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"Sera, test Jill's condition." Xia Yi ordered.
"As ordered."
Sera walked up to Jill with murderous intent on her face.
"If you don't want to die, stand up."
"..."
Jill was like a puppet, with no reaction at all.
Sera slowly raised her hand, swung it down quickly, cut through the air, and slashed towards Jill's head.
Even though he was about to be killed, Jill kept muttering to himself.
"For... a new life..."
Boom!
Sera deflected the attack at the last moment, smashing through the wall next to Jill's head.
Throughout, Jill ignored Sera.
It was clear that Sera's look before was enough to scare him half to death, but the situation has changed so drastically now, it's really unbelievable.
"Give... gain... happiness..."
After saying this, Gil fell down and closed his eyes. He was not afraid, but was trying hard to fall asleep and return to the dream he had been dreaming of.
"Your Highness, everyone in this city has become like this now," Sera said. "From being different in the beginning, everyone is sinking into the dream of the sea without any difference in the end. This has affected their real selves, and they are resisting reality. Their mental states have become seriously damaged."
"These are probably caused by the Sea Dream."
"Your Highness, how are you doing now?"
"Something is wrong. I am like this..."
Xia Yi explained her situation truthfully.
Sierra listened to it all.
"Your Highness, the dragons we sent to Gold were at the same level as you. It seems that they also encountered the same situation and gradually lost themselves in the dream of the sea."
The dragon race is much stronger than lower-level species, and so is their resistance.
Therefore, when all these people fell, Xia Yi just felt a little uncomfortable.
Sera, who is stronger than Xia Yi, is much stronger than ordinary dragons, and there is no sign of being affected at all.
Less does not mean none.
It's like the sea water is subtly corroding everything that falls into the sea.
The dragons who first came to Gold should be similar to Xia Yi. If they had stayed longer, they might have been the same as these people.
"Your Highness, the black tide in Gold will devour everyone. It's not that no one wants to escape, but it's that they can't escape." Sera concluded.
Everything was just as Jill had said.
Even when the death threat appeared just now, Jill did not react. If the black tide really came, the people in this city would not escape at all.
Xia Yi has been thinking and keeping silent.
"Your Highness, you need to make another decision. Danger has already appeared. Will you continue to stay in Seaside City or leave?" Sera's tone was serious.
"...Stay! Don't worry, Sera, I'm not being stubborn. As long as nothing happens to you, you can take me away at any time. But if something happens to you, we will leave."
Sera was silent for a while and agreed, "Okay, Your Highness, your judgment is very decisive and your choice is made after rational thinking. I support your idea."
……
Afterwards, Xia Yi and Sera searched for a long time in the seaside city, but did not see anyone who was still sane.
They are the only two sober people in the whole city.
Night falls.
Everyone in the coastal city had huge problems with their mental state. They were unable to move normally and hated light, so there were no lights at night. Darkness shrouded the coastal city and the atmosphere was very weird.
"Your Highness, shall we go back to the hotel?" Sera asked.
"If there is no other way - wait, what is that?" Xia Yi's words stopped abruptly.
because……
At this moment in the seaside city, there are still buildings with lights on!
She was even more surprised when she saw what the building was.
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The holiday seems to be coming to an end, so I will update it in advance so that everyone can see the update
16 Abandoned Church (Additional Update)
It was an abandoned church halfway up the mountain.
She knew about this church and had asked Jill once before.
Jill said that the church was built a long time ago, and the people who managed this area of the coastal city at that time were still people from the Rhine Kingdom.
They built churches because they wanted to spread the gospel.
However, the locals had little interest in the missionaries from the Rhineland, and the results of the missions were minimal. The area around the coastal city became increasingly chaotic, so in order to avoid the war, the priests and nuns fled.
As a result, no one used the church and it gradually became abandoned, with some homeless people occasionally living in it.
The reason why Jill knew this so well was because their Penguin Gang would sometimes go to homeless people to collect protection fees.
The Penguin Gang hasn't been there much recently, so when Xia Yi asked about it, Jill just mentioned it casually.
But now in the entire seaside city, only the abandoned church was lit, and everywhere else was pitch black.
"Sera, let's go over and take a look!" Xia Yi pointed to the church halfway up the mountain.
The two of them rushed towards the middle of the mountain together.
Along the way, Xia Yi could see that the place had indeed been abandoned for a long time. The road was overgrown with weeds and had been left unattended, almost covering the road.
She found that the grass on the road had traces of being trampled. It turned out that someone had come from outside recently and was active in the abandoned church.
Could it be...
A guess emerged in Xia Yi's mind.
She came to the church door, looked up and found a big bell hanging on the top of the church.
Under the influence of the sea breeze, it has become rusty and no longer has the sacredness of the past. Against the backdrop of the night, it instead reveals a gloomy feeling.
"Your Highness, the door is locked. Someone did it on purpose and it can't be opened." Sera reported while standing at the door of the church.
Light leaked out from the crack in the door and fell on the red-haired maid.
Xia leaned over.
The door was not locked from the inside, but was tied with a thick iron chain from the outside with a lock on it, which was a magic prop and could not be opened by ordinary means.
"Can it be opened?" Xia Yi asked.
"too easy."
Sera smiled.
"Your Highness, please step back."
"it is good."
Xia Yi took a few steps back and stood aside.
She planned to take a good look at what method Sera, an excellent maid of the royal maid corps, would use to break the magic lock.
But what Sera did next surprised her.
Sera raised her legs, spun quickly, and slammed her long black silk legs against the door, causing a violent shock.
The church door and the wall were kicked to pieces by the maid.
The power of the dragon clan is indeed exaggerated.
The magic lock also fell to the ground and did not need to be cracked.
"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Sera looked at Xia Yi who was stunned.
“I learned it!”
Xia Yi, I understand!
"Come in, Princess."
"Ok!"
Sera and Xia Yi entered the church together, walked towards the light, and found several humans gathered together.
They were all wearing Laurel Academy uniforms, which was easy to spot.
"It's them!"
Xia Yi immediately recognized this group of people; they must be students from Laurel College.
"Are you still awake now?" Xia Yi walked up to the students and asked.
"Hehe... it's coming... it's coming... it's coming soon..."
"Take us back...to the sea..."
"Give yourself... and gain... happiness!"
The students of Laurel Academy were muttering to themselves as if they were crazy.
Now is their fantasy time.
Xia Yi was unable to communicate with them. The state of the students at Laurel College was no different from that of the current residents of Seaside City.
"Your Highness, I have made some special discoveries nearby."