Inside the defense line, there was a gloomy atmosphere.
The streets that used to be very busy are now littered with garbage due to lack of maintenance for many days.
Standing at the intersection of the street, holding the bow and arrow in his hand, he looked at the monster not far away that looked like a Stitch Monster, with its body covered with various strange objects. It was roaring crazily with its big mouth open, trying to pounce on the surrounding soldiers.
Without any hesitation, Alison shot several arrows from the long bow in her hand, piercing the opponent's head and limbs, and then watched with a serious face as the opponent's life force continued to weaken.
Until there is no movement at all.
Then he ordered to the soldiers beside him: "Burn it all, don't leave any remnants."
The other party responded hurriedly: "Yes!"
After sighing slightly in her heart, she said no more, put away the weapon in her hand and rushed to the next place.
These days, this scene has happened countless times.
This line of defense has unknowingly turned into a dangerous area.
Even more dangerous than many forests full of monsters!
All kinds of messy monsters transformed by the plague, as well as mutated poisonous insects, lurk among them, just like the deadliest killers!
Ordinary people will be in danger of life and death if they are not careful.
The most important task of the powerful people, including many legendary and demigods, is to clean up those dangerous guys over and over again and maintain the internal order of the defense line to the greatest extent.
Even if this order seems fragile!
It is precisely because of seeing their efforts with their own eyes that the soldiers and civilians within this line of defense have the confidence to continue to persevere.
Otherwise, morale and public sentiment may have completely collapsed long ago...
But even though she worked so hard, she could still clearly feel that the inside of the defense line was now terminally ill and was rapidly declining at a speed visible to the naked eye.
'It can't be saved...'
Although she was still working hard to maintain it, she clearly understood this deep in her heart.
Recalling the meeting not long ago, Alison couldn't help but hold the bow and arrow harder.
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Not long ago, there was another emergency meeting within the defense line.
Henry, who looked a little tired, told the senior defense leaders present the facts that they all roughly understood:
‘This line of defense probably won’t last long.
So I have asked the countries behind the defense line to seize the time to build temporary fortifications. Under this premise, all we can do is delay time...
In addition to this are the residents of the city.
Although most of them are still alive, according to sampling surveys, at least one-third of them are infected... and this is still the premise that there are still many plagues that cannot be detected for the time being. The real number of infections may be even higher than
This data is a bit more.
These people are slowly turning into uncontrollable monsters...'
Although the rest of his words were not spoken directly, those present understood what he meant.
The residents within the defense line who were supposed to be protected by them have now become one of their biggest troubles and are about to lose control completely...
Faced with this situation, they have only one choice.
And that situation is the worst-case scenario for them.
So for a while everyone fell into silence, and even the sound of breathing disappeared in the conference room.
"...I understand what you mean."
After a period of silence, an orc demigod slowly sighed and said proactively: "Since sacrifice is unavoidable, I hope to at least retain some of their dignity."
Unlike those relatively young demigods.
He has lived for tens of thousands of years and is even older than some gods. This is not the first time he has experienced a similar situation.
Although I still feel pain and self-blame, I feel more helpless...
After he finished speaking, another human demigod also spoke in agreement.
Regardless of whether they admit it or not, everyone knows what will happen if the infected people within the defense line escape to the rear.
That will undoubtedly amplify the disaster further!
So at this time, someone must stand up and agree with Henry Moore's proposal.
It doesn't matter whether it's cruel or not.
Although I feel sorry for the residents within the defense line, this is a choice that must be made.
Not only him, but in the following time, many demigods also nodded in agreement with Henry Muir's decision.
Regardless of whether they want it or not, as one of the top decision-makers here, they have to stand up and make the choice they think is right at this moment.
As for their decision, although Alison wanted to object, she also understood that that was the correct response.
After his expression changed for a while, he could only bite his lip and sit in his seat, silent.
acquiesced in their decision.
She herself knew that her actions were extremely ridiculous.
Because the so-called acquiescence, in the final analysis, is no different from vocal agreement. They both represent consent.
There is no way to make yourself noble.
On the contrary, it will appear a little cowardly!
This made her feel a kind of shame from the bottom of her heart...
Soon after, not only this proposal was passed with 57 votes in favor and 11 abstentions.
There was also a proposal called "Observe the Plague", which was also successfully passed with 41 votes in favor and 27 abstentions.
[Observe the plague: While the plague within the defense line is in the outbreak period, and there are many patients with various diseases, observe and record the characteristics of these plagues as much as possible, and deploy various pharmaceuticals at any cost to conduct targeted experiments, so as to provide solutions for future research.
Medical drugs provide more information to prevent tragedies from happening again.】
This means that they not only decided to give up these residents, but also thought of ways to make them bloom to their final value.
It's a bit excessive to say it, but this matter has nothing to do with cruelty, it's just the decision that superiors should make.
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polluted place.
Still in that quiet crypt.
The magic projection was still in front of Orshika.
It's just that he is holding something similar to a handle in his hand, and the hunting team shown in the projection has only four or five people left at this moment, and they all look very embarrassed, obviously exhausted.
.
At this moment, they are still being chased by a large group of monsters.
This battle has been going on for so many days.
Orshika was full, and they were all crippled and dead.
Seeing the demon in front of him with several steel needles stuck in his head and his eyes dull, the captain of the team felt extremely aggrieved.
This is already the twentieth time.
He didn't pay much attention to it the previous few times, only feeling that occasionally a few opponents were particularly troublesome, but as the controlled guys died one after another, he still discovered the problem.
I know that there are beings controlling these puppets to delay me, making me constantly entangled with the monsters behind me, and I can never get rid of them.
It is precisely for this reason that they, who should have escaped long ago, suffered such heavy losses.
now.
Inside this polluted place, due to the weakening of the world's suppressive power, the monsters are far stronger than when they were attacking.
Under the control of Orshiga, this puppet even displayed super-level combat effectiveness.
Various exquisite combat techniques were constantly used, leaving the opponent in a panic.
It can be said that if he had not carried equipment against monsters with him, the opponent would have lost.
At this moment, the team leader suddenly heard several familiar screams coming from around him.
Turning his head to look over, he found that his few remaining teammates were already in dire straits and looked like they would die at any time.
After shaking hands, the teleportation item was still interfered with and could not function.
Looking at the monsters that were gathering around him, he knew that he was about to follow in the footsteps of his teammates.
Without any hesitation, he took out a small black square.
This was originally intended to be used on Orshika as a last resort, but now it seems that it will no longer be used if it is not needed.
After glaring fiercely at the puppet controlled by Orshika.
In his unwilling resentment, a black light was released directly from the square in his hand, and then quickly shrank.
In silence.
Material for several kilometers in radius has been completely gouged out, and there is no trace left!
Only a huge hole was left in place.
Looking at this scene through the magic projection, Orshiga casually threw away the almost torn handle in his hand, curled his lips and said: "I knew there would be such a method..."
It's an old routine.
When a brave man fights a boss, if he can't defeat him, he will make a life-threatening blow or something, and take away the demon king.
It is precisely because of this that Orshika does not want to show up, and has been holding back even though she has an advantage.
After all, the other party made it clear that he came prepared, so it should be a bit of a bargain.
After successfully solving a problem, he stretched and said with a smile: "Now that the game is over, the real drama should begin..."
After finishing speaking, the screen of the spell projection changed to the direction of the defense line.