An immense torrent surged toward them from every direction. The terrifying sight made everyone's scalp prickle with fear.
"Hurry!!! Hold back the flood for our children!!!"
A man suddenly roared, picked up a flood barrier bag, and slammed it onto the ground.
He was about to brace his body behind the heavy bag to stop the flood from washing it away, which would render all their efforts useless.
But before he could, a slight figure stepped ahead of him and braced himself behind the bag.
The man's eyes widened at the sight.
"V-Village Chief...?"
He stared in disbelief at the slight old man with the resolute face before him, unable to understand what he was doing.
"You're still young! What are you playing the hero for? We're still alive, you know. It's not your turn yet!"
A voice came from beside the man. He turned to look and saw that another elderly man from the village had taken the spot next to him.
Looking down the line, he saw that all the village's elderly residents had braced their frail bodies behind the flood barrier bags.
The kindly old woman who had once given Morax candy was naturally among them.
Boom!!!!!!
The enormous flood slammed into them in an instant. Every elderly villager reeled as though struck by a tremendous blow, staggering half a step backward as icy water lashed their bodies.
How could their aging bodies withstand such an impact? The powerful flood battered the bags, making the elderly villagers tremble all over, their wrinkled faces filled with a resolve to face death.
"Hold it back!!!"
A man shouted, and all the young people planted their feet hard and braced themselves against the flood barrier bags.
The moment the young people joined in, the situation turned around. Their line, which