Dancing Circles on the Horizon of Events

And on the wall of the place where the beasts were gathered, there was made a small door beside the great door, from which man could go in and out of the city. It seemed that those who lived outside the city could rebuke them from this door into the midst of the city, but the weak beasts could not enter through the door, and were shut out.

The beasts were loud in front of the door. It was close to begging for my life. After all, it's not hard to imagine being swallowed up by a swarm of monsters when you're here. It is only natural to speak up desperately.

The waltzes who were watching the situation gave a grim expression. Because of the critical situation, we both thought we should take each other's hands and work together to face the monster herd. At least in Mid-Eden and surrounding countries, it is normal to reach out to each other when a crisis situation arises.

However, it seems to be different here. Humans think nothing of the beasts' deaths. Not only that, but they're even enjoying the beasts' begging for life and their escaping.

Waltz and Lucia, who can't understand the thoughts of such people, will come to one conclusion.

“I don't care what you think, so let's make the people of this town call you Gahun.”

"Well, if that's what your sister says..." But it's not a good idea to involve the monsters for that, is it? "

"I see..."

And Waltz thought about it. Is there any way to make the people of the town say "gagh"...?

Waltz stretches his time and immerses himself in his thoughts, coming up with an idea.

"Lucia? Lucia?"

Yeah? What?

"Um..."

Waltz explained his idea to his sister. At that time, either Waltz or Lucia had a wicked smile on their faces. It seemed that the beasts nearby turned their vigilant gaze toward them. However, the two people who were passionate about the idea never noticed it… They unknowingly distanced themselves from the Beasts.

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One of the soldiers looking down at the Beastmen from above the outer wall notices something.

"Hey, isn't that a human girl?"

Another soldier responds to a colleague's call.

"Which one?... Wow, seriously. There are two of them... No, one of them is a Beastman."

"We need to open the door and evacuate!"

"... no, wait. It's too late. If we open the door now, the beasts will rush in. If that happens, it might take some time to get them out and close the door again, and the monsters might break in. If you accept the Beastmen with her, you won't be able to close the door immediately. It's pathetic, but...."

"Ugh!... I see. I wish you could at least hide somewhere and survive....."

Even if it's good for the Beastman to get hurt, it's bad for people to get hurt... "In this country where such recognition has become common sense, the weight of human life itself seems to have been light.

The soldiers of the city, not only the beastlings, but also the girls who fled to the front of the gate, decided to kill the waltzes with little trouble. And if they had spoken, they could not have put a great multitude of the people of the city at risk to save a girl.

If they had accepted the waltzes at this time, the future might have changed a lot. In particular, I regret it because I don't have to go first.

ZUDOOOOO!!

The roar and vibration strike the town. However, it is not an explosion.

What, what?!

"Look! Outside the town...!"

"The ground... is cracking..."

The outer wall that surrounded the city was dented to surround it. As an analogy, it might be close to the "moat" found in Japanese castles.

However, its depth was not unusual and seemed to exceed 100m. It is about 200 meters to the other side of the valley. It's literally an island on land. Because of this, the monsters that were coming into town had to change their course... No harm was done to the people of the town or to the beasts, and things were on the way to convergence (?).

It goes without saying why something like a large-scale moat occurred.