"In this incident that took place in the cell, a total of six soldiers, twenty-five adventurers were killed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 According to Mr. Lei Yang's statement, all 31 people died before we broke through the barriers of our cells, but their bodies disappeared along with the two perpetrators. Based on the results of the search in the city in the past few days, it can be roughly determined that the two perpetrators have fled the city of Belia......"

According to the normal time, it should be late at night, when people should rest after a hard day's work, but the voice of a man can be faintly heard in the building of the emergency office in Belia.

The lights in the building were all lit, and it looked like a slightly low lighthouse in the middle of a city that was too dark.

Xu Ke stood in front of the table, with an unconcealable tiredness on his face, and the eyes under the glasses were densely bloodshot, as if he hadn't closed his eyes for several days and nights.

But he still fought hard, and said loudly to the other people at the table in a slightly hoarse voice: "...... That's all there is to it about this incident, the casualties are generally not large, but the fact that the two fugitives left with the bodies of the adventurers is still suspicious for now. ”

Dimon, who was sitting in the middle, frowned when he heard this, as if he had thought of something, but he didn't choose to open his mouth to interrupt Xu Ke's report:

"In addition, based on the observation of the Chengguan troops outside the city wall in the past few days, we have come to the conclusion that those demons have further narrowed the scope of their activities...... Theoretically, this is good news, as reinforcements from other cities should be coming soon, and the reduction of the demon's range of movement would also facilitate reinforcements and our movements, but ......"

Speaking of this, Xu Ke paused, changed his words, and continued to say in a hoarse voice: "Personally, I think this matter may not be as simple as it seems, combined with the fugitive Emei's admission that his power comes from the demon, that is, there is collusion with the demon...... So since he had escaped from Belial City with these corpses, there should have been a bigger move on the demon's side, so the demon's silence was actually a bit abnormal......"

Dimon, who had not spoken, suddenly opened his mouth at this time, and his voice trembled inexplicably:

"Davier, he told me before that these demons were summoned to our continent through the teleportation array, and if you want to open that teleportation array to summon demons, you must provide sufficient energy on the Azure Continent. The soldiers who disappeared in our barracks were actually sent to the teleportation array...... It was used as the energy to open the teleportation array. ”

The three soldiers present were a little confused when they heard this, and they didn't know why the city lord was saying this.

Xu Ke was also stunned for a moment, but soon he understood the meaning of acting as the city lord, and his face couldn't help but change: "City lord, what do you mean...... The reason why they took away the corpses of the two dozen adventurers was to take their corpses as a way to open the teleportation array...... Key!? ”

When he said the last sentence, Xu Ke pondered for a while, and finally used the word "key".

Di Meng's face was also a little ugly, he nodded, and said, "Yes, those twenty or so adventurers all have a fighting spirit of about level 6 as the key to open the magic circle...... It should be more than enough. And those demons suddenly shrank their range of motion, and they felt ......"

Dimon paused slightly, then glanced at the others in the room, and continued, "It feels like you've narrowed your defenses, guarding something." ”

After Dimon said this, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became solemn.

This atmosphere lasted for a while, and the young leader of the Heavy Armor Banner suddenly asked, "In other words, they may be brewing...... Want to summon a powerful demon? Like the dragon last time? ”

"I think I'm afraid it's even worse......," Xu Ke shook his head with a wry smile when he heard this, "I heard that the last time I summoned that dragon, those demons didn't deliberately shrink their defenses to defend it. ”

Including Di Meng, the rest of the people became more serious after hearing Xu Ke's words.

Dimon frowned and thought for a moment, then tapped his fingers on the table as if he was a little irritated: "Okay guys, we need to figure out a way now!" Demons don't do those things for no reason, and there's a good chance they're actually brewing to summon a very powerful guy, as we speculated! Our question now is...... If this is really what we suspected, let alone stop it, we don't even have the ability to confirm how things are developing! We even ...... It is possible to wait until that powerful demon descends on the sky above Belial City to know that the demon has really been summoned! ”

The three soldiers were speechless when they heard this--the attack and defense of Belia City ten days ago was their first real contact with war, and although these three recruits on the battlefield could show unreasonable bravery and fearlessness in the face of the enemy, they were still as inexperienced rookies as they could not make cautious and reasonable thinking in the face of various unexpected situations.

