Chapter 621 (1/2)

When we returned to Sheftent, the town was already in chaos. Many people were running around at the harbor.

Ships of all sizes were anchored throughout the harbor, some with broken masts and others with scorch marks.

They must be a part of the Commercial Fleet.

But there weren’t many of them in here. Maybe only about a fifth of the ships that belonged to the Commercial Fleet were here. Could it be that many ships had sunk?

Adventurers were gathered in one corner of the harbor, staring at the great magic beast with grim faces.

It looked quite small from here, but Adventurers who knew the lake well could estimate its size.

When we got closer, they seemed to have recognized Fran right away. Well, she was obviously coming back from the direction where the strange thing happened while riding a big wolf. It was only natural that we would stand out.

「O-oi! Isn’t that the Black Lightning Princess?」

「Ooh! It’s true! Black Lightning Princess-dono!」

「Wh-what on earth is going on? What the hell was that thing?」

A few people called out to her.

「A big magic beast came out」

「Well, I can tell that by just looking at it…」

「I don’t know much about it either. More importantly, I want to ask you some questions」

「Hmm? What it is?」

「Have you seen Sierra?」

「Sierra?」

「Oh, that kid? No, we haven’t seen him」

「I see…」

In the end, we couldn’t find out what Zelyse had done with Sierra. And I guess Fran was still concerned about Sierra’s whereabouts.

But no one seemed to have seen him in Sheftent. He did not even get caught with our detection range on our way here.

And we didn’t have the time to look for him any further now.

「Also, what happened to the Commercial Fleet?」

「It has become a horrible mess」

「Yeah, I never thought the fleet would end up like this」

The Adventurers told us so with grim faces.

Apparently, due to the Modoki attacks and the huge explosion, many ships were damaged and a large number of people were killed.

Even so, the safe ships managed to scatter around and dock in the surrounding towns, and many people were able to get off the ships.

Many of the damaged ships were docked in Sheftent, and people were still being treated at the moment.

「Right now, we’re still trying to identify the people who have died. They’re right there in the square」

「I see」

「Let me show you the way」

He then guided us to the square.

A large number of people and a dozen or so bodies were laid out in the square. It pained me to see people clinging to the bodies of those who were close to them in tears.

The wailing cries of the children were especially depressing.

I could see Fran clenching her fists and quietly stifling her anger. I felt the same too.