"Hell, hell on earth...... They slaughtered indiscriminately, even children and the elderly. The city was littered with corpses, and the blood stained the Leinsk River red. ”

"The tower collapsed, and the soldiers defending the city were powerless to resist. Those who fled fled and died, and it is said that the only one who stood on the city wall was the general who defended the city. A true commander of the light pole. ”

"Girl, girl, haha, it's exciting enough......"

"I'm really comfortable with a noble girl! I have never enjoyed the services of a nobleman in my life. White and tender skin, straight ......"

By the time Rhodes arrived at Erengrad with Caroline, Edmund, and Deguer, it was in ruins. The Kislev coalition had blasted open the gates of Erlengrad three days earlier, and had entered the city on the orders of the Ice Queen to slaughter them. Rhodes learned about the situation from the soldiers and officers...... Some people showed extreme self-reproach after the slaughter, while others still reminisced about the bloody massacre......

"The last of the High Elves left the harbor the night before the massacre, and it is said that the elves said they would never set foot in Kislev again......"

Said the soldiers of the Iron Ring Fort who participated in the massacre.

Rhodes asked Alves again, and he also participated in the massacre. It's just that I didn't do it myself......

"You can't imagine that, those soldiers, they're all crazy. After killing people and robbing money, raping Yin women, even the little girl was not spared. In short, in that environment, everyone went crazy. You know, it's not just a massacre, it's a plunder. The people involved are like beasts, they all want to get as much as possible. In the eyes of the soldiers, the citizens of Erengrad after the city were like prey, and their possessions were the spoils of war for the soldiers. Plunder...... Plundering does not kill ...... Very normal......"

"The refugees fled to three shrines, with the Daha temple gathering the most people and at the same time, sheltering the most civilians. I guess there were at least three thousand people there. The people around the hill squeezed their heads, and finally the priest closed the bronze gate to stop the refugees from rushing through. They wanted to shelter more civilians, but there was no way, there was a limit to the number of people a temple could hold. I know the priests did their best. ”

"The Temple of Thor and the Temple of Ersun also protected a lot of people, and it seems that there are at least one or two thousand people. Sarak Monastery was not so lucky...... It was hit by a stone, and the ceiling collapsed. The soldiers rushed in, burning, killing and looting, and even the priests could not stop them...... Some priestesses were even pulled out for a turn...... They are not afraid of being punished by the gods, because they don't believe in the gods in the first place......"

Alves sighed. Rhodes found that those people who were full of morality were bloodthirsty beasts at the moment, and this dwarf, who was less than one meter two tall, was a good man at the moment. It's a pity that they still taunted the dwarf after plundering, saying that he couldn't grab anything, and he couldn't get a piece of the pie. The sins of human nature only need to find a special environment to be completely released......

In the end, though, the queen saved a third of her life. Maybe they don't want the city to be wiped out completely, or maybe they need someone to deal with the dense corpses. Anyway, she managed to save some people who were already shivering in the cold wind. Alas, what kind of war is this? Kill your own people? Maybe in the eyes of the queen, these people are not human ...... at all."

Alves said meaningfully.

"What about those corpses? What about the corpses of tens of thousands of people?"

Rhodes asked.

"That's exactly what I'm telling you. Strangely enough, instead of ordering the bodies to be burned, Katerina had the remaining refugees dig pits and bury them. She knows that in our land, the dead are rampant...... There are also many wizards who will pull the dead out of the tombs......"

Alves whispered, and Rod nodded intently. They knew it and had long suspected the true identity of the Ice Queen.

Vampires need the living to give birth to them, while the dead are the most loyal......

Rod just gasped. I don't know how many undead have been added to Kislev over the years since Katerina became a vampire......

Just this massacre. Tens of thousands of living beings sleep in the ground. Someday Caterina needs them, and can fully wake them up. That's what's really scary about the Snow Queen.

"What will happen to this city in the future?"

Rod asked, frowning.

"I don't know. It is said that Caterina intends to leave these remaining tens of thousands of people here and rebuild the city. Go back and immigrate the people of Kislev to become the new masters of the city. And these people who dig pits to clean up the corpses and rebuild the city...... I guess our queen will have her own arrangements at that time......" Alves continued with a somewhat ugly face. "According to the past practice, it is estimated that these people will be sent to the mines and farms all over the country to work as coolies, in short, they have no hope in this life, except to live like slaves, there is no other hope. ”

Alves said, and couldn't help but look sad.

Rhodes was full of emotion, those murderous executioners were proud in the brocade carriage and squandered their lives, while those who were really worried about the country and the people were laughed at as clowns......

Rhodes knew that there was a reason why Caterina kept the lives of these 30,000 people, they were laborers, and they could do a lot of things as long as they were given a sip of water to drink and a bite to eat. And they don't dare to make trouble anymore, because the people above can take their lives at any time...... It's like an animal, at the disposal of others.

A city cannot be rebuilt without labor, and at the same time, after being baptized, Errengrad will become the jewel of the queen's palm. Yes, she would be able to bring her own people in without resistance. There was no alliance of nobles to stop her anymore. A rebellion, which killed tens of thousands of people, also washed Kislev again...... Even before you know it, the strength of the North has been weakened. In the battle with the Bloody Hand Mercenary Regiment, most of the soldiers from the north were killed, and those of Kislev's Central Army were left behind as reserves......

And the emigration from the capital city of Kislev after the reconstruction of Errengrad can also relieve the pressure on the capital's dense population. At the very least, unemployment has decreased. A whole new pattern is formed, and it may take five to six years, or more, to regain its original vitality. But the queen could afford to wait. She can live much longer than the average person...... And those who died, those who were buried in the ground, were her reserve army......