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"I'll do it..."

Everyone enters through the open entrance of the Mansion.

"You've had a lot of trouble."

Even if it was petrified, it would be difficult to get inside the building.

It's true. Even [Bright Mirror Stop Water] isn't slashed, so what's going on?

"Well, I'll ask you later about the stupidity."

A dozen minutes have passed since the suppression began.

I must have defeated all the gray snakes that were already hiding in the village.

Still, only a part of it was returned to its original state from petrochemicals, and only a part of the walls and furniture was returned to its original state, like a knife.

Most of it was still petrified.

It was necessary to know the initial status of the petrification.

"Iris"

Roger ― Regression

Yilis rests her hand on the village chief's shoulder.

"Oh...?"

Liu regains his original form in a moment.You can suddenly move your body and fall forward.

But I put my hand on it before I fell off.

"Do you understand the situation?"

Ah, ahh

Use your hands to get up slowly.

Even while I was petrified, I was conscious.I knew that all the grey snakes in the Mansion had been eliminated.

"We eliminated all the snakes in the village."But no one's coming back from petrochemicals... what the hell happened? "

Even if we wiped out all of them, the mere fact that part of the building was returned to its original state would not bring the humans back to their original state.

The village of Dayton remains petrified.

"I don't really understand it either."When I noticed, there was a gray snake around the village, and the soldier who went out to intercept it became a stone.I thought it was a bad idea, so I thought about evacuating just girls and women.... "

It was already surrounded, and in order to get out of the village, it was necessary to pass by the gray snake.

With women and children with her, she could not take such dangerous actions, and as the village chief, Lew chose to build a castle in her own mansion.

We managed to evacuate several pairs of mothers and children.

However, by that time, most of the village had been petrified, and even though the village chief's mansion was large, the ash snake crawled through the gap and entered the mansion.

It wasn't a castle, but instead it was locked up, so Luu and the others, who didn't have the means to escape, were petrified without being able to resist.

It was petrified by a gray snake.

I asked about the characteristics of the opponent, but it seemed like it was definitely the work of the gray snake.

”Shit, after all, is there another gray snake that attacked us first?”

The gray snake that attacked the village first took the initiative to petrify the village.

I don't know where the gray snake went, but the village's petrified because it wasn't among those I defeated.

I don't have much time to spare, though.

"Is that so...?"

Liu fluttered as he asked.

While I was petrified, my life force was stolen, so I was depleted.

But for now, there's nothing wrong with Lew's life.

"Look at that."

A petrified person stands outside the village chief's mansion.

I don't hold a position, but I'm an old man with a voice in the village.I remember being angry when I was playing as a kid.

"You left your family behind, but you wanted to help."While I was desperately running away, I was strangled and petrified from behind. "

Either way, the fact of petrification is a problem.

"The original purpose of petrifying is to steal the opponent's vitality."And, troublesomely, I'm in a hurry to retrieve it more than I did when I was a serpent. "

Lew was petrified for a dozen minutes.

However, when I woke up, I was as tired as a knight who had been freed from petrification.

I wonder if the elderly people with low life expectancy can endure this kind of vitality.

"I...! Can't you just go back like me?!"

Lew grabs me.

You think we have the means to free ourselves from petrochemicals.[Regression] can be undone. However, there are limitations.

“I don't know what's going to happen.I wanted to keep some magic power in reserve.So there's only one or two left to put it back together. "

"Oh no..."

All villagers, except Liu, are petrified.

Unfortunately, we can't put them all back together.

"You can put it back."But it's up to you to decide who you want to return to. "

……

You can't decide such an important thing.

The chosen ones will be saved, but the others will be killed by Lew.

In the first place, you are all responsible for this incident.

"...! What are you talking about... If only you'd come sooner..."

I don't think so.

"Then...!"

“Yes, I could've prevented this if I was close.”

If we were in the village, we might have been able to calm things down without causing any damage.

Even if they were apart, the Knights could have bought us some time if they had been stationed there, and if they had been in touch with the adventurer, they could have wiped out the gray snakes.

Either way, the guards in the village weren't strong enough.

“I knew it was an emergency.It wouldn't have happened if we had welcomed the Knights without the impression of evicting them. "

The old men did not welcome the Knights for fear of change.

However, regardless of our thoughts, the world changes.If we cannot respond to that change, we will suffer ourselves as we did this time.

It's your job as the village chief to take that into account and persuade them.

……

Before our visit, we had been doing a lot of things to think about the future of the village, but we were unable to convince the elderly people who were so overbearing that they could only speak out.

As a village chief, I was aware of my lack of strength.

But I didn't expect that to happen until this happened.

"You can't choose someone.If it helps, it's all of us. "

"Young people will be fine, but the choice may not help the old man.That's fine, right? "

Yeah.

If that's the choice of the village chief, who is in charge of the village, then I won't tell you anything.

"Just remember this."If you just close your eyes to your world, there's no future there. ”

I can't talk about people either.If my father hadn't gone missing, I would have spent the rest of my life in the village as a guard.

This is how I left the village, and my world expanded.

Today's Dayton Village is about to become a place where you can interact with the outside world without having to leave the village.Since it used to be a dead end, there was limited interaction just by being in the village, but you can expand as much as you like depending on the choice of the village.

Leave the troubled Lu behind.

The situation was known and it was clear what to do.

"Every gray snake left in the village was a joy."I'm going to look for the gray snake that was petrified. "

That's fine, but can the village chief and villagers be left alone?

"In order to get everyone back from petrifying, we need to find the petrified ash snake."If it is petrified, it is better to keep it as it is, because it is not easy to die. "

It took me a long time to drain my life force.

It may be safer to petrify it because it will not accept attacks due to external factors.

Those with low vitality are the ones who should be worried, but they can't be held responsible for that.

I'm going to the forest on such a dark night, can you follow me?

Everyone in the family nods without any problems.

"This is the ship we boarded so far.It's a little dangerous, but it's fine. ”

Elmer agreed with me.

"... but I don't think I need to go to the forest anymore"

Iris's gaze turned away from the forest.

The fire was rising in the direction where the Knights were stationed.