Calamity

"The Silver Witch has made White Asia City her base of operations. It has now been renamed Silver City."

"As for them..."

"These poor people are relatives and friends of White Asia City's former administrative staff, so they are now being purged."

The Fifth Stage Awakened introduced the situation ahead.

After two days, Linsey and Alvitte had drawn quite close to the border guards' hometown. Once they crossed another dozen or so sky islands, they would reach the first great city of this world.

The exact situation matched their earlier guesses.

The Silver Witch ruled there and had launched a purge of the city.

The civilians fleeing before them had survived the purge by sheer luck. Only two days ago had they finally found an opportunity to escape.

Even so, the Law Knights under the witch had immediately led people in pursuit.

So long as they had not left the Middle Ring World, these harsh enforcers of order had no intention of letting any fish slip through the net.

After hearing this, Linsey could not help commenting:

"Seize the city, then kill off its administrators?"

"In a normal city, that would not only drastically undermine the people's sense of security, but also set the worst possible example and ultimately harm themselves."

The Awakened could only give a bitter smile.

"Most Lords around here are like this."

"The witch possesses absolute strength, and she needs only absolute loyalty. Ants crawling on the ground are beneath her notice..."

Creak—

Linsey suddenly heard a faint sound.

Following it, he discovered that it came from Alvitte's right hand—the hand gripping her sword hilt.

"..."

Linsey patted the Righteous Walker Girl on the shoulder.

As he comforted his companion, Linsey handed the captives over to the Awakened.

These people had already lost the ability to