Before I walked down the stairs, I could see that the first floor was already in a mess.

More than a dozen young men and women were lying on simple beds, all of them were injured, and several middle-aged women were busy shuttling between the injured, and they were busy with anti-serum sterilization and bandaging, and they were even running on the road, but no matter how fast the speed was, the hall on the first floor was still full of wailing.

"What about the bandage, why hasn't it come yet, Hogg's wound has been exposed for so long, and his right hand can't be saved if the bandage doesn't come again."

"Stop the bleeding, stop the bleeding quickly, Schel's main vein is broken, hurry up and put on the tourniquet."

"Healer, Berg is in too much pain, let's help him cast a spell to heal it."

"Berg can't do it, he is not resistant enough, he received a treatment yesterday, and today's treatment is tantamount to suicide, let him bear with it again, at least another thirty-six hours, otherwise he will mutate."

"Healer, healer, Jimmy is dying, let him breathe his breath first, he's fine, at least he can hold out for one treatment."

People come and go, footsteps are chaotic, and as Babu and Monica walk down the stairs, they see this bloody and busy scene.

In addition to the injured left in the hall, most of them are old people and women, people with first aid skills are busy taking care of the injured, people with flexible movements help deliver supplies, and people with great strength are responsible for carrying the injured and equipment, so they try to sit in the corner to avoid hindering the people who are running, and everyone performs their duties to keep the hall busy and not chaotic.

"I'm fine, my brother is still working hard outside, let me go and help him."

A pale-faced middle-aged man rolled over and jumped off the simple bed, although he stumbled and almost fell when he landed, but finally he barely stood firm, grabbed the leather armor on the side and put it on his body. Seeing that he couldn't even stand on his feet, he wanted to return to the battlefield, and several women next to him hurriedly stepped forward to stop him, but the middle-aged man had made up his mind, and the two sides were at a stalemate for a while.

There was a sound of footsteps, and a man strode up and slapped the man in the face. The sudden slap made both sides of the stalemate a little stunned, and no one made a sound for a while, only then did they see that it was a woman who slapped her, Mayor Linda.

"Do you know how long this battle will last? It may take a few days or even a dozen days, and how long can you go out now? Can there be a few hours? Linda pushed him back to the bed and lay down, and said with a calm face, "The rest time of each of you has been calculated by a professional doctor, which can maximize your state and duration, and it is definitely much better than you running out recklessly and barely dying now." If you really want to help your brother, just lie down and continue to rest. ”

The mayor of the town, who was not angry and arrogant, scolded the unwilling middle-aged man in a few words, and was just about to slow down his tone to comfort a few words, boom, the door of the auditorium was pushed open, and the sound of battle and scolding outside immediately floated in, and at the same time, there were also the voices of humanoid monsters of unknown meaning, and through the open door to look out, the sky outside had darkened.

Three more wounded people were withdrawn from outside the door, and one of them was even carried in, with a large hole in the chest, and even the lungs inside could be seen shrinking, desperately trying to continue breathing.

The mayor's face became even more ugly at the sight of the injuries of the person who was carried in, and he motioned for the other two wounded to be sent for treatment, while he walked over to the seriously injured man and knelt down on one knee, gently held his bloodstained hand, and whispered comfort beside him.

"There is no need to save it." The three marginal travelers had been watching from the sidelines, and Monica whispered in Babu's ear, "The injury is too serious, with the ability of this healer, it is impossible to save it, and now I can only wait for death." Actually, the mayor can't do it either. ”

"Well, I can see that the Illusory World Pollution on her body is about to materialize, just like the Suni in Thor Town before." Babu lowered her voice as well, "It's about to mutate." ”

"Yes, the biggest trouble for their illusion mages is that the risk of mutation is too high, and it is difficult not to mutate when the body is immersed in a high concentration of illusion energy every day."

"But why doesn't she take up a potion?" Babu immediately thought of the reason for himself, "But I see that they haven't used the potion all this time, so I guess the alchemist in their town is dead, and the potion has run out." ”

As he was talking, he saw Linda stop and stand up comfortingly, leaned over and left a gentle kiss on the injured person's forehead, and the injured person showed a relieved smile on his face and slowly closed his eyes.

"Want to help?" As Babu asked, she walked side by side with Monica.

"No need." Linda took a crossbow from the side and reloaded it with difficulty, "This is the duty of the mayor of Tanuki Town. ”

"We mean the next step." Monica added, "If you don't do it well, it's a disaster. ”

"Okay, thank you very much." Linda hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded in agreement.

The people around had already understood what was going to happen and quickly retreated a few meters, while Monica took out the dagger and wrapped it around the whip, ready to go.

Linda kissed the injured man's forehead again, took a few steps back, raised her crossbow to the injured person's forehead, said goodbye with a serious expression, and then pulled the trigger without hesitation.

