"Bang~"

A gunshot rang out, and on the deck of a stone arch bridge near the dock area, the head of a ghoul who was gnawing on carrion suddenly exploded like a watermelon.

A few seconds later, about 50 meters away from the ghoul, behind an overturned truck, Lawson in thick leather armor walked out.

He walked quickly up to the ghoul, raised his foot and kicked the ghoul's limp corpse, looked up in the direction of the roadside, and said, "Is this supposed to be the last monster in the docklands?" ”

A few seconds later, a hoarse and low voice from the side of the road came from Morbius: "It should be it." ”

Rosen walked over to a blackened stone pier on the side of the road and sat down, took out his magazine, and loaded the large-caliber musket in his hand with new bullets: "Now it's up to Veronica to see what she gets." ”

A dark shadow flashed beside him, and Morbius walked out of the shadows, came to the stone bridge, and stood with his back against the guardrail of the stone bridge: "Rosen, you don't really plan to rebuild Nilogaard, do you?" ”

Rosen looked up at Morbius: "What, is there a problem?" ”

Morbius raised his hand and pointed to the dock area full of broken walls: "Of course there is a problem, but the problem is big." You see, we came all the way from the west of the city, and the buildings in the city were basically destroyed, but none of the survivors were found. The city has become a no-man's land. ”

Rosen was silent, indeed, the matter was much more serious than he had imagined.

If you want to rebuild Nilogaard, restore the city to its former glory, or even go to the next level, what is needed most is people, a large number of people, at least more than 100,000. But now there is not a single living person in the city, and it is impossible to do it with the more than 300 people on the ruins of the academy alone.

Morbius continued, "In my opinion, the wisest option for us now is to get out of this place as soon as possible. Find a place to settle down in isolation, who has no place to find. With more than 300 people, it is natural to build a big city, but it is still possible to build a warm and comfortable shelter. ”

Rosen was still silent, he listened quietly, holding a sackcloth in his hand, wiping the dust from the gun one by one.

"Lawson, what the hell do you think?" Morbius asked.

Rosen put away the cloth and pulled the bolt again, and after making sure that everything was okay with the musket, he smiled slightly: "I didn't think so far. I want to get the monster out of Nilogard right now, and preferably kill the Great Lord as well. When this area is free of the threat of monsters, it is not too late to talk about reconstruction. ”

Morbius rolled his eyes: "Okay, I've said another bit of nonsense. ”

At this moment, there was a slight sound of footsteps on the other side of the stone bridge, and the two of them turned their heads at the same time, and saw Veronica jumping from the roof of a dilapidated wooden house, and when she reached the ground, she took two steps forward to counteract the impact of the fall. Then, Veronica turned and walked towards Rosen.

Rosen waved his hand at Veronica from afar and asked in a loud voice, "Winnie, how is your situation over there?" ”

Veronica spread her hands from a distance: "It's weird. I have not found a single survivor, nor have I found any trace of the survivors fleeing Nilogaard en masse. ”

Morbius asked, "This is the docklands, and it's likely that the survivors escaped by water." ”

Veronica has walked to Rosen's side, compared to before, she is a lot thinner, her body is not as plump as before, but her body is still full of a charming atmosphere, especially when she stares at people, her eyes are as gentle as water, as if she wants to confide in you. If an innocent teenager is taken a look at by her, he will lose his soul at once.

Although Rosen was not so distraught, when Veronica walked up to him, he habitually lowered his eyes and avoided her gaze.

Veronica leaned against a broken boulder, crossed her arms around her chest, and looked at Morbius with disdain: "The water is full of water spirits. What is the difference between walking by water and committing suicide if there is no one to protect you? Look for yourself at the waters around here, aren't there enough masts on the shipwreck? ”

True, almost the entire pier was destroyed, and the waterway was simply impassable.

Rosen listened as he spoke, when he suddenly said, "There are no survivors, and not many people have managed to escape the city. Then there are only two possibilities, one is to find a place to hide, and the other is to kill them all. If the second possibility is the second possibility, then the density of the dock area should allow a large number of corpses to be seen...... But this is clearly not the case. ”

They came all the way, and although they could see the corpses all the time, the density was far less than that from the west of the city. But in Nilogaard, the Docklands are the most densely populated in the city, and there should be more corpses.

"Needless to say, it must have been eaten by ghouls." Morbius pouted.

Rosen immediately shook his head: "Impossible. We'll kill all the way, and we'll kill up to 80 monsters. I know the amount of food eaten by all kinds of monsters, even the strongest and most edible werewolves, they eat up to 2 adults a day, and we haven't been here for half a month. Even if the monsters here let go of eating, it would be almost the same if they ate more than 3,000 people. But as far as I know, the Docklands had nearly 30,000 residents at its peak! ”

Veronica agrees with Rosen's speculation: "It's really weird. Most of the people did not escape, but the corresponding number of corpses could not be found, so there was only one possibility. ”

Speaking of this, she glanced at Lawson, who nodded slightly: "At present, there is indeed only this one possibility." ”

Veronica continued, "The survivors are hiding, hiding in a very hidden place. And, judging from the few traces I have observed along the way, the number of survivors is quite large, at least more than 5,000. ”

Morbius resolutely didn't believe it, and he subconsciously shouted: "Five thousand? How can it be? This is not a small amount, how can it be left without leaving a trace. Besides, more than half a month has passed, what do these people eat? What to drink? They certainly don't have Lawson's ability to conjure food out of thin air. ”

Veronica sighed: "What you said makes sense, and I know this speculation is incredible, but this is the only possibility, otherwise nothing can be explained." ”

"But ......" Morbius was still not convinced.

Rosen waved his hand: "Don't argue, man, everything is just speculation at the moment, what the real situation is, we have to continue to investigate." Furthermore, Nilogaard is known as the City of Wisdom, and there must be many powerful people hiding behind it, and there may be many aliens like you. These people usually look the same as ordinary people, but when monsters attack, they may come to their aid. ”

"Hmm~~~" Morbius was persuaded by this sentence: "If there is a stranger to help, it is indeed a possibility." So what do we do now? ”

Rosen stood up and stuck the musket in the holster on the outside of his thigh: "Such a large number of people disappear out of thin air, it will definitely leave clues, we didn't look carefully enough before." A careful search this time should lead to useful clues. ”

If they manage to find the survivors, they're going to get a huge boost.

Seeing that Rosen's mind had been decided, Morbius could only shrug his shoulders: "Okay, I hope we won't work in vain." ”

Once again, the three of them began to split up.

Lawson continued along the ruined stone bridge, which was in front of the former bustling docks. At this time, all that remained was ruins, and all sorts of goods were scattered everywhere, many of which were moldy and rotten. Brown and black stains of coagulated blood can be seen on the ground from time to time, and occasionally broken human limbs can be seen.

Just walking, Rosen suddenly saw a figure behind a pile of goods in front of him flashing quickly.

He was distracted, immediately pulled out the musket on the side of his leg, squatted down slightly, and walked forward with his whole body on guard, and as he walked, he shouted: "Hey~ man, are you okay?" ”

There was a faint sound of breathing and a slight heartbeat from behind the pile, judging from these sounds alone, there was no difference from ordinary people, but it could not be ruled out that it was a deliberate disguise by monsters.

Rosen became more and more vigilant, because many high-level monsters looked basically the same as ordinary people, and if the opponent was an extremely fast assassin-type monster like the Ghost Baby, he could be finished with just one mistake.

Eventually, Rosen stopped 30 meters away from the pile: "Man, I have no ill intentions, can you come out and speak?" ”

There was no response, but the sound of breathing behind the pile was still there.

Something is wrong.