Lothar stared blankly at the people in the harbor, driven nearly to the brink of collapse by despair. They shouted and cursed. Some even took off their shoes and hurled them as hard as they could at the ships out at sea. But it was all in vain. They had been abandoned, cast aside, though there had been no other choice.
The orcs looked at the humans still left in the harbor and grinned wickedly. They stuck out their scarlet tongues, licked their lips, then roared and charged. Their cries of agony carried on the sea breeze into Andy's ears, striking his heart hard. He had once been human, too. Every time a scream reached his ears, his body trembled.
A sigh sounded beside him. Andy turned his head and saw that Vanessa had come over at some point. She gazed out at the sea, lost in thought.
"Do you pity them?" Vanessa asked with a soft chuckle.
"Shouldn't they be pitied?" Andy said, glancing at Vanessa. "Though we had no choice, I still can't help feeling bad for them."
"Heh, you really don't have to!" Vanessa said. "If you were on shore and they were on the ship, at a time like this, they'd flee even faster than you! That's just human nature. People can be awfully selfish!"
"This world has changed, and it changed all of a sudden. If you still have those messy ideas in your head, you could be the next one to die!" VanCleef came over, having come to see Vanessa. "In a time of chaos, you have to become strong. In the world of the strong, no one pities anyone, and no one needs pity!"
After saying this, VanCleef asked Vanessa a few quick questions. Once he was sure everything was all right, he