It probably feels similar to arriving at the seaside.
Those refugees are fishermen at sea, and those farther away are like mountains, probably reefs.
It was even more serious than the previous situation.
This had already submerged an entire area.
The soldiers behind them also followed curiously.
Perhaps they had never seen such a phenomenon before.
The entire team often becomes unusually quiet for a while.
Most of the people in the team live in the imperial capital, that is, they are from the north, and Rias is from the west.
Both areas are high mountains or dry areas, and they have never seen such serious floods.
Maybe a lot of the news that the empire received was untrue.
It wasn't until Rias saw it with her own eyes that she felt that the situation was far more serious than she imagined, and much more serious.
"Let's go down and take a look."
Rias said, seeing a group of refugees rowing over in boats below.
There is a main road going down the edge of the cliff.
Perhaps this is the road that ordinary people take, but there is always the possibility of landslides on heavy rain days.
Nearly ten thousand troops moved forward, and no matter where they walked, they attracted attention.
A dozen refugees who had just arrived at the shore quickly noticed this side.
They saluted Rias from a distance.
After walking in for a while, Wang Chu could see their appearance clearly.
The greasy dirt on their faces could not be completely washed away even if it rained.
Their hair was messy and twisted behind them, making people want to look at it.
Pull away.
The clothes are also dirty, mainly gray and black, maybe they were not this color before.
There are men and women, as well as many old people and children.
They are all dressed in almost the same way, and their hair is mostly brown or gray-black, which is probably the unique hair color of people in this area.
After seeing Rias's army walking down the cliff, more than a dozen of them didn't dare to move anymore, and kept watching the team slowly approaching.
"Lucia bring some food."
Rias said to the people around her.
The food previously provided by the Erica family is very useful when they arrive in the south.
For these refugees, it is better to give them food directly even if they give them money.
A large piece of dried mutton was thrown in front of him.
Several children couldn't help but go up and take a look.
"It's meat, it's meat," he shouted happily.
Wang Chu's eyes suddenly brightened when he looked at all of them.
"Thank you, thank you general."
A middle-aged man stood up and bowed to the team to express his gratitude.
He has a dark and thin face, but there are muscles in his arms.
It can be seen that he was originally a strong man, but he looked very weak after being hungry for too long.
"Where are the Imperial Army in the South and the city here?
Where did you come from?"
Rias asked as she rode her horse forward.
"We were originally residents of Zhuri City, general.
But the heavy rains in the past month have caused all the rivers to burst their banks, and the floods have swallowed up our city.
Look at that."
He pointed to a place opposite.
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Even though it was a flood, I couldn’t tell where he was referring to.
"It was originally a village, but it's gone now.
There used to be a sentry tower on the mountain over there, but it's almost gone now."
Wang Chu looked at the place where the other party mentioned that there was indeed a little bit of roof left there.
"My gods, such a thing has never happened before.
Most of the residents of Zhuri City were killed, and only some people escaped by boat."
A man actually started crying as he said this.
Rias frowned, seeing how hungry he was, it must have been many days since he escaped.
The girls looked at each other, probably thinking the same thing.
"Where are the military headquarters of Sun Chaser City, the Magician Association and the Cathedral?"
Rias continued to ask.
Sun Chaser City is the southernmost city of the Asta Empire.
Its status is similar to that of Hajar City in the west.
It used to belong to another small principality.
After being conquered by the imperial capital, it became a city in the south, which is the extra small one on the map.
Part, so the name also has the characteristics of the eastern country.
"No one can stop such a serious flood.
At the beginning, the mentors of the Magician Association used magic to forcefully block the flood at the edge of the mountain.
They thought that it would recede when the rain was light.
The terrain of the southern border is very low.
Zhuri City Surrounded by rivers on all sides, there are often floods It happened like this every time, but this time it was different.
The flood still did not recede and was getting bigger and bigger.
When the Magician Association could not stop it, it accumulated a large amount of water and rushed down.
The entire city instantly It was drowned," the man said mournfully.
Typical of having fun and being unable to hold back.
No wonder I hadn’t heard the news from the south in the imperial capital before.
I wanted to use this old-fashioned way to survive for a while at first.
Who knew that I couldn’t survive it in the end?
Once the flood came, it happened in an instant, and the whole city was like this. .
Speaking of this, the man seemed to have remembered something.
"Oh, by the way.
General, you must be troops from the north."
The natives can tell the difference between people from different regions based on their accents.
"The military headquarters of Sun Chaser City used to have a fortress on high ground.
When the Magician Association blocked the flood, it seems that a group of troops came from the north and moved most of the camps to high ground."
The man. recalled.
That was probably Henry and his party who came a month ago.
"Then where are they?"
Rias asked hurriedly.
"Go straight here.
There will be no water when you reach a higher place ahead.
There is also a sentry tower there.
The military has set up strongholds in many places.
Originally, we planned to stay there temporarily, but we heard that we escaped There are so many refugees, so we are going to the nearest city of Surma to seek refuge with a relative.”
The city of Surma was the nearest city I encountered when I came here, about a day's journey away.
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At this time, several children had cut the dried mutton into small pieces with knives and distributed them to everyone.
There were more of them for the elderly and children.
These were salted and dried, and they can be eaten even if they get wet for a short time. , it can be regarded as the most practical ration given by Erica’s family.
Rias looked at Lucia who was walking next to her.
The two looked at each other and nodded in unison.
"Leave your boat to us.
There is still some food here.
Take it and leave quickly."
More than a dozen refugees came forward with great gratitude.
In front of the army, ordinary civilians did not dare to take anything.
They really felt that they would be hungry on the way, so they took another piece of dried meat and hugged it under their clothes.
It was still raining and their clothes were all soaked. of.
"General, you must also be careful.
If the heavy rain continues like this, the water may rise again."
Before leaving, several old people kindly reminded us.
There were only five small boats, so there was no way to send so many soldiers there.
We had to send people over first to report the news, and then ask people from the military headquarters to line up more boats
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