Transmigrated Into the World of Magic and Swords-Chapter 112: Gathering the Citizens

Scarlett was currently standing on the platform with General Viviana and Colonel Aidan behind her.

Her people, who stood before her, were paying attention to her carefully. Some of them wore worried faces, while the rest had curious expressions.

She rang the bell three times, so they were curious about the announcement she would deliver to them.

"I gathered you all in this place because I have bad news." Scarlett spoke and paused for a second before she continued, "Countless magical beasts will attack our city soon."

Boom!

Chatter erupted right after she announced the bad news.

"Coun...countless magical beasts are going to attack our city?"

"Are we going to die?"

"What should we do? I’m not married yet. I don’t want to die."

"Is our city going to end up like Verneau Town?"

Most citizens could not handle the news, especially after they remembered what had happened to Verneau Town.

Scarlett remained silent as her gaze fixed on them.

’I knew they would panic.’

She was a little disappointed when she saw their reactions but she didn’t express it.

As most of them panicked, a young man in his twenties raised his right hand. "City mistress, even though I’m only a farmer, I will help you defend our city."

If someone asked him whether he was afraid of magical beasts or not, he would say yes.

It would be a lie if he said he was not afraid of them.

However, he was born and raised in Nightshire City, so he would not run away or stay silent if the magical beasts tried to destroy their city.

It was either he died, or they died.

The disappointment in Scarlett’s heart disappeared after seeing the young man’s bravery. "What is your name?"

"My name is Brendan, city mistress." Brendan responded.

"Are you not afraid of dying?" Scarlett threw another question at Brendan.

"I would be lying if I said I was not afraid of death, but Nightshire City is my home. I would rather die than let magical beasts destroy my home." Brendan answered in a firm voice.

The smile on Scarlett’s face grew bigger. "If you really want to defend the city with us, then go to the city guard headquarters after this."

"Understood, city mistress," Brendan responded in the same way a military man would respond to her.

"Colonel Aidan, I will leave him under your care. Teach him how to use a bow and kill magical beasts." Brendan was not an awakener, so Scarlett would not let him face magical beasts head-on.

"Understood, city mistress." Colonel Aidan responded.

The crowd was moved by Bredan’s bravery, and they began to shout one by one.

"City mistress, I also want to defend our city with you."

"Me too. They will need to step over my dead body first if they want to destroy our city."

"Count me in."

"This is our home. If magical beasts or evil people want to destroy our home, we will kill them without mercy."

"Damn right!"

"I agree."

"You said the right thing, brother!"

After hearing Bredan’s words, a feeling of wanting to protect their city suddenly arose within them.

Brendan was right.

Nightshire City was their hometown.

Even if they had to sacrifice themselves, they had to protect their hometown because it was the place where they grew up and the place where they had many beautiful memories.

Scarlett felt her chest swell with pride as more voices joined the chorus.

The tide had turned, and their fear had been replaced with a determination to protect their city from magical beasts.

"People who wish to protect the city with us can go to the city guard headquarters after this." Scarlett’s mood improved, and she felt she had new strength to protect her city and her people.

"Understood, city mistress." Her people responded in unison.

Shortly after that, the announcement ended.

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City Guard Headquarters, Training Ground.

The training ground was full of citizens.

Even though most of them were only ordinary people, their desire to protect their city was no less than that of the awakeners.

"Attention, everyone." Colonel Aidan shouted.

Everyone instantly stopped talking and paid attention to Colonel Aidan.

"I will divide you into two groups: awakener group and non-awakener group." Colonel Aidan said, "Awakeners will be in the awakener group, and ordinary people will be in the non-awakener group."

He then told the awakeners to follow General Viviana while ordinary people to remain before him.

"You will learn archery with me from now on. I will teach you how to kill magical beasts in the easiest way." Colonel Aidan said, "Now, follow me to the archery training ground."

As they were training in archery, Ren had lunch alone in the forest.

He still didn’t know what was going on in Nightshire City, so he could still eat happily.

’This meal would definitely be much more delicious if Lexie and Scarlett were with me.’

He suddenly remembered the communication token.

’I will just contact her.’

With that idea in mind, he retrieved the communication token from his space ring.

"Hm? Scarlet, what happened?" His happy face turned into a worried expression when he saw her.

"Ren, the magical beasts that attacked your Verneau Town, they will soon attack Nightshire City," Scarlett revealed the reason why her face looked like she was carrying a heavy burden.

"What?!" due to how shocked he was, he failed to control his emotions.

"Where are you, Ren? When will you arrive?" Scarlett inquired.

Ren immediately looked at the map and checked his location. "I’m in the forest near Herora City. I will arrive home in five to six days."

"Five to six days?" she let out a deep sigh.

She previously hoped he could join them in defending their city.

Ren could kill forty awakeners alone, so he would be a great help if he could join them, but the chances of him helping them were slim because the magical beasts would have already attacked them before he arrived.

"When will the magical beasts attack our city?" Ren inquired.

"Based on the information we gathered, they will attack us in three to five days." She responded.

"Three to five days?" the anger in his heart grew bigger.

At this moment, he was furious at Beldroth because he would definitely still be in Nightshire City if Beldroth didn’t teleport him somewhere far away.

’Wait.’

He suddenly realized something.

’Don’t tell me he teleported me to a faraway place because he didn’t want me to participate in the war?’

He previously found it strange.

Beldroth wanted to kill the citizens every day, and he was also a resident of Nightshire City.

But instead of fighting him to the death, Beldroth chose to teleport him to a faraway place.

They even used a dirty trick to trap him, as if they wanted to avoid fighting him head-on.

’I see. I see.’

After connecting one piece of information to another, he believed Billroth was just a subordinate, and his boss ordered him to teleport him to a faraway place.

As for the reason they chose to teleport him, he was sure it was because the 3-star magical beasts he killed had a connection to them.

’Then the problem is, how can I arrive on time?’

He didn’t want to lose his hometown again, especially when Lexie, Scarlett, and Luna were in Nightshire City.

’What should I do now?’