Then the eyes of several people fell on Xu Ke with a little expectation—unlike the aborigines, this adventurer from a foreign land has been more mature and stable than them in recent days, and he is also more good at thinking.

Xu Ke found that the eyes of several people in the room were looking at him, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I do have a way...... However, the implementation of the manpower is a few short. ”

Dimon was silent for a moment, then looked at the two chairs beside Xu Ke.

Dimon's gaze wandered for a while on the chair that originally belonged to Yuzhou, and finally landed on the chair where the rag dolls were placed:

"Miss Lei Ruoya, she ...... Haven't come out yet? ”

"Not yet...... She locked herself in the house and saw no one but Mr. Lei Yang. Xu Ke shook his head, and his tone became low, "But it's also true, who can watch so many people die because of themselves...... It's going to be very sad. ”

……

Belial, a magic shop.

The door of the room was tightly closed, not even the slightest crack in the door opened, and the gap between the door and the door frame did not reveal anything, no light or sound...... It's as if everything is locked inside.

Lei Yang sat outside the door with a frown, not knowing what he was thinking.

Master Priest, who was still dressed in a white robe, passed by this door and saw Lei Yang sitting on the ground, and couldn't help frowning: "That girl still refuses to come out?" ”

Lei Yang, who was in a stunned state, was suddenly awakened by a stirring spirit after hearing the master's voice, and quickly got up and saluted the master and replied respectfully: "Yes, Ruoya, she has locked herself in her room for the past three days, and she refuses to come out of anything. And she didn't want to see anyone but me, not even to me...... Luckily, she will eat the food I bring her......"

Priest waved the wide sleeves of his robe when he heard this, and he looked like he was about to push the door in.

Seeing this, Lei Yang hurriedly stopped: "Master can't do it!" Ruoya told me...... I'll have to stop anyone but me from entering! ”

The master was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Lei Yang with a strange look.

Then it disappeared in an instant.

Leaving Lei Yang, who didn't know what was happening, in place.

……

There were no lights in the room, and no outside light could sneak in through the cracks, and the closed room was unusually dark.

The pervasive darkness enveloped everything in the room, and the girl in the room.

Leroya curled up in a corner of the room, her hands clasped around her ankles, her haggard face resting on her knees.

She seemed to be extremely cold, obviously curled up in a ball but still shivering, her teeth were biting her lower lip tightly, and her chapped lower lip was even going to make a cut, and blood was constantly oozing from the mouth.

Stained her lips, which were as pale as her face, a blood-red color.

Her eyes were glazed as if they were out of focus, and her eyes, which had been like black jewels, suddenly lost their luster like suddenly dim stars. Long hair is unkempt and greasy as if it hasn't been washed in a long time.

Master Priest, who suddenly appeared in the room, happened to see this scene.

Seeing that the confident and beautiful girl in his memory suddenly became like this in just a few days, the master seemed to be a little unbearable.

He said softly: "Little girl, I've heard everything about you, don't blame yourself." ”

The master's hoarse voice was not loud, but it was still loud in the closed room.

But after the master said this, Lei Ruoya didn't react in the slightest, as if she hadn't heard it.

As if her reaction was half a beat slower, it took a long time for Lei Ruoya to raise her head with a blank face, look into the dark room, and search hard for a long time before catching the master's figure.

Then she opened her mouth, in an unusually hoarse and unpleasant voice: "Why are you here?" Didn't I tell my brother that no one could come in but him? ”

"He couldn't stop me, so I came in." The master shrugged.

"Oh." Surprisingly, Lei Ruoya barely reacted to this, and after answering lightly, she lowered her head again.

The master couldn't help but feel a little annoyed: "What's wrong with you!?" I can't get up when I encounter some difficulties!? ”

Lei Ruoya's delicate body trembled obviously after hearing this, and then she looked at the master with a dull look, and muttered, "When those adventurers died, they must have been in such darkness, if they were really killed in such darkness, just think about it...... I feel so desperate......"