With a few short exclamations around him, the crossbow bolt penetrated deeply into the skull of the wounded, reaching the tail, and the wounded did not even struggle, and the body only twitched slightly, and then remained motionless.

With a "snap", the skull exploded as expected, and the shadow burrowed out of the cranial cavity with tentacles, but the dagger controlled by the long whip was already waiting there, and the dagger that had just been formed was infused with source energy to hit head-on, allowing the deceased to sleep completely.

Linda threw away her crossbow and closed her eyes, trembling slightly in the face of the corpse she had made with her own hands, but when she opened it again a few seconds later, she had regained her usual calm and seriousness, and curtsied to Monica and Babu: "Sorry, three travelers, it's too chaotic to disturb the rest of the three below." ”

"You're welcome, Mayor Linda." Monica pointed out the door, "Why did the war suddenly start, and the battle was so fierce, it hurt a lot of people." Isn't it well hidden in the morning? Since you've been hiding here for a few days, you must have fought against the monsters outside, and there is no other way to stop the monsters from attacking for the time being, except to ring the bell? ”

"Actually, I don't know why it's all of a sudden." Linda sighed, led the two to a separate small room, just closed the door, sat on the wall like a force, covered her face and shoulders twitched, and a suppressed wail came out of her throat, after a while, she rubbed her face with red eyes, and returned to her usual indifference and seriousness, but her voice was a little hoarse, "It was indeed safe and sound, but two hours ago, those people outside who originally had little intelligence, as if they had suddenly chosen a target, launched a siege towards the auditorium. ”

"We've tried everything, from going around to kill a few of their parasitic shadows, to ringing the bell as a last resort. But...... All methods have failed, they have identified the auditorium, and now the only way is to resist, or we will use up the last drop of blood, or they will run out of ......"

Linda, with a serious face, suddenly laughed and shook her head self-deprecatingly, obviously thinking that the idea of exhausting the enemy was rather funny.

"I won't tell jokes, I'll give you this first."

As she spoke, she handed over a small box, which Babu took and opened, and saw that it was a silver brooch, in the shape of a stickman enclosed in a ring, which looked very old, and part of the surface had turned black.

Babu found that she couldn't read it at all, so she handed it to Monica. Monica examined it, sighed, and looked at Linda wordlessly. The mayor was able to keep his expression calm before, but soon he couldn't hold it anymore, and lowered his head and said with a slightly red face: "I know, this equipment is really not ...... It's useful, but it's at least a special effect edge piece that still has some value. ”

"Banishment brooches." Monica whispered in Barb's ear, "Use it on yourself, put yourself into exile, you won't be attacked in any way, but you can't move and move for ten seconds, and you will be able to use it again every ten days, up to a maximum of three times." It can't be said to be completely useless, but it's really not very useful. ”

"I'm sorry, my brother-in-law deliberately exaggerated the value of the necklace before, and we know it's immoral to do so, but my brother-in-law and I really can't afford other equipment as a thank you gift. If you go back to before the crisis......" Linda shook her head sadly, got up and bowed deeply, "So I'm sorry, please forgive us for our deception, the situation is urgent, we can't distract you, and whether you have ulterior motives or not, your presence is a threat to us, so we must take revenge, please leave immediately." We'll clear a path for you in a moment, and you'll leave immediately, and you're not allowed to go back to our tanuki town. ”

"And then?" Barb and Monica exchanged glances, and the two leaned back in their chairs to stare at Linda. Báb asked thoughtfully, "And what do you do?" ”

"We have our solution." Linda turned her head, looked at the wall and said, "Tanuki Town has experienced many dangers over the years, and it hasn't come to this point safely. Although the disaster was sinister, it ......"

"I can't hold it anymore, I'm mentally prepared to be devoured with the present world, right? That's why they hurriedly drove us away, and didn't want us to be buried together, right? Monica sneered, ignored Linda's rebuttals several times, and said to herself, "I don't have a chance to collect the food outside, and there are not many rations left, right, the combat materials are getting less and less, and even the potions are gone, right." ”

"yes, that's right, so what do you want to say?" Linda slapped the table, her voice was obviously much louder, and she startled herself, "I'm sorry, but don't say any more, let's ...... Well? ”

She noticed that Babu raised his hand, interrupting what she was about to say.

"I'm sorry, there's something we need to talk about first." As he spoke, Babu kept knocking Monica out of the door and whispered in her ear, "I thought about one thing just now, and I found that our initiative seems to be gone, although they don't know it yet. ”

"Huh?"

"Just now she said that a few hours ago, the monster suddenly started a continuous attack, for unknown reasons."

"yes, you know?"

"I've seen each other in a dream before, and I'm sure I'll be able to find it." Babu sighed and smiled wryly, "But I found that I may have forgotten one thing. ”

"When I stare into the abyss, the abyss stares at me."

"I saw it at the same time that he ...... It seems to have seen me, or rather, me and Anna. ”

"So, he came to me."