A moment later.
All citizens were standing in the middle of the square, the biggest place they could gather all people, especially the women, children and elderly that had yet to participate in the battle.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't know. They said the Saintess wanted to tell us something."
"That's the Saintess."
Everyone looked at the Saintess that stood on top of a podium so everyone could see her.
Even with her eyes blindfolded, they could feel how determined she was.
After checking everyone's condition, she finally opened her mouth. "Listen to me, my beloved people!"
Her tone was unlike everything they had heard previously. Her voice contained a strong energy as if she was preparing to fight in a battle herself.
"I don't think I need to tell you this, but our condition is bad, bad enough that we won't be able to last more than four days.
"We can kill the demons but a hundred demons will soon come to our city, reinforcing those demons. It will leave us besieged by an unlimited number of demons. If we don't do anything and only expect help, we'll be the ones to be destroyed in a matter of days.
of you have almost gone insane due
or thirst. If I have to die, I'd like to die of old age because that way my
that I can go out tomorrow to
a strong fighting spirit that could
Please don't
can die
we do if you
they should be the one to fight. The Saintess
weren't the light itself. They were shadow. And the brighter the light the Saintess had
you don't erect a barrier tonight, what will we do then? The
to leave us in this situation? You worded it like you're going
you want to leave us
by them also started screaming at her as if she was a
to fight, but
like the Saintess, Anna, who was watching the entire thing from the roof of
mean, I can understand their worry, but can't the Saintess preserve her own life at the very end? If all the people protecting you die, who will protect you then?" Anna complained with a pout, disappointed in the
to know about his opinions about this problem. At the very least, Anna believed that the Saintess deserved to rest and save her own life. Knowing the Saintess' character, even if she fled here, she would still help more and more people in the future. If she abandoned four thousand people so that she could save a hundred thousand people in the
the idea since
"That's why I don't want to make
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