108 Great Retrea (2/2)
A softhearted lady looked at the pitiful commoners below and asked, ”They are so pitiful… How about we let them in?”
But the suggestion was immediately rejected strongly.
”Absolutely not! We can't let in so many people!”
The unending stream of arachnids appearing out of the black smoky region was terrifying. It was like there was no end to their numbers.
If they let in so many people, when would they be able to shut the gates again!? Not to mention, they don't know how long they must fend off the arachnids once these creatures arrive at the upper wall.
They were basically trapped and that would mean their supplies of goods from the outside world is cut off. In other words, there was limited food. How can they afford to feed all these commoners?
The number people living in the Upper District only amounted to roughly ten thousand, yet there were close to fifty thousand commoners from the lower districts combine. They couldn't handle such influx.
As such, they didn't dare open the gates… unless they received a royal order to do so.
…
Back at the lower district square, Leon looked at Aria who remained at his side.
”You should go with them.”
”What are you planning to do?” Aria didn't answer his question. Instead, she stared him straight in the eye and asked.
”I'm going to try and buy some time by reducing their numbers.” Leon said.
”No, how can I let do that alone?” Aria protested.
”I won't be alone.”
As Leon said that, his palace guards arrived.
”Your highness.”
Howard and the others greeted with a helpless expression. This prince of theirs sure likes leaving without a word.
Your highness?
Aria gave Leon a questioning look.
”That's just how it is.” Leon smiled wryly.
There were no changes to Aria's expression when he admitted. It didn't matter who Leon was. Her feelings weren't going to change because of it.
…
It took a lot of effort for Leon to persuade Aria to leave with the rest.
In the end, it was her parents that managed to convince and took her away. Before they left, her father gave him a hard look and there were signs of relief.
Aria's father had been skeptical with the boy she was seeing. Her parents had broke into tears of happiness when she went missing for one night and came home with being able to speak.
When she told them, it was Leon who cured her and he was the boss of a gang, her father did not believe her. He thought she was lying to make them feel more accepting of this benefactor she was pursuing romantically.
How could a medically skilled person and a gang boss be that young? The boss of the Black Snake Gang had been a middle-aged figure.
But seeing was believing and he was finally able to put down his worries. How could he let his daughter date a middle-age man?
After the family of three left, Leon looked at his guards and asked, ”You guys aren't going to stop me, right?”
The guards smiled wryly at Leon's question.
We can't beat you nor can we persuade you, so we can only follow you! Otherwise the queen will have our heads!
That was what they wanted to say, but they just answered, ”No!”
”Good.” Leon smiled and focused his sight on the arachnids. They were closing in and were about to enter the square.
He could see the buildings being swallowed one after another by their overflowing numbers.
Anyone unlucky to be eaten by these creatures would probably not be left with anything behind.
Their terrifying numbers meant these arachnids breed like crazy. They had to be killed before they start laying eggs.
”Take charge of your own lives. We kill as many as we can then retreated!”
”Yes, your highness!”
It seems that he was destined to be an exterminator of bugs. He gripped his black spear tightly and charged into the army of spiders.
No strategies were needed against such weak preys. He only needed to;