursuit of the evil god shell and the monster tide all the way, why didn't he simply turn his head and run out of the city?

This group of people has no intention of accompanying the Wizarding Academy to the funeral, let alone fighting side by side with the wizards who they disliked or have nothing to do with in the past; hiding in the Wizarding Academy is just a helpless move, and of course they have to run away when the opportunity is in front of them.

Although he didn't take Vera's complaint to heart, looking at such a group of people whose faces were full of happiness for the rest of their lives, as if they had fled from the imperial capital, the little wizard felt that he was carrying a burden that he couldn't bear at all.

Although he and Lu Sien have cleared a "safe passage" from the gate to the academy, it does not mean that it is absolutely safe, just in the upper layer of the surface of the imperial capital, there are dozens of evil god shells and tens of thousands of rotting corpse demons!

As for how many more are in the underground sewers and underground passages that extend in all directions... The little wizard didn't even dare to think about it.

Under the dark night sky, the retreating team dragged an incomparably slender queue between the ruined streets, and slowly moved behind the leader Al Yin and the red-haired night watchman.

No matter how many times she reminded her to keep the formation as tight as possible to provide more protection in case of danger, the group remained unmoved, just following the middle or back of the group not too far away, vigilantly watching their surroundings, ready to flee alone whenever they wanted.

The other handful clung to Al Yin and Vera, refusing to disperse no matter how much they tried to persuade them, as if this was the only way to give them a sense of security.

Such a tight, loose and unformed evacuation procession, I am afraid that it will not really need to encounter the body of the evil god and the tide of monsters, and the slightest movement will scatter as birds and beasts, and they will fight each other for the way of "escape", right?

In such a dangerous place, there is a glimmer of hope for survival by uniting together, and mutual vigilance and even hostility will only lead to the death of all.

Ain was pessimistic about the prospects for a successful retreat.

She finally understood why, even at the most difficult juncture, Graysal of the Wizarding Academy would rather let the apprentices be tired one by one, or insist on refusing to give these people weapons, he was afraid not that these people would kill each other or kill themselves, but that the tide of monsters attracted by this group of people would bring the Wizarding Academy to the fish pond.

Even a simple wizard like a small man couldn't help but wonder "full of malice" whether Graysar and the people of the wizarding academy had deliberately allowed themselves to take this group of people away, in case the academy would be destroyed in their hands......

"Don't think about it that much. ”

Vera, sensing Ain's concern, patted her on the shoulder and comforted, "We just need to do our best to protect them and get as many people out of the city alive as possible." ”

"But ......"

"No, no, no one is forcing you to protect them, and this group of people hasn't said they want you to protect them, do we? ”

Looking at Ain, who wanted to refute, Vera couldn't help but say, "As long as we keep our promises and do our part to take them out of the imperial capital, that's enough." ”

Some of the aggrieved little wizards blinked, some stared at Vera in disbelief.

"What's wrong?" said the red-haired girl.

"No, I didn't ...... much" Ain quickly shook his head and swallowed: "It's just, I just didn't expect Vera to say such a thing, usually people who say this kind of thing are... It's ......"

As far as she can remember, it would normally be another night watchman who would have said this kind of "within her means".

"Edward. ”

Turning her head, Vera only showed a small half of her face to Ain, as if deliberately avoiding her gaze.

"I used to hate that guy. ”

"At the time of the Ebotden Night's Watch?"

"No, it's in Gutter Alley. Vera shook her head: "Among the night watchmen at Ebolden, the two of us were the first to know each other, and then we came to know Gavin and Ivan. ”

It's the two wizards who protected Isaac's sacrifice... The little wizard thought.