"My difficulties?" She laughed nervously, "What's wrong with me? I just don't think the adventurers who were expecting me to save them were dying well. They were expecting a megalomaniac to save them, and this second patient was always fantasizing that she could do anything, as if everything was under her control......"

"Enough!" The master interrupted Lei Ruoya's words and shouted, "Lei Ruoya, you can't save everyone!" Why do you blame yourself for their deaths! ”

"I can't save everyone? Hehehehe......" After hearing this, Lei Ruoya opened her mouth.

But she didn't laugh......

Instead, like that Emei, he kept making a convulsive sound from his throat!

Hearing this strange voice, Priest frowned in disgust.

"Master Priest, I wonder if you've heard of a problem on our side of the adventurer's world?" Lei Ruoya suddenly spoke.

"What?" The master still frowned.

"That problem is known in our world as the 'tram problem'...... But there's no such thing as a tram in the Azure Continent, so I'll translate this question into the Azure Continent version, hmm...... Let's call it the 'Dragon Puzzle'. Lei Ruoya frowned, and said to the master as she pondered, "What about the specific content of this 'dragon problem'...... That is, if you have a dragon right now, Master, a very strong, powerful dragon - the kind you can't beat anyway. It's in a bad temper right now, and it's so bad that it wants to kill...... Then there were exactly five people in front of it, and the dragon was immediately happy when he saw these five people, and thought to himself that this was not sent to the door to make me angry, so he rushed up to kill them. And then what...... Now the situation is, Master, you have a rope in your hand, and you are tethering the dragon's dragon's head, and if you pull it gently, the dragon's dragon will twist in the other direction, and these five people will be saved......"

"Then I'll definitely pull the rope." The master ignored all the irrationalities in the narrative and replied directly.

"Don't worry, I'm not done yet," Lei Ruoya shook her head, and continued, "but there is an innocent passer-by on the other side of the dragon's head, and if you pull like this, the five of them can be saved, but this unfortunate bastard is certain to die...... If so, would you still pull? ”

"Yes......" The master subconsciously wanted to answer, but then he was stunned.

He suddenly realized that this was an unsolvable problem, and he subconsciously thought that he should save the more than the less, but at that moment he realized that if he did, he would be measuring human life in quantity......

But should it really be?

Why is five lives necessarily greater than one?

Five lives must be better than one...... Does it matter?

Sacrificing the minority to preserve the majority seemed like the right choice, but the innocent passer-by ...... Why pay for the lives of these five people?

But as an elder, after thinking for a while, the master found a problem: "No, why are you telling me this?" ”

"I've talked so much to you, Master...... I just want to say......" Lei Ruoya took a deep breath, and then said in a torn throat, "You said I couldn't save everyone...... The assumption of this statement is that 'I saved most of the people, but some of them died because of me', if that's the case, there is really no problem with your comfort method, and the psychological comfort solution to the 'dragon problem' is indeed 'you can't save everyone', but ...... But ......"

Lei Ruoya's breathing began to become heavy, her eyes were slightly red, and she trembled and roared, "But what I encountered is not a dragon problem at all!" Do you know what it was like at the time, Master!? Do you know!? I'm ...... I was able to save a dozen adventurers! I don't have to pay anything! It's not for me to sacrifice a small number of people to save the majority! As long as I handled it properly at the time...... I'll be able to save a dozen of them! ”

"But what about the result!? I always thought it was just a game...... I always thought that as long as I found that damn Emei, I would win! If I win, I don't have to think about anything else...... If you win, the adventurers will survive...... As a result, it turned out that damn Emei still sent someone to kill everyone!

Those people don't have to die! As long as I keep them with me and let my brother protect them...... None of them have to die! It's because I think it's a game, because it's a game with winning conditions, because of my arrogance, because of my arrogance...... That's why I killed them!

Do you know!? You know that I could save everyone!? But because of his stupidity, he killed everyone, you know!? ”

At the end, Lei Ruoya had already cried, she buried her face deep in her palm, and her delicate body trembled constantly:

"It's all because of me...... They all died because of me...... I can't save anyone...... It's just a secondary two disease that never grows up......"

Tears fell from her palms and fell into the darkness that could not be dissolved.

The darkness seemed to wrap the girl's delicate body even deeper. (To be continued.) )