Upon hearing that elder's question, another Hayes family guard stepped forward and replied. "Uh, we don't have the exact number since there are still people being rescued around the city. But we stipulate that the number of casualties among the ordinary inhabitants of this city is no less than 300,000 people."
Upon hearing that, some of those people sighed silently, but that was all.
The Hayes family might be known for being fair and pursuing justice, but this was an organization of people capable of making tough decisions. As such, they understood that these deaths were part of their desire for peace.
They could fight for a few more years against the Chambers family, fighting these opponents in war camps far away from innocent citizens. But that would come at the cost of a large number of their own family members.