"This guy used to be a bad breed and never wanted to help people, he never fought righteously, and every time his food was snatched away, he would just sit there and spread his hands, saying that he couldn't help it, he couldn't beat people. ”

"It was similar when I joined the Night Watch, obviously he was already a Night Watchman, but he still wouldn't pull me along, so later I also managed to join the Night Watch, and at first I didn't mean anything else, I just wanted to be angry with him. ”

"It was similar in the years that followed... From the time we added the Holy Blood Elixir, it seemed like it had been four or five years, this guy never wanted to do anything superfluous, never did anything extraneous, and had nothing to do with himself... All in all, very disgusting!"

"But ......" the female night watchman with her head bowed, her expression changed slightly: "After so many things, I can understand a little why he did that." ”

"Not being nosy is afraid of trouble, and even more afraid of being involved in more troubles that you can't stay out of;"

"The reason he doesn't do anything superfluous is because he knows what he can do, what he can't do, what he can't do... It's not the same as me. ”

"The most important thing is... Forcing yourself to do things that are beyond your ability will not make things any better, they will only get worse as they are now. ”

"Although I still hate that guy's habit of staying out of things, but at least Edward is right, with our ability, if we want to protect everyone, we will only be able to save no one in the end, so ......"

Vera turned her head and looked solemnly at Ain, who was a little shocked: "As long as we keep our promises and do our part to take them out of the imperial capital, this is enough." ”

"Because beyond that, we can't do anything to admit the limitations of our abilities, and it takes courage!"

The little wizard nodded in dismay.

The rest of the journey was quite smooth, thanks to a very "hard-working" gray-eyed boy, who cleaned up almost all the monster tides encountered along the way, and there was no threat to hinder their retreat at all.

Except for the corpses under their feet and the fragments of the rotting demons, the group of people walking through the ruins did not encounter a single "living" monster.

Soon, the refugees let their guard down, and the group that had been following the little wizard and the night watchman gradually slowed down, and the longer and longer line became more and more loose, talking and laughing.

If it weren't for the huge whirlpool overhead and the rubble beneath your feet, it would be no different from an outing trip.

Some people are even reluctant to follow the retreating procession, leaving alone towards other streets that have fallen into ruins, either to take a shortcut, or to pick up the luggage and belongings left by those in front of them... The original team of nearly 1,000 people scattered and became smaller and smaller, leaving less than a third of the sea of people to follow behind the little wizard.

Except for a very small number of wizard apprentices, most of them were women and children who could not escape on their own.

The little wizard did not try to persuade those who left.

In addition to Vera's words and the rest of the people who need protection more, she also vaguely expects that this is the right thing to do, and protecting nearly a thousand people is a burden she can't imagine, if so many people die in vain because of her wrong decisions......

Ain, I can't bear that kind of pain.

She even hoped that she was wrong, that those people would have survived by deciding to leave her, and that even if it would have killed herself and a third of the people who had fled, at least two-thirds would have survived.

The gates were already in sight, and there was nothing to stop them except the ruins and ruins, and the people behind them had even begun to cheer with joy, hugging each other and weeping with joy to celebrate that they had escaped this hell alive.

Even the little wizard and Vera looked at each other, and they breathed a long sigh of relief and smiled in tacit understanding.

That's when it ......

"Boom !!!"

The familiar loud noises and vibrations made the stunned two turn their eyes to the ground under their feet at the same time.

In the next second, the whole ground began to tremble violently, and the neat floor tiles were shaken out like dominoes, "jumping" back and forth on the ground.

"Boom!"

The masonry toppled and the flat ground began to collapse downward in patches, and massive, flesh and bones erupted from the ground and stretched furiously.

Soon, the second, the third, the fourth... Like magma erupting from the ground, blood gushed out of the cracks as it spewed out of the ground with a strong stench. Washing over the rubble-strewn ruins, everything in sight was dyed a dark red.

"Boom !!!"

There was another loud bang, and the gate of the magnificent imperial capital was finally overwhelmed, and collapsed with the sinking ground, and in a terrible sound, it slammed to the ground.

In the scattered smoke and dust, screams ......

One after another.

"Boom !!!"