Upon seeing the large wall, the Imperial Soldiers slowed down their running slightly. Maybe they thought that everything would be okay because of that wall. Luckily Rossbert shouted again urging everyone not to stop and just keep running.

Later,

When they were far away enough, Eman looked around to make sure that there was no other people nearby. After making sure, he immediately ordered Sphin to fly high.

Hearing her master's command, Sphin flapped her wings and then climbed higher in the sky.

Around this time,

On a distant mountain, a few hundred people could be seen confused by their surroundings.

"Where are we? What place is this?"

Just now they were inside the shelter. Then they heard the bad news, that bad guys were attacking and some of them were on their way to the shelter. Everyone was shocked by what they heard. However, right after that, a more shocking thing happened to them, their surroundings suddenly became dark. When they opened their eyes again they found themselves in a different location.

This was not where they were just now.

Wait, what's going on here? Why did they suddenly arrive in another location?

Everyone was confused and dumbfounded.

Amid everyone's confusion, a middle-aged man suddenly raised his voice.

"This place… I know this place!"

When he noticed that everyone was looking at him, he suddenly pointed to something ahead.

"Look at that mark!" He shouted while pointing with his finger.

There, where he was pointing, everyone saw the mark he was talking about. It was on the big tree near the entrance towards the inner woods. The mark was a large scratch caused by what seemed like sharp claws, probably of a ferocious beast.

"Then, t-this is…"

"""The Mountain of Beasts!?"""

Everyone exclaimed in shock. Their reaction was only natural because this mountain was the den of ferocious beasts!

But before that, how did they end up here? That question lingered in their minds. At that moment, some of them noticed some people among them. They were wearing weird masks.

"Eh? Who are they?"

"Ha? I don't know. But they look suspicious."

"That's right, be careful! Maybe they are the bad people who reported attacking the soldiers."

"That's right!"

A woman in her 30s walked in front. She was the mayor's wife, tagging along with her while holding her waist was her young daughter.

"W-Who are you, people?" The mayor's wife asked bravely even though it was obvious that she was shaking. Her hand was holding the hand of her young daughter.

Despite her brave attempt to ask them a question, she received no reply from them. Those people, they just stood there as if they didn't hear her.

Suddenly, a stout figure stepped in front of the mayor's wife, facing his back to the mayor's wife. Along with him were two other people. All of them were wearing Imperial Soldier uniforms.

It was Hern and some of his men. For some reason, while they were heading towards the final point, their surroundings suddenly became black, then suddenly, they arrived here. Even now, they were still shocked.

"Answer her! Who are you, people?!" soldier Hern drew his sword. His men also drew their swords and pointed them at the masked people.

"Drop your weapons!"

They suddenly heard that. They wondered where that voice came from.

Then suddenly, someone appeared in the empty space in front of Hern and his men. The citizens and the Imperial soldiers looked shocked when a figure emerged from nowhere. They noticed that the newcomer was also wearing a mask like those people around them.

They also saw a menacing beast beside her. But the beast was something they never saw in their entire life since birth. It resembled a two-tailed white hound, but it has four red eyes and a pair of… wings? Unbelievable that such a beast existed in this world.

Just what kind of beast is that? They asked in their minds.

Nevertheless, the magical beast was carrying something in its mouth. A black sack. Then a thud was heard when the beast let it fall to the ground.

The sack suddenly squirmed and they heard muffled sounds from it. It looks like something was inside, or maybe someone.

"We are not your enemies." The newcomer said in a young female voice.

They noticed she had red hair but her eyes were a beautiful amber color.

It was Amber, Azure's twin sister.

"Not enemies…?" Hern asked.

"Yes, in fact, we evacuated you all here to stay you out of danger from the destruction that's about to happen."

"What? Destruction?"

"She's telling the truth!"

Another voice was heard. This time, it was the voice of a young male.

They noticed a distortion in space, then after that, something emerged. Everyone saw a carriage and a figure of a person with blue hair and Azure eyes.

The citizens and Imperial soldiers were staring with wide eyes. They were asking themselves why these people kept on appearing from out of nowhere. Is that the norm nowadays? They wondered.

The mayor's wife's agitated expression turned happy when she noticed a familiar person come out of the carriage

"Dear?!" She exclaimed.

From that call, everyone saw their mayor come out of the carriage.

"Father!" The mayor's daughter shouted and ran towards him.

Hearing those familiar voices, the mayor's eyes quickly rolled to find the source of those voices. When he found them, warm fluids wetted the corners of his eyes.

"Honey! Sweetheart!" The mayor shouted happily and ran to catch his daughter who was running towards him in haste.

The three reunited.

Everyone watched them in silence.

Klaus Smith and Niel also came out of the carriage.

Then they heard another shout.

"Mr. Klaus!"

"Oh, Miss Lizz."

She quickly approached them.

"Where's the young lady?" She asked anxiously.

"Uh, she's inside."

"Really?"

"Yes, she's unconscious now—"

"What?! What happened to her?!"

Lizz asked in a panic. This was what she feared the most. That Zennie would get hurt while she wasn't on her side.

"Uh! Don't worry about her. She's only sleeping."

The one who answered was unexpectedly the masked person with blue-haired and azure eyes.

Lizz wondered if she could trust his words.

"Don't worry. He saved us. He also gave her medicine, so in fact, he's not lying."

"You're the attendant of the young noble lady?" The mayor came and asked.

"Yes, my name is Lizz, Lady Zennie Rothsport's attendant", she introduced herself.

"I see. Don't worry, Lizz. The smith is telling the truth", Mayor Gilbert said to calm her.

"I see. That's a relief."

Lizz quickly entered the carriage and saw Zennie sleeping as they said.

At that moment, everyone suddenly heard a loud explosion that shook the entire area. The cold night suddenly brightened and turned warm at that moment.

A moment later, they saw a large part of Merc Town engulfed in fire.

According to everyone who saw it, an incredible force of explosion shook the ground and killed all the monsters.

The explosion left a plume of smoke that reached the sky.

Lieutenant Davis and the others could not believe the devastating power of that explosion. In their entire lives, it was the first time they had seen such a powerful ability. It was as if a god came down to earth and ended all life in the city.

"What kind of power is that? Terrifying…" Lieutenant Davis muttered with wide eyes, wide mouth opened, and disbelief.

Everyone was stunned by what they witnessed.

Rossbert seemed to remember something from this. It was the same as that force that crushed the entire village he used to live in when he was a kid.

"Is this his doing? That terrifying power? Who is he? A god?"

Rossbert asked in disbelief.

He was secretly grateful and he was not their enemy. Because by any chance he became their enemy, they were probably be one of those crushed by that explosion.

He couldn't help but feel a shudder as he thought about it.

Meanwhile, in the air, Eman was grumbling.

"Fuck! That 50,000 kiloton costs lots of points…"

The effect of that tsar bomb was very surprising though.

But, the price is also painful for him. So if possible, he didn't want to buy another one.

Regardless, it was still a fruitful harvest. He was very happy with the result. A lot of green energy could be seen flying towards him. They were eventually absorbed by his body.

They seemed to be the souls of all the lives he had ended by that single explosion.

[Level Up!]

A notification appeared indicating that his level had increased again.

[Congratulations, a new title acquired!]

The next day, everyone found out that almost 1/3 of Merc Town had turned to ashes.

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