"At that time, I'll do my best to make sure they don't kill anyone."
Robbery could very easily turn into a riot. Atalante could only try her best to keep anyone from being killed, but not robbing them was impossible. Without food supplies, the children here would not be able to hold on much longer.
After discussing it with Sherlock Holmes, Da Vinci, and the others, Mash and Ritsuka also prepared to join this raid. Their purpose was to minimize casualties. Even with Atalante's assurance, such promises were difficult to uphold amid chaos. Under normal circumstances, Mash and Ritsuka would have had no good solution for this sort of thing, but they currently had Avis Bron, a master of golems, at their side.
With Sherlock Holmes's reminder, even if the worst-case scenario truly occurred, they had the strength to suppress it.
Yaga Smolensk was the city closest to the border in this Lostbelt, and it was also the target of Atalante and the Resistance Army.
"Seventy percent? Impossible. We'll starve to death that way."
Faced with Atalante's outrageous demand, the mayor of Smolensk immediately refused. Atalante's plan was simple: seize the city's mayor and make him take food from the city's supply warehouses.
"You're lying to me. Don't think I don't know the situation in this city. Even if you lose seventy percent of your supplies, you won't starve to death. You planned to use those supplies to establish a noble class."
Wherever there were people, even in an environment that could be called the end of the world, fighting for power and profit remained the norm for some. The city of Smolensk was developing in exactly that direction.
"All right, don't kill me. I agree."
With his secrets exposed and death threatening him, the mayor yielded. He led the