The number of displaced people disappeared one after another, from the initial few to dozens, and in just a few days, it soon exceeded 100. The defenders in charge of the outlying towns had to report the matter to the Captain of the Avengeance Legion and the Archduke of Befast, respectively.

"Missing?" Gonzalez was worried about Bisar's inexplicable emptiness these days, and when he heard the report of the defenders in the outer districts, he immediately linked the two together.

In the past few days, Girard has searched through the documents and books in his collection, and has not found the same record as the strange fog in the city of Bisar, and he has no idea where the fog came from.

In order to find out the reason, Blake specially asked Gilard for an engram with the memory of the demon, and reported back to the headquarters of the new capital about the strange things that happened on the front line. Discouragingly, even the Dawn Sect failed to find out what it was.

As for the inexplicable disappearance in the fortress, Blake has the same thoughts as Gonzalez, but compared to the Archduke of Befast, the captain of the revenge corps has other considerations.

"So I said I couldn't call the messenger back. ”

"There is no evidence that there is a direct connection between the disappearance and the fog, and it is all just speculation. ”

Gonzalez was annoyed, he didn't want anything like that to happen more than anyone else.

It is true that Grantham Fortress is the camp of the Dawn Cult, but it is also the territory of Befast, and it is his responsibility that the fortress is inhabited by his subjects, whether they are outcasts or civilians.

"Now that the matter has come out, it is better to think about countermeasures first, and there is no point in pointing fingers at each other. Dante pushed the door in, looking solemn, and both men in the room were shocked when they noticed that he was wearing armor.

"Left unchecked, that thing would turn Grantham into a second Bisal. ”

"What does the commander mean?" Blake picked up Dent's voice, hoping that the experienced and respected dwarf would have a solution.

"Move people away. ”

"No!" Gonzalez and Blake objected in unison.

"You don't know, Mr. Dante, that thing ......" Gonzalez had been instructed in dwarven combat as a child. It can also be counted as a disciple. He didn't know how to explain to Dent that the strange fog might go somewhere else with the people who had moved away. The garrison of the fortress and the people who lived here temporarily were only 10,000 in total, but once these people went to the densely populated big cities, if the same situation occurred, the consequences would be unimaginable.

"If you let them stay, you can't guarantee that Yi Ding will survive. ”

"What?!"

The dwarf's answer surprised both Gonzalez and Blake. It's not just about letting people go.

Dante closed his eyes and nodded bitterly.

"The same thing has happened before, in the northern part of the current Glow Forest, there are far more Glow Elves than humans, and they have mastered elemental magic and built a powerful elven empire. At that time, Hohenheim had not yet been founded, and humanity was still a blood-drinking savage people in the wilderness. Suddenly, one day, a strange illness began to spread among the elves. The population of the elves has dropped dramatically. In the end, the reluctant royal family moved to Horacio Mountain and sought the protection of the Pillar of the Earth to avoid the danger of extinction. Because it coincided with the rebellion of the gods caused by the second generation of gods, almost no one knew about this matter except for the glow elves involved, and even Hohenheim, who claimed to have countless collections, only had vague records.

My ancestors, because of their friendship with the glow elves, were fortunate enough to learn part of the truth of the past, and it was not a disease at all. It's a kind of insect as fine as dust, even if it gathers on a large scale. It's just like a gray fog. This kind of thing will lurk in the host's body, eating away at the host's flesh and blood while growing rapidly, and once mature, it will break out, and if it forms a scale, it can turn a city into an empty city in a matter of days. ”

Gonzalez chuckled inwardly.

Isn't that exactly the same as the situation in Bisar City? In the middle of the air, the portal has no signs of use. There is no living creature in the city......

"Eviction is just a way to appease the people, and in fact, none of those people can stay. I know it's cruel to ask for it, but you're the lord, in order to save more people. You have to give such an order. ”

Dante's words sounded like a thunderbolt to Gonzalez.

Abandoning the outcasts of the city, they managed to escape the slaughter of the undead, but they had to die at the hands of their compatriots......

Seeing Gonzalez's hesitation, Black spoke, "Of course, you are the lord of Befast, but this fortress is managed by the Dawn Sect, and I am the one in charge here. ”

Gonzalez looked at the Captain of the Vengeance Legion, was he taking charge of the massacre of civilians on my behalf?

"No...... There must be a way, there are thousands of displaced people, we can't ...... If we ruthlessly execute them for self-preservation, what difference will we have from the undead?" Knowing that this was the best thing to do, Gonzalez still couldn't cross the moral line.

Since he was reborn in this world, he has been taught to be a qualified lord, and what is the use of belonging to the land without his people?

