Rested for the day.

The next day, Fujimaru Rika and others gathered all the remaining citizens of your city and began a series of work such as inventory and comfort.

Bai Hua, Altair, and Ishtar did not participate.

Ishtar asserted that as a goddess, even if she wanted to help, she was powerless only in this kind of matter, and ordinary people would only be more nervous when they saw her.

Get away with it for this reason.

As for Bai Hua, even if he wanted to participate, it would only worry the rest of the people, and Altaïr sat silently next to Bai Hua in the name of taking care of Bai Hua, but he didn't see any actions or words.

Looking at the crowd of people busy around the city of your, and then at the city of your, Altaïr sighed.

The city of your, which has experienced a catastrophe, has completely recovered its condition.

Houses collapsed, whether they were altars or other structures, or livestock and tools, almost all of them were integrated into the ruins, leaving only fragments of fragments. The faces of the people of your city were also shrouded in a strong smell of decay. The dense forests and vines that covered the city also withered a lot in just one day because of Quezal's withdrawal.

If it continues, this anomalous ecosystem will return to its original state, and the monsters will gradually invade it.

By the time everyone counted the number of people and losses, it was already noon, and the sun was shining.

“400··· Only 400. ”

In the face of the people who lowered their heads or sighed, Fujimaru Rika couldn't help but whisper a number that was not even a dime a dozen for a city.

400。

What can 400 people do?

Reclaim a piece of land, or rebuild a house?

No, you can't even maintain the basic normal operation of the city.

However, the truth is that after the attack of the twin gods, there are only 400 people left in the territory of your city.

Ritsuka Fujimaru was shocked and felt guilty at the same time.

"Damn! If... If we had come earlier, if I could have been stronger, if I had found out earlier, I wouldn't have ······"

"Fujimaru-kun." Merlin patted Fujimaru Rika on the shoulder comfortingly, and said seriously: "It's a little arrogant, you don't have to impose all the tragedies on yourself, you have done a good job, no one can accuse you, you know, ordinary mortals do not have the courage to face God." ”

This seems to mean something else.

Fujimaru Rika was stunned for a moment, then followed Merlin's line of sight, and soon discovered the abnormality.

"Why... Women and children? ”

Yes, most of the remaining 400 people are women and young children, and even the elderly are poor. Young adults who can provide labor will need to look carefully for a while to find one or two.

It's not normal.

"Could it be—"

Fujimaru Rika seemed to think of something, and almost screamed.

In fact, it wasn't like they didn't do anything yesterday. Use magic to make contact with Uruk, report on the situation, and spy on Eridu.

Although Quezal is dead and the twin gods are gone, no one can guarantee that the city where the Sun Temple was established has any information that will be helpful to the human side. But if you don't investigate, if you investigate deeply, it's a cruel truth.

Under the altar, near the city, there were all fresh corpses.

Some lost half of their bodies, some lost their heads, some only had some limbs left, and some were directly incinerated into ashes by the dragon's breath.

"Are those people, the people of your, dead in Elidu?" Rika Fujimaru asked Merlin in a whisper, for fear that the people of your city would listen to her.

Erie City's intelligence, they didn't inform the masses.

After all, it was too cruel, and it was far from something that the people of your city who had lost [ ] their homeland could afford.

However, Merlin shook his head.

"You can say yes, but you can't say it's completely true." He stood up with a calm face, took two steps forward under Fujimaru Rika's puzzled gaze, and said in a loud voice: "If the 400 people in front of us are because of the attack of the dragon group, only 400 remain. Why, then, do you look horrified and not sad? ”

One by one, people buried their heads deeper.

Lost relatives and friends.

Even if it is lost, the young and middle-aged group who support the survival of the whole group will not only have fear no matter how you say it.

"Fujimaru-kun, I like it that you think about everything as best you can in everything. But sometimes we have to face it, not because there are 400 people left in the dragons, but because there are only a few people left in the city of your before we arrive. ”

Yesterday was Merlin's magic that shifted everyone.

As the crowned Caster, Merlin couldn't even remember the number of people after casting the spell.

Moreover, even if they are attacked by dragons, they still have a higher probability of survival in young adults.

How did a group of old and sick people escape under the claws of the dragons?

Having said that, Merlin didn't say anything more, but looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka, waiting for the judgment of the last lord of mankind and hope.

Fujimaru Rika pondered for a long time, and finally nodded, taking the initiative to divert the topic.

"We are a mission sent by King Gilgamesh, and now the city of your has been destroyed by the dragons, but don't worry, we will escort you to Uruk, where is it safe."

Unfortunately, such words did not receive an immediate response.

The people of your, because they were almost broken by Merlin Dao before, couldn't help but feel weak at the moment, and they didn't dare to look directly at Fujimaru Rika's sight. Fujimaru Rika and the others, who arrived for the first time, even if they saved their lives before, were not enough to win their trust.

In other words, staying with Fujimaru Rika and others, who vaguely knew the truth, would make them even more uneasy.

"No... No, your is a safe city. ”

"Yes, your is safe, and there is absolutely no need for us to move."

"That's right, the goddess of the jungle has always protected us, and as long as the goddess is there, we will... It's safe. ”

Even they don't believe it.

What is convincing to say such a thing while trembling?

"Unfortunately, the goddess of the jungle can't protect you anymore." Fujimaru Rika said with a calm face.

"Impossible!" One of the goddesses retorted with excitement on her face: "We have sacrificed a living sacrifice!" ”

Yes, so many living sacrifices have been sacrificed, and even now, it can be said that almost all the men in the city have been sacrificed, which can be said to have cut off the foundation of the city's reproduction with his own hands. If the 'Goddess of the Jungle' can't protect them in this case, doesn't it seem that they are doing useless work, so the sacrifice is self-avoidance, ridiculous and stupid?

It's not the same as pushing their companions to their deaths themselves.

It's like they killed their own companions.

Sacrifice in vain?

Vain patience?

This is unacceptable to all the people of your.

"Yes... You lied to us, you lied to people! Be careful·· Beware of the goddess chasturing you! He uttered such self-evasive words.

What's more, he knelt directly on the ground and began to pray.