Chapter 196 - First Encounter (3) (1/2)
Since it was the town's head's place, then one of them must be the town's head. However, Auron didn't know who it was, so he just shouted, ”Enemy is coming!”
”How many are the enemies?” One of the elderly asked Auron.
”There was only one. However, I believe that this enemy is the rumored demonic monster,” Auron answered.
When they heard that the enemy's coming was the demonic monster, all of them shuddered. Then, all of the elderly looked at one man who was way younger than them. ”We should evacuate people!” One of them advised the young man.
Auron could guess that the young man was the town's head, and the elder was the elderly council who was helping the town's head. ”Quick, make your decision. If not, all of the people here will be dead!” Auron urged the town's head to make a decision.
Although Auron knew there were several high-level guards stationed here who was stronger than the eight-man party's members, however, he believed that it was not enough for them to stop the demonic monster.
Fortunately, as a basic town, they would have a teleportation gate since it was the minimum requirement to be promoted from a village to a town. Auron advised once more, ”Evacuate your townsfolk using the teleportation portal!”
When the elderly council and the town's head heard Auron advised, their faces darkened. The quiet town's head began to speak, ”We are just starting our teleportation portal's upgrade, and it will finish in 1 hour.”
For a town, the teleportation portal was crucial. It was one of the requirements for a town to be upgraded. For example, the requirement to advance from basic town to intermediate town, they should have a level 5 teleportation portal.
When upgrading the teleportation portal, each upgrade would take one hour. During the update, the player and the NPC could not use the teleportation gate. It could not receive or send people. Also, if the town's head decided to cancel the upgrade, then it would damage the teleportation portal, and it needs 6 hours to recover before they can use the portal once more.
So, when upgrading the teleportation portal, they would choose the right time. Usually, there would be no problem for the town to upgrade anytime if it was outside of the wartime. However, bad luck surely happened. It was like gambling, and you had a 99% chance to win and a 1% chance to lose. Unfortunately, you got the 1%.
It was just like this town. Bad luck happened to the town. Auron suddenly felt guilty. He felt like he was the bad luck charm for this town. However, everything had happened; they had no choice but to keep moving on.
The town's head made a quick decision, ”Evacuate all the people throughout the back gate. Now!”
The elderly council began to take some guards to help them evacuate. When the elderly council left the scene, a woman who was followed by another two women behind her, came to the town's head's place. Auron knew who the leading woman was.