"That's right...... It was the Pillar of the Earth that blessed the elves, so ......" stopped abruptly as the words began, and Gonzalez covered his face and sat down in his chair.

The Pillar of Earth, which once saved the elves, has descended into madness, and there is no god left to save humanity from the strange bugs.

"So, I'll do the dirty work. Originally, the revenge army was such a cunning. Blake grabbed his helmet on the table and strode out.

"Wait!" Gonzalez called out to Blake, who had already stepped out of the room with one foot, "since that thing is contagious, how can you be sure that the avengers who went to deal with it won't be eroded?"

"We went out, and we didn't plan to come back. Glancing back, Blake showed a rare smile: "Originally, many of the revenge army were stationed in the outer city to defend, and when we were not sure whether they were infected or not, we had to leave for the sake of more people." Unlike civilians, we still have some combat power, whether we live or die, we have to annihilate more undead to be enough. ”

Gonzalez opened his mouth, but this time, he couldn't say a word.

Stop the Avengers from 'cleaning up' the infected outtown dwellers, so what about more people in the inner city?

His position, his identity, cannot be allowed.

For more people......

It's disgusting to have such a reason.

Link, what would you do if it were you? Wouldn't you give up until the last minute, or would you give up on those who might have had a chance to be rescued under the pretext of protecting more people, as I did......

"If I had time, I wouldn't have made such a decision. ”

Dante, who did not attend the meeting, listened to Gonzalez talk about the situation in Bisar City afterwards, and combined with the mysterious disappearance of someone in the outer city, the old dwarf immediately thought of the situation in Bisal. The next facts proved that his guess was right, even though the city gates were closed and the soldiers were patrolling, there were still people missing, and there was only one explanation - the mysterious insect that had caused the glow elves to overthrow the country appeared.

Now that the Pillar of the Earth is crazy, there are no gods who can get rid of these things anymore, and even if other gods are willing to descend and take refuge, it may not be useful. At that time, the glow elf did not believe in the god of light, Dawn, but the elf who was enshrined as a god from his own clan, the magic god before Lorelai, and the second generation of believers who could not and could not protect themselves. The Pillars of the Earth are able because their priesthood is the antithesis of death and disease.

"If that thing can appear in Bisar City, it will also appear in other places, and there is no way to stop it by treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. Gonzalez was extremely depressed, and he feared that the other floating cities might have suffered the same invasion as Besar, so wouldn't it be completely unnecessary to clean up the outcasts, and bear the infamy and guilt of slaughtering his compatriots.

"It's because we can't be sure that we have to be cautious. What if only the city of Bisar is in such a situation, and will the whole kingdom be in danger because of your intolerance?"

Gonzalez hung his head, and the last of his luck was shattered.

He can't......

Sometimes, Gonzalez hated why he was reborn like this, if he was an ordinary person, even if he was an orc, there was no need to worry about this, as long as he followed the teachings of the god of war and devoted himself to fighting.

"Could this be the work of the undead?"

Dante didn't answer, and couldn't answer Gonzalez's almost mumbling question.

It's too old, and the glow elf can't be contacted now, and he doesn't know if this thing has an accurate name, only whether it is a bug and the undead.

In order to reduce infection or erosion, Blake personally led a team to take the displaced people from the outer city out of the fortress and send them to the city in the rear for safety reasons.

The people who had left with the Avengers never dreamed that they were not fleeing from death, but were approaching it step by step.

Passing through a hidden valley, Blake asked his men to bring them in. The people he brought with him were avengers who had been stationed or on patrol in the outer cities, and when they learned that they might be possessed by unknown objects, these Church warriors, who had long put their lives on the line, quickly accepted their fate after their initial shock, and even disobeyed the order to kill all the civilians living in the outer city. They have been fighting against the undead all year round, and they have already cultivated a hard-hearted heart, not to mention that the premise of doing so is to prevent more people from being eroded by possession.

The massacre took place late at night, and most of the people were already asleep, and the well-trained revenge army broke their necks with both hands instead of weapons, and many died in their sleep. Occasionally, those who were awake were also covered with their mouths and noses, unable to make a sound, and under the silent night sky, the creepy gurgling sound continued.

Blake grimaced as he stared at the scene in front of him, his hand holding his sword trembling imperceptibly.

As the commander of the regiment, he didn't have to participate in patrols and garrisons on the city walls, so he didn't use it, but he still came. For these innocent people who died in vain, but also for their own subordinates.

Unbeknownst to him, however, the silent scene in this valley was magically displayed over the major towns of the Human Kingdom, including the Grantham Fortress they had just left. (To be continued......)