Sara found it hard to accept.
"The high towers of Rōran were all built afterward, right?"
"They're extremely heavy and put a huge strain on the foundations."
"And now it looks like..."
"Mukade stole the Dragon Vein, then built recklessly on top of it, causing problems with the foundations. They can no longer support everything."
"So the current situation is... you should take your people and leave this place."
"Even if we completely suppress the molten ground now, it probably won't last more than a few years."
"So, once this is over, I suggest you leave," Kitahara Kaede said.
"How could this happen..." XN
The citizens who had followed them over were dumbfounded as well.
"Then are you planning to live on top of this?"
3.6 Kitahara Kaede pointed at the scorching lava.
"Uh..."
The citizens hesitated again.
It was like courting death on a knife's edge. Far too dangerous.
Who knew when the ground might collapse and swallow them all?
"..." The citizens could only look toward Sara.
"Decide for yourselves," Kitahara Kaede said. "And now..."
"It's time to find the others."
"Then where are they?" Sara asked. "I didn't see anyone who had been captured in the royal palace."
"That's simple," Kitahara Kaede said.
"They were forcibly captured by Mukade."
"And with Mukade's abilities, there was no way he could build so many Combat Puppets by himself. Most of the citizens were probably kept somewhere, working overtime to be processed and made into puppets."
"But every puppet needs the Dragon Vein's Chakra to sustain it."
"So..."
"As a member of the clan that guards the Dragon Vein, your familiarity with it far surpasses anyone else's."
"So..."
"Sense it..."
"From the core, sense where the Dragon Vein is being consumed the most. The people who were taken should be